Happy Homebirth

By Katelyn Fusco

What's Happy Homebirth about?

The Happy Homebirth podcast is your source for positive natural childbirth stories, and your community of support, education and encouragement in all things homebirth and motherhood.

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Happy Homebirth episodes:

01.01.2024
Ep 264:The Opposite Of A Traumatic Birth with Regina Lowenfield
Once you've experienced a traumatic birth, the best you can hope for from that point on is just-- a birth without trauma, right? It's best to just play it safe- not to push the envelope....? Regina has been married to her...
12.28.2023
Ep 263: VBA3C?! You’re Not High Risk Until You’re High Risk with Jan DeAngelo
You can't have a homebirth after 3 c sections, pre-eclampsia and being a "geriatric pregnancy", can you? This week, we're speaking with Jan DeAngelo, 43 year old mother of 4 babies who changed EVERYTHING in between her third and fourth births....
12.25.2023
Ep 262: The Body-Mind-Birth Connection with Errika Horner
Which is more important in birth preparation and birth itself? The body--or the mind? This week we're speaking with Errika Horner, a stay-at-home mom of 2 girls and blogger in her spare time, sharing healthy recipes and intentional homemaking inspiration on...
12.19.2023
Ep 261: A Beautiful Shoulder Dystocia? With Coco Brown
When you imagine a beautiful homebirth, what comes to mind? Everything unfolds perfectly, or nearly perfectly, right? This week, we're speaking with Coco Brown. Coco is a mother, currently navigating the labyrinth that is postpartum using ancestral knowledge and intuition to...
12.19.2023
Ep 260: A Failed Epidural and a Victorious Homebirth with Brianna Peters
When you've had a hospital birth but your epidural failed, why not bring it on home for baby #2? This week we're speaking to Brianna, who did just that-- decided to head home after the frustrating experience of a failed epidural....
12.18.2023
Ep 261: A Beautiful Shoulder Dystocia? With Coco Brown
When you imagine a beautiful homebirth, what comes to mind? Everything unfolds perfectly, or nearly perfectly, right? This week, we're speaking with Coco Brown. Coco is a mother, currently navigating the labyrinth that is postpartum using ancestral knowledge and intuition to...
12.11.2023
Ep 260: A Failed Epidural and a Victorious Homebirth with Brianna Peters
When you've had a hospital birth but your epidural failed, why not bring it on home for baby #2? This week we're speaking to Brianna, who did just that-- decided to head home after the frustrating experience of a failed epidural....
12.04.2023
Ep 259: Responsive Sleep for You and Your Baby with Taylor Kulik
Sleeping with your baby-- we've probably all done it once or twice, but is it actually safe? This week we're speaking with Taylor Kulik. Taylor is an occupational therapist and holistic sleep and parenting educator who developed a passion for helping...
11.27.2023
Ep 258: How To Turn Your Passion For Birth Into A Full-time Career As A Doula with Kyleigh Banks
Exclusive Free Training: How To Turn Your Passion For Birth Into A Full-time Career As A Doula – So you can feed your soul AND your Family… even if you don’t want to be on call 24/7!Register here: Myhappyhomebirth.com/birthworker This Week's Sponsors:Araza...
11.20.2023
Ep 257: From Questioning Yourself to Questioning the Birth System with McKenzie Ulmer
What does it look like to take charge of your birth experience after a previously disempowering one? This week, we'll be speaking with McKenzie, a mother to two children and student from The Homebirth Collective--with two very different pregnancy and birth...
11.13.2023
Ep 256: From Changing Care Providers to Midwife Continuity with Shayna Piva
Have you ever felt like you were seeing a revolving door of different doctors throughout your pregnancy? HOW can you feel confident and comfortable with the provider if it just. keeps. changing? This week we're speaking with Shayna- a mother to...
11.06.2023
Ep 255: Deep Familial Connection Through Homebirth with Anna Rivera
