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Harvest Birth Stories37 | Nicole - one birth, positive induction past due date, unmedicated, hypnobirthing, spinning babies, positive breastfeeding experiencewelcome to episode 37 where we chat today with a good pal Nicole. (Aka she was one of my past wedding clients and I adore her). Nicole brings us along on her journey of her relatively "normal" (what is normal, right?) pregnancy where she decided she desired to have an unmedicated labor. She prepped with spinning babies and hypnobirthing and ultimately went overdue but had a positive induction process. You'll have to listen to hear more, but welcome nicole! 2024-08-131h 06
Harvest Birth Stories36 | IM PREGNANT!! first trimester recap- cycle tracking, depression, hyperemsis, ER, dehydration, IVs, midwivesHI HI HI. If you haven't heard, I am pregnant lol. Today we chat with ME about my first trimester recap. I first and foremost want to say this is in no way any medication recommendations. IF this is something happening to you, please reach out to a care provider before starting any medications or medical interventions. This is just my personal experience, and I want women to be able to listen and know they are not alone if its happening to them as well. If you are going through this or if you have, my heart is with...2024-07-0837 min
Harvest Birth Stories35 | Taylor B - 3 vaginal births. two hospital, one home birth. induction, overdue, vacuum, breastfeeding, midwife, waterbirthwelcome back, friends! today we chat with Taylor, who has 3 births under her belt. Taylor has 3 very different birth experiences; one OB in hospital, one PCP in hospital and then one home birth. Taylor chats ALOT about the importance of maternal instincts and trusting your body and process during those final weeks of pregnancy. I truly enjoyed chatting and listening to these stories, and I hope you do too. Thanks, Taylor!2024-05-091h 33
Harvest Birth Stories34 | Shannon - second time mom, TOLAC?, second breech birth, ECV, moxibustion, bodyworks, cesarean, redemptive breastfeeding journey, oral restriction releaseJust to let you all know, Shannon and I can talk for hours. So apologies in advance for talking your ears off ;) Today we talk to Shannon, AGAIN! Before you listen to this podcast makes sure you go back and listen to her first birth story. Shannon had a second breech baby, which I'm not sure the exact statistics but its pretty dang rare to have 2 back to back. Regardless; we chat today about alllllllll the things she did to try to prepare herself as much as possible for a VBAC birth. Shannon talks a LOT about...2024-04-031h 00
Harvest Birth Stories33 | Emma H- three pregnancies, two births, miscarriage, bicornuate uterus, breech, cesarean, nicu, ppa/ppd, breastfeeding, pumpingWelcome welcome welcome! Chatting with Emma today was a real fun time. Emma is a stay at home mom of two beautiful babes who juggles mom life with her quilting busiess in small town north dakota. (will link!) Buckle up for a fun chat because Emma & I can TALK. ;) Emma chats about her anxieties & desire for physiological birth along with breastfeeding and how a necessary cesarean took some of those desires away. Her second birth was a redemptive experience. We go on to chat about so many things, honestly if I had to make a full bio...2024-03-1059 min
Harvest Birth Stories32 | Samantha - one birth, first time mom, breech, cesarean, NICU stay, pumping journeyWelcome to episode 32! Today we talk with Samantha who had premature rupture of membranes in her first pregnancy with a breech baby resulting in a cesarean birth and a NICU stay. Samantha explains her worries for a vaginal birth and breastfeeding throughout the podcast and I just want to reiterate that on this channel and page we support ALL birth & feeding desires and plans. Every single mama has different desires and wants and it is so important to hear all of them and know that it is OK to choose the path that you want! Thank you so much...2024-02-1843 min
