I Can't Afford a Homebirth and Other Money Issues

business

First Babies Can Fall Out But Often They Don't

Taking Back Birth

Are You a Birth Witch?

Spirituality

How We Named 
Our Babies

Mothering

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My podcast this week is a birth story, told by my apprentice and friend, Annika! Annika birthed her first baby, Ruby, several months ago, and we finally got around to connecting together over this tale. I loved hearing Annika’s version from memory (always different than reading a story!) and loved the lessons and new experiences […]

Annika Shares the Birth Story of Ruby

Taking Back Birth

This podcast is for a specific group of people, although anyone is invited to listen and share! This podcast is for women planning a home birth for the first time! To be clear; that is not someone that is planning their first birth, but rather for women that have experienced one or more medicalized births […]

Coming Home: A Special Message For First Time Homebirthers

Taking Back Birth

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In this podcast, I reflect on my feelings and observations around Deva’s birth, which was a year ago! I talk about the video we made of her birth (you can watch it at www.thebirthmovie.com) and how it has changed me; and Margo, and Indie Birth in general! I also discuss how it feels to “remember” […]

Reflections on My First Year Living With a Deva

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In this episode of Well, Actually… Margo interviews Kimberly Ann Johnson, author of the newly released book The Fourth Trimester: A Postpartum Guide to Healing Your Body, Balancing Your Emotions, and Restoring Your Vitality.

All About the Postpartum Revolution, Pelvic Care, and Sex After Birth with Kimberly Ann Johnson

Podcast

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Margo and I have been talking about and pondering a way to get true midwifery care to more women; even if these women aren’t planning home births. We believe that realizing one’s power in birth really rarely happens without finding a way to have a powerful pregnancy, and it is this belief that was the […]

Offering Free Prenatal Care: The Good and the Bad

Pregnancy

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In this episode of Well, Actually… Margo interviews Keli Garza of Steamy Chick (steamychick.com)

Well Actually,….Steaming Your Vag is a Time Honored Tradition Across Cultures!

Podcast

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This week, I got right to podcast-making with a never been heard before on a podcast rendition of the “Indie Birth story”. I felt for a while (many years) that this story was “old news” and that everyone I knew had heard my tale of giving my midwifery license back, etc. But, with such an […]

Changing the World For Families: The Uncensored Story of Indie Birth

Taking Back Birth

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It has been a weird ass week. On the good list of surprises was a really amazing, really fast, really easy birth (no really, this mama looked at me within minutes of the birth and said “That was so easy!”). After a quick check in to drop off a birth pool in what I thought […]

Weird Ass Week

Midwifery

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In this podcast, I talk all about pregnancy tests! Download this podcasts PDF transcript

To Test or Not To Test? A Journey Through the Land of Pregnancy Tests

Pregnancy

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