Explore every episode of the podcast Surrendered Birth Stories: Your Christian Birth Story Podcast
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| 153: Navigating the Surprises of Pregnancy with Grace (Hospital Birth, Home Birth, Twins) [with Kelli Ford] | 27 Jul 2026 | 01:25:15 | |
Kelli was anticipating a beautiful, unmedicated hospital birth for her first, but an assumed diagnosis of cholestasis would have her being induced on pitocin and change all of her plans. Next time she was anticipating the same outcome, but thankfully had the birth she had planned the first time, but realized that she no longer wanted to fight the battle of trying to have a natural birth in the hospital and being questioned about every decision she was making. So when she got pregnant with twins, she and her husband landed on having a home birth! This didn’t mean, however, that her anxiety around the delivery vanished, as God would have to teach her that surrendering her plans and giving Him control was the only way that would happen, regardless of where or how she gave birth! Has our podcast made an impact in your life? Please consider supporting us so we can continue! Donate: SUPPORT PAGE! • Take the SURRENDERED BIRTH ONLINE COURSE! • Check out my MUST-HAVE PRODUCTS FREEBIE for pregnancy, birth, and postpartum! Interested in sharing your story on the podcast? Want to connect? Have a question? | |||
| 152: How Postpartum Complications Strengthen Your Faith (Hospital Birth, Natural Birth, Infant Illness) [with Scotlyn Harrison] | 20 Jul 2026 | 01:03:49 | |
A lot of second time moms think they have a longer labor ahead of them than they actually do…and it was no different for Scotlyn when her labor zoomed by and nobody made it to the labor and delivery room before her daughter was born, not even Scotlyn! But a dream birth doesn’t always make for a dream postpartum. When Scotlyn’s daughter, Winnie, was two weeks old, her and her husband would face a challenge harder than birth itself as their daughter was rushed to the ER with vitals that wouldn’t stabilize, and eventually taken to Duke’s pediatric cardiology department. Seeing her daughter in this state was incredibly difficult for Scotlyn, but God used this situation to bring Scotlyn closer together with her husband, closer together with God himself, and to allow her to never take the gift of life for granted. Has our podcast made an impact in your life? Please consider supporting us so we can continue! Donate: SUPPORT PAGE! • Take the SURRENDERED BIRTH ONLINE COURSE! • Check out my MUST-HAVE PRODUCTS FREEBIE for pregnancy, birth, and postpartum! Interested in sharing your story on the podcast? Want to connect? Have a question? | |||
| 143: Labor and the Fruit of the Spirit (Infertility, IVF, Hospital Birth) [with Morgan Mathis] | 18 May 2026 | 01:01:21 | |
What would it be like to hold your baby girl in your arms for the first time after 6+ years of struggling with infertility? Nothing short of a miracle! While Morgan and her husband were so incredibly grateful for God’s gift of their daughter, there were still some less than desirable events that occurred during and shortly after her birth that you'll have to hear to believe! Thankfully, the Lord has grown Morgan’s faith, patience and trust in Him through this entire journey and now her relationship with Him is stronger than ever! Has our podcast made an impact in your life? Please consider supporting us so we can continue! Donate: SUPPORT PAGE! • Take the SURRENDERED BIRTH ONLINE COURSE! • Check out my MUST-HAVE PRODUCTS FREEBIE for pregnancy, birth, and postpartum! Interested in sharing your story on the podcast? Want to connect? Have a question? | |||
| 053: The Restorative Beauty In Seeking After God's Will For You (with Emily Hadley) | 26 Aug 2024 | 00:41:58 | |
When you feel like you're walking closely with the Lord and get pregnant outside of marriage, He can use that to bring you even closer to Him. Every child is a blessing and comes at the will of the Lord, and every pregnancy, labor, delivery and postpartum can be used to teach us so many things from God. Hear how Emily’s story unfolds with both of her labors and how God was able to encourage her despite them not going according to her original vision, and what He taught her through them. 02:50 Exciting Giveaway Announcement! 08:58 Listener Review and Reflections 11:21 Emily's Birth Story: First Pregnancy 21:45 Navigating High-Risk Birth Centers 23:15 Personal Journey to Home Birth 24:31 Challenges and Triumphs of Home Birth 27:21 Reflections on Birth Experiences 33:57 Advice for Expecting Mothers 36:41 Trusting God's Plan 39:48 Conclusion and Final Thoughts Has our podcast made an impact in your life? Please consider supporting us so we can continue! Donate: SUPPORT PAGE! • Take the SURRENDERED BIRTH ONLINE COURSE! • Check out my MUST-HAVE PRODUCTS FREEBIE for pregnancy, birth, and postpartum! Interested in sharing your story on the podcast? Want to connect? Have a question? | |||
| 052: Wielding Faith to Overcome Fear (with Natasha Davidson) | 19 Aug 2024 | 00:53:07 | |
Hindsight is always 20/20, and we are blessed that God allows us to learn things through our experiences to help make changes for the better next time. Even though there are some things that Natasha would choose to do differently in her next birth experience, God was right there with her through her entire journey and gave her the peace that comes with His presence. During pregnancy, labor, and postpartum, with the help of counseling and the Lord, she was able to combat her anxiety and fear with truth and trust. Listen today as Natasha shares her sweet story of her son’s birth. 03:38 Natasha's Birth Story: Introduction 04:33 Natasha's Pregnancy Journey 07:26 Challenges and Highlights of Pregnancy 10:41 Preparing for Labor and Delivery 12:55 Labor Starts 25:25 Transitioning Out of the Pool 26:14 Efficient Contractions and Temperature Swings 27:46 A Husband's Support 28:50 Arrival of the Doula and Community Support 30:47 Challenges During Pushing 32:57 Epidural and Relief 40:36 Final Push and Baby's Arrival 42:40 Postpartum Reflections and Breastfeeding 46:15 Emotional Journey and Community Support 51:38 Outro Has our podcast made an impact in your life? Please consider supporting us so we can continue! Donate: SUPPORT PAGE! • Take the SURRENDERED BIRTH ONLINE COURSE! • Check out my MUST-HAVE PRODUCTS FREEBIE for pregnancy, birth, and postpartum! Interested in sharing your story on the podcast? Want to connect? Have a question? | |||
| 051: How Home Birth Can Offer Freedom and Peace Of Mind (with Jeni and John Davis) | 12 Aug 2024 | 01:23:14 | |
