Girly Pop Birth Talks

Grab a snack, get comfy, and come hang 😌 This week is a very unserious girly chat. Becca and Arielle talk careers, the most common things we see as a doula and lactation consultant, shared birth-world chaos, hot takes, and the stuff we text each other about but finally said out loud. Cozy, candid, and slightly unhinged (in the best way).

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Hi girly pops 💕

This week, Becca and Arielle sit down with Kaleigh Burrage, an RRDS birth doula, as she shares her deeply personal journey through one hospital birth, two home births, and what it’s like to live and work inside the world of birth.

Kaleigh opens up about how each of her births shaped her trust in her body, her intuition, and her understanding of informed choice. We talk about navigating the hospital system, choosing home birth, and the emotional and spiritual shift that happens when you move from birthing mother to birth worker.

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This week, Becca and Arielle sit down with Caitlin Gillings, a 34-year-old mom of four whose birth stories span nearly every setting: two hospital vaginal deliveries, a birth center birth, and finally a deeply empowering home birth.

Caitlin opens up about navigating six pregnancies, including two losses between her third and fourth babies, and how each chapter shaped the mother she is today. With children now ages 9, 7, 4, and 18 months, Caitlin reflects on how her confidence, intuition, and perspective evolved across her journeys from her early hospital experiences to finding autonomy and peace in her later births.

This episode holds a deeply sacred story one that moves through four intentional home births, a miscarriage, and then an emergency twin C-section that resulted in the devastating loss of one twin at delivery.

What began as a familiar, confident rhythm of physiological birth suddenly shifted into medical urgency, grief, and long-term caregiving for a medically complex child.

In this conversation, we walk through:

– Four planned home births
– A miscarriage and its emotional impact
– An emergency twin C-section
– Losing one baby at delivery
– Navigating grief while caring for a surviving...

Episode 16: Our Thanksgiving Special with Dr. Zwerling 🦃💗
This week, Becca and Arielle sit down with the incredible Dr. Zwerling to hear her journey into becoming an OB-GYN, what a day in her life really looks like, and how her philosophy of care has been shaped by her own first birth experience a prolonged induction (partially at home, partially in the hospital), four hours of pushing, a cesarean birth, and a postpartum hemorrhage.
Dr. Zwerling is passionately dedicated to providing comprehensive sexual + reproductive healthcare for all patients, with specialized training in complex family planning and a deep commitment to ser...

In today’s episode, we sit down with Natasha Pleis, a mama who always dreamed of having four kids in four years… and actually did it. She had 4 easy hospital births that she genuinely loved, but what came after is where her story really unfolds.

This one is for every mom who’s thought:
 “Why is postpartum so much harder than birth?”

We dive into:

✨ Birth Stories: 4 Easy Hospital Births
• How she intentionally planned for a big family quickly
• Why each hospital birth felt smooth, supported, and empowering
• What made her epidural e...

In Episode 14, Becca & Arielle sit down with Katie Noland, a mom of four whose birth stories span nearly every type of birth setting. From two hospital vaginal deliveries → to a birth center birth → to her final home birth, Katie opens up about how each experience shaped her confidence, her voice, and her motherhood.

Katie walks us through:

💛 Baby 1 — Mollie (2020)

Induction at 40+2, a long hospital labor, vacuum delivery, tearing, and hours of pushing — ending with the unexpected discovery that Mollie was born with a lipoma (facial abno...

In Episode 13, Becca and Arielle sit down with Aria Clift, a young woman who grew up quickly and found her calling in birth work early on.

Aria opens up about meeting her husband at 14, becoming a doula at 16, and enrolling in midwifery school at 18 all before finding herself pregnant and choosing home birth as the path that felt most aligned for her.

She shares what it was like navigating Hyperemesis Gravidarum, a kidney infection in her third trimester, and the emotional and physical toll of balancing full-time work, study...

Episode 12: In the Fire - A Journey Through God’s Redeeming Love

Cesarean • Home Birth Transfer • Birth Trauma • TFMR
with Whitney Mello, founder of The Crunchy Cottage

Hey Girly Pops 💗

You’re getting two episodes this week! Last week was a whirlwind - we had nine RRDS babies born, and on a personal note, I lost my sweetest fur-baby, Sunny Boy, which completely wrecked me. Thank you all for the love and patience as we took a moment to pause, breathe, and grieve before jumping back in.

In this week’s episode, we s...

In this moving episode, Becca and Arielle sit down with Abby Astle, a mother whose story reminds us that even in the deepest loss, love can take on a new life.

Abby opens her heart about her journey through multiple births — from a hospital delivery, to a birth center experience, to the homebirth that brought her full circle. But at the center of her story is her son, Daniel Lee, born with anencephaly. His brief life changed everything.

Abby shares what it was like to carry a baby she kn...

In this heartfelt episode, Becca and Arielle sit down with Amber Brown, a talented birth photographer and devoted mother, as she shares her deeply personal motherhood journey — from loss to healing and empowerment.

