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What if your labor lasted 32 hours, your birth plan was tested, and you discovered that the greatest strength you had was learning to surrender?
In this powerful episode of the Pain Free Birth Podcast, Karen sits down with Meghan Kuiper, a first-time mom from South Africa who experienced a 32-hour unmedicated hospital birth in a country where cesarean rates in private hospitals are exceptionally high. Meghan shares how preparing through the Pain Free Birth Course helped her understand the physiology of labor, trust her body's natural process, and confidently navigate a long first birth. From laboring peacefully at a friend's home for more than 24 hours to welcoming her daughter Hannah into the world without an epidural, Meghan's story is a beautiful reminder that birth doesn't have to unfold according to our expectations to be deeply empowering.
But Meghan's experience wasn't completely pain free, and that's what makes her story so meaningful. She opens up about the moment she stopped trying to think her way through labor, the emotional release that helped her surrender, and how her husband's preparation through the Birth Partner Bootcamp allowed him to become her steady source of safety and support. Together, Karen and Meghan explore the difference between pain and fear, the importance of choosing a supportive birth provider, and the incredible transformation that can happen when a woman feels educated, supported, and free to experience birth on her own terms.
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Connect with Meghan Kuiper:
Meghan Kuiper Counseling Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/seasons_of_becoming/
Meghan Kuiper Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meg_kuiper/
Counseling Website: https://www.meghankuiper.co.za/
Uleen Fourie Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/uleenfourie?exln=M2cxN2FyYjNudGgz
Doors are open for the Doula Certification Program. Grab your spot here: https://mastermind.painfreebirth.com/pfbdoulacertification-rp?%E2%80%A6
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Disclaimer: This podcast is for educational purposes only and is not intended as medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Please consult with a qualified healthcare provider regarding your individual health, pregnancy, birth, or postpartum care. The views and opinions expressed by guests are their own and do not necessaril...
What if the secret to a beautiful, empowered birth isn't having the perfect circumstances, but developing a level of faith and confidence that the world simply cannot understand?
In this powerful solo episode of the Pain Free Birth podcast, Karen shares a heartfelt message for women preparing for pregnancy, navigating motherhood, or believing God for a supernatural birth experience. In a world where pregnancy and childbirth are often surrounded by fear, medical intervention, and uncertainty, Karen invites you to embrace a radically different perspective. What if you could approach birth with irrational confidence, knowing that God designed your body with incredible wisdom and purpose?
Through Scripture, personal experiences, and inspiring birth testimonies, Karen explores how to overcome fear of childbirth, renew your mindset, and partner with God in preparing for birth. You'll discover why true birth confidence comes from combining an understanding of physiological birth with a deep, personal faith in God's goodness. Whether you're dreaming of a pain free birth, preparing for a VBAC, processing a previous birth experience, or simply longing to trust your body again, this episode will encourage you to believe for something greater.
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Previous Podcast Links:
Lacey Coffey: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/123-god-showed-her-the-birth-before-it-happened-a/id1696179731?i=1000796093891
Christine Janicke: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/103-29-days-overdue-fully-trusting-god-the-3-push-joy/id1696179731?i=1000769608664
Amanda Johnson: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/22-finding-twins-at-32-weeks-a-successful-home/id1696179731?i=1000658671561
Leslie Burris: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/6-consider-that-its-possible-with-leslie-burris/id1696179731?i=1000645977685
Doors are open for the Doula Certification Program. Grab your spot here: https://mastermind.painfreebirth.com/pfbdoulacertification-rp?%E2%80%A6
CONNECT WITH KAREN:
Use code PODCAST to get $50 off the Pain Free Birth E-course HERE
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Disclaimer: This podcast is for educational purposes only and is not intended as medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Please consult with a qualified healthcare provider regarding your individual health, pregnancy, birth, or postpartum care. The views and opinions expressed by guests are their own and do not necessaril...
What if your first birth left you believing your body had failed, but your next birth became a beautiful testimony of healing, surrender, and freedom from fear?
After nearly 48 hours of labor at home, Katie Caceres's first birth ended in a hospital transfer and an unexpected cesarean. She carried feelings of failure, disappointment, and unresolved birth trauma into her next pregnancy. But instead of allowing her first experience to define her second, Katie began a journey of healing, faith, and intentional birth preparation that completely transformed how she understood her body and the birth process.
