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  • 54 minutes 31 seconds
    486: From Hospital to Birth Center to Home to Possible Free/Unassisted Birth with Emilee Petrill (DIAH Classic)

    How does the experience of one birth influence the plans for births that follow?

    Today we chat with Emilee Petrill, and we pack a lot into a sub-hour conversation. Emilee has experienced a hospital birth with her first son Corbyn, a birthing center for her son Penn and finally a home birth for her son Moxy. She walks us through the processes and decisions around each of those experiences. 

    Then we get into the details of her home birth, and why she’s thinking about a free/unassisted birth for a future baby. 

    Bonus topics in this conversation include Emilee’s experience with consuming her placenta and why she’s a big advocate for it, the 10,000+ oz of breast milk she has donated and how the Doing It At Home podcast and community has impacted her body image and sex life!


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    15 May 2024, 4:31 am
  • 1 hour 13 minutes
    485: A Christmas Day Home Birth Full of Statistics and Spiritual Connection with Ashton Parker (DIAH Classic)

    Can you approach birth from both a statistics and research-driven mind as well as with an intention to connect more deeply spiritually?

    YES!

    And our birth story today is an example of that. Ashton Parker shares her home birth journey with us. First with a good hospital birth for her first child, which included 5 hours of pushing. Then considered another hospital birth for her second child, but after some research and statistics, landed on home birth. 

    Ashton also shares how listening to DIAH was such great birth prep (which overwhelms us with joy!). She and her husband Sean felt prepared and supported, with an experienced birth team backing them. 

    Ashton’s home birth took place on Christmas Day, which made it feel like a big party. 

    This is a great episode for those who like to do a lot of research and learn a lot about the birthing process and statistics. And at the same time, for those who see birth as an opportunity to draw closer to God (whatever that practice looks like for you). 


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    9 May 2024, 12:57 am
  • 33 minutes 22 seconds
    484: Talking 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 choose home birth
    • Her work as a Placenta Encapsulation Specialist
    • The importance of education in the pregnancy and birthing journey


    We’re very excited to bring other stories and perspectives of home birth to you. Enjoy!


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    2 May 2024, 3:16 am
  • 46 minutes 59 seconds
    483: Having a Healthy Relationship with Food in Preconception, Pregnancy and Postpartum with Laura Jean (DIAH Classic)

    Would you say that you eat with awareness?

    In today’s episode, we’re chatting with registered dietician and creator of Eat With Awareness, Laura Jean.

    Laura works with women and assists them in becoming the experts in their personal relationships with food.

    This covers the preconception, pregnancy and postpartum experiences. We talk with Laura about how to approach your nutrition with a holistic and loving mindset. This looks like learning what your body is saying and then figuring out how to honor that. Also letting go of rules, negativity and pressure that comes with the experience of having a baby and being a mother.


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    24 April 2024, 3:09 am
  • 1 hour 19 minutes
    482: A Home Water Birth Story and Normalizing Postpartum Anxiety with Carolyn G. (DIAH Classic)

    How does your first pregnancy and birth experience impact your second?

    In today’s interview, we’re chatting with Carolyn about her pregnancy and birth story of her son Solomon, while pregnant with her second child. 

    We go over her decision to have a home birth as well as the intense first trimester sickness she experienced. Also the denial around labor starting, which we’ve heard quite a few times from mamas on the show.

    Carolyn shares that while the birth went very well, it was still different from what she imagined in her mind. Following her birth, she experienced postpartum anxiety that involved separation anxiety and trouble sleeping. Addressing the anxiety and getting help around it has supported and encouraged her in preparation for her next child, due this fall. 


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    17 April 2024, 11:41 am
  • 1 hour 17 seconds
    481: Two Confident and Fearless Home Births and the Importance of Doing Your Homework with Emily Stanwyck (DIAH Classic)

    When it comes to birth, what does it mean to “do your homework?”

    This is a big theme of our conversation with Emily Stanwyck, birth doula, Birthfit trainer and home birth mom of 2.

    According to Emily, “you can have 2 perfect home births when you do your homework!”

    We talk about what this means for her not only as a doula but as a mother. Plus details of both of her home births, addressing the fear of the unknown and talking about the really uncomfortable things that can come up around birth and having a “why” around your birth.

    Things we talk about in this episode: birth partner asking questions and feeling confident in their role, doing your homework in prep for home birth, connection of birth and death, letting go during labor, feeling confident in your body and birth, fetal ejection reflex, having a postpartum plan.


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    10 April 2024, 5:55 pm
  • 44 minutes 15 seconds
    480: Birth Center Transfer and Planning A Home Birth with Lindsay Bonnar (DIAH Classic)

    Today's 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 with baby number two, Lindsay is planning another home birth, a decision that we are totally inspired by and know others will be as well. 

