The Natural Birth Podcast

In this episode, I'm sharing a deeply personal 2nd trimester update from weeks 20–29 of my pregnancy. 

I spend quite some time opening up about my decision not to have the two routine pregnancy ultrasounds, sharing my reasoning and reflections in detail.

I share about the different people supporting me through this pregnancy: my midwife within the conventional system, my beautiful homebirth midwife, acupuncture, pregnancy massage and the unexpected joy of finding new friendships through mama circles. 

The people who are coming into my life and the ones fall...

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Erika.

Erika is a mama of one from the US.

She is a former yoga instructor and someone passionate about natural living, holistic wellness, and mindful motherhood.

Since becoming a mother, she has grown even more interested in natural approaches to health, parenting, and creating a nurturing environment for her family.

Today she shares about what opened her eyes to and led her to choose a home birth for herself and her family.

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Fincha.

Fincha is a self proclaimed witch, doula, sound healer and soul coach, here to hold space for women as they step into their freest, wildest lives and reclaim their primal power.

I met Fincha through my online community the village and the natural birth course and as she took the business course for birth workers when she was pregnant with her second baby.

Today we get to hear about her two births, her first being a long hospital...

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Dr. Gertrude Lyon.

Gertrude is a mama of two from the US, also living in Malta and Ireland throughout her year.

She is a TEDx speaker, author, transformational coach, and host of the Rewrite the Mother Code podcast. 

Through her work, international women's retreats, and TEDx talk as well as in her feature in Oprah Daily, she challenges traditional narratives around motherhood and encourages women to reclaim their voices, trust their instincts, and make choices on t...

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Jaime.
Jaime is a mama of one from the central coast of NSW, Australia.
After being on the pill since the age of 15, when she got off it at the age of 21she didn’t get her period back for over a year.
When seeking the conventional help the answer was, “it has nothing to do with the pill and the answer is to get back on it” Like WTF?
Again in her late twenties she got back off it but this time seeked help from a naturo...

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Sofia.
Sofia is a Swedish mama of 6 kids living on the coast of France.
And today she joins us for the second time to share about her most recent free birth.
Her first episode is called “We birth the way we live and the way we are” covers her first home birth with a midwife and subsequent freebirths with her other 4 kids. All boys.
And this episode shares the story of her daughter's quick birth under an hour, alone at home with only her kids. The only help...

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Lovisa.

Lovisa is a mama of two soon three as she just found out she is pregnant.

She lives in the north of Sweden with her family and works as a doula, coach and educator.

If you had asked her ten years ago about how she wanted to give birth she’d said “give me everything”. But as she became pregnant that all changed.

She desired a home birth for her first but her fears...

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Gina.

Gina is the founder of MamasteFit, an MS Exercise Science expert, author of Training for Two, birth doula, Army veteran, military spouse, and mother. She has supported 200+ in-person births and combines exercise science with hands-on birth experience to help women build strength throughout pregnancy, prepare for birth, and recover postpartum.
Her work is specifically centered on the idea that pregnancy does not mean losing strength and that thoughtful movement can help women prepare their bodies for pregnancy, birth, and postpartum recovery.
In this episode Gina...

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Bailee.
Bailee is a mama of 3 daughters from California.
I got to know Bailee through The Sacred Birth Worker Mentorship and was on her journey of wanting a third child at the same time as battling the reality of having a 25% risk of giving the child cystic fibrosis. A diagnosis her second baby got shortly after birth.
She prayed and left it up to the soul of her baby and universe to decide. She instantly got lots of signs telling her yes to a third baby but it...

I'm finally sharing the secret I’ve been keeping… I’m pregnant! 🤰✨

In this very special and personal episode of The Natural Birth Podcast, I’m sharing my pregnancy announcement and taking you with me through the first half of my pregnancy, from conceiving on Valborg, the day before Beltane, the ancient celebration of spring and fertility, all the way to 20 weeks pregnant.

I’m sharing the week-by-week signs that made me feel pregnant, from progesterone headaches, breathlessness and a little nausea to the absolutely bone-deep exhaustion that became the defining sy...