Harvest Birth Stories31 | Jaci - 3 births; cesarean, two VBACS, IBCLC, vacuum, breastfeeding, episiotomy Welcome back to officially posting birth stories again (hopefully!). Today we talk to Jaci; who not only is a mom of three but is also an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant in our FM area! Jaci is a wealth of knowledge when it comes to all things boobies, babies and birth. She not only has had 3 children but she had three VERY different labors and births for each. Im excited to chat with her today & share her stories! If you are a mom in the area that needs some lactation support I will drop her info below. Thanks for...2024-02-041h 21
Harvest Birth Stories30 | DOULA CHATS!! - postpartum tips & tricks HEY friends and family! We hit 30!! podcasts! Sorry I have been MIA here - the podcast explains it all. But here we are, in 2024...starting fresh.Today we chat about postpartum funnies. the good, the not so good and everything in between with some tips at the end. Thanks for tuning in & i'm excited to start recording again! :) 2024-01-1835 min
Harvest Birth Stories29 | Samantha - two births. hyperemesis gravidarum, medicated, birth trauma, redemptive unmedicated birth, ruralHi friends! We are nearing 30 EPISODES OF HARVEST BIRTH STORIES! I cant believe it. Today Samantha shares her story of her two very different births. One medicated and one redemptive unmedicated birth. We chat about her struggles with HG (those of you who don't know, thats like excessive nausea and throwing up during pregnancy OOOOFFF), and she overcame it. Its a beautiful day out today and I'm excited to share this birth story. Enjoy & thanks for coming on, Samantha!2023-09-061h 12
Harvest Birth Stories28 | Tanya - two births. placenta previa, emergency cesarean, planned positive cesarean, low muscle tone, RSV, oral restriction, breastfeedingIt is such an absolute joy to be chatting with Tanya today! Tanya has two beautiful boys both born via belly birth. Tanya experienced placenta previa in her first pregnancy that magically moved right before the end of term. She had a trial of labor which resulted in a cesarean. We chat a lot about the affects that RSV had on her son, Jett, who caught it at just one week of life. Continuing on we go into her experience with severe oral restriction, low muscle tone and many many many therapies. But eventually we ended up at her positive...2023-08-221h 33
Harvest Birth Stories27 | Kelsey - two births, accidental home garage birth, hospital medicated birth, PPD/PPA, oral restriction, CST, doula, OB, midwife, home birth midwifeI am so excited to share this fun podcast with you today! Kelsey jumped on the poddy this week to chat about her two births. She explains how her first birth was positive but went into with zero knowledge of what she wanted to choose. During her second birth she switched care providers and hired a doula in anticipation to have the unmedicated birth she desired. Without planning; she found herself birthing accidentally in her garage at home! We chat about her postpartum and breastfeeding experiences along with oral restriction. Thank you so much for coming on, Kelsey!2023-08-101h 04
Harvest Birth Stories26 | Janna - IVF, infertility, endometriosis, first time mom, induction, prolonged labor, cesareanTodays episode, to me, is a very very special one to share. Janna and her husband Kyle were some of my first doula clients and have FINALLY welcomed their little girl Emma Jean into this world after 3 + years of infertility and an IVF journey. In this episode we talk A LOT about her pre-pregnancy vs postpartum journey into motherhood. One that took a lot of waiting, doctors, science and prayers. We share about her 38 hour labor that ended in a chosen cesarean. Something I hope everyone can take from this episode is: "gratitude tethers you to the present". Thank you...2023-07-201h 19
Harvest Birth Stories25 | Savanna; PPD/PPA, breastfeeding, positive hospital birth Today we chat with Savanna. Savanna has a beautiful baby boy Behr, and she reached out to me awhile back to record to share her postpartum story to help other not feel so alone. Savanna had a positive hospital labor and birth but we really focused on chatting about the importance of care and support after going home. Thanks so much for joining!2023-07-1154 min
Harvest Birth Stories24 | Annie - first time mom, nicu nurse, pre + postnatal anxiety, hospital birth, prolaspe, low milk supplyFirst time mama Annie chats about her beautiful hospital birth of her daughter Lennie. We chat about her worries and anxieties around birth being she was previously a NICU nurse. We also chat about her postpartum breastfeeding journey and her experience with a prolapse. Thanks for joining Annie :)2023-06-1449 min
