# homebirth (podcasts) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover homebirth. Page: Feed: --- ## [Ep 339: Cholestasis, Raw Spleen, and a Dream Homebirth: Angelica's Full Journey](https://podcast.myhappyhomebirth.com/e/ep-339-cholestasis-raw-spleen-and-a-dream-homebirth-angelicas-full-journey/) _2026-08-17 · Happy Homebirth_ Have you ever decided — fully, completely, no-turning-back decided — that you were done doing something a certain way? And then done everything in your power to make the changes necessary? In this episode, Angelica walks us through the full arc — from a surprise first pregnancy that ended in an emergency C-section and a baby born blue, to a rogue homebirth with her third child that she knew, in… [Listen](https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/bmg5itk2bznsahtx/Ep_3396x0sa.mp3) ## [629 | Elise Two births, HG, DCDA twins, induced labour, special care nursery, TFMR](https://omny.fm/shows/australian-birth-stories-1/629-elise-two-births-hg-dcda-twins-induced-labour-special-care-nursery-tfmr) _2026-08-17 · Australian Birth Stories_ In this episode I chat to Elise, originally from Scotland and now living on Sydney's Northern Beaches with her partner Dan and their three children. Elise has experienced severe hyperemesis gravidarum in all three of her pregnancies, and she takes us through an incredibly quick, vaginal birth with her first daughter Delilah, the heartbreaking termination for medical reasons of her daughter Rain… [Listen](https://enrichment.soundstack.com/4vjqq8/traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/d3d56d8d-11c9-411a-aade-af8f001be4a7/7169a399-6d11-480d-b932-b1ea0062422d/dd9ba577-36be-4a12-8b47-b4a90043a13a/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=ffff54ad-613e-43a4-9008-b43400005660) ## [628 | Tully Smyth - finding love, egg freezing, elective caesarean, breastfeeding, grief and motherhood](https://omny.fm/shows/australian-birth-stories-1/628-tully-smyth-finding-love-egg-freezing-elective-caesarean-breastfeeding-grief-and-motherhood) _2026-08-13 · Australian Birth Stories_ In this episode I chat to Tully Smyth about her winding road to motherhood and the birth of her daughter, Elke. Tully shares her honest experience of being single well into her thirties, the decision to freeze her eggs twice, and how that choice changed the way she approached dating and eventually met her partner, Ned. She talks candidly about choosing an elective caesarean, the guilt and shame… [Listen](https://enrichment.soundstack.com/4vjqq8/traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/d3d56d8d-11c9-411a-aade-af8f001be4a7/7169a399-6d11-480d-b932-b1ea0062422d/ab70ecfe-3a9a-434a-96b9-b4a50057918f/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=ffff54ad-613e-43a4-9008-b43400005660) ## [627 | Amy - Five births, blended family, prodromal labour, assisted vaginal birth](https://omny.fm/shows/australian-birth-stories-1/amy-five-births-blended-family-prodromal-labour-assisted-vaginal-birth) _2026-08-10 · Australian Birth Stories_ In this episode I chat with Amy, a birth photographer and former doula living on the Sunshine Coast, about the birth of her fifth baby, her first with her now husband after a divorce from the father of her first four children. Amy takes us through meeting her husband, the decision to grow their blended family, a frightening heterotopic pregnancy scare, weeks of prodromal labour, her waters… [Listen](https://enrichment.soundstack.com/4vjqq8/traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/d3d56d8d-11c9-411a-aade-af8f001be4a7/7169a399-6d11-480d-b932-b1ea0062422d/b29030db-056d-452f-b057-b4a2006a3140/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=ffff54ad-613e-43a4-9008-b43400005660) ## [Ep 338: A Midwife, the Yellow Pages, and Two Babies Born at Home](https://podcast.myhappyhomebirth.com/e/ep-338-a-midwife-the-yellow-pages-and-two-babies-born-at-home/) _2026-08-10 · Happy Homebirth_ What if the most powerful birth preparation isn't a course, a class, or a stack of books at all, but a mother who's simply willing to go first, so everyone behind her can follow? Today I'm speaking with Cynthia Cruz, known to some of you online as Mama RAC. Cynthia is a wife to her husband Ron of 36 years, a mother, a grandmother, and a woman who chose homebirth in California more than 30 