Are you curious about the Sacred Birth Worker Mentorship?In this special episode of The Natural Birth Podcast, I’m joined by four graduates of the Sacred Birth Worker Mentorship to answer some of the questions I receive most frequently from women considering joining us.And instead of just hearing the answers from me, I wanted you to hear directly from women who have actually walked this path, who have moved through the mentorship, experienced the teachings, been part of the community, and integrated what they’ve learned into their lives and work.Together, we answer:✨ What was the best t...

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Stephanie

Steph is a first-time mama from Aotearoa (New Zealand) and she is a proud Sacred Birth Worker graduate.

Her pregnancy, birth, and mothering journey have been guided by the rhythm of nature, the innate wisdom of other mammals, and her own intuition.

She attended her first birth when she was 3 months pregnant which deeply informed her about the birth and especially the postpartum care she wanted for herself.

She had a great home birth midwife who held her through...

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Ally

Ally is a homesteader and mother of two in the United States in West Georgia, where she and her husband are building their first homestead completely from scratch. 

You can find her on YouTube by searching for Ally Roberson (@allylothman), where she shares her journey of growing food, raising animals, and living connected to nature on their 2.5-acre farm.

Ally is passionate about family-centered pregnancy and birth. She recently welcomed her second child, an incredible 11...

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Mia.

Mia is a mama of two originally from Montreal, Canada, now living in Norway.

Mia is a certified doula, Sacred Birthworker, and a Mama Blessing ceremony facilitator who is deeply passionate about physiological birth and supporting women through pregnancy, birth, and postpartum. Her work extends to facilitating women’s circles, retreats, and organizing wellness events and festivals in Norway, Portugal, Canada, and beyond.

With a deep love for art and holistic psychology, Mia is completing he...

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Carla

Carla is an Italian–Brazilian soprano mama of two based in Berlin. She’s married to the wonderful Hungarian Tamas and she recently completed her training as a psychoanalyst and is preparing a new series of concerts and recitals beginning in October. 

In 2022 she welcomed her first child, Sofia, in a home birth that she shared on this podcast. And this May she gave birth to her son Piero, a big boy of 4.4 kg, also at home with a devoted, lovin...

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Kayla.

Kayla from a mama of two from South Africa and this is her second natural home birth that she shares on the poddy.

I actually know Kayla through The Sacred Birth Worker Mentorship that she joined at the end of her first pregnancy with her little boy. She ended up birthing in the first weeks of the mentorship and found so much support in our community and sisterhood.

She shares that she thoroughly enjoy and...

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Elena
Elena is a mama of one from the UK.
She is an entrepreneur and a founder of two companies, and someone who changed her mind about home birth at 37 weeks pregnant.

She’d spent most of her pregnancy assuming she’d be in a birth centre. Then something changed which she shares about in this episode and she decided to birth at home.
By the time labour started, she was at home, in a pool, comb in hand, positive affirmations stuck to the...

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Lonneke.
This is her 2nd time on the podcast. Her first episode is one of our top 10 episodes of all time called “The Magic of Surrendering to Birth”.
Lonneke is an intuitive mama of three children from the Netherlands.

Her first birth awakened such a deep inner knowing that it transformed her life entirely. She went from being a military officer to an herbalist, and built an apothecary especially for mothers.

All of her children were born at home with just her husband pres...

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Emma.

Emma is a mama of two from New Brunswick, Canada. 

She is incredibly passionate about physiological birth and a woman’s personal intuition of this natural event. 

Unfortunately there is very little access to natural pregnancy, birth, and postpartum support in her province in Canada, so navigating this world was challenging in both her pregnancies. 

Her first birth was followed and attended in hospital by a doula, though things did not unfold as hoped. 

With l...

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Hanna.

Hanna is a mama of two daughters now based in Uppsala, Sweden but living from time to time in Melbourne.

Her husband is Australian and her 1st born was born in Melbourne in the hospital, while her second was a home birth bubba.

Hanna and her family has chosen to step out of the every day hamster wheel life and is now living in a little red cabin in the countryside not too far away from where I live actually, where she works a...

