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Today, I’m speaking with Santhiya. Now, I must note that throughout this interview I had mispronounced her name. It is spelled and looks like “Santhiya”, but her name is Traditionally pronounced as, Sun-dhee-yah.

Getting into this conversation with Santhiya was really lovely, she spoke to me of first stepping into her mothering journey through being the eldest of 3 siblings. She used those experiences of being the kind of way shower for her younger siblings as a pseudo template to raising her own children.

Santhiya shares about:

*Getting pregnant with her first at 27 and not really having any consciousness to preparing for that experience

*Going through her pregnancy journey by ticking all the boxes and doing all the tests that the medical system had laid out for her 

*Being belittled and bullied by her care provider to the point of leaving in tears after each appointment

*Feeling very alone, isolated and scared in her first postpartum time

*Getting pregnant 1.5 years after her first was born and choosing to use medical midwives instead of shared care within the hospital like last time

*Being threatened with an induction because Santhiya’s first baby was labelled with IUGR for being small, even though small babies are completely normal 

*Finding Rebirthing Breath Work and how that changed Santhiya’s view and awareness on life

*Being surprised with a third baby and knowing that she would birth at home and have things be so much different from her first two births

*Using her breath work practices as guidance for her pregnancy journey free of the medical system

*Being divinely guided by Spirit and having full trust on this journey

*And having her 2 children and husband be the only people to witness this baby be born peacefully in the shower

This was such an awe inspiring and gentle conversation with Santhiya and I know you will glean something beautiful from her words.

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Jenna is on the show today, another first time mother who made the choice to birth her baby free of the medical system and be supported by wise woman in her journey.

It took some time for Jenna to come into the acceptance that she would be a mother, around the 4.5/5 month mark is when it really started to sink in.

In this talk she speaks to:

*The intensity of emotions that she felt when she first got pregnant 

*Being honest to the fact that the news of her pregnancy wasn’t a joyful time for her and how the emotions of fear and being upset is normal to feel at those times too

*Once coming to terms with the pregnancy, Jenna left Costa Rica for the US and found a birth centre in Texas to birth her baby, even though she felt like she was settling on her hopes to birth at home

*Around the 7month mark, Jenna found a Traditional Midwife in Costa Rica and made the choice to fly back to have her birth

*Leading up to her birth Jenna used affirmations and positive birth stories as a way was to feel settled into her birth space

*She experienced a gradual pull into the early stages of her birthing process 

*Choosing to have cervical checks within her birth as a way to bring more clarity into where she was during her birth

*Laughing at the point of emergence of her baby

*And Jenna speaks to being labelled “high risk” just because of her weight, which is completely unnecessary

This is a very wholesome story to be heard, Jenna followed her heart and made the choice to birth in her power and was surrounded by a team of women who trusted her to do so.

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Today, I have the honor of speaking with my friend from afar, NinNeru’aEl. We’ve known each other for quite a few years now and I’ve watched as NinNeru’aEl has blossomed into the woman that she is today. In this talk that we share together, I was so excited to hear of the story of her pregnancy and birth journey. 

I also have to mention, we had such a fun time as she was telling her story, I think I laughed all the way throughout as it was so lighthearted and lovely to hear.

Here is what NinNeru’aEl speaks to:

*Having a very clear sign after facilitating an Ancestral Connections Talk at a Women’s Festival that she was ready to bring her daughter into the world

*Connecting to her daughter’s spirit with a Spirit Baby Medium

*When she finally got pregnant, NinNeru’aEl chose to move through her pregnancy completely free of the medical system

*How she navigated her food aversions within the first trimester

*Stepping into the practice of deep trust in her body

*Rage cleaning her kitchen at 2am while feeling early birthing sensations

*Giving gratitude to her body as the sensations began picking up

*Deepening into the birth experience after creating a cozy and safe space within her bathroom 

*Finally birthing her baby onto the bathroom floor while being completely alone

*And navigating a painful to start breastfeeding relationship

This is such a fun story of a first time mother choosing what felt most aligned for her and her baby to come into the world and it’s one of those stories that cannot be missed.