    For Lindsay, birth was the most spiritual experience of her life. And she talks about trusting herself and her body in such a way - it’s an amazing example to women everywhere to empower themselves to choose in alignment with what’s best for them. 

    Another aspect of Lindsay’s story that really resonated with me and Matthew was the role of her husband Kevin and how awesomely he showed up for the birth experience. Dads and birth partners, take notes from this one!


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    3 April 2024, 5:50 pm
  • 38 minutes 19 seconds
    479: When Your Water Breaks 3 Days Before Labor Starts with Jenna Lehr (DIAH Classic)

    For those mamas who experienced their waters breaking - how long did it take for labor to begin after that?

    Well in the case of today’s guest, Jenna Lehr, her water broke on a Tuesday, and her baby was born that Saturday!

    What we love about this detail is the opportunity it provides to normalize all the unique aspects of every woman’s body, baby and birth itself. Sometimes waters break and it takes a while (or days) for active labor to begin). Sometimes the waters break in the middle of labor. Sometimes during delivery. Sometimes they break multiple times. And sometimes they don’t break!

    In this birth story we get to hear how Jenna and her husband Jason planned for their home birth. It evolved from knowing nothing about birth to watching “The Business of Being Born” and seeking more information to having preconception appointments to talk about what birth could be and look like.

    We also talk about dealing with the doubt that can creep in - the pressure, stress and emotion that pops up and tests your conviction. And how her husband Jason was super involved and supportive in the whole process. 


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    27 March 2024, 1:38 am
  • 1 hour 3 minutes
    478: Natural, Holistic, Spiritual Approach to Birth, Plus Dealing with IUGR with Amy Zhou (DIAH Classic)

    How 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 States, and specifically in her area of Los Angeles, California. According to Amy, it was like the world was a certain way when they entered the hospital, and then completely different when they emerged. So we chat about initial postpartum during an interesting time in the world and how she’s processing that.

    We also hear about Amy and her husband Ed’s preparation process for the birth experience. Their internal spiritual work was vital. Particularly when some challenges popped up, like an IUGR diagnosis (intrauterine growth restriction). This meant there were concerns about baby Nathaniel’s small size and how that could impact possibly inducing Amy before her due date.

    And bonus - Amy shares some of her gifts and expertise with listeners and leaves some tips for pregnant mothers both from her own experience as well as her extensive training and coaching. 


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    21 March 2024, 12:38 am
  • 1 hour 33 seconds
    477: How to Plan Birth Support During COVID-19 with Heather Delaney (DIAH Classic)

    Have circumstances impacted your pregnancy and/or birth?

    Today we’re chatting with Heather Delaney, childbirth educator, certified labor and postpartum doula and CEO of Maryland State Doulas. 

    Heather walks us through how she and her team of doulas and birth professionals shifted during the 2020 Pandemic to serve their clients with virtual support. When policies (like partners and/or doulas not allowed in birthing rooms of hospitals and centers) and communications have been challenging, they’ve found alternative ways to educate and empower, regardless of the birthing location.

    We talk about what some of the biggest changes/challenges have shown up in the birth world, what families can do in the midst of everything as well as how to minimize the fear around birth that already exists and can be magnified when blended with the conversations around COVID-19.

    

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    13 March 2024, 12:40 am
  • 58 minutes 24 seconds
    476: The Super Fast Bradley Method Water Birth with Kimberly Huck (DIAH Classic)

    In today’s episode we’re talking with Kimberly Huck, mama to Henry and wife to Dan. And we have a special connection with Kimberly. We live near each other and...we used the same midwives! So the same women who helped deliver baby Maya, delivered baby Henry just a few months earlier.

    Kimberly and I connected after she posted a cool home birth related article on Facebook that happened to make its way into my awareness (article link in the show notes). Kimberly is a chiropractor, and she and her husband Dan own a fitness studio in Marietta, Georgia called American Row House. They met while attending Life University, while Kimberly studied chiropractic and Dan studied sports health science. 

    The Huck household is very into health and fitness, healthy habits and lifestyle and living as natural and toxin-free as possible.

    Kimberly grew up in a natural home, being unvaccinated herself. She became interested in home birth after working for a chiropractor in her early 20s who had a home birth in their family.

    So for she and Dan, home birth is just a part of the world they live in. In their environment it’s “normal.”

    Kimberly’s story highlights the concept of honoring the body’s natural process and timing. Also - birth is not an exact science. Enjoy her journey and story!


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    6 March 2024, 12:57 am
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