Did you know that you can use your birth to deeply unite your family unit? Today we're speaking with Anna, a mother of three precious children with a bend towards all things holistic. Anna and her husband decided to use their...
10.30.2023
Ep 254: From Interventions to Undisturbed with Bree Darby
Has your perception of an event ever changed after a period of time? If so, how did that impact your future decision-making? And today we're speaking with Bree Darby. Bree is a mama of two girls, 4 years and 3 months,...
10.22.2023
Ep 253: Finding Joy While Experiencing Secondary Infertility with Shyla Brown
What happens when becoming pregnant goes from being quick and easy to long, emotional and difficult? This week, we're speaking with Shyla Brown, a mother of 4 babes- 3 of whom were born at home. We'll walk through Shyla's experiences of...
10.16.2023
Ep 252: Minerals, Lymph, Fascia, Oh My! With Margaret Barry
How do we encourage optimal growth of our bodies and the bodies of our babies in pregnancy and birth? What are the foundational pieces to this? This week we're speaking with Margaret Barry. After a history of restrictive dieting and over-exercising,...
10.09.2023
Ep 251: A Deeper Understanding of the Transformative Power of Birth with Karey Hoffmann
How can we lean into the primal nature of birth and experience it as the full right of passage that it was designed to be? Today we're speaking with Karey, a stay-at-home, soon to be homeschooling mom of three. In this...
10.02.2023
Ep 250: Coming Into Your Own and Advocating for Your Dream Birth with Cortney Steffensmeier
When birth goes well in all of the physical ways, does that necessarily mean that it carried the emotional depth you desired? This week we're speaking with Cortney Steffensmeier. Cortney is the mother of 3 littles who ignited her passion for breastfeeding...
09.25.2023
Ep 249: Surrendering to Physiological Birth and Motherhood with Jessica Livengood
Surrendering to Physiological Birth and Motherhood with Jessica Livengood What does it mean to surrender to your birth experience? To surrender to motherhood? This week's episode, we'll be speaking to my friend and Homebirth Collective student Jessica about her experiences with surrender...
09.18.2023
Ep 248: Game-Time Birth Decisions with Katelyn and Thomas Fusco
What happens when you live and breathe homebirth, but you can't quite visualize how you want your birth to unfold. Today I (Katelyn) am sitting down with my husband Thomas to share the birth story of our precious son, Thomas Jr. For...
09.11.2023
Ep 247: Making Birth Choices From a Place of Empowerment with Leigh Anne McGiff
Making Birth Choices From a Place of Empowerment with Leigh Anne McGiff How do we respond to the unexpected? We know we can't control all of the circumstances of life, but what do we do when we're faced with new choices...
09.04.2023
Ep 246: Birth in Captivity to the Freedom of Homebirth with Esmeralda Carrillo
How did your birth location make you feel during your birthing experience-- confined and imprisoned, or totally set free? This week, we're speaking to Esmeralda, a mother to 3 children, doula and homebirth shop owner. We'll hear how Esmeralda went from...
08.28.2023
Encore: Birthing Instincts With Dr. Stu
The wait is almost over, are you ready for the Fall2023 season of Happy Homebirth? Join me from your favorite podcast platform on September4 for our first brand new episode and mark your calendars for September 18, when my husband and...
08.21.2023
Encore: Appreciating Rites of Passage, Releasing Fear, and Healing During Pregnancy
The wait is almost over, are you ready for the Fall2023 season of Happy Homebirth? Join me from your favorite podcast platform on September4 for our first brand new episode and mark your calendars for September 18, when my husband and...
08.14.2023
Encore: Homebirth and Chiropractic Wisdom With Dr. Courtney Kahla
Let’s say you’re a birth expert- you’ve been working with pregnant mothers for years, and you’re finally having the homebirth of your dreams. Is firm education enough, or will there possibly be unexpected tests in the emotional and mental aspects of...
08.07.2023
