Episodes

  • EP 98 \ Why Home Birth Is Less Costly Than Hospital Birth (No Matter the Price)

    EP 98 \ Why Home Birth Is Less Costly Than Hospital Birth (No Matter the Price)
    Jul 2 2024
    Show Notes: We’ve touched on this before in another episode, but with our focus this past month on home birth, I wanted to spend some time looking more in depth at what comes with the global fee most midwives charge so you can appreciate the immense value that a home birth midwife brings. I also wanted to look at potential long term costs that will far exceed the midwife’s fee. If you need help figuring out how to afford home birth, or if you need help with any other aspect of home birth, join us for the Home Birth Prep Course LIVE starting July 11th at 7pm Central time where we’ll spend Thursday nights for four weeks diving into these topics in a way that will ensure you are fully prepared for every aspect of your birth at home. This page has all the details so go check it out! SIGN UP HERE FOR THE HOME BIRTH PREP COURSE Helpful Links: 2 WAYS TO WORK WITH LORI: --> Sign up HERE for the Your Birth, God's Way Online Christian Childbirth Course! This is a COMPLETE childbirth education course with a God-led foundation taught by a certified nurse-midwife with over 20 years of experience in all sides of the maternity world conducted LIVE this summer. Learn more or sign up HERE! --> Sign up for your PERSONALIZED Pregnancy Coaching Midwife & Me Power Hour HERE These consults can include: birth plan consultation, past birth processing, second opinions, breastfeeding consultation, and so much more! Think of it as a special, one-hour appointment with a midwife to discuss whatever your concerns may be without any bias of practice policy or insurance policy influencing recommendations. Get Christian pregnancy and birth merch HERE Lori's Recommended Resources HERE Sign up for email updates Here Be heard! Take My Quick SURVEY to give input on future episodes you want to hear --> https://bit.ly/yourbirthsurvey Got questions? Email lori@yourbirthgodsway.com Socials: Follow Your Birth, God's Way on Instagram!Follow the Your Birth, God's Way Facebook Page!Join Our Exclusive Online Birth Community -- facebook.com/groups/yourbirthgodsway Learn more about Lori and the podcast at yourbirthgodsway.com! FREE Bible Study Course - How To Be Sure Of Your Salvation DISCLAIMER: Remember that though I am a midwife, I am not YOUR midwife. Nothing in this podcast shall; be construed as medical advice. Listening to this podcast does not mean that we have entered into a patient-care provider relationship. While I strive to provide the most accurate information I can, content is not guaranteed to be 100% accurate. You must do your research and consult other reputable sources, including your provider, to make the best decision for your own care. Talk with your own care provider before putting any information here into practice. Weigh all risks and benefits for yourself knowing that no outcome can be guaranteed. I do not know the specific details about your situation and thus I am not responsible for the outcomes of your choices. Some links may be affiliate links which provide me a small commission when you purchase through them. This does not cost you anything at all and it allows me to continue providing you with the content you love.
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    32 mins
  • EP 97 \ Free Birth: A Safe Option Or Reckless Game of Russian Roulette? A Look At Unattended Birth

