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Doing It At Home - The Home Birth PodcastBreaking Up With Your OBGYN When You're Choosing Home BirthIn today's episode we're answering a listener email. This one comes to us from Hannah who is looking for feedback on how she can amicably part ways with her OBGYN.
Matthew and I LOVE our listener emails. Seriously, they energize us and inspire us to keep bringing you all awesome content. On the days when we’re feeling under the weather (like Matthew is in this episode - notice the deep, raspy voice) and sleep deprived, we remember your questions and beautiful words of affirmation. They remind us of our mission - to create empowering conversation around home...2025-05-2120 min
Doing It At Home - The Home Birth PodcastSwitching to Home Birth at 31 weeks with Sara-Beth ReuterIn this episode we're talking to Sara-Beth Reuter about her inspiring journey to home birth. Sara-Beth is a great example of courage and determination. After her doctor told her that she would not be able to deliver naturally and would need a c-section because of the size of her baby, she and her husband Matthew decided to get another opinion on the matter.They reached out to Matthew’s grandmother, an experienced midwife, and explored their options. Already not too keen on hospitals and clear that she wanted a nat...2025-03-2236 min
Doing It At Home - The Home Birth PodcastThe Postpartum Sex Episode: Why We’re Having Our Best Sex After BabyIn this episode we're talking all about having sex after baby. Yes, this is the much anticipated followup to our episode about sex while pregnant (link below). Postpartum sex can be tricky, and for us it involved patience, compassion and creativity. But now, both Matthew and I can say without a doubt, that we're having the BEST SEX OF OUR RELATIONSHIP, and that's after pushing out a kid!If you’ve listened to the Doing It At Home podcast for a while, you’ve probably gathered that Matthew and I value transparency a whole lot...2025-03-121h 06
Doing It At Home - The Home Birth PodcastHome Birth and Pregnancy Affirmations for Moms and DadsIn this episode we're giving you some powerful affirmations to help you prepare for your pregnancy and home birth. We have 2 affirmations for moms and 2 for dads.We’ve talked a lot about affirmations on the show at different points in time - a little bit in our story and then in the stories of other moms, so we thought we’d create some of our own for you beautiful listeners!I thought it would be fun to have some for both pregnancy and the birthing process. And not just...2025-01-0124 min
Doing It At Home - The Home Birth PodcastMultiple Home Birth and Placenta Encapsulation With Jenny DiPietroIn this episode we're talking with mom of 4 Jenny DiPietro, who has had multiple home births, a home birth turned hospital transfer, a water birth at home, and who performs placenta encapsulation for families. We get into a lot in this one! Oh yeah, and we’re also entering a new phase of the podcast!In addition to our episodes that feature Matthew and me discussing some topic related to home birth, we’re publishing our conversations with moms and families who have experienced home birth along with professionals and t...2024-11-0134 min
Doing It At Home - The Home Birth PodcastWhen Things Don’t Go As Planned: Leonie’s Honest Birth StoryToday’s episode was inspired by a listener email. Leonie, listening all the way in Australia, reached out to share her birth story. She had planned for a minimal intervention birth in a midwife led public hospital program (way to go Australis!) but things didn’t go exactly as anticipated. Her email was amazing - raw, honest and transparent - and at the end she had a few questions for me about home birth, my connection to Maya, and more. So when we received this email we knew we wante...2024-10-1747 min
Doing It At Home - The Home Birth PodcastAn Intimate And Unforgettable Message From My Husband During My Home Birth Active LaborIn this episode, I invite you into a precious and intimate moment.You see, during the early parts of birthing time (labor), we placed a recorder in the room - to capture the experience and be able to listen back to it later on.While I was moving through my birthing waves (contractions) in the bathtub, Matthew tended to me by bringing me water and snacks along with affirming me and contacting our midwife with updates.I would later find out that during one...2024-10-0214 min
Doing It At Home - The Home Birth PodcastOur First Home Birth Story: Star Wars, Kiddie Pools, and HypnobabiesThis is it, folks! The episode you’ve all been waiting for….our birth story!Matthew and I sit down (in bed, as always) with our first guest - less than a week old baby Maya. She lies quietly (for the most part, you might hear some coos and little grunts in the background at times) on Matthew’s chest while we recount the story of our home birth, while it’s still fresh in our minds.We take you from the beginning of the birthing waves (contractions) when they sta...2024-09-191h 16
Doing It At Home - The Home Birth PodcastThe In Between Stage: The [Agonizing] Final Days Of Pregnancy“We are not a culture that waits for anything, nor are we believers in normal birth; waiting for a baby can feel like insanity.”This is a powerful quote from an article that had a profound impact on Matthew and me. The article is about the “in between” stage of the last days of pregnancy before moving into birth, a period that the author of the article calls zwischen (pulling from the German word for “between” - fitting huh?). You can find the article here: https://www.mothering.com/threads/the...2024-09-1235 min
Doing It At Home - The Home Birth PodcastThe 10 Best Things We Did For Our Home Birth Prenatal CareToday we’re talking about our top 10 list for prepping for our home birth. We found that these were the things that helped us throughout pregnancy - from the mental prepping to physical activity to some natural products and even spiritual and energetic exercises.We’ve been very keen on having the most powerful and peaceful home birth experience possible. And we know for that to happen, it requires some conscious and proactive action on our part.So here’s a quick recap of the 10 (in no particular order of imp...2024-09-0439 min
Doing It At Home - The Home Birth PodcastA Father’s Perspective: Wrestling With the Fears, Thoughts and Beliefs of an Out-Of-Hospital BirthMany pregnancy and birth resource focus on the mother or the baby, for reasons that are quite obvious. But there’s typically another partner involved who is feeling all sorts of things, but isn’t always asked or encouraged to share and express the roller coaster of thoughts, fears, hopes, beliefs that they’re experiencing.I wanted to change that in today’s episode, and so I interviewed my husband Matthew on his experience of going through pregnancy with me, how he initially felt about a home birth, and how he m...2024-08-0735 min
Doing It At Home - The Home Birth PodcastReflecting on Eight Years Of Doing It At Home: A Farewell to Our Podcast JourneyHere we are, folks. This is the final new episode that we’ll be putting out for Doing It At Home. It’s been a magical 8 years.We sat down to share some of our thoughts, memories and takeaways with you all.Thank you for supporting this space, whether you’ve listened to every single episode or this is your first time tuning in, we’re grateful that you’ve been along for the journey.Much Love,Sarah and Matthew Learn...2024-07-1944 min
Doing It At Home - The Home Birth PodcastTalking Home Birth and Placenta Encapsulation With Jenny DiPietro (DIAH Classic)We’re entering a new phase of the podcast! In addition to our episodes that feature Matthew and me discussing some topic related to home birth, we’re publishing our conversations with moms and families who have experienced home birth along with professionals and thought leaders on the subject. First to kick off this endeavor is our chat with Jenny DiPietro. Jenny is a mom of 4, who has experienced both home and hospital birth.In our talk, we cover things like:
The details of her births
What went into her decision-making process to cho...2024-05-0235 min
