Built To Birth

Join me today for my sister in love's birth story! She chose to switch care from a traditional OBGYN at the hospital to a midwife for a homebirth and having her home birth was one of the best decisions Shannon made for her labor and delivery experience. In this positive birth story episode we chat about how ANYONE can have a homebirth. So many women think you have to be a certain type of person to have a homebirth. The truth is, anyone can have a home birth and I think this story is a beautiful example of how true that is! Enjoy this podcast about giving birth at home!____________________________________FREE MINI ONLINE BIRTH CLASS: www.builttobirth.com/free-mini-birth-class/?el=podcastPURCHASE THE BUILT TO BIRTH ONLINE COURSE: www.builttobirth.com/?el=podcastDOWNLOAD THE BUILT TO BIRTH AFFIRMATION MEDITATIONS: www.builttobirth.com/meditate/?el=podcast

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Speaking up for yourself and your birth preferences is hard to do as a pregnant and birthing woman especially when things don't go according to plan and you need more answers than you're getting. In this Episode of the Built To Birth Podcast, Marieta shares her POSITIVE BIRTH STORY including how she chose between an OBGYN and a Midwife for her hospital birth, her amniotic fluid leaking before labor began, and her induction without epidural using Cervidil. If you need some encouragement on how to speak up, be bold, and find courage in asking questions to your care provider, you are going to love Marieta's birth story. MORE RESOURCES FOR A HAPPIER, HEALTHIER, EASIER BIRTH: www.builttobirth.com/?el=podcast

In Episode 13 of the Built To Birth Podcast, Kristina shares her TWO birth experiences, both at a birthing center but the first being somewhat traumatic and the second being healing and empowering. Kristina talks about everything from raspberry leaf tea to induce labor, back labor, transition, different labor positions, to what do contractions feel like, postpartum care, and beyond! I absolutely LOVED chatting with Kristina and hearing her labor and delivery story and I know you will too!For more pregnancy, birth and postpartum resources check out: www.builttobirth.com/?el=podcast

Listen to Melissa’s captivating story as she shares her first birth experience which she described as traumatic and her most recent birth experience for which she could not get an epidural. Melissa shares her experiences with and without an epidural and also gives us powerful encouragement and insight on dealing with postpartum depression and miscarriage. Her positive birth story is one you won’t want to miss! Enjoy!MORE RESOURCES FOR A HAPPIER, HEALTHIER, AND EASIER BIRTH: www.builttobirth.com/?el=podcast

Today, Victoria shares her 4 birth stories- one an unexpected C-section, the other 2 successful VBACS with only partially working epidurals, and her 4th, an induced VBAC without an epidural. Her story shares so many different experiences and tips and tricks for how to prepare for labor and birth as well as recovery from c-sections. MORE RESOURCES FOR A HAPPIER, HEALTHIER, AND EASIER BIRTH: www.builttobirth.com/?el=podcast

Every birth story is different and can be unpredictable, and it’s easy to become overwhelmed if you’re facing a situation that wasn’t apart of your plan. In today’s Built to Birth podcast, Jerrianne shares about her two birth experiences- her induced hospital birth and her second time giving birth at home as well as her experience with midwifery care. Jerrianne shares about how both her induction and natural birth experience were beautiful in their own way, but how they impacted her postpartum period differently. MORE RESOURCES FOR A HAPPIER, HEALTHIER, AND EASIER BIRTH: www.builttobirth.com/?el=podcast

Birth is not always how we expect it to be, but that doesn’t mean it can’t be a beautiful and empowering experience. In the most unforeseen circumstances, you can learn how truly strong and amazing you are- that you truly are BUILT TO BIRTH. In today’s positive birth story, the amazing Tea talks about her experience giving birth quickly (in the car!!) and her previous birth experiences with an epidural vs her most recent natural birth. Tea shares how much of a mental journey birth is and knowing how to have a calm birth, preparing your mind for labor and delivery, and breathing during labor is incredibly important for a positive birth experience. Even with no epidural during labor, Tea shares how she felt less pain and more empowerment in her natural birth story. Birth stories are so powerful and help fill your mind with what is true and encouraging. Whether you’re looking for natural birth stories, birth stories about positive inductions, stories about inductions and no epidural, the Built To Birth podcasts have women’s real and true birth stories to empower and build up confidence in your ability to birth your baby. MORE RESOURCES FOR A HAPPIER, HEALTHIER, AND EASIER BIRTH: www.builttobirth.com/?el=podcastCheck out Tea’s jewelry Instagram account - @tikiscustoms