In this powerful episode of the Pain Free Birth podcast, Katie shares how the Pain-Free Birth course, understanding physiological birth, prayer, and a deeply supportive midwife helped her experience a peaceful, five-hour, pain-free home birth after cesarean (HBAC). From worshiping through contractions to trusting her body's instinctive movements, Katie's story is a beautiful reminder that a difficult first birth does not have to define your future. Even when an unexpected fourth-degree tear required hospital care, she discovered that receiving medical help did not take away from the beauty of her daughter's birth.
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Connect with Katie:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/katiecaceres_/
Doors are open for the Doula Certification Program. Grab your spot here: https://mastermind.painfreebirth.com/pfbdoulacertification-rp?%E2%80%A6
CONNECT WITH KAREN:
Use code PODCAST to get $50 off the Pain Free Birth E-course HERE
Submit Your Birth Story
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Looking for a like-minded provider? View the PFB Directory HERE.
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Disclaimer: This podcast is for educational purposes only and is not intended as medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Please consult with a qualified healthcare provider regarding your individual health, pregnancy, birth, or postpartum care. The views and opinions expressed by guests are their own and do not necessaril...
What if you were told you weren't dilating, your midwife went home, and less than two hours later you were holding your nearly 10-pound baby in your arms?
After a difficult first hospital birth that left her baby with a broken collarbone, former professional basketball player and mom of three Vanessa Sugg knew she wanted a different experience. Through the Pain Free Birth course, prayer, and a deeper understanding of physiological birth, Vanessa went on to experience two incredible home births. But nothing could have prepared her for the beautiful, faith-filled arrival of her third baby.
In this powerful Christian home birth testimony, Vanessa shares how she went from zero centimeters dilated to birthing her 9 lb 12 oz baby in under two hours, without coached pushing or tearing. From the discouragement of being told her baby wasn't coming that night to surrendering her fears, laboring peacefully in warm water, and breathing her baby into her own hands, her story is a beautiful reminder of the power of birth preparation, trusting your body, and leaning into God's peace.
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Resources mentioned:
The First 40 Days
Connect with Vanessa:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/veesuggs/
Doors are open for the Doula Certification Program. Grab your spot here: https://mastermind.painfreebirth.com/pfbdoulacertification-rp?%E2%80%A6
CONNECT WITH KAREN:
Use code PODCAST to get $50 off the Pain Free Birth E-course HERE
Submit Your Birth Story
Apply to Come on the Podcast
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Looking for a like-minded provider? View the PFB Directory HERE.
Want to join the PFB provider directory? JOIN HERE
Disclaimer: This podcast is for educational purposes only and is not intended as medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Please consult with a qualified healthcare provider regarding your individual health, pregnancy, birth, or postpartum care. The views and opinions expressed by guests are their own and do not necessaril...
What if the birth you are praying for could become an invitation to trust, surrender, and experience God in a completely new way?
After an intervention-filled first birth and a heartbreaking miscarriage, Lacey Coffey longed for redemption. In the middle of her grief, she began praying for God to show her what was ahead. Lacey says dreams, visions, and signs began pointing her toward something incredibly specific: a rainbow baby, a Christmas birth, and a peaceful water birth.
But getting there was not simple. Lacey navigated gestational diabetes, kidney stones, bleeding, and weeks of prodromal labor while continually returning to what she believed God had shown her. Then, in the early hours of Christmas Eve, everything changed. Her water broke, labor intensified quickly, and what followed was a breathtaking 2.5-hour birth filled with worship, surrender, laughter, and a race to the birth center that ended just five minutes before her daughter was born.
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CONNECT WITH LACEY:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/softbabynames/
Doors are open for the Doula Certification Program. Grab your spot here: https://mastermind.painfreebirth.com/pfbdoulacertification-rp?%E2%80%A6
CONNECT WITH KAREN:
Use code PODCAST to get $50 off the Pain Free Birth E-course HERE
Submit Your Birth Story
Apply to Come on the Podcast
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Looking for a like-minded provider? View the PFB Directory HERE.