Doing It At Home - The Home Birth PodcastMum of 16 Plus Creating Your Home Birth Plan (DIAH Classic)How should you approach your home birth plan?In today’s episode Sarah reads listener emails and talks about creating a home birth plan.Offers From Our Awesome Partners:
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Doing It At Home - The Home Birth PodcastQ&A with Midwives About the Midwifery Model of Care, Informed Consent and Family-Centered Birth with Sarah McClure and Charli Zarosinski (DIAH Classic)What does a midwife do? Might seem like an obvious answer if you’ve been in the birthing world for a while. But if you’re unfamiliar with different models of care or exploring home birth for the first time, it’s a very legitimate question with answers that could be very significant in your birthing journey.Today we’re joined by Sarah McClure and Charli Zarosinski, midwives of Hearth and Home Midwifery and hosts of The Homebirth Midwife Podcast. We unpacked a lot of really great topics in this conversation including:
The differ...2023-12-2250 min
Doing It At Home - The Home Birth PodcastOvercoming Diagnoses of “Incompetent” Cervix and IUGR with Sarah Schade (DIAH Classic)How do you plan for a positive hospital birth experience, when you were originally intending to have a home birth?This is such a great topic to cover. For many who start out with a home birth plan, sometimes that changes for various reasons.Sarah Schade shares her story with us. From a diagnosis of an “incompetent” cervix (definitely not a term we’re fond of around here) to another diagnosis of IUGR (intrauterine growth restriction), Sarah and her husband Jeremiah went through a lot of ups and downs. She shares all the thought...2023-10-111h 20
Doing It At Home - The Home Birth PodcastHome Birth for Second Baby After a Hospital Transfer with First Baby with Thea Robnett (DIAH Classic)What happens when the news and experience of your pregnancy isn’t all sunshine and rainbows?We’ve talked about this once or twice on the show and we know it’s more common than culture and society would have us convinced of - that sometimes there is confusion, reticence, frustration and even guilt around getting pregnant. For returning guest and DIAH mama Thea Robnett, she’s open and honest about the mix of emotions she dealt with when she got pregnant right after her first daughter, Harley, turned 1. She and her husband Alex had debated o...2023-07-041h 00
Doing It At Home - The Home Birth PodcastMother's Day Special Edition: We Interview Our Own Moms! (DIAH Classic)In today's super special episode of the Doing It At Home podcast, we are interviewing our own moms about our birth stories!In this show we interview tons of moms and families on their home birth stories, and so we thought we'd switch things up a bit for Mother's Day and hear about how each of us came into the world from the women who ushered us earth side.Derry Bivens is mother to Matthew, and Kathryn Russell is mother to Sarah. Both moms have beautiful birth stories filled with courage, strength, determination and joy. 2023-05-211h 20
Doing It At Home - The Home Birth PodcastThings We Forgot About Our Birth Story Plus Answering Your Follow Up QuestionsBut what about the bag of waters?!We answer this and other questions that we received as follow ups to our second home birth story for baby Naomi.There were also some things from the birth story that we forgot to mention and wanted to expand upon further.This includes but is not limited to: crying during labor, the cord snap, birthing the placenta and the moment when we discovered that baby was a girl.Links From The Episode:
Naomi’s Birth Story: https://podcasts.apple.com/us...2023-03-2946 min
Doing It At Home - The Home Birth PodcastA Sweet and Simple Home Birth - Listener Submitted Story from Holly LeeverWhy home birth?For today’s DIAH Mama Holly Leever, her answer was:“I knew I would be more comfortable at home and would avoid a lot of unnecessary interventions.”This episode is part of a new format and style we will be featuring on the podcast every so often - a non-interview audio submission from listeners sharing their birth stories with us. We’re excited to have this as another way to bring you more birth stories, for when we’re at capacity with our interview schedule. And it’s great for those who wo...2023-02-1523 min
Doing It At Home - The Home Birth PodcastGestational Diabetes, Preeclampsia and Advocating for the Birth You Want with Kseniya GadhWhat would you do to get the birth you want?Change plans at 33 weeks, talk to different providers, get your partner on board?These are all themes of today’s story with Kseniya Gadh.Her first birth was a bad experience in the hospital. For her second birth, she switched to a home birth plan around 33 weeks, even with circumstances like gestational diabetes and previous preeclampsia.Kseniya is an example of pushing for the birth you want, despite odds being against you.Things we talk about in this episode:...2022-12-1356 min
Doing It At Home - The Home Birth PodcastA Peaceful HBAC During Chaos and a Powerlifter Mama with Kara Lambert (DIAH Classic)How many of us feel a sense of failure after a birth experience?We’re clear that it’s far too many. In fact, one is too many.We’re grateful for stories like this who can help with the healing and rescripting. Our guest, Kara Lambert, shares her birth journey. After her cesarean birth with her son Theo, as she puts it, “I felt like I failed.”Great resources like ICAN helped Kara in her process of planning for a future VBAC. She and her husband Russ started with an OBGYN with their seco...2022-10-0548 min
Doing It At Home - The Home Birth PodcastStar Wars, Kiddie Pools, and Hypnobabies: Our Home Birth Story (DIAH Classic)Have you wondered about the first birth story we ever shared on this podcast?Well, it’s our story! And today we’re bringing you the classic episode “Star Wars, Kiddie Pools, and Hypnobabies: Our Home Birth Story”.In this episode, Matthew and I sit down (well actually, lay down) with our first guest - less than a week old baby Maya. She lies quietly (for the most part, you might hear some coos and little grunts in the background at times) on Matthew’s chest while we recount the story of our home birth, while it’s...2022-09-071h 18
Doing It At Home - The Home Birth PodcastUpdates From Second Trimester: Body Changes and Birth IntentionsHow is the second trimester going?Glad you asked! In this episode we’re giving updates on our second trimester, just as we’re about to enter the third.We talk about:
Body changes
Magical moments and milestones
Matthew’s perspective on the dad side of things
Intentions and visions for birth
Yogurt sex…yep
What’s next
Links From The Episode:
Previous pregnancy update episodes:
Weeks 11-14 of pregnancy: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/doing-it-at-home/id1153134918?i=1000568948597
Weeks 7-10 of pregnancy: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...2022-08-3149 min
Doing It At Home - The Home Birth PodcastBehind the Scenes of DIAH with Birthing Outside the Box’s Jani and Dr. VEver wanted to know more about the history of Doing It At Home or some of the behind-the-scenes life of running the show? In this bonus episode, we’re sharing the interview we did on the Birthing Outside the Box podcast with Jani and Dr. V. Last week we shared an episode (no. 394) where we interviewed them. So this week we thought it’d be fun to share the conversation where the roles were reversed and we got to be the interviewees.What’s cool about it is we take off our “host hats” and we just hav...2022-08-051h 35
Doing It At Home - The Home Birth PodcastTaking Responsibility for Birth with Jani Barnes and Dr. Vivian FederowiczWhat are some of the main contributors to stress and anxiety around pregnancy and birth?What are the main contributors to having peace and joy around your pregnancy and birth experience? Today we address both of these angles to birth with our friends Jani and Dr. V from Birthing Outside the Box. Jani and Dr. V are a dynamic duo of a doula and a chiropractor who are passionate about empowering and educating parents around pregnancy and birth. Along with hosting the Birthing Outside the Box podcast, they lead an in-person birthing course for their c...2022-07-271h 01
