Doing It At Home - The Home Birth Pod...

Doing It At Home - The Home Birth Podcast is a weekly podcast about home birth and our decision to go from a traditional hospital birth with an OBGYN to a natural birth at home with midwives. This is a raw and honest show that explores homebirth from every angle. We talk about the fears and judgements thrown at you when you choose home birth. We share resources that we found tremendously helpful for understanding our birthing options. We confess the magic and craziness in preparing for pregnancy, home birth, motherhood and fatherhood. We talk about having sex while pregnant and maintaining your connection and intimacy as a couple. We reveal how to stay centered and not lose yourself through pregnancy, and tons more! This show is all about adding an empowered conversation to the topic of home birth and natural birth, while keeping it real, grounded and fun. So strap in and join us as we’re doing it at home!

Kids & Family
Parenting
Self-Improvement
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107: Sex While Pregnant: The Ins, The Outs, The...
Have you been wondering "What is sex going to be like when I'm pregnant?" If so, this is the episode for you!  Let’s talk about SEX, BABY! Not just the kind that makes the babies, but the kind you continue doing while the bun is in the oven....
41 min
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106: HOME BIRTH STORY - Gestational Diabetes, B...
In this episode we have another mom and dad conversation. Sean and Renee Kleve share the story of their pregnancy and birth of their first baby, their son Mason. Mason is just 4 weeks old at the time of this interview, so we are very grateful to both...
61 min
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105: The Censoring Of Birth In Social Media and...
This episode is inspired by recent events in the online birth community. It’s pretty commonplace to have some of your images removed from Instagram if you are an account sharing images of birth. Due to things like “guidelines and regulations” as...
46 min
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104: The Most Powerful Tool for a Mama is Intui...
In today’s episode we’re talking with Kathryn Orr, a certified birth doula, childbirth educator and more recently the outreach coordinator for the fantastic documentary “Why Not Home?” We’re familiar with “Why Not Home?” over here at...
58 min
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103: A Few Things About Home Birth We're Thankf...
In this episode we share why we're thankful for our home birth. Might sound like a weird topic, but having experienced home birth ourselves and interviewed dozens and dozens of moms and families who have chosen it as well (some who've also had...
33 min
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102: HOME BIRTH STORY - Moving While Pregnant, ...
In today’s episode we’re talking with Carissa Breen about her home birth journey and story. Carissa and her husband Ryan planned the home birth for their first baby, River, while simultaneously planning a move across the country. As a very...
39 min
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101: Giving Women Confidence to Birth with Paig...
In this episode I chat with Paige LoPinto, mama of 2 and creator of BirthTube, a private Facebook group dedicated to connecting women through pregnancy and birth, specifically by livestreaming births of members of the group. It all started when Paige...
41 min
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100: Looking Back On The Moments, Mamas, And Ma...
You guys!! Episode 100 is here! I can’t even believe it’s been 100 episodes. To all of our listeners and supporters - those of you who have just started listening, dropped in to hear an episode or two, and those who have been with us from the...
57 min
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099: Our Take on Some Memorable Births in Film ...
In this episode we’re having a bit of fun and taking a look at a few colorful birth scenes from movies and tv. This is a follow up to episode 97 where we talk about a home birth that was depicted in the hit tv show Jane The Virgin. That conversation...
40 min
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098: HOME BIRTH STORY - Lessons in Surrender, G...
We welcome back Katie McCormick to the show today! She joined us back in episode 73 where we talked about her and her husband Ryan planning a home birth in their cottage in West Cork, Ireland after leaving life in Portland, Oregon. Since talking with...
45 min
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097: A Home Birth On Jane The Virgin
In today’s episode we’re discussing the depiction of a home birth in the popular tv show Jane The Virgin. Show Notes: Jane The Virgin Chapter Sixty Seven - ...
21 min
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096: Wisdom from a Sleep Consultant for Infants...
