Peaceful Homebirth Podcast | Homebirth Preparation for Christian Women & Healing from Birth Trauma

Ep 78//Midwife on Trial: A Story of Loss and of Victory with Angee Hock

TRIGGER WARNING!! This is a story of a traditional midwife put on trial for a loss of a sweet baby in NE. If you are currently pregnant there may be something in here that are triggering for you. 
 
Angee Hock, the Nebraska Birth Keeper, has been invested in the birth world for 19 years, and has served in traditional midwifery and holistic wellness since 2017. Since then, she has faced repeated counts of government over-reach, including a 3 1/2 yr. legal battle, all in The State of Nebraska. Angee has a passion for human and parental rights and autonomy, and serves as a supporter and advocate for families who choose to own their path and stand on their rights in healthcare and birth.
 
We talk about the loss of sweet baby Vera as well as Angee's story of being charged, jailed and put on trial over a 3 1/2 yr long journey. She fights hard for women who want the option to birth at home with assistance and her story is going to be used to further that mission. She graciously came on to share and it's a story that will hopefully ignite passion in each listener to fight for what is right despite the risks. 
 
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Ep 77//Radical Responsibility and Free Thinking with CPM Heather Whitley

Heather Whitley is a busy home birth midwife in Salt Lake City, UT. She has been practicing for 12 years while raising her family. She educated her children at home for 15 years and was an adjunct instructor at two midwifery colleges. Most of them are off to or out of college. She channeled her spare time, vast clinical experience and love of teaching into creating the Midwife Companion online course. Designed for pregnant women in OB care, who seek more dialog on pregnancy testing and options than they are getting in ten minute face times with their OBs, from the combined clinical and holistic viewpoint of a successful midwife. The intent of this course is to get women thinking freely and independently about their pregnancy and birth.
 
Connect with Heather:
Professional Instagram @segolilymidwife
www.Segolilymidwife.com
Personal Instagram @shabbyski
 
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Ep 77//Uninformed to Empowered a Birth Story of Medical Inductions to Homebirth with Bekah Yawn

Today's Homebirth story features Bekah Yawn. She shares her story of her two medical inductions and how she ended up choosing to Homebirth with her now 6 week old. This is an encouraging story that goes to show being cherished by your support team can mean the world and make all the difference in your birth experience. 
 
Bekah Yawn has worked with dozens of women and couples nationwide to empower them in their fertility health. With a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and graduating top in her class in FEMM certification, she is well respected in the fertility education community. As a FEMM teacher and certified Hormone Coach, she can help any woman learn magnitudes about her body and how to support it naturally through utilizing her FEMM Hormone Harmony program.
 
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www.fertilitysetfree.com
IG: @bekah.yawn
 
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Ep 76//Spiritual Connection and the Benefit of Community Birth: Zyon’s Birth Story

Coming to you with the story of our first son's birth after 3 girls! It's real, it's raw, it's exactly the birth story it needed to be! I talk about the benefits of community birth and protecting your space, the hard parts where I felt very disconnected and how your intuition or the Holy Spirit knows best!
 
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Ep 75// Mindset Matters and Other VBAC Talk with Petra

After a long and wonderful maternity leave The Empowered Birth Podcast is BACK!
 
Petra joins me on the show as we talk about her VBAC3C story and all things mindset. Mom to 4 kids, works as a Doula, birth educator, advocate for VBAC, and mindset coach in the Central Valley of California. Petra works as a Mindset Coach for ambitious women who are ready to shed their fearful skin to strengthen their authenticity and empower them to not only become healthier mentally but to also have the birth and postpartum journey they've dreamt of without letting fear hold them back. You won't want to miss this one.
 
