Podcasts by Big Birth Junkie

38 • Jeni&Monique IUI Conception, Planned Birth Center Birth, Unmedicated Vaginal Breech Birth from 2019-04-16T19:00

This is a fun podcast for me because I have been on (literally) the whole journey with Jeni and Monique. I supported them with their conception and then they chos...

37 • Becky Vroom - Resilience&Strength: Modified Bedrest, Prodromal Labor, Hospital Midwife Unmedicated Birth, Cervical Tear&Postpartum Hemorrhage from 2019-04-02T19:00

Becky is an active and healthy person, so she assumed pregnancy and birth would come easily to her. Instead, she was met with many complications and challenges that forced her to slow down and t...

36 • Jamie Batten: 3 babies, 3 pregnancies and 3 very different postpartums. Hyperemisis, Formula Feeding, Breastfeeding, Induction, Water Birth, Hospital Birth, Testicular Tortion from 2019-03-19T19:00

“There are all different normals”. That basically sums up the 3 very different pregnancies, births and post partum period for Jamie Batten. We cover a lot of grou...

35 • Amy Meyers: Mother of 3, Pitocin Inductions, Epidurals, Waterbirth, Homebirth, Post Partum Depression` from 2019-03-12T07:00

Amy lives in Utah with her husband and is the mother of 3 children (all under the age of 3!). The first two were born in the hospital and both were pitocin induct...

34 • Faith Freeman : Eldest of 10 Children, Homebirth Midwife, Birth of her First Child at Home from 2019-03-05T20:00

Faith is the eldest of 10 children, 7 of whom were born at home. When she became pregnant with her daughter Kiss, she had an idea of what to expect, but it did no...

33 • Jessica Hooper: IUGR, Induction, Healing Shame, Loosing Control of Your "Plan" from 2019-02-26T20:00

This is not only the story of an unexpected diagnosis of IUGR and the need for a hospital induction but also how Jessica's past history influenced her current thi...

32 • Danielle Bigby: Birth Center Birth, Postpartum Struggles&Healing Bullimia from 2019-02-19T20:00

Danielle's journey to becoming a mother taught her things she never expected. She left her home in Miami to move to Los Angeles and found a new strength she did n...

31 • Sera Bonds: Birthing Oversees in Israel from 2019-02-12T08:00

Sera and Adam took the time to talk with me about what it is like birthing overseas as foreigners in a foreign land.

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30 • Tessa&Chase Benz: 2 Home Births, Parent 2 Children, Post Partum Challenges, Becoming a Father, Learning How to Ask for Help from 2019-02-05T20:00

Tessa always knew she wanted a homebirth and it took some time for Chase to get on board with the process, but once he got educated and started to understand the ...

29 • Jana&Mark Roemer : Burning Man, Home birth. PostPartum&Healing Past Taumas from 2019-01-29T20:00

Jana and Mark Roemer share their story of love, burning man and a father’s healing through the journey of parenting their son Freddie. We do a deep dive into conception, a homebirth, postpartum ...

28 • Melissa Hemphill LIVE at BIRTHFIT 2018 Summit in Austin, TX from 2019-01-22T20:00

Melissa Hemphill is a BIRTHFIT Coach Director, and Air Force Officer, Biology Instructor, CrossFit Coach, Mind Body Nutrition Coach, wife, and mom to 3 children (...

27 • Amy Dannheim LIVE from The Broken Shaker in Miami - BONUS: Discussion About Strong Abs&Possibly Preventing a Cesarean Birth from 2019-01-15T20:00

This is the first time that Amy has shared her birth journey and is doing so in front of a live audience in Miami. Amy teaches yoga and prepared for a homebirth that led to a hospital transport ...

26 • Alex Winkelman : Homebirth Transport with a C-Section from 2019-01-08T20:00

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25 • Cara, Dawn, Jim&Paul - Modern Day Intentional Family, 2 Dads, 2 Mothers and 1 Child, Conception, HIV, Insemination and Homebirth from 2019-01-01T20:00

A man, a woman, a white picket fence and 2.3 children is the fantasy that I was raised on and has been long gone in many cultures for a while. Families come in al...

24 • Jenny Silva and her Mother Maria Silva LIVE at PCMA: Judy Chicago Special Series - Intergenerational Birthing, Mexican Traditions, Homebirth, Grandmother’s Perspective and Birthing 11 Children from 2018-12-25T08:00

Jenny Silva is a local doula who holds within her in the ancient wisdom passed down to her by her ancestors. It was an honor to share sacred space (or what I like...

23 • Arista Ilona - Unplanned pregnancy, never wanted children, homebirth transport, cesarean birth and co-parenting from 2018-12-18T08:00

After embracing an unplanned pregnancy Arista Ilona moved forward preparing for her dream homebirth. After she transported to a hospital she had an unexpected c-s...

22 • Sam Huggins - Conception, 2 Births, Going from 1 to 2 children, Precipitous Labor, Doulas&Postpartum Challenges from 2018-12-11T08:00

This is a special podacst for me because you really get a peak into my world and listen to what happens when a group of doulas and birth junkies get together to l...

21 • Jennica Schwartzman&Family - HVBAC (Home Vaginal Birth After a Cesarean) of her 2nd Child from 2018-12-05T02:52:52

This is a story of renewed faith. It is about believing in one's body and asking for support.

Despite being told by ...

20 • Lauren Archer: Gestational Diabetes, Vegan Diet, Natural Induction, Possibly Transport&Homebirth from 2018-11-27T08:00

Lauren Archer, who you may know as the vagina behind the policy changes for IG and FB around showing vaginal births, shares her journey into becoming a mother tha...

