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The Birth Hour - A Birth Story Podcast

Bryn Huntpalmer

Whether you are pregnant and looking for inspirational birth stories through your pregnancy, trying to conceive, breastfeeding, or postpartum; if you're a first time mom or a veteran parent of multiple children, you can learn, laugh and maybe even cry a little at these moving childbirth stories from those willing to…

The Birth Hour - A Birth Story Podcast

Quick Birth Center Birth after Secondary Infertility - Kelly Eppinger

1074| Two Positive Pregnancies and Births but Different Postpartums + Starting a Business as a New Mom - Abbey Ashley

1073| Birth Stories in The Netherlands and Colombia + Forty Days of Rest - Neram

1072|Breech VBAC (Vaginal Birth after Cesarean) Birth Story - Hayley Lagerquist

1071| Positive First Birth Story at 39 After Miscarriage and Fertility Anxiety - Lindsey Martin Arslanagic

1070| Tri-Tri Triplet Pregnancy with Vaginal Birth Story - Ashlie Holladay

1069| Epidural Lumbar Puncture, Amnioinfusion & Postpartum Spinal Headache - Hannah Moody

1068| Two Unmedicated Hospital Births and a Homebirth from the Perspective of an Active Duty Military Family - Carolyn Winn

1067| Two Induced Births: A C-section and a VBAC after Secondary Infertility - Rachel Crowder

1066| Positive Hospital Vaginal Birth with Unplanned Interventions - Jeni Thornton-Jones

1065| 2-year Infertility and Endometriosis Journey Followed by Easy Pregnancy and Amazing Birth - Taylor Kirby

1064| OB vs Midwife—One Mom's Experience - Michelle Ankrim

1063| Preemie Birth Center Transfer + NICU Stay - Gioia Hackett

1062| Traumatic First Birth & Redemptive Elective Cesarean Birth Stories - Tash Stokes

1061| Pregnancy, Birth and Postpartum as an Olympic Athlete - Shannon Rowbury

1060| Positive Hospital and Homebirth Birth Stories in British Columbia - Cianna Lightburn

1059| Infertility, Endometriosis and Positive Birth Center Birth Story - Sarah Wilson

1058| Preventing Hyperemesis Gravidarum (HG) and First Homebirth, Fourth Baby - Lauren Alexander

1057| Switching from Hospital to Home Birth at 34 Weeks Birth Story - Monique Lamhut

1056| Military Infertility Journey, Gestational Diabetes and Induction Turned Cesarean Birth Story - Amber Daniels

1055| Ectopic Pregnancy and how Closely Tracking Cycle Saved My Fallopian Tube, Breech Cesarean Followed by HBAC - Aly Salayandia

1054| Giving Birth During Residency and Gallbladder Removal While Pregnant - Dr. Manisha Ghimire

1053| Intrahepatic Cholestasis of Pregnancy (ICP) Birth Stories - Nicole Phelps [rebroadcast]

1052| Epidural & Unmedicated Birth Story with Two Different Postpartums - Claudia Gibbons

1051| Birth Center Transfer C-Section, Birth Center VBAC, & Surprise Footling Breech Home Birth Transfer - Cheyenne Varner

1050| How a Rare Disease Diagnosis Led to Reimagining the Egg Donation Experience -Lauren Makler

1049| Pregnancy with Twins after Breast Cancer and Giving Birth in Germany - Magdalena Fuehrer

1048| Hospital Birth Story with Midwife and Postpartum Depression Discussion - Ellen Mote

1047| Spontaneous Labor & Positive Unmedicated Hospital Birth Story - Jessica Walton

1046| Pregnant on boat in French Polynesia, Tahiti Hospital Birth after Stalled Labor at Birth Center, Positive Unmedicated 2nd Birth in the US - Margot McKirdy

1045| Military Spouse Hospital Birth Stories in United States vs Japan plus Postpartum Mental Health Discussion - Delaney Goodrick

1044| Giving Birth at Home in Australia - Cassandra Casillas-Smith [rebroadcast]

1043| Triplets Pregnancy with Preeclampsia and Cesarean Birth Story followed by NICU Stay and Post-surgical Infection - Sophia Letzring

1042| How Preparing My Mind and Body Led to a Powerful Unmedicated First Birth - Savvy Jardine

1041| Positive Medicated Hospital Birth Story after Traumatic Molar Pregnancy Loss - Elena Ruiz

1040| Cesarean, Three VBACs, Followed by Surrogacy Birth as First Unmedicated Birth - Lauren Edgerly

1039| A Midwife's Birth Stories and Honoring the Lying In Period - Shafia Monroe

1038| Unexpected "Wildcard" 3rd Birth Story and Postpartum PMDD Discussion - Maureen Graham

