Harvest Birth Stories

I am so excited to share this fun podcast with you today! Kelsey jumped on the poddy this week to chat about her two births. She explains how her first birth was positive but went into with zero knowledge of what she wanted to choose. During her second birth she switched care providers and hired a doula in anticipation to have the unmedicated birth she desired. Without planning; she found herself birthing accidentally in her garage at home! We chat about her postpartum and breastfeeding experiences along with oral restriction. Thank you so much for coming on, Kelsey!

Todays episode, to me, is a very very special one to share. Janna and her husband Kyle were some of my first doula clients and have FINALLY welcomed their little girl Emma Jean into this world after 3 + years of infertility and an IVF journey. In this episode we talk A LOT about her pre-pregnancy vs postpartum journey into motherhood. One that took a lot of waiting, doctors, science and prayers. We share about her 38 hour labor that ended in a chosen cesarean. Something I hope everyone can take from this episode is: "gratitude tethers you to the present". Thank you, dear friend, for sharing your story.

Today we chat with Savanna. Savanna has a beautiful baby boy Behr, and she reached out to me awhile back to record to share her postpartum story to help other not feel so alone. Savanna had a positive hospital labor and birth but we really focused on chatting about the importance of care and support after going home. Thanks so much for joining!

In episode 23 I answer some questions you asked on instagram! I talk about how to prepare for birth and also what the benefit of a doula is for a cesarean birth. I also touch on lactation preparation. Thanks for joining!

Welcome, friends! It is such a pleasure and honor to have Dr Emily Acosta on the podcast today. Emily has one birth, which was a beautiful physiological home birth. Emily speaks on her desires and wants to have a home birth and how she prepared with her knowledge of the body; being a specialized womens (pre & postnatal) chiropractor. Emily dives into her NICU transfer from home after birth and also her struggles postpartum with a difficult breastfeeding journey and how she overcame that. Thank you SO SO much for sharing your beautiful, empowering and educational story. It was such a pleasure. There are lots of good resource in her podcast mentioned, but you can also find her at: www.cultivatefamilychiropractic.com/ or at the tagged instagram page!

Buckle up todays podcast is a chatty one! I like to force my friends to record their birth stories so today we chat with Morgan who has two little girls at home. The first birth Morgan experiences early rupture of membranes (water) at 35 weeks, but resulted in a relatively normal delivery. Her little sister followed suit at 38 weeks. Morgan chats about her struggles with breastfeeding, triple feedings & pumping after a breast reduction at a young age. But I want to give her the utmost credit for doing such an amazing job in that area. Lets all welcome Morgan! Thanks for joining. :)

We have hit EPISODE 20! O H M Y G O S H. Thank you all so so much for listening, tuning in and ALSO sharing your stories. It has truly been such a fun experience. Today we are chatting with Beth, who has one beautiful daughter. Beth had an uncomplicated positive hospital birth after laboring at home for the greater amount of time. Beth chats to us about her struggle with unknown low milk supply right from the start despite many efforts fix it. From struggles of nursing, pumping, triple feeding, SNS feeding to the switch over to formula for baby and mental health purposes. Thank you so so much Beth for being brave and sharing your experience for others moms to hear its okay to feel this way.

HI + HELLO my friends! We are nearing SO close to 20 episodes on this podcast. WOW. SO. AMAZING. Today we're chatting with Molly, who has four beautiful girls. The first two births were singleton in hospital inductions and the last two happened to be a beautiful twin vaginal delivery via induction. Molly chats about her continuing higher blood pressure trends with every pregnancy as well as her journey into a twin vaginal birth. For all of you listening; many times in twin deliveries one is head up and one is head down. So for some a breech presentation or a cesarean is common. Molly had a successful twin delivery and is just around 2 weeks postpartum at the moment. We chatted about her breastfeeding journeys so far and the hopes for the future. Again, thank you SO much Molly for allowing me into your home to chat & share your story. It was beautiful.