The Midwives Podcast

In this episode, we explore what it was like to give birth during the uncertainty of early COVID hospital policies—and what it taught us about informed choice and self-advocacy. Through one mother’s experience, we talk about setting boundaries, navigating hospital systems, and understanding your rights in birth. This conversation is a reminder that even in times of restriction and fear, your voice and intuition matter.

In this episode of The Midwife’s Podcast, hosts Margie and Amy talk with Courtney—a birth worker and mother of three—about her first pregnancy and childbirth. At just 21, Courtney entered birth with little understanding of its depth and complexity, expecting a straightforward hospital experience. As her pregnancy unfolded, curiosity led her to explore birth options, interventions, and midwifery care.
Her first birth turned out to be far more intense than expected—a fast, disorienting hospital experience filled with interventions she didn’t fully understand at the time. Later, she realized that some of those practices contributed to her difficult postpartum recovery.
Now a doula, Courtney reflects on how her perspective has evolved. What once felt like a “good” birth experience has become a powerful lesson in the importance of informed choice, physiological birth, and self-advocacy. Today, she channels her own story into supporting others—helping parents ask the right questions, understand their options, and make empowered decisions for their births.

In this episode, Yanill returns to share the story of her second birth—a deeply intentional and empowering home birth after navigating a more medicalized first experience. She reflects on how she carefully chose her midwives, asked hard questions, and committed to caring for her body through nutrition, movement, and mindful preparation.
When labor began gently at home, Yanni trusted her instincts, breathing through contractions and allowing her body to lead. Within just a few hours, surrounded by her midwives and husband, she welcomed her baby boy in the birth pool—a peaceful, instinctive experience she describes as “supernatural.”
Yanni also speaks about the importance of planning for postpartum—from freezing meals and arranging family help to finding community and support as a mother. Her story is a reminder that intention, preparation, and trust can transform not only birth but recovery and motherhood itself.

In this heartfelt episode of The Midwives Podcast, Yanni shares the story of her first birth—a journey that began as a planned home birth and transformed into a hospital experience. She reflects on navigating relocation, building trust with her midwife and doula, and processing the emotional shifts that came with unexpected changes to her birth plan. With honesty and grace, Yanni explores themes of support, informed choice, and finding peace when birth unfolds differently than imagined.

In this episode of The Midwives Podcast, Ernestine returns to share the story of her second birth — a journey guided not only by her own trust and surrender but also by her midwife’s deep intuition. Together, we explore how experience, instinct, and connection shaped a birth that unfolded with ease and confidence. It’s a story about listening — to the body, to the moment, and to the quiet knowing that guides both mother and midwife.

In this episode of The Midwives Podcast, hosts Margie and Amy sit down with Ernestine, a registered dietitian and first-time mom who shares her journey from IVF to an empowering home birth. Ernestine opens up about how her background in healthcare shaped her birth choices, her decision to seek a heartfelt, supported experience through midwifery care, and how she prepared for labor with education, hypnobirthing, and the right birth team.
From early contractions that didn’t quite feel “real,” to eating Chick-fil-A mid-labor, to the quiet peace of meeting her baby at home, Ernestine’s story beautifully captures the strength, humor, and trust that birth invites. She also shares wisdom for new parents navigating their own choices—encouraging education, self-trust, and finding a care team that honors your values.
This is a tender, grounded conversation about birth after IVF, informed choice, and the deep empowerment that comes from knowing yourself and your body.

In this episode of The Midwife’s Podcast, co-host Margie opens her heart to share the story of her very first birth in the early 1990s. From the cultural messages she inherited about motherhood, to her fear and uncertainty around labor, and the unexpected beauty of meeting her baby for the first time, Margie reflects on how that experience shaped her both as a mother and as a midwife. She speaks candidly about the lack of informed choice, the challenges of hospital birth practices of that era, and how her journey began to dismantle the myths she had believed about birth and motherhood. This tender and powerful story reminds us how birth can transform us—and why informed, compassionate care matters for every family.

In this episode of The Midwives Podcast, we sit down with a mother who courageously shares her journey from a traumatic emergency C-section at 21 to a powerful, unmedicated VBAC ten years later. With humor, honesty, and heart, she takes us through the fears she carried, the trust she built in her body, and the unforgettable moment her baby was born. This story is one of resilience, instinct, and the transformative power of birth.
 
Welcome to the Midwife PodcastWhere every birth story is worth telling—and worth hearing.
Hosted by real midwives with real experience, this podcast brings you unfiltered, emotionally rich birth stories from families who began care with a midwife—whether they birthed at home, in a birth center, or transferred to a hospital. Every Monday, we release a new episode featuring raw, beautiful, funny, and sometimes heartbreaking stories that shine a light on what it really means to give birth on your own terms.
Whether you’re expecting your first baby, working in birth work, or simply fascinated by the power of human stories, this podcast invites you into the sacred space of birth from voices not often heard in mainstream media.
🎧 New episodes drop every Monday🔗 Learn more, connect, and submit your story at
http://TheMidwifePodcast.com

In this episode, Emily shares the deeply personal story of her first birth. She takes us through the rush of emotions in the delivery room, the choice to get a cesarean, and the quiet moments afterward that left her feeling unexpectedly alone. With raw honesty, Emily opens up about the highs, the lows, and what it means to find yourself in the middle of such a life-changing experience.
Welcome to the Midwife Podcast: Where every birth story is worth telling—and worth hearing.
Hosted by real midwives with real experience, this podcast brings you unfiltered, emotionally rich birth stories from families who began care with a midwife—whether they birthed at home, in a birth center, or transferred to a hospital. Every Monday, we release a new episode featuring raw, beautiful, funny, and sometimes heartbreaking stories that shine a light on what it really means to give birth on your own terms.
Whether you’re expecting your first baby, working in birth work, or simply fascinated by the power of human stories, this podcast invites you into the sacred space of birth from voices not often heard in mainstream media.
🎧 New episodes drop every Monday🔗 Learn more, connect, and submit your story at
http://TheMidwifePodcast.com
 

Welcome to the Midwife Podcast: Where every birth story is worth telling—and worth hearing.
Hosted by real midwives with real experience, this podcast brings you unfiltered, emotionally rich birth stories from families who began care with a midwife—whether they birthed at home, in a birth center, or transferred to a hospital. Every Monday, we release a new episode featuring raw, beautiful, funny, and sometimes heartbreaking stories that shine a light on what it really means to give birth on your own terms.
Whether you’re expecting your first baby, working in birth work, or simply fascinated by the power of human stories, this podcast invites you into the sacred space of birth from voices not often heard in mainstream media.
🎧 New episodes drop every Monday🔗 Learn more, connect, and submit your story at
http://TheMidwifePodcast.com