Doing It At Home - The Home Birth Podcast381: Baby Bivens #2 - Weeks 0-6 of the PregnancyAs we shared last week and in case you missed it: WE’RE PREGNANT!Going forward, the first Tuesday of each month will feature a conversation between us, highlighting the recent events of the pregnancy and birth preparation. Here are the main things we cover in this discussion, focusing on weeks 0-6:
Brief recap of the past 2 years of being open to conceive (ttc)
The details of how we found out we were pregnant
Telling some of our family and friends
Securing our midwife
We want your questions and suggestions for...2022-05-1051 min
Doing It At Home - The Home Birth PodcastQ&A with Midwives About the Midwifery Model of Care, Informed Consent and Family-Centered Birth with Sarah McClure and Charli ZarosinskiWhat does a midwife do? Might seem like an obvious answer if you’ve been in the birthing world for a while. But if you’re unfamiliar with different models of care or exploring home birth for the first time, it’s a very legitimate question with answers that could be very significant in your birthing journey.Today we’re joined by Sarah McClure and Charli Zarosinski, midwives of Hearth and Home Midwifery and hosts of The Homebirth Midwife Podcast. We unpacked a lot of really great topics in this conversation including:
The differ...2022-04-1949 min
Doing It At Home - The Home Birth PodcastBirth as a Rite of Passage: Messages for Birthers and Birth Workers with Blyss Young, LM, CPMWhere will you hear about home birth story details, the difference between modern and traditional midwifery, what to do when you are inspired to enter birth work and the connection of birth with sexuality and spirituality?This episode of the podcast! We’re joined by Blyss Young, LM CPM.Blyss is a home birth midwife, teacher, circle facilitator, energy healer, reiki practitioner, mother, yoga teacher, entrepreneur, breathwork facilitator, placenta encapsulator and natural living consultant. Through her guidance and love centered approach she has supported thousands of families to birth in the ways they feel the mo...2022-03-221h 07
Doing It At Home - The Home Birth PodcastA Peaceful Birth Followed by PPD and PTSD with Jamie LazzeriToday’s home birth story features Jamie Lazzeri, an Ayurvedic Wellness Practitioner, DONA Trained Birth Doula and Holistic Pregnancy Coach. Jamie talks about her obsession with birth before becoming a mother, her doula work and how that all influenced the kind of birth she wanted to have for her and her baby. She also shares a number of great resources that helped her in her journey - including the importance of learning from and sharing birth stories and the benefits of prenatal yoga. Jamie’s birth was peaceful and empowering overall. Coming out of the...2022-02-1557 min
Doing It At Home - The Home Birth PodcastHOME BIRTH STORY - 36-Hour Thanksgiving Baby and the Importance of Trusting Your Birth Team with Heather Davis and Chris RusinkoHow do you build trust for the birth experience?This entire episode encapsulates and embodies this question. Heather and Chris join us to share their birth journey of their daughter Eliana.Heather was born at home, so having a home birth herself was something she always wanted. We walk through the process of Chris preparing and supporting the experience. Also how they assembled their team and how important it was for them to have a team they could trust and count on. Then the details of the birth itself, with an unexpected postpartum transfer that w...2021-09-071h 00
Doing It At Home - The Home Birth PodcastHow to Mentally Prepare for When Things Don’t Go as Planned in Your Birth with Jenny and Wendy from Pure MotherhoodIn this episode, Matthew and Sarah chat with sisters Jenny and Wendy, creators of Pure Motherhood, a company that provides education, products, support and empowerment for moms and moms-to-be.We talk about how to mentally pivot when things don’t go the way you might have planned for in your birth.Some of the biggest “what if’s” and concerns around potential plan changes for home birth center around:
Change of care provider
Elements of the labor and/or birth being different than how you envisioned
Transfer to the hospital either before or after birth
2021-08-1752 min
Doing It At Home - The Home Birth PodcastHOME BIRTH STORY - From an Unplanned Cesarean to a Planned, Unassisted HBAC with Sarah LeahyCan birth be redemptive?We often hear on the show how different birth experiences bring the opportunity to heal and take back your power. This is an element of our conversation with Sarah Leahy. Sarah shares the varying aspects of her two birth experiences. Her first, an unplanned cesarean with multiple interventions, left her feeling like her body was broken and it had failed. Following her birth, Sarah experienced PTSD, anxiety, guilt and depression. She knew she wanted to have another baby and wanted to create a different result the next time around.S...2021-06-2247 min
Doing It At Home - The Home Birth PodcastHOME BIRTH STORY - Overcoming Diagnoses of “Incompetent” Cervix and IUGR with Sarah SchadeHow do you plan for a positive hospital birth experience, when you were originally intending to have a home birth?This is such a great topic to cover. For many who start out with a home birth plan, sometimes that changes for various reasons.Sarah Schade shares her story with us. From a diagnosis of an “incompetent” cervix (definitely not a term we’re fond of around here) to another diagnosis of IUGR (intrauterine growth restriction), Sarah and her husband Jeremiah went through a lot of ups and downs. She shares all the thought...2021-05-041h 19
Doing It At Home - The Home Birth PodcastHOME BIRTH STORY - An HBAC with Switching Care at 36 Weeks Pregnant with Sarah SchlichterWhen can you change care providers/plans?Answer: any time you want.This comes up frequently on the podcast. As long as it’s an important and relevant part of the pregnancy and birth experience (which it will always be), we will keep addressing this theme. Because for one thing: many do not know or realize that they are actually allowed to change care providers, whenever and for whatever reason. And there are others who might be aware of this, but are hesitant or afraid to. Today’s guest, Sarah Schlichter shares her journ...2021-04-1358 min
Doing It At Home - The Home Birth Podcast25 Ways to Know Labor is StartingHow do you know when labor is starting?This is a question we put out there into the community, and received some really great answers and examples. So we’re sharing them with you! Plus our experience of what it was like when we realized it was “game time” -- what it felt like, what was going on, and what we did once it was clearly active labor.There’s a wide range of possibilities and experiences when it comes to discovering you’re in labor. Our goal in sharing this conversation with you is to help yo...2021-01-1244 min
Doing It At Home - The Home Birth PodcastHome Birth and Pregnancy Affirmations for Moms and Dads (Rebroadcast)In this episode we're giving you some powerful affirmations to help you prepare for your pregnancy and home birth. We have 2 affirmations for moms and 2 for dads.We’ve talked a lot about affirmations on the show at different points in time - a little bit in our story and then in the stories of other moms, so we thought we’d create some of our own for you beautiful listeners!I thought it would be fun to have some for both pregnancy and the birthing process. And not just for mamas - for the dads...2020-12-3027 min
Doing It At Home - The Home Birth PodcastHOME BIRTH STORY - A Peaceful HBAC During Chaos and a Powerlifter Mama with Kara LambertHow many of us feel a sense of failure after a birth experience?We’re clear that it’s far too many. In fact, one is too many.We’re grateful for stories like this who can help with the healing and rescripting. Our guest, Kara Lambert, shares her birth journey. After her cesarean birth with her son Theo, as she puts it, “I felt like I failed.”Great resources like ICAN helped Kara in her process of planning for a future VBAC. She and her husband Russ started with an OBGYN with their seco...2020-11-1754 min
