In this episode with Anna, we get to hear about her early losses and then her first full-term pregnancy and unassisted home birth.

Anna chose an unassisted birth and also a “wild” pregnancy, rooted in the firm belief that it is God alone who sustains her baby. Along the way she and her husband had to address fears, endure an unexpected more, and handle the disapproval of family members regarding their choices. But they knew deep down that free birth best fit Anna’s personality and relationship, so they persevered.

However, they did dip into the hospital setting more than once, utilizing it for help as needed. In one instance, it provided the reassurance they needed to continue, and in the other instance it created a lot of hurt.

We hope you enjoy her story!

Birth Story Disclaimer

The choices, beliefs and opinions of the mamas sharing their stories are as individual as the storyteller herself and do not necessarily reflect the beliefs or recommended choices of Lauren and/or Brooke.

SHOW NOTES “FOOTER”

• Email us to say hi: holywildbirth@gmail.com

• Hang out with us in the Rooted In Eden PMA (off-facebook, private community)

• Put in a request for future topics and/or submit a question for future Q&A episodes: Fill out the form

• Get on the waitlist for the next cohort of Hearthmother Journey

• Apply to tell your birth story on the podcast: sisterbirth.com/podcast-guest

From Lauren:

• Instagram

• Midwifery consults: Email lauren.rootedineden@gmail.com

From Brooke:

• Instagram

• Trust God, Trust Birth Workshop - a 5-part high-level roadmap to a confident home birth (pay what you can)

• Faith-Filled Home Birth Workshop - a free, 3-part video series delivered to your inbox

• Embrace Birth Journey - comprehensive and holistic faith-based home birth preparation (courses + private community)

Show Notes:

Adriana is a mom saved by grace in more ways than one. Saved out of witchcraft and unto the Lordship of Christ, she experienced a disappointing and difficult birth and postpartum with her first child. But as she grew, she experienced Jesus' gracious leadership and said YES to Him as it pertained to growing her family. You’ll hear about how that one YES resulted in myriad miracles within and around her and culminated in a sweet and redemptive unassisted birth and postpartum.

Mentioned in our "ad": hearthmotherjourney.com

You can find Adriana in the following places:

• Instagram: @‌thehallowedbirth

• Website: www.thehallowedbirth.com

• Photographer: @‌lifeandlens_photography

  
  

  Birth Story Disclaimer

  The choices, beliefs and opinions of the mamas sharing their stories are as individual as the storyteller herself and do not necessarily reflect the beliefs or recommended choices of Lauren and/or Brooke.

  
  

  SHOW NOTES “FOOTER”

  • Email us to say hi: holywildbirth@gmail.com

  • Hang out with us in the Rooted In Eden PMA (off-facebook, private community)

  • Put in a request for future topics and/or submit a question for future Q&A episodes: Fill out the form

  • Get on the waitlist for the next cohort of Hearthmother Journey

  • Apply to tell your birth story on the podcast: Holy Wild Birth Podcast : Guest Application

  From Lauren:

  • Instagram

  • Midwifery consults: Email lauren.rootedineden@gmail.com

  From Brooke:

  • Instagram

  • Trust God, Trust Birth Workshop - a 5-part high-level roadmap to a confident home birth (pay what you can)

  • Faith-Filled Home Birth Workshop - a free, 3-part video series delivered to your inbox

  • Embrace Birth Journey - comprehensive and holistic faith-based home birth preparation (courses + private community)

  
  

If you've been here any amount of time, you'll know that we are all about autonomy when it comes to pregnancy and birth work. The other side of the coin is responsibility. Sometimes both pregnant women and birth attendants can act irresponsibly with their autonomy, and that's what this episode is about.

Mentioned in this episode:

• Hearthmother Journey
• Past episode on Autonomy and Radical Responsibility

SHOW NOTES “FOOTER”

Email us to say hi:

Hang out with us in the

(off-facebook, private community) Put in a request for future topics and/or submit a question for future Q&A episodes:

Get on the

for the next cohort of

(we start in April, and again in October) Apply to tell your birth story on the podcast:

From Lauren:

Midwifery consults: Email lauren.rootedineden@gmail.com

From Brooke:

- a 5-part high-level roadmap to a confident home birth (pay what you can)

- a free, 3-part video series delivered to your inbox

- comprehensive and holistic faith-based home birth preparation (courses + private community)

Ever wish you could attend a home birth with Lauren and Brooke? Well, in this episode, you'll get a taste of that experience.

Full disclosure: we ourselves would also love to attend a birth together, but with states between us we haven't been able to.

We wrote up a hypothetical home birth scenario for a fictional character named Josephine, and in this episode, we walk you through how we'd apply the steps of The Way Of The Hearthmother from the moment we get called in, through the labor and birth, and the immediate postpartum.

Whether you're an aspiring or current birth attendant, or an expectant mama, we hope this gives you some practical and applicable tips for applying these beautiful principles to labor and birth.

