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Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Marju. Marju is mama of 3 girls from Finland. She is a Sacred Birth Worker who fell fully in love with birth when she was preparing for her own home birth, which was her 3rd birth after 2 hospital births! In today’s episode she shares her journey of wanting to have natural hospital births, her experience of both before realizing that she could actually just choose to stay at home and birth. So for her 3rd she decided to go for it. She employed a home birth midwife against her husband's wishes and had the birth she always secretly wanted since the first birth. And this birth ignited a passion that made her create her own 8 week online journey to help women build a deep trust in themselves and their birth so they can have an amazing natural birth of their dreams! Curious about Marju? Find her in instagram as @luotan.synnytykseen Want to work with Anna or join The Sacred Birth Worker Mentorship? Find Anna’s Website, about her Mentorship & How to Work with Her, as well as all Links & Resources she mentions in the episode here: www.sacredbirthinternational.com/links-podcast…

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Unassisted Surprised Breech Birth 56:08

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Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Another Surprise Breech Birth, today by a mama and a sacred birth worker graduate of mine Jessica who chose a wild pregnancy with her 4th baby. Jessica begins her story by sharing about her surprise breech baby at home and how she for the first time had felt a lot of fear before this birth. Her intuition told her this birth would be different from her 3 previous who had all been “easy” natural births. She told me at one of our last mentorship sessions that she felt a lot of fear rising and she went and sat with it, listened and gathered all her strength and resilience and it ended up serving her as she and her husband were faced with a bum instead of a head in birth. If you’re carrying a breech bubba close to your heart then the last two episodes (and all the other breech stories on here) will serve you well in listening to. Breech truly is a variation of normal and we need to normalize them by sharing these stories! If you’re planning a natural birth whether you are having a breech or head down bubba then go and check out my The Natural Birth Blog. I just shared a blog on how to prepare for a natural birth! And there’s more to come! Find it at sacredbirthinternational.com/blog or via the link in the show notes. And if you’re curious about Jessica. Find her on Instagram as @sacredcircleskeeper Want to work with Anna or join The Sacred Birth Worker Mentorship? Find Anna’s Website, about her Mentorship & How to Work with Her, as well as all Links & Resources she mentions in the episode here: www.sacredbirthinternational.com/links-podcast…

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Surprise Breech Birth at Home 53:38

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Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Victoria. Victoria is a mama of one and a bonus mum of two. She is an Irish immigrant now living in Ohio. She is an EMDR therapist and works with clients who have ptsd, depression and anxiety. She has her own practice called Anima Counseling, in Dublin, Ohio. Today she shares her surprise breech birth at home with her pastor doula and home birth midwife with a medical student tag along and of course her husband. I just can not get enough breech stories on here displaying how normal and ordinary they are. And of course absolutely magical as all other births are too. Curious about Victoria? Find her on instagram as @randomhysterics. Did you know you can join our private Podcast FB Community? And in it this week we share Victorias Breech Birth Video where you get to see all the magic unfold! Just go to the link in the show notes or visit our facebook page called @sacredbirthinternational to find the community and join for free! It’s a vibrant and wonderful community consisting of podcast guests and fans where you can interact with each other and connect! I hope to see you there! Want to work with Anna or join The Sacred Birth Worker Mentorship? Find Anna’s Website, about her Mentorship & How to Work with Her, as well as all Links & Resources she mentions in the episode here: www.sacredbirthinternational.com/links-podcast…

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Undisturbed Freebirth with just Her Husband 1:44:08

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Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Lindsey Lindsey is a mama of 2 from Denver Colorado. She grew up dancing, running, practicing yoga and loving the outdoors. She owns a bakery with her husband Matt, dances professionally and is a hardcore extrovert. Today she shares about her first birth at a 33 yrs old that was set to happen at a birth center. She was eventually transferred to the hospital during labour because the midwife couldn’t get a good read on the baby's heart rate. Lindsey birthed him naturally just 2 hours later. The birth was ok but not what she had wanted. In between babies she did an online holistic doula training and became pregnant again when her son turned 2 but miscarried at 13 weeks. She birthed her 13 week old baby naturally and later got pregnant again 2 months later. During this time she realized that she herself was born unassisted by accident and felt called to try that. She wasn't originally trying to have a wild pregnancy but recalled not learning much at all at the appointments with her son and since she didn't want any scans this time she just never saw anyone because she felt good her whole pregnancy. Her daughter came quickly at 38 weeks on a super blue moon. It was INCREDIBLE. Just Lindsey laboring with her husband who helped her catch her baby. Curious about Lindsey? Find her on instagram as @lindseydolanjudd Want to work with Anna or join The Sacred Birth Worker Mentorship? Find Anna’s Website, about her Mentorship & How to Work with Her, as well as all Links & Resources she mentions in the episode here: www.sacredbirthinternational.com/links-podcast…