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I’m speaking with Alexandra and today’s conversation is about birth, but doesn’t involve her birth stories. We have a very compelling conversation about the work that Alexandra does in the world. We touch on:

*How Alexandra is a mother first, and a social scientist who has been doing her research on homebirth mothers, and Traditional Midwifery and it’s indigenous roots within Hawaii

* Alexandra is also a published author and has just recently finished her book, Back to the Womb - Reclaiming Birth Sovereignty, which is available for purchase and linked in the show notes

*She talks about her journey into doula work after having her first baby and what it was like giving her support to a mother birthing within the hospital system a few months after having her own home birth experience

*We get into how Alexandra choose her topic for dissertation — speaking about home birth mothers and Traditional Midwifery and why these women made the choices that they did

*We touch upon how Indigenous Hawaiian women have been systematically disconnected from their indigenous roots

*Alexandra speaks to the layers of trauma that the Indigenous Hawaiian women face while birthing within hospitals and some of the ways the Indigenous Midwives are trying to uphold their birthing traditions

*And we briefly touch on the importance of men in the birth space

This is such an interesting and eye opening conversation that I’m so grateful to be sharing in this space. And if you’re a woman who practices birthwork in a traditional way and would love to share your stories to uphold your traditions, please feel free to reach out to me.

Be sure to find Alexandra on Instagram at @AlexandraKisitu

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On today’s episode I’m speaking with Bria. We start off our conversation on a very heartbreaking tone as Bria explains to me that at the very young age of 11 years old, she made the choice to mother herself and give herself the love and care that she wasn’t receiving from her family.

She had to step deeply into her maturation as a young girl to mother everyone else around her and is still working to pull those threads back to not give so much outwardly, but to give to herself more

*Bria speaks to how she always knew she wanted to have children

*She talks about how she had a complete change of lifestyle from partying all the time to slowing down and living more connected to the natural world in Grenada

*Meeting her partner and getting pregnant right away

*Having very unpleasant experiences with her Medical Midwives

*Being gaslit about how far she was within her birth process by medical staff at the hospital

*Having her baby be pulled from her body in an unnecessary forceps delivery and him having a lasting mark on his head to this day

*Being verbally abused by nursing staff during her early postpartum time

*Getting pregnant with her second baby and finding a mentor to support her on her journey to birthing free of the system

*Trying to check out of an Airbnb while being in her active birthing time

*Birthing her baby in a bathtub alone in that Airbnb

This is such a beautiful story and again another wonderful testament to the power of women and proof that birth just works.

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This is another one of my favourite types of conversations, I’m speaking with first time mother Jaden, who birthed her baby free of the medical system and knew right away that this was the right choice for her and her baby 

*Jaden speaks to me about the incredible connection that herself, her partner and their spirit baby had before he had come into his physical form

*She talks about the adventure of moving from one coast of the US to the other on almost a whim, but knew that she and her partner were being divinely guided by their child within the womb

*There was another piece of magic to Jaden’s story when she speaks to the perfect alignment of finding a Traditional Midwife to attend to her and how she was so well cared for in the weeks leading up to her birth portal

*Jaden speaks to a few struggles that she had as she adjusted to life as a new mother and how she navigated bouts of mastitis that made an appearance in her early postpartum days

*And lastly, Jaden shows us the most incredible painting on a canvas that she did before birthing and shares how it was that painting that held the energy of the birth she wanted and did create 

This is a pregnancy and birth story that holds so much power and is absolutely one that I’m so grateful to be sharing as this journey is a true testimony to the innate and intuitive gift all women hold within them

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Today’s episode is such a fun one. I’m speaking with Goddess Brittney King! She is a pleasure priestess and is doing such amazing work to raise the frequency of feminine energy on the planet.