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Rocio.
Rocio is a mama of one originally from Cuba, a citizen of the US now living in the Dominican Republic.
She's a writer, seeker, and huge birth nerd.
Flying out to have an autonomous birth in the Dominican Republic at 38 weeks was a big part of her life long search for true freedom.
She is a political refugee from Cuba and the daughter of an ObGyn Mother.
The themes of fleeing a dictatorial government, immigration, and what freedom really means, led her on a deep...

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Saide.

Saide is a mama of one little new born baby from Canada.

She always knew she was going to have a home birth as her own mama birthed her and her siblings at home and all of her friends were home birthed too, so it was just the norm in her circles.

She went on a journey to find the right midwife for her and she wouldn't settle until it felt just right, which took her to the...

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Rose.

Rose is one of my sacred birth worker graduates and one of the longest listeners to this podcast.

It’s so fabulous to finally get to invite her onto the show.

Rose is a very private person who is active in her Brooklyn in person community, but not at all online.

She is absolutely fascinated by birth and it’s her calling to serve in this field. And what better guid...

After the positive feedback we received from the Mother’s Day Special featuring the top 13 women from 2026 sharing their best natural birth advice and birthing pearls of wisdom to first time mamas, we have done it again.

Today is Mother’s Day in Sweden (happy mother’s day to my mom and to all the Swedish mamas out there) and it’s also the end of the Mother’s Day Month and what better way than to gift you all yet another smashing natural birth advice for first time mamas episode?

So! Today on The Nat...

This week on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Kate.

Kate is a mother raising three wild and beautiful boys amongst barefoot days, intentional family living, and the everyday magic of home in northern NSW Australia. In the area I used to live.

She is deeply passionate about soulful birth, motherhood, ritual, connection, and creating a life that feels soft, grounded, and true.

In this episode, Kate shares her journey through birth and motherhood, how each pregnancy deepened her trust in herself, and how...

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Kirsty.
Kirsty is a mama of two from the Scottish Highlands and it’s her second time on the natural birth podcast.
Her first time ended up being the episode called “Cholestasis and Rh negative First Time Mama Kirsty’s Home Birth in Rural Scotland”.
In that episode she discussed how she naturally medicated her cholestasis diagnosis and in today's episode she will share what she did to prevent getting it again during her second pregnancy, as well as the story of the birth of her second baby which wa...

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have taken out the pearls of wisdoms and natural birthing advice from 13 mamas who've been a guest on the podcast in 2026!

We have Cindy, Natalie, Jolanda, Malou, Miranda, Kaela, Jelena, Shiva, Stephanie, Paris, Kiata, and Stephanie all sharing their top natural birthing advice to mamas hoping to have a positive and natural birth.
From birthing in the hospital, birth center, at home and freebirthing in the US, Canda, Sweden, The Netherlands, Australia we bring you a banger of an episode if you're prepping to birth your baby!
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Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Jelena

Jelena is a mama of one from Sweden. She is a modern medicine woman, artist and mother to Nahuel. She’s also a mentor for women who want to reconnect to their cyclical rhythms, nature and the sacred. 

She lives some parts of the year in the Swedish forest and some parts of the year in Colombia together with her husband Omar Romero and their son.

Together they weave the wisdom from the jungle in the south, with the Nordic medicines, through healing ceremonies, ret...

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Jolanda

Jolanda is a mama of one beautiful six-month-old daughter from the Netherlands now living in the forest of Sweden.

She is a Holistic Coach, and a Deep Rest Facilitator. 

Her journey through years of illness and trauma guided her back home to her body and taught her how to truly receive the gift of rest. It also led her to Sweden, where she followed her heart to live surrounded by nature and stillness. 

She finds deep meaning in creating nervous-system-friendly spaces for re...

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Miranda.
Miranda is a mother of 5 and soon to be 6 from the US, now living in Berlin.
She has always believed in the power of pregnancy and birth and thinks the legacy of both is one of the great honors of being a woman.
Miranda first came to natural birth 12 years ago primarily out of curiosity but has evolved into a woman who owns this rite of passage as a lesson for life.
After her 4th baby she started the journey of becoming a midwife at the...