A last minute 66 hour induction at 37 weeks is not exactly what John and Jeni had planned for their daughter’s birth, but their naïvety of being young, first-time parents got the better of them. From the moment they got home from their nearly week long stay at the hospital, Jeni was already planning the redemptive second birth she knew God had for her, but this time, with open hands for His will to be done and not hers. Hear how their son’s birth was a complete one-eighty from their daughter’s, and why choosing to have him at home was what they feel like God intended for them all along. 04:56 Meet Jeni & John Davis 06:13 First Pregnancy Challenges 08:51 Navigating High Blood Pressure During Pregnancy 09:57 The Induction Process 12:52 Postpartum Reflections 18:17 Choosing a Natural Birth 21:30 The Brewer's Diet and Pregnancy Nutrition 31:54 Breastfeeding and Postpartum Challenges 36:16 Planning for a Home Birth 40:05 Deciding on a Home Birth 40:24 Presenting the Case for Home Birth 41:39 Husband's Perspective and Prayer 44:00 Pros and Cons of Home Birth 48:31 Preparing for the Birth 51:10 Judah's Birth Story 53:35 Labor and Delivery 01:03:46 Post-Birth Reflections 01:07:38 Postpartum Challenges and Support 01:13:34 Spiritual Lessons and Final Thoughts 01:21:33 Conclusion & Outtakes Has our podcast made an impact in your life? Please consider supporting us so we can continue! Donate: SUPPORT PAGE! • Take the SURRENDERED BIRTH ONLINE COURSE! • Check out my MUST-HAVE PRODUCTS FREEBIE for pregnancy, birth, and postpartum! Interested in sharing your story on the podcast? Want to connect? Have a question? | |||
| 050: Triumph and Tragedy: A Captivating Story of God's Healing and Steadfastness (with Dr. Kim Snider) [Miscarriage, Cancer During Pregnancy, VBAC] | 05 Aug 2024 | 02:10:15 | |
God-ordained pregnancies. Home birth turned birth center turned hospital turned C-sections. Babies ripped away from you. Postpartum Depression. Getting unexpectedly pregnant with twins. Your father, who’s your best friend, passing away. Alcohol Dependency. The shock of getting pregnant with twins a second time. Detoxing. Therapy. Grief. The diagnosis of breast cancer. Finding out you’re pregnant again, but now with cancer. Finding out halfway through your pregnancy that your baby has died. Getting your VBAC but not your baby. It’s crushing, it feels impossible, and in her own strength, she never would have made it. But God. This isn’t just a birth story, or several birth stories, this is a testimony of Kim’s journey to finding Jesus, her savior, and of the goodness and faithfulness of our God through every circumstance the enemy tries to use to bring us down in our fallen world. Don’t miss a second of Kim’s story! 03:21 Exciting New Podcast Features 04:17 Introducing Kim's Incredible Journey 08:35 Kim's First Pregnancy and Birth Experience 36:18 Postpartum Challenges and Realizations 39:02 Planning for the Next Baby 40:47 Pregnancy Challenges and Discovering Twins 42:36 Family Reactions and Twin Genetics 45:04 Birth Plans and Unexpected Changes 46:48 Labor and Delivery Experiences 48:40 Grief and Coping Mechanisms 57:20 Struggles with Alcoholism 01:15:27 Finding Hope and Sobriety 01:22:31 Unexpected News: Pregnancy and Cancer Diagnosis 01:24:26 Navigating Cancer Treatment During Pregnancy 01:27:07 A Divine Intervention: Surgery Decisions 01:31:15 Heartbreak: Losing the Baby 01:35:56 Coping with Grief and Finding Faith 01:51:00 Healing and Moving Forward 01:59:27 A Journey of Faith and Baptism 02:06:39 Final Thoughts and Reflections Has our podcast made an impact in your life? Please consider supporting us so we can continue! Donate: SUPPORT PAGE! • Take the SURRENDERED BIRTH ONLINE COURSE! • Check out my MUST-HAVE PRODUCTS FREEBIE for pregnancy, birth, and postpartum! Interested in sharing your story on the podcast? Want to connect? Have a question? | |||
| 049: The Mindset Shift That Accompanies Parenthood (with McKinnley Hinshaw) | 29 Jul 2024 | 01:09:38 | |
Sometimes our first experience isn’t our best experience, and that’s okay. God is sovereign over it all. He’s in the details. And He can and will use what happens in one circumstance to change the course of the next. Today, you’ll hear McKinnley share about her two very different hospital birth experiences, as well as some wonderful wisdom the Lord has given her through them, and since becoming a mother. Has our podcast made an impact in your life? Please consider supporting us so we can continue! Donate: SUPPORT PAGE! • Take the SURRENDERED BIRTH ONLINE COURSE! • Check out my MUST-HAVE PRODUCTS FREEBIE for pregnancy, birth, and postpartum! Interested in sharing your story on the podcast? Want to connect? Have a question? | |||
| 048: Follow Your Convictions When Choosing A Care Provider (with Carrie Pearce) | 22 Jul 2024 | 01:12:45 | |
Were you ever unsatisfied with the care you were receiving during your pregnancy? Did it give you pause when it came to thinking about how the labor would go? Did you think, well, next time I’ll do it differently and switch providers but I’m too far in this time, it’s too late. Why wait for next time? What if there isn't a next time? When Carrie was not happy with her OB at 34 weeks, she switched to a different practice with midwives. Then, did it again a second time, switching from a birth center to a home birth. Come listen to all of Carrie’s stories as she shares her heart and her trust in God along the way! Has our podcast made an impact in your life? Please consider supporting us so we can continue! Donate: SUPPORT PAGE! • Take the SURRENDERED BIRTH ONLINE COURSE! • Check out my MUST-HAVE PRODUCTS FREEBIE for pregnancy, birth, and postpartum! Interested in sharing your story on the podcast? Want to connect? Have a question? | |||
| 047: Witnessing Your Adopted Child's Birth: The Blessings and Unforeseen Emotions of Adoption (with Allie Bathalon) | 15 Jul 2024 | 01:02:39 | |
At 16 years old you're told that you most likely won’t be able to have children. Then by 18 you’re married to your high school sweetheart, and by 19 you’re pregnant with your first child, and soon facing postpartum depression head on-what a huge change in a matter of a few years. Listen in on Allie’s story as she shares with us how God met her through that depression, and put people in her path to help her along the way. Her relationship with Him grew as she went on to have a second child, and then adopt a third. This story has so many highlights I can’t begin to describe them all so you’ll just have to listen for yourself! Has our podcast made an impact in your life? Please consider supporting us so we can continue! Donate: SUPPORT PAGE! • Take the SURRENDERED BIRTH ONLINE COURSE! • Check out my MUST-HAVE PRODUCTS FREEBIE for pregnancy, birth, and postpartum! Interested in sharing your story on the podcast? Want to connect? Have a question? | |||
