The Natural Birth Podcast

• Our 5th Most Beloved Natural Birth Story Episode - Aimee Aroha

  I know I know, if you’ve been listening the last 2 weeks you are now expecting no 4!And no 4 is epic! It’s called “The Wisdom of Letting go and Lean into the Pain in Birth” with Stephanie. But I couldn’t retrieve the video recording of it and because the poddy is now on YouTube as well I decided to not share it.But YOU can go to thenaturalbirthpodcast.com to find it at no 4 of the top 10 episodes of all time (meaning since 2020).BUT don’t get too disappointed because this is truly one of my favs. I interviewed Aimee just as I was about to start the first round of the Sacred Birth Worker Mentorship in 2023.I didn’t know it was going to be called that at the time and used the working name the spiritual midwife program as I was still known as The Spiritual Midwife. Anyway, today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Aimee Aroha. Aimee is originally from New Zealand, today living in Australia and she is a Wild Mother and Transpersonal Birth Mentor.She generously takes us through her first hospital birth at the young age of 24 and her initiation into motherhood.We then dive into red threads, birth imprinting, rites of passages and women’s power in her rites and birth.Aimee continues to share how her life took a turn as she moved from the big city smoke of Sydney into nature in Northern NSW, meeting a new partner and then becoming pregnant again and how this time she made very different choices.She employed an independent home birth midwife for her second pregnancy but ended up birthing before her midwife arrived, and when she became pregnant a third time she decided for a fully wild pregnancy and free birth with just her family.Curious about Aimee? Find her on instagram as @aimeearohaWant to work with Anna or join The Sacred Birth Worker Mentorship?Find Anna’s Website, about her Mentorship & How to Work with Her, as well as all Links & Resources she mentions in the episode here:⁠www.sacredbirthinternational.com/links-podcast

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• Our 3rd Most Loved Episode of All Time - Kemi Joy Johnson

  So you might be wondering why I’m not sharing our top 2 today but out top 3?That’s because our top 2 is A Midwife's Top Tips on How to have a Natural Birth and I think its just time that has brought this episode up so high on the rankings. My more recent Anna Solo Episodes are so much better than this first one which I shared in 2020 just a couple of months after starting out as a podcaster. But if you wanna hear baby podcaster me sharing my midwifery tips back in the day, then head on over to thenaturalbirthpodcast.com to listen in.Oh yeah, I have a new website for the poddy!You can see and listen to the top 10 podcast episodes there, as well as all previous episodes of course!Anyways, Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Kemi Joy Johnson which is our no 3 most loved episode.The OG episode was called “6 Steps to a Natural & Empowering Birth with Kemi & Anna”.Kemi is a Mother and a former registered Midwife turned Birthkeeper & Birth Activist.She de-registered as a midwife a few years back and is now a Whistle Blower, Truth Speaker & Teacher.And we are coming on the podcast today together to have an honest conversation about the reality of our current maternity system and what you need to know and the steps you need to take to optimize your chances of having a Natural and Empowering Birth Experience whether it is in the hospital, birth center or at home!Get ready for some edgy talk and truth bombs.To have a Natural & Empowering Birth in our modern world means taking full responsibility and claiming your rite of passage!You can also download the 6 Steps that we talk about in the episode in a handy PDF to refer to as you prepare for your upcoming birth!Find it in my free resources via the link below.Curious about Kemi? Find her on instagram as @kemibirthjoyjohnsonWant to work with Anna or join The Sacred Birth Worker Mentorship?Find Anna’s Website, about her Mentorship & How to Work with Her, as well as all Links & Resources she mentions in the episode here:www.sacredbirthinternational.com/links-podcast

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• Our Most Beloved Natural Birth Story - Ellen Fisher - no 1