years… [Listen](https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/n9j7brriu3seatnq/Ep_338a6wwo.mp3) ## [626 Navigating Postpartum Support with Dr Eliza Hannam](https://omny.fm/shows/australian-birth-stories-1/626-navigating-postpartum-support-with-dr-eliza-hannam) _2026-08-07 · Australian Birth Stories_ Breastfeeding and sleep concerns are common in early parenthood but unfortunately, many GP's aren't qualified to support you through these challenges. So where do you go for professional advice? In this episode, Dr Eliza Hannam discusses her early motherhood experiences alongside her role as a GP, International Board Certified Lactation Consultant and a Neuroprotective Development Care… [Listen](https://enrichment.soundstack.com/4vjqq8/traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/d3d56d8d-11c9-411a-aade-af8f001be4a7/7169a399-6d11-480d-b932-b1ea0062422d/4f5729d8-4415-4f0c-aa27-b49f002d298f/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=ffff54ad-613e-43a4-9008-b43400005660) ## [625 Jessie Stephens | twin pregnancy, gestational diabetes, premature birth, NICU, breastfeeding twins](https://omny.fm/shows/australian-birth-stories-1/625-jessie-stephens-twin-pregnancy-gestational-diabetes-premature-birth-nicu-breastfeeding-twins) _2026-08-03 · Australian Birth Stories_ In this episode, I chat with Jessie Stephens, who many of you will remember from her first birth story with her daughter Luna in episode 415. Jessie returns to share her second pregnancy and birth journey, this time with a twist nobody expected, twins. She takes us through the heartbreak of a miscarriage, the shock of discovering twins at her scan, gestational diabetes, a premature caesarean birth… [Listen](https://enrichment.soundstack.com/4vjqq8/traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/d3d56d8d-11c9-411a-aade-af8f001be4a7/7169a399-6d11-480d-b932-b1ea0062422d/62b6dadd-6496-4e1a-a573-b49b0067f17f/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=ffff54ad-613e-43a4-9008-b43400005660) ## [Ep 337: "I Got Everything I Wanted": Carly's Two Very Different Homebirths](https://podcast.myhappyhomebirth.com/e/ep-337-i-got-everything-i-wanted-carlys-two-very-different-homebirths/) _2026-08-03 · Happy Homebirth_ Have you ever worked so hard for something — prepared for it, prayed over it, given it everything you had — only to watch it unfold nothing like you pictured? And then found, on the other side, that it shaped you anyway? Carly Hartwig is a wife and a mama of two little girls up in upstate New York, a former special education teacher who followed her own journey with fertility awareness all the way… [Listen](https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/num3gyvhqqitbg9b/Ep_3378gkmy.mp3) ## [624 Danni Duncan four babies, twin birth, emergency caesarean, VBAC, bowel cancer survivor](https://omny.fm/shows/australian-birth-stories-1/624-danni-duncan-four-babies-twin-birth-emergency-caesarean-vbac-bowel-cancer-survivor) _2026-07-30 · Australian Birth Stories_ I chat with Danni, a mother of four living on the Gold Coast, who takes us through eight remarkably eventful years of motherhood. Danni shares her path to becoming a mum of four, including a miscarriage before her first pregnancy, the surprise of conceiving twins through ovulation induction, an emergency caesarean for her daughter Harlow, a VBAC (vaginal birth after caesarean) she fought hard for… [Listen](https://enrichment.soundstack.com/4vjqq8/traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/d3d56d8d-11c9-411a-aade-af8f001be4a7/7169a399-6d11-480d-b932-b1ea0062422d/908994db-02c9-4f4c-ad4d-b497006c9872/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=ffff54ad-613e-43a4-9008-b43400005660) ## [Ep 336: You're Going to Meet Your Power: A Pain-Free Homebirth in Sweden](https://podcast.myhappyhomebirth.com/e/ep-336-youre-going-to-meet-your-power-a-pain-free-homebirth-in-sweden/) _2026-07-27 · Happy Homebirth_ Have you ever sat in that strange, sacred in-between, when labor has whispered its beginning but hasn't fully arrived, and felt something rise up in you that you couldn't quite name? What if that feeling wasn't fear to push away, but power to say yes to? Petronella is a mother, a wife, and a lover of nature, art, and creativity, joining us all the way from Sweden. She grew up with one of