| 046: Perspective Is Everything When Facing the Unexpected (with Rebekkah Manning) | 08 Jul 2024 | 01:06:26 | |
Going into your first pregnancy, you make a plan, you have a vision, you have a prayer…but then what do you do when it all comes crashing down? At 34 weeks pregnant, Rebekkah’s world changed forever. She went from having a routine ultrasound appointment to having a C-section in less than 12 hours, as her life depended on it. What came afterward was an extended NICU stay for her son, during part of which she was restricted from seeing him, and later on, some undiagnosed delays he was experiencing. Once she had some time and space to reflect on everything, she realized she had indeed been through quite a traumatic experience, and has since had to take it all to the Lord, day by day and moment by moment. Has our podcast made an impact in your life? Please consider supporting us so we can continue! Donate: SUPPORT PAGE! • Take the SURRENDERED BIRTH ONLINE COURSE! • Check out my MUST-HAVE PRODUCTS FREEBIE for pregnancy, birth, and postpartum! Interested in sharing your story on the podcast? Want to connect? Have a question? | |||
| 045: Invite the Right People Into Your Birth Space (with Katie Clay) | 01 Jul 2024 | 02:17:29 | |
Sometimes in our naïvety, we make decisions that we wouldn't have made if we'd had more information. And those decisions can lead to unfortunate experiences, especially when it comes to our births. Listen as Katie explains each of her three birth stories, two in the hospital and one at a birth center, and how she learned to have faith that God designed her body to deliver these babies, and that she absolutely could. Has our podcast made an impact in your life? Please consider supporting us so we can continue! Donate: SUPPORT PAGE! • Take the SURRENDERED BIRTH ONLINE COURSE! • Check out my MUST-HAVE PRODUCTS FREEBIE for pregnancy, birth, and postpartum! Interested in sharing your story on the podcast? Want to connect? Have a question? | |||
| 044: Birth Before and After Finding God (with Christine Hollis) | 24 Jun 2024 | 00:50:21 | |
When you’re not in relationship with the Lord, and you’re going through something as life changing as birth for the first time, things can seem pretty scary, especially if you’re navigating something as serious as postpartum psychosis, but God can and still uses these incredibly emotional situations in our lives to draw us closer to Him. Hear how God was able to work through Christine’s first birth and postpartum by calling her to Him through the darkest period of her life, and then how He was able to give her supernatural peace during her second son’s birth as she chose to trust and surrender to Him. Has our podcast made an impact in your life? Please consider supporting us so we can continue! Donate: SUPPORT PAGE! • Take the SURRENDERED BIRTH ONLINE COURSE! • Check out my MUST-HAVE PRODUCTS FREEBIE for pregnancy, birth, and postpartum! Interested in sharing your story on the podcast? Want to connect? Have a question? | |||
| 142: How First-Time Parents Can Be Best Equipped For Birth (First Baby, Natural Birth, Hospital Birth) [with George & Emily Sandridge] | 11 May 2026 | 01:19:55 | |
Most first-time moms who are planning a hospital birth arrive at the hospital too early, and some of them even get sent home, which can be incredibly defeating as a laboring woman wanting so badly to meet her baby. Thankfully, Emily made some really good choices during her pregnancy to prioritize childbirth education and hire a birth doula so she wouldn’t be one of those women. She arrived in active labor at a whopping 9cm and was able to get in the tub right away. Now that’s how it’s done! Emily and her husband George share with us today their adventure in becoming parents and how their faith grounded them every step of the way! Happy Mother's Day!! 26% OFF OUR ONLINE COURSE THIS WEEK ONLY! Click here: SURRENDERED BIRTH ONLINE COURSE! Then use the code: MOTHERSDAY26 at checkout!!! Sale goes from Monday 5/11/26-Friday 5/15/26 at 11:59pm EST! Has our podcast made an impact in your life? Please consider supporting us so we can continue! Donate: SUPPORT PAGE! • Take the SURRENDERED BIRTH ONLINE COURSE! • Check out my MUST-HAVE PRODUCTS FREEBIE for pregnancy, birth, and postpartum! Interested in sharing your story on the podcast? Want to connect? Have a question? | |||
| 043: Father's Day Special: Dad Takeover! (with Christopher Heeter and Paul Jordan) | 17 Jun 2024 | 01:00:34 | |
This week, Chris takes over the podcast along with guest Paul Jordan in a conversation on fatherhood, the husband's role in birth support, and the importance of fathers in society. So grab your hubby, and listen in! Has our podcast made an impact in your life? Please consider supporting us so we can continue! Donate: SUPPORT PAGE! • Take the SURRENDERED BIRTH ONLINE COURSE! • Check out my MUST-HAVE PRODUCTS FREEBIE for pregnancy, birth, and postpartum! Interested in sharing your story on the podcast? Want to connect? Have a question? | |||
| 042: Allowing God to Provide The Antidote To Your Fear (with Elizabeth Smith) | 10 Jun 2024 | 01:26:18 | |
Pregnancy is such a miracle, isn’t it? You have life growing within you, God has designed your body perfectly to grow this precious little one inside of your womb, so you should be dancing through life, right? Well, when you have Hyperemesis Gravidarum and uncontrollable gestational diabetes, it’s not such a walk in the park. Hear how Liz navigated the harsh reality that was her pregnancy, and learned how to really lean on God for the first time to get her through. Has our podcast made an impact in your life? Please consider supporting us so we can continue! Donate: SUPPORT PAGE! • Take the SURRENDERED BIRTH ONLINE COURSE! • Check out my MUST-HAVE PRODUCTS FREEBIE for pregnancy, birth, and postpartum! Interested in sharing your story on the podcast? Want to connect? Have a question? | |||
| 041: The Freedom That Comes Through Obedience (with Sarah Stricker) | 03 Jun 2024 | 01:19:33 | |
Not everybody has a bad induction experience, or a bad hospital experience. Especially if they don’t know anything different. However, what do you choose for your second birth after learning some things about inductions and routine hospital procedures and the effects they can have on you and your baby? What changes would you make? What about when God is clearly speaking to you about it all? Find out what Sarah and her husband Matt decided to do with each of their daughters’ births! Has our podcast made an impact in your life? Please consider supporting us so we can continue! Donate: SUPPORT PAGE! • Take the SURRENDERED BIRTH ONLINE COURSE! • Check out my MUST-HAVE PRODUCTS FREEBIE for pregnancy, birth, and postpartum! Interested in sharing your story on the podcast? Want to connect? Have a question? | |||
