Big Birth Junkie

Birth. It is everywhere. Literally. Every day with each birth there are new stories to be told, wisdom to be shared and knowledge to be learned. Elizabeth Bachner sees birth in a unique way: As life lessons that help us grow as spiritual beings having human experiences. Childbirth is her prose, her jam, and her calling. We are your safe space for the sharing of those experiences from all different perspectives and many walks of life. Through curious conversation and storytelling, there is always something new to learn about how amazing we are as humans in body, mind, and spirit!. BBJ is packed with practical advice and helpful tips. We will discuss not only the joys and triumphs, but we go there - towards the challenges to learn how they were navigated so you can learn how resilient and strong we are. We talk with the pregnant person, their partner(s), the doula, midwives, OBs, and grandparents - anyone who was part of the birth! We will cover it all - pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period. Join us to not only listen and be inspired but to feed your mind, open your heart and let your inner Birth Junkie out!!

38 • Jeni & Monique IUI Conception, Planned Birth Center Birth, Unmedicated Vaginal Breech Birth 04/16/2019

37 • Becky Vroom - Resilience & Strength: Modified Bedrest, Prodromal Labor, Hospital Midwife Unmedicated Birth, Cervical Tear & Postpartum Hemorrhage 04/02/2019

37 • Becky Vroom - Resilience & Strength: Modified Bedrest, Prodromal Labor, Hospital Midwife Unmedicated Birth, Cervical Tear & Postpartum Hemorrhage Becky is an active and healthy person, so she assumed pregnancy and birth would come easily to her. Instead, she was met with many complications and challenges that forced her to slow down and take it easy as she was on modified bed rest and medicated until she made it to 36 weeks. Becky experienced prodromal labor and daily contractions for the last 8 weeks of her pregnancy. When her son was finally born at 39 weeks, he came very quickly. In the immediate post-partum at the hospital, she experienced a severe post-partum hemorrhage and lost 3/4 of her blood supply because her cervix was torn during birth. The postpartum recovery was challenged by a lack of support after almost losing her life during birth. She found that people asked about the baby, but not about her and she had to return to work 6.5 weeks after giving birth. As you can imagine, she was still very much healing physically and mentally. Yes, a lot happened. Becky women are strong, and Becky is able to resource how resilient and strong she was during her son's birth. She reminds herself to this day that she was able to remain calm and do what needed to be done to save her and her baby. A real lot happened at the birth of her son, but she knows that she can handle anything now and that she will do anything she can for her child. _________ For more information about our hostess, Elizabeth Bachner, go to GraceFull.com or follow us: or . You can find our guest at IG: or Becky Marie Vroom __________ This episode is also sponsored by where you can find BBJ's host Elizabeth's free ebook Birth Planning: All the Questions to Ask and all kinds of educational videos including Childbirth Education, Advanced Doula Trainings and Lactation Support. Go to to download the ebook for free. And if you are doula, watch for it! We are doing international case reviews real soon...If you live in Los Angeles, check out for home births, water birth, and our accredited birthing center. We also have a full wellness facility with NDs, Chiropractic, Therapy, Massage, Lactation and lots of amazing classes. /episode/index/show/bigbirthjunkie/id/9401264

36 • Jamie Batten: 3 babies, 3 pregnancies and 3 very different postpartums. Hyperemisis, Formula Feeding, Breastfeeding, Induction, Water Birth, Hospital Birth, Testicular Tortion 03/19/2019

35 • Amy Meyers: Mother of 3, Pitocin Inductions, Epidurals, Waterbirth, Homebirth, Post Partum Depression` 03/12/2019

34 • Faith Freeman : Eldest of 10 Children, Homebirth Midwife, Birth of her First Child at Home 03/05/2019

33 • Jessica Hooper: IUGR, Induction, Healing Shame, Loosing Control of Your "Plan" 02/26/2019

32 • Danielle Bigby: Birth Center Birth, Postpartum Struggles & Healing Bullimia 02/19/2019

