Pain Free Birth Tue, 14 Jul 2026 04:00:01 -0400 https://painfreebirth.com/ en © 2026 Pain Free Birth yes 128a9d4d-1274-5068-8cc7-e8f015692a30 Karen Welton episodic false In the Pain Free Birth Podcast, your host, Karen Welton, invites you to discover the truth about how God brilliantly designed the female body for birth. Karen is a certified doula, childbirth educator, and coach who teaches women all around the world how to give birth without pain and fear through her online courses and content.In this show, we geek out about the hormonal physiology of birth, supernatural childbirth, bliss and ecstasy in labor, pregnancy, postpartum, motherhood, and everything in between! Karen interviews women around the world who share their *jaw-dropping* stories of birth at home, in the hospital, and even in the car! She interviews midwives, doctors, and experts in pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum to share their unique perspectives. We’ve been taught to view birth as scary and traumatic or an “emergency waiting to happen.” In this show, you will discover a whole new perspective of what’s possible in birth.

]]> Buzzsprout (https://www.buzzsprout.com) Karen Welton https://storage.buzzsprout.com/h0kkamwct3gjfcy8vhsyy8exgodd?.jpg Pain Free Birth https://painfreebirth.com/ #110 | God Redeemed Her Unexpected Pregnancy and Gave Her a Pain-Free Home Birth #110 | God Redeemed Her Unexpected Pregnancy and Gave Her a Pain-Free Home Birth What happens when an unexpected pregnancy disrupts the life you thought you had finally learned to accept?

When Amanda discovered she was pregnant with her fifth baby, she did not feel the immediate excitement she had experienced with her previous pregnancies. Instead, she felt shocked, angry, disconnected, and ashamed of her own emotions. For months, she struggled privately while pretending everything was fine. Through prayer, counseling, humility, and surrender, Amanda experienced a powerful change of heart that transformed the pregnancy she had resisted into one of the most redemptive stories of her life.

That redemption continued into birth. Although Amanda secretly longed for a home birth, she and her husband planned to deliver at the hospital. But when labor progressed faster than expected, her water broke at ten centimeters while her midwife was already in the house. Amanda remained home, experienced a peaceful rest and be thankful phase, and delivered her baby in the bathtub after only three minutes of pushing. After four hospital births, she describes this unmedicated home water birth as her calmest and least painful birth.

Tune in to hear:

  • Amanda’s honest reaction to discovering she was unexpectedly pregnant with her fifth baby
  • Why she felt ashamed of struggling to accept a pregnancy that others would consider a blessing
  • How resentment began affecting her marriage and emotional well-being
  • The role prayer, therapy, humility, and surrender played in changing her heart
  • How Amanda intentionally connected with her baby after months of feeling detached
  • Why she chose midwifery care after four pregnancies with an obstetrician
  • How God opened the door for her to work with the Christian midwife she had specifically prayed for
  • What prodromal labor felt like after four previously fast and straightforward labors
  • The moment Amanda’s water broke at ten centimeters in her living room
  • Why her midwife recommended staying home instead of rushing to the hospital
  • How the rest and be thankful phase gave Amanda time to prepare for birth
  • What made this water birth less painful than her previous hospital and epidural births
  • How breathing, worship music, gratitude, and Christian hypnobirthing supported her labor
  • Why physiological birth education changed Amanda’s fifth birth experience
  • How this unexpected baby became an irreplaceable blessing to the entire family

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]]> What happens when an unexpected pregnancy disrupts the life you thought you had finally learned to accept?

When Amanda discovered she was pregnant with her fifth baby, she did not feel the immediate excitement she had experienced with her previous pregnancies. Instead, she felt shocked, angry, disconnected, and ashamed of her own emotions. For months, she struggled privately while pretending everything was fine. Through prayer, counseling, humility, and surrender, Amanda experienced a powerful change of heart that transformed the pregnancy she had resisted into one of the most redemptive stories of her life.

That redemption continued into birth. Although Amanda secretly longed for a home birth, she and her husband planned to deliver at the hospital. But when labor progressed faster than expected, her water broke at ten centimeters while her midwife was already in the house. Amanda remained home, experienced a peaceful rest and be thankful phase, and delivered her baby in the bathtub after only three minutes of pushing. After four hospital births, she describes this unmedicated home water birth as her calmest and least painful birth.

Tune in to hear:

  • Amanda’s honest reaction to discovering she was unexpectedly pregnant with her fifth baby
  • Why she felt ashamed of struggling to accept a pregnancy that others would consider a blessing
  • How resentment began affecting her marriage and emotional well-being
  • The role prayer, therapy, humility, and surrender played in changing her heart
  • How Amanda intentionally connected with her baby after months of feeling detached
  • Why she chose midwifery care after four pregnancies with an obstetrician
  • How God opened the door for her to work with the Christian midwife she had specifically prayed for
  • What prodromal labor felt like after four previously fast and straightforward labors
  • The moment Amanda’s water broke at ten centimeters in her living room
  • Why her midwife recommended staying home instead of rushing to the hospital
  • How the rest and be thankful phase gave Amanda time to prepare for birth
  • What made this water birth less painful than her previous hospital and epidural births
  • How breathing, worship music, gratitude, and Christian hypnobirthing supported her labor
  • Why physiological birth education changed Amanda’s fifth birth experience
  • How this unexpected baby became an irreplaceable blessing to the entire family

CONNECT WITH KAREN:

Use code PODCAST to get $50 off the Pain Free Birth E-course HERE

Submit your birth story and apply to come on the podcast

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Connect with Amanda:

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]]> Karen Welton Buzzsprout-19488577 Tue, 14 Jul 2026 04:00:00 -0400 3382 full false #109 | Two Sets of Twins, Two Unmedicated Hospital Births, One Incredible Testimony #109 | Two Sets of Twins, Two Unmedicated Hospital Births, One Incredible Testimony Have you ever wondered if a twin birth can truly be peaceful, unmedicated, and even pain free?

In this powerful episode of the Pain Free Birth Podcast, Karen sits down with Destiny Randolph, a mom of six who has birthed two sets of twins naturally, unmedicated, and in the hospital. Destiny shares the incredible story of conceiving both sets of twins naturally, navigating the mental weight of a “high risk” label, and learning to trust her body, her intuition, her husband, her care team, and the Lord through it all.

This conversation is full of practical wisdom for any mama preparing for birth, especially those navigating hospital birth, induction, twin pregnancy, provider pressure, or fear of the unknown. Destiny’s story is a beautiful reminder that your internal environment matters deeply, that advocacy can be peaceful and collaborative, and that birth can be powerful, holy, joyful, and far less painful than you have been led to believe.

Tune in to hear:

  • Destiny’s story of conceiving two sets of twins naturally
  • How she processed the shock and fear of finding out she was pregnant with twins again
  • Why twin pregnancy felt mentally and physically harder, but twin birth felt easier than her singleton births
  • How she prayerfully navigated an induction recommendation at 37 weeks and 4 days
  • Why she chose Pitocin but declined breaking her water right away
  • The role of her husband in advocacy, decision making, and emotional support
  • How a supportive nurse helped her trust her body and make decisions with peace
  • Why cervical checks can impact labor mindset
  • The “open hands” practice that helped her relax through intensity
  • How worship music, water, closed eyes, and her husband helped her stay focused in the OR
  • What happened when Baby A was born in the OR and Baby B came later in the labor room
  • The shocking moment Baby B came flying out in her sac while the nurses thought it was “just fluid”
  • Why Destiny believes hospital birth can still be beautiful, spiritual, and empowering
  • Her encouragement for twin moms, hospital birth moms, and women afraid birth will ruin their bodies
  • The deeper lesson Destiny learned about surrender, trust, and letting go of control

CONNECT WITH KAREN:

Use code PODCAST to get $50 off the Pain Free Birth E-course HERE

Submit your birth story and apply to come on the podcast

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]]> Have you ever wondered if a twin birth can truly be peaceful, unmedicated, and even pain free?

In this powerful episode of the Pain Free Birth Podcast, Karen sits down with Destiny Randolph, a mom of six who has birthed two sets of twins naturally, unmedicated, and in the hospital. Destiny shares the incredible story of conceiving both sets of twins naturally, navigating the mental weight of a “high risk” label, and learning to trust her body, her intuition, her husband, her care team, and the Lord through it all.

This conversation is full of practical wisdom for any mama preparing for birth, especially those navigating hospital birth, induction, twin pregnancy, provider pressure, or fear of the unknown. Destiny’s story is a beautiful reminder that your internal environment matters deeply, that advocacy can be peaceful and collaborative, and that birth can be powerful, holy, joyful, and far less painful than you have been led to believe.

Tune in to hear:

  • Destiny’s story of conceiving two sets of twins naturally
  • How she processed the shock and fear of finding out she was pregnant with twins again
  • Why twin pregnancy felt mentally and physically harder, but twin birth felt easier than her singleton births
  • How she prayerfully navigated an induction recommendation at 37 weeks and 4 days
  • Why she chose Pitocin but declined breaking her water right away
  • The role of her husband in advocacy, decision making, and emotional support
  • How a supportive nurse helped her trust her body and make decisions with peace
  • Why cervical checks can impact labor mindset
  • The “open hands” practice that helped her relax through intensity
  • How worship music, water, closed eyes, and her husband helped her stay focused in the OR
  • What happened when Baby A was born in the OR and Baby B came later in the labor room
  • The shocking moment Baby B came flying out in her sac while the nurses thought it was “just fluid”
  • Why Destiny believes hospital birth can still be beautiful, spiritual, and empowering
  • Her encouragement for twin moms, hospital birth moms, and women afraid birth will ruin their bodies
  • The deeper lesson Destiny learned about surrender, trust, and letting go of control

CONNECT WITH KAREN:

Use code PODCAST to get $50 off the Pain Free Birth E-course HERE

Submit your birth story and apply to come on the podcast

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Facebook

YouTube

]]> Karen Welton Buzzsprout-19453592 Tue, 07 Jul 2026 04:00:00 -0400 3956 full false #108 | The Hidden Harm Behind "Healthy Mom, Healthy Baby" #108 | The Hidden Harm Behind "Healthy Mom, Healthy Baby" Did you have a healthy baby, but still feel broken after birth?

For decades, women have been told that if their baby is healthy, they should simply be grateful. But what happens when your body, your heart, and your spirit are still carrying the weight of a birth that left you feeling unheard, violated, disappointed, or ashamed?

In this deeply personal episode, I unpack the hidden damage behind the phrase "healthy mom, healthy baby," why birth trauma is so often minimized, and how true healing begins. Whether your birth included unexpected interventions, a cesarean, feelings of failure, or simply didn't unfold the way you dreamed, this conversation will remind you that your story matters and that healing is possible.

Tune in to hear:

  •  Why "healthy mom, healthy baby" has become one of the most harmful phrases women hear after birth 
  •  How birth trauma happens, even when everyone says your birth was "normal" 
  •  The emotional signs that you may still be carrying unresolved birth trauma 
  •  Why trauma is about what happened inside of you, not just what happened to you 
  •  The connection between birth trauma, nervous system regulation, and postpartum healing 
  •  How shame, fear, and self-blame become trapped in the body 
  •  The powerful role forgiveness plays in healing, including forgiving yourself 
  •  Questions that help uncover the root of birth trauma and lifelong patterns 
  •  What family, friends, doulas, and birth workers can say instead of "At least you had a healthy baby" 
  •  Practical first steps for processing grief and reconnecting with your body 
  •  Why empowered mothers create healthier families and healthier birth culture 
  •  Resources available through Pain Free Birth for deeper healing and support

CONNECT WITH KAREN:

Use code PODCAST to get $50 off the Pain Free Birth E-course HERE

Submit your birth story and apply to come on the podcast

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YouTube

]]> Did you have a healthy baby, but still feel broken after birth?

For decades, women have been told that if their baby is healthy, they should simply be grateful. But what happens when your body, your heart, and your spirit are still carrying the weight of a birth that left you feeling unheard, violated, disappointed, or ashamed?

In this deeply personal episode, I unpack the hidden damage behind the phrase "healthy mom, healthy baby," why birth trauma is so often minimized, and how true healing begins. Whether your birth included unexpected interventions, a cesarean, feelings of failure, or simply didn't unfold the way you dreamed, this conversation will remind you that your story matters and that healing is possible.

Tune in to hear:

  •  Why "healthy mom, healthy baby" has become one of the most harmful phrases women hear after birth 
  •  How birth trauma happens, even when everyone says your birth was "normal" 
  •  The emotional signs that you may still be carrying unresolved birth trauma 
  •  Why trauma is about what happened inside of you, not just what happened to you 
  •  The connection between birth trauma, nervous system regulation, and postpartum healing 
  •  How shame, fear, and self-blame become trapped in the body 
  •  The powerful role forgiveness plays in healing, including forgiving yourself 
  •  Questions that help uncover the root of birth trauma and lifelong patterns 
  •  What family, friends, doulas, and birth workers can say instead of "At least you had a healthy baby" 
  •  Practical first steps for processing grief and reconnecting with your body 
  •  Why empowered mothers create healthier families and healthier birth culture 
  •  Resources available through Pain Free Birth for deeper healing and support

CONNECT WITH KAREN:

Use code PODCAST to get $50 off the Pain Free Birth E-course HERE

Submit your birth story and apply to come on the podcast

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Facebook

YouTube

]]> Buzzsprout-19401527 Tue, 30 Jun 2026 04:00:00 -0400 2767 full false #107 | She Faced a 40-Hour Induction and Still Loved Her Birth with Eliana Ghen #107 | She Faced a 40-Hour Induction and Still Loved Her Birth with Eliana Ghen What if your birth doesn't go according to plan, but becomes even more transformative because of it?

In today's episode, actress, filmmaker, and creator Eliana Ghen shares her incredible 42-week induction journey. After being pressured toward an early induction for a suspected IUGR diagnosis, Eliana learned to advocate for herself, trust her body, and ask better questions. That decision ultimately allowed her baby more time to grow and led her into one of the most transformative experiences of her life.

What followed was a 42-hour labor that tested every mental, physical, and emotional reserve she had. Through Pitocin, Cytotec, Foley balloon induction, relentless back labor, extreme exhaustion, and moments where she believed she couldn't continue, Eliana discovered a level of strength she never knew existed. Her story is a powerful reminder that birth does not have to be perfect to be empowering.

Tune in to hear:

• How a suspected IUGR diagnosis almost led to a 37-week induction
• Why she chose to continue her pregnancy past 42 weeks
• What really happened during her Foley balloon and Cytotec induction
• The truth about Pitocin and whether it made contractions more painful
• How mindset preparation changed her entire labor experience
• The fear release exercises that helped her stay grounded
• Why back labor became the biggest challenge of her birth
• The moment she nearly chose an epidural
• How her husband helped her avoid a decision she wasn't ready to make
• What happened when her water was finally broken
• Why pushing felt completely different than labor
• The surprising pain-free ending after 42 hours of labor
• How birth transformed her confidence forever
• Her advice for women facing induction
• Why empowerment matters more than any specific birth outcome

Connect with Eliana:

Use code PODCAST to get $50 off the Pain Free Birth E-course HERE

CONNECT WITH KAREN:

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/painfreebirth

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/painfreebirth/

Spotify Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/5zEiKMIHFewZeVdzfBSEMS

Apple Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/pain-free-birth/id1696179731

Website - https://painfreebirth.com/

Email List https://pain-free-birth.mykajabi.com/website-opt-in

]]> What if your birth doesn't go according to plan, but becomes even more transformative because of it?

In today's episode, actress, filmmaker, and creator Eliana Ghen shares her incredible 42-week induction journey. After being pressured toward an early induction for a suspected IUGR diagnosis, Eliana learned to advocate for herself, trust her body, and ask better questions. That decision ultimately allowed her baby more time to grow and led her into one of the most transformative experiences of her life.

What followed was a 42-hour labor that tested every mental, physical, and emotional reserve she had. Through Pitocin, Cytotec, Foley balloon induction, relentless back labor, extreme exhaustion, and moments where she believed she couldn't continue, Eliana discovered a level of strength she never knew existed. Her story is a powerful reminder that birth does not have to be perfect to be empowering.

Tune in to hear:

• How a suspected IUGR diagnosis almost led to a 37-week induction
• Why she chose to continue her pregnancy past 42 weeks
• What really happened during her Foley balloon and Cytotec induction
• The truth about Pitocin and whether it made contractions more painful
• How mindset preparation changed her entire labor experience
• The fear release exercises that helped her stay grounded
• Why back labor became the biggest challenge of her birth
• The moment she nearly chose an epidural
• How her husband helped her avoid a decision she wasn't ready to make
• What happened when her water was finally broken
• Why pushing felt completely different than labor
• The surprising pain-free ending after 42 hours of labor
• How birth transformed her confidence forever
• Her advice for women facing induction
• Why empowerment matters more than any specific birth outcome

Connect with Eliana:

Use code PODCAST to get $50 off the Pain Free Birth E-course HERE

CONNECT WITH KAREN:

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/painfreebirth

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/painfreebirth/

Spotify Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/5zEiKMIHFewZeVdzfBSEMS

Apple Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/pain-free-birth/id1696179731

Website - https://painfreebirth.com/

Email List https://pain-free-birth.mykajabi.com/website-opt-in

]]> Buzzsprout-19383859 Tue, 23 Jun 2026 04:00:00 -0400 5583 full false #106 | How Faith, Physiology, and Preparation Led to a Redemptive Birth #106 | How Faith, Physiology, and Preparation Led to a Redemptive Birth Can a traumatic birth experience be redeemed, even after years of fear, postpartum struggles, and disappointment?

In this powerful episode, Karen sits down with Anna Kroese, a homeschooling mom who shares her journey through three radically different birth experiences. After an induction for suspected IUGR, a difficult breastfeeding journey, and a fast but overwhelming home birth that left her feeling disconnected, Anna wondered if birth would ever feel empowering.

Seven years later, everything changed. Through intentional preparation, understanding birth physiology, renewing her mindset, and partnering with God throughout pregnancy and labor, Anna experienced a peaceful, redemptive home birth that transformed not only her labor, but her entire postpartum experience.

Tune in to hear:

  •  Anna's first hospital birth and unexpected IUGR induction 
  •  How breastfeeding struggles, tongue ties, and body tension impacted her family 
  •  Why bodywork, fascia release, and craniosacral therapies can be game changers 
  •  The red flags she missed during her first pregnancy 
  •  How she convinced her husband to support home birth 
  •  Why she switched midwives in her third trimester 
  •  The surprising lessons she learned from a fast, intense second birth 
  •  How fear changed her perception of pain during labor 
  •  The physiology behind pain-free birth 
  •  The role of Christian hypnobirthing and faith during pregnancy 
  •  How her husband became an incredible labor support person 
  •  The moment she realized birth didn't have to hurt 
  •  Delivering her baby before the midwife arrived 
  •  Why her postpartum experience was dramatically different after her third birth 
  •  How birth hormones can impact postpartum healing and mental health

Use code PODCAST to get $50 off the Pain Free Birth E-course HERE

CONNECT WITH KAREN:

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/painfreebirth

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/painfreebirth/

Spotify Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/5zEiKMIHFewZeVdzfBSEMS

Apple Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/pain-free-birth/id1696179731

Website - https://painfreebirth.com/

Email List https://pain-free-birth.mykajabi.com/website-opt-in

]]> Can a traumatic birth experience be redeemed, even after years of fear, postpartum struggles, and disappointment?

In this powerful episode, Karen sits down with Anna Kroese, a homeschooling mom who shares her journey through three radically different birth experiences. After an induction for suspected IUGR, a difficult breastfeeding journey, and a fast but overwhelming home birth that left her feeling disconnected, Anna wondered if birth would ever feel empowering.

Seven years later, everything changed. Through intentional preparation, understanding birth physiology, renewing her mindset, and partnering with God throughout pregnancy and labor, Anna experienced a peaceful, redemptive home birth that transformed not only her labor, but her entire postpartum experience.

Tune in to hear:

  •  Anna's first hospital birth and unexpected IUGR induction 
  •  How breastfeeding struggles, tongue ties, and body tension impacted her family 
  •  Why bodywork, fascia release, and craniosacral therapies can be game changers 
  •  The red flags she missed during her first pregnancy 
  •  How she convinced her husband to support home birth 
  •  Why she switched midwives in her third trimester 
  •  The surprising lessons she learned from a fast, intense second birth 
  •  How fear changed her perception of pain during labor 
  •  The physiology behind pain-free birth 
  •  The role of Christian hypnobirthing and faith during pregnancy 
  •  How her husband became an incredible labor support person 
  •  The moment she realized birth didn't have to hurt 
  •  Delivering her baby before the midwife arrived 
  •  Why her postpartum experience was dramatically different after her third birth 
  •  How birth hormones can impact postpartum healing and mental health

Use code PODCAST to get $50 off the Pain Free Birth E-course HERE

CONNECT WITH KAREN:

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/painfreebirth

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/painfreebirth/

Spotify Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/5zEiKMIHFewZeVdzfBSEMS

Apple Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/pain-free-birth/id1696179731

Website - https://painfreebirth.com/

Email List https://pain-free-birth.mykajabi.com/website-opt-in

]]> Buzzsprout-19350117 Tue, 16 Jun 2026 04:00:00 -0400 4213 full false #105 | Pain-Free VBAC After 5 C-Sections: A Testimony of Faith and Trust #105 | Pain-Free VBAC After 5 C-Sections: A Testimony of Faith and Trust What if the birth you've been praying for feels impossible according to everyone around you?

After five cesarean births, Derika Brown was told over and over that a vaginal birth was out of the question. Doctors dismissed her questions, providers refused to support her, and fear surrounded every conversation about birth. But deep in her heart, she believed God was showing her a different path.

In this powerful episode, Derika shares the remarkable story of her journey from five cesareans to a pain-free home birth. From hospital coercion and birth trauma to finding a supportive midwife just four days before labor, this testimony is a powerful reminder that faith, preparation, advocacy, and trust in the body's design can transform the birth experience.

Tune in to hear:

  •  How Derika's first birth led to a cascade of repeat cesareans 
  •  The dream that first planted the possibility of a VBAC in her heart 
  •  What happened when she attempted a VBAC after four cesareans 
  •  The shocking hospital experience that ended in a fifth cesarean 
  •  Why informed consent matters in maternity care 
  •  How birth trauma impacted her emotionally and spiritually 
  •  The role faith played in rebuilding her confidence for another pregnancy 
  •  Finding a supportive midwife only four days before labor 
  •  How her 9-year-old daughter became her unexpected doula 
  •  The atmosphere of worship, prayer, and peace surrounding labor 
  •  What a pain-free birth actually felt like 
  •  Experiencing the fetal ejection reflex after five cesareans 
  •  The emotional moment of finally achieving her long-awaited VBAC 
  •  Encouragement for mothers believing for their own redemption birth

Derika's Birth Video on IG: https://www.instagram.com/p/DXkpAMrDY-e/ 

Use code PODCAST to get $50 off the Pain Free Birth E-course HERE

CONNECT WITH KAREN:

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/painfreebirth

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/painfreebirth/

Spotify Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/5zEiKMIHFewZeVdzfBSEMS

Apple Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/pain-free-birth/id1696179731

Website - https://painfreebirth.com/

Email List https://pain-free-birth.mykajabi.com/website-opt-in

]]> What if the birth you've been praying for feels impossible according to everyone around you?

After five cesarean births, Derika Brown was told over and over that a vaginal birth was out of the question. Doctors dismissed her questions, providers refused to support her, and fear surrounded every conversation about birth. But deep in her heart, she believed God was showing her a different path.

In this powerful episode, Derika shares the remarkable story of her journey from five cesareans to a pain-free home birth. From hospital coercion and birth trauma to finding a supportive midwife just four days before labor, this testimony is a powerful reminder that faith, preparation, advocacy, and trust in the body's design can transform the birth experience.

Tune in to hear:

  •  How Derika's first birth led to a cascade of repeat cesareans 
  •  The dream that first planted the possibility of a VBAC in her heart 
  •  What happened when she attempted a VBAC after four cesareans 
  •  The shocking hospital experience that ended in a fifth cesarean 
  •  Why informed consent matters in maternity care 
  •  How birth trauma impacted her emotionally and spiritually 
  •  The role faith played in rebuilding her confidence for another pregnancy 
  •  Finding a supportive midwife only four days before labor 
  •  How her 9-year-old daughter became her unexpected doula 
  •  The atmosphere of worship, prayer, and peace surrounding labor 
  •  What a pain-free birth actually felt like 
  •  Experiencing the fetal ejection reflex after five cesareans 
  •  The emotional moment of finally achieving her long-awaited VBAC 
  •  Encouragement for mothers believing for their own redemption birth

Derika's Birth Video on IG: https://www.instagram.com/p/DXkpAMrDY-e/ 

Use code PODCAST to get $50 off the Pain Free Birth E-course HERE

CONNECT WITH KAREN:

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/painfreebirth

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/painfreebirth/

Spotify Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/5zEiKMIHFewZeVdzfBSEMS

Apple Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/pain-free-birth/id1696179731

Website - https://painfreebirth.com/

Email List https://pain-free-birth.mykajabi.com/website-opt-in

]]> Karen Welton Buzzsprout-19317748 Tue, 09 Jun 2026 04:00:00 -0400 5191 full false #104 | Free Birth, Medical Emergencies, and the Truth No One Wants to Talk About #104 | Free Birth, Medical Emergencies, and the Truth No One Wants to Talk About Can you trust your body completely and still acknowledge that medical emergencies sometimes happen in birth?

In this episode, Karen shares a perspective she's never publicly discussed before and diving into the recent conversations surrounding free birth, birth emergencies, and the growing divide between the natural birth community and the medical model of care.

This conversation is not about fear. It's about wisdom. It's about holding confidence in the body's design while also recognizing that true emergencies can happen. 

Whether you're planning a home birth, hospital birth, birth center birth, or free birth, this episode will help you navigate conflicting messages and make informed decisions rooted in both faith and discernment.

Tune in to hear:

  •  Why I decided to speak publicly about free birth and birth emergencies 
  •  The growing divide within the birth community 
  •  What the natural birth movement gets right about physiology 
  •  What concerns me about some free birth teachings 
  •  How to distinguish between physiological birth and pathology 
  •  Why medical intervention is sometimes life-saving 
  •  The difference between overmedicalization and undermedicalization 
  •  Common red flags women should never ignore in labor 
  •  Why informed consent requires understanding both risks and benefits 
  •  The role intuition plays in preventing poor outcomes 
  •  How birth trauma can occur in any setting 
  •  Why needing help in labor is not a failure 
  •  What true radical responsibility looks like 
  •  Encouragement for mothers healing from birth disappointment and trauma 
  •  How to prepare for birth with both confidence and wisdom 

Use code PODCAST to get $50 off the Pain Free Birth E-course HERE

CONNECT WITH KAREN:

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/painfreebirth

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/painfreebirth/

Spotify Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/5zEiKMIHFewZeVdzfBSEMS

Apple Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/pain-free-birth/id1696179731

Website - https://painfreebirth.com/

Email List https://pain-free-birth.mykajabi.com/website-opt-in

]]> Can you trust your body completely and still acknowledge that medical emergencies sometimes happen in birth?

In this episode, Karen shares a perspective she's never publicly discussed before and diving into the recent conversations surrounding free birth, birth emergencies, and the growing divide between the natural birth community and the medical model of care.

This conversation is not about fear. It's about wisdom. It's about holding confidence in the body's design while also recognizing that true emergencies can happen. 

Whether you're planning a home birth, hospital birth, birth center birth, or free birth, this episode will help you navigate conflicting messages and make informed decisions rooted in both faith and discernment.

