Birth Tide Podcast—Faith Filled Conversations on Natural Pregnancy & Birth

Reba is a birth doula based in Idaho and a virtual nurturing sleep consultant specializing in biologically normal infant sleep. She trained under infant neuroscientists Dr. Greer Kurshenbug and Dr. Rocio and is a certified Nurture Neuroscience Practitioner. Beyond her work with families, she’s a stay-at-home mom and ministry mama whose husband serves at their local church.

Reach out to Reba:

• Website: rebathedoula.com
• Instagram: @rebathedoula

Book Recommendations:

• The Nurture Revolution
• Safe Infant Sleep
• How Babies Sleep

Take a step TODAY toward your natural, faith-filled birth!

1. Grab my FREE guide for navigating your first trimester: FREE GUIDE
2. Get access to the beautiful guidebook of information all pregnant women need but may not have access to: $17 EBOOK
3. Join my online birth classes!: Birth Tide Academy

👋🏼 Hey, I’m Karissa — a Christian homebirth doula serving Lancaster & Lebanon, PA. I bring faith alongside evidence-based birth education to help women embrace a physiological-centered pregnancy so they can birth with confident autonomy and deep, Holy Spirit-led peace.

🕊️ If you’re preparing for a natural, Spirit-led birth and want to feel excited instead of overwhelmed, you’ll love my online faith-based birth course. It will help you and your husband feel genuinely prepared, connected, and ready for an amazing birth. 👉🏼 Enroll Today!

❤️ Come say hi to me on Instagram @thebirthtide — my DMs are always open!

This is the third time having Brandy back on the podcast—just like I promised! Her latest birth story is full of surrender, perseverance, and deep trust. If you go back to episode 44, you’ll hear her earlier journeys: a c-section, a hospital VBAC, an HBAC with midwives, and an unassisted HBAC. Brandy not only carries incredible wisdom from her own births, but she has also supported many women as a birth keeper. You don’t want to miss this episode!

Listen to her previous episodes:

08 - Why Hormones Should not be Overlooked in Labor with Brandy 

44 - 4 different BIRTH STORIES: unplanned c-section, hospital VBAC, and 2 HBACs (feat. Brandy)

👉🏼 Follow her on Instagram: @wildandfreebirthwellness

Fearless Birth Sanctuary 

Take a step TODAY toward your natural, faith-filled birth!

1. Grab my FREE guide for navigating your first trimester: FREE GUIDE
2. Get access to the beautiful guidebook of information all pregnant women need but may not have access to: $17 EBOOK
3. Join my online birth classes!: Birth Tide Academy

👋🏼 Hey, I’m Karissa — a Christian homebirth doula serving Lancaster & Lebanon, PA. I bring faith alongside evidence-based birth education to help women embrace a physiological-centered pregnancy so they can birth with confident autonomy and deep, Holy Spirit-led peace.

🕊️ If you’re preparing for a natural, Spirit-led birth and want to feel excited instead of overwhelmed, you’ll love my online faith-based birth course. It will help you and your husband feel genuinely prepared, connected, and ready for an amazing birth. 👉🏼 Enroll Today!

❤️ Come say hi to me on Instagram @thebirthtide — my DMs are always open!

Relaxation is so important at the end of pregnancy and during labor, but it is a learned skill that many of us don't know how to do. Listen to this episode when you have time to sit down in private, distraction-free, to feel yourself TOTALLY relax in under 10 minutes! 

Fast forward to 6:18 to skip the intro and jump right to the exercise.

Download your PDF copy of this prenatal relaxation exercise HERE (sources from Alberta Health Services www.birthandbabies.com)

Take a step TODAY toward your natural, faith-filled birth!

1. Grab my FREE guide for navigating your first trimester: FREE GUIDE
2. Get access to the beautiful guidebook of information all pregnant women need but may not have access to: $17 EBOOK
3. Join my online birth classes!: Birth Tide Academy

👋🏼 Hey, I’m Karissa — a Christian homebirth doula serving Lancaster & Lebanon, PA. I bring faith alongside evidence-based birth education to help women embrace a physiological-centered pregnancy so they can birth with confident autonomy and deep, Holy Spirit-led peace.

🕊️ If you’re preparing for a natural, Spirit-led birth and want to feel excited instead of overwhelmed, you’ll love my online faith-based birth course. It will help you and your husband feel genuinely prepared, connected, and ready for an amazing birth. 👉🏼 Enroll Today!

❤️ Come say hi to me on Instagram @thebirthtide — my DMs are always open!

We have Lindsey back on the podcast to share her third birth story!! It is so special to have her back to hear all she's learned and how this time was actually so similar to last time, yet uniquely special. 

Follow her on Instagram: @lindseywirth

Take a step TODAY toward your natural, faith-filled birth!