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Abbie's Perfect Natural Home Water Birth 1:12:39

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Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Abbie. Abbie is a mama of two from Australia, and the sister of Freya who shared her three births on the podcast way back in the episode called Remembering Birth. I loved my interview with Freya and her sister did not disappoint I tell you! Abbie comes on to share about the perfect natural water birth at home after her first birth left her with unshakable anxiety relating to her local hospital. It's a redemptive story and an amazing one. And I’m so excited to bring this story to you all. Curious about Abbie? Find her on instagram as@yogiabs There’s only 3 weeks left until the next Sacred Birth Worker Mentorship starts and I’m so excited to begin yet another journey. Many of the mentees are women just like yourself. A podcast fan, a natural birthing mama, birth nerd or already a birth worker looking for more knowledge, embodiment, depth and community. Last week I invited 3 more women to join the mentorship. All of them were podcast fans. One a home birthing mama of 7, another a mama of 2 and a healer and the third a mama of two who first and foremost is looking to deepen her understanding of the feminine, women, birth and our rites for her two daughters sake. I love that. I love that so much. If you’ve been uhming and arhing about joining. Here is your sign. This is the year you follow your heart. It’s time. See you on a clarity call for the mentorship soon! Want to work with Anna or join The Sacred Birth Worker Mentorship? Find Anna’s Website, about her Mentorship & How to Work with Her, as well as all Links & Resources she mentions in the episode here: www.sacredbirthinternational.com/links-podcast…

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Paula discovered the Power of the Mind & Breath when Birthing her 2 Babies 45:00

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Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Paula. Paula is a mama of two from the Gold Coast, Australia, originally from NZ. After having two empowering births of her own and discovering the power of the mind and breath connection she started her own business as a Functional Breathwork Coach and Meditation Teacher. She love all things birth since having her own children as well as having supported 3 of her friends during their births, experiencing what an honor it is to be a part of a woman's transition into motherhood. Today she shares about her empowering birth stories with us. Curious about Paula? Find her on instagram as @choose.u.everyday If you also want to experience the beautify and magic of attending births then here is your reminder to apply for The sacred birth worker mentorship starting in a month time. Only couple of weeks left of the early bird and also only a few places left in the cohort. It’s already an amazing group of women from all over the world and I cant wait to begin this journey with them and maybe you! Find out more and apply at sacredbirthinternational.com Want to work with Anna or join The Sacred Birth Worker Mentorship? Find Anna’s Website, about her Mentorship & How to Work with Her, as well as all Links & Resources shementions in the episode here: https://www.sacredbirthinternational.com/links…

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Failed Home Birth to an Unmedicated Hospital Birth to an Unassisted Birth with just her Husband 1:31:27

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Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Emma. Emma is a mama of three from Michigan, USA. She is a doula who used her three births to educate herself and spur a love for feminine energy, birth, and helping other women. From a ‘failed’ home birth, to a doula-protected, unmedicated hospital birth, to an unassisted birth with just her and her husband, Emma’s greatest teachers in life have been birth and her children. And today she shares about all of her three births. Curious about Emma? Find her on instagram as @fairylightsdoula Want to work with Anna or join The Sacred Birth Worker Mentorship? Find Anna’s Website, about her Mentorship & How to Work with Her, as well as all Links & Resources she mentions in the episode here: www.sacredbirthinternational.com/links-podcast…

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Giving Birth was One of The Most Profound Moments in My Life 1:09:49

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Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Nina. Nina is a mama of one from Germany. She is a sacred space holder and one of my sacred birth worker mentees. She is all about empowering and inspiring people to trust themselves, their intuition, their voices and their own truth. Her work is to hold space for and support souls in remembering that everything is connected, and to be living, breathing, birthing, and creating life consciously. She feels strongly that her own inner work over the years has immensely prepared her for pregnancy, birth, and being a mother, and now also being a sacred birth worker and space holder for other women and their families going through this rite of passage. Her and her husband became nomads only days before conceiving their baby and only returned to Berlin to birth their son in a birth center. Nina’s birth was fast for a first time mama and giving birth was one of the most profound moments in her life. And it’s this story we get to hear all about today. Curious about Nina? Find her on instagram as @nina_f_gv It’s just over a month before the next Sacred Birth Worker Mentorship starts. If you’ve been wanting to turn your passion for birth and women into your career or wanting to deepen your embodiment and space holding skills as many birth workers has done before you then here is your invitation to apply for the next round. Get you application in now to not miss out on this years Sacred Birth Worker Mentorship. There is nothing more magical than seeing new life be birthed into this world as your chosen purpose and path in life. If this is your soul calling then act now and apply! Want to work with Anna or join The Sacred Birth Worker Mentorship? Find Anna’s Website, about her Mentorship & How to Work with Her, as well as all Links & Resources she mentions in the episode here: www.sacredbirthinternational.com/links-podcast…

