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.

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

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