Want to join the PFB provider directory? JOIN HERE
Disclaimer: This podcast is for educational purposes only and is not intended as medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Please consult with a qualified healthcare provider regarding your individual health, pregnancy, birth, or postpartum care. The views and opinions expressed by guests are their own and do not necessaril...
What if the most powerful part of childbirth isn’t something you can prepare for with your mind, but something you have to surrender to with your whole being?
In this episode of the Pain Free Birth Show, I’m exploring what I call “crossing the veil,” that profound shift that can happen during labor when birth moves beyond something you are thinking through and becomes something you are fully experiencing. It can be the moment when contractions intensify, time seems to change, your thinking brain quiets, and you are invited to surrender more deeply than you thought possible.
We’re talking about the spiritual side of childbirth that so often gets overlooked in birth preparation. Birth is not simply a mechanical process of getting a baby out of your body. It can be a deeply transformative experience that brings your fears, doubts, trust, strength, and faith to the surface. This episode is an invitation to prepare not only your body and mind for birth, but also your heart and spirit, so that when you reach the place where control is no longer serving you, you can let go and allow birth to transform you.
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Doors are open for the Doula Certification Program. Grab your spot here: https://mastermind.painfreebirth.com/pfbdoulacertification-rp?%E2%80%A6
CONNECT WITH KAREN:
Use code PODCAST to get $50 off the Pain Free Birth E-course HERE
Submit Your Birth Story
Apply to Come on the Podcast
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Looking for a like-minded provider? View the PFB Directory HERE.
Want to join the PFB provider directory? JOIN HERE
Disclaimer: This podcast is for educational purposes only and is not intended as medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Please consult with a qualified healthcare provider regarding your individual health, pregnancy, birth, or postpartum care. The views and opinions expressed by guests are their own and do not necessaril...
What if birth was never meant to be something you had to endure in your own strength?
After experiencing sexual trauma as a teenager and again as a young woman in the Air Force, Lauren Frazier entered motherhood with a deep desire to reclaim trust in her body. Across four births, God transformed that trust into something even deeper. What began as a determination to advocate for herself eventually became an invitation to surrender, listen, and experience birth in partnership with Him.
In this episode, Lauren shares the progression from her first birth, where intervention dramatically changed an otherwise peaceful labor, to her second birth, where she learned to trust her body through pushing, and finally to two births she describes as completely supernatural and pain-free. During her third birth, Lauren arrived at the hospital already 7 centimeters dilated, yet she could not even feel the contractions appearing on the monitor. Her fourth birth unfolded with the same extraordinary peace at home. Through both experiences, Lauren says her focus was not on avoiding pain. It was on staying close to God, listening for His voice, and surrendering one moment at a time.
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Supernatural Childbirth by Jaci Mize:https://amzn.to/4qFAf91
CONNECT WITH LAUREN:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/liferich_coaching/ and https://www.instagram.com/laurenelizabethfrazier/
Website: www.liferichcoaching.com
Email: [email protected]
Doors are open for the Doula Certification Program. Grab your spot here: https://mastermind.painfreebirth.com/pfbdoulacertification-rp?%E2%80%A6
CONNECT WITH KAREN:
Use code PODCAST to get $50 off the Pain Free Birth E-course HERE
Submit Your Birth Story
Apply to Come on the Podcast
YouTube
Looking for a like-minded provider? View the PFB Directory HERE.
Want to join the PFB provider directory? JOIN HERE
Disclaimer: This podcast is for educational purposes only and is not intended as medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Please consult with a qualified healthcare provider regarding your individual health, pregnancy, birth, or postpartum care. The views and opinions expressed by guests are their own and do not necessaril...
What if the birth that broke your heart didn’t have to be the end of your story?
After preparing for a natural birth with her first baby, Stephanie Andrade found herself transferring from a birth center to the hospital, receiving Pitocin, and eventually having an emergency cesarean. Although there were moments of peace and God’s presence throughout the experience, Stephanie was left processing disappointment, trauma, and questions about what future births might look like.
When she became pregnant again, Stephanie knew she wanted to approach birth differently. She researched her options, communicated clearly with her midwife, learned to advocate for her preferences, and ultimately surrendered the outcome to God. What followed was something she never expected. Instead of making it to the hospital for her planned VBAC, Stephanie gave birth at home with only her husband present. Her labor was fast, instinctive, and pain-free, and her body pushed her baby out without conscious pushing.
