I Can't Afford a Homebirth and Other Money Issues

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First Babies Can Fall Out But Often They Don't

Taking Back Birth

Are You a Birth Witch?

Spirituality

How We Named 
Our Babies

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Watch and/or listen to this birth story podcast and video by a woman who had her 6th baby at home against all odds! It was a pleasure walking with this smart woman and her family as they navigated their choices and what was best for them, their baby and this birth. Stories like these remind […]

A High-Risk Pregnancy and Birth Story

Taking Back Birth

Watch and/or listen to this birth story podcast and video by a woman who had her 6th baby at home against all odds! It was a pleasure walking with this smart woman and her family as they navigated their choices and what was best for them, their baby and this birth. Stories like these remind […]

A High-Risk Pregnancy and Birth Story (Video)

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[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.22″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.25″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text” _builder_version=”3.27.4″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”] Guest Post Author: Kristen Nero; Kristen can be reached at afroveganmama@gmail.com “I didn’t know I was allowed to say no.” “I didn’t know of any other options at the time.” “Nobody told me about the risks.” The […]

Guest Post: The Infantilization of Women During Pregnancy and Birth

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After 9 months of holding a free prenatal clinic here locally, the same questions and topics keep coming up, so I thought I’d share some of that with my podcast listeners. I’m hoping it maybe helps you start a prenatal clinic in your area, or maybe you are a mama who also would love the […]

Prenatal Clinic Part I: Do you need a first prenatal visit?

Pregnancy

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The podcast this week is all about baby movement in the womb. This podcast is all about movement; when do babies start to move? When do we actually feel it, on average? What other factors influence how much baby movement we feel and what is “normal”? I share some helpful information as well as my […]

Feeling Your Baby Move

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I created this short meditation for one of my Indie Birth Midwifery School classes after the students had been studying for many weeks about complications in pregnancy. I wanted to finish the course by reminding them, myself and anyone else that our brains can learn many things, but we must always bring our hearts back […]

A Meditation For Midwives For Calming Fear

Taking Back Birth

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In this podcast, I share about my experience in this pregnancy so far. I realize that no matter how many babies I have had, each requires me to “be” in the pregnancy state in a different way. This baby has had very specific messages for me, if only I would listen! Tune in to hear […]

Listening To My Spirit Baby

Taking Back Birth

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In this video, I had the honor of chatting with a family I supported almost a year ago in their first home birth. Joe and Julie are truly some of my favorite people, and you will hear (and see!) why. They are the picture of powerful; they created an ordinary (in the best sense of […]

Julie and Joe’s First Homebirth

Birth Stories

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On this podcast, I had the honor of chatting with a family I supported almost a year ago in their first home birth. Joe and Julie are truly some of my favorite people, and you will hear (and see!) why. They are the picture of powerful; they created an ordinary (in the best sense of […]

Julie and Joe’s First Homebirth

Taking Back Birth

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