Harvest Birth Stories23 | Ask The Doula - how to prepare for birth, midwife vs doula, lactation, etcIn episode 23 I answer some questions you asked on instagram! I talk about how to prepare for birth and also what the benefit of a doula is for a cesarean birth. I also touch on lactation preparation. Thanks for joining!2023-05-3128 min
Harvest Birth Stories22 | Emily Acosta - unmedicated physiological home birth, pediatric and womens specialized chiropractor, NICU transfer, breastfeeding and triple feeding journeyWelcome, friends! It is such a pleasure and honor to have Dr Emily Acosta on the podcast today. Emily has one birth, which was a beautiful physiological home birth. Emily speaks on her desires and wants to have a home birth and how she prepared with her knowledge of the body; being a specialized womens (pre & postnatal) chiropractor. Emily dives into her NICU transfer from home after birth and also her struggles postpartum with a difficult breastfeeding journey and how she overcame that. Thank you SO SO much for sharing your beautiful, empowering and educational story. It was such a...2023-05-261h 04
Harvest Birth Stories21 | Morgan- two births. early births at 35 & 38 wks, water breaking, epidural, positive hospital births, midwives, breast reduction, breastfeedingBuckle up todays podcast is a chatty one! I like to force my friends to record their birth stories so today we chat with Morgan who has two little girls at home. The first birth Morgan experiences early rupture of membranes (water) at 35 weeks, but resulted in a relatively normal delivery. Her little sister followed suit at 38 weeks. Morgan chats about her struggles with breastfeeding, triple feedings & pumping after a breast reduction at a young age. But I want to give her the utmost credit for doing such an amazing job in that area. Lets all welcome Morgan! Thanks for...2023-05-101h 21
Harvest Birth Stories20 | Beth M - one birth, positive hospital birth, epidural, baby blues, true unknown low milk supplyWe have hit EPISODE 20! O H M Y G O S H. Thank you all so so much for listening, tuning in and ALSO sharing your stories. It has truly been such a fun experience. Today we are chatting with Beth, who has one beautiful daughter. Beth had an uncomplicated positive hospital birth after laboring at home for the greater amount of time. Beth chats to us about her struggle with unknown low milk supply right from the start despite many efforts fix it. From struggles of nursing, pumping, triple feeding, SNS feeding to the switch over to formula for...2023-04-231h 14
Harvest Birth Stories19 | Molly R - 4 births, TWIN vaginal delivery + two singleton vaginal births, induction, preeclampsia, miscarriage, breastfeedingHI + HELLO my friends! We are nearing SO close to 20 episodes on this podcast. WOW. SO. AMAZING. Today we're chatting with Molly, who has four beautiful girls. The first two births were singleton in hospital inductions and the last two happened to be a beautiful twin vaginal delivery via induction. Molly chats about her continuing higher blood pressure trends with every pregnancy as well as her journey into a twin vaginal birth. For all of you listening; many times in twin deliveries one is head up and one is head down. So for some a breech presentation or a cesarean...2023-04-1347 min
Harvest Birth Stories18 | Emma - one birth, positive unmedicated hospital birth, first time mom, breastfeedingIt was such a joy to chat with Emma on her birth with her first daughter, Navy. Emma planned for an unmedicated hospital birth and chats about her reasonings of so. Emma chats about her breastfeeding journey and how going back to work affected it. Emma is a good long time friend of mine so it was such a fun thing to chat. She is now preparing for her second child coming this late summer / early fall. So congrats to the fam & hopefully we get the pleasure of hearing all about it on here again!2023-04-021h 13
Harvest Birth Stories17 | Laura R - 3 births, vaginal, hospital, breech presentation, ECV, anxiety, breastfeedingToday we chat with Laura who shares her stories of her three beautiful babes. Laura had three vaginal births in hospital with one requiring a successful ECV prior due to breech presentation. We go on to chat about her differences in postpartum experiences as well as breastfeeding journeys for all three babes. Thanks for joining, Laura!2023-03-1945 min