Tune in to hear:

  •  Why I decided to speak publicly about free birth and birth emergencies 
  •  The growing divide within the birth community 
  •  What the natural birth movement gets right about physiology 
  •  What concerns me about some free birth teachings 
  •  How to distinguish between physiological birth and pathology 
  •  Why medical intervention is sometimes life-saving 
  •  The difference between overmedicalization and undermedicalization 
  •  Common red flags women should never ignore in labor 
  •  Why informed consent requires understanding both risks and benefits 
  •  The role intuition plays in preventing poor outcomes 
  •  How birth trauma can occur in any setting 
  •  Why needing help in labor is not a failure 
  •  What true radical responsibility looks like 
  •  Encouragement for mothers healing from birth disappointment and trauma 
  •  How to prepare for birth with both confidence and wisdom 

Use code PODCAST to get $50 off the Pain Free Birth E-course HERE

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Email List https://pain-free-birth.mykajabi.com/website-opt-in

]]> Karen Welton Buzzsprout-19276489 Tue, 02 Jun 2026 04:00:00 -0400 3286 full false #103 | 29 Days Overdue & Fully Trusting God: The 3-Push Joy Filled Birth She Prayed For #103 | 29 Days Overdue & Fully Trusting God: The 3-Push Joy Filled Birth She Prayed For What would you do if you were 29 days overdue… and everyone around you was afraid?

In this episode of the Pain-Free Birth Podcast, Karen sits down with Christine Janicke, a mom of five, who shares her incredible story of carrying her fifth baby to 44 weeks + 1 day before experiencing a beautiful, natural home birth.

Christine opens up about the intense mental, emotional, and spiritual journey of waiting far beyond what most providers (and most people) would consider “normal.” From navigating fear-filled comments and pressure from others to learning how to radically surrender and trust the Lord, this episode is packed with wisdom, encouragement, and perspective-shifting conversations around birth, intuition, and motherhood.

You’ll hear how Christine protected her peace during those final weeks, the profound spiritual lessons God taught her through the waiting, and the miraculous moment she specifically prayed for a 3-push delivery… and got exactly that.

Tune in to hear:

  •  What it was like being 29 days overdue 
  •  Navigating fear and outside pressure during pregnancy 
  •  Trusting God when everyone around you is afraid 
  •  The emotional and spiritual surrender of motherhood 
  •  Why Christine intentionally kept her circle small 
  •  The difference between intuition vs fear in birth 
  •  How mindset changes the experience of labor 
  •  The surprising reality of her healthy placenta and baby at 44 weeks 
  •  Her fast, joy-filled 3-push home birth 
  •  Why “surrendering to God will never disappoint”

CONNECT WITH KAREN:

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/painfreebirth

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/painfreebirth/

Spotify Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/5zEiKMIHFewZeVdzfBSEMS

Apple Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/pain-free-birth/id1696179731

Website - https://painfreebirth.com/

Email List https://pain-free-birth.mykajabi.com/website-opt-in

]]> What would you do if you were 29 days overdue… and everyone around you was afraid?

In this episode of the Pain-Free Birth Podcast, Karen sits down with Christine Janicke, a mom of five, who shares her incredible story of carrying her fifth baby to 44 weeks + 1 day before experiencing a beautiful, natural home birth.

Christine opens up about the intense mental, emotional, and spiritual journey of waiting far beyond what most providers (and most people) would consider “normal.” From navigating fear-filled comments and pressure from others to learning how to radically surrender and trust the Lord, this episode is packed with wisdom, encouragement, and perspective-shifting conversations around birth, intuition, and motherhood.

You’ll hear how Christine protected her peace during those final weeks, the profound spiritual lessons God taught her through the waiting, and the miraculous moment she specifically prayed for a 3-push delivery… and got exactly that.

Tune in to hear:

  •  What it was like being 29 days overdue 
  •  Navigating fear and outside pressure during pregnancy 
  •  Trusting God when everyone around you is afraid 
  •  The emotional and spiritual surrender of motherhood 
  •  Why Christine intentionally kept her circle small 
  •  The difference between intuition vs fear in birth 
  •  How mindset changes the experience of labor 
  •  The surprising reality of her healthy placenta and baby at 44 weeks 
  •  Her fast, joy-filled 3-push home birth 
  •  Why “surrendering to God will never disappoint”

CONNECT WITH KAREN:

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/painfreebirth

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/painfreebirth/

Spotify Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/5zEiKMIHFewZeVdzfBSEMS

Apple Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/pain-free-birth/id1696179731

Website - https://painfreebirth.com/

Email List https://pain-free-birth.mykajabi.com/website-opt-in

]]> Buzzsprout-19216227 Tue, 26 May 2026 04:00:00 -0400 3259 full false #102 | After Birth Trauma & C-Section, She Had a Supernatural Hospital VBAC at 40 #102 | After Birth Trauma & C-Section, She Had a Supernatural Hospital VBAC at 40 Could you trust your body after a traumatic birth experience?

In today’s episode, Karen sits down with Connie Johnson, a mom of four from Phoenix, Arizona, who shares her incredible journey from a traumatic military hospital birth and C-section to experiencing three redemptive VBACs—including a completely peaceful, supernatural hospital birth that ended with her baby being born before the doctor even made it into the room.

This episode is a powerful reminder that hospital birth does not have to equal fear, trauma, or loss of control. Her story is deeply encouraging for moms preparing for VBACs, hospital births, or healing after previous traumatic birth experiences.

 

Tune in to hear:

  •  Connie’s traumatic first birth in a military hospital during COVID 
  •  The pressure and fear surrounding “geriatric pregnancy” 
  •  How induction led to a 36-hour labor and eventual C-section 
  •  The emotional impact of birth trauma and NICU separation 
  •  Why she chose to pursue a VBAC after her first experience 
  •  The importance of choosing the right birth team 
  •  How mindset shifts transformed her subsequent births 
  •  Navigating grief and pregnancy after losing her father 
  •  The connection between fear, tension, and pain during labor 
  •  How she prepared mentally and spiritually for birth 
  •  Creating a peaceful worship-filled hospital birth environment 
  •  What physiological pushing actually felt like 
  •  The incredible moment her body birthed her baby naturally 
  •  Why her doctor completely missed the birth 
  •  How she recovered immediately after birth without exhaustion 
  •  Encouragement for moms believing for a redemptive birth story

CONNECT WITH KAREN:

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/painfreebirth

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/painfreebirth/

Spotify Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/5zEiKMIHFewZeVdzfBSEMS

Apple Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/pain-free-birth/id1696179731

Website - https://painfreebirth.com/

Email List https://pain-free-birth.mykajabi.com/website-opt-in

]]> Could you trust your body after a traumatic birth experience?

In today’s episode, Karen sits down with Connie Johnson, a mom of four from Phoenix, Arizona, who shares her incredible journey from a traumatic military hospital birth and C-section to experiencing three redemptive VBACs—including a completely peaceful, supernatural hospital birth that ended with her baby being born before the doctor even made it into the room.

This episode is a powerful reminder that hospital birth does not have to equal fear, trauma, or loss of control. Her story is deeply encouraging for moms preparing for VBACs, hospital births, or healing after previous traumatic birth experiences.

 

Tune in to hear:

  •  Connie’s traumatic first birth in a military hospital during COVID 
  •  The pressure and fear surrounding “geriatric pregnancy” 
  •  How induction led to a 36-hour labor and eventual C-section 
  •  The emotional impact of birth trauma and NICU separation 
  •  Why she chose to pursue a VBAC after her first experience 
  •  The importance of choosing the right birth team 
  •  How mindset shifts transformed her subsequent births 
  •  Navigating grief and pregnancy after losing her father 
  •  The connection between fear, tension, and pain during labor 
  •  How she prepared mentally and spiritually for birth 
  •  Creating a peaceful worship-filled hospital birth environment 
  •  What physiological pushing actually felt like 
  •  The incredible moment her body birthed her baby naturally 
  •  Why her doctor completely missed the birth 
  •  How she recovered immediately after birth without exhaustion 
  •  Encouragement for moms believing for a redemptive birth story

CONNECT WITH KAREN:

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/painfreebirth

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/painfreebirth/

Spotify Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/5zEiKMIHFewZeVdzfBSEMS

Apple Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/pain-free-birth/id1696179731

Website - https://painfreebirth.com/

Email List https://pain-free-birth.mykajabi.com/website-opt-in

]]> Karen Welton Buzzsprout-19197315 Tue, 19 May 2026 03:00:00 -0400 3655 full false #101 | Planned Hospital Birth Turned Peaceful Free Birth in a Truck #101 | Planned Hospital Birth Turned Peaceful Free Birth in a Truck What started as a planned unmedicated hospital birth quickly turned into an unexpected free birth on the side of the highway.

In this episode, Selina shares the incredible story of giving birth to her posterior baby in the front seat of a truck before ever making it to the hospital. From laboring alone in her bathroom to feeling her baby’s head in her own hand, this story is filled with faith, surrender, instinct, and the undeniable power of the female body.

This episode is an emotional, empowering reminder that birth is not something to fear and that our bodies were beautifully designed for this work.

Tune in to hear:

  •  Why Selina originally planned a hospital birth instead of a home birth 
  •  How hearing positive birth stories helped eliminate fear around birth 
  •  The moment she realized labor was progressing quickly 
  •  What it felt like to experience the fetal ejection reflex 
  •  Why she says the contractions were painful but the actual birth was painless 
  •  How she accidentally delivered her baby in the truck on the side of the highway 
  •  What it was like to catch her own posterior baby 
  •  The emotional moment she saw her baby’s face before his body was born 
  •  Why she felt complete peace immediately after birth 
  •  The prayers she says God answered throughout her labor and delivery 
  •  How unmedicated birth transformed her faith and confidence as a woman 
  •  Karen’s insights on surrender, physiological birth, and trusting the body

CONNECT WITH KAREN:

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]]> What started as a planned unmedicated hospital birth quickly turned into an unexpected free birth on the side of the highway.

In this episode, Selina shares the incredible story of giving birth to her posterior baby in the front seat of a truck before ever making it to the hospital. From laboring alone in her bathroom to feeling her baby’s head in her own hand, this story is filled with faith, surrender, instinct, and the undeniable power of the female body.

This episode is an emotional, empowering reminder that birth is not something to fear and that our bodies were beautifully designed for this work.

Tune in to hear:

  •  Why Selina originally planned a hospital birth instead of a home birth 
  •  How hearing positive birth stories helped eliminate fear around birth 
  •  The moment she realized labor was progressing quickly 
  •  What it felt like to experience the fetal ejection reflex 
  •  Why she says the contractions were painful but the actual birth was painless 
  •  How she accidentally delivered her baby in the truck on the side of the highway 
  •  What it was like to catch her own posterior baby 
  •  The emotional moment she saw her baby’s face before his body was born 
  •  Why she felt complete peace immediately after birth 
  •  The prayers she says God answered throughout her labor and delivery 
  •  How unmedicated birth transformed her faith and confidence as a woman 
  •  Karen’s insights on surrender, physiological birth, and trusting the body

CONNECT WITH KAREN:

Use code PODCAST to get $50 off the Pain Free Birth E-course HERE

Submit your birth story and apply to come on the podcast

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Facebook

YouTube

]]> Karen Welton Buzzsprout-19158835 Tue, 12 May 2026 04:00:00 -0400 2820 full false #100 | From Maiden to Mother: A Special Mother’s Day Message from Karen #100 | From Maiden to Mother: A Special Mother’s Day Message from Karen What if motherhood isn’t something you’re losing yourself in… but something you’re being reborn through?

 

We are celebrating 100 episodes of Pain Free Birth! In this episode, we are re-airing a powerful message from Karen on the transformation from maiden to mother and the sacred, often overlooked rite of passage that motherhood truly is. 

 

With Mother’s Day as the backdrop, this conversation honors both the beauty and the weight of motherhood. Karen speaks directly to the emotional, physical, and spiritual shifts women experience as they step into this role highlighting the surrender, identity shifts, and deep inner work that come with it.

 

In this episode, you’ll learn:

  •  Why motherhood is a sacred rite of passage, not just a life transition 
  •  The emotional and identity shifts that happen from maiden to mother 
  •  How surrender in birth mirrors surrender in motherhood 
  •  Why resisting the process creates more pain—and how to release control 
  •  The difference between masculine productivity and feminine presence 
  •  How cultural expectations can disconnect women from their intuition 
  •  Why feeling like you’ve “lost yourself” may actually be a rebirth 
  •  The power of embracing each season of motherhood without judgment 
  •  How to navigate doubt, overwhelm, and identity shifts with grace 
  •  A new perspective on what it means to be “doing enough” as a mother

Mothers Day Sale: Get $60 off the Pain Free Birth E-Course and get Birth Partner Bootcamp Free: https://resources.painfreebirth.com/pfb-ecourse-mothers-day-2026 

CONNECT WITH KAREN:

Submit your birth story and apply to come on the podcast

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Facebook

YouTube

]]> What if motherhood isn’t something you’re losing yourself in… but something you’re being reborn through?

 

We are celebrating 100 episodes of Pain Free Birth! In this episode, we are re-airing a powerful message from Karen on the transformation from maiden to mother and the sacred, often overlooked rite of passage that motherhood truly is. 

 

With Mother’s Day as the backdrop, this conversation honors both the beauty and the weight of motherhood. Karen speaks directly to the emotional, physical, and spiritual shifts women experience as they step into this role highlighting the surrender, identity shifts, and deep inner work that come with it.

 

In this episode, you’ll learn:

  •  Why motherhood is a sacred rite of passage, not just a life transition 
  •  The emotional and identity shifts that happen from maiden to mother 
  •  How surrender in birth mirrors surrender in motherhood 
  •  Why resisting the process creates more pain—and how to release control 
  •  The difference between masculine productivity and feminine presence 
  •  How cultural expectations can disconnect women from their intuition 
  •  Why feeling like you’ve “lost yourself” may actually be a rebirth 
  •  The power of embracing each season of motherhood without judgment 
  •  How to navigate doubt, overwhelm, and identity shifts with grace 
  •  A new perspective on what it means to be “doing enough” as a mother

Mothers Day Sale: Get $60 off the Pain Free Birth E-Course and get Birth Partner Bootcamp Free: https://resources.painfreebirth.com/pfb-ecourse-mothers-day-2026 

CONNECT WITH KAREN:

Submit your birth story and apply to come on the podcast

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Facebook

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]]> Karen Welton Buzzsprout-19122929 Tue, 05 May 2026 03:00:00 -0400 2320 full false #99 | When God Rewrites Your Birth Plan: A Miraculous Breech Hospital Birth #99 | When God Rewrites Your Birth Plan: A Miraculous Breech Hospital Birth What would you do if your dream birth plan completely fell apart… and still turned out better than you ever imagined?

In this powerful episode of the Pain-Free Birth Podcast, Karen sits down with Brie Kuikahi, who shares her incredible first birth story-a breech hospital birth during COVID that she describes as “better than I imagined” and “absolutely perfect.”

After planning for a natural birth center experience, Brie’s baby remained breech, and due to state laws, no midwives were able to support her. What followed was a journey filled with fear, surrender, and ultimately, divine alignment.

Despite every obstacle, Brie had the birth she prayed for: minimal intervention, deep connection with her husband, and a delivery that “went perfectly.”

This episode will encourage any mama navigating uncertainty, unexpected changes, or fear around birth.

 

Tune in to hear:

  •  What happens when your baby stays breech—and your options feel limited 
  •  The emotional reality of being denied support for your birth preferences 
  •  How Brie navigated fear, disappointment, and uncertainty during pregnancy 
  •  The moment everything shifted—and she found the only supportive provider 
  •  What it’s like to have a vaginal breech birth in a hospital setting 
  •  How mindset, faith, and surrender transformed her birth experience 
  •  Why “losing control” can actually lead to your most powerful birth 
  •  The role of a supportive partner during labor (and what helped most) 
  •  How her birth ended up being better than she ever imagined


Connect with Brie:

@Briekuikahi


CONNECT WITH KAREN:

Use code PODCAST to get $50 off the Pain Free Birth E-course HERE

Submit your birth story and apply to come on the podcast

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YouTube

]]> What would you do if your dream birth plan completely fell apart… and still turned out better than you ever imagined?

In this powerful episode of the Pain-Free Birth Podcast, Karen sits down with Brie Kuikahi, who shares her incredible first birth story-a breech hospital birth during COVID that she describes as “better than I imagined” and “absolutely perfect.”

After planning for a natural birth center experience, Brie’s baby remained breech, and due to state laws, no midwives were able to support her. What followed was a journey filled with fear, surrender, and ultimately, divine alignment.

Despite every obstacle, Brie had the birth she prayed for: minimal intervention, deep connection with her husband, and a delivery that “went perfectly.”

This episode will encourage any mama navigating uncertainty, unexpected changes, or fear around birth.

 

Tune in to hear:

  •  What happens when your baby stays breech—and your options feel limited 
  •  The emotional reality of being denied support for your birth preferences 
  •  How Brie navigated fear, disappointment, and uncertainty during pregnancy 
  •  The moment everything shifted—and she found the only supportive provider 
  •  What it’s like to have a vaginal breech birth in a hospital setting 
  •  How mindset, faith, and surrender transformed her birth experience 
  •  Why “losing control” can actually lead to your most powerful birth 
  •  The role of a supportive partner during labor (and what helped most) 
  •  How her birth ended up being better than she ever imagined


Connect with Brie:

@Briekuikahi


CONNECT WITH KAREN:

Use code PODCAST to get $50 off the Pain Free Birth E-course HERE

Submit your birth story and apply to come on the podcast

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Facebook

YouTube

]]> Buzzsprout-19084933 Tue, 28 Apr 2026 04:00:00 -0400 2852 full false #98 | How to Get Your Husband On Board with Home Birth & Prepare for Birth like a CEO #98 | How to Get Your Husband On Board with Home Birth & Prepare for Birth like a CEO What if the most important factor in your birth experience isn’t where you give birth… but how safe you feel? 

In today’s episode of the Pain-Free Birth Podcast, Karen sits down with trauma healer and embodiment coach Monica Yates to unpack her powerful first-time home birth story and the mindset, preparation, and support that made it possible.

From having a husband who was initially 100% against home birth… to witnessing a complete transformation after experiencing it firsthand, this conversation dives deep into what it really takes to advocate for your birth, trust your intuition, and create an environment where your body can fully open and surrender. This episode also explores the often-overlooked connection between postpartum struggles and lack of support, and why so many women are left trying to “do it all” instead of being deeply cared for.

 

Tune in to hear:

  •  How Monica shifted her husband from fear to full support for home birth 
  •  Why feeling safe is the #1 factor in how your labor unfolds 
  •  What it looks like to prepare for birth like a high-performing woman 
  •  The mindset shift that helped her move through intense sensations without fear 
  •  Why she never pushed during labor and what that reveals about the body 
  •  The powerful role of masculine support in helping women fully surrender 
  •  The real reason many women struggle postpartum (and how to avoid it) 
  •  Why asking for help is the most important thing you can do as a new mom 
  •  How to proactively set yourself up for a peaceful, supported postpartum 
  •  The emotional and relational transformation that birth can create in your marriage 


Connect with Monica:

Feminine as F*ck Podcast: https://monicayateshealth.com/pages/feminine-as-fuck-the-podcast

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/monicayateshealth/

Website: https://monicayateshealth.com/

 

Birth story on Youtube: YouTubeMy Birth Story: A Positive Unmedicated Home Birth

 

The Immersion: Somatic immersion that will guide you home to yourself through deep trauma healing and embodiment work with women IN PERSON over the course of 3 days https://monicayates.samcart.com/referral/BeBgbeVO/kiAUM0YexLSEstlR Use Code: WELCOME500 for $500 off 

 

Book: https://www.becomingherbook.com/


CONNECT WITH KAREN:

Use code PODCAST to get $50 off the Pain Free Birth E-course HERE

Submit your birth story and apply to come on the podcast

Instagram

Facebook

YouTube

]]> What if the most important factor in your birth experience isn’t where you give birth… but how safe you feel? 

In today’s episode of the Pain-Free Birth Podcast, Karen sits down with trauma healer and embodiment coach Monica Yates to unpack her powerful first-time home birth story and the mindset, preparation, and support that made it possible.

From having a husband who was initially 100% against home birth… to witnessing a complete transformation after experiencing it firsthand, this conversation dives deep into what it really takes to advocate for your birth, trust your intuition, and create an environment where your body can fully open and surrender. This episode also explores the often-overlooked connection between postpartum struggles and lack of support, and why so many women are left trying to “do it all” instead of being deeply cared for.

 

Tune in to hear:

  •  How Monica shifted her husband from fear to full support for home birth 
  •  Why feeling safe is the #1 factor in how your labor unfolds 
  •  What it looks like to prepare for birth like a high-performing woman 
  •  The mindset shift that helped her move through intense sensations without fear 
  •  Why she never pushed during labor and what that reveals about the body 
  •  The powerful role of masculine support in helping women fully surrender 
  •  The real reason many women struggle postpartum (and how to avoid it) 
  •  Why asking for help is the most important thing you can do as a new mom 
  •  How to proactively set yourself up for a peaceful, supported postpartum 
  •  The emotional and relational transformation that birth can create in your marriage 


Connect with Monica:

Feminine as F*ck Podcast: https://monicayateshealth.com/pages/feminine-as-fuck-the-podcast

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/monicayateshealth/

Website: https://monicayateshealth.com/

 

Birth story on Youtube: YouTubeMy Birth Story: A Positive Unmedicated Home Birth

 

The Immersion: Somatic immersion that will guide you home to yourself through deep trauma healing and embodiment work with women IN PERSON over the course of 3 days https://monicayates.samcart.com/referral/BeBgbeVO/kiAUM0YexLSEstlR Use Code: WELCOME500 for $500 off 

 

Book: https://www.becomingherbook.com/


CONNECT WITH KAREN:

Use code PODCAST to get $50 off the Pain Free Birth E-course HERE

Submit your birth story and apply to come on the podcast

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]]> Buzzsprout-19047144 Tue, 21 Apr 2026 04:00:00 -0400 4401 full true #97 | Home Birth vs Hospital Birth: What’s ACTUALLY Safer? #97 | Home Birth vs Hospital Birth: What’s ACTUALLY Safer? Is home birth actually safe… or have we been asking the wrong question all along?

In this nuanced episode, Karen dives into one of the most debated topics in the birth world: home birth vs hospital birth and what’s truly the safest option. Instead of taking sides, this episode breaks down the evidence, the misconceptions, and the emotional layers behind birth choices so you can make a decision that feels aligned, informed, and confident.

You’ll learn why “safety” isn’t as black and white as we’ve been taught, how your environment impacts your body in labor, and what the research actually says about outcomes for low-risk women. Whether you're considering a home birth, planning a hospital birth, or somewhere in between, this episode will help you cut through the noise, release fear, and trust your body.

 Tune in to hear:

  •  Why the question “what’s the safest place to give birth?” might be misleading 
  •  The difference between what is safe vs what is safest for YOU
  •  What large-scale research (including the Lancet study) actually says about home birth safety 
  •  Why comfort and safety are directly connected in labor 
  •  The truth about interventions and over-medicalization in hospital birth 
  •  What really happens if something goes wrong during a home birth 
  •  Why a hospital transfer does NOT mean failure
  •  The real role of midwives and how they handle emergencies 
  •  The pros and limitations of birth centers (and why they aren’t necessarily “safer”) 
  •  How to choose the right birth environment based on your body, your needs, and your intuition 

Grab the Questions to Ask Your Birth Provider Resource: https://resources.painfreebirth.com/birth-provider-questions

CONNECT WITH KAREN:

Use code PODCAST to get $50 off the Pain Free Birth E-course HERE

Submit your birth story and apply to come on the podcast

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]]> Is home birth actually safe… or have we been asking the wrong question all along?

In this nuanced episode, Karen dives into one of the most debated topics in the birth world: home birth vs hospital birth and what’s truly the safest option. Instead of taking sides, this episode breaks down the evidence, the misconceptions, and the emotional layers behind birth choices so you can make a decision that feels aligned, informed, and confident.

You’ll learn why “safety” isn’t as black and white as we’ve been taught, how your environment impacts your body in labor, and what the research actually says about outcomes for low-risk women. Whether you're considering a home birth, planning a hospital birth, or somewhere in between, this episode will help you cut through the noise, release fear, and trust your body.

 Tune in to hear:

  •  Why the question “what’s the safest place to give birth?” might be misleading 
  •  The difference between what is safe vs what is safest for YOU
  •  What large-scale research (including the Lancet study) actually says about home birth safety 
  •  Why comfort and safety are directly connected in labor 
  •  The truth about interventions and over-medicalization in hospital birth 
  •  What really happens if something goes wrong during a home birth 
  •  Why a hospital transfer does NOT mean failure
  •  The real role of midwives and how they handle emergencies 
  •  The pros and limitations of birth centers (and why they aren’t necessarily “safer”) 
  •  How to choose the right birth environment based on your body, your needs, and your intuition 

Grab the Questions to Ask Your Birth Provider Resource: https://resources.painfreebirth.com/birth-provider-questions

CONNECT WITH KAREN:

Use code PODCAST to get $50 off the Pain Free Birth E-course HERE

Submit your birth story and apply to come on the podcast

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Facebook

YouTube

]]> Buzzsprout-19008872 Tue, 14 Apr 2026 04:00:00 -0400 3527 full false #96 | From Pushing Through to Feeling It All: A Marine Mom’s Pain-Free Birth Journey #96 | From Pushing Through to Feeling It All: A Marine Mom’s Pain-Free Birth Journey What if birth didn’t have to be something you “push through”… but something you fully surrender to? 

In this episode of the Pain-Free Birth Podcast, Karen sits down with Zatha Aiken, a former U.S. Marine Corps Intelligence Officer turned stay-at-home mom of three, who shares her incredible journey from control, compliance, and “pushing through” to complete surrender, trust, and experiencing a pain-free birth.

After her first birth within the medical system and a second free birth, Zatha entered her third birth with a radically different mindset: instead of bracing against the sensations, she chose to fully feel them. What followed was a deeply spiritual, fully present, and pain-free birth experience that transformed not just how she views birth, but how she experiences life, emotion, and her relationship with God. 

This episode is an exploration of the fear-tension-pain cycle, the shift from masculine to feminine energy in birth, and what becomes possible when women release fear and trust their bodies as they were designed.

Tune in to hear:

  •  Zatha’s journey from military conditioning and compliance to full bodily autonomy 
  •  Why she initially saw birth as something to “push through” like any other challenge 
  •  The moment everything shifted from control to surrender in her third birth 
  •  How understanding physiology changed her entire perception of pain 
  •  The powerful mantra that transformed her experience: “Feel it, don’t fear it”
  •  Why pain in birth is often tied to fear not the sensations themselves 
  •  What it actually means to experience a pain-free birth (and why it’s not what you think) 
  •  The role of awareness, curiosity, and presence in eliminating fear during labor 
  •  How her birth journey mirrored a deeper spiritual healing and emotional transformation 
  •  Why she believes pain-free birth is possible for every woman 


CONNECT WITH KAREN:

Use code PODCAST to get $50 off the Pain Free Birth E-course HERE

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]]> What if birth didn’t have to be something you “push through”… but something you fully surrender to? 

In this episode of the Pain-Free Birth Podcast, Karen sits down with Zatha Aiken, a former U.S. Marine Corps Intelligence Officer turned stay-at-home mom of three, who shares her incredible journey from control, compliance, and “pushing through” to complete surrender, trust, and experiencing a pain-free birth.

After her first birth within the medical system and a second free birth, Zatha entered her third birth with a radically different mindset: instead of bracing against the sensations, she chose to fully feel them. What followed was a deeply spiritual, fully present, and pain-free birth experience that transformed not just how she views birth, but how she experiences life, emotion, and her relationship with God. 

This episode is an exploration of the fear-tension-pain cycle, the shift from masculine to feminine energy in birth, and what becomes possible when women release fear and trust their bodies as they were designed.

Tune in to hear:

  •  Zatha’s journey from military conditioning and compliance to full bodily autonomy 
  •  Why she initially saw birth as something to “push through” like any other challenge 
  •  The moment everything shifted from control to surrender in her third birth 
  •  How understanding physiology changed her entire perception of pain 
  •  The powerful mantra that transformed her experience: “Feel it, don’t fear it”
  •  Why pain in birth is often tied to fear not the sensations themselves 
  •  What it actually means to experience a pain-free birth (and why it’s not what you think) 
  •  The role of awareness, curiosity, and presence in eliminating fear during labor 
  •  How her birth journey mirrored a deeper spiritual healing and emotional transformation 
  •  Why she believes pain-free birth is possible for every woman 


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]]> Karen Welton Buzzsprout-18970059 Tue, 07 Apr 2026 04:00:00 -0400 4087 full false #95 | Fear Free, Pain Free, and Joyful Twin Home Birth #95 | Fear Free, Pain Free, and Joyful Twin Home Birth What would you do if doctors told you to abort one of your twins… with no medical reason?