Encore: Simplifying Birth, Simplifying Childhood with Ginny Yurtich
Have you ever been disqualified from something? Maybe you were in a swim meet and your feet touched the bottom of the pool. Maybe your scholarship essay was too short and you were taken out of the running…. But have you ever...
07.31.2023
Encore: Elizabeth’s Peaceful Surprise Twin Homebirth
What surprised you most about your homebirth? Was it… the way you vocalized during your surges? Or maybe it was how incredibly accomplished you felt afterward? Or… was it the number of babies that you gave birth to? This week we’re...
07.24.2023
Encore: Birth as a Rite of Passage with Dr. Rachel Reed
Today's guest: Dr Rachel Reed is a midwife, academic, author, and international speaker who focuses on childbirth physiology, midwifery practice, and women's rights (and rites). She has provided midwifery care for many women and has attended births in a wide...
07.17.2023
Encore: Homebirth is a Team Sport
Show Notes: Christine and Andrew started their pregnancy journey traditionally with OB care. However, as the pregnancy progressed, they began feeling more and more frustrated about the fact that appointments were fast and shallow. There was not in-depth preparation for childbirth,...
07.10.2023
Encore: Emily Catches Her Own Baby
Did you know that you could be so intimately aware of what's going on in your labor that you could be the one to reach down and catch your own baby? I sure didn't with my first daughter, and there's absolutely...
07.03.2023
Encore: Real Food for Pregnancy (and Postpartum!) With Lily Nichols
Pregnancy and postpartum. Many of us strive to maintain a healthy diet during these pivotal times, but what does a healthy diet look like? Should we stick to the guidelines? Enter Lily Nichols, RDN, CDE. Lily is an expert on all...
06.26.2023
Encore: How Did We Get Here?! The History of U.S. Maternity Care
Have you ever been on a drive and say 15 minutes in you think to yourself, “Woah, how did I get here? You realize you’ve lost your way and you need to turn it around and go back to the...
06.19.2023
Encore: Leah and Her Midwife Handle a Complication
Show Notes: Leah is a registered nurse engaged to a UFC fighter, Brandon Davis. They have just grown their family with a new baby! She had a homebirth with her first baby. When asked how she decided to have a homebirth, she...
06.12.2023
Encore: From Valley to Mountain: Laura’s Spiritual, Pain-Free Birth
Pain-free childbirth is a myth.... right? Laura is a mother of 3, and she and her husband were newly married when they became unexpectedly pregnant. They had recently moved, and found themselves moving back into Laura's parents' house as they got...
06.05.2023
Ep 232: A Primal First Time Homebirth with Sara Middleton
First births: You don't know what's going on with your body, they're long, and mothers enter them feeling uncertain and needing reassurance.... right? This week we're speaking to Sara, who lives in Travelers Rest, South Carolina with her husband Rob, their first...
05.29.2023
Ep 231: Reclaiming Primal Movement to Improve Your Family’s Wellbeing with Paris Latka
What does your posture communicate to yourself, your baby, and the world? Perhaps it seems unimportant or insignificant, but as you'll learn today-- there is SO much to the way in which we hold ourselves. This week we're speaking with my...
05.22.2023
Ep 230: Finding Freedom in Motherhood with Naomi Reyes
Motherhood-- It has a way of bringing up the things that we thought were stored deep, deep down... it pulls 'em right to the surface. How can we find freedom in motherhood, be the most loving version of ourselves and...
05.15.2023
Ep 229: Have an Informed Pregnancy with Dr. Elliot Berlin
What does it mean to be truly informed regarding your pregnancy and birth? This week, we're speaking with Dr. Elliot Berlin, who is an award-winning prenatal chiropractor, childbirth educator, labor support bodyworker, and co-founder of Berlin Wellness Group in Los Angeles,...
05.08.2023
Ep 228: Midline (R)evolution: Evolution of The Lip and Tongue Tie with Michale Chatham, Dr. Molly and Natalie Healy
