In this episode, Taelor shares the story of her planned vaginal birth, turned emergency cesarean. She ended up having a positive experience, and a great postpartum even though things did not go as planned!

In this episode, Jaimee shares her two planned cesareans. Her first with her daughter was a planned cesarean due to a breech baby. Her second was also a planned cesarean, though both times Jaimee toyed with and went in to labour before-hand. So...

In this episode, Moriah shares her two incredibly fast homebirths. Her second birth was so fast she ended up having an unassisted homebirth and Moriah speaks to the pure magic and joy of that moment. 

**This episode does mention a loss** In this episode, Rebecca shares her birth story with her first son, William. She was very well supported in her pregnancy, birth, and postpartum! We discuss conception, pregnancy, and birth, and reflect on w...

In this episode, Caitie shares her precipitous hospital birth story with her first son, Owen. Caitie had a very fast active labour stage and a short pushing stage, which  surprised her, being a first time mom. We talk about expecting the u...

In this episode, Erica and I discuss her challenges with endometriosis, her pregnancy, a challenging labour in which she felt greatly unseen and unsupported, an emergency cesarian, and challenges in the postpartum period. This birth story reall...

In this episode, I share my third birth story of my baby girl. I talk about my pregnancy, planning and preparing for a home birth, a blissful home birth story, and postpartum with three kids under 4.

In this episode, Caroline talks about being in labour for 4 days, being sent home from the hospital multiple times, and the mental challenges that posed for her labour and birth, which ended in a cesarian section. We talk about a few challenges...

In this episode, Lisa shares her second birth story where she undergoes a planned cesarian. We talk about the differences between unplanned and planned cesarians, recovery, and postpartum with a toddler as well as recommendations for the postpa...

In this episode, Lisa tells the birth story of her first child, her son. She had a 46 hour labour which in the end resulted in an unplanned cesarian section. We talk about her pregnancy, marathon labour, a failed epidural, and recovering from h...

**This episode does talk about loss**In this episode, Xela shares the story of her positive homebirth experience with her second child, Maijka. We talk about the need for community and food support postpartum, and how we can work hard to ad...

**This episode does talk about loss.** In this episode, Stephanie tells the story of planning a home-birth, and her 3-day positive home birth. We discuss how she was able to cope with such a long labour, and talk about the nuances of postpartum...

In this episode, Angela shares her unmedicated hospital birth with her second son. This episode talks about baby having a bit of difficulty with breathing after birth, so please skip this episode if it does not serve you. 

In this episode, Angela shares her unmedicated hospital birth with her first son. She talks about how movement, breathing exercises, heat, and the shower really helped her to progress throughout her labour. We talk briefly about how having lots...

In this episode, Courtney shares her unmedicated hospital birth story. She wants to let everyone know that if an unmedicated birth is what they desire, they can do it. Although it had its challenges, it was possible!

In this episode, Jaclyn shares her positive medicated hospital birth story with us. We talk about how what people tell us about pregnancy, whether positively or negatively, really affects how we think and perceive how pregnancy will go, and tha...

In this episode, Jessie talks about her positive medicated hospital birth where she laughed her baby out. We talk about postpartum and finding a community of people that you can truly lean on.

In this episode, Megan shares her planned hospital birth with an epidural. Topics we cover on this episode include: stress and the effects on conception, body image in pregnancy and postpartum, the societally engrained fear of giving birth, and...

In this episode, Jessika talks about the difficulties she had when her intricately planned home birth changed to a hospital birth. She discusses the importance of picking the right people for your birth team and doing the work to make sure that...

In this episode, Xela shares the birth of her first daughter, at home. She touches upon topics like: the death of loved ones during pregnancy, speaking up and advocating for yourself about practices or procedures you do not want in pregnancy an...

In this episode, Katie shares her traumatic birth story of her daughter, Zoe, born at 27 weeks. This episode touches on hard topics such as: premature birth, placental abruption, hemorrhage, traumatic birth, and a long NICU stay.She shares ...

In this episode, Amanda talks about her unmedicated hospital birth story that she prepared so well for. She also touches on topics like trying to conceive, bonding with baby after birth, and the challenges that come with breastfeeding.L...

In this episode, Annastasia talks about her 5 day long failed induction which ended in a c-section. She discusses her struggles with Postpartum Depression and Postpartum anxiety, and trauma after birth. 

In this episode, Courtney talks about her positive homebirth experience. She also talks about her miscarriage before her pregnancy with her son, anxiety during her pregnancy, breastfeeding challenges, PPA & PPD, and how she came to navigate...

In this episode, I go over the essentials that you need for your hospital stay (specifically at VGH in Victoria, B.C.) as well as everything that the hospital provides for mom and babe during your stay.