Mentioned in this episode:

• The Way of the Hearthmother (podcast episode to listen to FIRST if you haven't already)
• Hearthmother Journey: Raising Up the Next Generation of Holy, Wild Birthkeepers (NOW enrolling through Sept 25th).
• Hearthmother Journey Open House REPLAY (watch this to get a look inside the program and to hear our students talk about their experiences with it).

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SHOW NOTES “FOOTER”

• Email us to say hi: holywildbirth@gmail.com

• Put in a request for future topics and/or submit a question for future Q&A episodes: Fill out the form

• Apply to tell your birth story on the podcast: http://sisterbirth.com/podcast-guest

• Join Natural Christian Home Birth (Assisted and Unassisted) - a FB community

• Become a holy, wild birthkeeper with us inside Hearthmother Journey

From Lauren:

• Instagram

• Midwifery consults: Email lauren.rootedineden@gmail.com

From Brooke:

• Instagram

• Trust God, Trust Birth Workshop - a 5-part high-level roadmap to a confident home birth (pay what you can)

• Faith-Filled Home Birth Workshop - a free, 3-part video series delivered to your inbox

• Embrace Birth Journey - comprehensive and holistic faith-based home birth preparation (courses + private community)

Ok, so maybe you wouldn't expect to hear a conversation on Holy Wild Birth about the educational choices we've made for our kids. It doesn't seem immediately relevant, we know.

But it is. Because we got requests for this, we're going to passionately get on our soapboxes about the beauty of the unschooling lifestyle and it's benefits for children.

And then we're going to bring it home by tying it in with autonomous, undisturbed childbirth AND the pathways we take to becoming birth workers, too.

As promised, here are some of our favorite resources of learning more about the unschooling life.

To learn more about Hearthmother Journey and get on the waitlist for early enrollment in the October 2024 cohort, go here.

SHOW NOTES “FOOTER”

• Email us to say hi: holywildbirth@gmail.com

• Put in a request for future topics and/or submit a question for future Q&A episodes: Fill out the form

• Apply to tell your birth story on the podcast: sisterbirth.com/podcast-guest

• Join Natural Christian Home Birth (Assisted and Unassisted) - a FB community

From Lauren:

• Instagram

• Midwifery consults: Email lauren.rootedineden@gmail.com

From Brooke:

• Instagram

• Trust God, Trust Birth Workshop - a 5-part high-level roadmap to a confident home birth (pay what you can)

• Faith-Filled Home Birth Workshop - a free, 3-part video series delivered to your inbox

• Embrace Birth Journey Membership - comprehensive and holistic faith-based home birth preparation (courses + private community)

In this episode we discuss finding the balance of showing up in a birth space with skill and confidence while also respecting the process enough to not disturb it with unnecessary interventions.

Its not always the easiest thing to navigate the use of our "handy dandy" tools/skill sets but we do believe that some times doing nothing is the very something that we ought to be doing, while also having the wisdom to reach in to our tool bag when the moment deems it necessary. We hope this discussion gives you some food for thought and practical advice on navigating this question.

Mentioned in the episode:

The Way of The Hearthmother Podcast Episode

Hearthmother Journey || Raising the Next Generation of Holy Wild Birthkeepers

SHOW NOTES “FOOTER”

• Email us to say hi: ⁠⁠holywildbirth@gmail.com⁠⁠

• Put in a request for future topics and/or submit a question for future Q&A episodes: ⁠⁠Fill out the form⁠⁠

• Apply to tell your birth story on the podcast: ⁠⁠sisterbirth.com/podcast-guest⁠⁠

• Join ⁠⁠Natural Christian Home Birth (Assisted and Unassisted)⁠⁠ - a FB community
• Join Rooted in Eden PMA Might Networks Social Circle

From Lauren:

• ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠

• Midwifery consults: Email lauren.rootedineden@gmail.com

From Brooke:

• ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠

• ⁠⁠Trust God, Trust Birth Workshop⁠⁠ - a 5-part high-level roadmap to a confident home birth (pay what you can)

• ⁠⁠Faith-Filled Home Birth Workshop ⁠⁠- a free, 3-part video series delivered to your inbox

• ⁠⁠Embrace Birth Journey⁠⁠ - comprehensive and holistic faith-based home birth preparation

Here we pick up from the previous episode with the grand finale of Willow & Wren's pregnancy and their birth story!

Hear about how Lauren chose her birth team, the challenges she faced physically at the end of pregnancy, and the wild ride of giving birth to them.

Remember, Embrace Birth Journey is available for $50 off using code TWINS at checkout now through Sunday 4/28 only.

CONNECT

• Email us to say hi: holywildbirth@gmail.com

• Put in a request for future topics and/or submit a question for future Q&A episodes: Fill out the form

• Apply to tell your birth story on the podcast: sisterbirth.com/podcast-guest

• Join Natural Christian Home Birth (Assisted and Unassisted) - a FB community

From Lauren:

• Instagram

• Midwifery consults: Email lauren.rootedineden@gmail.com

From Brooke:

• Instagram

• Faith-Filled Home Birth Workshop - a free, 3-part video series delivered to your inbox

• Embrace Birth Journey - comprehensive and holistic faith-based home birth preparation courses library for unassisted and midwife-attended births