Harvest Birth Stories

Harvest Birth Stories

by Sophie Syvertsen Smith
ParentingPersonal Journals
Season 1

27 | Kelsey - two births, accidental home garage birth, hospital medicated birth, PPD/PPA, oral restriction, CST, doula, OB, midwife, home birth midwife

I am so excited to share this fun podcast with you today! Kelsey jumped on the poddy this week to chat about her two births. She explains how her first birth was positive but went into with zero knowledge of what she wanted to choose. During her second birth she switched care providers and hired a doula in anticipation to have the unmedicated birth she desired. Without planning; she found herself birthing accidentally in her garage at home! We chat about her postpartum and breastfeeding experiences along with oral restriction. Thank you so much for coming on, Kelsey!
S1 · E27
Aug 10, 2023
1:04:41

26 | Janna - IVF, infertility, endometriosis, first time mom, induction, prolonged labor, cesarean

Todays episode, to me, is a very very special one to share. Janna and her husband Kyle were some of my first doula clients and have FINALLY welcomed their little girl Emma Jean into this world after 3 + years of infertility and an IVF journey. In this episode we talk A LOT about her pre-pregnancy vs postpartum journey into motherhood. One that took a lot of waiting, doctors, science and prayers. We share about her 38 hour labor that ended in a chosen cesarean. Something I hope everyone can take from this episode is: "gratitude tethers you to the present". Thank you, dear friend, for sharing your story.
S1 · E26
Jul 20, 2023
1:19:18

25 | Savanna; PPD/PPA, breastfeeding, positive hospital birth

Today we chat with Savanna. Savanna has a beautiful baby boy Behr, and she reached out to me awhile back to record to share her postpartum story to help other not feel so alone. Savanna had a positive hospital labor and birth but we really focused on chatting about the importance of care and support after going home. Thanks so much for joining!
S1 · E25
Jul 11, 2023
54:35

24 | Annie - first time mom, nicu nurse, pre + postnatal anxiety, hospital birth, prolaspe, low milk supply

First time mama Annie chats about her beautiful hospital birth of her daughter Lennie. We chat about her worries and anxieties around birth being she was previously a NICU nurse. We also chat about her postpartum breastfeeding journey and her experience with a prolapse. Thanks for joining Annie :)
S1 · E24
Jun 14, 2023
49:01

23 | Ask The Doula - how to prepare for birth, midwife vs doula, lactation, etc

In episode 23 I answer some questions you asked on instagram! I talk about how to prepare for birth and also what the benefit of a doula is for a cesarean birth. I also touch on lactation preparation. Thanks for joining!
S1 · E23
May 31, 2023
28:57

22 | Emily Acosta - unmedicated physiological home birth, pediatric and womens specialized chiropractor, NICU transfer, breastfeeding and triple feeding journey

Welcome, friends! It is such a pleasure and honor to have Dr Emily Acosta on the podcast today. Emily has one birth, which was a beautiful physiological home birth. Emily speaks on her desires and wants to have a home birth and how she prepared with her knowledge of the body; being a specialized womens (pre & postnatal) chiropractor. Emily dives into her NICU transfer from home after birth and also her struggles postpartum with a difficult breastfeeding journey and how she overcame that. Thank you SO SO much for sharing your beautiful, empowering and educational story. It was such a pleasure. There are lots of good resource in her podcast mentioned, but you can also find her at: www.cultivatefamilychiropractic.com/ or at the tagged instagram page!
S1 · E22
May 26, 2023
1:04:06

21 | Morgan- two births. early births at 35 & 38 wks, water breaking, epidural, positive hospital births, midwives, breast reduction, breastfeeding

Buckle up todays podcast is a chatty one! I like to force my friends to record their birth stories so today we chat with Morgan who has two little girls at home. The first birth Morgan experiences early rupture of membranes (water) at 35 weeks, but resulted in a relatively normal delivery. Her little sister followed suit at 38 weeks. Morgan chats about her struggles with breastfeeding, triple feedings & pumping after a breast reduction at a young age. But I want to give her the utmost credit for doing such an amazing job in that area. Lets all welcome Morgan! Thanks for joining. :)
S1 · E21
May 10, 2023
1:21:29

20 | Beth M - one birth, positive hospital birth, epidural, baby blues, true unknown low milk supply

We have hit EPISODE 20! O H M Y G O S H. Thank you all so so much for listening, tuning in and ALSO sharing your stories. It has truly been such a fun experience. Today we are chatting with Beth, who has one beautiful daughter. Beth had an uncomplicated positive hospital birth after laboring at home for the greater amount of time. Beth chats to us about her struggle with unknown low milk supply right from the start despite many efforts fix it. From struggles of nursing, pumping, triple feeding, SNS feeding to the switch over to formula for baby and mental health purposes. Thank you so so much Beth for being brave and sharing your experience for others moms to hear its okay to feel this way.
S1 · E20
Apr 23, 2023
1:14:00

19 | Molly R - 4 births, TWIN vaginal delivery + two singleton vaginal births, induction, preeclampsia, miscarriage, breastfeeding

HI + HELLO my friends! We are nearing SO close to 20 episodes on this podcast. WOW. SO. AMAZING. Today we're chatting with Molly, who has four beautiful girls. The first two births were singleton in hospital inductions and the last two happened to be a beautiful twin vaginal delivery via induction. Molly chats about her continuing higher blood pressure trends with every pregnancy as well as her journey into a twin vaginal birth. For all of you listening; many times in twin deliveries one is head up and one is head down. So for some a breech presentation or a cesarean is common. Molly had a successful twin delivery and is just around 2 weeks postpartum at the moment. We chatted about her breastfeeding journeys so far and the hopes for the future. Again, thank you SO much Molly for allowing me into your home to chat & share your story. It was beautiful.
S1 · E19
Apr 13, 2023
47:23

18 | Emma - one birth, positive unmedicated hospital birth, first time mom, breastfeeding

It was such a joy to chat with Emma on her birth with her first daughter, Navy. Emma planned for an unmedicated hospital birth and chats about her reasonings of so. Emma chats about her breastfeeding journey and how going back to work affected it. Emma is a good long time friend of mine so it was such a fun thing to chat. She is now preparing for her second child coming this late summer / early fall. So congrats to the fam & hopefully we get the pleasure of hearing all about it on here again!
S1 · E18
Apr 2, 2023
1:13:57
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