In this episode, Lauren sits with Leah -- a mama she served as a midwife in 2023 for her vaginal home birth after 2 cesareans. You'll hear her first birth stories and then about how she moved into a stance of renewed self-responsibility which she carried with her into her next pregnancy. During that pregnancy and birth, she dealt with many rounds of discouragement but met them with resilience by getting back up again to continue on her path.

Leah's deep connection with her Orthodox faith paired with courageous determination, saw her through a birth that was not particularly easy but was very redemptive.

As a fun aside: Leah also used Embrace Birth Journey for her childbirth education and labor preparation, which means both Brooke AND Lauren got to work and walk with her during this pregnancy and birth!

BIRTH STORY DISCLAIMER:

The choices, beliefs and opinions of the mamas sharing their stories are as individual as the storyteller herself and do not necessarily reflect the beliefs or recommended choices of Lauren and/or Brooke.

Connect:

• Email us to say hi: holywildbirth@gmail.com

• Put in a request for future topics and/or submit a question for future Q&A episodes: Fill out the form

• Apply to tell your birth story on the podcast: http://sisterbirth.com/podcast-guest

• Hang out with us and other Holy Wild Women in our private community (off Facebook): https://anointed-birth.mn.co/

• Become a holy, wild birthkeeper with us inside Hearthmother Journey

From Lauren:

• Instagram

• Midwifery consults: Email rootedinedenpma@gmail.com

From Brooke:

• Instagram

• Trust God, Trust Birth Workshop - a 5-part high-level roadmap to a confident home birth (pay what you can)

• Faith-Filled Home Birth Workshop - a free, 3-part video series delivered to your inbox

• Embrace Birth Journey - comprehensive and holistic faith-based home birth preparation (courses + private community)

Intro and Outra Music Credit -
Betty Dear By Blue Dot Sessions is licensed under a Creative Commons License.

Distortions and lies that detract from the application of the gospel can slip in even to our birth choices.

This episode explores the similarities between purity culture and freebirth perfectionism, prosperity gospel and home birth ideals, and the ways that the same temptations presented to the first humans in the Garden of Eden and to Jesus in the wilderness reverberate into even our birth choices.

This one is part Bible study, part our usual reflections and discussions.

Mentioned in this episode:

-What is the Prospersity Gospel? - Phylicia Masonheimer

• Phylicia Masonheimer IG post -

• Margo’s email

• Alisha Meyer’s podcast episode ep 9 - "the problem isn't midwives..."

Connect:

• Email us to say hi: holywildbirth@gmail.com

• Put in a request for future topics and/or submit a question for future Q&A episodes: Fill out the form

• Apply to tell your birth story on the podcast: Holy Wild Birth Podcast : Guest Application

• Hang out with us and other Holy Wild Women in our private community (off Facebook): Rooted in Eden PMA

• Become a holy, wild birthkeeper with us inside Hearthmother Journey

From Lauren:

• Instagram

• Midwifery consults: Email rootedinedenpma@gmail.com

From Brooke:

• Instagram

• Trust God, Trust Birth Workshop - a 5-part high-level roadmap to a confident home birth (pay what you can)

• Faith-Filled Home Birth Workshop - a free, 3-part video series delivered to your inbox

• Embrace Birth Journey - comprehensive and holistic faith-based home birth preparation (courses + private community)

Intro and Outra Music Credit -
Betty Dear By Blue Dot Sessions is licensed under a Creative Commons License.

Welcome to a new season of Holy Wild Birth, which also represents a revitalization and recommitment to this podcasting project.

In this casual conversation with Brooke and Lauren, you'll hear all about what we have in store for you! One of those things is this new "genre" of episode where we offer you our "Cup of Tea" and simply jabber about things going on for us or of interest to us.

In this inaugural "cup of tea" episode, we chat about:

• That we aren't actually drinking tea
• Our branding photo fails
• How cool it is to have teenagers
• Relationship to light
• Brooke's milestone birthing and Lauren's anticipated milestone birthday
• Dark Parks
• Remodeling the prenatal room
• Growing community around the podcast
• Quitting social media
• A way of organizing information
• and more!

Mentioned in this episode:

• Lore Wilbert social media challenge — Let's Opt Out of Social Media Together

• Zettlekasten - What's a Zettelkasten?

• Lauren’s Prenatal Room Pinterest Collage - My prenatal room | Room, Save, Prenatal

• Stolen Focus - Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention--and How to Think Deeply Again

• Lauren’s glasses - VivaRays - Eco-friendly Blue light blocking glasses.

• Brooke’s newsletter - All The Birthy Things

• Podcast about relationship to light The Lie of 9 to 5: Fixing Your Circadian Rhythm | Thaddeus Owen

• Mighty Networks Community Rooted in Eden PMA

  
  

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  Connect:

  • Email us to say hi: holywildbirth@gmail.com

  • Apply to share your birth story on the podcast:

  Holy Wild Birth Podcast Guest Application

  • Become a holy, wild birthkeeper with us in the Hearthmother Journey

  
  

  From Lauren:

  • Midwifery consultations: Email rootedinedenpma@gmail.com

  
  

  From Brooke:

  • Courses for homebirth/freebirth mamas

  • Newsletter

  
  

  Intro and Outra Music Credit -
  Betty Dear By Blue Dot Sessions is licensed under a Creative Commons License.