32 • Danielle Bigby: Birth Center Birth, Postpartum Struggles & Healing Bullimia Danielle's journey to becoming a mother taught her things she never expected. She left her home in Miami to move to Los Angeles and found a new strength she did not know she had for the unmedicated birth of her daughter Samaya at GraceFull's Birthing Center. That is where she thought the lessons would end, but they kept going. Becoming a mother brought a new drive to heal herself. As a former Bullimic, during her challenging postpartum adjustment, her loneliness and laziness drove her back into the shadows where she found the courage to find the root cause, which has transmuted into a newfound sense of tremendous power. Finding ways to create discipline and motivation in her life have saved her and she found her purpose: to share that with other mothers going through postpartum struggles. ___________ DRIVE by DANIELLE BIGBY Danielle is a Holistic life coach and Cofounder of MAMA CHILL (a mama daycation). You can sign up for a free discovery call to learn how to manifest the life of your dreams: Health. Love. Career. Money: , sign up for a free manifestation workshop: and look out for the soon to be released: “Launch your first business (even if you’re a mom) get unstuck and inspired.” MAMA CHILL Daycations are locared at The Palms Hotel in Miami. Even if you don’t live in miami, you can still come! It is Danielle's hope is that she may be a voice for that shadow in other postpartum mother's life. She wants to help others feel empowered to seek freedom from that shameless place and begin to live connected and listening to your body. ______________ This episode is also sponsored by where you can find BBJ's host Elizabeth's free ebook Birth Planning: All the Questions to Ask and all kinds of educational videos including Childbirth Education, Advanced Doula Trainings and Lactation Support. Go to GraceFull to download the ebook for free. And if you are doula, watch for it! We are doing international case reviews real soon...If you live in Los Angeles, check out for home births, water birth, and our accredited birthing center. We also have a full wellness facility with NDs, Chiropractic, Therapy, Massage, Lactation and lots of amazing classes. /episode/index/show/bigbirthjunkie/id/8710259

31 • Sera Bonds: Birthing Oversees in Israel 02/12/2019

30 • Tessa & Chase Benz: 2 Home Births, Parent 2 Children, Post Partum Challenges, Becoming a Father, Learning How to Ask for Help 02/05/2019

29 • Jana & Mark Roemer : Burning Man, Home birth. PostPartum & Healing Past Taumas 01/29/2019

28 • Melissa Hemphill LIVE at BIRTHFIT 2018 Summit in Austin, TX 01/22/2019

27 • Amy Dannheim LIVE from The Broken Shaker in Miami - BONUS: Discussion About Strong Abs & Possibly Preventing a Cesarean Birth 01/15/2019

26 • Alex Winkelman : Homebirth Transport with a C-Section 01/08/2019

25 • Cara, Dawn, Jim & Paul - Modern Day Intentional Family, 2 Dads, 2 Mothers and 1 Child, Conception, HIV, Insemination and Homebirth 01/01/2019

24 • Jenny Silva and her Mother Maria Silva LIVE at PCMA: Judy Chicago Special Series - Intergenerational Birthing, Mexican Traditions, Homebirth, Grandmother’s Perspective and Birthing 11 Children 12/25/2018

23 • Arista Ilona - Unplanned pregnancy, never wanted children, homebirth transport, cesarean birth and co-parenting 12/18/2018

22 • Sam Huggins - Conception, 2 Births, Going from 1 to 2 children, Precipitous Labor, Doulas & Postpartum Challenges 12/11/2018

21 • Jennica Schwartzman & Family - HVBAC (Home Vaginal Birth After a Cesarean) of her 2nd Child 12/05/2018

20 • Lauren Archer: Gestational Diabetes, Vegan Diet, Natural Induction, Possibly Transport & Homebirth 11/27/2018

19 • Amber Lestrange - Home Waterbirth, Ectopic Pregnancy, Postpartum Thoughts & Healing of Hormonal Imbalances 11/20/2018

18 • Lorena Garcia LIVE in Phoenix - Two Miscarriages from MTHFR, Birthing & Post Partum Stories 11/13/2018