    EP 97 \ Free Birth: A Safe Option Or Reckless Game of Russian Roulette? A Look At Unattended Birth
    Jun 25 2024
    SHOW NOTES: I've been seeing a lot about free birth on social media and I've had moms ask me what my opinion is about whether it is a safe option or something to be avoided, so I decided it was time to do an episode on it. It is a very interesting topic and it is certainly not new. We look at the reality of unattended birth in this episode and think about whether it might be a good option for you. If you are planning a freebirth and want to learn more about how to prepare your home, what supplies you need and where to get them, how get your family on board, how to make the transition into postpartum and breastfeeding, and so much more, sign up for my LIVE Home Birth Prep Course starting July 11th! Preregister for Home Birth Prep Course LIVE —> go.yourbirthgodsway.com/homebirthprep Books to prepare for free birth: Home Birth On Your Own Terms: A How To Guide For Birthing Unassisted Heart and Hands Helpful Links: 2 WAYS TO WORK WITH LORI: --> Sign up HERE for the Your Birth, God's Way Online Christian Childbirth Course! This is a COMPLETE childbirth education course with a God-led foundation taught by a certified nurse-midwife with over 20 years of experience in all sides of the maternity world conducted LIVE this summer. Learn more or sign up HERE! --> Sign up for your PERSONALIZED Pregnancy Coaching Midwife & Me Power Hour HERE These consults can include: birth plan consultation, past birth processing, second opinions, breastfeeding consultation, and so much more! Think of it as a special, one-hour appointment with a midwife to discuss whatever your concerns may be without any bias of practice policy or insurance policy influencing recommendations. Get Christian pregnancy and birth merch HERE Lori's Recommended Resources HERE Sign up for email updates Here Be heard! Take My Quick SURVEY to give input on future episodes you want to hear --> https://bit.ly/yourbirthsurvey Got questions? Email lori@yourbirthgodsway.com Socials: Follow Your Birth, God's Way on Instagram!Follow the Your Birth, God's Way Facebook Page!Join Our Exclusive Online Birth Community -- facebook.com/groups/yourbirthgodsway Learn more about Lori and the podcast at yourbirthgodsway.com! FREE Bible Study Course - How To Be Sure Of Your Salvation DISCLAIMER: Remember that though I am a midwife, I am not YOUR midwife. Nothing in this podcast shall; be construed as medical advice. Listening to this podcast does not mean that we have entered into a patient-care provider relationship. While I strive to provide the most accurate information I can, content is not guaranteed to be 100% accurate. You must do your research and consult other reputable sources, including your provider, to make the best decision for your own care. Talk with your own care provider before putting any information here into practice. Weigh all risks and benefits for yourself knowing that no outcome can be guaranteed. I do not know the specific details about your situation and thus I am not responsible for the outcomes of your choices. Some links may be affiliate links which provide me a small commission when you purchase through them. This does not cost you anything at all and it allows me to continue providing you with the content you love.
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    34 mins
  • EP 96 \ A Picture of the Reality of Hospital Birth for Labor or Induction

    EP 96 \ A Picture of the Reality of Hospital Birth for Labor or Induction
    Jun 18 2024
    Last week we took a look at home birth together. Today, we’ll look at hospital birth together. Not much more to say than that, other than to say if you haven’t listened to episode 95 yet, go do that first, then come back and listen to this episode so you can get the background. As a midwife who has worked in the hospital and out of the hospital to attend births, and earlier as a labor & delivery (L&D) nurse who helped women with birth in the hospital for many years, I've seen both sides of this picture first hand and they are certainly not the same. There are really a very few women who truly need the interventions that take place every day to every women in the hospital setting. Most women can safely give birth out of the hospital and have beautiful, physiologic birth with no complications and no need for intervention. PREREGISTER FOR HOME BIRTH PREP CLASS LIVE HERE --> go.yourbirthgodsway.com/homebirthprep Helpful Links: 2 WAYS TO WORK WITH LORI: --> Sign up HERE for the Your Birth, God's Way Online Christian Childbirth Course! This is a COMPLETE childbirth education course with a God-led foundation taught by a certified nurse-midwife with over 20 years of experience in all sides of the maternity world conducted LIVE this summer. Learn more or sign up HERE! --> Sign up for your PERSONALIZED Pregnancy Coaching Midwife & Me Power Hour HERE These consults can include: birth plan consultation, past birth processing, second opinions, breastfeeding consultation, and so much more! Think of it as a special, one-hour appointment with a midwife to discuss whatever your concerns may be without any bias of practice policy or insurance policy influencing recommendations. Get Christian pregnancy and birth merch HERE Lori's Recommended Resources HERE Sign up for email updates Here Be heard! Take My Quick SURVEY to give input on future episodes you want to hear --> https://bit.ly/yourbirthsurvey Got questions? Email lori@yourbirthgodsway.com Socials: Follow Your Birth, God's Way on Instagram!Follow the Your Birth, God's Way Facebook Page!Join Our Exclusive Online Birth Community -- facebook.com/groups/yourbirthgodsway Learn more about Lori and the podcast at yourbirthgodsway.com! FREE Bible Study Course - How To Be Sure Of Your Salvation DISCLAIMER: Remember that though I am a midwife, I am not YOUR midwife. Nothing in this podcast shall; be construed as medical advice. Listening to this podcast does not mean that we have entered into a patient-care provider relationship. While I strive to provide the most accurate information I can, content is not guaranteed to be 100% accurate. You must do your research and consult other reputable sources, including your provider, to make the best decision for your own care. Talk with your own care provider before putting any information here into practice. Weigh all risks and benefits for yourself knowing that no outcome can be guaranteed. I do not know the specific details about your situation and thus I am not responsible for the outcomes of your choices. Some links may be affiliate links which provide me a small commission when you purchase through them. This does not cost you anything at all and it allows me to continue providing you with the content you love.
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    31 mins
  • EP 95 \ Is Home Birth Reckless or Scary? A Picture of What Home Birth Looks Like