In this episode of the Pain-Free Birth Podcast, Karen sits down with Victoria McGuckin, a mom of three who shares her incredible twin home birth story.

After being labeled “high risk” and pressured into a highly medicalized birth plan, Victoria chose a different path rooted in faith, trust, and physiological birth. Her story is a powerful reminder that birth is not something happening to you. It’s something your body was designed to do, even in situations the world calls “high risk.”

Tune in to hear:

  • What happened when doctors asked if she wanted to abort one of her twins
  • Why hospital protocols for twins often lead to unnecessary C-sections
  • The mindset shift that replaced fear with peace during her pregnancy
  • How she prepared her body physically for a twin birth
  • The moment she went from 1 cm to 9 cm instantly during labor
  • Why oxytocin (not control) was the key to her labor progressing
  • What pushing actually felt like during a twin birth
  • How baby #2 was born just minutes after the first
  • The truth about “pain” vs. intensity in labor
  • What postpartum life with twins really looks like (including sleep + breastfeeding!)
  • Encouragement for moms navigating fear, pressure, or “high-risk” labels

Resources Mentioned:

Connect with Victoria:

  • @wholebirthwellneswithvic
  • @victoria_alexandra_mcguckin


CONNECT WITH KAREN:

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]]> What would you do if doctors told you to abort one of your twins… with no medical reason?

In this episode of the Pain-Free Birth Podcast, Karen sits down with Victoria McGuckin, a mom of three who shares her incredible twin home birth story.

After being labeled “high risk” and pressured into a highly medicalized birth plan, Victoria chose a different path rooted in faith, trust, and physiological birth. Her story is a powerful reminder that birth is not something happening to you. It’s something your body was designed to do, even in situations the world calls “high risk.”

Tune in to hear:

  • What happened when doctors asked if she wanted to abort one of her twins
  • Why hospital protocols for twins often lead to unnecessary C-sections
  • The mindset shift that replaced fear with peace during her pregnancy
  • How she prepared her body physically for a twin birth
  • The moment she went from 1 cm to 9 cm instantly during labor
  • Why oxytocin (not control) was the key to her labor progressing
  • What pushing actually felt like during a twin birth
  • How baby #2 was born just minutes after the first
  • The truth about “pain” vs. intensity in labor
  • What postpartum life with twins really looks like (including sleep + breastfeeding!)
  • Encouragement for moms navigating fear, pressure, or “high-risk” labels

Resources Mentioned:

Connect with Victoria:

  • @wholebirthwellneswithvic
  • @victoria_alexandra_mcguckin


CONNECT WITH KAREN:

Use code PODCAST to get $50 off the Pain Free Birth E-course HERE

Submit your birth story and apply to come on the podcast

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]]> Buzzsprout-18932407 Tue, 31 Mar 2026 05:00:00 -0400 2634 full false #94 | 45-Minute, Pain Free, Unplanned Freebirth (after a 36 hour labor with her first) #94 | 45-Minute, Pain Free, Unplanned Freebirth (after a 36 hour labor with her first) What if your second birth could be completely different from your first...even after a long, difficult hospital birth?

In this episode of the Pain Free Birth Podcast, Karen sits down with Sarah Tollison, a nurse and mom of two from South Carolina, who shares the incredible story of her 45-minute, pain-free birth. After experiencing a 36-hour hospital birth with her first baby, Sarah hoped her second birth would be different , but she never expected labor to progress so quickly.

Sarah shares what it was like to experience the fetal ejection reflex, how learning about birth physiology transformed her confidence, and why her mindset going into her second birth made such a difference. Her story is a powerful reminder that one difficult birth does not define future births and that the body is capable of far more than many women realize.

 

Tune in to hear:

  • Sarah’s first birth experience and why it lasted 36 hours in the hospital
  • How hospital protocols and interventions impacted her first labor
  • Why she chose a birth center and midwife for her second birth
  • How she caught her own baby during a completely unexpected unassisted birth
  • What the fetal ejection reflex felt like during labor
  • Why the birth was nearly pain-free despite being extremely fast
  • How watching positive birth stories changed her mindset about birth
  • The difference between preparing for birth in fear vs preparing in trust
  • Why childbirth education can transform the way women experience labor
  • How recovery differed after a physiological birth without pushing
  • Encouragement for moms hoping for a redeeming birth after a difficult first experience

Connect with Sarah: @Sarah.tollison.rn

CONNECT WITH KAREN:

Use code PODCAST to get $50 off the Pain Free Birth E-course HERE

Submit your birth story and apply to come on the podcast

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]]> What if your second birth could be completely different from your first...even after a long, difficult hospital birth?

In this episode of the Pain Free Birth Podcast, Karen sits down with Sarah Tollison, a nurse and mom of two from South Carolina, who shares the incredible story of her 45-minute, pain-free birth. After experiencing a 36-hour hospital birth with her first baby, Sarah hoped her second birth would be different , but she never expected labor to progress so quickly.

Sarah shares what it was like to experience the fetal ejection reflex, how learning about birth physiology transformed her confidence, and why her mindset going into her second birth made such a difference. Her story is a powerful reminder that one difficult birth does not define future births and that the body is capable of far more than many women realize.

 

Tune in to hear:

  • Sarah’s first birth experience and why it lasted 36 hours in the hospital
  • How hospital protocols and interventions impacted her first labor
  • Why she chose a birth center and midwife for her second birth
  • How she caught her own baby during a completely unexpected unassisted birth
  • What the fetal ejection reflex felt like during labor
  • Why the birth was nearly pain-free despite being extremely fast
  • How watching positive birth stories changed her mindset about birth
  • The difference between preparing for birth in fear vs preparing in trust
  • Why childbirth education can transform the way women experience labor
  • How recovery differed after a physiological birth without pushing
  • Encouragement for moms hoping for a redeeming birth after a difficult first experience

Connect with Sarah: @Sarah.tollison.rn

CONNECT WITH KAREN:

Use code PODCAST to get $50 off the Pain Free Birth E-course HERE

Submit your birth story and apply to come on the podcast

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]]> Buzzsprout-18894689 Tue, 24 Mar 2026 05:00:00 -0400 2509 full false #93 | You're Not Underprepared- You're Overstimulated: Why Your Nervous System is The Key to a Pain Free Birth #93 | You're Not Underprepared- You're Overstimulated: Why Your Nervous System is The Key to a Pain Free Birth Are you preparing for birth by gathering more information… but still feeling anxious and overwhelmed?

In this episode of the Pain Free Birth Podcast, Karen dives into one of the most common mistakes first-time moms make when preparing for childbirth: focusing almost entirely on gathering information instead of regulating the nervous system. While education is valuable, Karen explains how consuming too much information (especially when it’s filtered through fear or anxiety) can actually dysregulate the nervous system and create more stress around birth.

This episode invites pregnant mothers to shift their focus from over-preparing mentally to learning how to regulate their nervous system and reconnect with the wisdom of their bodies. Karen also walks listeners through simple ways to check in with their bodies, identify hidden fears or tension, and begin cultivating the calm, parasympathetic state that supports physiological birth.

Tune in to hear:

  • The nervous system mistake many first-time moms make when preparing for birth
  • Why information overload can actually increase anxiety during pregnancy
  • How the fight-or-flight response can stall labor and increase pain
  • Why birth happens best in a parasympathetic “rest and receive” state
  • The connection between nervous system regulation and oxytocin production
  • How fear, tension, and anxiety in the body can show up during labor
  • Practical ways to begin regulating your nervous system during pregnancy
  • Why preparing your body is just as important as preparing your mind
  • How learning to surrender and release control can transform your birth experience

CONNECT WITH KAREN:

Use code PODCAST to get $50 off the Pain Free Birth E-course HERE

Submit your birth story and apply to come on the podcast

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]]> Are you preparing for birth by gathering more information… but still feeling anxious and overwhelmed?

In this episode of the Pain Free Birth Podcast, Karen dives into one of the most common mistakes first-time moms make when preparing for childbirth: focusing almost entirely on gathering information instead of regulating the nervous system. While education is valuable, Karen explains how consuming too much information (especially when it’s filtered through fear or anxiety) can actually dysregulate the nervous system and create more stress around birth.

This episode invites pregnant mothers to shift their focus from over-preparing mentally to learning how to regulate their nervous system and reconnect with the wisdom of their bodies. Karen also walks listeners through simple ways to check in with their bodies, identify hidden fears or tension, and begin cultivating the calm, parasympathetic state that supports physiological birth.

Tune in to hear:

  • The nervous system mistake many first-time moms make when preparing for birth
  • Why information overload can actually increase anxiety during pregnancy
  • How the fight-or-flight response can stall labor and increase pain
  • Why birth happens best in a parasympathetic “rest and receive” state
  • The connection between nervous system regulation and oxytocin production
  • How fear, tension, and anxiety in the body can show up during labor
  • Practical ways to begin regulating your nervous system during pregnancy
  • Why preparing your body is just as important as preparing your mind
  • How learning to surrender and release control can transform your birth experience

CONNECT WITH KAREN:

Use code PODCAST to get $50 off the Pain Free Birth E-course HERE

Submit your birth story and apply to come on the podcast

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]]> Karen Welton Buzzsprout-18854273 Tue, 17 Mar 2026 03:00:00 -0400 2552 full false #92 | A First Time Mom's Pain Free Home Birth in Sweden #92 | A First Time Mom's Pain Free Home Birth in Sweden What happens when you learn to meet the power of contractions instead of fearing them?

In this episode of the Pain-Free Birth Podcast, Karen welcomes Petronella, a first-time mom from Sweden who shares her incredible pain-free home birth story. Despite home birth being rare in Sweden, Petronella followed her intuition and chose to give birth in the place where she felt safest (her own home).

Petronella describes how years of hearing positive birth stories from her mother and witnessing friends give birth shaped her belief that birth could be empowering, natural, and even enjoyable. During her pregnancy, she intentionally prepared by listening to countless birth stories, studying the physiology of birth, and connecting deeply with her body and intuition.

This episode beautifully illustrates how preparation, mindset, and trust in the body’s design can transform the birth experience.

Tune in to hear: 

  • Why Petronella chose a home birth in Sweden, where home births are uncommon
  • How early exposure to positive birth stories shaped her mindset about childbirth
  • The importance of preparing for birth before pregnancy
  • How listening to birth stories can help reframe fear and build confidence
  • What it means to “meet the power” of contractions during labor
  • How vocalizing and using the voice can support cervical dilation during birth
  • Why creating a safe and peaceful birth environment matters
  • The role of intuition and trusting your body during labor
  • What pushing felt like for Petronella and why she actually enjoyed that stage
  • How relaxation and surrender can help prevent tearing during birth
  • The emotional moment of meeting her baby after a peaceful home birth

CONNECT WITH KAREN:

Use code PODCAST to get $50 off the Pain Free Birth E-course HERE

Submit your birth story and apply to come on the podcast

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]]> What happens when you learn to meet the power of contractions instead of fearing them?

In this episode of the Pain-Free Birth Podcast, Karen welcomes Petronella, a first-time mom from Sweden who shares her incredible pain-free home birth story. Despite home birth being rare in Sweden, Petronella followed her intuition and chose to give birth in the place where she felt safest (her own home).

Petronella describes how years of hearing positive birth stories from her mother and witnessing friends give birth shaped her belief that birth could be empowering, natural, and even enjoyable. During her pregnancy, she intentionally prepared by listening to countless birth stories, studying the physiology of birth, and connecting deeply with her body and intuition.

This episode beautifully illustrates how preparation, mindset, and trust in the body’s design can transform the birth experience.

Tune in to hear: 

  • Why Petronella chose a home birth in Sweden, where home births are uncommon
  • How early exposure to positive birth stories shaped her mindset about childbirth
  • The importance of preparing for birth before pregnancy
  • How listening to birth stories can help reframe fear and build confidence
  • What it means to “meet the power” of contractions during labor
  • How vocalizing and using the voice can support cervical dilation during birth
  • Why creating a safe and peaceful birth environment matters
  • The role of intuition and trusting your body during labor
  • What pushing felt like for Petronella and why she actually enjoyed that stage
  • How relaxation and surrender can help prevent tearing during birth
  • The emotional moment of meeting her baby after a peaceful home birth

CONNECT WITH KAREN:

Use code PODCAST to get $50 off the Pain Free Birth E-course HERE

Submit your birth story and apply to come on the podcast

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]]> Karen Welton Buzzsprout-18815995 Tue, 10 Mar 2026 03:00:00 -0400 3550 full false #91 | Oxytocin, Epidurals, and the Truth About Physiological Birth with Dr. Sarah Buckley #91 | Oxytocin, Epidurals, and the Truth About Physiological Birth with Dr. Sarah Buckley What if labor wasn’t random? What if bonding isn’t luck? What if your brain is biologically designed to change in birth?

In this profound and science-rich conversation, Karen sits down with Dr. Sarah Buckley, family physician, researcher, and pioneer in physiological birth, to unpack the true hormonal science of labor and postpartum.

Dr. Buckley has spent decades studying oxytocin, the primary hormone of labor, bonding, and breastfeeding. In this episode, she explains how birth activates the brain’s reward and pleasure centers, how oxytocin creates maternal bonding, and why feeling safe during labor is not emotional fluff. It’s biological necessity. 

This episode bridges the gap between science and spirituality, physiology and experience proving that ecstatic birth is not fantasy. It is mammalian biology.

Tune in to hear:

  • How oxytocin changes the maternal brain during labor
  • What actually causes bonding between mother and baby
  • The neuroscience behind the “birth high”
  • Why safety is essential for oxytocin release
  • How synthetic oxytocin works differently in the body
  • The surprising research findings on Pitocin and oxytocin levels
  • How epidurals impact the oxytocin feedback loop
  • Why some women miss the hormonal peak at birth
  • What happens hormonally during cesarean birth
  • How skin-to-skin contact and breastfeeding can “fill hormonal gaps”
  • Why birth is a relational experience, not an engineering event
  • The mammalian design behind maternal transformation
  • How to protect your physiology in hospital birth settings

Connect with Dr. Buckley:

Website: www.sarahbuckley.com

FB: @DrSarahBuckley 

IG: @DrSarahJBuckley 

Twitter: @Sarahjbuckley


CONNECT WITH KAREN:

Use code PODCAST to get $50 off the Pain Free Birth E-course HERE

Submit your birth story and apply to come on the podcast

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]]> What if labor wasn’t random? What if bonding isn’t luck? What if your brain is biologically designed to change in birth?

In this profound and science-rich conversation, Karen sits down with Dr. Sarah Buckley, family physician, researcher, and pioneer in physiological birth, to unpack the true hormonal science of labor and postpartum.

Dr. Buckley has spent decades studying oxytocin, the primary hormone of labor, bonding, and breastfeeding. In this episode, she explains how birth activates the brain’s reward and pleasure centers, how oxytocin creates maternal bonding, and why feeling safe during labor is not emotional fluff. It’s biological necessity. 

This episode bridges the gap between science and spirituality, physiology and experience proving that ecstatic birth is not fantasy. It is mammalian biology.

Tune in to hear:

  • How oxytocin changes the maternal brain during labor
  • What actually causes bonding between mother and baby
  • The neuroscience behind the “birth high”
  • Why safety is essential for oxytocin release
  • How synthetic oxytocin works differently in the body
  • The surprising research findings on Pitocin and oxytocin levels
  • How epidurals impact the oxytocin feedback loop
  • Why some women miss the hormonal peak at birth
  • What happens hormonally during cesarean birth
  • How skin-to-skin contact and breastfeeding can “fill hormonal gaps”
  • Why birth is a relational experience, not an engineering event
  • The mammalian design behind maternal transformation
  • How to protect your physiology in hospital birth settings

Connect with Dr. Buckley:

Website: www.sarahbuckley.com

FB: @DrSarahBuckley 

IG: @DrSarahJBuckley 

Twitter: @Sarahjbuckley


CONNECT WITH KAREN:

Use code PODCAST to get $50 off the Pain Free Birth E-course HERE

Submit your birth story and apply to come on the podcast

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]]> Karen Welton Buzzsprout-18775597 Tue, 03 Mar 2026 04:00:00 -0500 4314 full false #90 | From an Excruciating First Labor to a Pain-Free and Fear-free Birth #90 | From an Excruciating First Labor to a Pain-Free and Fear-free Birth Can birth really be different the second time? What if releasing fear was the missing piece?

In this episode of the Pain-Free Birth Podcast, Callie shares her redemptive Christian home birth story after experiencing an excruciatingly painful first labor. At just 22 years old and pregnant with her second baby, she knew she could not walk into birth carrying the same fear and tension that defined her first experience. 

In this conversation, Callie shares how understanding the fear–tension–pain cycle transformed her perspective on contractions, how inviting God into her labor brought peace and confidence, and why birth can feel intense without feeling traumatic.

She also speaks honestly about postpartum complications and anxiety, reminding listeners that redemption does not always mean perfection. Birth can be both powerful and messy. Faith does not eliminate challenges, but it reframes them. Her testimony is a reminder that birth can be both powerful and messy, and that God can be present in both.

This episode is filled with encouragement for any mama who has experienced birth trauma, fears labor, or feels stuck believing her story is already written.

Tune in to hear:

  • What made Callie’s first birth “excruciatingly painful”
  • How fear contributed to her labor experience
  • The power of addressing the fear–tension–pain cycle
  • How Scripture and worship reshaped her mindset
  • What contractions felt like in her second labor
  • The moment she felt her baby rotate and descend
  • How her husband showed up differently the second time
  • What really happened during her postpartum hemorrhage
  • Honest conversation about postpartum anxiety and healing
  • Encouragement for moms believing their story cannot change

RESOURCES MENTIONED:

Faith Filled Childbirth  

Supernatural Childbirth 

Birth Playlist

CONNECT WITH KAREN:

Use code PODCAST to get $50 off the Pain Free Birth E-course HERE

Submit your birth story and apply to come on the podcast

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]]> Can birth really be different the second time? What if releasing fear was the missing piece?

In this episode of the Pain-Free Birth Podcast, Callie shares her redemptive Christian home birth story after experiencing an excruciatingly painful first labor. At just 22 years old and pregnant with her second baby, she knew she could not walk into birth carrying the same fear and tension that defined her first experience. 

In this conversation, Callie shares how understanding the fear–tension–pain cycle transformed her perspective on contractions, how inviting God into her labor brought peace and confidence, and why birth can feel intense without feeling traumatic.

She also speaks honestly about postpartum complications and anxiety, reminding listeners that redemption does not always mean perfection. Birth can be both powerful and messy. Faith does not eliminate challenges, but it reframes them. Her testimony is a reminder that birth can be both powerful and messy, and that God can be present in both.

This episode is filled with encouragement for any mama who has experienced birth trauma, fears labor, or feels stuck believing her story is already written.

Tune in to hear:

  • What made Callie’s first birth “excruciatingly painful”
  • How fear contributed to her labor experience
  • The power of addressing the fear–tension–pain cycle
  • How Scripture and worship reshaped her mindset
  • What contractions felt like in her second labor
  • The moment she felt her baby rotate and descend
  • How her husband showed up differently the second time
  • What really happened during her postpartum hemorrhage
  • Honest conversation about postpartum anxiety and healing
  • Encouragement for moms believing their story cannot change

RESOURCES MENTIONED:

Faith Filled Childbirth  

Supernatural Childbirth 

Birth Playlist

CONNECT WITH KAREN:

Use code PODCAST to get $50 off the Pain Free Birth E-course HERE

Submit your birth story and apply to come on the podcast

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]]> Karen Welton Buzzsprout-18731953 Tue, 24 Feb 2026 03:00:00 -0500 2377 full false #89 | The 5 Steps That Actually Matter to Prepare for a Natural Birth #89 | The 5 Steps That Actually Matter to Prepare for a Natural Birth Are you planning an unmedicated birth… but wondering if you’re actually doing enough to prepare?

In this episode of the Pain Free Birth Podcast, Karen breaks down the five essential steps to preparing for a natural, physiological birth with intention. Not just hoping for one. Not just writing a birth plan. But truly preparing your mind, body, and spirit for the birth experience you desire.

If you’ve been binging birth stories and thinking, “I want that too” but still feel unsure where to start, this episode gives you a clear, practical roadmap.

Because birth is not random. And while it is unpredictable, there are patterns. There are principles. There are ways to stack the odds in your favor.

Tune in to hear:

  • Why overcoming fear is the first and most important step in birth preparation
  • How unresolved birth stories and trauma can influence your labor
  • The fear–tension–pain cycle and how it impacts your body
  • Why understanding the physiology of birth changes everything
  • The hormones that drive labor and how to support them naturally
  • How clarity about your desired birth experience increases confidence
  • The difference between the medical model and midwifery model of care
  • Why your provider choice statistically impacts your birth outcome more than anything else

Resources mentioned:

Questions to Ask Your Provider: https://resources.painfreebirth.com/birth-provider-questions 

CONNECT WITH KAREN:

Use code PODCAST to get $50 off the Pain Free Birth E-course HERE

Submit your birth story and apply to come on the podcast

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]]> Are you planning an unmedicated birth… but wondering if you’re actually doing enough to prepare?

In this episode of the Pain Free Birth Podcast, Karen breaks down the five essential steps to preparing for a natural, physiological birth with intention. Not just hoping for one. Not just writing a birth plan. But truly preparing your mind, body, and spirit for the birth experience you desire.

If you’ve been binging birth stories and thinking, “I want that too” but still feel unsure where to start, this episode gives you a clear, practical roadmap.

Because birth is not random. And while it is unpredictable, there are patterns. There are principles. There are ways to stack the odds in your favor.

Tune in to hear:

  • Why overcoming fear is the first and most important step in birth preparation
  • How unresolved birth stories and trauma can influence your labor
  • The fear–tension–pain cycle and how it impacts your body
  • Why understanding the physiology of birth changes everything
  • The hormones that drive labor and how to support them naturally
  • How clarity about your desired birth experience increases confidence
  • The difference between the medical model and midwifery model of care
  • Why your provider choice statistically impacts your birth outcome more than anything else

Resources mentioned:

Questions to Ask Your Provider: https://resources.painfreebirth.com/birth-provider-questions 

CONNECT WITH KAREN:

Use code PODCAST to get $50 off the Pain Free Birth E-course HERE

Submit your birth story and apply to come on the podcast

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Facebook

YouTube

]]> Buzzsprout-18694971 Tue, 17 Feb 2026 04:00:00 -0500 3908 full false #88 | 42 Weeks Pregnant and Her Body Birthed Without Pushing #88 | 42 Weeks Pregnant and Her Body Birthed Without Pushing What if going past your due date wasn’t a problem to solve?

In this Karen sits down with Pinsi Lei, a mom of three and business coach from New York City, to share one of the most jaw-dropping birth stories ever told on the show.

After two long, medicated hospital births, Pinsi experienced an unintentional unassisted home birth at 42 weeks. With no pushing, no tearing, and a nine-pound, ten-ounce baby born standing up through the fetal ejection reflex, this story is a profound testimony to what happens when fear is released and physiology is allowed to lead.

Tune in to hear:

  • How Pinsi went from two epidural hospital births to an unassisted home birth
  • Why releasing emotional fear triggered labor at 42 weeks
  • What the fetal ejection reflex feels like and why she didn’t push at all
  • How worship, prayer, and mindset eliminated pain during contractions
  • The surprising differences between epidural babies and unmedicated babies
  • Why she instinctively birthed in the smallest, darkest corner of her home
  • How standing birth prevented tearing with a 9 lb 10 oz baby
  • Why her postpartum recovery was faster and calmer than ever before
  • How trusting intuition transformed her confidence as a mother and woman

Connect with Pinsi: @pinsilei

Pinsi's Birth Story on IG: BIRTH STORY: 

https://www.instagram.com/p/DM6SUHlO7oU/?igsh=MWY0NWVpbGIxaXZ0Mg==

CONNECT WITH KAREN:

Use code PODCAST to get $50 off the Pain Free Birth E-course HERE

Submit your birth story and apply to come on the podcast

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]]> What if going past your due date wasn’t a problem to solve?

In this Karen sits down with Pinsi Lei, a mom of three and business coach from New York City, to share one of the most jaw-dropping birth stories ever told on the show.

After two long, medicated hospital births, Pinsi experienced an unintentional unassisted home birth at 42 weeks. With no pushing, no tearing, and a nine-pound, ten-ounce baby born standing up through the fetal ejection reflex, this story is a profound testimony to what happens when fear is released and physiology is allowed to lead.

Tune in to hear:

  • How Pinsi went from two epidural hospital births to an unassisted home birth
  • Why releasing emotional fear triggered labor at 42 weeks
  • What the fetal ejection reflex feels like and why she didn’t push at all
  • How worship, prayer, and mindset eliminated pain during contractions
  • The surprising differences between epidural babies and unmedicated babies
  • Why she instinctively birthed in the smallest, darkest corner of her home
  • How standing birth prevented tearing with a 9 lb 10 oz baby
  • Why her postpartum recovery was faster and calmer than ever before
  • How trusting intuition transformed her confidence as a mother and woman

Connect with Pinsi: @pinsilei

Pinsi's Birth Story on IG: BIRTH STORY: 

https://www.instagram.com/p/DM6SUHlO7oU/?igsh=MWY0NWVpbGIxaXZ0Mg==

CONNECT WITH KAREN:

Use code PODCAST to get $50 off the Pain Free Birth E-course HERE

Submit your birth story and apply to come on the podcast

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]]> Buzzsprout-18650861 Tue, 10 Feb 2026 03:00:00 -0500 2787 full false #87 | Breaking the Fear and Trusting God Through a First-Time Home Birth #87 | Breaking the Fear and Trusting God Through a First-Time Home Birth What if fear doesn’t have to be part of your first home birth experience?

In this episode of the Pain Free Birth Podcast, Karen Welton sits down with Katie Brambila, a first-time mom and midwife-in-training, to share her incredible, God-filled home birth story.

Katie brings a unique perspective to birth. Before becoming pregnant, she had already spent nearly three years in midwifery school and attended close to 100 births, most of them at home. Despite her extensive experience, Katie still had to confront common fears and stigmas surrounding first-time home birth, including the belief that first labors are always long, difficult, or destined for transfer.

Throughout the conversation, Karen offers expert insight on dismantling birth fear, the importance of mental preparation, and why even highly knowledgeable women still need intentional support and mindset work in birth. Together, they normalize fear, highlight the vulnerability of labor, and encourage women to trust their bodies and God’s design for birth.

Tune in to hear:

  • Why first-time home birth fears are common and how to reframe them
  • How mindset and mental preparation impact the experience of labor
  • The role of surrender and faith in pain-free birth
  • Why identifying and targeting specific fears is more effective than avoiding them
  • How breath, prayer, and focus can change how contractions feel
  • What it’s like to actively push and birth at home as a first-time mom
  • Why support from a doula and birth team matters, even for birth professionals

Connect with Katie:

IG: @katiebrambila

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]]> What if fear doesn’t have to be part of your first home birth experience?

In this episode of the Pain Free Birth Podcast, Karen Welton sits down with Katie Brambila, a first-time mom and midwife-in-training, to share her incredible, God-filled home birth story.

Katie brings a unique perspective to birth. Before becoming pregnant, she had already spent nearly three years in midwifery school and attended close to 100 births, most of them at home. Despite her extensive experience, Katie still had to confront common fears and stigmas surrounding first-time home birth, including the belief that first labors are always long, difficult, or destined for transfer.

Throughout the conversation, Karen offers expert insight on dismantling birth fear, the importance of mental preparation, and why even highly knowledgeable women still need intentional support and mindset work in birth. Together, they normalize fear, highlight the vulnerability of labor, and encourage women to trust their bodies and God’s design for birth.

Tune in to hear:

  • Why first-time home birth fears are common and how to reframe them
  • How mindset and mental preparation impact the experience of labor
  • The role of surrender and faith in pain-free birth
  • Why identifying and targeting specific fears is more effective than avoiding them
  • How breath, prayer, and focus can change how contractions feel
  • What it’s like to actively push and birth at home as a first-time mom
  • Why support from a doula and birth team matters, even for birth professionals

Connect with Katie:

IG: @katiebrambila

Send her a DM & mention this episode to receive free shipping on NORA Moon Time tea blend to support your luteal and menstrual phases.

