Part of the love/hate relationship with social media is the rise of this new generation of birth-lebrities who actually haven’t attended very many births at all and yet are crafting and sharing a largely fictitious narrative of birth with a sense of expertise. The formula is that they have pretty memes and grids, share the […]

Elise Planty is a mama of three, step mom of two, and a student midwife close to graduating. Through the experience of birthing her “big at birth” babies, Elise learned the profound and invaluable lesson of honoring the magic and mystery of childbirth. LINKS & SHOW NOTES Birth Warrior Podcast submissions link “Go Risk Yourself” […]

After a brief update, I rant for a bit about the low standard that our world, and most women, seem to have for their pregnancy and birth experience. Whether it’s hospital based, home based or a dogmatic freebirth, it seems to me that women need to want more for themselves first. Otherwise, we just take […]

Cathryn is a wife, mother, homemaker, and passionate birth enthusiast, whose pregnancies and births have shaped who she is and the goals she is working towards. Cathryn shares that her deepest belief, surrounding pregnancy and birth, is that peaceful birth can truly change the world. LINKS & SHOW NOTES Birth Warrior Podcast submissions link 13 […]

Claire is an artist and mother of two daughters, who, during her latest pregnancy, leaned fully into trust her own intuition – amidst developing and being diagnosed with pre-eclampsia at 38 weeks. Knowing very well that she would have been labeled as high risk had she chosen to birth within the medical system, Claire went […]

It started 6 days ago, at 11+ weeks gestation. I offer my story of loss to the community for my own healing and maybe part of your own process. [photos are at the very bottom of the post] The first time I saw blood six days ago I panicked and cried and feared the worst. […]

200 podcasts plus and no mention of sex or intimacy ’til now! That says a lot I think, but I’m here with this one to remedy it all by sharing my experience. This is especially for breastfeeding mamas of young kids, and includes ideas and resources for creating intimacy with yourself which I think is […]

Amina is an Algerian native, currently living in Egypt with her husband and two daughters, Maryam and Leila. A lover of home births and breastfeeding, Amina volunteers most of her time helping and consulting mothers on breastfeeding via social media. Her message to women is to trust their bodies and know that birth can be […]