1. Grab my FREE guide for navigating your first trimester: FREE GUIDE
2. Get access to the beautiful guidebook of information all pregnant women need but may not have access to: $17 EBOOK
3. Join my online birth classes!: Birth Tide Academy

👋🏼 Hey, I’m Karissa — a Christian homebirth doula serving Lancaster & Lebanon, PA. I bring faith alongside evidence-based birth education to help women embrace a physiological-centered pregnancy so they can birth with confident autonomy and deep, Holy Spirit-led peace.

🕊️ If you’re preparing for a natural, Spirit-led birth and want to feel excited instead of overwhelmed, you’ll love my online faith-based birth course. It will help you and your husband feel genuinely prepared, connected, and ready for an amazing birth. 👉🏼 Enroll Today!

❤️ Come say hi to me on Instagram @thebirthtide — my DMs are always open!

Hannah is a Christian & ‘crunchy’ wife, mother, holistic Doula, birthkeeper, parent educator. Her passions are Jesus, family, and changing the birth world and community available to families. 

In this episode, Hannah explains the difference between intuition and God-given instinct, exploring how the Holy Spirit leads us to reclaim our motherhood in alignment with God’s design. She talks about radical responsibility, spiritual warfare, and how to reconnect with your body, baby, and Creator through prayer, wisdom, and intentional living.

Connect with Hannah:

Instagram: @transcendmaternal

Website: transcendmaternalservices.com

Take a step TODAY toward your natural, faith-filled birth!

1. Grab my FREE guide for navigating your first trimester: FREE GUIDE
2. Get access to the beautiful guidebook of information all pregnant women need but may not have access to: $17 EBOOK
3. Join my online birth classes!: Birth Tide Academy

👋🏼 Hey, I’m Karissa — a Christian homebirth doula serving Lancaster & Lebanon, PA. I bring faith alongside evidence-based birth education to help women embrace a physiological-centered pregnancy so they can birth with confident autonomy and deep, Holy Spirit-led peace.

🕊️ If you’re preparing for a natural, Spirit-led birth and want to feel excited instead of overwhelmed, you’ll love my online faith-based birth course. It will help you and your husband feel genuinely prepared, connected, and ready for an amazing birth. 👉🏼 Enroll Today!

❤️ Come say hi to me on Instagram @thebirthtide — my DMs are always open!

Sohpia has been a nurse and doula for 5 years. Even though she had a lot of knowledge, she still had her own set of anxieties and fears to face in her pregnancy and birth. She and her husband decided to have a homebirth, and she loved that she chose that. 

Connect with Sophia on Instagram: @sunsetbirth

Hire Sohpia as your doula or to teach your birth classes in Spokane + Coeur d’Alene: Her website

Take a step TODAY toward your natural, faith-filled birth!

1. Grab my FREE guide for navigating your first trimester: FREE GUIDE
2. Get access to the beautiful guidebook of information all pregnant women need but may not have access to: $17 EBOOK
3. Join my online birth classes!: Birth Tide Academy

👋🏼 Hey, I’m Karissa — a Christian homebirth doula serving Lancaster & Lebanon, PA. I bring faith alongside evidence-based birth education to help women embrace a physiological-centered pregnancy so they can birth with confident autonomy and deep, Holy Spirit-led peace.

🕊️ If you’re preparing for a natural, Spirit-led birth and want to feel excited instead of overwhelmed, you’ll love my online faith-based birth course. It will help you and your husband feel genuinely prepared, connected, and ready for an amazing birth. 👉🏼 Enroll Today!

❤️ Come say hi to me on Instagram @thebirthtide — my DMs are always open!

Do you feel called to a home birth but your husband isn’t quite on board? You’re not alone. As a doula, I see this tension often—moms who long for the peace and intimacy of birthing at home, but dads who feel nervous, protective, or unsure.

📚 Resources & Links Mentioned in This Episode:

• Why Not Home? (Documentary)
• The Business of Being Born (Documentary)
• Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth by Ina May Gaskin (Book)
• Book a consult (virtual or in-person) with a doula to get your questions answered.

Take a step TODAY toward your natural, faith-filled birth!

1. Grab my FREE guide for navigating your first trimester: FREE GUIDE
2. Get access to the beautiful guidebook of information all pregnant women need but may not have access to: $17 EBOOK
3. Join my online birth classes!: Birth Tide Academy

👋🏼 Hey, I’m Karissa — a Christian homebirth doula serving Lancaster & Lebanon, PA. I bring faith alongside evidence-based birth education to help women embrace a physiological-centered pregnancy so they can birth with confident autonomy and deep, Holy Spirit-led peace.