Doing It At Home - The Home Birth PodcastHow to Know Whether You're in a Relationship or Partnership (Rebroadcast from Having It A.L.L Podcast)Original description from Having It A.L.L.:How is the state of your relationship? How about your partnership?I never used to look at the two as separate. The "relationship" included everything -- the romance, the intimacy, the day-to-day life dynamics, the household management.But for me, as my primary relationship has matured and as new things like marriage and kids have entered the picture, I now see that there's a distinction between the relationship (influenced more by the heart) and the partnership (influenced more by the mind).In today's...2020-10-031h 06
Doing It At Home - The Home Birth PodcastOur Home Birth Baby and the Podcast Turn 4!Did we ever imagine ourselves hosting a home birth podcast for 4 years?Answer: no. We didn’t even know what home birth really was when we first got pregnant. And yet now here we find ourselves: almost 300 episodes in. The podcast and our daughter Maya are 4 years old!So join us while we celebrate and reflect on our birth experience, some of our favorite things about doing the show, and we thank you for being along for the ride!Links:
Our website: https://www.diahpodcast.com/
DIAH Shop: https://www.bonfire.com/st...2020-09-1239 min
Doing It At Home - The Home Birth PodcastEpisode Swap with Birth Story Podcast: Interview with Jennifer FarnhamDon’t you love the birth world?We’ve been able to connect with so many amazing people in this space. For today’s episode we’re sharing the #birthjunkie love and bringing you an episode from our friend Heidi and her podcast, Birth Story Podcast. We had Heidi on the DIAH podcast in episode 256 and we genuinely find her wonderful. So why not share some more of that with you?!Enjoy an episode that originally aired in November 2019 titled: Meet Jennifer Farnham Host of Willow Wisteria on YouTube on her home births and hospital births w...2020-06-231h 05
Doing It At Home - The Home Birth PodcastHelping Dads to Feel Confident, Peaceful and Powerful About BirthWhat role is the father-to-be (or parent-to-be) supposed to play in birth? How can that father/parent-to-be show up better in that role?In today's conversation, Matthew and Sarah dig in on this topic, focusing on the future fathers/parents who don't always get to be in the spotlight.This is a great episode to listen to if you're a father-to-be, OR if you know one then share this episode with them.Links:
Our website: https://www.diahpodcast.com/
DIAH Shop: https://www.bonfire.com/store/diahpodcast/
Parents on Demand Network: https...2020-06-1735 min
Doing It At Home - The Home Birth PodcastHOME BIRTH STORY - From an Unplanned Cesarean to a Planned, Unassisted HBAC with Sarah LeahyCan birth be redemptive?We often hear on the show how different birth experiences bring the opportunity to heal and take back your power. This is an element of our conversation with Sarah Leahy. Sarah shares the varying aspects of her two birth experiences. Her first, an unplanned cesarean with multiple interventions, left her feeling like her body was broken and it had failed. Following her birth, Sarah experienced PTSD, anxiety, guilt and depression. She knew she wanted to have another baby and wanted to create a different result the next time around.S...2020-06-0949 min
Doing It At Home - The Home Birth PodcastHOME BIRTH STORY - Natural, Holistic, Spiritual Approach to Birth, Plus Dealing with IUGR with Amy ZhouHow do you prepare for birth beyond the physical factors?Today’s guest is Amy Zhou, a certified Health Coach and Medicine Woman who specializes in teaching women (and men) how to heal their body, mind and spirit naturally at home. She’s also a new mama to her son Nathaniel, who is three and a half weeks old at the time we recorded this episode.We cover a lot of great things with Amy. For starters, she gave birth in the exact days the situation of COVID-19 dramatically shifted and accelerated in the United Stat...2020-04-211h 03
Doing It At Home - The Home Birth PodcastIf You Are Switching from Hospital to Home BirthAre you switching from a hospital birth to a home birth or find yourself new to the option of home birth and are exploring?In today’s episode we’re sharing a resource we put together for the DIAH community - particularly those who might be new to the space. We’ve gathered about 40 episodes together and created 2 separate playlists: one with birth stories including a switch from hospital to home at some point during the pregnancy along AND another of empowering conversations between Matthew and Sarah on the planning for home birth.Plus a listen...2020-04-1420 min
Doing It At Home - The Home Birth PodcastHOME BIRTH STORY - Breech At Home At 37 Weeks With Nona DjavidIf baby is breech, does that automatically mean you can’t have a home birth?That depends on each situation and of course where you live and your care options.In today’s episode, we chat with Nona Djavid about both of her pregnancies and home birth experiences. Both involving breech position at different points in time.For her first, she found out at 37 weeks that her baby was breech, and that meant that her midwife was no longer allowed to assist her in delivering in her home in the state of California. So t...2020-04-0751 min
Doing It At Home - The Home Birth PodcastHOME BIRTH STORY - Changing From Hospital Birth To Home Birth At 35 Weeks with Jessica and Seth Burdette (Rebroadcast)In today’s episode we’re bringing you the home birth story of Jessica and Seth Burdette.Have you ever felt like you were limited with your birth options?Our couple today, Jessica and Seth Burdette, share their story about doing what was best for their family and creating the birth experience of their dreams.At 35 weeks Jessica and Seth decided to make the switch from a hospital birth with OB care, to a home birth with the Atlanta Birth Center. Most people don’t consider switching that late into the game (the vast m...2020-04-011h 03
Doing It At Home - The Home Birth PodcastThe Lessons Birth Teaches You About Handling Tough Situations (Plus Practical Tips For You)What can birth teach us about handling tough situations?Simply stated: A LOT!Matthew and Sarah sit down to address some of the current energy that’s circulating throughout the world, and how we can draw upon the experience of birth to empower us and help us move through it.Lessons like surrender, awareness, mindfulness and choosing love over fear. Plus we give you real, actionable, practical takeaways that you can do today.Links:
Balance and Motherhood podcast: https://www.sarahbivens.com/podcast
Having It ALL podcast: https://podcasts.apple.co...2020-03-2444 min
Doing It At Home - The Home Birth PodcastHOME BIRTH STORY - Switching to Home Birth at 30 Weeks, Plus 10 Minutes of Pushing with Sarah RadcliffHow late is too late to switch your birth plan or care model?The joke (but not really a joke) response we often see in the birth circuit is, “Once the baby has arrived.”In other words, it’s never too late to evaluate what you want in your birth experience, and to make the adjustments to bring that reality.Our guest today is Sarah Radcliff, mom of 4 (2 belly babies and 2 bonus). Sarah shares her second birth experience with us in which she decided on a home birth at 30 weeks pregnant. Her first birth...2020-03-1753 min
Doing It At Home - The Home Birth PodcastHelping Dads to Feel Confident, Peaceful and Powerful About BirthWhat role is the father-to-be (or parent-to-be) supposed to play in birth? How can that father/parent-to-be show up better in that role?In today's conversation, Sarah and Matthew dig in on this topic, focusing on the future fathers/parents who don't always get to be in the spotlight.This is a great episode to listen to if you're a father-to-be, OR if you know one then share this episode with them.Links:
Our website: https://www.diahpodcast.com/
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Parents on Demand Network: https...2020-01-0734 min