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How to Know if Birth Work is Your Soul Calling 1:05:06

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Today on The Natural Birth Podcast Anna gathers together with a Doula, a Midwife, a Doctor and a Sacred Birth Worker to talk about How They Knew Birth Work was Their Soul Calling. She asks them questions about how they got into birth work in the first place, if they believe birth work IS a soul calling and what they would say to anyone thinking about becoming a birth worker of any sort (doula, midwife, doctor or sacred birth worker). Listen in if you are considering becoming a birth worker! Enrollment for the next Sacred Birth Worker Mentorship is now fully on it’s way and the cohort starting in April is filling! If you're curious about them, here's there Instagram Accounts: @reclaimingjoyfulmothering , @untamingfeminine and @ birthingwisdomcorfu If you are curious about becoming a Sacred Birth Worker then please don’t hesitate to reach out to learn more or visit sacredbirthinternational.com/thesacredbirthworkermentorship…

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Beautiful 6hr Home Birth for First Time Mama Mia 1:18:00

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Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Mia Mia is a mama of one originally from Montreal, Canada, now living in a cozy house by a river in the woods of Norway with her Norwegian husband. Mia is a certified doula, prenatal yoga teacher and Mama Blessing ceremony facilitator who is absolutely passionate about natural birth. Her work extends to facilitating women’s circles, retreats, and organizing wellness events and festivals in Norway, Portugal, and beyond. With a strong love for art and holistic psychology, Mia is currently pursuing her Master’s degree in Art Therapy and is soon about to begin in the next cohort of The Sacred Birth Worker Mentorship, deepening even further into the role of sacred space holds for women and birth. Her journey into motherhood was deeply intentional, beginning with a conscious conception in Turkey and followed by a pregnancy where she fully prepared her body, mind, heart, and soul for the birth she envisioned. Her dream culminated in a fully natural and blissful home water birth at 41 weeks + 1 day, on her husband's birthday, supported by two lovely midwives. For six powerful hours, she surrendered to the primal wisdom of birth, chanting and vocalizing through each wave, performing her own internal checks, and welcoming her baby in the water into a sacred space adorned with affirmations, candles, fairy lights, and an altar honoring her ancestors. While her birth unfolded even more beautifully than she could have imagined, unexpected moments — like her baby’s cord breaking before their planned cord-burning ceremony and a brief postpartum fainting spell — became peaceful reminders of birth’s inherent unpredictability and its mysterious beauty. Now, as Mia embarks on the Sacred Birth Worker Mentorship, she is eager to share her transformative experience and to inspire other women to trust in the powerful wisdom of undisturbed birth. Curious about Mia? Find her on Instagram as @mia.gratefulheart Please come and join Mia and other podcast guests in The Natural Birth Podcast Community on FB. In here we will share some of Mia’s birth photos and you get the chance to hang out with her and other birth nerds and natural mamas. Want to work with Anna or join The Sacred Birth Worker Mentorship? Find Anna’s Website, about her Mentorship & How to Work with Her, as well as all Links & Resources she mentions in the episode here: https://open.spotify.com/show/3o9Pj9AmRySwvvh9oEM462?si=b22e5ae7be91415f…

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Birthing a 10 pound Baby at Home infront of her Entire Family & Cheering Squad 1:21:24

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Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Sonia. Sonia is a mom to three and currently resides in North Carolina. At just 22 years old, after meeting the love of her life, she became a mother to her two adoptive kids (now teenagers!) After a long journey to conceiving their first baby, Sonia and her husband were overjoyed to welcome their baby into the world and had spent a lot of time figuring out what they wanted that experience to look and feel like. Sonia knew from a very early age that she wanted to have a home birth with a surprise gender. She and her family did everything in their power to make that possible- and it was beautifully successful even after an intense labor and almost a hospital transfer due to meconium when her water broke and her midwives advised to transfer. Her baby was still at a 0 to -1 position as they moved downstairs to wait for the ambulance to arrive. However, as so often when the waters break late in labour she proceeded to push her baby out on a yoga mat on her living room floor in front of her entire family in about 10 minutes! Sonia is passionate about natural birth and encouraging women to know and trust how powerful and perfect their bodies and minds are! She hopes her story helps to normalize the home birth experience and empower women that your first birth is not a trial run. Curious about? Find her on Instagram as @soniahittle If you didn’t know already I have 2 really great free resources that you can access and download at sacredbirthinternational.com/free-resources They are two E - books, one called 6 Steps to Having a Natural & Empowering Birth Experience and one called Routine Hospital Birth Procedures Inform yourself and make an Educated Decision! Whether you are having a hospital, birth center or home birth, knowledge is power and you never know where your birth journey will take you. Find them all via the link in the show notes or at sacredbirthinternational.com Please come join our FB Podcast Community! Connect with your fav podcast guest and discuss natural birth! https://www.facebook.com/groups/thenaturalbirthpodcastcommunity Want to work with Anna or join The Sacred Birth Worker Mentorship? Find Anna’s Website, about her Mentorship & How to Work with Her, as well as all Links & Resources she mentions in the episode here: www.sacredbirthinternational.com/links-podcast…