| 040: Learning Positive Self-Talk In Pregnancy & Labor (with Scotlyn and Jaylen Harrison) | 27 May 2024 | 01:06:09 | |
When your birth doesn’t go exactly how you’d expect, it can be a tough pill to swallow, but God can teach us so much through each and every experience, and use it all for His good. Hear how Scotlyn and Jaylen went about preparing for their first child, and how the Lord sent a special helper to them to assist them in getting the birth they desired, as much as they could help it. Has our podcast made an impact in your life? Please consider supporting us so we can continue! Donate: SUPPORT PAGE! • Take the SURRENDERED BIRTH ONLINE COURSE! • Check out my MUST-HAVE PRODUCTS FREEBIE for pregnancy, birth, and postpartum! Interested in sharing your story on the podcast? Want to connect? Have a question? | |||
| 039: A Handful of Challenges Can Lead To A Handful of Blessings (with Carlie Smith) | 20 May 2024 | 01:08:44 | |
Navigating your first year of marriage can be challenging, but it’s even more challenging while also navigating your first pregnancy, along with a number of family tragedies along the way. Then finding out you’re expecting another not long after you’ve delivered your first is also filled with its own difficulty. Listen today as you hear how Carlie found a way through it all and was able to enjoy both of her birthing experiences and is now loving being a mother to two under two. Has our podcast made an impact in your life? Please consider supporting us so we can continue! Donate: SUPPORT PAGE! • Take the SURRENDERED BIRTH ONLINE COURSE! • Check out my MUST-HAVE PRODUCTS FREEBIE for pregnancy, birth, and postpartum! Interested in sharing your story on the podcast? Want to connect? Have a question? | |||
| 038: Mother's Day Special: Tips, Tricks & Advice for Moms (with Kayla Heeter and Friends) | 13 May 2024 | 00:59:51 | |
Several listeners chime in with their best tips, tricks, and advice for moms! Join us today as we learn and grow together! Has our podcast made an impact in your life? Please consider supporting us so we can continue! Donate: SUPPORT PAGE! • Take the SURRENDERED BIRTH ONLINE COURSE! • Check out my MUST-HAVE PRODUCTS FREEBIE for pregnancy, birth, and postpartum! Interested in sharing your story on the podcast? Want to connect? Have a question? | |||
| 037: Accidental Free Birth For A First Time Mom (with Leslie Giraudeau) | 06 May 2024 | 01:08:35 | |
Growing up in a large family, and being married to someone who also grew up in a large family, it only seems fitting that God allows you to start on your large family right away. God is always in the details of our lives, and trusting Him in not only the timing of your pregnancy, but the location that you birth, the delivery of your baby, and everything that happens after as you care for and parent your child is what helped Luke and Leslie along their journey. Listen in today as Leslie shares this very special story of her very first birth, of many to come it sounds like! Has our podcast made an impact in your life? Please consider supporting us so we can continue! Donate: SUPPORT PAGE! • Take the SURRENDERED BIRTH ONLINE COURSE! • Check out my MUST-HAVE PRODUCTS FREEBIE for pregnancy, birth, and postpartum! Interested in sharing your story on the podcast? Want to connect? Have a question? | |||
| 036: Unnecessary Episiotomies and Restoring Faith in Birth (with Alex Everette) | 29 Apr 2024 | 01:03:11 | |
Picture this…you choose a birth center for your delivery because you want a natural, unmedicated birth, with a hands off care provider. Then, you walk into the birth center, get checked, and the midwife panics and calls EMT’s and gives you not one, but two completely unnecessary episiotomies. What a 180 from your vision. Hear how God redeems Alex’s stories with two peaceful home births, following her first unfortunate birth center experience. Has our podcast made an impact in your life? Please consider supporting us so we can continue! Donate: SUPPORT PAGE! • Take the SURRENDERED BIRTH ONLINE COURSE! • Check out my MUST-HAVE PRODUCTS FREEBIE for pregnancy, birth, and postpartum! Interested in sharing your story on the podcast? Want to connect? Have a question? | |||
| 035: Maintaining A Positive Outlook In Labor (with Cayla Krop) | 22 Apr 2024 | 00:57:52 | |
It’s hard to imagine in this day and age choosing to have a home birth, over 98% of babies in America are born outside of the home. But choosing to have a home birth for your first birth? That’s even more rare. Listen to Cayla share her birth stories today and how and why she and her husband decided that home birth was the best route for them and their babies, and how God answered her prayers during both experiences in different ways. Has our podcast made an impact in your life? Please consider supporting us so we can continue! Donate: SUPPORT PAGE! • Take the SURRENDERED BIRTH ONLINE COURSE! • Check out my MUST-HAVE PRODUCTS FREEBIE for pregnancy, birth, and postpartum! Interested in sharing your story on the podcast? Want to connect? Have a question? | |||
| 034: Childbirth With Parosmia: One Mom's Triumph Over Long Covid (with Hannah Higgins) | 15 Apr 2024 | 01:52:47 | |
Picture this. You’re pregnant with your first child, figuring out and learning about everything for the first time, gearing up for a natural labor and taking care of your body the best that you can, and just before you’re about to give birth, your taste and smell change for the worse-they’re completely distorted in the worst way, making it extremely difficult to eat, which is exactly what you'll need to do after a marathon labor and while trying to nurse your new baby. You’re sleep deprived, so sore, beyond exhausted mentally, emotionally, physically, and legitimately starving, and yet you must go on for the sake of your child. This isn’t my story, though it has its similarities. This is Hannah’s story, and how she navigated having parosmia from the end of her first pregnancy, through her baby’s toddlerhood, and beyond. She’s been a source of light, encouragement and hope for me through my own journey, and I hope, even if you’ve never experienced anything like parosmia, that she can encourage you as well, because we all go through hard things, we all suffer, but we can all grow and learn from them and come out better and stronger on the other side, leaning on Jesus our savior and hanging on the truth of His word to get us there.