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Cornelia.

Cornelia is a mother of two from Sweden and a midwife, having attended around 50 home births and nearly 400 hospital births. She’s the daughter of my friend and home birth midwife Kirsten who’s a guest teacher for the Swedish midwifery craft training I am starting this summer here in Sweden and it’s such a pleasure to have her on.

Her mother being the home birth midwife of the village all her life, her connection to birth began early. At just 8 years old, s...

Today on the natural birth podcast we have Saide.
Saide is a mama of 3, one spirit baby and two living children.

She is a stay at home mama from the US who’s a seeker of God’s light and truth as I focus on becoming my best self through mothering, homemaking, serving, building relationships, and making time for my passions for exercise, nutrition, family history, birth, and learning new skills and languages.

Today she shares about her 3 births. Her first being an early loss, her second a traumatic hospital birth and her...

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Shiva

Shiva is a mom of three and stepmom of one, originally from Turkey and now raising their four boys with her husband in Denver, Colorado.

Half Iranian and half Turkish, she’s a bilingual psychotherapist whose work in health psychology, PTSD, perinatal mental health, and parenting is shaped by cultural diversity and a commitment to health equity across communities.

She is devoted to raising heart-centered boys, the practice of yoga, and exploring women’s liberation and...

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Casey

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Casey is a mama of two from Illinois.

As a NICU nurse she’d only ever been exposed to extremely medicalized birth and all of the worst case scenarios. And she was one of the worst sceptics to home birth in the earlier years of her career and was very vocal about it.

She’d always assumed that whenever she had her first baby she would go to the hospital, get an epidural, and follow whatever the medical team recommended.

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Stefanie

Stefanie is a functional Nutritionist, women’s health and fertility expert and childhood nutrition specialist. She lives in Colorado with her husband, son and is expecting her second child. 

Today she comes on to share about her beautiful homebirth. 

While her labor followed a pretty non traditional pattern with contractions and her midwife & doula kept doubting how far along she really was, she really knew it was happening. 

She went into labor on her d...

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Natali

Natali is a mama of two from South Africa who birthed both her babies in the UK.

She is a holistic vocal coach and the founder of the Vocal Liberation Method, dedicated to helping individuals awaken their connection to their voices. She nurtures authentic expression and grounded confidence, empowering people to step into their power and express themselves in a way that aligns deeply with their true selves, a connection she believes is essential in both life and birth.

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Kiata
Kiata is a mama of 1 and currently 30 weeks pregnant from Tasmania Australia.

She’s a social worker who has worked with children and families for many years. Once she became a mother she found her passion for supporting families in parenting and she is now in the process of becoming an aware parenting instructor.

For Kiata, trusting birth began long before labour. She grew up knowing home birth as normal as her own mother birthed her and her sister at...

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Dyshni.

Dyshni is a social worker, holistic therapist, and girl mom.

Her work is rooted in helping women, especially daughters of immigrants, heal cycles of survival and reconnect with their bodies, intuition, and sense of safety. Becoming a mother deepened that work for her, and her natural birth experiences became a powerful reminder of what’s possible when we feel informed, supported, and connected to ourselves.

Today she shares about her first birth center birth and then hospital birth.

Bo...

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Liz. Liz is a mama of 3 from the US

She is a sonographer who started out with the standard american medicalized hospital birth story with pitocin, broken waters, epidural, and finally a vacuum birth that really affected her pelvic floor.

For her second, she knew she wanted something different. She educated herself about natural birth and found the natural birth podcast. At this point, she still didn’t feel confident enough to not birth in the hospital, but was determined to ha...

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Paris.

Paris is a mama of one from from Brisbane, Queensland Australia.

She is a lover of health and fitness, do CrossFit for sport, reading, going to the beach, being in nature, love music, concerts and festivals and have always questioned why and how everything is the way that it is and is a bit of a rebel when it comes to conformity.

Today she shares her straight forward home birth at 39 weeks.

She’d prepared he...