Amber opens up about her miscarriage at 12 weeks, the grief that followed, and how that experience transformed the way she approaches motherhood, community, and support for other loss moms. She then walks us through her two home birth stories with her boys — raw, redemptive, and full of beauty.

Together, we explore:

In today’s episode of Girly Pop Birth Talks, Becca and Arielle sit down with Alexa Thomas, who shares her powerful and emotional VBAC story — one that unfolded faster than anyone could have imagined.

Alexa went into labor while her husband was on duty, and before he could make it home, their daughter had already arrived. With pure strength, faith, and the support of her birth team, Alexa brought her baby girl into the world — and her husband witnessed it all through FaceTime.

This episode is a reminder that even when birth takes an unexpected turn...

In Episode 8 of Girly Pop Birth Talks, we welcome Rebecca Rogers, a mother of almost two, to share her powerful and personal story.

Rebecca takes us through her experience of having her thyroid removed, how that journey shaped her, and why she chose to give birth to her first baby at a stand-alone birth center. Now expecting a baby girl, Rebecca is planning for a home birth and reflects on the lessons, courage, and trust she’s carrying into this new season of motherhood.

✨ In this episode, we talk abou...

In Episode 7 of Girly Pop Birth Talks, we sit down with Dr. Hannah Flammang, chiropractor, wife, mother, and founder of Craft Health in Rocklin, CA.

Hannah shares her inspiring path to becoming a chiropractor, building a practice dedicated to pregnancy and newborn care, and supporting families through holistic health.

We then dive deep into her own motherhood journey — choosing a home birth for her very first baby. Hannah opens up about what guided her decision, how her chiropractic expertise shaped her preparation, and what the experience taught her as bo...

Today on Girly Pop Society, I had the absolute honor of sitting down with my mentor and dear friend, Trisha Wimbs.

Trisha shares her incredible journey of motherhood—five births spanning loss, stillbirth, hydrops, unmedicated and medicated deliveries, and finally, a beautiful birth center birth. Through every high and low, she followed her intuition, trusted in God, and allowed her story to unfold with grace and resilience.

But Trisha’s impact goes beyond motherhood. From a young age, she carried a deep desire to serve people and support their health. Today, she is a badass entr...

Today we sit down with Maddie, a 26-year-old wife, mama of 2, and talented birth and postpartum doula.

From the time she was little, Maddie was baby crazy - playing “mommy,” dreaming of her future kids, and even starting her own babysitting company, The Happy Nanny, at just 18. Specializing in overnights, multiples, and sleep training, she built a reputation early on for being wise beyond her years when it came to babies.

By 20, Maddie became a doula and officially began supporting families through birth in 2021. That same year, she and her high school sweetheart, Mason, were alre...

This week on Girly Pop Birth Talks, we’re joined by the beautiful and gifted Kelsey White - wife, mother of two, and an accomplished filmmaker + photographer capturing the raw beauty of birth and motherhood.

Kelsey opens up about the doubts she once carried even questioning if she wanted to become a mom. But as her journey unfolded, she embraced her body, leaned into trust, and gracefully birthed her two boys.

Her story is one of courage, surrender, and love a reminder that motherhood is not one-size-fits-all, and that even deep doubts can transform into pr...

Paige became a mom twice, once at just 20 years old and again 10 years later. Her first birth nearly cost her life and left her with deep trauma that changed the course of her early motherhood. A decade later, she faced another challenge when her second baby arrived at only 28 weeks, bringing her family into the unexpected world of preterm birth and the NICU.

In this emotional and powerful episode, Paige shares:

Her first traumatic birth story at age 20 and how she almost didn’t make it

Her second birth 10 years later, when her ba...

In our second episode, Becca and Arielle sit down with the incredible Rachel Fox-Tierney, an established midwife with an incredible career who found her draw towards the power of birth at a young age. Listen as Rachel shares how she decided to choose homebirth for herself, and her incredible perspective on birth after witnessing over 700 births (but probably many more!) in her career thus far. 

In our very first episode of Girly Pop Birth Talks, Becca sits down with her co-host Arielle to dive deep into her three unique birth stories — from a hospital induction, to a free-standing birth center at 41 weeks, to a spontaneous home birth with a midwife.

But Arielle’s journey goes far beyond birth. Listen in as she shares her path from a typically American childhood to studying nutrition, becoming a registered dietitian specializing in eating disorders, and mastering her craft as a lactation consultant — from WIC clinics to in-home visits. Along the way, she meets her husband Kyle...

This is Becca. And this is Arielle.
We’re two besties with a mic, a mission, and a lot to say about birth.

Not just the birth story the story before it.

The one that begins in quiet hopes, wild fears, and all the messy, magical becoming that happens along the way.

We’re talking real women, real journeys, and every kind of birth hospital inductions, home births, epidurals, the whole beautiful spectrum. No filters, no fluff.

Birth isn’t just about a baby being born.

It’s about wh...