the… [Listen](https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/de4wsah5he3uncmf/Ep_336bie3k.mp3) ## [Recipe PDFs Ready Fast (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/4Vtn96mIPBwQ) _2026-07-27 · **Sponsored**_ Turn online or personal recipes into clean, printable PDFs in seconds. ## [623 | Grace - Two births, midwifery care, induction, homebirth, physiological birth, fetal ejection reflex](https://omny.fm/shows/australian-birth-stories-1/623-grace-two-births-midwifery-care-induction-homebirth-physiological-birth-fetal-ejection-reflex) _2026-07-27 · Australian Birth Stories_ In this episode, high school teacher and mother of two Grace shares her contrasting birth stories from Wollongong, NSW. Her first pregnancy was meticulously researched and planned. Grace approached conception with the same precision she'd bring to organising a holiday, using ovulation tracking and basal temperature monitoring to conceive her daughter Frankie. Though she'd arranged a private… [Listen](https://enrichment.soundstack.com/4vjqq8/traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/d3d56d8d-11c9-411a-aade-af8f001be4a7/7169a399-6d11-480d-b932-b1ea0062422d/c9fb43ed-4407-4923-84d9-b494004cb1cf/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=ffff54ad-613e-43a4-9008-b43400005660) ## [622 | Hilary’s Birth, MGP, Secondary Infertility, Missed miscarriage, Advanced Maternal Age, Induction, Cervical Lip](https://omny.fm/shows/australian-birth-stories-1/622-hilary-s-birth-mgp-secondary-infertility-missed-miscarriage-advanced-maternal-age-induction-cervical-lip) _2026-07-23 · Australian Birth Stories_ Join me today for a conversation with my sister, Hilary who shares her second pregnancy and birth with her daughter Rhoda. I was in the birth centre from the moment her waters broke. It was the first birth I've ever attended and such a precious experience (although I think it confirmed that I wouldn't be the best doula). I had a few roles on the day: support sister, photographer and baby catcher.… [Listen](https://enrichment.soundstack.com/4vjqq8/traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/d3d56d8d-11c9-411a-aade-af8f001be4a7/7169a399-6d11-480d-b932-b1ea0062422d/c4924a1f-3430-4896-b420-b490005e9ba3/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=ffff54ad-613e-43a4-9008-b43400005660) ## [Ep 335: A Homebirth Story of Faith, Fear, and Trusting Harder](https://podcast.myhappyhomebirth.com/e/ep-335-a-homebirth-story-of-faith-fear-and-trusting-harder/) _2026-07-20 · Happy Homebirth_ What happens when you're preparing for birth while carrying far more than the weight of pregnancy? When your family is spread across the country, your husband's health is in crisis, and every plan you've made seems to unravel? This week, we're speaking with by Tricia Prado, a mother of seven whose journey into her seventh birth came during one of the most challenging seasons her family has ever… [Listen](https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/smu668fadp4hrzcw/ep_3358pxw8.mp3) ## [621 | Freya - 35-week premature birth after car accident, hyperemesis gravidarum, tongue tie, perinatal anxiety](https://omny.fm/shows/australian-birth-stories-1/621-freya-35-week-premature-birth-after-car-accident-hyperemesis-gravidarum-tongue-tie-perinatal-anxiety) _2026-07-20 · Australian Birth Stories_ In this episode I chat with Freya, a paediatric doctor from Melbourne, about her pregnancy and premature vaginal birth of her daughter Goldie. Freya's journey to motherhood came with more challenges than most; she battled severe hyperemesis gravidarum for her entire pregnancy, was involved in a serious car accident at 34 weeks, and went into spontaneous labour at just 35 weeks. Her professional… [Listen](https://enrichment.soundstack.com/4vjqq8/traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/d3d56d8d-11c9-411a-aade-af8f001be4a7/7169a399-6d11-480d-b932-b1ea0062422d/5178b478-a2f6-437b-85c5-b48d00476c95/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=ffff54ad-613e-43a4-9008-b43400005660) ## [620 | Jade - Stage four endometriosis, two vastly different births, postural headaches, fear of second birth, dream water birth, PND](https://omny.fm/shows/australian-birth-stories-1/620-jade-stage-four-endometriosis-two-vastly-different-births-postural-headaches-fear-of-second-birth-dream-water-birth-pnd) _2026-07-14 · Australian Birth Stories_ Jade is a registered nurse of fourteen years, a newly qualified doula, and a birth photographer living on Sydney's Northern Beaches with her husband Matt, her daughters Milla, four, and Remi, seventeen months, and their beloved Westie, Doug. Diagnosed with stage four endometriosis at twenty-one, Jade spent years wondering whether motherhood would come easily. Thankfully it did, but what followed… [Listen](https://enrichment.soundstack.com/4vjqq8/traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/d3d56d8d-11c9-411a-aade-af8f001be4a7/7169a399-6d11-480d-b932-b1ea0062422d/de4c95a0-9788-43e6-9490-b487002744cc/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=ffff54ad-613e-43a4-9008-b43400005660) ## [Ep 334: "I Did It Scared": An 11-Pound Unmedicated Home Birth](https://podcast.myhappyhomebirth.com/e/ep-334-the-fear-didnt-leave%e2%80%94but-she-did-it-anyway/) _2026-07-13 · Happy Homebirth_ Have you ever felt called toward something… but been completely terrified to do it? This week, we're joined by Ally Roberson, a wife, mother of two, homesteader, and creator documenting her family's journey toward a more intentional life in rural Georgia. When Ally became pregnant with her second baby, she found herself pulled toward homebirth. But there was one major obstacle standing in the way:… [Listen](https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/9atqpck4mqzbw4ni/ep_334707ji.mp3) ## [Ep 333: The Midwife Who Told Her She Didn't Need a Midwife](https://podcast.myhappyhomebirth.com/e/ep-333-the-midwife-who-told-her-she-didnt-need-a-midwife/) _2026-07-06 · Happy Homebirth_ Have you ever been so certain about a decision that, even when everyone around you questioned it, you knew deep down it was the right path for you? My friends, today’s conversation is a fascinating look at conviction, trust, and what it means to take full responsibility for your birth experience. This week, we're speaking with Gabrielle Lacey, a wife, mother, welder-turned-farmer, and soon-to-be… [Listen](https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/cp9e2u8xhhs9frat/ep_3336y3h5.mp3) ## [Ep 332: 42 Weeks and Learning to Wait](https://podcast.myhappyhomebirth.com/e/ep-332-42-weeks-and-learning-to-wait/) _2026-06-29 · Happy Homebirth_ Have you ever looked back on a past birth experience and realized… “Wow, I didn’t actually know how powerful my body was”? This week, we're speaking with Melissa Gurd, wife to her husband Jason and mother of six children living on a family homestead in Florida. Melissa shares the progression of her birth experiences over the last decade—from medically managed hospital births, to a frustrating… [Listen](https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/54pkqxurzjmmrrqi/ep_332a3oh5.mp3) ## [Ep 331: From Cesarean Grief to a Healing Homebirth](https://podcast.myhappyhomebirth.com/e/ep-331-from-cesarean-grief-to-a-healing-homebirth/) _2026-06-22 · Happy Homebirth_ What happens when the birth you prayed for…doesn’t happen? And how do you move forward when the thing you prepared for so carefully ends in grief, disappointment, and questions you never expected to ask? This week, we're speaking with Raylee, a homeschool mother of two from Texas who is passionate about Montessori education, physiological birth, and intentional motherhood. Raylee grew up in a… [Listen](https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/5yxc7kcm3cjz5y45/ep_3319l1v9.mp3) ## [Play Both Sides Of The Lie (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/RxSczLVHdPeu) _2026-06-22 · **Sponsored**_ Two operatives, one manufactured war — uncover the Complete Truth after both campaigns. ## [Ep 330: Why This Labor Nurse Chose Homebirth](https://podcast.myhappyhomebirth.com/e/ep-330-why-this-labor-nurse-chose-homebirth/) _2026-06-15 · Happy Homebirth_ What happens when the person working inside the hospital system… still chooses homebirth for herself? And… what does it look like when years of witnessing birth— the beauty of it, the interventions, the emergencies, the physiology— leads someone not further from instinctive birth… but deeper into trust? This week, we're joined by Alehson Treadwell, a labor and delivery nurse, IBCLC, and mother of… [Listen](https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/rjmtwbfmp5tb2d45/ep_330b4x40.mp3)