In this incredible chat we get into speaking about:

*Her soul awakening where her body truly came alive and she had the opportunity to choose life or death

*Her experience in her first Sacred Temple - a pole dancing studio

*Brittney’s initiation into feeling her pleasure, taking this journey and welcoming being seen

*The realization of how she was performing the act of sex and not actually enjoying herself for her own  pleasure

*How she started implementing her pleasure practices into everyday life

*Slowing down to receive more pleasure

*How Brittney came to leading her fist international ‘Full Body YES’ retreat

*Looking for awe and wonder in everyday life

*Brittney’s connection to her spirit baby and how I fit into the equation

*And Brittney speaks to the magic of co-creating her wedding with her wife and Spirit

This conversation, as I said was so fun to record. I have never had so many full body chills in an interview than I did when speaking with Brittney. And the main takeaway and what Brittney kept reminding me of and everyone who will be listening, is that this high frequency state of pleasure is available to all women, you just have to allow, accept and choose it for yourself.

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Today in Lana’s stories she speaks to me about the births of all 4 of her children and how she began to realize that she absolutely could just birth her babies in the comfort of her own home with whomever she wanted present.

Lana first speaks to the difficulty of trying to get pregnant with her first baby, but how that created the space for her to get curious about how she was living her life and the things that were within it.

We get into speaking about:

*Her first baby where Lana was supported through the standardized model of medical midwifery in Canada

*The quick delivery of her son

*Her “slow” hemorrhage which she suspects was from overdoing Evening Primrose oil

*Her second pregnancy and birth once again within the medical system 

*Her introduction to freebirth through a pregnant friend of hers that was planning to and had a freebirth

*Hiring a birthkeeper to attend to her younger children as she birthed her 3rd baby with her husband present

*Having her 3rd baby take around 9 minutes to transition into the world

*Having a miscarriage, which confirmed that a fourth baby was meant to be apart of their family

*Having a deep spiritual connection with this last baby and knowing very specific details about her and that she was in fact meant for this world

*And having this last baby come through in a very fast and furious way like she had seen in all her visions during pregnancy

All of Lana’s stories are so unique to her and show how confident she was in her body and that by listening to herself and her baby, she was able, like all women, to just birth in a free, gentle and safe way.

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Today, I’m speaking with April, another woman who chose to birth free of the medical system with her first child. I absolutely love these stories and I mention it often because it goes to show that you do not have to have your first baby in the hospital “just in case” or so you can “know what it’s like”.

On April’s journey to birthing free, she hit a few speed bumps when she was at first looking for a medical provider:

*She wasn’t accepted into any midwifery groups due to a lack of insurance 

*She finally found a medical midwife that would take her without insurance, but was then ghosted by her

* And when she finally found a birth centre to birth at, she was risked out of their care after they diagnosed her with gestational diabetes even though she had the deep feeling that her baby was perfectly okay

After all of that, April stuck to her original decision to birth her baby at home with her husband and in an almost non-eventful birth experience, April birthed her son freely into her mother’s hands.

Then feeling so excited about the experience of doing it herself, April was ready, right away, to bring another child into the world. After almost 3 years of time, April did get pregnant with her daughter, but not before experiencing an early pregnancy release that she handled at home.

This is a very beautiful story of April’s trust in her natural instincts and the fact that her body is perfectly made to birth her babies.

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Abby chose to birth her first baby in a birthing centre with medical midwives. Her prenatal visits were pretty run of the mill for that type of pregnancy surveying and Abby ended up having quite a straightforward birth. 

Things didn’t get messy until right after the birth of her daughter where she immediately went floppy. The medical midwives assessed Abby’s baby and called for EMS to take the child to the nearest NICU. Abby was left alone at the birthing centre with only her mother and doula to tend to her while her husband left to the hospital with the baby.

During the 2 weeks of Abby’s daughter being in the NICU, she underwent a D&C to remove a piece of retained placenta. She wasn’t able to hold her daughter for her first 5 days of life and was obviously unprepared for something like this to happen, which led her to her having a severe bout of postpartum depression once she was able to bring her daughter home.

Abby chose to have her second and third births within the hospital, where she was also diagnosed with gestational diabetes. These births were again, pretty okay, but not exactly what she was looking for.

Felling there was one last baby that was wanting to come through, Abby was committed to listening to her intuition and truly having this birth in the way she wanted.

She got connected with some women via Facebook groups about birthing free of the medical system and that was the spark she needed to make the choice for having the birth that she always wanted.

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