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The Birth Hour - A Birth Story Podcast

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 share one of the most intimate moments of their lives.
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Welcome to The Birth Hour! New and expecting mothers love hearing birth stories and for most moms, sharing a birth story is a positive way to connect with other women. Every birth story is different and each one is beautiful and empowering in its own way. This podcast was designed to serve as a safe haven for women to share their stories with other women and connect over the life-changing event of giving birth.

Mar 24, 2022

Erica Chidi is the Co-founder and CEO of LOOM, a wellbeing platform empowering women through sexual and reproductive health education. Bryn Discusses postpartum preparation and survival with her. Listen to hear some amazing bits of wisdom from Erica.

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Mar 22, 2022

Amia shares the story of her unexpected homebirth where her mom caught the baby!

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Mar 17, 2022

Ariel shares about her quick labor and unmedicated hospital birth after preparing for birth with a Bradley Method course.

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Mar 15, 2022

Amy Porter describes her fertility and pregnancy journey with her second child as “a delicate balance of luck and chaos.” From the accidental thawing of their donor sperm units before her IUI treatment to the routine ultrasound that discovered their son’s fatal heart defect amidst the global pandemic, Amy’s second journey to parenthood definitely was not what she and her wife imagined it would be.

With the help of a team of medical professionals, the Porter family was able to prepare themselves mentally and emotionally for the birth of a critically ill newborn who would require open-heart surgery within his first few days of life to survive. Listen and learn about just how common of a birth experience this is and what parents can do at their 20-week anatomy scan to advocate for the heart health of their children.

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Mar 10, 2022

Megana shares her experience as a pediatrician navigating pregnancy, birth, and postpartum during the early days of the Covid-19 Pandemic

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Mar 8, 2022

Rana is mom to a 17 month old baby boy who she delivered pain medication free after 40 long, but exciting hours of labor. 

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Mar 3, 2022

This is part two of Lexie's story of a long prodromal labor and hospital birth followed by a postpartum DVT experience.

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Mar 3, 2022

This is part two of Lexie's story of a long prodromal labor and hospital birth followed by a postpartum DVT experience.

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Mar 1, 2022

This is part one of Lexie's story of a long prodromal labor and hospital birth. In part two she will finish telling her birth story and share about her postpartum DVT experience.

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Feb 24, 2022

Shannon shares her experience having a baby while in Addiction Recovery and taking Methadone.

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Feb 22, 2022

Both of Allison’s births were unmedicated natural labors ending in a tub at the Fort Worth Birthing & Wellness Center. However, Allison nicknamed her first birth, to her son, the birth marathon. It was long, hard, and full of exercise. Her second birth she nicknamed the sweetest surprise. It was still hard, but full of rest until pushing out a baby girl!

Sponsor KiwiCo Get 50 percent off your first month on ANY crate line with code BIRTHHOUR at kiwico.com.

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Feb 17, 2022

Sponsor: Today's episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. As a listener, you’ll get 10% off your first month by visiting our sponsor at BetterHelp.com/birthhour.

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Feb 15, 2022

Mari became pregnant with her second child in September of 2018. After an anxiety-ridden fearful c-section 2 years prior, due to failure to descend, she was determined to have a VBAC!  She experienced a lot of push back from doctors, family, and her partner. Ultimately after facing her anxiety, getting her partner on board and breaking down all her VBAC fears, she was successful in birthing her son via VBAC in May of 2019.

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Feb 10, 2022

Grace shares her two cesarean breech births in New Zealand.

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Feb 8, 2022

Kelsey shares her two birth stories and postpartum experiences. Overall, Kelsey believes her empowering birth and postpartum experiences were due to lots of physical and mental preparation, as well as unwavering support from her husband, family, coworkers, and friends. 

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Know Your Options Online Childbirth Course

Beyond the Latch Course (comes free with KYO course)

Support The Birth Hour via Patreon!

Feb 8, 2022

Kelsey shares her two birth stories and postpartum experiences. Overall, Kelsey believes her empowering birth and postpartum experiences were due to lots of physical and mental preparation, as well as unwavering support from her husband, family, coworkers, and friends. 

Get your breast pump for free at aeroflowbreastpumps.com/birthhour and use promo code TBH15 at for 15% off supplies and accessories.

Know Your Options Online Childbirth Course

Beyond the Latch Course (comes free with KYO course)

Support The Birth Hour via Patreon!