19 • Amber Lestrange - Home Waterbirth, Ectopic Pregnancy, Postpartum Thoughts&Healing of Hormonal Imbalances from 2018-11-20T20:00

Today we are talking with We are going to talk with one half of the podcast & blog The Mother Loving Future a...

18 • Lorena Garcia LIVE in Phoenix - Two Miscarriages from MTHFR, Birthing&Post Partum Stories from 2018-11-13T20:00

Lorena Garcia was born and raised in Mexico City and comes from a cu...

17 • Dee Poku - Birthing in Manhattan and Parenting Wisdom from 2018-11-06T20:00

Dee Poku who is a British New Yorker by way of Ghana.  Dee is the Co-Founder and CEO of Listen

16 • Mara Hoffman: Twin Loss, Bed Rest&Birth (The Judy Chicago Series) from 2018-10-30T19:00

TRIGGER WARNING * we talk about prenatal loss *

Known for her world-renowned fashion line Mara Hoffman is an ...

15 • MINISODE: The Judy Chicago Series: Maternity Clothing and Working Mothers - Ariane Goldman from 2018-10-25T19:00

Welcome to a special Mini-Sode with Ariane Goldman, the creator and CEO of the maternity fashion line HATCH. We get into the nitty-gritty of maternity fashion as we d...

14 • Genevive Slonim - Birthing in Foreign Land (The Birth of her First Child) from 2018-10-23T19:00

Genevive has been deeply active in peace activism and social justice work for over 20 years. 10 years ago she found herself pregnant in a foreign country with no comm...

13 • Katie Vigos - An Unmediated Hosptial Birth&A Bliss-filled Home Birth from 2018-10-16T19:00

Katie Vigos is a Registered Nurse and mother of three boys in Los Angeles, California who is best known for her popular IG feed Listen

12 • Lindsey Bliss and her doula Sam Huggins - Home Birth of baby #7 from 2018-10-09T19:00

Lindsey Bliss has devoted her life to all things birth, as both ...

11 • The Judy Chicago Series: A Conversation with the Artist Judy Chicago from 2018-10-02T19:00

When I was first asked to be a part of this special series of birth art for the Pasadena Museum, I had no idea who Judy Chicago was. I just said "yes" because I'm a b...

10 • Hannah Roloson and her sister Kamala: Birthing in Community, Turning a Breech Baby (The Judy Chicago Series) from 2018-09-25T19:00

Hannah and Kamala grew up in a community where childbirth was celebrated and an inclusive community event. When Hannah got pregnant there was no doubt in her mind tha...

9 • Erin Battles: Birth Center Transport, Breastfeeding Challenges (The Judy Chicago Series_ from 2018-09-18T19:00

Before Erin gave birth to her son, she didn’t spend a lot of time worrying about breastfeeding. Once he was born, however, they experienced their share of difficulties. She and her son had a lon...

9 • Erin Battles: Birth Center Transport, Breastfeeding Challenges (The Judy Chicago Series_ from 2018-09-18T19:00

Before Erin gave birth to her son, she didn’t spend a lot of time worrying about breastfeeding. Once he was born, however, they experienced their share of difficulties. She and her son had a lon...

8 • Faith Hitchon : Being a Single Mother (The Judy Chicago Series) from 2018-09-11T19:00

Faith Hitchon shares with us her pregnancy, labor and postpartum journey. And specifically the day she became a single mama. 

Please note, we have a *tr...

7 • Renee Watkins : Loving Your Stretch Marks (The Judy Chicago Series) from 2018-09-04T19:00

Renee first noticed she had stretch marks when she was 14 and remembers thinking “Does this mean I’m ugly? Are people going to think I’m ugly?”

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6 • Sarranya Chinna: Birthing in India, Csection, Family (The Judy Chicago Series) from 2018-08-28T19:00

Sarranya is from India and lives in a joint family that includes not only her husband and children but also her In-laws and the family elders. There is a lot of community support when a woman ge...

5 • Natalie Raymond : Never Wanting Children&Getting Your Tubes Tied (The Judy Chicago Series) from 2018-08-21T19:00

Natalie always knew that she never wanted to be a mom. Every year since she was a teenager she asked her doctors to have her tubes...

4 • Rhonda Edelstein: Water Breaking (The Judy Chicago Series) from 2018-08-14T19:00

Rhonda is the mother of two beautiful children, both of whom were born at the hospital. There was an expectation on the 2nd birth, because of the ease of her first bi...

3 • Kelly&Jason McKnight: Baby Crowning at the Hospital (The Judy Chicago Series) from 2018-08-07T19:00

When Kelly gave birth to her 3rd child in the hospital she kept
saying, "I need to push!" but was dismissed by the nurse. She was blessed to have her mom in the room who took control becau...

2 • Melissa and Travis Fischer : 4 children, 4 different births including 2 Adoptions (The Judy Chicago Series) from 2018-07-31T19:00

Melissa and Travis Fischer reshape my perception of adoption as they
share the stories of how their children entered into their family -
two of whom are biological and two of whom we...

1 • Natalie (Mimi) Dohler : 4 Births 4 Different Ways, Birth Tear&Episiotomy (The Judy Chicago Series) from 2018-07-24T19:00

So many people think that the birth of each of their babes will be just like the first one. Not true. Mimi shares the birth stories for all 4 of her children, all of whom have very different beg...

Welcome to Big Birth Junkie - Elizabeth Bachner from 2018-05-25T07:00

Dreams. Yes, literal dreams. That is how I became a midwife. In this intro podcast, I share with you my story on how I became a midwife and my intention for this podcast. Within this podcast I a...