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Surrendered Birth Stories125: How God Gave Us Bowie (with Christopher Heeter) [Homebirth, Free Birth, Water Birth]After six weeks of leave, we are finally back to share our most recent birth story! We hope you enjoy listening to all of the details of this birth, which is very unique to all of our other births, and how God used it to bring the concept of SURRENDER full circle in our hearts.Send us a text!Support the show Has our podcast made an impact in your life? Please consider supporting us so we can continue! Donate: SUPPORT PAGE! • Take the SURRENDERED BIRTH ONLINE COURSE!...
2026-01-121h 48Surrendered Birth Stories124: Pregnancy and Long Covid Are Like Oil and Water (with Christopher Heeter) [Home Birth, Natural Birth, Midwives Brew]While I am on a little maternity leave from the podcast, we are replaying all five of my children's birth stories, and we'll end by releasing our newest baby's birth story.Listen in today as Chris and I re-live the birth of our 5th baby, with all of the wild twists and turns along the way. There were so many things that were different this time -- things that were both in and out of our control. It's unlikely you'll ever hear another birth story quite like this one!To read a more detailed version...
2026-01-052h 26Surrendered Birth Stories123: Can Childbirth Ever Be An Enjoyable Experience? (with Christopher Heeter) [Home Birth, Natural Birth, Painless Childbirth]While I am on a little maternity leave from the podcast, we are replaying all five of my children's birth stories, and we'll end by releasing our newest baby's birth story.This week, you will hear about the birth of our fourth child. Chris and I exchange memories of what pregnancy, labor, delivery, and postpartum were like this time around. Considering it was our first home birth, it looks a lot different than the first three!The wildest thing of all was that it was also my first painless childbirth! Listen in to hear how...
2025-12-2954 minSurrendered Birth Stories122: Going From Zero to Transition (with Christopher Heeter) [Birth Center Birth, Natural Birth, Precipitous Birth]While I am on a little maternity leave from the podcast, we are replaying all five of my children's birth stories, and we'll end by releasing our newest baby's birth story.To read even more details about this birth and see photos from this story, CLICK HERE!!!Send us a text!Support the show Has our podcast made an impact in your life? Please consider supporting us so we can continue! Donate: SUPPORT PAGE! • Take the SURRENDERED BIRTH ONLINE COURSE! Click here for my...
2025-12-2255 minSurrendered Birth Stories121: The Day I Pushed Out A Giant Baby (with Christopher Heeter) [Birth Center Birth, Natural Birth, Shoulder Dystocia]While I am on a little maternity leave from the podcast, we are replaying all five of my children's birth stories, and we'll end by releasing our newest baby's birth story.To read even more details about this birth and see photos from this story, CLICK HERE!!!Send us a text!Support the show Has our podcast made an impact in your life? Please consider supporting us so we can continue! Donate: SUPPORT PAGE! • Take the SURRENDERED BIRTH ONLINE COURSE! Click here for my...
2025-12-1556 minSurrendered Birth Stories120: Your First Child's Birth Is The Birth Of Your Family (with Christopher Heeter) [Hospital Birth, Epidural, First Time Mom]While I am on a little maternity leave from the podcast, we are replaying all five of my children's birth stories, and we'll end by releasing our newest baby's birth story.In this first birth, you'll learn that I was young and ignorant to all things birth. I had a lot to learn, but God led the way! And I would learn even more in the year following my daughter's birth and would start my journey into birth work. To read more details of this story and see pictures, CLICK HERE!!!Send us a...
2025-12-0851 minSurrendered Birth Stories095: The Importance of a Family Vision -- Father's Day Special 2025 (with Christopher Heeter)In this heartfelt and insightful Father's Day episode, Kayla chats with a very special guest (her husband, Chris!) for a candid conversation about the power of having a family vision. Together, they explore how setting intentional vision direction as a family can foster deeper connection, clarity, and unity towards building the Kingdom of God TOGETHER.Kayla and Christopher share personal stories from their own journey, offer practical steps to begin crafting a vision statement for your family, and discuss why this practice can be transformative.Whether you’re newly married, raising ki...
