What if birth wasn’t something to fear… but a place where heaven meets earth? In today’s episode, Caitlin Svoboda shares a supernatural, pain-free home birth story that will leave you breathless.

In this interview, Caitlin opens up about her sixth pregnancy, her deep trust in God’s design for birth, and the unexpected spiritual encounter that forever changed how she views motherhood. From spiritual visions and the “veil of heaven” thinning, to a fast, instinct-led labor and a peaceful 10-pound baby born into her husband’s hands, Caitlin’s story is a breathtaking look at what can happen when women reclaim physiological birth and trust the God-designed hormonal blueprint of labor. 

If you've ever wondered how spiritual encounters, altered states of consciousness, and the quietude phase of labor fit into the birth experience, this episode breaks it down with both awe and practicality. You’ll walk away with encouragement, revelation, and a renewed sense of what God intended birth to be.

Tune in to hear:

• How losing a baby shaped Caitlin’s faith and future pregnancies
• Why she chose an undisturbed home birth with no medical interventions
• The moment she surrendered fully and slipped into a transcendent state
• Her vivid vision of Jesus walking toward her holding an infant
• The role of safety, support, and environment in physiological birth
• What the “quietude/rest-and-be-thankful” phase actually feels like
• How she gave birth to a 10-pound baby with no tearing
• Why she believes this experience transformed her marriage and identity
• The truth about pain in childbirth from a biblical and physiological lens

Connect with Caitlin:

sehlahmomservices.com

IG: sehlah.motherhood.service 

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What happens when a traumatic first birth becomes the catalyst for two radically pain-free, God-filled home births? Today’s episode is a powerful testimony of redemption, physiology, faith, and a mother reclaiming her God-given authority in birth. 

In this conversation, Karen sits down with Sara Gilboy, a mom of three from Toronto, Canada, who experienced a deeply traumatic first home birth during COVID-complete with medical coercion, fear, hemorrhage, separation from her baby, and months of postpartum anxiety and intrusive thoughts. But Sara refused to let that be the end of her story. She returned to birth armed with knowledge, prayer, physiological understanding, and a fierce sense of ownership that transformed her next two births into supernatural, pain-free, joy-filled experiences.

 Tune in to hear:

• How Sara's first home birth turned traumatic and why she “felt the fear through her uterus”
• The spiritual battle of intrusive thoughts and how she learned to take each one captive
• Why “knowledge is power” completely changed her second and third births
• How she created two entirely pain-free births using physiology, relaxation, and faith
• What she told her midwives the second time that changed everything (“This is the birth I’m going to have…”)
• Her children worshipping and praying over her during labor
• The moment her pelvic floor “parted like the Red Sea”
• How God replaced her disappointment with joy instantly during her third birth
• The connection between birth trauma and postpartum mental health
• Why understanding your physiology is essential no matter where you give birth

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What if the secret to a pain-free birth isn’t found in a technique or a position… but in your ability to surrender?

 In this episode, Karen sits down with Taylor Cleveland, a mom who experienced a radically pain-free second home birth after taking the Pain-Free Birth Course. Taylor opens up about her first difficult labor, the mental battle she faced, and how a simple mindset shift changed everything.

She shares how learning to fully surrender physically, mentally, and spiritually led to a birth that was not only free of pain but filled with peace, presence, and divine trust. From letting go of her first birth story to feeling her pelvic floor move out of the way as her baby descended, Taylor’s testimony is a look at what’s possible when we get out of the way and allow our bodies to do what they were designed to do.

Tune in to hear:

• The mindset shift that completely transformed Taylor’s second labor experience
• Why pain is often created by resistance and how to release it
• The power of understanding what your body is doing in labor
• How water, movement, and deep relaxation supported a pain-free experience
• What it means to fully surrender to your body and to God during birth
• The difference between pain and intensity in labor
• How Taylor’s pain-free birth impacted her postpartum healing and her faith
• Karen’s breakdown of the “resistance vs. relaxation” principle that changes everything
• How surrendering control leads to trust, peace, and even a shorter labor

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Connect with Taylor:
Moonwoven Postpartum - Ayurvedic Postpartum services
Instagram: @Moonwoven.Postpartum
Website: https://moonwovencare.com/ 

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For generations, women have been told that pain in labor is simply part of the curse and that it’s what Eve brought upon us in the Garden of Eden. But is that truly what Scripture teaches?