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Facebook: Birthing Come True
Instagram: @birthing_come_true
Email: Petra@birthingcometrue.com
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Ep 74//When You Don’t Feel Heard by Your Provider and Healing from PTSD with Amanda Janzen

 
This will be the last episode before baby mcclain#4 comes into this world! Who knows by the time this gets posted I may have a little baby in my arms. I will be posting updates and hopefully some videos and pictures shortly after birth over on my Patreon for members only! Members will be the first ones to hear my birth story!
 
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Today Amanda shares her birth story and is open and honest about her struggle and healing journey of birth trauma. I’m so happy I got to speak with her about this topic because her trauma had come in the third stage of pregnancy. 
 
This is a story of not being listened to and the consequences and trauma that happen when the medical system fails. This is an emotional episode so if you’re pregnant right now you may want to skip this episode!
 
Amanda shares one of the most helpful tools she has used to overcome PTSD! 
 
This is a powerful episode and you won’t want to miss!
Amanda Janzen, momma of two, is a “retired” OB nurse and now the owner of The Midwest Momma Collective where she practices as an (IBCLC) lactation consultant and birth/postpartum doula. She had a traumatic hospital birth with her first baby and has since had a healing “home away from home” birth with her second during the Covid-19 pandemic. With nearly identical labors/births and postpartum complications, she knows the importance of trauma informed care and the lasting impact trauma has in the postpartum period.
 
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IG @midwest.momma.collective
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Ep 73//Midwife Delivery Death Trial Recap- Thoughts and Musings from a Nebraska Homebirth Mom

Last week was huge when it comes to Homebirth in Nebraska! Angela Hock, a Direct Entry or "self proclaimed" midwife stood her ground against the medical mafia in Nebraska and won! She was found "Not Guilty" on charges by the State of child abuse and neglect that lead to death.
 
While we can mourn the tragedy of a baby dying we can also rejoice in justice and in hope that one day laws will be changed to enable women to birth on their own terms with whom they want present at the most spiritual and transformational event of her life. 
 
Thank you to #courttv for airing this trial so we can all see the truth and evidence. 
 
I am not a lawyer and cannot pretend to know the ins and outs of this case so this is solely for entertainment purposes and to get an insight on some of my thoughts as a Homebirth mom x3! 
 
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Ep 72//Tongue Ties A Fad? Thoughts From A Wholistic Dentist and Airway Expert Dr. Molly Hayes

Today I have a wonderful guest on the show, Dentist extraordinaire, and airway expert, Dr Molly Hayes! I had a great time speaking with her about all things breastfeeding and airway including lip and tongue ties. It was a super informative interview and I asked some hard questions including, “is the correction of tongue ties a fad?”
 
She also discusses how she turned from conventional dentist into a wholistic one! It was so fun to listen to her journey.
 
We had a wonderful conversation and I can’t wait for you to listen in!
 
 
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@drmollyhayes
drmollyhayes.com
 
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Ep 71//The Spiritual Power of Birth with Rebecca Twomey

Today my guest is Rebecca Tomey. She is a wife, mom and podcast host of The Radiant Mission. Rebecca shares her story of her two births. The first one being an unnecessary c-section and the second being a free birth at home. We then take a deep dive into the spiritual aspects of birth including warfare, witches, warlocks and the authority that we have in Jesus! 
 
This is a two part interview. The second half of this interview will be for members only. To finish listening to our conversation go to patreon.com/empoweredbirthpodcast and sign up for any amount. You won’t want to miss it!
 
Connect with Rebecca
Website: https://www.theradiantmission.com
Blog: https://www.theradiantmission.com/blog
Podcast: https://theradiantmission.buzzsprout.com
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Ep 70//Bailey’s Birth Story- Becoming Empowered and Confident About Your Birth

One of the biggest ways I try to promote this mindset shift around birth is normalizing it! Women have been having babies since the dawn of time. We need to get back to the basics so hearing stories from women who have been down that path before us is powerful. Today I have a great guest on the show sharing her story of an empowered and confident birth center birth. We talked through her decision making, processing her first birth, postpartum depression and how she decided that she was going to have it different this time!
 
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