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Birthing Alone with Only her Toddler & Dog present! 1:17:49

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Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Chelsea. And my oh my is this a special and unique story. Chelsea is actually a Sacred Birth Worker Mentee of mine. She started the 2nd cohort last year but got severe hyperemesis with this bub that we are going to hear the birth story off. So she’ll be joining the 4th cohort starting in April. She’s also been on the poddy before on the episode Chelsea Lee’s Irish Twins - A Road Side Birth & a Wild Free Birth if you’d like to listen to that one before this. The unique and special thing about this birth was that Chelsea coached herself through it all alone. It was only her and her toddler and dog present as she went in to about and birthed much faster than she had anticipated. Her partner, mum, mother in law, sister and third child all came ”too late” or maybe just perfect. Chelsea feels like it was the absolute best birth she could have ever had and feels like nothing could ever top this birth. Curious about? Find her on Instagram as @chelsealeebutler Now if you, just like Chelsea have a longing to work with women throughout pregnancy, birth and the postpartum and are looking for a deep, holistic and comprehensive birth worker training that includes self development, spirituality & feminine embodiment practices, a big focus on cultivating you into a sacred space holder for ceremony, the rite of passage of birth, women’s circles and holding space in the birth portal. Then here is your invitation to join The Sacred Birth Worker Mentorship starting in April this year. Together with a vibrant international cohort WE are leading the New Earth Sacred Birth Rebellion with a truly unique approach to birth work merging the modern and the ancient knowledge with feminine wisdom keeping. A birth worker training way beyond a doula training. Really learning all that I know as a former home birth midwife from conception all the way through to sacred birth advocacy. Does this stir your heart? Then The Sacred Birth Worker Mentorship could be for you. Head on over to sacredbirthinternational.com to learn more and apply. Please come join our FB Podcast Community! Connect with your fav podcast guest and discuss natural birth! https://www.facebook.com/groups/thenaturalbirthpodcastcommunity Find Anna’s Website, about her Mentorship & How to Work with Her, as well as all Links & Resources she mentions in the episode here: www.sacredbirthinternational.com/links-podcast…

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How to Prepare for a Home Birth with Anna 1:05:24

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Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have our host Anna, a former midwife, share about how to prepare for a home birth. She shares her best tips on how to prepare the birth space, labour stations to set up and use, water birth prep, what you need as well as the best nourishment in labour and birth! For anyone curious about home birth or planning a home birth this episode is gold! Save it and share it with your home birthing mamas and clients! Download her Home Birth Checklist as well as the other resources mentioned in the episode at sacredbirthinternational.com/free-resources Please come join our FB Podcast Community! Connect with your fav podcast guest and discuss natural birth! https://www.facebook.com/groups/thenaturalbirthpodcastcommunity Want to work with Anna or join The Sacred Birth Worker Mentorship? Find Anna’s Website, about her Mentorship & How to Work with Her, as well as all Links & Resources she mentions in the episode here: www.sacredbirthinternational.com/links-podcast…

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Freebirthing her Second Bub at 42 weeks 51:05

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Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Tayla. This is the second time she visits the podcast and shares about her birth stories. Her previous episode is called Unassisted birth in rural Australia . She is a free birthing mama of two and lives in rural Australia.In today’s episode she comes on to share, what she thinks is an unremarkable normal birth. She went into labour at 41 weeks and 7 days. After having lost parts of her mucous plug the week prior it started with period like crams. It wasn’t strong so she didn’t take much notice of it and went about her day.It continued into and through the night, getting stronger and stronger. By 7:30 she welcomed our surprise baby girl at in the birth pool in the presence of her other daughter and partner as well as trusted friends. Curious about Tayla?Find her on Instagram as @tayla_kayy Want to work with Anna or join The Sacred Birth Worker Mentorship? Find Anna’s Website, about her Mentorship & How to Work with Her, as well as all Links & Resources she mentions in the episode here: www.sacredbirthinternational.com/links-podcast…

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Birthing on her Due Date in Water 54:28

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