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.

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

990| Positive and Calm Breech Cesarean after Attempted ECV and TOLAC Ending in Cesarean - Katy Hornbeck 07/15/2025

989| Stalled 1st Birth at the Hospital, Precipitous 2nd Birth at Home, and "wild card" 3rd Homebirth with the same Birth Team - Kinaya Pettiford 07/08/2025

988| Redeeming Unmedicated Hospital Birth with Toddler Present After a Planned Epidural First Birth - Lindsay Iselin 07/01/2025

987| Unmedicated Fast 3rd Hospital Birth Story and Challenging Breastfeeding Journey - Reflux, Thrush, and Exclusively Pumping - Liz Maughan 06/24/2025

986| Unmedicated Hospital Induction with Chorionic Villus Sampling (CVS) During Pregnancy and Low Milk Supply Postpartum - Molly Goldberg 06/19/2025

985| Perfect Walking Epidural Birth, Undiagnosed Placenta Accreta leading to Asherman’s Syndrome + Breastfeeding Struggles and Secondary Infertility - Jenny Sherpa 06/17/2025

984| Unplanned Hospital Induction and Redemptive Unmedicated Hospital Twin Birth Story - Meghan Hollen Risse 06/10/2025

983| Two Fast Unmedicated Birth Center Birth Stories - Chelsea Mascari 06/03/2025

982| Irish Hospital Birth, Induction Without Epidural Using Hypnobirthing Birth Story - Jennifer Dennehy 05/29/2025

981| Unmedicated Hospital Birth after Water Broke (PROM) Birth Story - Sylvia Adler 05/27/2025

980| Canadian Homebirth to Hospital Transfer After Contractions Stalled During Pushing Phase - Margaret Smith 05/20/2025

979| "Textbook" Unmedicated Hospital Birth with Delayed Postpartum Hemorrhage - Rebecca Eppall 05/13/2025

978| Hospital Birth vs Homebirth in France Birth Stories - Maria Toro 05/06/2025

977| Gestational Hypertension, Unplanned C-Section and MCAD Diagnosis - Christina Duke 05/01/2025

976| Fast Labor with Shoulder Dystocia and Short NICU Stay - Claire Smith 04/29/2025

975| Positive Pregnancy and Homebirth Water Birth Story - Carly Kennedy 04/22/2025

974| Pregnant with Extremely Large Ovarian Cyst, Cesarean Birth with Removal of Ovary - Kendall Olle 04/17/2025

973| Epidural-free Hospital Birth Story – Peaceful Long Labor Followed by Breastfeeding Challenges - Madeline Howard 04/15/2025

972| Unmedicated Hospital Birth with Midwives as a First Time Mom - Julia Kettering 04/08/2025

971| Empowering Unmedicated Hospital Birth with Retained Placenta and NICU Stay - Ashley Zarges 04/01/2025

970| Two Unexpectedly Unassisted Homebirth Birth Stories in France - Océane McGhie 03/27/2025

969| Two Cesarean Births, Postpartum Preeclampsia, HELPP Syndrome, and Advocating for Yourself Postpartum - Katy Slack 03/25/2025

968| Non-Emergency Cesarean Birth after 27 Hour Labor and Navigating CMPA (Cow's milk protein allergy) Postpartum - Zoe Regan 03/18/2025

967| Empowering Unmedicated Birth using IVF after 4 Losses (including TFMR - Termination for Medical Reasons) - Dawn Schwartz 03/11/2025

966| Healing 2nd Birth Story after Birth Injury and Prolapse and Midwife Attending as Doula for Hospital Birth - Carolyn Schulte 03/06/2025

965| Informed Epidural Birth Story, Spinal Headache Postpartum, and Short NICU Stay - Averi Dutton 03/04/2025

964| Prodromal Labor Before Long but Empowering Homebirth Birth Story - Kaely McDevitt 02/25/2025

963| Short Cervix & Hypermobility; Unmedicated Hospital Birth followed by Prolapse Diagnosis - Danielle Mossberg 02/18/2025

962| Fast, Peaceful Homebirth Birth Story After Loss - Katie Kirk 02/11/2025