Tongue and lip ties... are they a nothing-burger, all-important, or perhaps misunderstood? This week we're speaking with Michale Chatam, the clinical mystic, Dr. Molly of Living Adjusted and Natalie Healy, IBCLC. This conversation was recorded... a YEAR ago... and was somehow...
05.01.2023
Ep 227: Similar Births Internalized Differently with Lauralee Kirkland
When you have fast, uncomplicated births, does the location really even matter at that point? This week, we're speaking with Lauralee Kirkland, a mother to 3 babies earthside and one in heaven. We'll hear how Lauralee's decision-making has changed with each...
04.24.2023
Ep 226: Balancing Hormones in our Childbearing Years with Leisha Drews
When it comes to postpartum periods, what can we do to encourage healthy cycles? And... what do our cycles tell us about our health status? This week, we're speaking with Leisha Drews, a holistic hormone coach, and host of the podcast...
04.18.2023
Ep 225: Supporting Your Body Through Physiological Postpartum With Kela Futrell
We speak a lot about physiological birth around here- but how do we prepare for and experience a physiological postpartum? What does that even entail? This week, we're speaking with Kela Futrell, a postpartum wellness doula with three babies of her...
04.10.2023
Ep 224: A Beautiful Birth and a Stretching Postpartum with Caitlin Cooper
What happens when birth goes well, but postpartum throws you for a loop? This week, we're speaking with Caitlin Cooper, a first time mom to her 4 1/2 month old son named Luke. Caitlin and her husband and I have been...
04.03.2023
Ep 223: Jacy’s Grief of Stillbirth and the Redemption That Followed
When we've experienced tragedy, how do we heal and maintain a positive outlook? This week, we're speaking to Jacy, a teacher-turned-homeschooling mom of four living children and a daughter in Heaven. After four very different hospital births (including a stillbirth), Jacy...
03.20.2023
Ep 222: A Honeymoon Baby and Homebirth with Kelly Benner
When you get pregnant on your wedding night and thrown into prenatal decision-making a little sooner than expected, what kinds of decisions do you make? And this week we're speaking with my friend and student, Kelly Benner. We'll learn about how Kelly...
03.13.2023
Ep 221: Exploring Matrescence with Anisha Patel
What is matrescence and how do we prepare for it? This week, we're speaking with Anisha Patel, published author, speaker, postpartum coach and founder of MasalaMommy.com. Anisha has a heart for supporting women in their transition into motherhood, and she's going...
03.06.2023
Ep 220: Aimee Uses Homebirth to Reclaim Her Motherhood Journey
When your first birth leaves you feeling the victim, and when that feeling pervades into your experience of motherhood-- is that it for you? How do you recover? This week, we're speaking with my incredible friend Aimee Rowden. Aimee is the...
02.27.2023
Ep 219: Katelyn’s Third Trimester Update
This week I'm sharing all of the updates! From pregnancy to family to business... I want to give you a peek of what's going on in my world. ⚡FLASH SALE⚡ This week only- 40% Savings on The Homebirth Collective & Happy Homebirth...
02.20.2023
Ep 218: Surprise Pregnancy Brings Healing to Old Traumas with Amanda Lopez
When you found out you were pregnant, what emotions ran through your brain? Excitement? Thrill? Joy? Or did you experience fear, shame, or a resurgence of old traumas? This week, we're speaking to Amanda Lopez. A mama to 3 children, two...
02.13.2023
Ep 217: Michelle’s Very Similar, Very Different Births!
Two births: One at home and one in the hospital-- the exact same situation arises in both scenarios-- do you think they'll be handled the same or differently? This week, we're speaking with Michelle, owner of Alma Aesthetics, wife and mother...
02.06.2023
Ep 216: Made for This Birth with Mary Haseltine
Do you know-- that you were made for this birth? This week, we're speaking to my friend and birth colleague Mary Haseltine. Mary is a doula, author, and birth educator for 10 years; She has had seven full term babies -...

