On today’s episode, Elle and Taylor sit down together to talk about Elle’s birth story. Elle is a mother of 2 kiddos, and had one midwife-attended natural birth at a birthing center, and one OBGYN-attended natural birth at a hospital. It’s a good thing Elle has a pretty go-with-the-flow attitude, because her second child was born with a congenital heart defect, which meant some big changes to her original birth plan - even as she labored!

For full shownotes and resources for this episode, please visit: https://ellekennedyphotography.com/2020/10/13/4-elles-birth-story/

On today’s episode, Elle and Taylor sit down with Rose Vandercapellen, who is here to share her birth story with us. They talk about consent and advocating, regrets and what she wishes she knew back then, sneaky burritos, tsunami-style water breaking, and the wonders of witch hazel.

For full shownotes and resources for this episode, please visit: https://ellekennedyphotography.com/2020/10/13/3-roses-birth-story/

On today’s episode, Elle and Taylor sit down with Mindy Werth, commonly known as Aunty Mindy, a family consultant and joins families on their journey to birth, from fertility through pregnancy, birth, and postpartum, to discuss Gratitude and Mindset during pregnancy and during the postpartum period. They talk about slowing down, creating abundance, and taking care of yourself during pregnancy and postpartum.

For full shownotes and resources for this episode, please visit: https://ellekennedyphotography.com/2020/10/13/2-gratitude-and-mindset-with-mindy-werth/

On today’s episode, Elle and Taylor sit down with Madalyn Morris, a childbirth educator and birth doula, to discuss Consent and Advocating for yourself in the birth room. They talk about the importance of informed consent, what advocating might look like, different scenarios you might need to advocate for yourself, and how you can help equip partners and your other birth support persons to help advocate for you if needed.

For full shownotes and resources for this episode, please visit: https://ellekennedyphotography.com/2020/10/13/1-consent-and-advocating-with-madalyn-morris/

Birth Re-Imagined is a podcast where we are covering everything from pregnancy to birth, postpartum, and beyond! We will be diving deep with pregnancy, birth, and parenting professionals, to get you answers to common and not-so-common questions, and to help you connect with birth professionals across Southern California. We believe in the importance of having support, and one of the most common things we hear is "I didn't know this was an option," and "I didn't know who to reach out to." We want to fix that!

We are also going to be sharing YOUR BIRTH STORIES! As important as it is to connect with professionals in this field, it is equally important to connect with other birthing people! Hearing the birth stories of others who have traveled this path before, and share their insight, their love, and their acceptance has been extremely healing to me, and made me realize I wasn't alone. We hope these stories do the same for you!

For full shownotes and resources for this episode, please visit: https://ellekennedyphotography.com/2020/10/13/welcome-to-birth-re-imagined/

For the transcription of the episode, visit: https://ellekennedyphotography.com/2020/10/22/00-welcome-to-birth-re-imagined-episode-transcription/