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| 141: Hold Your Birth Plan Loosely, But Not Your Convictions (Home Birth, Hospital Transfer, Natural Birth) [with Jennifer Plemmons] | 04 May 2026 | 01:05:17 | |
When you’ve already had 3 babies and 2 home births, you plan to have your next baby at home as well. But what do you do when your water unexpectedly breaks and there’s thick meconium in it? You have a decision to make. Do you decide to stay at home where you prefer and had planned to birth with the small risk of meconium aspiration, or do you decide to go to your least desirable location, the hospital, just in case? Which decision is God giving you peace about? Find out as Jennifer shares her fourth birth story today and how it all played out. Has our podcast made an impact in your life? Please consider supporting us so we can continue! Donate: SUPPORT PAGE! • Take the SURRENDERED BIRTH ONLINE COURSE! • Check out my MUST-HAVE PRODUCTS FREEBIE for pregnancy, birth, and postpartum! Interested in sharing your story on the podcast? Want to connect? Have a question? | |||
| 033: How God Gave Us Indiana (with Christopher Heeter) | 08 Apr 2024 | 02:23:57 | |
A tale of two stories, Parosmia and Pregnancy, and how they affected each other. This story is a very emotional one for me. I know I forgot to mention some things and yet it’s our longest episode to date. I missed details here and there, and likely missed some feelings that would have helped add to the context of the story, but I pray the Holy Spirit speaks through my husband and I, and that He’s able to work through this very vulnerable piece. Thank you in advance for your patience and grace as I navigated telling this story in full for the first time.
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| 032: How A Loyal Community Can Be A Game Changer for Newborn Life (with Lauren Thomas) | 01 Apr 2024 | 00:51:26 | |
Having a new baby can be overwhelming, exhausting, and just plain hard. But doing it alone can make it that much harder. Today we’re talking about the importance of having a community, in any stage of life really, but especially in motherhood. Finding a tribe of other mothers to support you, while you support them and grow in relationship with one another can be one of the best blessings you’ll ever know. Has our podcast made an impact in your life? Please consider supporting us so we can continue! Donate: SUPPORT PAGE! • Take the SURRENDERED BIRTH ONLINE COURSE! • Check out my MUST-HAVE PRODUCTS FREEBIE for pregnancy, birth, and postpartum! Interested in sharing your story on the podcast? Want to connect? Have a question? | |||
| 031: How Birth Can Bring You and Your Partner Closer Together (with Michaela and Parker Jones) | 25 Mar 2024 | 00:57:54 | |
When your first birth is an induction in the hospital that turns into a postpartum hemorrhage, and your second is a lightning fast birth where you had the baby in the van on the side of the highway…you could imagine holding off on having another baby for awhile, and even then, preparing for birth in a different way. But when you're able to describe your third birth as not only peaceful, but fun, I’d say that’s a great redemption story. I was blessed to sit down with Parker and Michaela as they shared with me the journey of how their third baby came to be, and every twist and turn throughout the experience! Seriously, tune in, this one’s not only heart warming, but has it’s downright hilarious moments too! Interested in our Spring childbirth class coming up? Contact us by filling out this form! Has our podcast made an impact in your life? Please consider supporting us so we can continue! Donate: SUPPORT PAGE! • Take the SURRENDERED BIRTH ONLINE COURSE! • Check out my MUST-HAVE PRODUCTS FREEBIE for pregnancy, birth, and postpartum! Interested in sharing your story on the podcast? Want to connect? Have a question? | |||
| 030: What Was Birth Like in the 1950s? (with Dolores Cunningham) | 18 Mar 2024 | 00:59:35 | |
I’m not sure I could have been more excited or more honored to have had the pleasure of interviewing my grandmother, my Granny, about her birth stories. What was it like to give birth in the 1950’s and 60’s in West Virginia? Today you’ll get to find out. Along with some other fun stories about her and my Grandpa’s relationship and past! This just might be my favorite episode yet. Ok, it will probably always be my favorite episode! Has our podcast made an impact in your life? Please consider supporting us so we can continue! Donate: SUPPORT PAGE! • Take the SURRENDERED BIRTH ONLINE COURSE! • Check out my MUST-HAVE PRODUCTS FREEBIE for pregnancy, birth, and postpartum! Interested in sharing your story on the podcast? Want to connect? Have a question? | |||
| 029: Educating Yourself is a Crucial Part of Birth Success (with Erin and Chase Hamrick) | 11 Mar 2024 | 01:25:46 | |
When you're a first time parent, who originally never even planned on having children, there’s a lot of research and learning to be done, but you do it-you take the classes, read the books, listen to the podcasts and you prepare yourself for a long and intense labor. So what happens when that labor is nothing like what you were taught to expect? Ever heard of an accidental free birth? Get ready for an incredible story of two first time parents who were totally prepared for one birth scenario, and yet, God blessed them with something completely different, and completely spectacular! Home birth midwife mentioned in episode: Patricia Funk, CNM Has our podcast made an impact in your life? Please consider supporting us so we can continue! Donate: SUPPORT PAGE! • Take the SURRENDERED BIRTH ONLINE COURSE! • Check out my MUST-HAVE PRODUCTS FREEBIE for pregnancy, birth, and postpartum! Interested in sharing your story on the podcast? Want to connect? Have a question? | |||