Doing It At Home - The Home Birth PodcastReactions To Home Birth From Family, Friends and Strangers (Rebroadcast)When you’re expecting, it’s very common to hear the question, “Where are you delivering?” If not that specifically, people generally ask about your doctor or your doctor visits.Whether it’s close friends and family or total strangers, most will insert some sort of advice or personal experience to whatever birth plan it is you’ve chosen.It can be even more interesting when you share that your birth plan involves a home birth. Queue awkward silences, uncomfortable jokes and even sometimes downright judgement. That’s what we’re talking about in this episode: what we...2019-12-1741 min
Doing It At Home - The Home Birth PodcastHOME BIRTH STORY - An Unplanned Home Birth and the Power of Meditation with Katie KrimitsosWhat happens when you’re planning a hospital or birth center birth, but labor starts and moves so quickly that you don’t have time to pack up, get in the car and leave?!Welp, an unplanned home birth, that’s what! And this is our first story of this on the podcast. Meet our guest, Katie Krimitsos, wife, mother of 2 and fellow podcaster, Sarah met Katie at the She Podcasts 2019 event in Atlanta earlier this year, and knew she had to be on DIAH.Katie shares the story of her daughter Savannah’s birth (this epi...2019-12-0440 min
Doing It At Home - The Home Birth PodcastHOME BIRTH STORY - Talking Home Birth and Placental Encapsulation With Jenny DiPietroIn this episode we're talking with mom of 4 Jenny DiPietro, who has had multiple home births, a home birth turned hospital transfer, a water birth at home, and who performs placenta encapsulation for families. We get into a lot in this one! Oh yeah, and we’re also entering a new phase of the podcast! In addition to our episodes that feature Matthew and me discussing some topic related to home birth, we’re publishing our conversations with moms and families who have experienced home birth along with professionals and thought leaders on the subject. Jenny is the first to ki...2019-08-2039 min
Doing It At Home - The Home Birth PodcastTraveling With Kids: Conventional and Unconventional Tips On Traveling With Young OnesHave you ever done some serious traveling with your kids? Are you planning on it but are terrified at how it might go?Well fear not! In today’s episode Matthew and I are giving you some tips on traveling with your little ones. We just returned from a 2 week trip to Europe where we went all over the place, did a bunch of stuff, and managed it all with a smile on our faces.Yes, you can have a great time traveling with kids and today we’re going to help you do just that...2019-08-0646 min
Doing It At Home - The Home Birth PodcastHOME BIRTH STORY - Ironman Athlete and First-Time Mama at 40 with Stephanie DunneHave you heard the term geriatric pregnancy? (Matthew hadn’t before this interview).Any pregnancy after the age of 35 is actually technically considered a geriatric pregnancy. But in our conversation today with Stephanie Dunne, we’re shifting that narrative and dropping age as a defining factor in pregnancy and birth.Stephanie shares her birth story of her son Sebastian with us and makes a very powerful point in her sharing: “We create our own reality.”This is a great episode for mamas of all ages and birthing philosophies to listen to. We talk about th...2019-04-0953 min
Doing It At Home - The Home Birth PodcastHOME BIRTH STORY - When Loss Leads You to Birth Work with Sarah DiMarcoWhat inspires birth workers to do what they do?In today’s episode, we’re chatting with Sarah DiMarco, a birth and bereavement doula and a mama of a blended family of 7. She shares both her experience as a doula as well as her birth stories.Following her first birth, which was in a hospital, and then experiencing 2 miscarriages after that, Sarah was led to working in the birth world herself. Her work and studies influenced her decision to have a home birth for her next two children.We talk about Sarah’s healin...2019-03-1936 min
Doing It At Home - The Home Birth PodcastBIRTH STORY - How Birth Reminds Us of Our Resilience with Kimra LunaWhat did birth teach you?In today’s episode, we have the pleasure of speaking with personal branding and online business strategist Kimra Luna. We’ve actually been fans of Kimra for a while and have used some of her products and methodology for enhancing our own businesses. She’s built an empire and essentially turned her life around from once living on welfare with two small children. And if that’s not amazing and inspiring enough, we’re talking babies and birth with her! Matthew and Kimra connected via a Facebook thread on podcasting, and somehow...2019-01-0945 min
Doing It At Home - The Home Birth PodcastHOME BIRTH STORY - A Pediatric Intensive Care Nurse, Myths of Home Birth and a Posterior Delivery with Elise KuehnerHow do you address the fears related to home birth when you work in a hospital?For Elise Kuehner, a self-proclaimed planner and researcher, she went down the rabbit hole of content to explore for herself and work through any disempowering thoughts.I could explain the rest, but honestly, she says it best in her email to us when we discussed sharing her birth story. So I’ll let her tell you:“I have felt for awhile that I should share my birth story not only for its outcome but also the process of c...2018-10-2348 min
Doing It At Home - The Home Birth PodcastMum of 16 Plus Creating Your Home Birth PlanIn today’s episode Sarah reads listener emails and talks about creating a home birth plan.How should you approach your home birth plan?Links:
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Doing It At Home - The Home Birth Podcast176: HOME BIRTH STORY - PPD, Infant Loss, Infertility and Transitioning into Motherhood with Keisha Reaves, LPCHow can we do more for women and mothers as they prepare for and transition into the experience of motherhood? Well, powerful conversations are a great start. And this episode is a prime example of that. Sarah got to sit down with licensed professional counselor and creator of the afterbirth kit company Push Thru, Keisha Reaves. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2018-09-0539 min
Doing It At Home - The Home Birth Podcast158: HOME BIRTH STORY - A Home Birth Story After a Torn Cervix and Years of Infertility with Jenn IrizarryWhere did your journey to birth begin?For today’s guest Jenn Irizarry, her story links back to a life-threatening accident she had when she was 17 that tore her cervix. She had emergency surgery as a result of the internal bleeding and shock. 44 staples in her abdomen down to her pelvis later, Jenn was just happy to be alive. She wasn’t too caught up in the conversation that doctors brought up of the likelihood of her ability to have children.But fast forward to when she and her husband Mike were trying to conceive, fert...2018-07-0453 min
Doing It At Home - The Home Birth Podcast157: The Mama and Story Behind the Birth Documentary “These Are My Hours” with Emily GrahamHave you seen “These Are My Hours” yet? Well if you haven’t, this is your official suggestion and reminder. If you caught our last episode (number 156) - you’ll remember Matthew’s conversation with Scott Kirschenbaum, the creator of the documentary film that shows the process of birth completely through one woman’s perspective. And in today’s episode, I get to speak with this powerful woman and mother, Emily Graham. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2018-06-3057 min
Doing It At Home - The Home Birth Podcast156: How Men Can Get More Involved in the Birth Experience with Scott Kirschenbaum, director of the documentary “These Are My Hours”What if men were just as excited about birth as mothers were? Today is a very special episode. Matthew gets to chat with Scott Kirschenbaum, the director and producer of the new birth documentary film “These Are My Hours,” an intimate immersion into one woman’s experience of giving birth. The film is told and viewed completely through the perspective of the birthing mother Emily (whom we are interviewing in our next episode so stay tuned!). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2018-06-2654 min