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Use code PODCAST to get $50 off the Pain Free Birth E-course HERE

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]]> Buzzsprout-18597660 Tue, 03 Feb 2026 04:00:00 -0500 2458 full false #86 | From Fear to Power: How Trusting Her Body Changed Everything in Birth with Polina Westcott #86 | From Fear to Power: How Trusting Her Body Changed Everything in Birth with Polina Westcott What happens when a woman stops outsourcing her intuition and starts trusting her body?

In this episode, Karen sits down with Polina Westcott, creator of Sensible Mama, to share two transformative home birth stories that radically changed the way Polina views birth, fear, pain, and personal authority.

Polina opens up about her first pregnancy, where everything seemed medically “normal” until routine testing suddenly turned her pregnancy into a problem to be managed. When questioning protocols led to pushback from her providers, Polina made the bold decision to fire her OB team at eight months pregnant and pivot to a home birth. What followed was a long, challenging, and deeply empowering first labor that revealed strength she never knew she had.

Her second birth could not have been more different. She shares how mindset, education, and surrender completely transformed how her body responded to contractions and labor progression. This episode dives deep into birth autonomy, informed consent, intuition, and the mind-body connection in labor. 

Tune in to hear:

  • Why Polina chose to fire her OB team late in pregnancy
  • How questioning medical authority led her to reclaim birth autonomy
  • What really happens during transition and why many women want to “tap out”
  • The doula moment that changed everything during her first labor
  • How mindset radically altered her second birth experience
  • What fetal ejection reflex actually feels like in real life
  • Why trusting intuition protected her during the third stage of labor
  • How fear, resistance, and control affect labor progression
  • Why birth can be an initiation into motherhood, strength, and self-trust

Connect with Polina:

Www.sensiblemama.com

https://www.youtube.com/@sensible_mama

IG: @sensible_mama

CONNECT WITH KAREN:

Use code PODCAST to get $50 off the Pain Free Birth E-course HERE

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]]> What happens when a woman stops outsourcing her intuition and starts trusting her body?

In this episode, Karen sits down with Polina Westcott, creator of Sensible Mama, to share two transformative home birth stories that radically changed the way Polina views birth, fear, pain, and personal authority.

Polina opens up about her first pregnancy, where everything seemed medically “normal” until routine testing suddenly turned her pregnancy into a problem to be managed. When questioning protocols led to pushback from her providers, Polina made the bold decision to fire her OB team at eight months pregnant and pivot to a home birth. What followed was a long, challenging, and deeply empowering first labor that revealed strength she never knew she had.

Her second birth could not have been more different. She shares how mindset, education, and surrender completely transformed how her body responded to contractions and labor progression. This episode dives deep into birth autonomy, informed consent, intuition, and the mind-body connection in labor. 

Tune in to hear:

  • Why Polina chose to fire her OB team late in pregnancy
  • How questioning medical authority led her to reclaim birth autonomy
  • What really happens during transition and why many women want to “tap out”
  • The doula moment that changed everything during her first labor
  • How mindset radically altered her second birth experience
  • What fetal ejection reflex actually feels like in real life
  • Why trusting intuition protected her during the third stage of labor
  • How fear, resistance, and control affect labor progression
  • Why birth can be an initiation into motherhood, strength, and self-trust

Connect with Polina:

Www.sensiblemama.com

https://www.youtube.com/@sensible_mama

IG: @sensible_mama

CONNECT WITH KAREN:

Use code PODCAST to get $50 off the Pain Free Birth E-course HERE

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]]> Buzzsprout-18563231 Tue, 27 Jan 2026 04:00:00 -0500 3922 full false #85 | How Nervous System Regulation Shapes Pregnancy, Birth, and Healing with Dr. Scherina Alli #85 | How Nervous System Regulation Shapes Pregnancy, Birth, and Healing with Dr. Scherina Alli What if pain, stress, and even birth trauma weren’t things your body needed to “push through”, but signals your nervous system was asking for safety?

In this powerful and deeply grounding episode, Karen sits down with Dr. Scherina Alli, a network spinal chiropractor specializing in nervous system regulation, somatic respiratory integration, and care for pregnant women, babies, and children.

Together, they explore how the body holds emotional stress, why babies are communicating far more than we realize, and how nervous system regulation can transform pregnancy, birth, postpartum healing, and even fertility. 

Dr. Scherina also shares her own beautiful home birth story. One rooted in trust, presence, and deep connection with her body offering a refreshing and empowering perspective on what birth can be when women feel safe, supported, and embodied.

Tune in to hear:

  • How the nervous system stores emotional stress and trauma in the body
  • Why “colic” is often a sign of nervous system dysregulation, not a diagnosis
  • The difference between traditional chiropractic care and network spinal care
  • How babies communicate stress, tension, and discomfort without words
  • Why babies don’t “grow out of” nervous system stress 
  • How pregnancy and birth experiences shape a baby’s lifelong nervous system blueprint
  • The role of breath, movement, and pelvic mobility in preparing for birth
  • How unprocessed emotions can impact pregnancy, fertility, and labor
  • Dr. Scherina’s calm, fast, and deeply present home birth story
  • Why presence (not avoidance) is the key to an empowered birth experience
  • How women can rebuild trust in their bodies after trauma or infertility
  • Simple ways to recognize stress versus safety in your own nervous system

CONNECT WITH DR SCHERINA:

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Use code PODCAST to get $50 off the Pain Free Birth E-course HERE

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]]> What if pain, stress, and even birth trauma weren’t things your body needed to “push through”, but signals your nervous system was asking for safety?

In this powerful and deeply grounding episode, Karen sits down with Dr. Scherina Alli, a network spinal chiropractor specializing in nervous system regulation, somatic respiratory integration, and care for pregnant women, babies, and children.

Together, they explore how the body holds emotional stress, why babies are communicating far more than we realize, and how nervous system regulation can transform pregnancy, birth, postpartum healing, and even fertility. 

Dr. Scherina also shares her own beautiful home birth story. One rooted in trust, presence, and deep connection with her body offering a refreshing and empowering perspective on what birth can be when women feel safe, supported, and embodied.

Tune in to hear:

  • How the nervous system stores emotional stress and trauma in the body
  • Why “colic” is often a sign of nervous system dysregulation, not a diagnosis
  • The difference between traditional chiropractic care and network spinal care
  • How babies communicate stress, tension, and discomfort without words
  • Why babies don’t “grow out of” nervous system stress 
  • How pregnancy and birth experiences shape a baby’s lifelong nervous system blueprint
  • The role of breath, movement, and pelvic mobility in preparing for birth
  • How unprocessed emotions can impact pregnancy, fertility, and labor
  • Dr. Scherina’s calm, fast, and deeply present home birth story
  • Why presence (not avoidance) is the key to an empowered birth experience
  • How women can rebuild trust in their bodies after trauma or infertility
  • Simple ways to recognize stress versus safety in your own nervous system

CONNECT WITH DR SCHERINA:

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Use code PODCAST to get $50 off the Pain Free Birth E-course HERE

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]]> Karen Welton Buzzsprout-18537814 Tue, 20 Jan 2026 04:00:00 -0500 3481 full false #84 | She Fired Her OB and Delivered Mono-Di Twins Pain-Free at Home #84 | She Fired Her OB and Delivered Mono-Di Twins Pain-Free at Home In this of the Pain Free Birth podcast, Karen Welton sits down with Anastasia Malyk, a mother of four, to share one of the most jaw-dropping birth stories you will ever hear.

After experiencing two prior free births, Anastasia found herself unexpectedly pregnant with mono-di identical twins just seven months postpartum. What followed was a journey marked by medical pressure, fear-based recommendations, spiritual surrender, and unwavering trust in God’s design for her body.

This episode is a bold testimony of faith, bodily wisdom, and the importance of advocacy in pregnancy and birth. It is especially encouraging for twin moms, women navigating medical pressure, and anyone seeking reassurance that physiological birth is possible, even when circumstances seem stacked against you.

 In this episode, you’ll hear:

  • What led Anastasia to choose free birth for her first two babies
  • How she navigated fear and faith after learning she was pregnant with twins
  • Why she fired her OB after being pressured into a cesarean
  • What it was like carrying twins past 41 weeks
  • How labor progressed so quickly she didn’t believe it was real
  • What it felt like to birth twins with no pushing and no pain
  • How faith shaped every decision throughout pregnancy and birth
  • Encouragement for twin moms who desire a natural or physiological birth

Connect with Anastasia:

IG: Anastasiamalyk_

TikTok: @anachenko


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]]> In this of the Pain Free Birth podcast, Karen Welton sits down with Anastasia Malyk, a mother of four, to share one of the most jaw-dropping birth stories you will ever hear.

After experiencing two prior free births, Anastasia found herself unexpectedly pregnant with mono-di identical twins just seven months postpartum. What followed was a journey marked by medical pressure, fear-based recommendations, spiritual surrender, and unwavering trust in God’s design for her body.

This episode is a bold testimony of faith, bodily wisdom, and the importance of advocacy in pregnancy and birth. It is especially encouraging for twin moms, women navigating medical pressure, and anyone seeking reassurance that physiological birth is possible, even when circumstances seem stacked against you.

 In this episode, you’ll hear:

  • What led Anastasia to choose free birth for her first two babies
  • How she navigated fear and faith after learning she was pregnant with twins
  • Why she fired her OB after being pressured into a cesarean
  • What it was like carrying twins past 41 weeks
  • How labor progressed so quickly she didn’t believe it was real
  • What it felt like to birth twins with no pushing and no pain
  • How faith shaped every decision throughout pregnancy and birth
  • Encouragement for twin moms who desire a natural or physiological birth

Connect with Anastasia:

IG: Anastasiamalyk_

TikTok: @anachenko


CONNECT WITH KAREN:

Use code PODCAST to get $50 off the Pain Free Birth E-course HERE

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]]> Karen Welton Buzzsprout-18498981 Tue, 13 Jan 2026 04:00:00 -0500 2330 full false #83 | Labor Doesn't Happen to Us, it Happens for Us: Shifting Your Mindset for a Joy-Filled Birth #83 | Labor Doesn't Happen to Us, it Happens for Us: Shifting Your Mindset for a Joy-Filled Birth What happens when you stop fighting labor and start working with your body? 

In today’s episode of the Pain Free Birth Podcast, Karen sits down with Mallory Ryan, a mom of two who shares her deeply transformative birth experiences. Mallory walks listeners through her first unmedicated birth at a birth center and her second, rapid home birth that she describes as joyful, empowering, and profoundly connected to God’s design for birth.

Whether you are pregnant, preparing for birth, or simply curious about physiological birth and faith-filled preparation, this episode will leave you feeling encouraged, informed, and inspired to trust your body and God’s design.

Tune in to hear:

  • Why Mallory chose unmedicated birth for both of her babies
  • How learning the physiology of birth helped reduce fear and pain
  • The role mindset and relaxation play in labor intensity
  • Why fast labors are not always more painful
  • How choosing joy impacts oxytocin and birth progress
  • What a “butter birth” is and how surrender changes pushing
  • How faith influenced Mallory’s confidence during labor
  • The difference between pain and suffering in childbirth
  • Why birth is not something happening to you, but within you
  • How empowering births shape confidence in motherhood and postpartum

CONNECT WITH KAREN:

Use code PODCAST to get $50 off the Pain Free Birth E-course HERE

Grab Karen's Healing Birth Trauma Course HERE. This course is for any woman experiencing trauma in the body. If you're ready to release it, this course is for you. 

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]]> What happens when you stop fighting labor and start working with your body? 

In today’s episode of the Pain Free Birth Podcast, Karen sits down with Mallory Ryan, a mom of two who shares her deeply transformative birth experiences. Mallory walks listeners through her first unmedicated birth at a birth center and her second, rapid home birth that she describes as joyful, empowering, and profoundly connected to God’s design for birth.

Whether you are pregnant, preparing for birth, or simply curious about physiological birth and faith-filled preparation, this episode will leave you feeling encouraged, informed, and inspired to trust your body and God’s design.

Tune in to hear:

  • Why Mallory chose unmedicated birth for both of her babies
  • How learning the physiology of birth helped reduce fear and pain
  • The role mindset and relaxation play in labor intensity
  • Why fast labors are not always more painful
  • How choosing joy impacts oxytocin and birth progress
  • What a “butter birth” is and how surrender changes pushing
  • How faith influenced Mallory’s confidence during labor
  • The difference between pain and suffering in childbirth
  • Why birth is not something happening to you, but within you
  • How empowering births shape confidence in motherhood and postpartum

CONNECT WITH KAREN:

Use code PODCAST to get $50 off the Pain Free Birth E-course HERE

Grab Karen's Healing Birth Trauma Course HERE. This course is for any woman experiencing trauma in the body. If you're ready to release it, this course is for you. 

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]]> Karen Welton Buzzsprout-18448551 Tue, 06 Jan 2026 04:00:00 -0500 2416 full false Best of: The Power Of Christian Hypnobirthing with Tara Menzies Best of: The Power Of Christian Hypnobirthing with Tara Menzies While Tara was blacking out from pain, losing hope, and believing she didn't have enough faith for a pain free pregnancy, she experienced a deeply spiritual experience that led her to creating the first of its kind, her own app, for Christian Hypnobirthing. Tune in to find out how drastically different Tara's births were with and without the power of hypnobirthing, how our thoughts and emotions can imprint on our babies brains, and how you can use hypnobirthing beyond labor!

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS:

  • How Tara started Christian Hypnobirthing
  • Dealing with coercion and losing faith in Tara's first birth
  • How hypnobirthing transformed Tara's second birth
  • Cultivating peace throughout your pregnancy
  • Using hypnobirthing beyond pregnancy
  • Combining faith with neuroscience and how our babies brains are wired 

MORE ABOUT TARA MENZIES:

Tara Menzies is the creator of the Christian Hypnobirthing app and the Faith-Filled Childbirth Course. She created the app in early 2018 after the birth of her first son, because she wanted to combine traditional hypnobirthing techniques (breathing and visualisation exercises, positive affirmations etc) with the incredible love, strength and support that come from our Heavenly Father, Lord Jesus and Holy Spirit, to help expecting mamas feel confident relaxed and connected to God throughout their births. The Christian Hypnobirthing app has since become one of the most highly rated hypnobirthing apps worldwide, and has helped tens of thousands of women have more relaxed, confident and faith-filled birth experiences.

Instagram: @christianhypnobirthing

Christian Hypnobirthing Website


CONNECT WITH KAREN:

Use code PODCAST to get $50 off the Pain Free Birth E-course HERE

Grab Karen's Healing Birth Trauma Course HERE. This course is for any woman experiencing trauma in the body. If you're ready to release it, this course is for you. 

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]]> While Tara was blacking out from pain, losing hope, and believing she didn't have enough faith for a pain free pregnancy, she experienced a deeply spiritual experience that led her to creating the first of its kind, her own app, for Christian Hypnobirthing. Tune in to find out how drastically different Tara's births were with and without the power of hypnobirthing, how our thoughts and emotions can imprint on our babies brains, and how you can use hypnobirthing beyond labor!

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS:

  • How Tara started Christian Hypnobirthing
  • Dealing with coercion and losing faith in Tara's first birth
  • How hypnobirthing transformed Tara's second birth
  • Cultivating peace throughout your pregnancy
  • Using hypnobirthing beyond pregnancy
  • Combining faith with neuroscience and how our babies brains are wired 

MORE ABOUT TARA MENZIES:

Tara Menzies is the creator of the Christian Hypnobirthing app and the Faith-Filled Childbirth Course. She created the app in early 2018 after the birth of her first son, because she wanted to combine traditional hypnobirthing techniques (breathing and visualisation exercises, positive affirmations etc) with the incredible love, strength and support that come from our Heavenly Father, Lord Jesus and Holy Spirit, to help expecting mamas feel confident relaxed and connected to God throughout their births. The Christian Hypnobirthing app has since become one of the most highly rated hypnobirthing apps worldwide, and has helped tens of thousands of women have more relaxed, confident and faith-filled birth experiences.

Instagram: @christianhypnobirthing

Christian Hypnobirthing Website


CONNECT WITH KAREN:

Use code PODCAST to get $50 off the Pain Free Birth E-course HERE

Grab Karen's Healing Birth Trauma Course HERE. This course is for any woman experiencing trauma in the body. If you're ready to release it, this course is for you. 

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]]> Buzzsprout-18429320 Tue, 30 Dec 2025 04:00:00 -0500 3339 full false Best of: Praying for the Impossible: Alla’s Fast Twin Home Birth Best of: Praying for the Impossible: Alla’s Fast Twin Home Birth 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS IS LIVE! https://resources.painfreebirth.com/pfb-12-days-of-christmas

In this episode, Alla shares her miraculous twin home birth story - giving birth precipitously to healthy babies at 38 weeks pregnant in her bathtub and overcoming fear so she could have a supernatural birth experience through prayer and trust in God.

CONNECT WITH KAREN:
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Website - https://painfreebirth.com/ 

]]> 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS IS LIVE! https://resources.painfreebirth.com/pfb-12-days-of-christmas

In this episode, Alla shares her miraculous twin home birth story - giving birth precipitously to healthy babies at 38 weeks pregnant in her bathtub and overcoming fear so she could have a supernatural birth experience through prayer and trust in God.

CONNECT WITH KAREN:
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/painfreebirth 
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Apple Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/pain-free-birth/id1696179731
Website - https://painfreebirth.com/ 

]]> Karen Welton Buzzsprout-18403906 Tue, 23 Dec 2025 04:00:00 -0500 3527 full false #82 | When Birth Gets Better and Better: A VBAC Home Birth Testimony #82 | When Birth Gets Better and Better: A VBAC Home Birth Testimony What if your next birth didn’t have to look anything like your last one and could actually be better?

In this episode of the Pain Free Birth Podcast, Karen sits down with Blake, a mom of four who shares her incredible journey from a discouraging first C-section to three transformative home births after cesarean.

Blake walks listeners through each birth from a 77-hour marathon VBAC to a three-hour birth and finally a two-hour labor where she felt completely in control. Along the way, she opens up about healing hidden birth trauma, learning to trust her body, choosing supportive providers, and experiencing the redemptive power of faith-centered birth preparation.

Tune in to hear:

  • What led Blake to her first C-section and how it impacted her confidence
  • How she identified and healed birth trauma she didn’t realize she was carrying
  • What it was like laboring for 77 hours during her first home birth after cesarean
  • How her next birth lasted just three hours with almost no pushing
  • Why her babies got bigger AND her births got easier
  • The role mindset, faith, and emotional release played in shortening labor
  • How choosing the right midwife changed everything
  • The power of a supportive husband during home birth
  • What it feels like to birth standing up and fully in control
  • Why Blake believes women are not destined to repeat their birth trauma

Use code PODCAST to get $50 off the Pain Free Birth E-course HERE

Grab Karen's Healing Birth Trauma Course HERE. This course is for any woman experiencing trauma in the body. If you're ready to release it, this course is for you. 

CONNECT WITH KAREN:
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/painfreebirth 
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Spotify Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/5zEiKMIHFewZeVdzfBSEMS 
Apple Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/pain-free-birth/id1696179731
Website - https://painfreebirth.com/ 

]]> What if your next birth didn’t have to look anything like your last one and could actually be better?

In this episode of the Pain Free Birth Podcast, Karen sits down with Blake, a mom of four who shares her incredible journey from a discouraging first C-section to three transformative home births after cesarean.

Blake walks listeners through each birth from a 77-hour marathon VBAC to a three-hour birth and finally a two-hour labor where she felt completely in control. Along the way, she opens up about healing hidden birth trauma, learning to trust her body, choosing supportive providers, and experiencing the redemptive power of faith-centered birth preparation.

Tune in to hear:

  • What led Blake to her first C-section and how it impacted her confidence
  • How she identified and healed birth trauma she didn’t realize she was carrying
  • What it was like laboring for 77 hours during her first home birth after cesarean
  • How her next birth lasted just three hours with almost no pushing
  • Why her babies got bigger AND her births got easier
  • The role mindset, faith, and emotional release played in shortening labor
  • How choosing the right midwife changed everything
  • The power of a supportive husband during home birth
  • What it feels like to birth standing up and fully in control
  • Why Blake believes women are not destined to repeat their birth trauma

Use code PODCAST to get $50 off the Pain Free Birth E-course HERE

Grab Karen's Healing Birth Trauma Course HERE. This course is for any woman experiencing trauma in the body. If you're ready to release it, this course is for you. 

CONNECT WITH KAREN:
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/painfreebirth 
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Apple Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/pain-free-birth/id1696179731
Website - https://painfreebirth.com/ 

]]> Karen Welton Buzzsprout-18360843 Tue, 16 Dec 2025 04:00:00 -0500 3866 full false #81 | What Babies Feel at Birth: Prenatal Psychology, Imprinting, and Repair with Karen Strange #81 | What Babies Feel at Birth: Prenatal Psychology, Imprinting, and Repair with Karen Strange What if everything we thought we knew about birth was missing the most important perspective - the baby’s?

In today’s episode, Karen sits down with renowned neonatal resuscitation instructor and midwife Karen Strange, whose groundbreaking work has reshaped how more than 17,000 birth professionals understand newborns, birth physiology, and the imprinting that happens in the earliest moments of life.

 With over three decades of experience, Karen Strange brings a trauma-informed, baby-centered lens to birth - one that reveals the innate blueprint inside every baby, the sequence nature designed, and what happens when it’s interrupted.

Tune in to hear:

  • The embryological blueprint and sequence every baby follows
  • Pausing at birth and honoring newborn pacing
  • How prenatal stress shapes a baby’s nervous system
  • Why repair matters more than rupture
  • What babies remember and communicate through their bodies
  • How to support newborns after a difficult birth
  • Physiologic transition and first breaths
  • Why doulas should know neonatal resuscitation
  • The simplicity of what saves lives in birth emergencies
  • Tools for connecting with your baby in pregnancy and beyond

Additional resources from Karen: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1UAA9yc7-JbMdO-qbYiQZl9XLn8yTmY8P?usp=sharing

Website: karenstrange.com

Instagram: @neonatalresuscitation

Use code PODCAST to get $50 off the Pain Free Birth E-course HERE

CONNECT WITH KAREN:
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/painfreebirth 
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Spotify Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/5zEiKMIHFewZeVdzfBSEMS 
Apple Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/pain-free-birth/id1696179731
Website - https://painfreebirth.com/ 

]]> What if everything we thought we knew about birth was missing the most important perspective - the baby’s?

In today’s episode, Karen sits down with renowned neonatal resuscitation instructor and midwife Karen Strange, whose groundbreaking work has reshaped how more than 17,000 birth professionals understand newborns, birth physiology, and the imprinting that happens in the earliest moments of life.

 With over three decades of experience, Karen Strange brings a trauma-informed, baby-centered lens to birth - one that reveals the innate blueprint inside every baby, the sequence nature designed, and what happens when it’s interrupted.

Tune in to hear:

  • The embryological blueprint and sequence every baby follows
  • Pausing at birth and honoring newborn pacing
  • How prenatal stress shapes a baby’s nervous system
  • Why repair matters more than rupture
  • What babies remember and communicate through their bodies
  • How to support newborns after a difficult birth
  • Physiologic transition and first breaths
  • Why doulas should know neonatal resuscitation
  • The simplicity of what saves lives in birth emergencies
  • Tools for connecting with your baby in pregnancy and beyond

Additional resources from Karen: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1UAA9yc7-JbMdO-qbYiQZl9XLn8yTmY8P?usp=sharing

Website: karenstrange.com

Instagram: @neonatalresuscitation

Use code PODCAST to get $50 off the Pain Free Birth E-course HERE

CONNECT WITH KAREN:
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/painfreebirth 
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Spotify Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/5zEiKMIHFewZeVdzfBSEMS 
Apple Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/pain-free-birth/id1696179731
Website - https://painfreebirth.com/ 

]]> Karen Welton Buzzsprout-18322271 Tue, 09 Dec 2025 04:00:00 -0500 3990 full false #80 | She Saw Jesus During Labor: A Supernatural Birth Story #80 | She Saw Jesus During Labor: A Supernatural Birth Story What if birth wasn’t something to fear… but a place where heaven meets earth? In today’s episode, Caitlin Svoboda shares a supernatural, pain-free home birth story that will leave you breathless.

In this interview, Caitlin opens up about her sixth pregnancy, her deep trust in God’s design for birth, and the unexpected spiritual encounter that forever changed how she views motherhood. From spiritual visions and the “veil of heaven” thinning, to a fast, instinct-led labor and a peaceful 10-pound baby born into her husband’s hands, Caitlin’s story is a breathtaking look at what can happen when women reclaim physiological birth and trust the God-designed hormonal blueprint of labor. 

If you've ever wondered how spiritual encounters, altered states of consciousness, and the quietude phase of labor fit into the birth experience, this episode breaks it down with both awe and practicality. You’ll walk away with encouragement, revelation, and a renewed sense of what God intended birth to be.

Tune in to hear:

  • How losing a baby shaped Caitlin’s faith and future pregnancies
  • Why she chose an undisturbed home birth with no medical interventions
  • The moment she surrendered fully and slipped into a transcendent state
  • Her vivid vision of Jesus walking toward her holding an infant
  • The role of safety, support, and environment in physiological birth
  • What the “quietude/rest-and-be-thankful” phase actually feels like
  • How she gave birth to a 10-pound baby with no tearing
  • Why she believes this experience transformed her marriage and identity
  • The truth about pain in childbirth from a biblical and physiological lens

Connect with Caitlin:

sehlahmomservices.com

IG: sehlah.motherhood.service 

Use code PODCAST to get $50 off the Pain Free Birth E-course HERE

Grab Karen's Healing Birth Trauma Course HERE. This course is for any woman experiencing trauma in the body. If you're ready to release it, this course is for you. 

CONNECT WITH KAREN:
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/painfreebirth 
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/painfreebirth/ 
Spotify Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/5zEiKMIHFewZeVdzfBSEMS 
Apple Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/pain-free-birth/id1696179731
Website - https://painfreebirth.com/ 

]]> What if birth wasn’t something to fear… but a place where heaven meets earth? In today’s episode, Caitlin Svoboda shares a supernatural, pain-free home birth story that will leave you breathless.

In this interview, Caitlin opens up about her sixth pregnancy, her deep trust in God’s design for birth, and the unexpected spiritual encounter that forever changed how she views motherhood. From spiritual visions and the “veil of heaven” thinning, to a fast, instinct-led labor and a peaceful 10-pound baby born into her husband’s hands, Caitlin’s story is a breathtaking look at what can happen when women reclaim physiological birth and trust the God-designed hormonal blueprint of labor. 

If you've ever wondered how spiritual encounters, altered states of consciousness, and the quietude phase of labor fit into the birth experience, this episode breaks it down with both awe and practicality. You’ll walk away with encouragement, revelation, and a renewed sense of what God intended birth to be.

Tune in to hear:

  • How losing a baby shaped Caitlin’s faith and future pregnancies
  • Why she chose an undisturbed home birth with no medical interventions
  • The moment she surrendered fully and slipped into a transcendent state
  • Her vivid vision of Jesus walking toward her holding an infant
  • The role of safety, support, and environment in physiological birth
  • What the “quietude/rest-and-be-thankful” phase actually feels like
  • How she gave birth to a 10-pound baby with no tearing
  • Why she believes this experience transformed her marriage and identity
  • The truth about pain in childbirth from a biblical and physiological lens

Connect with Caitlin:

sehlahmomservices.com

IG: sehlah.motherhood.service 

Use code PODCAST to get $50 off the Pain Free Birth E-course HERE

Grab Karen's Healing Birth Trauma Course HERE. This course is for any woman experiencing trauma in the body. If you're ready to release it, this course is for you. 

CONNECT WITH KAREN:
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/painfreebirth 
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/painfreebirth/ 
Spotify Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/5zEiKMIHFewZeVdzfBSEMS 
Apple Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/pain-free-birth/id1696179731
Website - https://painfreebirth.com/ 

]]> Karen Welton Buzzsprout-18283185 Tue, 02 Dec 2025 04:00:00 -0500 3420 full false #79 | My Pelvic Floor Parted Like the Red Sea: Sara’s Radical Pain Free Birth Story #79 | My Pelvic Floor Parted Like the Red Sea: Sara’s Radical Pain Free Birth Story What happens when a traumatic first birth becomes the catalyst for two radically pain-free, God-filled home births? Today’s episode is a powerful testimony of redemption, physiology, faith, and a mother reclaiming her God-given authority in birth. 