    EP 95 \ Is Home Birth Reckless or Scary? A Picture of What Home Birth Looks Like
    Jun 11 2024

    Everything that is new to you seems scary. Familiarity is what makes things comfortable and less scary. This is true for many things and home birth is no different. I get messages from listeners saying they would love to have a birth at home but their husband isn’t comfortable or maybe they’re scared to do it. So I want to talk today about whether home birth is scary or if maybe we’re just scared of what you don’t know and your fear is really based on what you’ve been told which might not even be true. But God is not the author of fear….He tells us to FEAR NOT — so let’s get the information and move forward fearlessly.

    PREREGISTER FOR THE HOME BIRTH PREP CLASS HERE --> go.yourbirthgodsway.com/homebirthprep

    Helpful Links:

    2 WAYS TO WORK WITH LORI:

    --> Sign up HERE for the Your Birth, God's Way Online Christian Childbirth Course! This is a COMPLETE childbirth education course with a God-led foundation taught by a certified nurse-midwife with over 20 years of experience in all sides of the maternity world conducted LIVE this summer. Learn more or sign up HERE!

    --> Sign up for your PERSONALIZED Pregnancy Coaching Midwife & Me Power Hour HERE

    These consults can include: birth plan consultation, past birth processing, second opinions, breastfeeding consultation, and so much more! Think of it as a special, one-hour appointment with a midwife to discuss whatever your concerns may be without any bias of practice policy or insurance policy influencing recommendations.

    Get Christian pregnancy and birth merch HERE

    Lori's Recommended Resources HERE

    Sign up for email updates Here

    Be heard! Take My Quick SURVEY to give input on future episodes you want to hear --> https://bit.ly/yourbirthsurvey

    Got questions? Email lori@yourbirthgodsway.com

    Socials:

    • Follow Your Birth, God's Way on Instagram!
    • Follow the Your Birth, God's Way Facebook Page!
    • Join Our Exclusive Online Birth Community -- facebook.com/groups/yourbirthgodsway

    Learn more about Lori and the podcast at yourbirthgodsway.com!

    FREE Bible Study Course - How To Be Sure Of Your Salvation

    DISCLAIMER: Remember that though I am a midwife, I am not YOUR midwife. Nothing in this podcast shall; be construed as medical advice. Listening to this podcast does not mean that we have entered into a patient-care provider relationship. While I strive to provide the most accurate information I can, content is not guaranteed to be 100% accurate. You must do your research and consult other reputable sources, including your provider, to make the best decision for your own care. Talk with your own care provider before putting any information here into practice. Weigh all risks and benefits for yourself knowing that no outcome can be guaranteed. I do not know the specific details about your situation and thus I am not responsible for the outcomes of your choices. Some links may be affiliate links which provide me a small commission when you purchase through them. This does not cost you anything at all and it allows me to continue providing you with the content you love.
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    24 mins
  • Ep 94 \ Helping Your Husband (or Other Family) Understand Your Desire to Plan a Home Birth