| 028: Six Month Anniversary Q+A: How to Switch Providers, PCOS & Breastfeeding, How to Have Faith After a Loss, How Chris & I Met and more! | 04 Mar 2024 | 01:19:34 | |
Our six month anniversary Q & A episode is finally here! We talk about everything from how to switch providers graciously, troubleshooting issues with PCOS and breastfeeding, to how do you know when to stop having children, or how can you have faith after a loss? And a couple of personal questions too, like how my husband and I met, and...when are we going to share Indy's birth story? All this and more on today's episode! Has our podcast made an impact in your life? Please consider supporting us so we can continue! Donate: SUPPORT PAGE! • Take the SURRENDERED BIRTH ONLINE COURSE! • Check out my MUST-HAVE PRODUCTS FREEBIE for pregnancy, birth, and postpartum! Interested in sharing your story on the podcast? Want to connect? Have a question? | |||
| 027: Anticipating the Onset of Labor (with Kayla Loflin) | 26 Feb 2024 | 00:40:13 | |
Today on the podcast I have the pleasure of having a guest back for the 3rd time! A record for Surrendered Birth Stories, if you don’t count my husband, Chris. Kayla Loflin joins us again to tell us the story of her most recent birth, and just how quickly it went! When you’re praying for a three hour labor, and the Lord decides to answer that prayer, things move fast!! Has our podcast made an impact in your life? Please consider supporting us so we can continue! Donate: SUPPORT PAGE! • Take the SURRENDERED BIRTH ONLINE COURSE! • Check out my MUST-HAVE PRODUCTS FREEBIE for pregnancy, birth, and postpartum! Interested in sharing your story on the podcast? Want to connect? Have a question? | |||
| 026: Trusting in God's Plan for Your Family (with Kylie Wright) | 19 Feb 2024 | 00:40:57 | |
Emergency C-Sections, Rainbow Babies, VBAC’s and more all in Kylie’s stories today! Join us as Kylie shares her three birth stories, and how God carried her through each one of them. Has our podcast made an impact in your life? Please consider supporting us so we can continue! Donate: SUPPORT PAGE! • Take the SURRENDERED BIRTH ONLINE COURSE! • Check out my MUST-HAVE PRODUCTS FREEBIE for pregnancy, birth, and postpartum! Interested in sharing your story on the podcast? Want to connect? Have a question? | |||
| 025: A Turn Of Events After Three Normal Births (with Travita King) | 12 Feb 2024 | 01:15:24 | |
Breech birth is a variation of normal. But OB/GYN’s are no longer being taught how to deliver breech babies, they’re simply told to do a c-section, no questions asked. How would you feel if you’d had three successful, natural, vaginal births, and when going into labor with your fourth, he was breech, and the only option they gave you was surgery? Listen in today as Travita shares her birth stories, including her breech delivery. Has our podcast made an impact in your life? Please consider supporting us so we can continue! Donate: SUPPORT PAGE! • Take the SURRENDERED BIRTH ONLINE COURSE! • Check out my MUST-HAVE PRODUCTS FREEBIE for pregnancy, birth, and postpartum! Interested in sharing your story on the podcast? Want to connect? Have a question? | |||
| 024: A Guidebook for Staying Rooted During Labor and Delivery (with Nicki Sipin) | 05 Feb 2024 | 01:18:27 | |
Sometimes birth doesn’t go as we planned, or maybe just where we planned, and that’s ok. God’s ways are above our ways, His thoughts are above our thoughts, and He can see the entire picture, unlike us. Today, Nicki shares not only the birth story of her daughter, but true inspiration from our beautiful creator, and how intricately He is involved in every detail of our lives. Get ready to go to church! Has our podcast made an impact in your life? Please consider supporting us so we can continue! Donate: SUPPORT PAGE! • Take the SURRENDERED BIRTH ONLINE COURSE! • Check out my MUST-HAVE PRODUCTS FREEBIE for pregnancy, birth, and postpartum! Interested in sharing your story on the podcast? Want to connect? Have a question? | |||
| 140: You Should Marry a Husband Who... [with Kayla Heeter] | 27 Apr 2026 | 00:42:27 | |
This episode is dedicated to my husband, Chris Heeter. He's legitimately the GOAT (and he also taught me what the GOAT meant)! He turned 40 this weekend and I wanted to take the time to celebrate HIM! So this episode is all about how amazing of a husband he is through pregnancy, labor, birth, postpartum, breastfeeding and fatherhood in general. This episode could have easily been 40 hours long, but I tried to keep it to around 40 minutes or so and just give you the tip of the iceberg. We'll be back to our regular birth stories next week, but after 140 episodes of editing and producing this show, this man deserved more than a shoutout! He deserved an entire episode all about how GREAT he is! Happy 40th Birthday babe! I love you more than you'll ever know!! Has our podcast made an impact in your life? Please consider supporting us so we can continue! Donate: SUPPORT PAGE! • Take the SURRENDERED BIRTH ONLINE COURSE! • Check out my MUST-HAVE PRODUCTS FREEBIE for pregnancy, birth, and postpartum! Interested in sharing your story on the podcast? Want to connect? Have a question? | |||
| 023: Painless Childbirth and the Art of Child Rearing (with Sammy and Michael Beausejour) | 29 Jan 2024 | 01:25:08 | |
When Sammy and Michael first got married they casually joked about having ten kids and getting started right away, but twelve years and eight kids later, it’s nearly become a reality. I had so much fun chatting with this sweet couple and hearing not only their heart for children, birth, and raising a family, but how earnest they are about seeking Jesus every step of the way, and leaning on Him in smooth seasons and rough ones. Join us today and hear the lessons that they learned in each one of their eight children’s births, a few of which Sammy even describes as painless! Has our podcast made an impact in your life? Please consider supporting us so we can continue! Donate: SUPPORT PAGE! • Take the SURRENDERED BIRTH ONLINE COURSE! • Check out my MUST-HAVE PRODUCTS FREEBIE for pregnancy, birth, and postpartum! Interested in sharing your story on the podcast? Want to connect? Have a question? | |||