In this conversation, Karen sits down with Sara Gilboy, a mom of three from Toronto, Canada, who experienced a deeply traumatic first home birth during COVID-complete with medical coercion, fear, hemorrhage, separation from her baby, and months of postpartum anxiety and intrusive thoughts. But Sara refused to let that be the end of her story. She returned to birth armed with knowledge, prayer, physiological understanding, and a fierce sense of ownership that transformed her next two births into supernatural, pain-free, joy-filled experiences.

 Tune in to hear:

  • How Sara's first home birth turned traumatic and why she “felt the fear through her uterus”
  • The spiritual battle of intrusive thoughts and how she learned to take each one captive
  • Why “knowledge is power” completely changed her second and third births
  • How she created two entirely pain-free births using physiology, relaxation, and faith
  • What she told her midwives the second time that changed everything (“This is the birth I’m going to have…”)
  • Her children worshipping and praying over her during labor
  • The moment her pelvic floor “parted like the Red Sea”
  • How God replaced her disappointment with joy instantly during her third birth
  • The connection between birth trauma and postpartum mental health
  • Why understanding your physiology is essential no matter where you give birth

Use code PODCAST to get $50 off the Pain Free Birth E-course HERE

Grab Karen's Healing Birth Trauma Course HERE. This course is for any woman experiencing trauma in the body. If you're ready to release it, this course is for you. 

CONNECT WITH KAREN:
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/painfreebirth 
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/painfreebirth/ 
Spotify Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/5zEiKMIHFewZeVdzfBSEMS 
Apple Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/pain-free-birth/id1696179731
Website - https://painfreebirth.com/ 

]]> What happens when a traumatic first birth becomes the catalyst for two radically pain-free, God-filled home births? Today’s episode is a powerful testimony of redemption, physiology, faith, and a mother reclaiming her God-given authority in birth. 

In this conversation, Karen sits down with Sara Gilboy, a mom of three from Toronto, Canada, who experienced a deeply traumatic first home birth during COVID-complete with medical coercion, fear, hemorrhage, separation from her baby, and months of postpartum anxiety and intrusive thoughts. But Sara refused to let that be the end of her story. She returned to birth armed with knowledge, prayer, physiological understanding, and a fierce sense of ownership that transformed her next two births into supernatural, pain-free, joy-filled experiences.

 Tune in to hear:

  • How Sara's first home birth turned traumatic and why she “felt the fear through her uterus”
  • The spiritual battle of intrusive thoughts and how she learned to take each one captive
  • Why “knowledge is power” completely changed her second and third births
  • How she created two entirely pain-free births using physiology, relaxation, and faith
  • What she told her midwives the second time that changed everything (“This is the birth I’m going to have…”)
  • Her children worshipping and praying over her during labor
  • The moment her pelvic floor “parted like the Red Sea”
  • How God replaced her disappointment with joy instantly during her third birth
  • The connection between birth trauma and postpartum mental health
  • Why understanding your physiology is essential no matter where you give birth

Use code PODCAST to get $50 off the Pain Free Birth E-course HERE

Grab Karen's Healing Birth Trauma Course HERE. This course is for any woman experiencing trauma in the body. If you're ready to release it, this course is for you. 

CONNECT WITH KAREN:
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/painfreebirth 
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/painfreebirth/ 
Spotify Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/5zEiKMIHFewZeVdzfBSEMS 
Apple Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/pain-free-birth/id1696179731
Website - https://painfreebirth.com/ 

]]> Karen Welton Buzzsprout-18244142 Tue, 25 Nov 2025 04:00:00 -0500 3704 full false #78 | The Secret to a Pain-Free Home Birth And How Surrender Changes Everything #78 | The Secret to a Pain-Free Home Birth And How Surrender Changes Everything 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS IS LIVE! https://resources.painfreebirth.com/pfb-12-days-of-christmas

What if the secret to a pain-free birth isn’t found in a technique or a position… but in your ability to surrender?

 In this episode, Karen sits down with Taylor Cleveland, a mom who experienced a radically pain-free second home birth after taking the Pain-Free Birth Course. Taylor opens up about her first difficult labor, the mental battle she faced, and how a simple mindset shift changed everything.

She shares how learning to fully surrender physically, mentally, and spiritually led to a birth that was not only free of pain but filled with peace, presence, and divine trust. From letting go of her first birth story to feeling her pelvic floor move out of the way as her baby descended, Taylor’s testimony is a look at what’s possible when we get out of the way and allow our bodies to do what they were designed to do.

Tune in to hear:

  • The mindset shift that completely transformed Taylor’s second labor experience
  • Why pain is often created by resistance and how to release it
  • The power of understanding what your body is doing in labor
  • How water, movement, and deep relaxation supported a pain-free experience
  • What it means to fully surrender to your body and to God during birth
  • The difference between pain and intensity in labor
  • How Taylor’s pain-free birth impacted her postpartum healing and her faith
  • Karen’s breakdown of the “resistance vs. relaxation” principle that changes everything
  • How surrendering control leads to trust, peace, and even a shorter labor

Use code PODCAST to get $50 off the Pain Free Birth E-course: https://painfreebirth.com/pain-free-birth-birth-partner-bootcamp-bundle

Connect with Taylor:
Moonwoven Postpartum - Ayurvedic Postpartum services
Instagram: @Moonwoven.Postpartum
Website: https://moonwovencare.com/ 

CONNECT WITH KAREN:
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/painfreebirth 
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/painfreebirth/ 
Spotify Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/5zEiKMIHFewZeVdzfBSEMS 
Apple Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/pain-free-birth/id1696179731
Website - https://painfreebirth.com/ 

]]> 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS IS LIVE! https://resources.painfreebirth.com/pfb-12-days-of-christmas

What if the secret to a pain-free birth isn’t found in a technique or a position… but in your ability to surrender?

 In this episode, Karen sits down with Taylor Cleveland, a mom who experienced a radically pain-free second home birth after taking the Pain-Free Birth Course. Taylor opens up about her first difficult labor, the mental battle she faced, and how a simple mindset shift changed everything.

She shares how learning to fully surrender physically, mentally, and spiritually led to a birth that was not only free of pain but filled with peace, presence, and divine trust. From letting go of her first birth story to feeling her pelvic floor move out of the way as her baby descended, Taylor’s testimony is a look at what’s possible when we get out of the way and allow our bodies to do what they were designed to do.

Tune in to hear:

  • The mindset shift that completely transformed Taylor’s second labor experience
  • Why pain is often created by resistance and how to release it
  • The power of understanding what your body is doing in labor
  • How water, movement, and deep relaxation supported a pain-free experience
  • What it means to fully surrender to your body and to God during birth
  • The difference between pain and intensity in labor
  • How Taylor’s pain-free birth impacted her postpartum healing and her faith
  • Karen’s breakdown of the “resistance vs. relaxation” principle that changes everything
  • How surrendering control leads to trust, peace, and even a shorter labor

Use code PODCAST to get $50 off the Pain Free Birth E-course: https://painfreebirth.com/pain-free-birth-birth-partner-bootcamp-bundle

Connect with Taylor:
Moonwoven Postpartum - Ayurvedic Postpartum services
Instagram: @Moonwoven.Postpartum
Website: https://moonwovencare.com/ 

CONNECT WITH KAREN:
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/painfreebirth 
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/painfreebirth/ 
Spotify Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/5zEiKMIHFewZeVdzfBSEMS 
Apple Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/pain-free-birth/id1696179731
Website - https://painfreebirth.com/ 

]]> Karen Welton Buzzsprout-18209032 Tue, 18 Nov 2025 04:00:00 -0500 3290 full false #77 | What the Bible Really Says About Birth #77 | What the Bible Really Says About Birth For generations, women have been told that pain in labor is simply part of the curse and that it’s what Eve brought upon us in the Garden of Eden. But is that truly what Scripture teaches?

In this episode, Karen takes a deep dive into Genesis 3:16 and the verses that have shaped our modern beliefs about birth, pain, and womanhood. You’ll learn how a single mistranslated word has influenced centuries of theology and fear surrounding birth and how reclaiming the truth of God’s design can set women free from the belief that they are destined to suffer.

Karen also shares how this revelation changed her own understanding of birth, transforming her experience from fear and pain to faith and peace. If you’ve ever wrestled with the question, “Did God design birth to hurt?”, this episode will bring clarity, healing, and hope.

 Tune in to hear:

  • What Genesis 3:16 actually says about pain in childbirth
  • Why the Hebrew word for “pain” was mistranslated and what it truly means
  • How both Adam and Eve experienced toil, not punishment
  • The powerful truth that Eve was never cursed
  • How fear and cultural conditioning contribute to pain in labor
  • Why God’s design for your body is rooted in love, not suffering
  • How understanding Scripture can transform your faith, your birth, and your motherhood

Use code PODCAST to get $50 off the Pain Free Birth E-course HERE

Grab Karen's Healing Birth Trauma Course HERE. This course is for any woman experiencing trauma in the body. If you're ready to release it, this course is for you. 

CONNECT WITH KAREN:
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/painfreebirth 
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/painfreebirth/ 
Spotify Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/5zEiKMIHFewZeVdzfBSEMS 
Apple Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/pain-free-birth/id1696179731
Website - https://painfreebirth.com/ 
Email List https://pain-free-birth.mykajabi.com/website-opt-in

]]> For generations, women have been told that pain in labor is simply part of the curse and that it’s what Eve brought upon us in the Garden of Eden. But is that truly what Scripture teaches?

In this episode, Karen takes a deep dive into Genesis 3:16 and the verses that have shaped our modern beliefs about birth, pain, and womanhood. You’ll learn how a single mistranslated word has influenced centuries of theology and fear surrounding birth and how reclaiming the truth of God’s design can set women free from the belief that they are destined to suffer.

Karen also shares how this revelation changed her own understanding of birth, transforming her experience from fear and pain to faith and peace. If you’ve ever wrestled with the question, “Did God design birth to hurt?”, this episode will bring clarity, healing, and hope.

 Tune in to hear:

  • What Genesis 3:16 actually says about pain in childbirth
  • Why the Hebrew word for “pain” was mistranslated and what it truly means
  • How both Adam and Eve experienced toil, not punishment
  • The powerful truth that Eve was never cursed
  • How fear and cultural conditioning contribute to pain in labor
  • Why God’s design for your body is rooted in love, not suffering
  • How understanding Scripture can transform your faith, your birth, and your motherhood

Use code PODCAST to get $50 off the Pain Free Birth E-course HERE

Grab Karen's Healing Birth Trauma Course HERE. This course is for any woman experiencing trauma in the body. If you're ready to release it, this course is for you. 

CONNECT WITH KAREN:
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/painfreebirth 
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/painfreebirth/ 
Spotify Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/5zEiKMIHFewZeVdzfBSEMS 
Apple Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/pain-free-birth/id1696179731
Website - https://painfreebirth.com/ 
Email List https://pain-free-birth.mykajabi.com/website-opt-in

]]> Karen Welton Buzzsprout-18169126 Tue, 11 Nov 2025 04:00:00 -0500 3619 full false #76 | A Supernatural Birth: From 3cm to Birth in 45 minutes #76 | A Supernatural Birth: From 3cm to Birth in 45 minutes What if birth was never meant to be painful? 

In this episode, Karen sits down with Sammy Murry, a holistic mama of three (soon to be four!) who shares how her third birth became the most peaceful, pain-free, and faith-filled experience of her life.

After two beautiful but challenging labors, Sammy discovered the book Supernatural Childbirth and began to pray differently and believing that God could rewrite her birth story. She walks us through how she prepared her heart, strengthened her faith, and experienced a fast, calm home-water birth that transformed how she sees birth and God’s design for women. 

Tune in to hear:

  • How listening to positive birth stories prepared Sammy’s mind for a new kind of birth
  • The mindset and prayer shifts that turned fear into faith
  • Why what you read, watch, and listen to before birth truly matters
  • How she and her husband prayed specifically for a pain-free, peaceful, daytime home-water birth—and saw every prayer answered
  • The difference between “pain” and “hard physical work” in labor
  • What it means to surrender control and trust God with your body and birth
  • Why every contraction can be worship
  • How her third birth became a faith-builder for her entire family
  • The simple prayer that brought her peace through postpartum

 

Use code PODCAST to get $50 off the Pain Free Birth E-course HERE

Grab Karen's Healing Birth Trauma Course HERE. This course is for any woman experiencing trauma in the body. If you're ready to release it, this course is for you. 


Connect with Sammy:

IG: cleanlivingsammy

Website: www.cleanlivingladies.com


CONNECT WITH KAREN:
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/painfreebirth 
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/painfreebirth/ 
Spotify Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/5zEiKMIHFewZeVdzfBSEMS 
Apple Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/pain-free-birth/id1696179731
Website - https://painfreebirth.com/ 
Email List https://pain-free-birth.mykajabi.com/website-opt-in

]]> What if birth was never meant to be painful? 

In this episode, Karen sits down with Sammy Murry, a holistic mama of three (soon to be four!) who shares how her third birth became the most peaceful, pain-free, and faith-filled experience of her life.

After two beautiful but challenging labors, Sammy discovered the book Supernatural Childbirth and began to pray differently and believing that God could rewrite her birth story. She walks us through how she prepared her heart, strengthened her faith, and experienced a fast, calm home-water birth that transformed how she sees birth and God’s design for women. 

Tune in to hear:

  • How listening to positive birth stories prepared Sammy’s mind for a new kind of birth
  • The mindset and prayer shifts that turned fear into faith
  • Why what you read, watch, and listen to before birth truly matters
  • How she and her husband prayed specifically for a pain-free, peaceful, daytime home-water birth—and saw every prayer answered
  • The difference between “pain” and “hard physical work” in labor
  • What it means to surrender control and trust God with your body and birth
  • Why every contraction can be worship
  • How her third birth became a faith-builder for her entire family
  • The simple prayer that brought her peace through postpartum

 

Use code PODCAST to get $50 off the Pain Free Birth E-course HERE

Grab Karen's Healing Birth Trauma Course HERE. This course is for any woman experiencing trauma in the body. If you're ready to release it, this course is for you. 


Connect with Sammy:

IG: cleanlivingsammy

Website: www.cleanlivingladies.com


CONNECT WITH KAREN:
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/painfreebirth 
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/painfreebirth/ 
Spotify Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/5zEiKMIHFewZeVdzfBSEMS 
Apple Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/pain-free-birth/id1696179731
Website - https://painfreebirth.com/ 
Email List https://pain-free-birth.mykajabi.com/website-opt-in

]]> Buzzsprout-18128831 Tue, 04 Nov 2025 04:00:00 -0500 2278 pain free birth, supernatural childbirth, home birth story, christian birth testimony, peaceful labor, faith based birth, natural water birth, trusting God in birth, Pain Free Birth podcast, karen welton, clean living sammy, pain free labor, christian mot full false #75 | Pain-Free VBAC at 41 Weeks: How Jenny Had a 10-Pound Baby at Home With No Tearing #75 | Pain-Free VBAC at 41 Weeks: How Jenny Had a 10-Pound Baby at Home With No Tearing What if your body was powerful enough to birth a ten-pound baby without force, fear, or tearing?

In this powerful VBAC home birth story, Jenny Duke shares how she went from a planned C-section with her first baby to an unmedicated, pain-free VBAC birth of her second-a ten-pound baby born at 41 weeks and 4 days.

Jenny opens up about her first pregnancy, discovering her baby was breech, and how that unexpected cesarean became a divine setup for her healing and preparation. She walks through how she rebuilt her body and confidence using pelvic floor therapy, chiropractic care, and The Pain Free Birth Course to prepare for a redemptive second birth filled with faith, surrender, and power. 

Tune in to hear:

  • How Jenny’s first breech pregnancy led to a planned C-section
  • Why her VBAC journey started before her second pregnancy
  • How pelvic floor therapy, chiropractic care, and faith prepared her body
  • The mindset shift that removed fear and made her birth pain-free
  • The truth about pushing and why force isn’t what your body needs
  • How she birthed a 10-pound baby without tearing or medication
  • The emotional “surrender moment” that opened her body for birth
  • The power of a supportive midwife who trusts physiological birth
  • Jenny’s advice for moms preparing for an unmedicated VBAC

 Use code PODCAST to get $50 off the Pain Free Birth E-course HERE

CONNECT WITH KAREN:
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/painfreebirth 
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/painfreebirth/ 
Spotify Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/5zEiKMIHFewZeVdzfBSEMS 
Apple Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/pain-free-birth/id1696179731
Website - https://painfreebirth.com/ 
Email List https://pain-free-birth.mykajabi.com/website-opt-in

]]> What if your body was powerful enough to birth a ten-pound baby without force, fear, or tearing?

In this powerful VBAC home birth story, Jenny Duke shares how she went from a planned C-section with her first baby to an unmedicated, pain-free VBAC birth of her second-a ten-pound baby born at 41 weeks and 4 days.

Jenny opens up about her first pregnancy, discovering her baby was breech, and how that unexpected cesarean became a divine setup for her healing and preparation. She walks through how she rebuilt her body and confidence using pelvic floor therapy, chiropractic care, and The Pain Free Birth Course to prepare for a redemptive second birth filled with faith, surrender, and power. 

Tune in to hear:

  • How Jenny’s first breech pregnancy led to a planned C-section
  • Why her VBAC journey started before her second pregnancy
  • How pelvic floor therapy, chiropractic care, and faith prepared her body
  • The mindset shift that removed fear and made her birth pain-free
  • The truth about pushing and why force isn’t what your body needs
  • How she birthed a 10-pound baby without tearing or medication
  • The emotional “surrender moment” that opened her body for birth
  • The power of a supportive midwife who trusts physiological birth
  • Jenny’s advice for moms preparing for an unmedicated VBAC

 Use code PODCAST to get $50 off the Pain Free Birth E-course HERE

CONNECT WITH KAREN:
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/painfreebirth 
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/painfreebirth/ 
Spotify Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/5zEiKMIHFewZeVdzfBSEMS 
Apple Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/pain-free-birth/id1696179731
Website - https://painfreebirth.com/ 
Email List https://pain-free-birth.mykajabi.com/website-opt-in

]]> Buzzsprout-18086548 Tue, 28 Oct 2025 04:00:00 -0400 3146 vbac birth story, vbac home birth, pain free birth, natural birth, christian birth story, 10 pound baby, pushing without tearing, unmedicated birth, home birth, vbac success, faith based birth, midwife birth story, pain free labor, birth without epidural, full false #74 | God’s Design for Birth: How Shelby Experienced a Pain-Free, Worship-Filled Labor #74 | God’s Design for Birth: How Shelby Experienced a Pain-Free, Worship-Filled Labor What happens when a labor and delivery nurse decides to trust God’s design for birth, surrender control, and experience birth the way He intended?

After seven long years of infertility and waiting on God’s timing, nurse and mama Shelby Swanton miraculously conceived her daughter and went on to experience a pain-free, supernatural, and deeply spiritual birth.

In this episode, Shelby shares her journey from years of disappointment and doubt to an ecstatic, worship-filled birth that defied everything she’d seen as a nurse in the hospital system. She opens up about her struggles with control, fear, and prodromal labor that lasted for three days, and the moment she finally surrendered to God’s plan.

This story will leave you in awe of how the body and the Holy Spirit work together in birth and how letting go can unlock the most peaceful, pain-free, and empowering experience imaginable.

Tune in to hear:

  • Shelby’s seven-year infertility journey and miraculous conception
  • The faith that led her to trust God’s design for birth
  • How her background as a nurse shaped (and challenged) her mindset
  • Overcoming fear and learning to surrender control
  • Three days of prodromal labor and the emotional release that changed everything
  • A “God moment” that reminded her she wasn’t alone
  • The power of worship, gratitude, and movement in labor
  • Transition, surrender, and catching her own baby
  • Why she never experienced pain, only pressure
  • Her message for first-time moms: nothing is normal, and that’s okay

Use code PODCAST to get $50 off the Pain Free Birth E-course HERE

CONNECT WITH KAREN:
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/painfreebirth 
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/painfreebirth/ 
Spotify Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/5zEiKMIHFewZeVdzfBSEMS 
Apple Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/pain-free-birth/id1696179731
Website - https://painfreebirth.com/ 
Email List https://pain-free-birth.mykajabi.com/website-opt-in

]]> What happens when a labor and delivery nurse decides to trust God’s design for birth, surrender control, and experience birth the way He intended?

After seven long years of infertility and waiting on God’s timing, nurse and mama Shelby Swanton miraculously conceived her daughter and went on to experience a pain-free, supernatural, and deeply spiritual birth.

In this episode, Shelby shares her journey from years of disappointment and doubt to an ecstatic, worship-filled birth that defied everything she’d seen as a nurse in the hospital system. She opens up about her struggles with control, fear, and prodromal labor that lasted for three days, and the moment she finally surrendered to God’s plan.

This story will leave you in awe of how the body and the Holy Spirit work together in birth and how letting go can unlock the most peaceful, pain-free, and empowering experience imaginable.

Tune in to hear:

  • Shelby’s seven-year infertility journey and miraculous conception
  • The faith that led her to trust God’s design for birth
  • How her background as a nurse shaped (and challenged) her mindset
  • Overcoming fear and learning to surrender control
  • Three days of prodromal labor and the emotional release that changed everything
  • A “God moment” that reminded her she wasn’t alone
  • The power of worship, gratitude, and movement in labor
  • Transition, surrender, and catching her own baby
  • Why she never experienced pain, only pressure
  • Her message for first-time moms: nothing is normal, and that’s okay

Use code PODCAST to get $50 off the Pain Free Birth E-course HERE

CONNECT WITH KAREN:
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/painfreebirth 
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/painfreebirth/ 
Spotify Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/5zEiKMIHFewZeVdzfBSEMS 
Apple Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/pain-free-birth/id1696179731
Website - https://painfreebirth.com/ 
Email List https://pain-free-birth.mykajabi.com/website-opt-in

]]> Buzzsprout-18047041 Tue, 21 Oct 2025 04:00:00 -0400 3174 full false #73 | Induced for No Reason? What Every Pregnant Woman Should Know with Dr. Melanie Jackson #73 | Induced for No Reason? What Every Pregnant Woman Should Know with Dr. Melanie Jackson What if birth didn’t need to be managed, induced, or controlled? 

In this episode, Karen sits down with Dr. Melanie Jackson, known as Melanie the Midwife, to unpack why the modern maternity system so often views women’s bodies as “a ticking time bomb” and how that fear drives the epidemic of unnecessary inductions.

With 17 years of experience as an Australian midwife, Melanie brings evidence-based wisdom and a rebellious spirit to the conversation. She shares what she discovered in her PhD on birth outside the system, the truth about “preventative inductions,” and why trusting the design of birth might be the most radical act of all.

Tune in to hear:

  • The surprising philosophy driving unnecessary inductions
  • Why 45% of first-time mothers in Australia are being induced
  • How fear of women’s bodies shapes modern maternity care
  • What questions to ask before agreeing to an induction
  • The truth about stillbirth statistics and relative vs. actual risk
  • Why “going with the flow” often means going with hospital protocol
  • The hormonal design of physiological birth (and how hospitals disrupt it)
  • How to prevent obstetric violence and over-medicalization
  • The sacred transformation of matrescence (from maiden to mother)

 

Connect with Melanie:

@melaniethemidwife 

@thegreatbirthrebellion

The Great Birth Rebellion podcast

 

https://www.melaniethemidwife.com/


Use code PODCAST to get $50 off the Pain Free Birth E-course HERE

CONNECT WITH KAREN:
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/painfreebirth 
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/painfreebirth/ 
Spotify Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/5zEiKMIHFewZeVdzfBSEMS 
Apple Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/pain-free-birth/id1696179731
Website - https://painfreebirth.com/ 
Email List https://pain-free-birth.mykajabi.com/website-opt-in

]]> What if birth didn’t need to be managed, induced, or controlled? 

In this episode, Karen sits down with Dr. Melanie Jackson, known as Melanie the Midwife, to unpack why the modern maternity system so often views women’s bodies as “a ticking time bomb” and how that fear drives the epidemic of unnecessary inductions.

With 17 years of experience as an Australian midwife, Melanie brings evidence-based wisdom and a rebellious spirit to the conversation. She shares what she discovered in her PhD on birth outside the system, the truth about “preventative inductions,” and why trusting the design of birth might be the most radical act of all.

Tune in to hear:

  • The surprising philosophy driving unnecessary inductions
  • Why 45% of first-time mothers in Australia are being induced
  • How fear of women’s bodies shapes modern maternity care
  • What questions to ask before agreeing to an induction
  • The truth about stillbirth statistics and relative vs. actual risk
  • Why “going with the flow” often means going with hospital protocol
  • The hormonal design of physiological birth (and how hospitals disrupt it)
  • How to prevent obstetric violence and over-medicalization
  • The sacred transformation of matrescence (from maiden to mother)

 

Connect with Melanie:

@melaniethemidwife 

@thegreatbirthrebellion

The Great Birth Rebellion podcast

 

https://www.melaniethemidwife.com/


Use code PODCAST to get $50 off the Pain Free Birth E-course HERE

CONNECT WITH KAREN:
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/painfreebirth 
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/painfreebirth/ 
Spotify Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/5zEiKMIHFewZeVdzfBSEMS 
Apple Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/pain-free-birth/id1696179731
Website - https://painfreebirth.com/ 
Email List https://pain-free-birth.mykajabi.com/website-opt-in

]]> Karen Welton Buzzsprout-18007378 Tue, 14 Oct 2025 04:00:00 -0400 3585 full false #72 | What Happens When You Invite God into Your Birth #72 | What Happens When You Invite God into Your Birth What happens when you’ve done everything “right,” but your labor still isn’t going according to plan?

In this episode, Karen interviews Bernise Theron, a pastor’s wife and mom of three from South Africa, who found herself facing one of the most faith-testing moments of her life in labor. After months of praying, preparing, and believing for a peaceful birth, she suddenly faced unexpected complications, fear, and a decision that would change everything.

But instead of panic, Bernise and her husband turned to something sacred. Something that completely shifted the atmosphere in the room, and what followed was nothing short of miraculous.

Tune in to hear:

  • How Bernise's faith helped her move through fear after miscarriage
  • What birth looks like for women in South Africa and why natural births are so rare
  • The turning point moment that changed everything in her labor
  • The beauty of worship, gratitude, and communion during birth
  • How God’s hand was revealed in the smallest details of her baby’s delivery
  • Why she now believes that miracles can be messy and still absolutely divine

Use code PODCAST to get $50 off the Pain Free Birth E-course HERE

CONNECT WITH KAREN:
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/painfreebirth 
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/painfreebirth/ 
Spotify Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/5zEiKMIHFewZeVdzfBSEMS 
Apple Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/pain-free-birth/id1696179731
Website - https://painfreebirth.com/ 
Email List https://pain-free-birth.mykajabi.com/website-opt-in

]]> What happens when you’ve done everything “right,” but your labor still isn’t going according to plan?

In this episode, Karen interviews Bernise Theron, a pastor’s wife and mom of three from South Africa, who found herself facing one of the most faith-testing moments of her life in labor. After months of praying, preparing, and believing for a peaceful birth, she suddenly faced unexpected complications, fear, and a decision that would change everything.

But instead of panic, Bernise and her husband turned to something sacred. Something that completely shifted the atmosphere in the room, and what followed was nothing short of miraculous.

Tune in to hear:

  • How Bernise's faith helped her move through fear after miscarriage
  • What birth looks like for women in South Africa and why natural births are so rare
  • The turning point moment that changed everything in her labor
  • The beauty of worship, gratitude, and communion during birth
  • How God’s hand was revealed in the smallest details of her baby’s delivery
  • Why she now believes that miracles can be messy and still absolutely divine

Use code PODCAST to get $50 off the Pain Free Birth E-course HERE

CONNECT WITH KAREN:
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/painfreebirth 
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/painfreebirth/ 
Spotify Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/5zEiKMIHFewZeVdzfBSEMS 
Apple Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/pain-free-birth/id1696179731
Website - https://painfreebirth.com/ 
Email List https://pain-free-birth.mykajabi.com/website-opt-in

]]> Buzzsprout-17968491 Tue, 07 Oct 2025 04:00:00 -0400 2820 full false #71 | From Emergency C-Section to Pain-Free VBAC Home Birth #71 | From Emergency C-Section to Pain-Free VBAC Home Birth What happens when your first birth leaves you traumatized and fearful—but God writes a redemptive story through your next births?