Is it hard for you to imagine yourself giving birth with no epidural and having a positive birth story? Many women, because of fear surrounding birth, don’t believe that their body is capable of a natural labor and delivery. In today’s Built to Birth Podcast, Crissa shares her journey from thinking that an epidural was her only option to believing that she truly is BUILT TO BIRTH without an epidural. And Mama, you are built to birth too! Whether you want to labor without an epidural or with one, it’s important to know and believe that you are capable of having a positive birth story and making whatever decisions are necessary from a place of empowerment. Knowing how to have a calm birth is so powerful whether you want the least or the most interventions in your birth experience. In Crissa’s calm birth story, she talks about her membrane sweep, laboring as long as possible at home, using a birth ball in labor, and using visualization. You are going to love her insight and encouragement no matter what kind of birth you are desiring - Enjoy Crissa’s empowering natural birth story!MORE RESOURCES FOR A HAPPIER, HEALTHIER, AND EASIER BIRTH: www.builttobirth.com/?el=podcast

In episode 7, Eloise shares her diagnosis with endometriosis, fertility journey, IVF success story, and natural birth story. She shares with us the many twists and turns life took before getting pregnant at 40 years old, discovering she had a short cervix during pregnancy, and then uncovering how to have a positive birth story while giving birth during COVID 19. Whether you are looking for infertility support, positive birth stories, or wondering about what it’s like to have a first baby at 40, you are going to fall in love with Eloise’s story about overcoming endometriosis and infertility and her journey through pregnancy to giving birth naturally!!MORE RESOURCES FOR A HAPPIER, HEALTHIER, AND EASIER BIRTH: www.builttobirth.com/?el=podcast

In this episode of the Built To Birth Podcast, Madison shares her quick change from a hospital birth to a home birth after realizing the changing protocols at her hospital due to COVID 19. Her journey toward motherhood includes pregnancy loss, staying positive and navigating through the season of infant loss, then facing pregnancy and COVID 19 at the same time, and then figuring out what giving birth during COVID 19 would look like for her and her husband. At first very hesitant to the idea of giving birth at home, especially giving birth at home first baby and all, Madison shares with us how she and her partner got on board together to agree on a home birth during COVID 19. Finding a midwife who would attend their home birth, changed their perspective on choosing a home birth. After learning to depth of knowledge and experience midwifery care entails, Madison was sold and she shares about the importance of every woman finding a care provider that they can trust. As you are figuring how to prepare for birth, don't miss out on the power of positive birth stories. Positive stories of women giving birth offer a sneak peak into a real, raw, empowered, and beautiful birth experience. So enjoy this episode, one of many positive labor and delivery stories, that Madison shares with us! MORE RESOURCES FOR A HAPPIER, HEALTHIER, AND EASIER BIRTH: www.builttobirth.com/?el=podcast

INDUCED HOSPITAL BIRTH WITH EPIDURAL vs. SPONTANEOUS LABOR WITHOUT EPIDURAL || Guess what… they can BOTH be beautiful experiences. In this podcast, Tess shares her second time mom tips and her positive birth story for her first birth which was an induced labor and her second time giving birth without an induction or any pain medication and what the road to postpartum recovery looked like in both circumstances. Whether you’re trying to have an unmedicated birth or you’re facing a pitocin induction, this podcast will fuel you with encouragement and empowerment as Tess shares honest and powerful truths through her induction birth story/epidural birth story, labor with second baby, and how she attributes her beautiful birth experience to knowing how to breathe during labor and how exercise during pregnancy for normal delivery helped her towards the end. If you are wondering what to expect during labor for first time moms,  first baby birth stories, labor with second baby, two under two birth stories, or simply POSITIVE BIRTH STORIES, this podcast with Tess is for you! Don’t forget to SUBSCRIBE, RATE, + WRITE A REVIEW on the BUILT TO BIRTH PODCASTMORE RESOURCES FOR A HAPPIER, HEALTHIER, AND EASIER BIRTH: www.builttobirth.com/?el=podcast