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Connect with Stephanie:
Instagram: @stephreneeandrade
Doors are open for the Doula Certification Program. Grab your spot here: https://mastermind.painfreebirth.com/pfbdoulacertification-rp?%E2%80%A6
CONNECT WITH KAREN:
Use code PODCAST to get $50 off the Pain Free Birth E-course HERE
Submit Your Birth Story
Apply to Come on the Podcast
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Looking for a like-minded provider? View the PFB Directory HERE.
Want to join the PFB provider directory? JOIN HERE
Disclaimer: This podcast is for educational purposes only and is not intended as medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Please consult with a qualified healthcare provider regarding your individual health, pregnancy, birth, or postpartum care. The views and opinions expressed by guests are their own and do not necessaril...
What happens when the peaceful home birth you planned suddenly becomes a hospital twin birth, and you still deeply desire a physiological, unmedicated experience?
After two beautiful home births, Siera Asivido fully expected to welcome her third baby the same way. Then, at her 20-week anatomy scan, she saw two heads on the ultrasound screen. She was carrying spontaneous di/di twins, and suddenly the birth environment where she felt safest was no longer an option with her trusted midwife.
Instead of giving up on the birth she desired, Siera began learning how to advocate for herself. She created an intentional birth plan, learned how to communicate informed decisions to her OB team, declined routine hospital practices that did not align with her goals, and prepared both practically and spiritually for birth. At 39 weeks and 1 day, she walked into the hospital in early labor and experienced a peaceful, physiological twin birth that exceeded what she imagined was possible.
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Pain Free Birth Episode #66 on Advocacy with Intentional Birth
Connect with Siera:
Instagram - @sieraasivido
Siera's Birthplan: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1oCFFQMW2ibTPsbjqc_0hFxLGyB2ugHIl?usp=sharing
Doors are open for the Doula Certification Program. Grab your spot here: https://mastermind.painfreebirth.com/pfbdoulacertification-rp?%E2%80%A6
CONNECT WITH KAREN:
Use code PODCAST to get $50 off the Pain Free Birth E-course HERE
Submit Your Birth Story
Apply to Come on the Podcast
YouTube
Looking for a like-minded provider? View the PFB Directory HERE.
Want to join the PFB provider directory? JOIN HERE
Disclaimer: This podcast is for educational purposes only and is not intended as medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Please consult with a qualified healthcare provider regarding your individual health, pregnancy, birth, or postpartum care. The views and opinions expressed by guests are their own and do not necessaril...
Have you ever felt a tug toward birth work, but immediately wondered how becoming a doula could possibly fit into your real life?
Maybe you have little kids at home, a full-time job, a husband who is not completely on board, or no idea how you would find your first doula client. Maybe you love birth and supporting women, but the thought of putting yourself out there feels terrifying. In this episode, I’m pulling back the curtain on what it actually takes to become a birth doula and answering the questions that might be keeping you from taking that next step.
After 13 years of doula work, I’ve learned that becoming a doula does not require having your entire life perfectly figured out. We’re talking about practical solutions for childcare, balancing birth work with motherhood or another career, getting your first clients, navigating difficult births, building confidence, and creating a doula business that works for your life. I’m also sharing what we’ve completely rebuilt inside the Pain-Free Birth Doula Certification Program and why community, mentorship, business training, and ongoing support matter so much when you step into birth work.
Questions Answered in This Episode:
Doors are open for the Doula Certification Program. Grab your spot here: https://mastermind.painfreebirth.com/pfbdoulacertification-rp?%E2%80%A6
CONNECT WITH KAREN:
Use code PODCAST to get $50 off the Pain Free Birth E-course HERE
Submit Your Birth Story
Apply to Come on the Podcast
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Looking for a like-minded provider? View the PFB Directory HERE.
Want to join the PFB provider directory? JOIN HERE
Disclaimer: This podcast is for educational purposes only and is not intended as medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Please consult with a qualified healthcare provider regarding your individual health, pregnancy, birth, or postpartum care. The views and opinions expressed by guests are their own and do not necessaril...
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