Harvest Birth Stories16 | Krystina - two births, one unmedicated vaginal birth and one induction turned cesarean with midwives. covid, low amniotic fluid, breastfeeding. Today we speak to Krystina who has two babes. Her first labor she goes through the bliss of a successful unmedicated vaginal labor with her midwives. Going on to talk about her second child, she encountered some complications while pregnant which ended in a cesarean. Krystina speaks about her trauma of having a birth not going to plan as well as postpartum breastfeeding and trauma. Krystina is a certified perinatal mental health therapist. She is a wealth of knowledge and shares how important it is to get help when you need it. Resources: www.mamastherapist.com2023-03-041h 23
Harvest Birth Stories15 | Alli - two positive vaginal hospital births, one induction and one precipitous birth. OB, breastfeeding, oversupply, mastitis, covid Episode 15 we chat with one of my closest friends, Alli. Alli and her husband have two daughters. One birth was induced due to pre-eclampsia with the second being an overdue precipitous birth during the Christmas storm of 2021. Alli chats about her struggle with [extreme] oversupply during her first child and how that impacted her journeys for both children, along with anxiety revolving postpartum and covid. Thanks for joining, Alli :) 2023-02-1858 min
Harvest Birth Stories14 | Kasey - two births, one medicated, one unmedicated water birth. Miscarriage, breastfeeding, rural hospital Episode 14 we chat with Kasey who has two births to share today. Kasey chats about her switch to a more rural small hospital setting with a midwife group after experiencing being at a bigger hospital. We chat about her two births and her desire to have an unmedicated water birth along with her struggles of miscarriage and anxiety revolving miscarriage. Thanks so much for joining, Kasey..such a pleasure!2023-02-1253 min
Harvest Birth Stories13 | Ashley R - two unmedicated vaginal births, miscarriage, anxiety, accidental home precipitous birth, extended breastfeeding, pelvic floor physical therapist [Movewise PT] I want to give a warm welcome and big thank you to Ashley Riley of Move Wise Therapy for joining on the podcast today. Ashley & her husband John had a whirlwind of conception and location challenges during their pregnancy journeys but now have been blessed with two amazing children. Ashley chats about her struggles with perinatal anxiety and breastfeeding troubles in her first birth and we go on to chat about her precipitous [accidental] home birth with her second and as well a lovely extended breastfeeding journey. Ashley is the owner of Move Wise PT where she specializes in...2023-01-291h 18
Harvest Birth Stories12 | Shannon - first time mom, breech, positive planned cesarean, pelvic floor therapy, breastfeeding, plans for future VBACEpisode 12 we chat with one of my very favorite people on the planet earth, Shannon. Shannon has had one birth which resulted in a planned, calm, breech cesarean. Shannon shares her story about her difficult breastfeeding journey which she persevered to 17 months. We chat about pelvic floor issues & therapy as well as her future plans for a VBAC. Welcome, Shan. So fun to have you. :) 2023-01-221h 01
Harvest Birth Stories11 | Cortney - three births; two hospital, one home birth. one medicated, two unmedicated. IBCLC, postpartum anxiety & depressionOn episode 11 we have the pleasure to chat with Cortney who has three births under her belt! Cortney has a private practice for her IBCLC business called Grow With The Flow Lactaction Services where she helps women locally and remotely create 'nourished beginnings' through her services as well as online course. She chats to us about her experience in hospital both medicated and unmedicated which led her to have her most recent birth at home. We also dive into the stigma behind home birth in Nebraska. Thank you so much Cortney for joining and sharing your wealth of knowledge...2023-01-111h 33