This episode airs the day after Halloween - and we think it’s quite fitting. Because as a parent, sleep can be a scary subject! So do not fear - we have Alyssa Blask on the show today to help exorcise some of those stressful sleep demons. Alyssa has...
48 min
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095: How to Heal from Birth Trauma with Anne Ma...
In this episode we welcome back the amazing Anne Margolis back to the Doing It At Home podcast. We spoke with Anne back in episode 24 titled, “Normal, Natural and Joyful Childbirth.” Anne is a powerhouse in the birth community. She has over 21...
52 min
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094: HOME BIRTH STORY - From A Disconnected Hos...
In today’s episode we’re sharing Cayla’s birth story of her son Jude, born at home and 2 months old at the time we speak. Cayla is connected with another DIAH mama, Tammy Williams from episode 35 (Tammy introduced Cayla to the podcast - we love...
36 min
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093: HOME BIRTH STORY - Choosing Faith Over Fea...
In this episode we are chatting with Caryn Ragin, wife to Dadrick and mama to baby Deborah. Caryn shares her journey to home birth, one that was not the most straight and narrow. She and her husband are a military family and became pregnant for the...
52 min
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092: Empowering Stories, Sex Talk, And Self Adv...
In today’s episode we’re sharing four particularly great recent listener emails we received. These emails are all about empowering birth stories, the importance of talking about sex in pregnancy and new parenthood, a beautiful example of in...
31 min
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091: HOME BIRTH STORY - A Home Birth Story of C...
Today we bring you Laura’s incredible birth story. Laura and her partner Mikey live in Homer, Alaska with their daughter Hannah. I honestly don’t know the best manner or order to present all of the awesome elements of this story, so I’ll do my...
48 min
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090: How Orgasmic Birth Is Connecting Women To ...
Heads Up: this is an amazing episode. Full of conversation around pleasurable, joyful, ecstatic birth. It may cause you to feel empowered and excited around birth : ) But seriously, we are so honored to have Debra Pascali-Bonaro join us on the show.
48 min
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089: HOME BIRTH STORY - Witchcraft, surprise ba...
In today’s episode we’ve got the whole family on the phone - Meggie and Steve Andrews join us, along with their baby William, or Liam as they refer to him. Meggie reached out to us during her pregnancy, thanking us for what we’re doing on the...
46 min
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088: HOME BIRTH STORY - Switching to Home Birth...
In this episode, we get to speak with both mom and dad! We love when we get to chat with a home birth couple and hear both perspectives from the decision-making process to the experience itself. So we’re chatting with Jarmar and Jonnelle Dupas. They...
41 min
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087: Celebrating and Reflecting on One Year of ...
Matthew and I have been parents for a whole year now! This past week we celebrated Maya’s 1st birthday, the anniversary of the Doing It At Home podcast and one year of navigating parenthood together. So we share some of our memories, insights and...
49 min
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086: HOME BIRTH STORY - Home Birth For Baby #2 ...
In today's episode we're talking to a Doing It At Home Alumni, Lindsay Bonnar, about the home birth of her son Linken.  Lindsay Bonnar was one of the first moms we spoke with when we started doing interviews back in the day. In our part 1 with...
29 min
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085: REBROADCAST: Star Wars, Kiddie Pools, and ...
In this episode we're rebroadcasting Maya's home birth story, originally episode 9 "Star Wars, Kiddie Pools, and Hypnobabies: Our Home Birth Story". Today is Maya’s 1st birthday. Our baby girl is 1 year old! Please hold while we pull ourselves...
78 min
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084: Reflexology, Essential Oils and Holistic ...
In this episode we have a special guest, Melinda Michshaw, who is talking to us about reflexology, essential oils and holistic health practices for pregnancy and birth. Melinda is a fantastic resource of information, and we think you’ll enjoy our...
25 min
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083: HOME BIRTH STORY - Choosing Home Birth As ...
In this episode we're talking to Alyssa Queen - a mama and registered nurse who chose home birth with her daughter Zoey. We love the little synchronicities that the universe throws out there. Like publishing this episode right after our previous...
47 min