The journey to pregnancy and birth is not always rainbows and butterflies. There are often gray skies and unexpected challenges that test the joy of the season that should bring joy during the pregnancy experience. In Episode 4 of the Built To Birth podcast, first time mama, Lexi, from The Cole Life (CHECK OUT HER YOUTUBE CHANNEL HERE: https://www.youtube.com/thecolelife) shares her first time IVF success story after months and months of uncertainty and hardship. Lexi shares how her pregnancy did not begin as she thought it would, nor did it end as she approached giving birth during COVID 19 and suddenly deciding between home vs hospital birth/birth center.While giving birth without medication was her plan, giving birth at home wasn’t. In her story, she explains how she found peace through it all and learn how to have a positive birth. She shares her experience from her long labor and delivery as well as birth tips, and what it was like to have an all natural home birth and an all natural water birth.If you’re looking for IVF success stories, positive labor and delivery story, back labor birth stories, home birth stories, this podcast has all that you’re looking for and encouraging wisdom and support from Lexi!MORE RESOURCES FOR A HAPPIER, HEALTHIER, AND EASIER BIRTH: www.builttobirth.com/?el=podcastLISTEN FOR FREE TO BUILT TO BIRTH AFFIRMATION MEDITATIONS ON YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2bUz_06MnltZfeoNoZJbeNLPVkNAtHrzEnjoy this Episode from the Built To Birth Podcast and don’t forget to go to your podcast platform on Apple, Spotify, or Google and subscribe, write a review, and rate it!

Listening to POSITIVE BIRTH STORIES teaches you SO much about BIRTH and how to prepare yourself for it. For a first time mom birth holds a lot of unknowns and hearing a labor and delivery story can help clarify and eliminate fears about childbirth.  In Episode 3 of the Built To Birth Podcast, Kayla shares how listening to positive birth stories inspired and educated her on the kind of birth that she wanted. She also tells us her own natural birth story sharing details about partner support, spending her labor in tub, the experience of having no epidural, needing an episiotomy, and giving birth for the first time during COVID-19.Whether you are considering your options when it comes to a natural birth vs epidural, natural birth vs c section, home birth vs hospital birth, or whatever options before you, hearing another mama’s birth story can help you decide what is best for you and your baby. If you are considering a natural birth hospital birth, hearing stories of how women navigated their labor is so beneficial in preparing for what to expect. This coronavirus birth story is filled with so much wisdom, joy, and hope and is such a positive birth story. This hospital story captures the beauty of how care providers work with women in labor to help them accomplish their goals, and for Kayla, it was to have a beautiful, empowering unmedicated birth story. But before I give much more away, give it a watch or listen to it on either an Apple, Spotify, or Google Podcast platform. MORE RESOURCES FOR A HAPPIER, HEALTHIER, AND EASIER BIRTH: www.builttobirth.com/?el=podcast

A BEAUTIFUL HOME BIRTH DURING COVID-19 | Almost all births in the United States happen at hospitals that it seems almost crazy to think about giving birth at home nowadays. In Episode 2 of the Built to Birth Podcast, we hear about a home birth experience from first time Mama, Daesha, who drew insight and confidence from the generations of women before her who experienced labor and delivery their own homes. Daesha shares about giving birth without an epidural, processing through birth, the sensations and challenges when stalling during labor, and looking ahead to future births. This home birth story will give you the insight into what a home birth vs hospital birth can look like, how sweet and beautiful partner support during labor is, and giving birth during COVID-19 at home. Listening to positive birth stories is such an impactful way to prepare for birth and preparing for birth and learning how to have a calm birth whether you’re having a hypnobirth, water birth, medicated birth, birth center birth… whatever!... is SO important! So enjoy this natural birth story about Daesha’s experience giving birth in the water and let it remind you that you have options, you can trust your body, and you are BUILT TO BIRTH! MORE RESOURCES FOR A HAPPIER, HEALTHIER, AND EASIER BIRTH: www.builttobirth.com/?el=podcast

Giving birth during COVID-19 is not the most ideal situation for most expecting Mamas. In this episode we hear from the amazing Ranzel who was up against the quickly changing hospital protocols, the possibility of her husband not being with her as she birthed their baby, and the unknowns of being a first time mom. Ranzel's story of her quick, natural, and powerful labor will encourage every mama as she navigates the current state of the world and finds her own beautiful and empowering birth experience. MORE RESOURCES FOR A HAPPIER, HEALTHIER, AND EASIER BIRTH: www.builttobirth.com/?el=podcast