In this powerful episode of the Pain Free Birth Podcast, Karen sits down with Grace Kaminkow, a mom of three, who went from an unexpected emergency c-section to experiencing a VBAC home birth and eventually a pain-free birth filled with faith and worship.

Tune in to hear:

  • How her first c-section birth unfolded after a cascade of interventions and left her questioning everything.
  • The shocking words her husband heard from the anesthesiologist that fueled his fears about birth.
  • Why she started researching VBAC (vaginal birth after cesarean) and discovered the truth about home birth safety.
  • How she convinced her hesitant husband to consider home birth, and the midwife who completely changed their perspective.
  • The role of prayer, Scripture, and faith in moving from birth trauma to joy.
  • Her second home birth after c-section, where peace replaced fear and her husband found redemption too.
  • The incredible story of her third birth—worshipping through labor, resting at home, and experiencing a nearly pain-free supernatural home birth.

Use code PODCAST to get $50 off the Pain Free Birth E-course HERE


CONNECT WITH KAREN:
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/painfreebirth 
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/painfreebirth/ 
Spotify Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/5zEiKMIHFewZeVdzfBSEMS 
Apple Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/pain-free-birth/id1696179731
Website - https://painfreebirth.com/ 
Email List https://pain-free-birth.mykajabi.com/website-opt-in

#VBAC #HomeBirth #PainFreeBirth #BirthWithoutFear #ChristianBirthTestimony #EmergencyCSection #BirthTrauma #VBACHomeBirth #NaturalBirthStory #FaithInChildbirth #RedemptiveBirth #ChristianMom #SupernaturalBirth #BirthAsWorship #PeacefulBirth

]]> What happens when your first birth leaves you traumatized and fearful—but God writes a redemptive story through your next births?

In this powerful episode of the Pain Free Birth Podcast, Karen sits down with Grace Kaminkow, a mom of three, who went from an unexpected emergency c-section to experiencing a VBAC home birth and eventually a pain-free birth filled with faith and worship.

Tune in to hear:

  • How her first c-section birth unfolded after a cascade of interventions and left her questioning everything.
  • The shocking words her husband heard from the anesthesiologist that fueled his fears about birth.
  • Why she started researching VBAC (vaginal birth after cesarean) and discovered the truth about home birth safety.
  • How she convinced her hesitant husband to consider home birth, and the midwife who completely changed their perspective.
  • The role of prayer, Scripture, and faith in moving from birth trauma to joy.
  • Her second home birth after c-section, where peace replaced fear and her husband found redemption too.
  • The incredible story of her third birth—worshipping through labor, resting at home, and experiencing a nearly pain-free supernatural home birth.

Use code PODCAST to get $50 off the Pain Free Birth E-course HERE


CONNECT WITH KAREN:
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/painfreebirth 
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/painfreebirth/ 
Spotify Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/5zEiKMIHFewZeVdzfBSEMS 
Apple Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/pain-free-birth/id1696179731
Website - https://painfreebirth.com/ 
Email List https://pain-free-birth.mykajabi.com/website-opt-in

#VBAC #HomeBirth #PainFreeBirth #BirthWithoutFear #ChristianBirthTestimony #EmergencyCSection #BirthTrauma #VBACHomeBirth #NaturalBirthStory #FaithInChildbirth #RedemptiveBirth #ChristianMom #SupernaturalBirth #BirthAsWorship #PeacefulBirth

]]> Karen Welton Buzzsprout-17929014 Tue, 30 Sep 2025 04:00:00 -0400 3993 full false #70 | How Birth Shaped My Motherhood: Six Kids and One Pain-Free Birth #70 | How Birth Shaped My Motherhood: Six Kids and One Pain-Free Birth In today’s episode, Karen sits down with Tommi Kirkpatrick, a mother of six whose powerful story captures the highs, lows, and supernatural beauty of birth and motherhood. From her first home birth to the moment she thought she couldn’t go on, Tommi vulnerably shares how each of her births shaped her faith, her family, and her understanding of what it means to be a mother. 

Whether you’re preparing for your first baby or your sixth, this conversation will give you hope, courage, and a renewed belief in the way God designed birth.

Tune in to hear:

  • How Tommi’s early births stretched her limits and reshaped her expectations
  • Why brokenness in motherhood can actually be a gift
  • The role of community, faith, and support when raising little ones
  • What shifted between her fifth and sixth births
  • The incredible story of her first pain-free birth after five babies
  • How birth can become your greatest “pep talk” for life and motherhood

Use code PODCAST to get $50 off the Pain Free Birth E-course HERE

Connect with Karen:

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/painfreebirth

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/painfreebirth/

Spotify Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/5zEiKMIHFewZeVdzfBSEMS

Apple Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/pain-free-birth/id1696179731

Website - https://painfreebirth.com/

Email List https://pain-free-birth.mykajabi.com/website-opt-in

]]> In today’s episode, Karen sits down with Tommi Kirkpatrick, a mother of six whose powerful story captures the highs, lows, and supernatural beauty of birth and motherhood. From her first home birth to the moment she thought she couldn’t go on, Tommi vulnerably shares how each of her births shaped her faith, her family, and her understanding of what it means to be a mother. 

Whether you’re preparing for your first baby or your sixth, this conversation will give you hope, courage, and a renewed belief in the way God designed birth.

Tune in to hear:

  • How Tommi’s early births stretched her limits and reshaped her expectations
  • Why brokenness in motherhood can actually be a gift
  • The role of community, faith, and support when raising little ones
  • What shifted between her fifth and sixth births
  • The incredible story of her first pain-free birth after five babies
  • How birth can become your greatest “pep talk” for life and motherhood

Use code PODCAST to get $50 off the Pain Free Birth E-course HERE

Connect with Karen:

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/painfreebirth

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/painfreebirth/

Spotify Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/5zEiKMIHFewZeVdzfBSEMS

Apple Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/pain-free-birth/id1696179731

Website - https://painfreebirth.com/

Email List https://pain-free-birth.mykajabi.com/website-opt-in

]]> Buzzsprout-17889779 Tue, 23 Sep 2025 04:00:00 -0400 3636 full false #69 | Birth in War Zones and Triplet Home Birth with Kristine Lauria #69 | Birth in War Zones and Triplet Home Birth with Kristine Lauria What if the “impossible” was actually possible?

In this jaw-dropping episode, Karen sits down with midwife Kristine Lauria, a global midwifery director with more than 30 years of experience, to unpack the viral story of a home birth triplet delivery.

Kristine has attended over 5,000 births worldwide — from refugee camps in South Sudan with Doctors Without Borders to high-risk deliveries in the U.S. — and she brings an unmatched perspective on what physiological birth can truly look like.

Tune in to hear:

  • The incredible story of Amber’s viral home birth with triplets
  • What actually happens in a breech extraction (and why it was needed in this case)
  • How Kristine stayed calm in an emergency and why that saved a life
  • Why the role of a good midwife often means having the skill to do nothing
  • The difference between scary and traumatic births — and how a mother’s experience matters just as much as the outcome
  • What Kristine has learned from thousands of births in hospitals, homes, and disaster zones around the world
  • Why hospital cesarean rates don’t compare to what’s possible when birth is left undisturbed
  • The spiritual and emotional side of birth that modern maternity care often overlooks

Triplet home birth video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C38V_IIpWzX/ 

Connect with Kristine: 

@globalmidwife64 

@allowedtobirth

Connect with Karen:

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/painfreebirth

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/painfreebirth/

Spotify Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/5zEiKMIHFewZeVdzfBSEMS

Apple Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/pain-free-birth/id1696179731

Website - https://painfreebirth.com/

Email List https://pain-free-birth.mykajabi.com/website-opt-in

]]> What if the “impossible” was actually possible?

In this jaw-dropping episode, Karen sits down with midwife Kristine Lauria, a global midwifery director with more than 30 years of experience, to unpack the viral story of a home birth triplet delivery.

Kristine has attended over 5,000 births worldwide — from refugee camps in South Sudan with Doctors Without Borders to high-risk deliveries in the U.S. — and she brings an unmatched perspective on what physiological birth can truly look like.

Tune in to hear:

  • The incredible story of Amber’s viral home birth with triplets
  • What actually happens in a breech extraction (and why it was needed in this case)
  • How Kristine stayed calm in an emergency and why that saved a life
  • Why the role of a good midwife often means having the skill to do nothing
  • The difference between scary and traumatic births — and how a mother’s experience matters just as much as the outcome
  • What Kristine has learned from thousands of births in hospitals, homes, and disaster zones around the world
  • Why hospital cesarean rates don’t compare to what’s possible when birth is left undisturbed
  • The spiritual and emotional side of birth that modern maternity care often overlooks

Triplet home birth video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C38V_IIpWzX/ 

Connect with Kristine: 

@globalmidwife64 

@allowedtobirth

Connect with Karen:

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/painfreebirth

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/painfreebirth/

Spotify Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/5zEiKMIHFewZeVdzfBSEMS

Apple Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/pain-free-birth/id1696179731

Website - https://painfreebirth.com/

Email List https://pain-free-birth.mykajabi.com/website-opt-in

]]> Buzzsprout-17851089 Tue, 16 Sep 2025 04:00:00 -0400 4403 full false #68 | From Two C-Sections to a Pain-Free Home Birth #68 | From Two C-Sections to a Pain-Free Home Birth What happens when you’ve been told your body “can’t” birth vaginally… and then God writes a different story?

In this episode, Karen sits down with Audrey Stinson, a mom of four, who went from believing she would never experience a vaginal birth to having not one, but two redemptive home births—the last being completely pain-free.

Audrey vulnerably shares her journey through two cesareans, the heartbreak of feeling her body was “broken,” and the desperate prayers that led her to invite God fully into her birth story. With the support of her doula, a faith-filled mindset shift, and leaning deeply on God’s presence, Audrey discovered strength, redemption, and joy in birth that she never imagined possible.

Tune in to hear:

  • The limiting beliefs that often follow cesarean birth—and how faith can rewrite them
  • How prayer and preparation paved the way for a redemptive VBAC at home
  • The integral role a doula played in supporting Audrey and empowering her husband
  • The difference between “intensity” and “pain” in labor
  • How inviting God into every part of pregnancy and birth can transform the experience
  • Audrey’s pain-free birth story with her fourth baby and how she walked away with an even deeper faith

Use code PODCAST to get $50 off the Pain Free Birth E-course HERE

Connect with Audrey:

IG: @faithful.labor

Connect with Karen:

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/painfreebirth

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/painfreebirth/

Spotify Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/5zEiKMIHFewZeVdzfBSEMS

Apple Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/pain-free-birth/id1696179731

Website - https://painfreebirth.com/

Email List https://pain-free-birth.mykajabi.com/website-opt-in

]]> What happens when you’ve been told your body “can’t” birth vaginally… and then God writes a different story?

In this episode, Karen sits down with Audrey Stinson, a mom of four, who went from believing she would never experience a vaginal birth to having not one, but two redemptive home births—the last being completely pain-free.

Audrey vulnerably shares her journey through two cesareans, the heartbreak of feeling her body was “broken,” and the desperate prayers that led her to invite God fully into her birth story. With the support of her doula, a faith-filled mindset shift, and leaning deeply on God’s presence, Audrey discovered strength, redemption, and joy in birth that she never imagined possible.

Tune in to hear:

  • The limiting beliefs that often follow cesarean birth—and how faith can rewrite them
  • How prayer and preparation paved the way for a redemptive VBAC at home
  • The integral role a doula played in supporting Audrey and empowering her husband
  • The difference between “intensity” and “pain” in labor
  • How inviting God into every part of pregnancy and birth can transform the experience
  • Audrey’s pain-free birth story with her fourth baby and how she walked away with an even deeper faith

Use code PODCAST to get $50 off the Pain Free Birth E-course HERE

Connect with Audrey:

IG: @faithful.labor

Connect with Karen:

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/painfreebirth

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/painfreebirth/

Spotify Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/5zEiKMIHFewZeVdzfBSEMS

Apple Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/pain-free-birth/id1696179731

Website - https://painfreebirth.com/

Email List https://pain-free-birth.mykajabi.com/website-opt-in

]]> Buzzsprout-17813001 Tue, 09 Sep 2025 04:00:00 -0400 4530 full false #67 | What Every New Doula Needs to Know About Supporting Birth #67 | What Every New Doula Needs to Know About Supporting Birth In this episode, Karen sits down with Kendall Pattillo — a mom of two (with one on the way!), wife, follower of Christ, and graduate of the Pain Free Birth Doula Mastermind. Although she’s just beginning her doula career, Kendall has already supported a variety of powerful births: VBACs, hospital births, birth center births, and home births.

Whether you’re a new doula searching for wisdom, a mom preparing for birth, or a partner curious about how doulas support families, this episode is full of encouragement, practical insights, and inspiration.

Tune in to hear:

  • Kendall’s calling into birth work and how God opened the doors for her
  • The powerful VBAC story she supported at her very first birth as a doula
  • Why doulas are both servants and shields in the birth space
  • Practical doula tips — knee pads, birth stools, showers, and headphones
  • How doulas enhance a partner’s role instead of replacing it
  • Lessons on presence, boundaries, and avoiding burnout as a new doula
  • The confidence and tools Kendall gained through the Pain Free Birth Doula Mastermind

Join the Doula Mastermind: https://painfreebirth.com/doula-mastermind/

Connect with Kendall:

IG: @everedendoulaservices @kendallpattillo

Website: https://everedendoulaservices.com/

Connect with Karen:

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/painfreebirth

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/painfreebirth/

Spotify Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/5zEiKMIHFewZeVdzfBSEMS

Apple Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/pain-free-birth/id1696179731

Website - https://painfreebirth.com/

Email List https://pain-free-birth.mykajabi.com/website-opt-in

]]> In this episode, Karen sits down with Kendall Pattillo — a mom of two (with one on the way!), wife, follower of Christ, and graduate of the Pain Free Birth Doula Mastermind. Although she’s just beginning her doula career, Kendall has already supported a variety of powerful births: VBACs, hospital births, birth center births, and home births.

Whether you’re a new doula searching for wisdom, a mom preparing for birth, or a partner curious about how doulas support families, this episode is full of encouragement, practical insights, and inspiration.

Tune in to hear:

  • Kendall’s calling into birth work and how God opened the doors for her
  • The powerful VBAC story she supported at her very first birth as a doula
  • Why doulas are both servants and shields in the birth space
  • Practical doula tips — knee pads, birth stools, showers, and headphones
  • How doulas enhance a partner’s role instead of replacing it
  • Lessons on presence, boundaries, and avoiding burnout as a new doula
  • The confidence and tools Kendall gained through the Pain Free Birth Doula Mastermind

Join the Doula Mastermind: https://painfreebirth.com/doula-mastermind/

Connect with Kendall:

IG: @everedendoulaservices @kendallpattillo

Website: https://everedendoulaservices.com/

Connect with Karen:

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/painfreebirth

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/painfreebirth/

Spotify Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/5zEiKMIHFewZeVdzfBSEMS

Apple Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/pain-free-birth/id1696179731

Website - https://painfreebirth.com/

Email List https://pain-free-birth.mykajabi.com/website-opt-in

]]> Buzzsprout-17770620 Tue, 02 Sep 2025 04:00:00 -0400 3420 full false #66 | How to Protect Your Birth Experience in the Hospital: Tools Every Mom Needs to Know #66 | How to Protect Your Birth Experience in the Hospital: Tools Every Mom Needs to Know What if walking into a hospital birth didn’t mean giving up your voice?

In this powerful conversation, Meredith and Alicia from Intentional Birth share how to advocate for yourself in a hospital setting so you feel respected, informed, and truly in charge of your birth. From simple language shifts to knowing your legal rights, you’ll walk away with practical tools you—and your partner—can use to create a positive, empowering experience, no matter what unfolds.

Tune in to hear:

  • Why birth trauma is often less about what happened and more about how you were treated
  • The difference between hospital policy and patient consent (and why policy does not override your rights)
  • A simple 3-step framework (OWN IT) to decline procedures without confrontation
  • The role of your partner as the guardian of the birth—and how they can protect your space
  • Key phrases that change the room instantly: “We do need her consent” and “Please document that I am declining ___”
  • How to use the chain of command if you’re not being heard (charge nurse → nurse manager → house supervisor)
  • “Secret menu” options in the hospital most families don’t know they can request
  • A real-life VBAC story where intentional advocacy led to a hospital water birth, minimal interventions, and an unhurried third stage

Join the Doula Mastermind: https://painfreebirth.com/doula-mastermind/

Resources mentioned:

5% discount on the Advocacy Trainings: Code: PAINFREEBIRTH

IG:  @intentional.birth

Website: www.intentionalbirth.co

Connect with Karen:

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/painfreebirth

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/painfreebirth/

Spotify Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/5zEiKMIHFewZeVdzfBSEMS

Apple Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/pain-free-birth/id1696179731

Website - https://painfreebirth.com/

Email List https://pain-free-birth.mykajabi.com/website-opt-in

]]> What if walking into a hospital birth didn’t mean giving up your voice?

In this powerful conversation, Meredith and Alicia from Intentional Birth share how to advocate for yourself in a hospital setting so you feel respected, informed, and truly in charge of your birth. From simple language shifts to knowing your legal rights, you’ll walk away with practical tools you—and your partner—can use to create a positive, empowering experience, no matter what unfolds.

Tune in to hear:

  • Why birth trauma is often less about what happened and more about how you were treated
  • The difference between hospital policy and patient consent (and why policy does not override your rights)
  • A simple 3-step framework (OWN IT) to decline procedures without confrontation
  • The role of your partner as the guardian of the birth—and how they can protect your space
  • Key phrases that change the room instantly: “We do need her consent” and “Please document that I am declining ___”
  • How to use the chain of command if you’re not being heard (charge nurse → nurse manager → house supervisor)
  • “Secret menu” options in the hospital most families don’t know they can request
  • A real-life VBAC story where intentional advocacy led to a hospital water birth, minimal interventions, and an unhurried third stage

Join the Doula Mastermind: https://painfreebirth.com/doula-mastermind/

Resources mentioned:

5% discount on the Advocacy Trainings: Code: PAINFREEBIRTH

IG:  @intentional.birth

Website: www.intentionalbirth.co

Connect with Karen:

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/painfreebirth

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/painfreebirth/

Spotify Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/5zEiKMIHFewZeVdzfBSEMS

Apple Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/pain-free-birth/id1696179731

Website - https://painfreebirth.com/

Email List https://pain-free-birth.mykajabi.com/website-opt-in

]]> Buzzsprout-17734098 Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 -0400 3742 full false #65 | The Red Tent & the Sacred Calling of Doula Work #65 | The Red Tent & the Sacred Calling of Doula Work Have you ever felt a little nudge that maybe you were meant to support women in birth? Maybe you’re the one who stays up late watching birth videos, fascinated by how God designed the body, secretly dreaming of being in the room one day. If so, this episode was made for you.

In today’s conversation, Karen pulls back the curtain on the realities of birth work — the beauty, the challenges, and the sacred calling of becoming a doula. She shares the struggles many doulas face, from burnout and being on-call to working in hospital systems that don’t always support women’s physiology. And she reminds us why women supporting women through life’s biggest transitions is not only historical, but biblical.

Tune in to hear:

  • Why the average doula career lasts only two years — and how to prevent burnout
  • The surprising origin story of doulas and how their presence was “accidentally discovered” to improve birth outcomes
  • The missing rituals of modern maternity care — and why women are crying out for community again
  • The biggest challenges doulas face today (on-call life, finding clients, hospital politics, and more)
  • What it truly means to protect a woman’s physiology, her power, and her voice in labor
  • How the vision of the Red Tent is reviving sacred sisterhood for doulas and birth workers

Join the Doula Mastermind: https://painfreebirth.com/doula-mastermind/


Connect with Karen:

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/painfreebirth

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/painfreebirth/

Spotify Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/5zEiKMIHFewZeVdzfBSEMS

Apple Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/pain-free-birth/id1696179731

Website - https://painfreebirth.com/

Email List https://pain-free-birth.mykajabi.com/website-opt-in

]]> Have you ever felt a little nudge that maybe you were meant to support women in birth? Maybe you’re the one who stays up late watching birth videos, fascinated by how God designed the body, secretly dreaming of being in the room one day. If so, this episode was made for you.

In today’s conversation, Karen pulls back the curtain on the realities of birth work — the beauty, the challenges, and the sacred calling of becoming a doula. She shares the struggles many doulas face, from burnout and being on-call to working in hospital systems that don’t always support women’s physiology. And she reminds us why women supporting women through life’s biggest transitions is not only historical, but biblical.

Tune in to hear:

  • Why the average doula career lasts only two years — and how to prevent burnout
  • The surprising origin story of doulas and how their presence was “accidentally discovered” to improve birth outcomes
  • The missing rituals of modern maternity care — and why women are crying out for community again
  • The biggest challenges doulas face today (on-call life, finding clients, hospital politics, and more)
  • What it truly means to protect a woman’s physiology, her power, and her voice in labor
  • How the vision of the Red Tent is reviving sacred sisterhood for doulas and birth workers

Join the Doula Mastermind: https://painfreebirth.com/doula-mastermind/


Connect with Karen:

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/painfreebirth

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/painfreebirth/

Spotify Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/5zEiKMIHFewZeVdzfBSEMS

Apple Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/pain-free-birth/id1696179731

Website - https://painfreebirth.com/

Email List https://pain-free-birth.mykajabi.com/website-opt-in

]]> Karen Welton Buzzsprout-17694916 Tue, 19 Aug 2025 04:00:00 -0400 2412 full false #64 | Breathing Baby Out Pain Free and without Pushing #64 | Breathing Baby Out Pain Free and without Pushing What if the pushing phase of birth didn’t have to be painful, exhausting, or filled with strain?

In this powerful episode, Erika shares her incredible birth story — from an unexpected pause in labor that gave her one more week to prepare, to the fast-moving labor that had her in transition before she even realized it. But the highlight came in the final moments: instead of force pushing, Erika learned to breathe her baby down, allowing her body to work with her baby for a gentle, peaceful birth.

You’ll hear how faith, prayer, and intentional breathing transformed her experience — and how you can apply these same principles for your own birth. Whether you’re preparing for your first baby or hoping for a redemptive birth after trauma, this episode is filled with encouragement, practical tips, and the reminder that God cares deeply about your birth story.

Tune in to hear:

  • The emotional block Erika faced leading up to birth and how she overcame it
  • The miraculous “false labor” that gave her more time to prepare
  • What it felt like to go from early labor to transition in the backseat of a truck
  • How she stayed focused and avoided negative self-talk in active labor
  • The exact breathing technique she used to “breathe baby down” instead of pushing
  • Why her postpartum recovery was so much easier this time
  • Encouragement for moms to release fear and trust God with their birth stories

Resources & Links Mentioned:

Connect with Karen:

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/painfreebirth

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/painfreebirth/

Spotify Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/5zEiKMIHFewZeVdzfBSEMS

Apple Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/pain-free-birth/id1696179731

Website - https://painfreebirth.com/

Email List https://pain-free-birth.mykajabi.com/website-opt-in

]]> What if the pushing phase of birth didn’t have to be painful, exhausting, or filled with strain?

In this powerful episode, Erika shares her incredible birth story — from an unexpected pause in labor that gave her one more week to prepare, to the fast-moving labor that had her in transition before she even realized it. But the highlight came in the final moments: instead of force pushing, Erika learned to breathe her baby down, allowing her body to work with her baby for a gentle, peaceful birth.

You’ll hear how faith, prayer, and intentional breathing transformed her experience — and how you can apply these same principles for your own birth. Whether you’re preparing for your first baby or hoping for a redemptive birth after trauma, this episode is filled with encouragement, practical tips, and the reminder that God cares deeply about your birth story.

Tune in to hear:

  • The emotional block Erika faced leading up to birth and how she overcame it
  • The miraculous “false labor” that gave her more time to prepare
  • What it felt like to go from early labor to transition in the backseat of a truck
  • How she stayed focused and avoided negative self-talk in active labor
  • The exact breathing technique she used to “breathe baby down” instead of pushing
  • Why her postpartum recovery was so much easier this time
  • Encouragement for moms to release fear and trust God with their birth stories

Resources & Links Mentioned:

Connect with Karen:

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/painfreebirth

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/painfreebirth/

Spotify Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/5zEiKMIHFewZeVdzfBSEMS

Apple Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/pain-free-birth/id1696179731

Website - https://painfreebirth.com/

Email List https://pain-free-birth.mykajabi.com/website-opt-in

]]> Karen Welton Buzzsprout-17656980 Tue, 12 Aug 2025 04:00:00 -0400 3080 full false #63 | Overcoming Infertility, Mold, and Fear to Birth in Power #63 | Overcoming Infertility, Mold, and Fear to Birth in Power What happens when you’re told you’re infertile, exposed to toxic mold, living in constant stress—and still believe for a miracle?

In this powerful episode, Karen sits down with Ashlee Rowland, a Christ-centered nutritionist and wellness educator from @simplholistic, to share her incredible journey from infertility and illness to a pain-free, breech homebirth—all while living in a mold-contaminated house.

This is more than a birth story—it’s a testimony of God’s faithfulness, a lesson in trusting your intuition, and a raw look at the realities of anxiety, postpartum, and walking through the fire with Jesus by your side.

Tune in to hear:

  • How Ashlee went from infertility and autoimmune diagnoses to a thriving pregnancy
  • The jaw-dropping moment her midwife realized the “head” was actually something else
  • How she delivered her frank breech baby in runner’s lunge with zero tearing
  • Why she didn’t feel pain, even during the ring of fire
  • What it's like to live in toxic mold while pregnant—and still have a healthy baby
  • How God showed up in the chaos to bring peace, clarity, and strength
  • The difference between anxiety and intuition (and how she learned to tell the two apart)
  • Why postpartum spiritual warfare is real—and what helped her stand firm
  • Practical tools Ashlee used to regulate her nervous system and heal emotionally
  • How surrender, faith, and affirmations shaped her birth and postpartum experience
  • A powerful prayer for any mama walking through fear, anxiety, or hardship


Use code PODCAST to get $50 off the Pain Free Birth E-course HERE: https://painfreebirth.thrivecart.com/pain-free-birth/

Try Lifewave x39 patches: https://lifewave.com/painfreebirth 

Check out Ashlee's courses:

Connect with Ashlee:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/simplholistic/ 

Website: simplholistic.org 

CONNECT WITH KAREN:

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/painfreebirth

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/painfreebirth/

Spotify Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/5zEiKMIHFewZeVdzfBSEMS

Apple Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/pain-free-birth/id1696179731

Website - https://painfreebirth.com/

Email List https://pain-free-birth.mykajabi.com/website-opt-in

]]> What happens when you’re told you’re infertile, exposed to toxic mold, living in constant stress—and still believe for a miracle?

In this powerful episode, Karen sits down with Ashlee Rowland, a Christ-centered nutritionist and wellness educator from @simplholistic, to share her incredible journey from infertility and illness to a pain-free, breech homebirth—all while living in a mold-contaminated house.

This is more than a birth story—it’s a testimony of God’s faithfulness, a lesson in trusting your intuition, and a raw look at the realities of anxiety, postpartum, and walking through the fire with Jesus by your side.

