From trauma to triumph — Samantha and Matt’s birth story is a powerful reminder that healing is possible. After a terrifying first birth that left them both shaken, they came into baby #2’s birth with education, preparation, and a whole lot of heart. With gestational diabetes, high-risk care, and past trauma stacked against her, Samantha shares how she found ... Show More
Jul 22
The Vault Essentials: 3 Birth Plan Mistakes That Lead to Regret (And What to Do Instead)
Back by popular demand, this is one of 2026's most-listened episodes. If you're building your birth plan right now, grab your notebook and tune in, mama! What if the birth plan you worked so hard on… actually set you up for disappointment?Most moms spend hours researching, Googli ... Show More
20m 39s
Jul 2022
Thriving After Birth Trauma - with Katie Fitzgerald
Anyone who has experienced birth trauma knows it to be, well, traumatic. Two members of team THRIVE have BOTH been through it and back, so let's give a warm welcome to Katie behind the mic with Erica today as she shares her birth story and sheds light on the ongoing healing proce ... Show More
1h 8m
Jan 2024
Amber's Easeful and Healing Homebirth After Trauma
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">After a traumatic first birth experience that ended in a cesarean, Amber knew she would never give birth in a hospital again. She quickly conceived again, found a midwife she loved, and had a completely different experience the second time. </span>< ... Show More
56m 1s
May 2023
Finding Homebirth | Leah's Journey Through Birth Trauma, and Loss, to Birth Bliss
<p class="p1">Leah shares her four birth stories with us. Her journey includes suffering a serious birth injury, a devastating second trimester loss, a hospital birth after that loss, and finally, a blissful home birth.</p> <p class="p1">Of that homebirth Leah says, "I trusted my ... Show More
46m 13s
Oct 2024
78. My 50-Hour Birth Story (& What I'm Doing Differently This Time)
In this episode of The Nourishing Autism Podcast, join Brittyn for a very special and personal episode to wrap up the season. She sits down with her husband, Jack, to share the intense, raw, and incredible birth story of their first child, Sam, who is now soon to be a big brother ... Show More
48m 28s
Dec 2022
An Unplanned Cesarean at 35 Weeks and Its Aftermath
<p>Jackie shares the story of having her first baby via unplanned cesarean at 35 weeks.</p> <p>After the NICU stay, and very tough first year, she found healing in getting answers from a spiritual perspective to the "what, why and how" of that birth experience. When she was ready ... Show More
57m 22s
Feb 2024
Healing From a Homebirth Transfer
<p class="p1">Busy with graduate school, and pregnant with her first child, Christina carefully chose her birth team and planned a to have a home birth. But her birth experience took an unexpected turn when, deep into her labor, her midwife decided they needed to transfer. Her ba ... Show More
56m 33s
Oct 2023
Healing from Birth Trauma
Sometimes unexpected events during childbirth can wound a new mother. The physical scars fade, but emotional trauma can produce feelings of helplessness, shame, and defeat. How can a mother process these emotions and even embrace them as moments of courage and strength, rather th ... Show More
47m 37s