1037| Two Hospital Birth Stories, One with an Epidural and Herniated Disc and a Pitocin Induced Epidural Free Birth - Allie Wesolowski

1036| Reproductive Psychiatrist's Birth Stories: Pregnancy, Loss, and Healing - Dr. Sarah Oreck

1035| Dream Uncomplicated Unmedicated Hospital Birth Story & Postpartum Anxiety Discussion - Elizabeth Fellenz

1034| Epidural Birth Followed by and 2 Epidural-free Inductions with IUGR Diagnosis and Newborn Viral Meningitis - Hannah Fair

1033| Two Empowering, Epidural-free Birth Stories at the Hospital - Jessica K

1032| 'Beautiful' Stillbirth Birth Story at 31 Weeks - Alix M

1031| Empowered Twin Homebirth VBAC after Unmedicated Hospital Birth and Breech Cesarean - Carolyn Jenkins

1030|Positive Hospital Transfer followed by Postpartum Preeclampsia and PPD - Justine Noble

1029| Birthing Bébé: 2 French Hospital Births with Midwives - Lindsey Robrecht

1028| Centering Prenatal Care and Unmedicated Hospital Birth Story - Jasmine Vance

1027| Twin Birth Story — 37w4d Induction, Vaginal Delivery with Breech Twin B - Aubrey Cates

1026| Experiencing a Postpartum High—Baby Pinks—followed by Postpartum Anxiety and Depression - Izzabella Moum

1025| Determined to have an Unmedicated Birth After 1st Birth with Epidural - Carlyncia Grice

1024| Becoming a Single Mother by Choice after 40 and Twins Birth Story - Connie Rutherford

1023| Giving Birth in France and Spain as an Overseas Basketball Wife - Catherine Traer

1022| Unexplained Infertility Followed by Two "Medicalized" Births Including Twins - Dr. Roxanne Pero

1021| Positive Planned Cesarean Birth Story and Four Parent Household - Mari

1020| Decision to Have One More Baby After 40 - Rebecca Minkoff

1019| Just-as-planned, Positive Homebirth Birth Story - Claire de Leon

1018| Unmedicated Birth Center Birth with Vaginismus - Emmi Murphy

1017| Surprise Breech Cesarean, Spontaneous VBAC and VBAC Induction Birth Stories - Valerie Hummel LaBounty

1016| Embryo Adoption Sibling and Surprise Natural Pregnancy - Olivia Hall

1015| Two Weeks of False Starts and "Barely There" Epidural Hospital Birth Story - Chanarah Romero

1014| Two Birth Stories in Italy and Overcoming Breastfeeding Challenges - Danae Mercer

1013| Hospital Birth Story with Postpartum Preeclampsia and HELLP Syndrome - Traci Stumpf

1012| Unexpected Cesarean Birth followed by Redemptive HBAC (Homebirth After Cesarean) - Mariam Alnassim

1011| Surprise Footling Breech, Homebirth Transfer Birth Story - Caitlin Thompson

1010| Gestational Diabetes and Induction without Pain Medication Birth Story - Robyn El Kay

1009| Three Stories: Spontaneous Triplets with Postpartum Preeclampsia and Bell's Palsy after 26 weeks 1st Birth Due to Preeclampsia and Smooth VBAC 2nd Birth Stories - Samantha Gunney Hines

1008| Journey to an Empowered Birth: 3 Hospital Birth Stories in Atlanta, GA - Anna Kleshina

1007| Unmedicated Hospital Birth Story with Midwives & Doula - Haley Feickert

1006| Redemptive Homebirth after Ruptured Ectopic, Secondary Infertility, and Chorionic Bump in Pregnancy - Sara Mikkelson

1005| Two Happy Homebirths, Back to Back Pregnancies, and Difficult Transition to SAHM - Kiki Van Cleve

1004| Power of Surrender: A Primal and Fearless RV Homebirth - Ashley Fox [Part 2]

1003| Power of Surrender: A Primal and Fearless RV Homebirth - Ashley Fox [Part I]

1002| Homebirth Story and Tracking Fertility After Miscarriage - Madeleine McKee

1001| Positive Hospital Water Birth Story and Ancestral Wisdom and Ceremonies for Pregnancy - Justina Perry

1000| IVF, Postpartum Preeclampsia, and Redemptive Repeat Cesarean Birth Story - Lauren Phillips

999| First-Time Mom with a Fast, Positive, and Unmedicated Hospital Birth with a Postpartum Hemorrhage - Liza McNamara

998| Two Very Different Hospital Births and Postpartum Experiences + Having Your Husband as your Doula - Jane Baecher

997| Unmedicated Twin Hospital Birth and Navigating Nutrition in Pregnancy - Allegra Gast