2025-06-1634 minSurrendered Birth Stories054: ONE YEAR EPISODE: The 1st Year of Parenthood (with Christopher Heeter)Join us as we celebrate our one-year anniversary of this podcast! Today, we walk through the first year of parenthood. The ups and downs, the tips and tricks, and the emotions of it all. Come and hear my husband and I as we remember the first year, now that we’ve been through it five times. We hope you gain some type of nugget of wisdom from this episode, and that you’ll join us for another great birth story again next week!CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WINNER OF OUR GIVEAWAY! (Hint-listen to episode to find out...
2024-09-021h 02Surrendered Birth Stories043: Father's Day Special: Dad Takeover! (with Christopher Heeter and Paul Jordan)This week, Chris takes over the podcast along with guest Paul Jordan in a conversation on fatherhood, the husband's role in birth support, and the importance of fathers in society. So grab your hubby, and listen in!As mentioned in this episode: National Fatherhood InitiativeSend us a text!Support the show Has our podcast made an impact in your life? Please consider supporting us so we can continue! Donate: SUPPORT PAGE! • Take the SURRENDERED BIRTH ONLINE COURSE! Click here for my ...
2024-06-171h 00Surrendered Birth Stories033: How God Gave Us Indiana (with Christopher Heeter)A tale of two stories, Parosmia and Pregnancy, and how they affected each other. This story is a very emotional one for me. I know I forgot to mention some things and yet it’s our longest episode to date. I missed details here and there, and likely missed some feelings that would have helped add to the context of the story, but I pray the Holy Spirit speaks through my husband and I, and that He’s able to work through this very vulnerable piece. Thank you in advance for your patience and grace as I navigated tell...
2024-04-082h 23Surrendered Birth Stories008: How God Gave Us Tru (with Christopher Heeter)Get ready to hear all about how God gave us our fourth child, Tru.If you want even more details, you can read his full birth story in blog form HERE. ----------------Send us a text!Support the show Has our podcast made an impact in your life? Please consider supporting us so we can continue! Donate: SUPPORT PAGE! • Take the SURRENDERED BIRTH ONLINE COURSE! Click here for my MUST-HAVE PRODUCTS FREEBIE...
2023-10-0953 minSurrendered Birth Stories006: How God Gave Us Jentzen (with Christopher Heeter)Get ready to hear all about how God gave us our third child, Jentzen. If you want even more details, you can read his full birth story in blog form HERE. ----------------Send us a text!Support the show Has our podcast made an impact in your life? Please consider supporting us so we can continue! Donate: SUPPORT PAGE! • Take the SURRENDERED BIRTH ONLINE COURSE! Click here for my MUST-HAVE PRODUCTS FREEBIE...
2023-09-2553 minSurrendered Birth Stories004: How God Gave Us Milo (with Christopher Heeter)Get ready to hear all about how God gave us our second child, Milo, and my first natural birth. If you want even more details, feel free to check his full birth story in blog form HERE. ----------------Send us a text!Support the show Has our podcast made an impact in your life? Please consider supporting us so we can continue! Donate: SUPPORT PAGE! • Take the SURRENDERED BIRTH ONLINE COURSE! Click here for my
2023-09-1155 minSurrendered Birth Stories001: How God Gave Us Brinkley (with Christopher Heeter)Tune in for a quick introduction to me, your podcast host, Kayla Heeter, and hear all about how God went about giving us our first child, our daughter, Brinkley. If you want even more details, feel free to check her full birth story in blog form HERE. ----------------Send us a text!Support the show Has our podcast made an impact in your life? Please consider supporting us so we can continue! Donate: SUPPORT PAGE! • Take the SURRENDERED BI...
2023-09-0454 min