Healing Birth
Diana Forsell Tayan
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03/31/25 • 60 min
Alyssa is the oldest of six children and grew up with the unique privilege of witnessing her mother give birth at home to her five younger siblings.
Naturally, choosing a home birth for her first baby seemed like the obvious decision. She selected a local birth center and midwife. However, like many first-time mothers, as Alyssa approached 42 weeks, the pressure to induce labor began to mount. During her 41st week, her midwife performed several interventions to induce labor, including breaking her water, which put her on a tight timeline. She now had 24 hours to deliver the baby or face a transfer to the hospital. The transfer occurred, and the birth ended in a cesarean and a NICU stay. Alyssa didn’t get to hold her baby until his eighth day of life.
It was a traumatic experience, but both she and her son eventually healed.
Around 15 months postpartum, Alyssa became pregnant again. By this time, she had been researching VBAC (Vaginal Birth After Cesarean) and was determined not to give birth in a hospital again. Immersed in positive birth stories, she went on to have a completely different, redemptive second birth experience.
If you love the show, I would greatly appreciate a review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts!
Follow me on Instagram @healingbirth
Do you have a birth story you’d like to share on the podcast, or would like to otherwise connect? I love to hear from you! Send me a note at [email protected]
Check out the website for lots of other birth related offerings, and personalized support: www.healingbirth.net
Intro / Outro music: Dreams by Markvard
Podcast cover photo by Karina Jensen @karinajensenphoto
04/28/25 • 55 min
There were complications during Caroline’s first pregnancy and birth, which left her with the story that her body was broken. (You can listen to that full story from Caroline’s first appearance on the podcast here.)
After a little over a year of deep healing work — including a life-changing plant medicine ceremony — Caroline consciously conceived her second baby, leaning into trust so fully that she never even took a pregnancy test.
Although she considered freebirthing her second baby, Caroline ultimately chose to hire a traditional midwife to attend her at home. She set firm boundaries where they were needed, stepped fully into the role of sole authority over her birth experience, and emerged from this second birth with the wounds of her first finally healed.
If you love the show, I would greatly appreciate a review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts!
Follow me on Instagram @healingbirth
Do you have a birth story you’d like to share on the podcast, or would like to otherwise connect? I love to hear from you! Send me a note at [email protected]
Check out the website for lots of other birth related offerings, and personalized support: www.healingbirth.net
Intro / Outro music: Dreams by Markvard
Podcast cover photo by Karina Jensen @karinajensenphoto
03/06/21 • 21 min
I share some recent observations and thoughts I've had from listening to a LOT of VBAC stories these past few months.
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Women’s Healthcare is a Gateway Drug
Healing Birth
04/11/22 • 11 min
In this solocast I explain why.
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05/03/22 • 59 min
This is part two of a series exploring, through personal stories, how the experience of prior sexual assault can show up when we give birth.
Rebecca shares the incredible story of the birth of her fourth child, born at just 32 weeks, in a teaching hospital. This is one of the most emotionally intense stories I have ever recorded, both in its beauty and pain.
(Please note that while we do discuss sexual assault, this conversation does *not* contain a description of sexual assault).
You can follow Rebecca on instagram @cosmic_love_child
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JOIN OUR LIVE WEBINAR EVENT: Discovering Your Mothering Superpower with Emily Bruce on May 15, 2022 4PM PST https://www.healingbirth.net/event
04/28/22 • 38 min
This is part one of a two part series exploring, through personal stories, how the experience of prior sexual assault can show up when we give birth.
(Please note that this conversation does *not* contain any description of sexual assault).
You can follow Gemma @wyldbirth and www.wyldbirth.com
JOIN OUR ONLINE MEMBERSHIP HERE! https://www.healingbirth.net/membership
If you love the show, please consider supporting us on Patreon! www.patreon/healingbirth
JOIN OUR LIVE WEBINAR EVENT: Discovering Your Mothering Superpower with Emily Bruce on May 15, 2022 4PM PST https://www.healingbirth.net/event
Meet Britney | You Are Not Your Trauma
Healing Birth
03/18/20 • 42 min
Can childhood trauma affect how we experience giving birth?
This week, my guest Britney shares how trauma showed up for her in her first two birth experiences, and how she as able to totally shift it for a healing third birth. She invites a surprise guest to that birth, a story you will not want to miss.
Article link: https://birthboobsandbabies.com/2020/02/17/how-my-third-birth-began-healing-a-lifetimes-worth-of-trauma/
Follow Britney @birthboobsandbabies
Support the podcast! https://www.patreon.com/healingbirth
03/31/22 • 47 min
I love stories that illustrate how the births of our first babies (maybe every baby?) often prompt us to change and shift our lives, and this is definetly one of them.
Christine shares the story of free birthing her son in Canada. There are so many juicy elements to this one - making love during labor, having a psychedelic, out of body experience, spirit baby communication, just to name a few!
Christine also shares how, after such a powerful birth, she felt alone in the postpartum time. This prompted her to shift her life to now live in a conscious community.
Christine supports other mothers as a radical birth keeper, and you can follow her on Instagram @wildwomanmothering
JOIN OUR ONLINE MEMBERSHIP HERE! https://www.healingbirth.net/membership
If you love the show, please consider supporting us on Patreon! www.patreon/healingbirth
06/10/20 • 70 min
Most people probably wish for a fast labor. But the experience can hold a different type of trauma than you might imagine.
Join Olivia and I as we discuss her experience with miscarrying her first pregnancy, laboring so fast with her second that she describes it as an out of body experience, and how she went from delegating all decision making, to taking her power back in subsequent deliveries.
Be sure to stick around for the end, when we get into the woo stuff - manifesting a longer labor for her fourth, healing ancestral trauma, and spirit babies!
Follow Olivia - @discovermother
Support us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/healingbirth
02/24/25 • 66 min
Over the course of having six babies, Kelly’s beliefs about birth, pregnancy, and sovereignty changed drastically. She went from thinking that women who birthed outside the hospital were irresponsible and dangerous, to free birthing her last baby at 42, with only her husband by her side.
Kelly shares her entire journey with us today in the hope of encouraging other women to recognize that they are perfectly designed for birth and motherhood.
If you love the show, I would greatly appreciate a review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts!
Follow me on Instagram @healingbirth
Do you have a birth story you’d like to share on the podcast, or would like to otherwise connect? I love to hear from you! Send me a note at [email protected]
Check out the website for lots of other birth related offerings, and personalized support: www.healingbirth.net
Intro / Outro music: Dreams by Markvard
Podcast cover photo by Karina Jensen @karinajensenphoto
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FAQ
How many episodes does Healing Birth have?
Healing Birth currently has 208 episodes available.
What topics does Healing Birth cover?
The podcast is about Health & Fitness, Healing, Alternative Health, Mental Health, Midwife, Podcasts, Trauma and Birth.
What is the most popular episode on Healing Birth?
The episode title 'Becoming a Birthworker with Leisa Masters' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Healing Birth?
The average episode length on Healing Birth is 56 minutes.
How often are episodes of Healing Birth released?
Episodes of Healing Birth are typically released every 7 days.
When was the first episode of Healing Birth?
The first episode of Healing Birth was released on Dec 20, 2019.
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