🕊️ If you’re preparing for a natural, Spirit-led birth and want to feel excited instead of overwhelmed, you’ll love my online faith-based birth course. It will help you and your husband feel genuinely prepared, connected, and ready for an amazing birth. 👉🏼 Enroll Today!

❤️ Come say hi to me on Instagram @thebirthtide — my DMs are always open!

I'm been a bit MIA for a few weeks, but I'm backkkk! I really prioriize my in-person doula clients first, and so when that is busy, the podcast goes to the back burner. So I thought I'd bring you inside by recaping my 18 births so far this 2025!

I've also been chatting about homebirth a lot on the gram and so I thought I'd share with you WHY and dive deeper into that!

Take a step TODAY toward your natural, faith-filled birth!

1. Grab my FREE guide for navigating your first trimester: FREE GUIDE
2. Get access to the beautiful guidebook of information all pregnant women need but may not have access to: $17 EBOOK
3. Join my online birth classes!: Birth Tide Academy

👋🏼 Hey, I’m Karissa — a Christian homebirth doula serving Lancaster & Lebanon, PA. I bring faith alongside evidence-based birth education to help women embrace a physiological-centered pregnancy so they can birth with confident autonomy and deep, Holy Spirit-led peace.

🕊️ If you’re preparing for a natural, Spirit-led birth and want to feel excited instead of overwhelmed, you’ll love my online faith-based birth course. It will help you and your husband feel genuinely prepared, connected, and ready for an amazing birth. 👉🏼 Enroll Today!

❤️ Come say hi to me on Instagram @thebirthtide — my DMs are always open!

In today’s episode, I’m joined by Shannon, The Hart Doula, to unpack her powerful testimony of walking through three shoulder dystocia births—all unmedicated and out of the hospital.

➡️ Her first birth happened at a birth center, after she recovered from a month-long hospitalization with COVID pneumonia. Her second and third were both home births, with her final baby weighing in at 10.5 pounds. And in every single one, she experienced God’s presence, protection, and peace, even in the face of unexpected challenges.

Whether you’re a birth nerd, a doula, or a mom preparing for your own delivery, this episode will strengthen your trust in your body, in birth, and in the God who designed both. Shoulder dystocia is often talked about with a lot of fear, but understanding it and having a peaceful, knowledgable team to support you is key when it comes to avoiding trauma even in hard, unexpected things.

Connect with Shannon:
Instagram: @thehartdoula.ministry
Website: https://msha.ke/thehartdoula

Take a step TODAY toward your natural, faith-filled birth!

1. Grab my FREE guide for navigating your first trimester: FREE GUIDE
2. Get access to the beautiful guidebook of information all pregnant women need but may not have access to: $17 EBOOK
3. Join my online birth classes!: Birth Tide Academy

👋🏼 Hey, I’m Karissa — a Christian homebirth doula serving Lancaster & Lebanon, PA. I bring faith alongside evidence-based birth education to help women embrace a physiological-centered pregnancy so they can birth with confident autonomy and deep, Holy Spirit-led peace.

🕊️ If you’re preparing for a natural, Spirit-led birth and want to feel excited instead of overwhelmed, you’ll love my online faith-based birth course. It will help you and your husband feel genuinely prepared, connected, and ready for an amazing birth. 👉🏼 Enroll Today!

❤️ Come say hi to me on Instagram @thebirthtide — my DMs are always open!

In this episode, we’re joined by a seasoned doula of 20 years who shares her powerful personal journey through three out-of-hospital births—one at a birth center and two at home. With a background in child attachment, Holli approached birth with deep intentionality, especially when it came to how her babies were touched, handled, and nurtured in those sacred first moments and months

What You’ll Hear:

• How a background in child attachment influenced her birth choices
• How being a doula shaped her own birth preparation
• The importance of touch, presence, and emotional safety for babies at birth
• Encouragement for moms and dads in helping them bond with their baby no matter what type of birth you had

Take a step TODAY toward your natural, faith-filled birth!

1. Grab my FREE guide for navigating your first trimester: FREE GUIDE
2. Get access to the beautiful guidebook of information all pregnant women need but may not have access to: $17 EBOOK
3. Join my online birth classes!: Birth Tide Academy

👋🏼 Hey, I’m Karissa — a Christian homebirth doula serving Lancaster & Lebanon, PA. I bring faith alongside evidence-based birth education to help women embrace a physiological-centered pregnancy so they can birth with confident autonomy and deep, Holy Spirit-led peace.

🕊️ If you’re preparing for a natural, Spirit-led birth and want to feel excited instead of overwhelmed, you’ll love my online faith-based birth course. It will help you and your husband feel genuinely prepared, connected, and ready for an amazing birth. 👉🏼 Enroll Today!

❤️ Come say hi to me on Instagram @thebirthtide — my DMs are always open!