Feb 5, 2022

In her own words, Christina shares a bit about her experience as a doula participating in the world of birth: "I find that as a new birth worker I tell the story of how I came to birth work quite lot. But I try to keep my birth story out of my birth worker story as much as possible. I don’t want my clients to feel compelled to compare their story to mine or to worry that I am judging them based on my birth. And since I can’t control people’s thoughts (yet…), an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Keeping my birth out of the picture helps both of us keep the focus on the birthing person and what they want. However, I also feel very strongly about people sharing their birth stories. Especially in our society where so much fear and negativity surround birth and positive birth stories are seen as exceptions or “lucky” or shouted down as bragging or preaching. All we can do is speak from a place of compassion and authenticity. This is my experience."

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Feb 1, 2022

Katya Suh found out she was pregnant shortly after her marriage to NFL Defensive Lineman Ndamukong Suh in May 2020. The months that ensued ended up being some of the most transformative moments of her life especially with expecting twin boys.

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Today's episode is sponsored by Premama Wellness. Use the code BirthHour25 for 25% off your purchase!

Know Your Options Online Childbirth Course - Use Code 100OFF for $100 off

Beyond the Latch Course

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Jan 27, 2022

After years of deliberation and a several miscarriages, Chantale found herself pregnant in the middle of a pandemic. Anxious about childbirth, inspired by a history of hypertension and a healthy imagination, she knew she wanted to deliver in a hospital with the support of midwives. Chantale received shared-care throughout her pregnancy and her beautiful daughter was born in February 2021. She feels incredibly empowered by her positive birth experience.

Sponsor: Today's episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. As a listener, you’ll get 10% off your first month by visiting our sponsor at BetterHelp.com/birthhour.

Know Your Options Online Childbirth Course - Use Code 100OFF for $100 off

Beyond the Latch Course:

Support The Birth Hour via Patreon!

Jan 25, 2022

Katherine shares her experience getting pregnant via IUI as well as deciding to switch from a hospital birth to a homebirth at 24 weeks gestation. She went into labor on Halloween and baby was born at home with a midwife in attendance.

Sponsor KiwiCo: Get 50% off your first month on ANY crate line with code BIRTHHOUR at kiwico.com.

Know Your Options Online Childbirth Course Use code 100OFF for $100 off enrollment

Beyond the Latch Course (comes free with KYO course)

Support The Birth Hour via Patreon!

Jan 23, 2022

At 37 weeks, Katie went in for an induction due to an ICP diagnosis (thanks to learning about it from this show and Nicole Phelps' story!)  Hoping for a very low-intervention birth experience, the team of midwives and nurses were amazing at Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge, Mass in providing as gentle of an induction as possible.

Sponsor: Go to Grove.com/birthhourto get a free gift set worth up to fifty dollars with your first order. Plus, shipping is fast and FREE. 

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Jan 20, 2022

Abby Theuring of the Badass Breastfeeder shares her hospital induction birth story as well as her subsequent homebirth story. She also talks about breastfeeding struggles and how a lactation consultant helped.

Sponsor: Milkies is generously offering 15% off all Milkies products with the code BirthHour15 at www.fairhavenhealth.com.

Know Your Options Online Childbirth Course (100OFF for $100 off)

Beyond the Latch Course (comes free with KYO course)

Support The Birth Hour via Patreon!

Jan 18, 2022

Haylie and her husband, Jeffrey, had been married for a year when they decided to try and get pregnant. With many tales from friends and family members that it could take a while to conceive (it was news to Jeffrey that you actually had to "try" to get pregnant) they were surprised when a pregnancy test came back positive only a few months later. Haylie had a history of depression but was adamant about getting off antidepressant medication while pregnant. At first she felt fine, both emotionally and physically. But right around her second trimester, serious signs of depression and anxiety began to creep in. This made for a difficult pregnancy in which Haylie sought help from a number of sources to cope with the mounting feeling that she was unprepared for motherhood. As she prepped for an unmedicated hospital birth, she also battled a constant fear that she wasn't ready to be a mom. As you'll hear on this episode, there were several unexpected twists and turns during Haylie's labor and delivery that ultimately led to an epidural and a long but successful vaginal delivery. Haylie also shares how experiencing depression during pregnancy morphed into postpartum depression and talks about the lifesaving support she received after her son was born.

Get Motif's Luna breast pump covered through insurance at motifmedical.com/birthhour.

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Beyond the Latch Course (or comes free with KYO course)

Support The Birth Hour via Patreon!

Jan 13, 2022

Megan shares her story of her 1st pregnancy & birth, receiving dual care from an OB and midwifery practice. Megan's story culminates in an empowering home waterbirth.

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