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15 Minutes of Stillness: Erica and Her Son Claim Life Together

This week I am bringing you one of my favorite episodes EVER, with one of my nearest and dearest, Erica Davis. Erica moved here to MY land in the beginning of her second pregnancy and we share the adorable story of traveling together in our pregnancies and her birthing just two weeks before me! 

Erica speaks to the up-level she experienced in finally having like minded sisterhood, the healing of her sister wounds, and the darkne...

Where Grief Meets Joy:  Meg's Birth Outside the System

Meg's story starts with a traumatic early birth in the system at 17 weeks with her first son, Shiloh.  The dehumanizing experience proved to her that the hospital was the last place she wanted to be, so she planned a homebirth outside the system with an authentic midwife - me!  

Meg shares how she learned to accept the intermingling of joy and grief in navigating her pregnancy and upcoming birth. 

Meg vulnerably tells us how shell s...

"Shedding the Sin of Eve: Amy's Freebirth"

My friend Amy joins me on the show this week sharing her 5 birth stories. Amy is full of rich insights about her journey through motherhood as a radical feminist. 

Amy speaks honestly about the victim consciousness she lived in and how she gave away her power time and time again. 

It was in learning to fully trust women and therefore herself that Amy was finally able to shed the last layers of doubt and internal misogyny, which made way for her...

"I woke up with some back pains and some period-like cramps, but nothing too crazy. So we continued our day, went on our morning walk around the neighborhood, and ran several errands to prepare for groceries and last-minute birth supplies as we planned to give birth at home.

I kept experiencing these different sensations, but they were very manageable, and I could pretty much 'act like normal,' but now and then, they took my breath away and would make me stop and hold my back while walking.

"I gave birth for the first time at my home in the trust of my body, my lover, our baby, and some warm water.

My path to freebirth began about six years before giving birth. It was when I started to acknowledge and trust the sacred power of my womb. She spoke to me loudly through consistent bleeding. I'm talking about a week-long period every other week...for almost six months.

Meanwhile, I went to gynecologists and doctors; all they could offer were various forms of birth control. So I knew I...

"Unleashing the Warrior: Dominique’s FBAC of 11lb Baby"

After being backed into a corner, fear mongered, and without options in her first birth, Dominique was bullied into a c-section. 

When she became pregnant again, she was determined to write a new story. She thought she could make it work with her medical midwives by speaking up, saying no, and taking the reins, but it turned out, as it so often does, that resulted in her midwives abandoning her care at 37 weeks pregnant. 

Facing th...