In this episode, Karen takes a deep dive into Genesis 3:16 and the verses that have shaped our modern beliefs about birth, pain, and womanhood. You’ll learn how a single mistranslated word has influenced centuries of theology and fear surrounding birth and how reclaiming the truth of God’s design can set women free from the belief that they are destined to suffer.

Karen also shares how this revelation changed her own understanding of birth, transforming her experience from fear and pain to faith and peace. If you’ve ever wrestled with the question, “Did God design birth to hurt?”, this episode will bring clarity, healing, and hope.

 Tune in to hear:

• What Genesis 3:16 actually says about pain in childbirth
• Why the Hebrew word for “pain” was mistranslated and what it truly means
• How both Adam and Eve experienced toil, not punishment
• The powerful truth that Eve was never cursed
• How fear and cultural conditioning contribute to pain in labor
• Why God’s design for your body is rooted in love, not suffering
• How understanding Scripture can transform your faith, your birth, and your motherhood

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What if birth was never meant to be painful? 

In this episode, Karen sits down with Sammy Murry, a holistic mama of three (soon to be four!) who shares how her third birth became the most peaceful, pain-free, and faith-filled experience of her life.

After two beautiful but challenging labors, Sammy discovered the book Supernatural Childbirth and began to pray differently and believing that God could rewrite her birth story. She walks us through how she prepared her heart, strengthened her faith, and experienced a fast, calm home-water birth that transformed how she sees birth and God’s design for women. 

Tune in to hear:

• How listening to positive birth stories prepared Sammy’s mind for a new kind of birth
• The mindset and prayer shifts that turned fear into faith
• Why what you read, watch, and listen to before birth truly matters
• How she and her husband prayed specifically for a pain-free, peaceful, daytime home-water birth—and saw every prayer answered
• The difference between “pain” and “hard physical work” in labor
• What it means to surrender control and trust God with your body and birth
• Why every contraction can be worship
• How her third birth became a faith-builder for her entire family
• The simple prayer that brought her peace through postpartum

Use code PODCAST to get $50 off the Pain Free Birth E-course HERE

Grab Karen's Healing Birth Trauma Course HERE. This course is for any woman experiencing trauma in the body. If you're ready to release it, this course is for you. 

Connect with Sammy:

IG: cleanlivingsammy

Website: www.cleanlivingladies.com

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What if your body was powerful enough to birth a ten-pound baby without force, fear, or tearing?

In this powerful VBAC home birth story, Jenny Duke shares how she went from a planned C-section with her first baby to an unmedicated, pain-free VBAC birth of her second-a ten-pound baby born at 41 weeks and 4 days.

Jenny opens up about her first pregnancy, discovering her baby was breech, and how that unexpected cesarean became a divine setup for her healing and preparation. She walks through how she rebuilt her body and confidence using pelvic floor therapy, chiropractic care, and The Pain Free Birth Course to prepare for a redemptive second birth filled with faith, surrender, and power. 

Tune in to hear:

• How Jenny’s first breech pregnancy led to a planned C-section
• Why her VBAC journey started before her second pregnancy
• How pelvic floor therapy, chiropractic care, and faith prepared her body
• The mindset shift that removed fear and made her birth pain-free
• The truth about pushing and why force isn’t what your body needs
• How she birthed a 10-pound baby without tearing or medication
• The emotional “surrender moment” that opened her body for birth
• The power of a supportive midwife who trusts physiological birth
• Jenny’s advice for moms preparing for an unmedicated VBAC

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What happens when a labor and delivery nurse decides to trust God’s design for birth, surrender control, and experience birth the way He intended?

After seven long years of infertility and waiting on God’s timing, nurse and mama Shelby Swanton miraculously conceived her daughter and went on to experience a pain-free, supernatural, and deeply spiritual birth.

