How To Love Your Birth – The Expectful Podcast Why this podcast? I had heard about Expectful pretty often whilst listening to podcasts. I knew that they offered guided meditation for fertility, pregnancy and motherhood but had not realised there was also a podcast! Once I subscribed there was an episode that grabbed my attention… Continue reading How To Love Your Birth – However It Looks
Category: Birth Stories
Are you a BirthTube fan yet??
Birth With Joy – BirthTube!!! What Is That? Why this podcast? I listened to this podcast a few days ago and immediately fell in love with its opening music (Cloud Cult – You Were Born) and then discovered (a podcast first for me) that it’s hosted by a midwife. After giving birth to her… Continue reading Are you a BirthTube fan yet??
5 Top Tips For Choosing Your Birth Team
Doing It At Home – Picking Your All-Star Home Birth Team Why this podcast? Another new one this week and I’m super excited to introduce this podcast. I have to say that since discovering it a few days ago, I have become a little bit addicted. The Doing It At Home Podcast is honest, real,… Continue reading 5 Top Tips For Choosing Your Birth Team
The Power To Heal
Awakening Birth – The Power To Heal **Trigger Warning** This post contains references to childhood sexual abuse. Why this podcast? I am so excited about this podcast! Why? Well, for several reasons… 1. It’s another new one for me and therefore for this blog. 2. It’s hosted by two midwives. The first is Robin Lim, founder of Bumi… Continue reading The Power To Heal
So, What About AFTER You Have The Baby?
The Postpartum Podcast – The Power of Podcast and Social Media and New Motherhood Why this podcast? The Postpartum Podcast is one I’ve subscribed to for a while but haven’t written about yet. I think that’s simply because, being a birth doula, I tend to focus on pregnancy and birth but the postpartum period, especially… Continue reading So, What About AFTER You Have The Baby?
Home Birth After 35?
Bellies to BirthCast – Choosing Homebirth After 35 Why this podcast? The Bellies to BirthCast has not been featured on this blog yet. I think the main reason is that there are only six episodes and that just didn’t seem like a whole lot to choose from. It is also focused on natural birth and I… Continue reading Home Birth After 35?
The Shortest Day
The Longest Shortest Time – The Shortest Day ***TRIGGER WARNING*** Before you read any further into this post I want you to know that this is the story of Day, a little boy who passed away at thirty-one weeks, inside his mother’s womb. Day’s mother, Arielle, shows incredible strength whilst telling her little boy’s story… Continue reading The Shortest Day
Unforgettable Doula Moments
Birthful: 10 Unforgettable Doula Moments Why this podcast? This podcast is great for getting info on a whole bunch of different topics related to pregnancy, birth and beyond. I have featured this podcast twice before – Your Own Personal Birth Fairy and Family-Centred Cesareans, so I won’t bore you with all of the details, all over again. Suffice… Continue reading Unforgettable Doula Moments
So Much Stuff!
Due Date: A lot of stuff – not all for baby (via soundcloud) Via itunes Why this podcast? As has happened a lot recently, I found this podcast by accident whilst researching a different podcast. I was immediately struck by how different it is from any I have featured so far. Ashley May, who works… Continue reading So Much Stuff!
Family-Centred Cesareans
Birthful: Episode 50 – Family-Centred Cesareans Why this podcast? With over a hundred episodes covering a huge range of pregnancy, birth and postpartum topics, this podcast is a great one to return to again and again. The host, Adriana Lozada, is warm, bubbly and so enthusiastic that as well as being packed with great info each… Continue reading Family-Centred Cesareans