  Hi my loves!I have something special planned for you for the next 3 weeks as I am stepping out of the podcast studio and into the Sacred Birth Worker Gathering here on my land. Tomorrow the first mentees and graduates fly in or drive on in to my land and for the next week we are going to have so much fun!We are going on excursions to sacred sites and historical places I love and then spending the weekend in deep ceremony and sisterhood on my land.I can’t wait!And after the gathering I am taking a couple of weeks off to go to a spa with my best friend and then heading away for a midwifery conference in the south of Sweden.But!Do not despair! I’ve got you covered!I thought I’d bring back some oldies but goldies!I looked through my top 5 episodes of all time and thought “These are too good to not reshare!”.So we are starting out with no 1, Ellen Fisher’s 5 Home Birth Stories.If you don’t know Ellen, she is a mama of 5 living in Hawaii. She is a home birthing and home schooling mama who loves growing her own food and is a vegan of 18 years.She’s also a podcast host of her own podcast called The Ellen Fisher Podcast.In today’s episode you get to hear about each of her 5 natural and empowering home births. She dives on into the pearls of wisdom she gained from each and every one of them and the difference between them. Being our no 1 this episode is not to be missed!Curious about Ellen? Find her on instagram as @ellenfisherWant to work with Anna or join The Sacred Birth Worker Mentorship?Find Anna’s Website, about her Mentorship & How to Work with Her, as well as all Links & Resources she mentions in the episode here:www.sacredbirthinternational.com/links-podcast

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• Cassie’s Redemptive Home Birth after leaving the NHS

  Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Cassie.Cassie is a birthkeeper, homeopath, yoga teacher, and devoted mama of two, based in the Midlands, UK. With deep roots in holistic care and over a decade of experience, she supports women, children, and families through every season of life — offering homeopathic medicine, the frequency embodiment method, and powerful, intuitive birthkeeping. She's the only person in the world trained in all three disciplines.Cassie’s path was forged through personal transformation. After a traumatic, medicalised first birth that left her with PTSD, postnatal depression, and breastfeeding grief, she committed to deep healing. The first part of this episode explores this first traumatic birth if you don’t wish to listen to that part in your birth prep.It is filled with wisdom packaged in beautiful story telling but if you want to prime your subconscious with just the redemptive positive home birth story then go ahead and listen in at around the 30min mark.Her healing journey that she took between her first and second birth led her to reclaim her power and go on to have a completely sovereign, supported home birth with her second baby despite a broken maternity system and a difficult NHS experience up until 37 weeks when she chose to discharge herself and find a radical independent midwife.Now, Cassie helps other women by guiding them to trust their bodies, reclaim their autonomy, and create deeply aligned, sovereign birth experiences.Curious about Cassie? Find her on Instagram as @cassierosedudgon Want to work with Anna or join The Sacred Birth Worker Mentorship?Find Anna’s Website, about her Mentorship & How to Work with Her, as well as all Links & Resources she mentions in the episode here: www.sacredbirthinternational.com/links-podcast

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• Jenna’s Day Time Dream Water Birth at Home

  Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have JennaJenna is a stay-at-home mom of two who finds joy in motherhood, creativity, and the beauty of everyday life. With an English degree and a passion for writing, she explores themes of romance, faith, and family through poetry and storytelling. She hopes to one day publish her poetry and create short films that bring her words to life. When she’s not writing, she enjoys reading, exercising, and spending time outdoors with her family and two dogs. Through her work, she seeks to inspire and connect with others on the journey of motherhood and beyond. You can find her on WordPress at findingmatrescence.wordpress.comToday she shares her two birth stories. One a hospital birth after navigating prodromal labour and coached pushing with her baby aspirating meconium (or so she was told) to a her dream birth that she had visualized - a day time home water birth.Here are Jenna's pearls of wisdom for you.Want to work with Anna or join The Sacred Birth Worker Mentorship?Find Anna’s Website, about her Mentorship & How to Work with Her, as well as all Links & Resources she mentions in the episode here:⁠ www.sacredbirthinternational.com/links-podcast

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