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Natural Birth & Female Health
As a natural birth guide and childbirth educator I often get asked for podcast recommendations among other resources.
I looove podcasts and my multitasking mamas do too. It’s the best way to get informed while getting things done.
I have listened to these podcasts for years on a weekly basis- my clients love them and so do I.
As a minimalist I like to keep things simple and straightforward >> this list is no different. If the podcast show is on this list it is because the episodes house QUALITY, TRANSPARENT, MINIMAL TO NO FLUFF CONTENT that is educational and inspiring.
This list is for you if you are seeking to navigate your pregnancy holistically, birth naturally and in autonomy, make informed decisions and prepare for a healing postpartum.
You will find plant medicine, lifestyle tips, mind body spirit wellness, a breakdown of labs and ultrasounds and guidance for your birth journey.
1 Birthing Instincts
Dr. stu and Goddess Midwife Bylss come together weekly to shed light on the realities of the medical system, advocating for physiologic birth and the benefits of homebirth.
They have seen it all and hold nothing back-FULL TRANSPARENCY with a HINT of SCIENCE and a DRAM of SARCASM. This show is both informative and inspirational with a blend of education and heartwarming homebirth wins. Highly recommend!
2 Freebirth Society by Emilee Saldaya
Emille Saldaya and Yolande Norris Clark, founders of Radical Birthkeeper and Matribirth Institute, are both advocates for autonomous freebirth.
There episodes share inspiring birth from start to finish that remind us we are made to birth. They invite women to share their personal birth journeys whose experiences help weave the narrative that birth is a biological process and that women have everything they need to birth within.
I recommend listening to as many birth stories as you can to get a sense of the rhythms of labor, what women do to navigate birth and to deconstruct the lies conditioned into society that women need help to birth, that birth is dangerous and that the hospital is the safest place to birth.
3 Mythic Medicine Stories by Amber Magnolia Hill
A holistic health podcast for my ritual keepers and plant medicine mamas.
Amber Magnolia Hill’s voice is like honey and her content is earthy, educational with a pinch of witch.
This podcast is on this list because I believe birth prep begins with maternal health -MIND BODY SPIRIT, and Amber dives into the realm of female health, birth and sacred motherhood.
Listen to Mythic Medicine Stories
4 Birthworker Podcast by Kaleigh Banks
While this one is called birthworker podcast and created for birthworkers it can give you insight into the birth world from behind the scenes- huge advantage when it comes to informed choice, what to look for in a birthworker, what birthworkers do in labor, birth and postpartum to support natural birth.
5 Homebirth Midwife Podcast by Hearth & Home Midwifery
Two down to earth and hilarious midwives BREAK. IT. DOWN.
Their episodes are short and sweet at 20 minutes and are topic based which makes for super easy and accesible learning.
This podcast can be used as a reference guide because you can listen to episodes by the topic you’re wanting to dive deeper into.
Great for partners and family members wanting to learn more in support of their birthing mama.
Listen to Homebirth Midwife Podcast
6 Informed Consent by Brooke Bacci
It is our responsibility to be educated on anything in life that requires a decision. This podcast is centered around that very idea, being informed.
Medical care requires informed consent, and while this podcast equips parents with information on a variety of topics, Brooke Bacci shares many episodes on birth in the medical system.
For families hoping to navigate the medical model of care informed and autonomous, listen to her episodes on prenatal care, fertility, birth, the war on foods and her vaccine series.
7 Reality Riffing by Guru Jaga
Guru Jagat takes us on a journey through the healing sound technologies of Kundalini Yoga to amplifying your magnetism by reclaiming your mind body sovereignty.
She shares many more powerful messages and tools for empowered, autonomous birth and being a badass primal women in a disruptive conditioning modern society.
While she was a spiritual practitioner, Guru Jagat also was a rebel, a scientist and a leader. Her episodes are impactful, inspiring and very insightful.
8 Ellen Fisher Podcast
A five time homebirthed, home-schooking, Hawaii living holistic mama-Ellen Fisher launched a podcast that speaks to natural living, motherhood, veganism and birth.
Her YouTube channel shared all five of her birth stories and content on birth, pregnancy and postpartum resources.
Ellen is an author, a educator and advocate for health and holistic living. Her genuine energy comes through in her episodes, in how she speaks, what she shares about her own life and personal thoughts.
9 MamasteFit by Gina and Roxanne
MamasteFit by Gina and Roxanne
MamasteFit is a prenatal & postpartum fitness and birth education resource that offers a unique and comprehensive amount of education and experience surrounding the journey into parenthood, and beyond!
Gina (birth doula, founder, perinatal fitness trainer & Head Coach of MamasteFit), and Roxanne (Labor & Delivery Nurse and Student Midwife), discuss a myriad of topics related to pregnancy, birth, and the postpartum.
Share this list with your birth partner or birth team and anyone that is interested in learning more about natural pregnancy and birth.
I hope you found this useful! Let me know if you have any podcast recommendations that I should add to this list by messaging me over (at)thesierraco on IG.
Oooor if you have a specific question in mind please feel free to reach out midwifesierra(at)gmail.com