Harvest Birth Stories10 | Abby, first time mom, overdue, talk of induction, unmedicated water birth, birth centerHappy holidays, listeners! This week is the kick off of the holiday week, and we're celebrating it by chatting to Abby about her beautiful unmedicated birth center birth. Abby chats about fear of induction and cesarean and touches on her ongoing breastfeeding journey. Thanks much for joining, Abby!2022-12-2253 min
Harvest Birth Stories9 | Olivia, nicu stay + nicu nurse perspective, preeclampsia, perinatal anxiety, first time momToday we speak to Olivia, who shares her story of her early labor due to preeclampsia. She touches on her struggles with perinatal anxiety during pregnancy and her experience being in the NICU while she is a NICU nurse herself. You may also hear her little girl and pups in the background, so lets welcome the whole fam and thanks for joining Olivia!2022-12-1253 min
Harvest Birth Stories8 | Caryn, unplanned cesarean, PUPPS, breastfeeding, first time momToday we chat with Caryn, who welcomed her perfect little boy Cooper into this world this past summer. We dive into her story including a planned vaginal birth turned c-section after an excruciating battle with pupps rash during her pregnancy. We go on to chat about her breastfeeding to formula journey and just how important it is to do what is best for YOU. Welcome Caryn & thank you for joining!2022-12-0146 min
Harvest Birth Stories7 | Laken, waters broken, 28 week delivery, nicu stay, postpartum anxietyToday Laken takes us through her whirlwind of a delivery at just 28 weeks. We go on to talk about her NICU stay and how that affected her postpartum and mental health. Thank you so much Laken for joining the Harvest Birth Stories podcast! If anyone is listening that would also love to have some NICU support, I'd love to share the resource www.dearnicumama.com for all of those in need. 2022-11-2059 min
Harvest Birth Stories6 | Amelia, two births, one hospital & one accidental car birth. Doulas, epidural, and unmedicated.In episode 6 we dive into Amelia's story of how she had two births that were completely different from each other. Her first birth goes into going overdue with waters breaking ending in a positive hospital induction. Her second birth was a planned free standing birth center birth turned into accidental car birth on the way to the center. At the end of the podcast I added her 911 call, thank you Amelia for being on todays episode!2022-11-131h 17
Harvest Birth Stories5 | Sophie, my birth story part two- postpartum, anixety, depression, jaundice, bilirubinHi there, this is my part two to my birth story featuring my postpartum and breastfeeding journey. I should have added at the end we DID make it to one year of breastfeeding after our rough first month. I want to bring awareness to all listening so they know its normal, common, and you are not alone to feel those feelings of anxiety and depression. There is help, please call 988 if you are having suicidal thoughts and reach out to your primary care provider. Much love.2022-11-0931 min
Harvest Birth Stories4 | Ashley, long early / active labor period, 40+ hours of labor, positive hospital birthToday we interview Ashley who had originally planned for an unmedicated birth. She takes us through her week-long journey of extended prodromal labor and long active labor stages to welcome her beautiful daughter Laken. Thanks Ash for joining the podcast and sharing your fun story.2022-10-291h 02
Harvest Birth Stories3 | Shelby, positive induction, first time mom, positive hospital vaginal birthEpisode 3 discusses Shelby's positive experience with a hospital induction after having low movements and low amniotic fluid after going over due. We also discuss her postpartum breastfeeding experience. Shelby and her partner, Austin, are first time parents.2022-10-2351 min
Harvest Birth Stories2 | Sophie, my birth story + first time mom, preferred unmedicated hospital birth, long pushing stageWelcome to the podcast #2! Here I share my own [sophie] birth story of my son Soren who is now 1 year old. I take you through my birth which I wanted unmedicated but had a little bit of a twist at the end with a long pushing stage. This is part 1 of 2, as I will share my postpartum journey later on. Enjoy!2022-10-1743 min
Harvest Birth Stories1 | Intro + Welcome to the PodcastWelcome to the podcast! This is just a short introduction of podcast host Sophie Grace. We cant wait to have you listen to more!2022-10-1410 min