Tune in to hear:

  • How Ashlee went from infertility and autoimmune diagnoses to a thriving pregnancy
  • The jaw-dropping moment her midwife realized the “head” was actually something else
  • How she delivered her frank breech baby in runner’s lunge with zero tearing
  • Why she didn’t feel pain, even during the ring of fire
  • What it's like to live in toxic mold while pregnant—and still have a healthy baby
  • How God showed up in the chaos to bring peace, clarity, and strength
  • The difference between anxiety and intuition (and how she learned to tell the two apart)
  • Why postpartum spiritual warfare is real—and what helped her stand firm
  • Practical tools Ashlee used to regulate her nervous system and heal emotionally
  • How surrender, faith, and affirmations shaped her birth and postpartum experience
  • A powerful prayer for any mama walking through fear, anxiety, or hardship


Use code PODCAST to get $50 off the Pain Free Birth E-course HERE: https://painfreebirth.thrivecart.com/pain-free-birth/

Try Lifewave x39 patches: https://lifewave.com/painfreebirth 

Check out Ashlee's courses:

Connect with Ashlee:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/simplholistic/ 

Website: simplholistic.org 

CONNECT WITH KAREN:

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/painfreebirth

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/painfreebirth/

Spotify Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/5zEiKMIHFewZeVdzfBSEMS

Apple Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/pain-free-birth/id1696179731

Website - https://painfreebirth.com/

Email List https://pain-free-birth.mykajabi.com/website-opt-in

]]> Buzzsprout-17616261 Tue, 05 Aug 2025 05:00:00 -0400 4015 full false #62 | What Your Doctor Won't Tell You About VBAC #62 | What Your Doctor Won't Tell You About VBAC Have you been told VBAC is too risky?

In this episode, Karen pulls back the curtain on the fear-based messaging surrounding VBAC (Vaginal Birth After Cesarean) and delivers the real evidence every mom deserves to know. If you’ve ever been told VBAC is too risky, this episode is your permission slip to ask better questions, trust your intuition, and get truly informed before making one of the biggest decisions of your life.

Tune in to hear:

  • The real evidence behind VBAC success rates (hint: it’s not 15%!)
  • Why so many OBs still quote 100-year-old beliefs about birth
  • The actual risk of uterine rupture—and what doctors aren’t telling you
  • How fear-based care is keeping women in the dark
  • The difference between relative risk and real risk
  • The risks of repeat C-sections that almost no one talks about
  • What it means to get true informed consent
  • 5 powerful ways to prepare for a successful VBAC
  • Why choosing the right provider is the #1 decision you’ll make

Use code PODCAST to get $50 off the Pain Free Birth E-course HERE

Grab the Healing Birth Trauma Course HERE https://painfreebirth.com/healing-birth-trauma/

VBAC Resources: 

-Birth by the Numbers 

-PubMed Views of Women From Countries With High VBAC Rates 

-EBB 113 - The Evidence on VBAC

CONNECT WITH KAREN:

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/painfreebirth

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/painfreebirth/

Spotify Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/5zEiKMIHFewZeVdzfBSEMS

Apple Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/pain-free-birth/id1696179731

Website - https://painfreebirth.com/

Email List https://pain-free-birth.mykajabi.com/website-opt-in

]]> Have you been told VBAC is too risky?

In this episode, Karen pulls back the curtain on the fear-based messaging surrounding VBAC (Vaginal Birth After Cesarean) and delivers the real evidence every mom deserves to know. If you’ve ever been told VBAC is too risky, this episode is your permission slip to ask better questions, trust your intuition, and get truly informed before making one of the biggest decisions of your life.

Tune in to hear:

  • The real evidence behind VBAC success rates (hint: it’s not 15%!)
  • Why so many OBs still quote 100-year-old beliefs about birth
  • The actual risk of uterine rupture—and what doctors aren’t telling you
  • How fear-based care is keeping women in the dark
  • The difference between relative risk and real risk
  • The risks of repeat C-sections that almost no one talks about
  • What it means to get true informed consent
  • 5 powerful ways to prepare for a successful VBAC
  • Why choosing the right provider is the #1 decision you’ll make

Use code PODCAST to get $50 off the Pain Free Birth E-course HERE

Grab the Healing Birth Trauma Course HERE https://painfreebirth.com/healing-birth-trauma/

VBAC Resources: 

-Birth by the Numbers 

-PubMed Views of Women From Countries With High VBAC Rates 

-EBB 113 - The Evidence on VBAC

CONNECT WITH KAREN:

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/painfreebirth

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/painfreebirth/

Spotify Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/5zEiKMIHFewZeVdzfBSEMS

Apple Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/pain-free-birth/id1696179731

Website - https://painfreebirth.com/

Email List https://pain-free-birth.mykajabi.com/website-opt-in

]]> Karen Welton Buzzsprout-17579531 Tue, 29 Jul 2025 04:00:00 -0400 2702 full false #61 | A Redemptive Home Birth after a Cesarean #61 | A Redemptive Home Birth after a Cesarean What happens when you walk into the hospital at 8.5 cm dilated… and still end up with a C-section?

In this episode, Karen sits down with Carrie Coppins to unpack her journey from a traumatic first birth to a redemptive, healing home VBAC. Carrie vulnerably shares how her first birth left her feeling devastated, angry at her body—and even at God. But through therapy, faith, and deep preparation, she chose to believe for a different story with her second baby.

This episode is for every woman who has ever doubted her body, grieved a birth that didn’t go as planned, or is preparing her heart for a VBAC. It’s a story of healing, hope, and holy redemption.

Tune in to hear:

  • What really happened when Carrie “stalled” at 9 cm
  • How birth trauma impacted her mental health and relationship with God
  • The resources that helped her prepare for a VBAC (and the mindset shift she needed)
  • What her OB told her about her “15% chance” of VBAC success
  • The stark contrast between OB and midwife care
  • Her beautiful, redemptive home birth story (spoiler: her husband caught the baby!)
  • Advice for VBAC moms navigating doubt, fear, and outside opinions

Use code PODCAST to get $50 off the Pain Free Birth E-course HERE

Grab the Healing Birth Trauma Course HERE https://painfreebirth.com/healing-birth-trauma/

Resources mentioned:

VBAC book: https://amzn.to/4lu4bl5 

Ina May's Guide to Childbirth: https://amzn.to/3TC8w9M 

VBAC Resources: 

-Birth by the Numbers 

-PubMed Views of Women From Countries With High VBAC Rates 

-EBB 113 - The Evidence on VBAC

CONNECT WITH KAREN:

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/painfreebirth

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/painfreebirth/

Spotify Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/5zEiKMIHFewZeVdzfBSEMS

Apple Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/pain-free-birth/id1696179731

Website - https://painfreebirth.com/

Email List https://pain-free-birth.mykajabi.com/website-opt-in

]]> What happens when you walk into the hospital at 8.5 cm dilated… and still end up with a C-section?

In this episode, Karen sits down with Carrie Coppins to unpack her journey from a traumatic first birth to a redemptive, healing home VBAC. Carrie vulnerably shares how her first birth left her feeling devastated, angry at her body—and even at God. But through therapy, faith, and deep preparation, she chose to believe for a different story with her second baby.

This episode is for every woman who has ever doubted her body, grieved a birth that didn’t go as planned, or is preparing her heart for a VBAC. It’s a story of healing, hope, and holy redemption.

Tune in to hear:

  • What really happened when Carrie “stalled” at 9 cm
  • How birth trauma impacted her mental health and relationship with God
  • The resources that helped her prepare for a VBAC (and the mindset shift she needed)
  • What her OB told her about her “15% chance” of VBAC success
  • The stark contrast between OB and midwife care
  • Her beautiful, redemptive home birth story (spoiler: her husband caught the baby!)
  • Advice for VBAC moms navigating doubt, fear, and outside opinions

Use code PODCAST to get $50 off the Pain Free Birth E-course HERE

Grab the Healing Birth Trauma Course HERE https://painfreebirth.com/healing-birth-trauma/

Resources mentioned:

VBAC book: https://amzn.to/4lu4bl5 

Ina May's Guide to Childbirth: https://amzn.to/3TC8w9M 

VBAC Resources: 

-Birth by the Numbers 

-PubMed Views of Women From Countries With High VBAC Rates 

-EBB 113 - The Evidence on VBAC

CONNECT WITH KAREN:

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/painfreebirth

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/painfreebirth/

Spotify Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/5zEiKMIHFewZeVdzfBSEMS

Apple Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/pain-free-birth/id1696179731

Website - https://painfreebirth.com/

Email List https://pain-free-birth.mykajabi.com/website-opt-in

]]> Buzzsprout-17543515 Tue, 22 Jul 2025 04:00:00 -0400 3347 full false #60 | Breech, Twins, and Triplets… at HOME!? #60 | Breech, Twins, and Triplets… at HOME!? Can you really have a safe breech or twin birth at home? What if your OB told you yes?

In this powerful episode, Karen sits down with Dr. Victoria Flores, a Southern California-based home birth obstetrician who specializes in breech and twin births. After decades inside the hospital system, Dr. Victoria made a radical shift—leaving behind a broken model to fully support women outside of it.

From childhood, Victoria was fascinated by breech birth. But after 20+ years in the medical system, the soul-crushing grind took a toll on her health and spirit. Now, she’s taken the reins of Dr. Stuart Fischbein’s legendary practice and brings her unique intuition, deep knowledge, and unwavering belief in women’s bodies to every birth she attends.

Tune in to hear:

  • The spiritual and intuitive shift that led Dr. Victoria to leave hospital birth behind
  • What she really sees inside the birth canal (hello, x-ray vision)
  • Common myths vs. medical truth around breech birth safety
  • Why head entrapment is often used to scare women out of vaginal breech
  • The #1 reason most OBs won’t support breech births—even if they can
  • What qualifies someone as a good candidate for breech or twin home birth
  • A shocking 11-hour wait between twin births 
  • A radical story of a triplet home birth you’ll never forget

Connect with Dr. Victoria: https://victoriamdbirthing.com/ 

Use code PODCAST to get $50 off the Pain Free Birth E-course HERE

CONNECT WITH KAREN:

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/painfreebirth

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/painfreebirth/

Spotify Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/5zEiKMIHFewZeVdzfBSEMS

Apple Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/pain-free-birth/id1696179731

Website - https://painfreebirth.com/

Email List https://pain-free-birth.mykajabi.com/website-opt-in

]]> Can you really have a safe breech or twin birth at home? What if your OB told you yes?

In this powerful episode, Karen sits down with Dr. Victoria Flores, a Southern California-based home birth obstetrician who specializes in breech and twin births. After decades inside the hospital system, Dr. Victoria made a radical shift—leaving behind a broken model to fully support women outside of it.

From childhood, Victoria was fascinated by breech birth. But after 20+ years in the medical system, the soul-crushing grind took a toll on her health and spirit. Now, she’s taken the reins of Dr. Stuart Fischbein’s legendary practice and brings her unique intuition, deep knowledge, and unwavering belief in women’s bodies to every birth she attends.

Tune in to hear:

  • The spiritual and intuitive shift that led Dr. Victoria to leave hospital birth behind
  • What she really sees inside the birth canal (hello, x-ray vision)
  • Common myths vs. medical truth around breech birth safety
  • Why head entrapment is often used to scare women out of vaginal breech
  • The #1 reason most OBs won’t support breech births—even if they can
  • What qualifies someone as a good candidate for breech or twin home birth
  • A shocking 11-hour wait between twin births 
  • A radical story of a triplet home birth you’ll never forget

Connect with Dr. Victoria: https://victoriamdbirthing.com/ 

Use code PODCAST to get $50 off the Pain Free Birth E-course HERE

CONNECT WITH KAREN:

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/painfreebirth

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/painfreebirth/

Spotify Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/5zEiKMIHFewZeVdzfBSEMS

Apple Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/pain-free-birth/id1696179731

Website - https://painfreebirth.com/

Email List https://pain-free-birth.mykajabi.com/website-opt-in

]]> Buzzsprout-17506873 Tue, 15 Jul 2025 04:00:00 -0400 3957 full false #59 | Birthing a Breech Baby against all Odds with Lauren McEnulty #59 | Birthing a Breech Baby against all Odds with Lauren McEnulty In this episode, Karen sits down with holistic birth doula and mom of two, Lauren McEnulty, as she shares her incredible story of planning and executing a successful vaginal breech birth. Despite being pressured into a C-section by her original birth center and rejected by multiple providers, Lauren stayed true to her intuition and her baby’s needs.

She shares the emotional and physical toll of trying everything to flip her baby—including spinning babies, acupuncture, and moxibustion—only to later discover that her baby’s short cord and positioning made flipping impossible. After being dismissed by her original providers, Lauren sought out a breech-trained midwife over an hour away and finally found someone who believed in her.

This episode is a beautiful testimony of maternal instinct, perseverance, and the truth that women’s bodies are capable of birthing breech when supported by the right providers.

Tune in to hear:

  • How Lauren navigated the emotional and physical stress of learning her baby was breech
  • What she tried to flip her baby naturally, including spinning babies, acupuncture, and moxibustion
  • The moment her providers gave up on her—and how she refused to give up on herself
  • How she found a breech-trained midwife after being turned away by multiple birth centers
  • The powerful moment she discovered why her baby never flipped
  • Her labor experience, from water breaking in a hotel to giving birth surrounded by support
  • A vivid, hands-off breech birth story that was calm, safe, and deeply affirming
  • Her advice to moms navigating a breech diagnosis and how to find the right provider

Connect with Lauren:
https://www.waves-doula-care.com/ 

Watch Lauren's birth video (TW: Graphic Content)

Use code PODCAST to get $50 off the Pain Free Birth E-course HERE

CONNECT WITH KAREN:

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/painfreebirth

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/painfreebirth/

Spotify Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/5zEiKMIHFewZeVdzfBSEMS

Apple Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/pain-free-birth/id1696179731

Website - https://painfreebirth.com/

Email List https://pain-free-birth.mykajabi.com/website-opt-in

]]> In this episode, Karen sits down with holistic birth doula and mom of two, Lauren McEnulty, as she shares her incredible story of planning and executing a successful vaginal breech birth. Despite being pressured into a C-section by her original birth center and rejected by multiple providers, Lauren stayed true to her intuition and her baby’s needs.

She shares the emotional and physical toll of trying everything to flip her baby—including spinning babies, acupuncture, and moxibustion—only to later discover that her baby’s short cord and positioning made flipping impossible. After being dismissed by her original providers, Lauren sought out a breech-trained midwife over an hour away and finally found someone who believed in her.

This episode is a beautiful testimony of maternal instinct, perseverance, and the truth that women’s bodies are capable of birthing breech when supported by the right providers.

Tune in to hear:

  • How Lauren navigated the emotional and physical stress of learning her baby was breech
  • What she tried to flip her baby naturally, including spinning babies, acupuncture, and moxibustion
  • The moment her providers gave up on her—and how she refused to give up on herself
  • How she found a breech-trained midwife after being turned away by multiple birth centers
  • The powerful moment she discovered why her baby never flipped
  • Her labor experience, from water breaking in a hotel to giving birth surrounded by support
  • A vivid, hands-off breech birth story that was calm, safe, and deeply affirming
  • Her advice to moms navigating a breech diagnosis and how to find the right provider

Connect with Lauren:
https://www.waves-doula-care.com/ 

Watch Lauren's birth video (TW: Graphic Content)

Use code PODCAST to get $50 off the Pain Free Birth E-course HERE

CONNECT WITH KAREN:

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/painfreebirth

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/painfreebirth/

Spotify Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/5zEiKMIHFewZeVdzfBSEMS

Apple Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/pain-free-birth/id1696179731

Website - https://painfreebirth.com/

Email List https://pain-free-birth.mykajabi.com/website-opt-in

]]> Karen Welton Buzzsprout-17468052 Tue, 08 Jul 2025 04:00:00 -0400 2709 full false #58 | Birth after 40 with a Supernatural Home Birth Under The Stars with Lindsey Cantu #58 | Birth after 40 with a Supernatural Home Birth Under The Stars with Lindsey Cantu What happens when your water breaks at 36 weeks—and your midwife legally can’t attend your birth?

In this episode of the Pain Free Birth Podcast, Karen Welton interviews Lindsey  Cantu, a chiropractor, doula, and founder of BirthFit, who shares her incredible story of navigating an unexpected early labor, trusting her body, and giving birth outside under the stars in a peaceful, unassisted birth.

Tune in to hear:

  • How Lindsay got pregnant naturally at 40 after years of waiting 
  • What most women misunderstand about training during pregnancy
  •  How to support the pelvic floor for birth and postpartum
  •  Why strong doesn’t mean tight—and why softening is vital
  •  How movement, breath, and nervous system connection prepare you for     labor

BirthFit Prenatal Package (Get 20% off with code: PAINFREEBIRTH)

BirthFit Basics Free Video Training

Website: https://birthfit.com

Use code PODCAST to get $50 off the Pain Free Birth E-course HERE

CONNECT WITH KAREN:

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/painfreebirth

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/painfreebirth/

Spotify Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/5zEiKMIHFewZeVdzfBSEMS

Apple Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/pain-free-birth/id1696179731

Website - https://painfreebirth.com/

Email List https://pain-free-birth.mykajabi.com/website-opt-in



]]> What happens when your water breaks at 36 weeks—and your midwife legally can’t attend your birth?

In this episode of the Pain Free Birth Podcast, Karen Welton interviews Lindsey  Cantu, a chiropractor, doula, and founder of BirthFit, who shares her incredible story of navigating an unexpected early labor, trusting her body, and giving birth outside under the stars in a peaceful, unassisted birth.

Tune in to hear:

  • How Lindsay got pregnant naturally at 40 after years of waiting 
  • What most women misunderstand about training during pregnancy
  •  How to support the pelvic floor for birth and postpartum
  •  Why strong doesn’t mean tight—and why softening is vital
  •  How movement, breath, and nervous system connection prepare you for     labor

BirthFit Prenatal Package (Get 20% off with code: PAINFREEBIRTH)

BirthFit Basics Free Video Training

Website: https://birthfit.com

Use code PODCAST to get $50 off the Pain Free Birth E-course HERE

CONNECT WITH KAREN:

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/painfreebirth

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/painfreebirth/

Spotify Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/5zEiKMIHFewZeVdzfBSEMS

Apple Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/pain-free-birth/id1696179731

Website - https://painfreebirth.com/

Email List https://pain-free-birth.mykajabi.com/website-opt-in



]]> Karen Welton Buzzsprout-17428229 Tue, 01 Jul 2025 04:00:00 -0400 3071 full false #57 | First-Time Mom Has a 4-Hour Home Birth Pain Free - Brenna's Supernatural Birth Story #57 | First-Time Mom Has a 4-Hour Home Birth Pain Free - Brenna's Supernatural Birth Story In this episode of the Pain Free Birth Podcast, Karen welcomes first time mom Brenna Burkins to share her extraordinary 4-hour pain-free home birth story. What makes Brenna’s birth so remarkable? Not only was it her first baby, but she labored with joy, laughter, and zero pain after intentionally preparing—spiritually, mentally, and physically—for a supernatural birth experience.

Brenna opens up about the moment she first believed pain-free birth was possible, after hearing a testimony that challenged everything she’d been taught about childbirth. From there, she immersed herself in faith-building resources like Supernatural Childbirth by Jackie Mize and partnered with her husband in prayer and belief.

Tune in to hear:

  • How Brenna rejected fear from the start of her pregnancy
  • Her experience using Scripture and worship music as labor tools
  • What happened when pain began to creep in—and how she stopped it through prayer
  • The moment she felt the fetal ejection reflex and her body took over
  • Laughing during pushing (!!) and the overwhelming joy when her son was born
  • Why this birth radically impacted her faith, her confidence, and her identity as a mom

Resources Mentioned:

Connect with Brenna:

@brennaburkins on all platforms - instagram, Tiktok, YouTube, +  Pinterest 

Use code PODCAST to get $50 off the Pain Free Birth E-course HERE

Grab the Healing Birth Trauma Course HERE 


]]> In this episode of the Pain Free Birth Podcast, Karen welcomes first time mom Brenna Burkins to share her extraordinary 4-hour pain-free home birth story. What makes Brenna’s birth so remarkable? Not only was it her first baby, but she labored with joy, laughter, and zero pain after intentionally preparing—spiritually, mentally, and physically—for a supernatural birth experience.

Brenna opens up about the moment she first believed pain-free birth was possible, after hearing a testimony that challenged everything she’d been taught about childbirth. From there, she immersed herself in faith-building resources like Supernatural Childbirth by Jackie Mize and partnered with her husband in prayer and belief.

Tune in to hear:

  • How Brenna rejected fear from the start of her pregnancy
  • Her experience using Scripture and worship music as labor tools
  • What happened when pain began to creep in—and how she stopped it through prayer
  • The moment she felt the fetal ejection reflex and her body took over
  • Laughing during pushing (!!) and the overwhelming joy when her son was born
  • Why this birth radically impacted her faith, her confidence, and her identity as a mom

Resources Mentioned:

Connect with Brenna:

@brennaburkins on all platforms - instagram, Tiktok, YouTube, +  Pinterest 

Use code PODCAST to get $50 off the Pain Free Birth E-course HERE

Grab the Healing Birth Trauma Course HERE 


]]> Karen Welton Buzzsprout-17376564 Tue, 24 Jun 2025 05:00:00 -0400 1904 full false #56 | A Divine Pain Free Birth After 4 Years of Waiting with Lauren Leonard #56 | A Divine Pain Free Birth After 4 Years of Waiting with Lauren Leonard In this episode, Karen sits down with Lauren Leonard—ER nurse, mental health advocate, and former NFL cheerleader—who shares her miraculous and deeply personal journey from infertility and generational birth trauma to a pain-free, supernatural birth marked by worship, surrender, and divine intimacy.

After four years of trying to conceive and a lifetime of hearing her mother’s traumatic birth story, Lauren never imagined she’d one day experience a birth that felt euphoric, empowering, and completely God-ordained. But that’s exactly what happened.

Tune in to hear:

  • Lauren's experience growing up with fear around natural birth—and what changed her mindset
  • The miracle timing of getting pregnant during her mother’s heart transplant journey
  • How the Pain Free Birth course gave her the tools to walk through labor in peace
  • Her supernatural, pain-free hospital water birth and the power of surrender
  • The emotional intimacy and spiritual transformation she experienced with her husband
  • How birth reshaped her relationship with God and her view of femininity
  • The unexpected ways her partner showed up powerfully because of the Partner Prep course
  • How birth became the foundation for deeper trust, parenthood, and postpartum healing

🎁 Try Outlast Audio free for 1 month with code: PAINFREEBIRTH https://outlastaudio.com

Connect with Lauren:

@laurenmleonard_ 

@outlastaudio 

Use code PODCAST to get $50 off the Pain Free Birth E-course HERE

Grab the Healing Birth Trauma Course HERE 

CONNECT WITH KAREN:
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/painfreebirth 
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/painfreebirth/ 
Spotify Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/5zEiKMIHFewZeVdzfBSEMS 
Apple Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/pain-free-birth/id1696179731
Website - https://painfreebirth.com/ 
Email List https://pain-free-birth.mykajabi.com/website-opt-in

]]> In this episode, Karen sits down with Lauren Leonard—ER nurse, mental health advocate, and former NFL cheerleader—who shares her miraculous and deeply personal journey from infertility and generational birth trauma to a pain-free, supernatural birth marked by worship, surrender, and divine intimacy.

After four years of trying to conceive and a lifetime of hearing her mother’s traumatic birth story, Lauren never imagined she’d one day experience a birth that felt euphoric, empowering, and completely God-ordained. But that’s exactly what happened.

Tune in to hear:

  • Lauren's experience growing up with fear around natural birth—and what changed her mindset
  • The miracle timing of getting pregnant during her mother’s heart transplant journey
  • How the Pain Free Birth course gave her the tools to walk through labor in peace
  • Her supernatural, pain-free hospital water birth and the power of surrender
  • The emotional intimacy and spiritual transformation she experienced with her husband
  • How birth reshaped her relationship with God and her view of femininity
  • The unexpected ways her partner showed up powerfully because of the Partner Prep course
  • How birth became the foundation for deeper trust, parenthood, and postpartum healing

🎁 Try Outlast Audio free for 1 month with code: PAINFREEBIRTH https://outlastaudio.com

Connect with Lauren:

@laurenmleonard_ 

@outlastaudio 

Use code PODCAST to get $50 off the Pain Free Birth E-course HERE

Grab the Healing Birth Trauma Course HERE 

CONNECT WITH KAREN:
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/painfreebirth 
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/painfreebirth/ 
Spotify Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/5zEiKMIHFewZeVdzfBSEMS 
Apple Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/pain-free-birth/id1696179731
Website - https://painfreebirth.com/ 
Email List https://pain-free-birth.mykajabi.com/website-opt-in

]]> Karen Welton Buzzsprout-17349502 Tue, 17 Jun 2025 04:00:00 -0400 3383 full false #55 | What Every Dad Needs to Know About Natural Birth with Jonathan Welton #55 | What Every Dad Needs to Know About Natural Birth with Jonathan Welton In this special Father's Day episode, I’m joined by her husband, Jonathan Welton. We’re pulling back the curtain on what it’s really like for dads to walk through pregnancy, labor, and birth—especially outside the hospital system.

From initial hesitations about home birth to fully showing up with unwavering presence, Jonathan shares the fears, surprises, and transformations he experienced through our three unmedicated births. Whether your partner is nervous, unsure of his role, or simply wants to be a great support person, this honest conversation offers practical advice and heartfelt encouragement from a dad who’s been there.

Tune in to hear:

  • How to support your partner during a natural or home birth
  • Why your presence matters more than your knowledge
  • How birth transformed Jonathan as a father
  • Advocating in the hospital vs. trusting the birth process
  • Breaking through fear, control, and cultural conditioning
  • How to be your partner’s hero in the birth room
  • What faith, midwives, and ancient wisdom taught him about fatherhood

Use code PODCAST to get $50 off the Pain Free Birth E-course HERE

Grab the Healing Birth Trauma Course HERE 

CONNECT WITH KAREN:
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/painfreebirth 
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/painfreebirth/ 
Spotify Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/5zEiKMIHFewZeVdzfBSEMS 
Apple Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/pain-free-birth/id1696179731
Website - https://painfreebirth.com/ 
Email List https://pain-free-birth.mykajabi.com/website-opt-in

]]> In this special Father's Day episode, I’m joined by her husband, Jonathan Welton. We’re pulling back the curtain on what it’s really like for dads to walk through pregnancy, labor, and birth—especially outside the hospital system.

From initial hesitations about home birth to fully showing up with unwavering presence, Jonathan shares the fears, surprises, and transformations he experienced through our three unmedicated births. Whether your partner is nervous, unsure of his role, or simply wants to be a great support person, this honest conversation offers practical advice and heartfelt encouragement from a dad who’s been there.

Tune in to hear:

  • How to support your partner during a natural or home birth
  • Why your presence matters more than your knowledge
  • How birth transformed Jonathan as a father
  • Advocating in the hospital vs. trusting the birth process
  • Breaking through fear, control, and cultural conditioning
  • How to be your partner’s hero in the birth room
  • What faith, midwives, and ancient wisdom taught him about fatherhood

Use code PODCAST to get $50 off the Pain Free Birth E-course HERE

Grab the Healing Birth Trauma Course HERE 

CONNECT WITH KAREN:
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/painfreebirth 
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/painfreebirth/ 
Spotify Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/5zEiKMIHFewZeVdzfBSEMS 
Apple Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/pain-free-birth/id1696179731
Website - https://painfreebirth.com/ 
Email List https://pain-free-birth.mykajabi.com/website-opt-in

]]> Karen Welton Buzzsprout-17298870 Tue, 10 Jun 2025 12:00:00 -0400 2834 full false #54 | God Met Me in Labor: Emily Vondy's Supernatural Birth Story #54 | God Met Me in Labor: Emily Vondy's Supernatural Birth Story What if your birth experience could be more than just physical—what if it became a holy encounter with God?

In this episode, Karen sits down with Emily Vondy—musician, speaker, content creator, and mama of (now) six—to share the unforgettable story of her fifth birth. From walking through the fear of a pregnancy after loss to experiencing a supernatural encounter with God during active labor in the car, Emily’s story is a beautiful testimony of faith, surrender, and divine joy.

Emily vulnerably shares how God transformed her labor from anxiety and dread into laughter, peace, and profound connection. She opens up about how He met her in her weakness, carried her through transition, and gave her visions that forever changed how she sees Him.