| 022: Surprise C-Sections and VBAC Victory (with Kathryn Beam) | 22 Jan 2024 | 01:02:10 | |
Can you imagine going to a regular check up at your OB’s office, thinking you’re just going to have a normal ultrasound appointment, and then the doctor comes in to tell you that he’ll meet you at the hospital because you need to have a C-section immediately? Neither can I! Kathryn joins us today to share her three birth stories, including the uplifting story of her VBAC that she prepared and prayed for diligently, connecting to and relying on God every step of the way, giving her the peace that only He can give. Has our podcast made an impact in your life? Please consider supporting us so we can continue! Donate: SUPPORT PAGE! • Take the SURRENDERED BIRTH ONLINE COURSE! • Check out my MUST-HAVE PRODUCTS FREEBIE for pregnancy, birth, and postpartum! Interested in sharing your story on the podcast? Want to connect? Have a question? | |||
| 021: The Value of Proper Birth Support and Breakfast Casserole (with Meredith Anthony) | 15 Jan 2024 | 01:18:03 | |
When you’re told you’re seven centimeters upon arrival to the birth center, you’d assume you’re almost done laboring and nearly ready to have your baby, right? Especially if a midwife tells you so. Not always! Today, Meredith joins us to tell us of her two birth experiences, the first at a birth center, and the second at home, and how she was able to lean on God through it all. Has our podcast made an impact in your life? Please consider supporting us so we can continue! Donate: SUPPORT PAGE! • Take the SURRENDERED BIRTH ONLINE COURSE! • Check out my MUST-HAVE PRODUCTS FREEBIE for pregnancy, birth, and postpartum! Interested in sharing your story on the podcast? Want to connect? Have a question? | |||
| 020: There's Something About Preeclampsia (with Kristian Jordan) | 08 Jan 2024 | 01:08:37 | |
When your first birth experience goes from a planned home birth to a preeclampsia diagnosis turned induction at 35 weeks with a NICU stay for your baby, it’s hard to imagine wanting to go through that experience again. Join us today as we listen to Kristian tell her birth stories and how God was able to redeem her first traumatic birth experience with a quick and peaceful home birth the second time around. Has our podcast made an impact in your life? Please consider supporting us so we can continue! Donate: SUPPORT PAGE! • Take the SURRENDERED BIRTH ONLINE COURSE! • Check out my MUST-HAVE PRODUCTS FREEBIE for pregnancy, birth, and postpartum! Interested in sharing your story on the podcast? Want to connect? Have a question? | |||
| 019: Experiencing God's Peace In Birth (with Anne Hammond) | 01 Jan 2024 | 00:53:30 | |
When the rest of the women in your family have all given birth after 42 weeks gestation, it would be quite a shock to go into labor at 37 weeks! Today, we have the pleasure of hearing both of Anne’s birth stories and the twists and turns along her conception, pregnancy, birth and postpartum journey and how she was able to experience the supernatural peace of the Holy Spirit through it all! Has our podcast made an impact in your life? Please consider supporting us so we can continue! Donate: SUPPORT PAGE! • Take the SURRENDERED BIRTH ONLINE COURSE! • Check out my MUST-HAVE PRODUCTS FREEBIE for pregnancy, birth, and postpartum! Interested in sharing your story on the podcast? Want to connect? Have a question? | |||
| BONUS: 2023 Christmas Special | 25 Dec 2023 | 00:15:53 | |
Merry Christmas, everyone! As a special bonus episode, I share my journey through some of my Christmas recollections when I was pregnant or with a newborn. Listen in as I share some of my magical and not-so-magical memories of Christmas in early motherhood. Has our podcast made an impact in your life? Please consider supporting us so we can continue! Donate: SUPPORT PAGE! • Take the SURRENDERED BIRTH ONLINE COURSE! • Check out my MUST-HAVE PRODUCTS FREEBIE for pregnancy, birth, and postpartum! Interested in sharing your story on the podcast? Want to connect? Have a question? | |||
| 018: A Story of Hope Through Fostering and Adoption (with Kayla Loflin) | 18 Dec 2023 | 01:18:31 | |
Today, in light of the Christmas season, we’ll step away from talking about pregnancy and birth and we’ll hear a story of hope, and what a different journey to motherhood can look like. We’re going to deep dive into the world of fostering, adoption, and taking care of a special needs baby. Join us as Kayla shares every detail of the journey of adopting their precious daughter, Hope, and the affirmations she and her husband heard from God along the way. Has our podcast made an impact in your life? Please consider supporting us so we can continue! Donate: SUPPORT PAGE! • Take the SURRENDERED BIRTH ONLINE COURSE! • Check out my MUST-HAVE PRODUCTS FREEBIE for pregnancy, birth, and postpartum! Interested in sharing your story on the podcast? Want to connect? Have a question? | |||
| 017: The Importance of Chiropractic Care During and After Pregnancy (with Dr. Leslie Stoklosa) | 11 Dec 2023 | 00:37:17 | |
We’re changing things up a little bit today! Instead of hearing a birth story (or four,) we’re going to take a deep dive into why chiropractic care is such an essential part of a healthy pregnancy and postpartum experience. Listen to Dr. Leslie Stoklosa as she explains to us not just what exactly chiropractic care is and why it’s so beneficial, but why it’s especially crucial during pregnancy. If you’re located close to Mt. Airy, NC, be sure to get an appointment with Dr. Leslie at her practice, Nourish Family Chiropractic. https://nourishfamilychiro.com/ ---------------- Has our podcast made an impact in your life? Please consider supporting us so we can continue! Donate: SUPPORT PAGE! • Take the SURRENDERED BIRTH ONLINE COURSE! • Check out my MUST-HAVE PRODUCTS FREEBIE for pregnancy, birth, and postpartum! Interested in sharing your story on the podcast? Want to connect? Have a question? | |||