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Happy Homebirth episodes:

Ep 264:The Opposite Of A Traumatic Birth with Regina Lowenfield

Ep 263: VBA3C?! You’re Not High Risk Until You’re High Risk with Jan DeAngelo

Ep 262: The Body-Mind-Birth Connection with Errika Horner

Ep 261: A Beautiful Shoulder Dystocia? With Coco Brown

Ep 260: A Failed Epidural and a Victorious Homebirth with Brianna Peters

Ep 261: A Beautiful Shoulder Dystocia? With Coco Brown

Ep 260: A Failed Epidural and a Victorious Homebirth with Brianna Peters

Ep 259: Responsive Sleep for You and Your Baby with Taylor Kulik

Ep 258: How To Turn Your Passion For Birth Into A Full-time Career As A Doula with Kyleigh Banks

Ep 257: From Questioning Yourself to Questioning the Birth System with McKenzie Ulmer

Ep 256: From Changing Care Providers to Midwife Continuity with Shayna Piva

Ep 255: Deep Familial Connection Through Homebirth with Anna Rivera

Ep 254: From Interventions to Undisturbed with Bree Darby

Ep 253: Finding Joy While Experiencing Secondary Infertility with Shyla Brown

Ep 252: Minerals, Lymph, Fascia, Oh My! With Margaret Barry

Ep 251: A Deeper Understanding of the Transformative Power of Birth with Karey Hoffmann

Ep 250: Coming Into Your Own and Advocating for Your Dream Birth with Cortney Steffensmeier

Ep 249: Surrendering to Physiological Birth and Motherhood with Jessica Livengood

Ep 248: Game-Time Birth Decisions with Katelyn and Thomas Fusco

Ep 247: Making Birth Choices From a Place of Empowerment with Leigh Anne McGiff

Ep 246: Birth in Captivity to the Freedom of Homebirth with Esmeralda Carrillo

Encore: Birthing Instincts With Dr. Stu

Encore: Appreciating Rites of Passage, Releasing Fear, and Healing During Pregnancy

Encore: Homebirth and Chiropractic Wisdom With Dr. Courtney Kahla

Encore: Simplifying Birth, Simplifying Childhood with Ginny Yurtich

Encore: Elizabeth’s Peaceful Surprise Twin Homebirth

Encore: Birth as a Rite of Passage with Dr. Rachel Reed

Encore: Homebirth is a Team Sport

Encore: Emily Catches Her Own Baby

Encore: Real Food for Pregnancy (and Postpartum!) With Lily Nichols

Encore: How Did We Get Here?! The History of U.S. Maternity Care

Encore: Leah and Her Midwife Handle a Complication

Encore: From Valley to Mountain: Laura’s Spiritual, Pain-Free Birth

Ep 232: A Primal First Time Homebirth with Sara Middleton

Ep 231: Reclaiming Primal Movement to Improve Your Family’s Wellbeing with Paris Latka

Ep 230: Finding Freedom in Motherhood with Naomi Reyes

Ep 229: Have an Informed Pregnancy with Dr. Elliot Berlin

Ep 228: Midline (R)evolution: Evolution of The Lip and Tongue Tie with Michale Chatham, Dr. Molly and Natalie Healy

Ep 227: Similar Births Internalized Differently with Lauralee Kirkland

Ep 226: Balancing Hormones in our Childbearing Years with Leisha Drews

Ep 225: Supporting Your Body Through Physiological Postpartum With Kela Futrell

Ep 224: A Beautiful Birth and a Stretching Postpartum with Caitlin Cooper

Ep 223: Jacy’s Grief of Stillbirth and the Redemption That Followed

Ep 222: A Honeymoon Baby and Homebirth with Kelly Benner

Ep 221: Exploring Matrescence with Anisha Patel

Ep 220: Aimee Uses Homebirth to Reclaim Her Motherhood Journey

Ep 219: Katelyn’s Third Trimester Update

Ep 218: Surprise Pregnancy Brings Healing to Old Traumas with Amanda Lopez

Ep 217: Michelle’s Very Similar, Very Different Births!

Ep 216: Made for This Birth with Mary Haseltine