    Ep 94 \ Helping Your Husband (or Other Family) Understand Your Desire to Plan a Home Birth
    Jun 4 2024

    When you want to have a homebirth but your husband or family isn't on board, it can be a very stressful and frustrating for everybody involved. They love you dearly and the lies of the world can have them believing that home birth is dangerous and reckless. Often with the right information, they will change their perspective, so this episode dives into this topic. It is easier for me to talk to them than for you to since I don't have the emotional ties you do. Sit down and listen together or just send them the link to listen. Hopefully this will be the first step to you being on the same page. Stay tuned to the end of the episode for a very special announcement on this topic!

    Preregister for the Home Birth Prep Class LIVE here --> https://go.yourbirthgodsway.com/homebirthprep

    Helpful Links:

    2 WAYS TO WORK WITH LORI:

    --> Sign up HERE for the Your Birth, God's Way Online Christian Childbirth Course! This is a COMPLETE childbirth education course with a God-led foundation taught by a certified nurse-midwife with over 20 years of experience in all sides of the maternity world conducted LIVE this summer. Learn more or sign up HERE!

    --> Sign up for your PERSONALIZED Pregnancy Coaching Midwife & Me Power Hour HERE

    These consults can include: birth plan consultation, past birth processing, second opinions, breastfeeding consultation, and so much more! Think of it as a special, one-hour appointment with a midwife to discuss whatever your concerns may be without any bias of practice policy or insurance policy influencing recommendations.

    Get Christian pregnancy and birth merch HERE

    Lori's Recommended Resources HERE

    Sign up for email updates Here

    Be heard! Take My Quick SURVEY to give input on future episodes you want to hear --> https://bit.ly/yourbirthsurvey

    Got questions? Email lori@yourbirthgodsway.com

    Socials:

    • Follow Your Birth, God's Way on Instagram!
    • Follow the Your Birth, God's Way Facebook Page!
    • Join Our Exclusive Online Birth Community -- facebook.com/groups/yourbirthgodsway

    Learn more about Lori and the podcast at yourbirthgodsway.com!

    FREE Bible Study Course - How To Be Sure Of Your Salvation

    DISCLAIMER: Remember that though I am a midwife, I am not YOUR midwife. Nothing in this podcast shall; be construed as medical advice. Listening to this podcast does not mean that we have entered into a patient-care provider relationship. While I strive to provide the most accurate information I can, content is not guaranteed to be 100% accurate. You must do your research and consult other reputable sources, including your provider, to make the best decision for your own care. Talk with your own care provider before putting any information here into practice. Weigh all risks and benefits for yourself knowing that no outcome can be guaranteed. I do not know the specific details about your situation and thus I am not responsible for the outcomes of your choices. Some links may be affiliate links which provide me a small commission when you purchase through them. This does not cost you anything at all and it allows me to continue providing you with the content you love.
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    41 mins
  • EP 93 \ Why Real Food During Pregnancy Matters: More About Prenatal Nutrition with Lily Nichols, RDN, CDE

