The Birth Hour - A Birth Story Podcast

Whether you are pregnant and looking for inspirational birth stories through your pregnancy, trying to conceive, breastfeeding, or postpartum; if you're a first time mom or a veteran parent of multiple children, you can learn, laugh and maybe even cry a little at these moving childbirth stories from those willing to share one of the most intimate moments of their lives.

1020| Decision to Have One More Baby After 40 - Rebecca Minkoff 11/18/2025

1019| Just-as-planned, Positive Homebirth Birth Story - Claire de Leon 11/13/2025

1018| Unmedicated Birth Center Birth with Vaginismus - Emmi Murphy 11/11/2025

1017| Surprise Breech Cesarean, Spontaneous VBAC and VBAC Induction Birth Stories - Valerie Hummel LaBounty 11/06/2025

1016| Embryo Adoption Sibling and Surprise Natural Pregnancy - Olivia Hall 11/04/2025

1015| Two Weeks of False Starts and "Barely There" Epidural Hospital Birth Story - Chanarah Romero 10/28/2025

1014| Two Birth Stories in Italy and Overcoming Breastfeeding Challenges - Danae Mercer 10/21/2025

1013| Hospital Birth Story with Postpartum Preeclampsia and HELLP Syndrome - Traci Stumpf 10/16/2025

1012| Unexpected Cesarean Birth followed by Redemptive HBAC (Homebirth After Cesarean) - Mariam Alnassim 10/14/2025

1011| Surprise Footling Breech, Homebirth Transfer Birth Story - Caitlin Thompson 10/07/2025

1010| Gestational Diabetes and Induction without Pain Medication Birth Story - Robyn El Kay 10/02/2025

1009| Three Stories: Spontaneous Triplets with Postpartum Preeclampsia and Bell’s Palsy after 26 weeks 1st Birth Due to Preeclampsia and Smooth VBAC 2nd Birth Stories - Samantha Gunney Hines 09/30/2025

1008| Journey to an Empowered Birth: 3 Hospital Birth Stories in Atlanta, GA - Anna Kleshina 09/25/2025

1007| Unmedicated Hospital Birth Story with Midwives & Doula - Haley Feickert 09/23/2025

1006| Redemptive Homebirth after Ruptured Ectopic, Secondary Infertility, and Chorionic Bump in Pregnancy - Sara Mikkelson 09/16/2025

1005| Two Happy Homebirths, Back to Back Pregnancies, and Difficult Transition to SAHM - Kiki Van Cleve 09/09/2025

1004| Power of Surrender: A Primal and Fearless RV Homebirth - Ashley Fox [Part 2] 09/04/2025

1003| Power of Surrender: A Primal and Fearless RV Homebirth - Ashley Fox [Part I] 09/02/2025

1002| Homebirth Story and Tracking Fertility After Miscarriage - Madeleine McKee 08/28/2025

1001| Positive Hospital Water Birth Story and Ancestral Wisdom and Ceremonies for Pregnancy - Justina Perry 08/26/2025

1000| IVF, Postpartum Preeclampsia, and Redemptive Repeat Cesarean Birth Story - Lauren Phillips 08/21/2025

999| First-Time Mom with a Fast, Positive, and Unmedicated Hospital Birth with a Postpartum Hemorrhage - Liza McNamara 08/19/2025

998| Two Very Different Hospital Births and Postpartum Experiences + Having Your Husband as your Doula - Jane Baecher 08/12/2025

997| Unmedicated Twin Hospital Birth and Navigating Nutrition in Pregnancy - Allegra Gast 08/07/2025

996| Epidural Hospital Birth after SROM and Epidural-Free Induction Birth Story - Kate Givhan 08/05/2025

995| Infertility & Endometriosis and Two Hospital Births: Cascade of Interventions vs Physiological Birth Stories - Gabi Freeze 07/31/2025

994| Empowering Epidural Births + Navigating Postpartum & Bottle Feeding - Jessica Pallay [rebroadcast] 07/29/2025

993| Difficult Induction, Secondary Infertility after Ectopic Pregnancy and Accidental Homebirth Story - Norah Moore 07/24/2025

992| Redemptive Pregnancy and Homebirth after a First Pregnancy and Birth Filled With Complications - Lilly Scott 07/22/2025

991| Two Years of Infertility and TTC Followed by a 'Red Tent' Homebirth and an Outdoor Homebirth after Laboring at a Hotel in a Hurricane - Bethany Meyers 07/17/2025