Doing It At Home - The Home Birth Podcast153: Cannabis Usage During Pregnancy, Birth and PostpartumWhat are your thoughts on cannabis usage during pregnancy, birth or postpartum? Maybe you haven’t even thought about it before, or known it was a thing (Sarah and Matthew raise both hands lol). A listener reached out recently and asked us to cover this topic. She was curious about other mamas who have used cannabis and can speak to their experience. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2018-06-1639 min
Doing It At Home - The Home Birth PodcastWhy Are You Choosing Home Birth?Why did you choose home birth? Or any of your birth plans?There are usually a collection of motivating factors that go into creating the birth vision you have in mind. So after talking to a lot of amazing mamas on the show and reflecting on some of our own intentions for our birth, we decided to dedicate an episode to the reasons why some might choose home birth. This is based on the most common feedback and experiences we’ve heard and talked about on the show.But first, we start with a twist: wh...2018-04-0740 min
Doing It At Home - The Home Birth Podcast129: Changing Our Culture Around Postpartum with The Fourth Trimester Podcast’s Esther GallagherWhy do we expect women in our culture to get everything back together right after she has a baby? Whether it’s her body, work or anything resembling her lifestyle before motherhood, there is a lot of misconception and skewed conversation around the postpartum period. But podcasts like the Fourth Trimester Podcast, hosted by Sarah Trott and Esther Gallegher are changing that narrative. And in today’s episode, we’re chatting with Esther about the fourth trimester. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2018-03-1454 min
Doing It At Home - The Home Birth Podcast127: Birth Roundup: Royal Home Birth, Birth Photography and Just Being Our Goofy SelvesWhat’s new in the birth world? What’s the latest and greatest? Or to quote a classic film of our time (Mean Girls) - “What’s the 411? What has everybody been up to? What's the hot gossip? Tell me everything.” This is a very fun, goofy, chill and laid back episode. Matthew and I are just riffing on some things that we’ve recently heard about, read about, or chatted about with listeners of the show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2018-03-0427 min
Doing It At Home - The Home Birth Podcast125: My Home Birth Postpartum Experience (Rebroadcast)Today’s episode is a rebroadcast of episode 19 where Sarah shares her postpartum story. Enjoy! --- Hey all, Sarah here. In this episode I’m solo and talking all about my home birth postpartum experience. I’m currently almost 4 months postpartum, and it’s been quite the journey for me. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2018-02-2541 min
Doing It At Home - The Home Birth Podcast115: The Postpartum For Dads Episode: Matthew Shares His Perspective On Life After Childbirth For FathersHow do dads balance life after baby? It’s easier to find resources and conversations around motherhood postpartum, and that makes a lot of sense. But dads are greatly impacted too in their own ways with their own set of challenges and lessons. So coming to you by listener request we have today’s episode - Matthew sharing some of his perspective on what life after baby has been like. This is a great episode to share with partners and dads. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2018-01-1558 min
Doing It At Home - The Home Birth Podcast087: Celebrating and Reflecting on One Year of ParenthoodMatthew and I have been parents for a whole year now! This past week we celebrated Maya’s 1st birthday, the anniversary of the Doing It At Home podcast and one year of navigating parenthood together. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2017-09-1752 min
Doing It At Home - The Home Birth Podcast078: Taboo Subjects of Birth and Motherhood with Ashley Woolsey of Motherhood TabutifulToday we have the awesome honor and privilege of bringing you an empowering conversation with Ashley Woolsey - mother of 3, doula and creator of Motherhood Tabutiful (pronounced “ta-beautiful”) - a blog and online community for mothers to come together and share their stories of motherhood.To give some more context on Motherhood Tabutiful, here is it’s mission statement straight from the site:“Our mission is to create a safe and judgment free space for women and mothers to share their stories of the taboo subjects that surround motherhood. It is with this space, th...2017-08-1937 min
Doing It At Home - The Home Birth PodcastA Few Updates, Beyonce and Jay-z’s Home Birth and Word Association GamesIn today’s episode, you get a little bit of a glimpse of our wacky world and Matthew’s and my silly banter. Heads up on the audio for this episode: we know it’s not the most awesome thing ever. We’re kinda snobs about our audio quality (well, Matthew definitely is!), so it was quite irritating when we realized there was an issue after we recorded. Oh well, the show must go on! So if you didn’t notice anything, then forget we said anything! Anyway, in this episode we’re just having fun. We’re kee...2017-08-0628 min
Doing It At Home - The Home Birth PodcastSpecial Birthday Episode - Matthew's Birth StoryIn this episode we are rebroadcasting a portion of our Mother's Day special -- Matthew's birth story.Today, July 22nd, is Matthew's birthday! And we thought what better way to celebrate on the podcast than to play the story of Matthew's birth 31 years ago.Back on Mother's Day of this year, both Matthew and I had conversations with our moms where they shared our birth stories. Neither of us were born at home, but it's our podcast and we can publish what we want!So we took the portion of that episode where...2017-07-2240 min
Doing It At Home - The Home Birth PodcastSPECIAL INTERVIEW - Preparing for Home Birth Before You’re Even Pregnant with Kim and TimToday’s episode has a nice twist to it! It’s an interview, but not typically like the ones we do on the show. We’re kinda the ones being interviewed!Here’s some context and background: we received an awesome listener email from Kim. Kim is engaged to Tim. Yes, Kim and Tim. Kim and Tim are a great couple, creating this beautiful partnership. As they prepare to enter marriage and plan for this amazing life they intend to have together, they are naturally having conversations of eventually wanting to have children.What’s really coo...2017-07-0248 min
Doing It At Home - The Home Birth Podcast063: Father's Day Special Edition: Doing It At Home for DadsToday’s episode is for the papas out there. We take some time to wish all of you dads out there a very happy and blessed Father’s Day. So grab your husband, boyfriend, partner, (or even a key member of your birth team who will serve in a main support role) and huddle up together to listen to this episode. We put the spotlight on Matthew, interviewing him on some of his experience and advice on moving into fatherhood, particularly as it relates to planning for home birth. We go through the general stages of the process like when you’...2017-06-1746 min
Doing It At Home - The Home Birth PodcastBONUS - Meditation and The Power Of Allowing Yourself To Be Happy with Mark KrassnerWe have a special bonus episode for you! We had the chance to speak with Mark Krassner, creator of the guided meditation app for moms called Expectful.Sarah has been using this app recently and really loves it. So she was thrilled when we had the chance to talk with Mark about the app, the how and why of it's creation, and his mission to make meditation as common as prenatal vitamins.Enjoy this bonus episode with Mark!Links:
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Doing It At Home - The Home Birth Podcast8 Celebrities Who Did It At HomeToday’s episode is the Doing It At Home celebrity list of home births. We’re chatting about 8 celebrities who chose home birth. This of course is not the list of the only celebrities who had their babies at home. There’s a bunch out there, and probably even more that haven’t publicly shared this part of their lives (which we can understand, given all the attention they already get!). These are just the people we were most excited to talk about when we found out we shared this common experience with them.