    EP 93 \ Why Real Food During Pregnancy Matters: More About Prenatal Nutrition with Lily Nichols, RDN, CDE
    May 28 2024
    Prenatal nutrition is one of the only things you can truly control during pregnancy. If you've listened long to my podcast, you know that's something I preach over and over, especially in episodes 23-26 and 88. In today's episode, I have the pleasure of talking with Lily Nichols, RDN, CDE, author of three books all about this topic. You can find the links to the books below as well as links to the articles she references during our discussion! Lily's Folic acid vs. folate article Lily's Article about "Can You Eat Too Much Fish During Pregnancy" (discusses mercury in pregnancy) Real Food for Pregnancy book Real Food for Gestational Diabetes book Real Food for Fertility book Learn more about Lily Nichols on her website -- Lily's Website Helpful Links: 2 WAYS TO WORK WITH LORI: --> Sign up HERE for the Your Birth, God's Way Online Christian Childbirth Course! This is a COMPLETE childbirth education course with a God-led foundation taught by a certified nurse-midwife with over 20 years of experience in all sides of the maternity world conducted LIVE this summer. Learn more or sign up HERE! --> Sign up for your PERSONALIZED Pregnancy Coaching Midwife & Me Power Hour HERE These consults can include: birth plan consultation, past birth processing, second opinions, breastfeeding consultation, and so much more! Think of it as a special, one-hour appointment with a midwife to discuss whatever your concerns may be without any bias of practice policy or insurance policy influencing recommendations. Get Christian pregnancy and birth merch HERE Lori's Recommended Resources HERE Sign up for email updates Here Be heard! Take My Quick SURVEY to give input on future episodes you want to hear --> https://bit.ly/yourbirthsurvey Got questions? Email lori@yourbirthgodsway.com Socials: Follow Your Birth, God's Way on Instagram!Follow the Your Birth, God's Way Facebook Page!Join Our Exclusive Online Birth Community -- facebook.com/groups/yourbirthgodsway Learn more about Lori and the podcast at yourbirthgodsway.com! FREE Bible Study Course - How To Be Sure Of Your Salvation DISCLAIMER: Remember that though I am a midwife, I am not YOUR midwife. Nothing in this podcast shall; be construed as medical advice. Listening to this podcast does not mean that we have entered into a patient-care provider relationship. While I strive to provide the most accurate information I can, content is not guaranteed to be 100% accurate. You must do your research and consult other reputable sources, including your provider, to make the best decision for your own care. Talk with your own care provider before putting any information here into practice. Weigh all risks and benefits for yourself knowing that no outcome can be guaranteed. I do not know the specific details about your situation and thus I am not responsible for the outcomes of your choices. Some links may be affiliate links which provide me a small commission when you purchase through them. This does not cost you anything at all and it allows me to continue providing you with the content you love.
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    57 mins
  • EP 92 \ How to Reduce Your Risk of Tearing During Birth

    EP 92 \ How to Reduce Your Risk of Tearing During Birth
    May 21 2024

    It is only natural that many moms are afraid of tearing "down there" during birth. Perineal tears (aka perineal lacerations) seem pretty scary, but the best way to deal with fear is by getting the information so you can think about it more rationally. Yes, tears do happen, but they are rare and the risk that you have one can be reduced by doing some things before and during birth, so today that's what we're talking about - how to reduce the risk of tearing during birth.

    Links mentioned in the show:

    Earth Mama Herbal Sitz Bath (formerly known as Postpartum Tea)

    Traditional Peri Bottle

    Super cool new style of Peri Bottle

    Helpful Links:

    2 WAYS TO WORK WITH LORI:

    --> Sign up HERE for the Your Birth, God's Way Online Christian Childbirth Course! This is a COMPLETE childbirth education course with a God-led foundation taught by a certified nurse-midwife with over 20 years of experience in all sides of the maternity world conducted LIVE this summer. Learn more or sign up HERE!

    --> Sign up for your PERSONALIZED Pregnancy Coaching Midwife & Me Power Hour HERE

    These consults can include: birth plan consultation, past birth processing, second opinions, breastfeeding consultation, and so much more! Think of it as a special, one-hour appointment with a midwife to discuss whatever your concerns may be without any bias of practice policy or insurance policy influencing recommendations.

    Get Christian pregnancy and birth merch HERE

    Lori's Recommended Resources HERE

    Sign up for email updates Here

    Be heard! Take My Quick SURVEY to give input on future episodes you want to hear --> https://bit.ly/yourbirthsurvey

    Got questions? Email lori@yourbirthgodsway.com

    Socials:

    • Follow Your Birth, God's Way on Instagram!
    • Follow the Your Birth, God's Way Facebook Page!
    • Join Our Exclusive Online Birth Community -- facebook.com/groups/yourbirthgodsway

    Learn more about Lori and the podcast at yourbirthgodsway.com!