18 • Lorena Garcia LIVE in Phoenix - Two Miscarriages from MTHFR, Birthing & Post Partum Stories Lorena Garcia was born and raised in Mexico City and comes from a culture that revolves around community and family. Lorena shares with us her full journey into parenthood - from the heartbreak of her first two miscarriages to finding joy and ease through her postpartum choices. Lorena's postpartum experiences combined with her deep Mexican heritage (that put emphasis on taking care of the new mother is a priority) became the impetus for becoming a "mompreneur" and creating Majka, wholesome nutrition for motherhood. Join us for an hour of heartbreak, joy and a few good laughs. _________ For more information to go: or follow us: or our guest: or ovemajka on IG. __________ We want to give a HUGE thanks to our sponsors, without whom you would not be able to listen to this information so you know your choices! took the nutritional needs of new moms, worked with a brilliant team of professional nutritionists, and created yummy cookies and tasty shakes that not only fulfilled the fundamental nutrition you and your baby needs, we also included ingredients that support lactation and are meant to help increase breast milk supply. A Big THANK YOU to for hosting our live taping in Arizona. (Check them out if you live in AZ check them out as they have a great pregnancy and postpartum community!) where you can find BBJ's host Elizabeth's free ebook: Birth Planning: All the Questions to Ask and all kinds of educational videos including Childbirth Education, Birth Worker Trainings and Lactation Classes. If you live in Los Angeles and are curious about birthing outside of a hospital, check out our midwives for home births, water birth, and our accredited birthing center (where we are in-network for Blue Shield!) We also have a full wellness facility with NDs, Chiropractic, Therapy, Massage, Lactation and lots of amazing classes. /episode/index/show/bigbirthjunkie/id/7552961

17 • Dee Poku - Birthing in Manhattan and Parenting Wisdom 11/06/2018

16 • Mara Hoffman: Twin Loss, Bed Rest & Birth (The Judy Chicago Series) 10/30/2018

15 • MINISODE: The Judy Chicago Series: Maternity Clothing and Working Mothers - Ariane Goldman 10/25/2018

14 • Genevive Slonim - Birthing in Foreign Land (The Birth of her First Child) 10/23/2018

13 • Katie Vigos - An Unmediated Hosptial Birth & A Bliss-filled Home Birth 10/16/2018

13 • Katie Vigos - An Unmediated Hosptial Birth & A Bliss-filled Home Birth Katie Vigos is a Registered Nurse and mother of three boys in Los Angeles, California who is best known for her popular IG feed which led the way to allow for #uncensoredchildbirth photos on both IG and FB. Her first son was born in a hospital in 2007. While she was able to experience an unmedicated, vaginal birth without complications, she felt unsupported by the staff and pressured to accept interventions she didn't need. She was fortunate to have her husband's constant, loving presence throughout the intense 22-hour labor. In 2010 her second son was born into her arms in the comfort of her family home. His birth was euphoric and everything she had hoped for-- a spiritual awakening, a rite of passage, and a rebirth as a stronger and more powerful woman. Katie and I met back in the day when she had about 2000 followers and we became fast friends over our mutual love of how amazing the female body truly is! In this episode, we go into detail about the first two births. The birth of her 3rd son will be released at another time, because when we get in a room... we get talking!! _________ For more information to go: or follow us: or our guest: on IG and FB community. __________ We want to give a HUGE thanks to our sponsors, without whom you would not be able to listen to this information so you know your choices! is not only an IG feed and FB community but also a web resource for exclusive birth photos and stories. Sign up for Katie's mailing list to get her blog. And, for all you mompreneurs out there, Katie is getting ready to release her first ebook about how to build your social media presence. where you can find BBJ's host Elizabeth's free ebook: Birth Planning: All the Questions to Ask and all kinds of educational videos including Childbirth Education, Advanced Doula Trainings and Lactation Support. If you live in Los Angeles, check out our midwives for home births, water birth, and our accredited birthing center, where we are in-network for Blue Shield. We also have a full wellness facility with NDs, Chiropractic, Therapy, Massage, Lactation and lots of amazing classes. __________ /episode/index/show/bigbirthjunkie/id/7211387

12 • Lindsey Bliss and her doula Sam Huggins - Home Birth of baby #7 10/09/2018

11 • The Judy Chicago Series: A Conversation with the Artist Judy Chicago 10/02/2018

10 • Hannah Roloson and her sister Kamala: Birthing in Community, Turning a Breech Baby (The Judy Chicago Series) 09/25/2018

9 • Erin Battles: Birth Center Transport, Breastfeeding Challenges (The Judy Chicago Series_ 09/18/2018

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