| 016: Navigating the Mental Game of Natural Birth (with Emily Wyrick) | 04 Dec 2023 | 00:41:58 | |
Today, we get to hear from Emily as she tells the stories of her daughters' births. Listen in as she tells us how she navigated the mental game of natural birth, and how she came to the decisions of having a birth center and then home birth. I hope you’re inspired as you listen in and that God has something to speak to you through her experiences! Has our podcast made an impact in your life? Please consider supporting us so we can continue! Donate: SUPPORT PAGE! • Take the SURRENDERED BIRTH ONLINE COURSE! • Check out my MUST-HAVE PRODUCTS FREEBIE for pregnancy, birth, and postpartum! Interested in sharing your story on the podcast? Want to connect? Have a question? | |||
| 015: Natural Birth Experiences at the Birth Center, Hospital, and At Home (with Louisa Brown) | 27 Nov 2023 | 01:13:23 | |
How would you feel if you were planning a birth center birth for your second child, after already having had a natural birth there for your first, and suddenly you were forced to go to the hospital during active labor, during the height of the Covid insanity? Talk about having to surrender your plans to the Lord. Join us today as Louisa shares her three birth stories and the remarkable similarities and differences between them! Has our podcast made an impact in your life? Please consider supporting us so we can continue! Donate: SUPPORT PAGE! • Take the SURRENDERED BIRTH ONLINE COURSE! • Check out my MUST-HAVE PRODUCTS FREEBIE for pregnancy, birth, and postpartum! Interested in sharing your story on the podcast? Want to connect? Have a question? | |||
| 139: A Godly Perspective Leads to a Surrendered Birth (Hospital Birth, C-Section, Postpartum Euphoria) [with Kayla Steele] | 20 Apr 2026 | 01:29:39 | |
How do you know you’re pregnant without taking a pregnancy test? How about God simply tells you that you are. That’s the kind of trust and faith that Kayla had with the Lord from the start of her pregnancy, and it would carry her throughout the entire 9 months, from a subchorionic hemorrhage to a last minute change in her birth plan and location, He would carry her. Your perspective on your birth and your choice to surrender holds so much more weight in your experience than whether or not your birth plan unfolds the way you thought it would or wanted it to. And have you ever heard of a postpartum described as euphoric? Get ready to hear about Kayla’s experience and how we wish everybody could have the same one! Has our podcast made an impact in your life? Please consider supporting us so we can continue! Donate: SUPPORT PAGE! • Take the SURRENDERED BIRTH ONLINE COURSE! • Check out my MUST-HAVE PRODUCTS FREEBIE for pregnancy, birth, and postpartum! Interested in sharing your story on the podcast? Want to connect? Have a question? | |||
| 014: Growing Your Family Through Biological Birth and Fostering (with Kayla Loflin) | 20 Nov 2023 | 01:00:39 | |
What would it be like to be fostering multiple children of different ages while growing your family biologically as well? Listen in today as we hear Kayla’s stories of pregnancy, miscarriage, fostering, and her very quick births. She shares the amazing journey God has taken her and her husband on over the years as they’ve grown their family. Trusting the Lord is essential to this process and I can’t wait for you to hear how Kayla and Matthew did just that! Has our podcast made an impact in your life? Please consider supporting us so we can continue! Donate: SUPPORT PAGE! • Take the SURRENDERED BIRTH ONLINE COURSE! • Check out my MUST-HAVE PRODUCTS FREEBIE for pregnancy, birth, and postpartum! Interested in sharing your story on the podcast? Want to connect? Have a question? | |||
| 013: A Journey Through Natural Birth (with Jess King) | 13 Nov 2023 | 01:12:51 | |
When you fully surrender your plans to the Lord, it may not always work out how you think, but He will always work it together for good! Today, I have the honor of having Jess share her three birth stories on the podcast. All natural births, but all different from one another! Listen in to hear how God met her in each of these births in different ways! If you've ever found yourself wanting a home birth, but weren't able to have one for some reason or another, you will be encouraged by Jess' experiences! Has our podcast made an impact in your life? Please consider supporting us so we can continue! Donate: SUPPORT PAGE! • Take the SURRENDERED BIRTH ONLINE COURSE! • Check out my MUST-HAVE PRODUCTS FREEBIE for pregnancy, birth, and postpartum! Interested in sharing your story on the podcast? Want to connect? Have a question? | |||
| 012: Meeting With God Through The Birthing Experience (with Kathleen Burton) | 06 Nov 2023 | 01:22:16 | |
This is one for the books! Listen as we get to hear about Kathleen's journey from hospital births where she felt violated, to her redemptive home birth where she could tangibly feel the Lord’s presence, and all of His grace and mercy along the way. I really hope you enjoy hearing her three birth stories today, but on that note, we do discuss miscarriage as well. Although I know that can be very hard to listen to depending on your circumstances, I know that if you’re ready to listen, you’ll find God’s joy and peace amidst it all. Has our podcast made an impact in your life? Please consider supporting us so we can continue! Donate: SUPPORT PAGE! • Take the SURRENDERED BIRTH ONLINE COURSE! • Check out my MUST-HAVE PRODUCTS FREEBIE for pregnancy, birth, and postpartum! Interested in sharing your story on the podcast? Want to connect? Have a question? | |||