In this episode, Shelby shares her journey from years of disappointment and doubt to an ecstatic, worship-filled birth that defied everything she’d seen as a nurse in the hospital system. She opens up about her struggles with control, fear, and prodromal labor that lasted for three days, and the moment she finally surrendered to God’s plan.

This story will leave you in awe of how the body and the Holy Spirit work together in birth and how letting go can unlock the most peaceful, pain-free, and empowering experience imaginable.

Tune in to hear:

• Shelby’s seven-year infertility journey and miraculous conception
• The faith that led her to trust God’s design for birth
• How her background as a nurse shaped (and challenged) her mindset
• Overcoming fear and learning to surrender control
• Three days of prodromal labor and the emotional release that changed everything
• A “God moment” that reminded her she wasn’t alone
• The power of worship, gratitude, and movement in labor
• Transition, surrender, and catching her own baby
• Why she never experienced pain, only pressure
• Her message for first-time moms: nothing is normal, and that’s okay

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What if birth didn’t need to be managed, induced, or controlled? 

In this episode, Karen sits down with Dr. Melanie Jackson, known as Melanie the Midwife, to unpack why the modern maternity system so often views women’s bodies as “a ticking time bomb” and how that fear drives the epidemic of unnecessary inductions.

With 17 years of experience as an Australian midwife, Melanie brings evidence-based wisdom and a rebellious spirit to the conversation. She shares what she discovered in her PhD on birth outside the system, the truth about “preventative inductions,” and why trusting the design of birth might be the most radical act of all.

Tune in to hear:

• The surprising philosophy driving unnecessary inductions
• Why 45% of first-time mothers in Australia are being induced
• How fear of women’s bodies shapes modern maternity care
• What questions to ask before agreeing to an induction
• The truth about stillbirth statistics and relative vs. actual risk
• Why “going with the flow” often means going with hospital protocol
• The hormonal design of physiological birth (and how hospitals disrupt it)
• How to prevent obstetric violence and over-medicalization
• The sacred transformation of matrescence (from maiden to mother)

Connect with Melanie:

@melaniethemidwife 

@thegreatbirthrebellion

The Great Birth Rebellion podcast

https://www.melaniethemidwife.com/

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What happens when you’ve done everything “right,” but your labor still isn’t going according to plan?

In this episode, Karen interviews Bernise Theron, a pastor’s wife and mom of three from South Africa, who found herself facing one of the most faith-testing moments of her life in labor. After months of praying, preparing, and believing for a peaceful birth, she suddenly faced unexpected complications, fear, and a decision that would change everything.

But instead of panic, Bernise and her husband turned to something sacred. Something that completely shifted the atmosphere in the room, and what followed was nothing short of miraculous.

Tune in to hear:

• How Bernise's faith helped her move through fear after miscarriage
• What birth looks like for women in South Africa and why natural births are so rare
• The turning point moment that changed everything in her labor
• The beauty of worship, gratitude, and communion during birth
• How God’s hand was revealed in the smallest details of her baby’s delivery
• Why she now believes that miracles can be messy and still absolutely divine

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What happens when your first birth leaves you traumatized and fearful—but God writes a redemptive story through your next births?

In this powerful episode of the Pain Free Birth Podcast, Karen sits down with Grace Kaminkow, a mom of three, who went from an unexpected emergency c-section to experiencing a VBAC home birth and eventually a pain-free birth filled with faith and worship.

Tune in to hear:

• How her first c-section birth unfolded after a cascade of interventions and left her questioning everything.
• The shocking words her husband heard from the anesthesiologist that fueled his fears about birth.
• Why she started researching VBAC (vaginal birth after cesarean) and discovered the truth about home birth safety.
• How she convinced her hesitant husband to consider home birth, and the midwife who completely changed their perspective.
• The role of prayer, Scripture, and faith in moving from birth trauma to joy.
• Her second home birth after c-section, where peace replaced fear and her husband found redemption too.
• The incredible story of her third birth—worshipping through labor, resting at home, and experiencing a nearly pain-free supernatural home birth.

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