Ricki Lake - One of the ma...2017-06-0421 min
Doing It At Home - The Home Birth PodcastA Raw Conversation About New MotherhoodIn this episode we're talking about mommy guilt, comparison and shame. We're kicking off a brand new series on the Doing It At Home podcast. Normally we talk about home birth, healthy pregnancy, and share home birth stories. But we also want to bring conversations about new parenthood because that's extremely relevant to many of our listeners (and also to ourselves). On episode 45 Matthew and I interviewed new mom Monica Smith, and me and Monica really hit it off. So much so that we started having weekly phone calls where we opened up to one another about the ch...2017-05-2122 min
Doing It At Home - The Home Birth PodcastMother's Day Special Edition: We Interview Our Own Moms!In today's super special episode of the Doing It At Home podcast, we are interviewing our own moms about our birth stories!In this show we interview tons of moms and families on their home birth stories, and so we thought we'd switch things up a bit for Mother's Day and hear about how each of us came into the world from the women who ushered us earth side.Derry Bivens is mother to Matthew, and Kathryn Russell is mother to Sarah. Both moms have beautiful birth stories filled with courage, strength, determination and joy. 2017-05-131h 19
Doing It At Home - The Home Birth PodcastThe 8 Things I Did To Be Powerful And Centered During BirthIn this episode, Matthew and I talk about 8 specific things I did before and during my pregnancy, which helped me remain strong, focused, powerful and centered during our home birth. Links:
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Doing It At Home - The Home Birth PodcastBreaking Up With Your OBGYN When You're Choosing Home BirthIn today's episode we're answering listener email. This one comes to us from Hannah who is looking for feedback on how she can amicably part ways with her OBGYN. Matthew and I LOVE our listener emails. Seriously, they energize us and inspire us to keep bringing you all awesome content. On the days when we’re feeling under the weather (like Matthew is in this episode - notice the deep, raspy voice) and sleep deprived, we remember your questions and beautiful words of affirmation. They remind us of our mission - to create empowering conversation around home birth...2017-03-3022 min
Doing It At Home - The Home Birth PodcastSo, What Happens After Your Home Birth?In this episode we're commenting on a blog article that Matthew found in Romper, called ”7 Things That Happen After You Give Birth At Home.” The article covers everything from what happens with the mess, to baby's first checkup, to bonding with your new baby.This was such a great article, simple and informative, that it inspired us to do this episode! So Angela Johnson, if you’re out there and see this, thank you for writing the article and spreading the awareness. (We’d love to have you on the show by the way!)A lot of time...2017-03-1534 min
Doing It At Home - The Home Birth PodcastHOME BIRTH STORY - Switching to Home Birth at 31 weeks with Sara-Beth ReuterIn this episode we're talking to Sara-Beth Reuter about her inspiring journey to home birth. Sara-Beth is a great example of courage and determination. After her doctor told her that she would not be able to deliver naturally and would need a c-section because of the size of her baby, she and her husband Matthew decided to get another opinion on the matter.They reached out to Matthew’s grandmother, an experienced midwife, and explored their options. Already not too keen on hospitals and clear that she wanted a natural birth, at 19 years old and 31 weeks pregnant, Sar...2017-02-2638 min
Doing It At Home - The Home Birth PodcastThe Postpartum Sex Episode: Why We’re Having Our Best Sex After BabyIn this episode we're talking all about having sex after baby. Yes, this is the much anticipated followup to our episode about sex while pregnant (link below). Postpartum sex can be tricky, and for us it involved patience, compassion and creativity. But now, both Matthew and I can say without a doubt, that we're having the BEST SEX OF OUR RELATIONSHIP, and that's after pushing out a kid!If you’ve listened to the Doing It At Home podcast for a while, you’ve probably gathered that Matthew and I value transparency a whole lot. It’s import...2017-02-221h 08
Doing It At Home - The Home Birth PodcastWhen It Comes To Home Birth, Everything Is EnergyEverything is energy - this is a principle that Matthew and I became aware of a few years ago and since then have used it to guide our lives. How we create and nurture our relationships, our businesses and how we make decisions in our lives have all been influenced. And especially our home birth journey.Essentially when it comes to planning your home birth, it serves you well to drop judgements and be at peace with what is.It’s also a great idea to think about the energy you have around you during yo...2017-02-1122 min
Doing It At Home - The Home Birth PodcastHOME BIRTH STORY - How Home Birth is a “Hands-On Experience” with Megan HebenstreitIn today's episode we have another home birth story for you, this time from Megan Henebstreit.Megan Hebenstreit is a straight shooter - she’s very real and super clear about her decision to go with home birth and how she experienced it.She’s also known from a younger age that she was interested in home birth - something Matthew and I haven’t heard very often in our conversations with women and families. So that’s really exciting and inspiring!One of the biggest things you get from Megan when you hear her...2017-02-0636 min
Doing It At Home - The Home Birth PodcastPreparing Your Space For Your Home BirthIn this episode we’re talking about ways in which you can prepare the physical space (i.e. your home) for your home birth. For our home birth, Matthew and I were very intentional in wanting to create a peaceful, comfortable, relaxing space to welcome Maya into the world. We were also gifted with incredibly fabulous things like a home cleaning and a “homebirth space setting” ceremony, which really helped create the most amazing environment for birth. So in this episode we share with you all the things that worked for us and some ideas to help make your home b...2017-02-0328 min
Doing It At Home - The Home Birth PodcastHome Birth and Pregnancy Affirmations for Moms and DadsIn this episode we're giving you some powerful affirmations to help you prepare for your pregnancy and home birth. We have 2 affirmations for moms and 2 for dads.We’ve talked a lot about affirmations on the show at different points in time - a little bit in our story and then in the stories of other moms, so we thought we’d create some of our own for you beautiful listeners!I thought it would be fun to have some for both pregnancy and the birthing process. And not just for mamas - for the dads...2017-01-2324 min
Doing It At Home - The Home Birth PodcastHOME BIRTH STORY - Birth Center Transfer and Planning A Home Birth with Lindsay BonnarIn today's episode we talk to mom Lindsay Bonnar about her home birth story. Lindsay planned a home birth for her first baby, but circumstances required a transfer to a birth center. Now pregnant with her second, Lindsay and her husband are planning a home birth again for the second round. ----This episode is an interview and home birth story of Lindsay Bonnar. Lindsay is another beautiful face of home birth, sharing her plans for home birth with her daughter that eventually shifted into a transfer to a birthing center.Now pregnant w...2017-01-1243 min