    FREE Bible Study Course - How To Be Sure Of Your Salvation

    DISCLAIMER: Remember that though I am a midwife, I am not YOUR midwife. Nothing in this podcast shall; be construed as medical advice. Listening to this podcast does not mean that we have entered into a patient-care provider relationship. While I strive to provide the most accurate information I can, content is not guaranteed to be 100% accurate. You must do your research and consult other reputable sources, including your provider, to make the best decision for your own care. Talk with your own care provider before putting any information here into practice. Weigh all risks and benefits for yourself knowing that no outcome can be guaranteed. I do not know the specific details about your situation and thus I am not responsible for the outcomes of your choices. Some links may be affiliate links which provide me a small commission when you purchase through them. This does not cost you anything at all and it allows me to continue providing you with the content you love.
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    32 mins
  • EP 91 \ The Beautiful Symphony of Hormones: Fertility Awareness and Understanding Preconception and Pregnancy Hormone with Bekah Yawn

    EP 91 \ The Beautiful Symphony of Hormones: Fertility Awareness and Understanding Preconception and Pregnancy Hormone with Bekah Yawn
    May 14 2024

    If you are struggling now or have every struggled with infertility, or if you are currently trying to conceive (TTC), you are going to love this episode. Even if you haven't struggled, you will learn so much about your body and tracking your cycles which will help you know your body even better, so you are going to love this episode too! Today, I talk to Bekah Yawn, host of "For the Love of Hormones" podcast. Bekah teaches fertility awareness from a Christian perspective and offers programs to help you learn how to track your cycles and more! Check out her link below!

    Learn more about Bekah and what she has to offer here --> bekahyawn.com

    Helpful Links:

    2 WAYS TO WORK WITH LORI:

    --> Sign up HERE for the Your Birth, God's Way Online Christian Childbirth Course! This is a COMPLETE childbirth education course with a God-led foundation taught by a certified nurse-midwife with over 20 years of experience in all sides of the maternity world conducted LIVE this summer. Learn more or sign up HERE!

    --> Sign up for your PERSONALIZED Pregnancy Coaching Midwife & Me Power Hour HERE

    These consults can include: birth plan consultation, past birth processing, second opinions, breastfeeding consultation, and so much more! Think of it as a special, one-hour appointment with a midwife to discuss whatever your concerns may be without any bias of practice policy or insurance policy influencing recommendations.

    Get Christian pregnancy and birth merch HERE

    Lori's Recommended Resources HERE

    Sign up for email updates Here

    Be heard! Take My Quick SURVEY to give input on future episodes you want to hear --> https://bit.ly/yourbirthsurvey

    Got questions? Email lori@yourbirthgodsway.com

    Socials:

    • Follow Your Birth, God's Way on Instagram!
    • Follow the Your Birth, God's Way Facebook Page!
    • Join Our Exclusive Online Birth Community -- facebook.com/groups/yourbirthgodsway

    Learn more about Lori and the podcast at yourbirthgodsway.com!

    FREE Bible Study Course - How To Be Sure Of Your Salvation

    DISCLAIMER: Remember that though I am a midwife, I am not YOUR midwife. Nothing in this podcast shall; be construed as medical advice. Listening to this podcast does not mean that we have entered into a patient-care provider relationship. While I strive to provide the most accurate information I can, content is not guaranteed to be 100% accurate. You must do your research and consult other reputable sources, including your provider, to make the best decision for your own care. Talk with your own care provider before putting any information here into practice. Weigh all risks and benefits for yourself knowing that no outcome can be guaranteed. I do not know the specific details about your situation and thus I am not responsible for the outcomes of your choices. Some links may be affiliate links which provide me a small commission when you purchase through them. This does not cost you anything at all and it allows me to continue providing you with the content you love.
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    43 mins