Doing It At Home - The Home Birth PodcastMy Home Birth Postpartum ExperienceIn today’s episode I’m sharing my postpartum story. I get into the nitty gritty details of the very first postpartum stages after my home birth. I also talk about what I experienced with postnatal visits with my midwives, healing a perineal tear, breastfeeding, diastasis recti (aka ab separation), postpartum sex and more!-- Hey all, Sarah here. In this episode I’m solo and talking all about my home birth postpartum experience.I’m currently almost 4 months postpartum, and it’s been quite the journey for me. Postpartum is this fascinating transition...2017-01-0938 min
Doing It At Home - The Home Birth PodcastHOME BIRTH STORY - Talking Home Birth and Placenta Encapsulation With Jenny DiPietroIn this episode we're talking with mom of 4 Jenny DiPietro, who has had multiple home births, a homebirth turned hospital transfer, a water birth at home, and who performs placenta encapsulation for families. We get into a lot in this one! Oh yeah, and we’re also entering a new phase of the podcast!In addition to our episodes that feature Matthew and me discussing some topic related to home birth, we’re publishing our conversations with moms and families who have experienced home birth along with professionals and thought leaders on the subject.Fir...2016-11-2434 min
Doing It At Home - The Home Birth PodcastWhen Things Don’t Go As Planned: Leonie’s Honest Birth StoryToday’s episode was inspired by a listener email. Leonie, listening all the way in Australia, reached out to share her birth story. She had planned for a minimal intervention birth in a midwife led public hospital program (way to go Australis!) but things didn’t go exactly as anticipated. Her email was amazing - raw, honest and transparent - and at the end she had a few questions for me about home birth, my connection to Maya, and more. So when we received this email we knew we wanted to record an episode with our response.
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Doing It At Home - The Home Birth PodcastPicking Your All Star Home Birth TeamA lot goes into creating a badass and powerful team. You want a team that works together and has synergy. You want individual members who can hold their own yet contribute to the totality of the group. You want to be able to trust everyone’s competence and commitment to the overall goal. These teams win championships, seal the deals, and set the example for all other teams.Now when it comes to choosing your team for your home birth, how do you go about creating the ultimate, most awesome group of people to support you in su...2016-11-0234 min
Doing It At Home - The Home Birth PodcastAn Intimate And Unforgettable Message From My Husband During My Home Birth Active LaborIn this episode, I invite you into a precious and intimate moment.You see, during the early parts of birthing time (labor), we placed a recorder in the room - to capture the experience and be able to listen back to it later on.While I was moving through my birthing waves (contractions) in the bathtub, Matthew tended to me by bringing me water and snacks along with affirming me and contacting our midwife with updates.I would later find out that during one of the times Matthew left the room, he took...2016-10-2614 min
Doing It At Home - The Home Birth PodcastOur First Home Birth Story: Star Wars, Kiddie Pools, and HypnobabiesThis is it, folks! The episode you’ve all been waiting for….our birth story!Matthew and I sit down (in bed, as always) with our first guest - less than a week old baby Maya. She lies quietly (for the most part, you might hear some coos and little grunts in the background at times) on Matthew’s chest while we recount the story of our home birth, while it’s still fresh in our minds.We take you from the beginning of the birthing waves (contractions) when they started late Saturday night, all the way...2016-10-131h 18
Doing It At Home - The Home Birth PodcastThe In Between Stage: The [Agonizing] Final Days Of Pregnancy“We are not a culture that waits for anything, nor are we believers in normal birth; waiting for a baby can feel like insanity.”This is a powerful quote from an article that had a profound impact on Matthew and me. The article is about the “in between” stage of the last days of pregnancy before moving into birth, a period that the author of the article calls zwischen (pulling from the German word for “between” - fitting huh?). You can find the article here.In this episode, Matthew and I talk about our own experience w...2016-10-0635 min
Doing It At Home - The Home Birth PodcastThe 10 Best Things We Did For Our Home Birth Prenatal CareWe preface this episode with a little disclaimer and I feel it necessary to include it here as well - WE ARE NOT DOCTORS OR MEDICAL EXPERTS AND WE ARE NOT GIVING MEDICAL ADVICE.Now that that’s out of the way, let’s get into some fun stuff. Today we’re talking about our top 10 list for prepping for our home birth. We found that these were the things that helped us throughout pregnancy - from the mental prepping to physical activity to some natural products and even spiritual and energetic exercises.We’ve been ver...2016-09-2839 min
Doing It At Home - The Home Birth PodcastSex While Pregnant: The Ins, The Outs, The Reach AroundsLet’s talk about sex, BABY! Not just the kind that makes the babies, but the kind you continue doing while the bun is in the oven.There’s plenty of topics around pregnancy that receive just the surface level of attention paid to them in the blogs, books, and classes. Sex was the big thing for me that I experienced ambiguity around. Everything I saw depicted one of two extremes - you either want it all the time or the thought it makes you more nauseated than morning sickness. My main takeaway was “no more missionary” and just...2016-09-2141 min
Doing It At Home - The Home Birth PodcastReactions To Home Birth From Family, Friends and StrangersWhen you’re expecting, it’s very common to hear the question, “Where are you delivering?” If not that specifically, people generally ask about your doctor or your doctor visits.Whether it’s close friends and family or total strangers, most will insert some sort of advice or personal experience to whatever birth plan it is you’ve chosen.It can be even more interesting when you share that your birth plan involves a home birth. Queue awkward silences, uncomfortable jokes and even sometimes downright judgement. That’s what we’re talking about in this episode: what we...2016-09-2036 min
Doing It At Home - The Home Birth PodcastA Father’s Perspective: Wrestling With the Fears, Thoughts and Beliefs of an Out-Of-Hospital BirthJust about every pregnancy/birth resource out there focuses on the mother or the baby, which makes sense to an extent because they are the main actors on stage. But there’s typically another partner involved who is feeling all sorts of things, but isn’t always asked or encouraged to share and express the roller coaster of thoughts, fears, hopes, beliefs that they’re experiencing.I wanted to change that in today’s episode, and so I interviewed my husband Matthew on his experience of going through pregnancy with me, how he initially felt about a home bir...2016-09-1535 min