Timestamps:
00:00 – Introduction & Emily’s Background
02:00 – Pregnancy After Loss & Surrendering Fear
06:00 – Facing Induction and the Mental Battle
10:00 – The Foley Balloon & Labor Begins
16:30 – Praying Through the Fear
25:00 – The Car Ride: Heaven Breaks In
33:00 – Running Up Waves with Jesus
41:00 – Jesus Carries Her
50:00 – Pushing & Arrival of Vivian
56:00 – Naming, Meaning, and Legacy
01:05:00 – This Baby is the Missing Piece
01:12:00 – Joy in Motherhood & Social Media Confidence

Connect with Emily:
Instagram: @emilyvondy
Tiktok: @thevondyfam

Use code PODCAST to get $50 off the Pain Free Birth E-course HERE

Grab the Healing Birth Trauma Course HERE 

CONNECT WITH KAREN:
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/painfreebirth 
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/painfreebirth/ 
Spotify Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/5zEiKMIHFewZeVdzfBSEMS 
Apple Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/pain-free-birth/id1696179731
Website - https://painfreebirth.com/ 
Email List https://pain-free-birth.mykajabi.com/website-opt-in

]]> What if your birth experience could be more than just physical—what if it became a holy encounter with God?

In this episode, Karen sits down with Emily Vondy—musician, speaker, content creator, and mama of (now) six—to share the unforgettable story of her fifth birth. From walking through the fear of a pregnancy after loss to experiencing a supernatural encounter with God during active labor in the car, Emily’s story is a beautiful testimony of faith, surrender, and divine joy.

Emily vulnerably shares how God transformed her labor from anxiety and dread into laughter, peace, and profound connection. She opens up about how He met her in her weakness, carried her through transition, and gave her visions that forever changed how she sees Him.

Timestamps:
00:00 – Introduction & Emily’s Background
02:00 – Pregnancy After Loss & Surrendering Fear
06:00 – Facing Induction and the Mental Battle
10:00 – The Foley Balloon & Labor Begins
16:30 – Praying Through the Fear
25:00 – The Car Ride: Heaven Breaks In
33:00 – Running Up Waves with Jesus
41:00 – Jesus Carries Her
50:00 – Pushing & Arrival of Vivian
56:00 – Naming, Meaning, and Legacy
01:05:00 – This Baby is the Missing Piece
01:12:00 – Joy in Motherhood & Social Media Confidence

Connect with Emily:
Instagram: @emilyvondy
Tiktok: @thevondyfam

Use code PODCAST to get $50 off the Pain Free Birth E-course HERE

Grab the Healing Birth Trauma Course HERE 

CONNECT WITH KAREN:
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/painfreebirth 
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/painfreebirth/ 
Spotify Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/5zEiKMIHFewZeVdzfBSEMS 
Apple Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/pain-free-birth/id1696179731
Website - https://painfreebirth.com/ 
Email List https://pain-free-birth.mykajabi.com/website-opt-in

]]> Karen Welton Buzzsprout-17271784 Tue, 03 Jun 2025 04:00:00 -0400 4909 full false #53 | How This First-Time Mom Had a Peaceful Breech Home Birth with Tayler Magee #53 | How This First-Time Mom Had a Peaceful Breech Home Birth with Tayler Magee What if you were told your baby was breech—and you still gave birth at home, unmedicated, and without fear? In this episode of the Pain Free Birth Podcast, Tayler Magee shares how she dismantled years of fear around childbirth, trusted God's design for her body, and delivered her breech baby at home as a first-time mom.

Timestamps:
00:00 – Her mindset shift: “Your body births even in a coma”
05:01 – From fear of birth to home breech birth
13:18 – How she dismantled fear & found faith in God’s design
18:15 – “I chose not to tell anyone—protecting my peace”
28:25 – Going into labor early & her peaceful home environment
34:00 – Mastering the rhythm of contractions without fear
36:59 – Transition & vocalizing fear: “I’m afraid”43:18 – The pushing stage: “It felt like reverse vomiting”
47:00 – Breech baby born—calm, powerful, and fast
50:00 – The power of shutting off your brain and trusting your body
54:45 – Tips on choosing providers, preparing mentally, and creating safety

Connect with Tayler:
www.taylershealthhub.com


Use code PODCAST to get $50 off the Pain Free Birth E-course HERE

Grab the Healing Birth Trauma Course HERE 


CONNECT WITH KAREN:

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/painfreebirth

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/painfreebirth/

Spotify Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/5zEiKMIHFewZeVdzfBSEMS

Apple Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/pain-free-birth/id1696179731

Website - https://painfreebirth.com/

Email List https://pain-free-birth.mykajabi.com/website-opt-in

]]> What if you were told your baby was breech—and you still gave birth at home, unmedicated, and without fear? In this episode of the Pain Free Birth Podcast, Tayler Magee shares how she dismantled years of fear around childbirth, trusted God's design for her body, and delivered her breech baby at home as a first-time mom.

Timestamps:
00:00 – Her mindset shift: “Your body births even in a coma”
05:01 – From fear of birth to home breech birth
13:18 – How she dismantled fear & found faith in God’s design
18:15 – “I chose not to tell anyone—protecting my peace”
28:25 – Going into labor early & her peaceful home environment
34:00 – Mastering the rhythm of contractions without fear
36:59 – Transition & vocalizing fear: “I’m afraid”43:18 – The pushing stage: “It felt like reverse vomiting”
47:00 – Breech baby born—calm, powerful, and fast
50:00 – The power of shutting off your brain and trusting your body
54:45 – Tips on choosing providers, preparing mentally, and creating safety

Connect with Tayler:
www.taylershealthhub.com


Use code PODCAST to get $50 off the Pain Free Birth E-course HERE

Grab the Healing Birth Trauma Course HERE 


CONNECT WITH KAREN:

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/painfreebirth

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/painfreebirth/

Spotify Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/5zEiKMIHFewZeVdzfBSEMS

Apple Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/pain-free-birth/id1696179731

Website - https://painfreebirth.com/

Email List https://pain-free-birth.mykajabi.com/website-opt-in

]]> Karen Welton karenbc.podbean.com/22336e33-4439-3b90-9d2c-3a435da507a8 Tue, 27 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400 3636 54 full false #52 | A Pain Free Hospital Birth with First Time Mom Stephanie Okori #52 | A Pain Free Hospital Birth with First Time Mom Stephanie Okori Licensed therapist and faith-based coach Stephanie Okori joins Pain Free Birth to share her two radically different but equally powerful birth stories—one a pain-free, unmedicated hospital birth that stunned the staff, and the second a spirit-led C-section that defied fear and overflowed with peace.

 Timestamps:

00:00 – Intro

05:20 – From Paralyzing Fear to Unshakable Faith

11:50 – Labor Begins: “God Spoke to Me in the Bathroom”

14:46 – Worship, Breath, and Rhythm: How She Labored Without Pain

18:23 – Hospital Arrival at 10cm—And Still No One Believed Her

23:18 – The Pushing Stage & Reclaiming Her Power

36:18 – A Very Different Second Birth: God in the C-Section

43:04 – Postpartum Miracles: Breastfeeding, Healing, and Grace

Use code PODCAST to get $50 off the Pain Free Birth E-course HERE

Grab the Healing Birth Trauma Course HERE 

CONNECT WITH KAREN:

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/painfreebirth

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/painfreebirth/

Spotify Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/5zEiKMIHFewZeVdzfBSEMS

Apple Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/pain-free-birth/id1696179731

Website - https://painfreebirth.com/

Email List https://pain-free-birth.mykajabi.com/website-opt-in

]]> Licensed therapist and faith-based coach Stephanie Okori joins Pain Free Birth to share her two radically different but equally powerful birth stories—one a pain-free, unmedicated hospital birth that stunned the staff, and the second a spirit-led C-section that defied fear and overflowed with peace.

 Timestamps:

00:00 – Intro

05:20 – From Paralyzing Fear to Unshakable Faith

11:50 – Labor Begins: “God Spoke to Me in the Bathroom”

14:46 – Worship, Breath, and Rhythm: How She Labored Without Pain

18:23 – Hospital Arrival at 10cm—And Still No One Believed Her

23:18 – The Pushing Stage & Reclaiming Her Power

36:18 – A Very Different Second Birth: God in the C-Section

43:04 – Postpartum Miracles: Breastfeeding, Healing, and Grace

Use code PODCAST to get $50 off the Pain Free Birth E-course HERE

Grab the Healing Birth Trauma Course HERE 

CONNECT WITH KAREN:

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/painfreebirth

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/painfreebirth/

Spotify Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/5zEiKMIHFewZeVdzfBSEMS

Apple Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/pain-free-birth/id1696179731

Website - https://painfreebirth.com/

Email List https://pain-free-birth.mykajabi.com/website-opt-in

]]> Karen Welton karenbc.podbean.com/a8d18140-0bc8-3a33-9975-e8ccd9eca3f9 Tue, 20 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400 2892 53 full false #51| The Truth about Breastfeeding, Birth Interventions and Tongue Ties No One Told You - Rachael Austin #51| The Truth about Breastfeeding, Birth Interventions and Tongue Ties No One Told You - Rachael Austin  

Timestamps:03:29 – How Birth Interventions Affect Breastfeeding05:08 – Nipple Pain & Outdated Breastfeeding Techniques06:05 – How Pitocin & Epidurals Disrupt Oral Function09:02 – Alternatives When Breastfeeding Isn’t Working10:19 – Bottle Design & Breastfeeding Confusion13:13 – Colic, Reflux & Overfeeding Explained15:31 – Can You Overfeed a Breastfed Baby?23:30 – Retraining Baby to Breastfeed After NICU/Interventions24:07 – Proper Latch vs. Common Mistakes30:17 – The Truth About Newborn Weight Loss & IV Fluids33:29 – Mastitis, Oversupply & Nipple Trauma46:35 – Tongue Ties, Lip Ties & Misdiagnosis51:09 – The Tongue Tie Surgery Boom (900% Increase?)57:11 – Postpartum Mental Health & Maternal Burnout Get 50% OFF the Thompson Method Birth & Breastfeeding Course:https://thompsonmethod.com/painfree 

CONNECT WITH KAREN:

 

]]>  

Timestamps:03:29 – How Birth Interventions Affect Breastfeeding05:08 – Nipple Pain & Outdated Breastfeeding Techniques06:05 – How Pitocin & Epidurals Disrupt Oral Function09:02 – Alternatives When Breastfeeding Isn’t Working10:19 – Bottle Design & Breastfeeding Confusion13:13 – Colic, Reflux & Overfeeding Explained15:31 – Can You Overfeed a Breastfed Baby?23:30 – Retraining Baby to Breastfeed After NICU/Interventions24:07 – Proper Latch vs. Common Mistakes30:17 – The Truth About Newborn Weight Loss & IV Fluids33:29 – Mastitis, Oversupply & Nipple Trauma46:35 – Tongue Ties, Lip Ties & Misdiagnosis51:09 – The Tongue Tie Surgery Boom (900% Increase?)57:11 – Postpartum Mental Health & Maternal Burnout Get 50% OFF the Thompson Method Birth & Breastfeeding Course:https://thompsonmethod.com/painfree 

CONNECT WITH KAREN:

 

]]> Karen Welton karenbc.podbean.com/dc88bf57-f96f-3eaf-8344-75da6fb80e81 Tue, 13 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400 4049 52 false #50 | 5 Things I'd Do Differently If I Were Giving Birth in 2025 #50 | 5 Things I'd Do Differently If I Were Giving Birth in 2025 What would I do differently if I gave birth in 2025? In this episode, I’m sharing the 5 powerful shifts I’d make—beyond the usual advice—to transform your birth experience and postpartum recovery. From protecting your mental health to trusting your body’s wisdom and creating a sacred postpartum bubble, this episode is your permission slip to slow down, do less, and reconnect with what truly matters during pregnancy and birth.

Save over $200 this Mother's Day!

From May 5-12th you can get $60 OFF the Pain Free Birth e-course AND get Birth Partner Bootcamp for FREE ($149 value) when you use code MOTHERSDAY60 at checkout! 

Timestamps:

00:00 – The Truth About Birth in 2025

00:36 – Why Today’s Birth Culture Is Overwhelming Moms

01:35 – Intro to the Episode: 5 Things I'd Do Differently in 2025

02:42 – A Personal Update: Meditation Retreat & Mental Health

04:48 – Biggest Sale of the Year for Pain Free Birth

06:46 – Struggling with Anxiety, Brain Fog & Burnout

08:54 – The Transformation from Meditation

11:03 – Mental Health Matters More Than Ever for Moms

14:57 – Why Slowing Down Isn’t Optional Anymore

16:02 – Birth Tip #1: Prioritize Mental & Emotional Health

19:39 – Birth Tip #2: Do Less (And Let Go of the Baby Registry Pressure)

22:01 – Birth Tip #3: Your Body is Wise—Trust It

30:02 – Birth Tip #4: It's Okay to Be Scared—But Don’t Stay There

36:12 – A Word on Programming & Rewriting Your Beliefs About Birth

 

CONNECT WITH KAREN:

 

]]> What would I do differently if I gave birth in 2025? In this episode, I’m sharing the 5 powerful shifts I’d make—beyond the usual advice—to transform your birth experience and postpartum recovery. From protecting your mental health to trusting your body’s wisdom and creating a sacred postpartum bubble, this episode is your permission slip to slow down, do less, and reconnect with what truly matters during pregnancy and birth.

Save over $200 this Mother's Day!

From May 5-12th you can get $60 OFF the Pain Free Birth e-course AND get Birth Partner Bootcamp for FREE ($149 value) when you use code MOTHERSDAY60 at checkout! 

Timestamps:

00:00 – The Truth About Birth in 2025

00:36 – Why Today’s Birth Culture Is Overwhelming Moms

01:35 – Intro to the Episode: 5 Things I'd Do Differently in 2025

02:42 – A Personal Update: Meditation Retreat & Mental Health

04:48 – Biggest Sale of the Year for Pain Free Birth

06:46 – Struggling with Anxiety, Brain Fog & Burnout

08:54 – The Transformation from Meditation

11:03 – Mental Health Matters More Than Ever for Moms

14:57 – Why Slowing Down Isn’t Optional Anymore

16:02 – Birth Tip #1: Prioritize Mental & Emotional Health

19:39 – Birth Tip #2: Do Less (And Let Go of the Baby Registry Pressure)

22:01 – Birth Tip #3: Your Body is Wise—Trust It

30:02 – Birth Tip #4: It's Okay to Be Scared—But Don’t Stay There

36:12 – A Word on Programming & Rewriting Your Beliefs About Birth

 

CONNECT WITH KAREN:

 

]]> Karen Welton karenbc.podbean.com/038e9b10-5fd7-3a27-9475-19d730a9dc59 Tue, 06 May 2025 00:00:00 -0400 2840 51 false #49 | A Supernatural Birth Story - Stormie Fraser #49 | A Supernatural Birth Story - Stormie Fraser Welcome back to the Pain Free Birth Podcast. Today, I’m interviewing Stormie Fraser. Stormie shares her pain free home birth story and compares it to her first time giving birth in a hospital setting. We also discuss faith and grief as Stormie tragically lost three loved ones while she was pregnant. 

 

Get 10% off the Pain Free Birth E-course HERE https://painfreebirth.thrivecart.com/pain-free-birth/ 

Grab the Healing Birth Trauma Course HERE https://painfreebirth.com/healing-birth-trauma/

 

TIMESTAMPS

00:00 - Intro

00:44 - Meet Stormie Fraser

01:26 - From Hospital to Home Birth

05:55 - Stormie Losing Her Dad While Pregnant

14:43 - Prayers and Affirmations 

19:29 - What is the Mother-blessing ceremony?

21:19 - The Importance of the Village and Community

25:16 - Faith Through Grief During Pregnancy 

28:17 - Christian Hypno-birthing Education with Tara Menzies

29:18 - Stormie’s Birth Story and Why Doulas Write Timestamps of Birth

30:54 - Prodromal Labor 

34:05 - Prayers and Wishes for Birth List

35:44 - Taking Ownership of Fear 

39:40 - Castor Oil and Induction

42:15 - Pain Free Birth Affirmations and Playlist

46:04 - Letting Go 

46:46 - Doulas Utility During Birth, Counter-pressure

49:44 - Doula Training As a New Mom 

55:00 - Co-creating Life with God 

59:46 - Taking a Moment for Babies to Come Into their Bodies

1:00:46 - Pain Free Delivery

1:04:08 - What’s Possible in Birth

1:06:35 - Outro

 

CONNECT WITH KAREN:

CONNECT WITH STORMIE

Personal Instagram: @stormiefraser 

Humorous, heartfelt nap trap poems on faith, grief, and motherhood: @isthisworthposting.

]]> Welcome back to the Pain Free Birth Podcast. Today, I’m interviewing Stormie Fraser. Stormie shares her pain free home birth story and compares it to her first time giving birth in a hospital setting. We also discuss faith and grief as Stormie tragically lost three loved ones while she was pregnant. 

 

Get 10% off the Pain Free Birth E-course HERE https://painfreebirth.thrivecart.com/pain-free-birth/ 

Grab the Healing Birth Trauma Course HERE https://painfreebirth.com/healing-birth-trauma/

 

TIMESTAMPS

00:00 - Intro

00:44 - Meet Stormie Fraser

01:26 - From Hospital to Home Birth

05:55 - Stormie Losing Her Dad While Pregnant

14:43 - Prayers and Affirmations 

19:29 - What is the Mother-blessing ceremony?

21:19 - The Importance of the Village and Community

25:16 - Faith Through Grief During Pregnancy 

28:17 - Christian Hypno-birthing Education with Tara Menzies

29:18 - Stormie’s Birth Story and Why Doulas Write Timestamps of Birth

30:54 - Prodromal Labor 

34:05 - Prayers and Wishes for Birth List

35:44 - Taking Ownership of Fear 

39:40 - Castor Oil and Induction

42:15 - Pain Free Birth Affirmations and Playlist

46:04 - Letting Go 

46:46 - Doulas Utility During Birth, Counter-pressure

49:44 - Doula Training As a New Mom 

55:00 - Co-creating Life with God 

59:46 - Taking a Moment for Babies to Come Into their Bodies

1:00:46 - Pain Free Delivery

1:04:08 - What’s Possible in Birth

1:06:35 - Outro

 

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CONNECT WITH STORMIE

Personal Instagram: @stormiefraser 

Humorous, heartfelt nap trap poems on faith, grief, and motherhood: @isthisworthposting.

]]> Karen Welton karenbc.podbean.com/a8583ee6-c9e6-3f03-af29-4f8a9f69c94a Tue, 29 Apr 2025 00:00:00 -0400 4259 50 false #48 | Pregnancy is Meant to Trigger You #48 | Pregnancy is Meant to Trigger You Letting Go of Control: The Spiritual Shift of Pregnancy & Birth

Are you an over-preparer who feels like pregnancy is spinning your world out of control? In this powerful solo episode, Karen gets deeply honest about the root of our need to control—and how fear, unresolved trauma, and striving for strength can actually sabotage our birth and motherhood journey.

Learn why pregnancy riggers you on purpose, how hormonal and spiritual changes are designed to surface unhealed pain, and how surrendering control can unlock peace, power, and deeper connection with your body, baby, and God.

This isn't just about managing anxiety—it’s about shifting into your feminine energy, letting go of the masculine mask, and learning to trust again. If you've been battling fear, shame, postpartum depression, or spiritual disconnection, this message will speak directly to your heart.

 

Get 10% off the Pain Free Birth E-course HERE https://painfreebirth.thrivecart.com/pain-free-birth/ 

Grab the Healing Birth Trauma Course HERE https://painfreebirth.com/healing-birth-trauma/

 

✅ IN THIS EPISODE:  0:00 – Over-preparation as a Symptom of Control  1:22 – The Fear-Tension-Pain Cycle in Labor  4:42 – When Strength Becomes a Wall: The Masculine Mask  10:00 – How Pregnancy Triggers Past Trauma for Healing  16:11 – It’s Okay to Be Needy: Reclaiming the Feminine  20:26 – Why Vulnerability is Attractive & Needed in Pregnancy  26:53 – Hormones as Holy Messengers: The Design of Pregnancy  31:06 – Stop Resisting: Embrace the Blessing of Pregnancy  36:30 – Pain-Free Pregnancy & Coaching Opportunities  

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CONNECT WITH KAREN:  YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@painfreebirthwithkarenwelton  Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/painfreebirth/  Spotify Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/5zEiKMIHFewZeVdzfBSEMS  Apple Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/pain-free-birth/id1696179731  Website - https://painfreebirth.com/  Join the Email List - https://pain-free-birth.mykajabi.com/website-opt-in  

CONNECT WITH KAREN:

]]> Letting Go of Control: The Spiritual Shift of Pregnancy & Birth

Are you an over-preparer who feels like pregnancy is spinning your world out of control? In this powerful solo episode, Karen gets deeply honest about the root of our need to control—and how fear, unresolved trauma, and striving for strength can actually sabotage our birth and motherhood journey.

Learn why pregnancy riggers you on purpose, how hormonal and spiritual changes are designed to surface unhealed pain, and how surrendering control can unlock peace, power, and deeper connection with your body, baby, and God.

This isn't just about managing anxiety—it’s about shifting into your feminine energy, letting go of the masculine mask, and learning to trust again. If you've been battling fear, shame, postpartum depression, or spiritual disconnection, this message will speak directly to your heart.

 

Get 10% off the Pain Free Birth E-course HERE https://painfreebirth.thrivecart.com/pain-free-birth/ 

Grab the Healing Birth Trauma Course HERE https://painfreebirth.com/healing-birth-trauma/

 

✅ IN THIS EPISODE:  0:00 – Over-preparation as a Symptom of Control  1:22 – The Fear-Tension-Pain Cycle in Labor  4:42 – When Strength Becomes a Wall: The Masculine Mask  10:00 – How Pregnancy Triggers Past Trauma for Healing  16:11 – It’s Okay to Be Needy: Reclaiming the Feminine  20:26 – Why Vulnerability is Attractive & Needed in Pregnancy  26:53 – Hormones as Holy Messengers: The Design of Pregnancy  31:06 – Stop Resisting: Embrace the Blessing of Pregnancy  36:30 – Pain-Free Pregnancy & Coaching Opportunities  

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CONNECT WITH KAREN:  YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@painfreebirthwithkarenwelton  Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/painfreebirth/  Spotify Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/5zEiKMIHFewZeVdzfBSEMS  Apple Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/pain-free-birth/id1696179731  Website - https://painfreebirth.com/  Join the Email List - https://pain-free-birth.mykajabi.com/website-opt-in  

CONNECT WITH KAREN:

]]> Karen Welton karenbc.podbean.com/1352c6d6-a03d-3194-a2e9-0e5b4e8b6beb Tue, 15 Apr 2025 08:59:15 -0400 2562 48 false #47 | Introduction to Ecstatic Birth - Yaya DaCosta #47 | Introduction to Ecstatic Birth - Yaya DaCosta Welcome back to the Pain Free Birth Podcast. Today, I’m interviewing Yaya DaCosta, an actor, birth worker, and way shower. We discuss ecstatic birth, Yaya stories giving birth in public in New York City, and how the emotions of Moms during pregnancy can imprint on the psychology and physiology of their babies.

 

Get 10% off the Pain Free Birth E-course HERE https://painfreebirth.thrivecart.com/pain-free-birth/ 

Grab the Healing Birth Trauma Course HERE https://painfreebirth.com/healing-birth-trauma/

 

TIMESTAMPS

00:00 Introduction to Ecstatic Birth

01:15 The Importance of Positive Birth Stories

02:09 Yaya's Personal Journey and Sensitivity

06:30 Navigating Pregnancy in New York City

10:14 The Impact of Maternal Emotions on Babies

12:11 Preparing for a Home Birth

14:49 The Unique Experience of Yaya's Birth

20:16 Laboring in Public: A Walk Through Contractions

25:23 The Moment of Birth: A Transformative Experience

26:58 The Ecstasy of Birth

29:12 Empowering Birth Stories

30:01 The Birth Experience Unfolds

34:11 The Immediate Connection

36:10 The Physiological Instinct of Babies

40:20 Reclaiming Sacred Births

42:37 The Aftermath of Birth

45:03 The Importance of Following Intuition

48:00 Pain Management Techniques

50:47 Addressing Maternal Mortality Rates

51:10 The Importance of Maternal Health Awareness

53:58 Addressing Systemic Issues in Maternal Care

58:02 The Role of Traditional Midwifery

01:01:03 The Black Maternal Health Festival

01:12:01 Cultural Shifts in Birth Practices

 

Yaya DaCosta’s dynamic talent as an actress has been showcased in powerful performances across film, television and stage productions, including “The Lincoln Lawyer”, “Our Kind of People”, “Chicago Med”, “Whitney” and, most recently, “Not My Family: The Monique Smith Story”. The Brown University graduate is also a producer, birthworker, and wayshower, who is deeply dedicated to contributing to society’s elevation through, art, beauty and magic. Her current Earth mission is to integrate her different callings through the creation and embodiment of empowering narratives that birth a kinder future for women in the entertainment industry, in birth spaces, and on the planet.

 

the Black Maternal Health Festival, which is from April 11th-17th.

Tickets can be purchased here: https://www.sumistouch.com/bmhf?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaZ-r6Zw-WnMgK4Z_QuZLoJcxYoE3bkTqRWCIVdLdxuNJmlMMqGnYgmhu2Y_aem_3N2VzPaA14_ML097ciLr

 

 

CONNECT WITH KAREN:

]]> Welcome back to the Pain Free Birth Podcast. Today, I’m interviewing Yaya DaCosta, an actor, birth worker, and way shower. We discuss ecstatic birth, Yaya stories giving birth in public in New York City, and how the emotions of Moms during pregnancy can imprint on the psychology and physiology of their babies.

 

Get 10% off the Pain Free Birth E-course HERE https://painfreebirth.thrivecart.com/pain-free-birth/ 

Grab the Healing Birth Trauma Course HERE https://painfreebirth.com/healing-birth-trauma/

 

TIMESTAMPS

00:00 Introduction to Ecstatic Birth

01:15 The Importance of Positive Birth Stories

02:09 Yaya's Personal Journey and Sensitivity

06:30 Navigating Pregnancy in New York City

10:14 The Impact of Maternal Emotions on Babies

12:11 Preparing for a Home Birth

14:49 The Unique Experience of Yaya's Birth

20:16 Laboring in Public: A Walk Through Contractions

25:23 The Moment of Birth: A Transformative Experience

26:58 The Ecstasy of Birth

29:12 Empowering Birth Stories

30:01 The Birth Experience Unfolds

34:11 The Immediate Connection

36:10 The Physiological Instinct of Babies

40:20 Reclaiming Sacred Births

42:37 The Aftermath of Birth

45:03 The Importance of Following Intuition

48:00 Pain Management Techniques

50:47 Addressing Maternal Mortality Rates

51:10 The Importance of Maternal Health Awareness

53:58 Addressing Systemic Issues in Maternal Care

58:02 The Role of Traditional Midwifery

01:01:03 The Black Maternal Health Festival

01:12:01 Cultural Shifts in Birth Practices

 

Yaya DaCosta’s dynamic talent as an actress has been showcased in powerful performances across film, television and stage productions, including “The Lincoln Lawyer”, “Our Kind of People”, “Chicago Med”, “Whitney” and, most recently, “Not My Family: The Monique Smith Story”. The Brown University graduate is also a producer, birthworker, and wayshower, who is deeply dedicated to contributing to society’s elevation through, art, beauty and magic. Her current Earth mission is to integrate her different callings through the creation and embodiment of empowering narratives that birth a kinder future for women in the entertainment industry, in birth spaces, and on the planet.

 

the Black Maternal Health Festival, which is from April 11th-17th.

Tickets can be purchased here: https://www.sumistouch.com/bmhf?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaZ-r6Zw-WnMgK4Z_QuZLoJcxYoE3bkTqRWCIVdLdxuNJmlMMqGnYgmhu2Y_aem_3N2VzPaA14_ML097ciLr

 

 

CONNECT WITH KAREN:

]]> Karen Welton karenbc.podbean.com/00a3df12-760c-330d-9f2b-37b497e54679 Tue, 08 Apr 2025 03:01:00 -0400 4175 49 false #46 | Birth is Spiritual, Not Painful - Laurynn Howard #46 | Birth is Spiritual, Not Painful - Laurynn Howard Welcome back to the Pain Free Birth Podcast. Today, I’m interviewing Laurynn Howard, a Mom of 2, Doula and Midwife. We’re speaking about her pain free second birth story, her tips for Mom’s experiencing their first natural birth, and why Western Civilization’s mindset on pain and spirituality is non-resourceful for Moms.

 

Get 10% off the Pain Free Birth E-course HERE https://painfreebirth.thrivecart.com/pain-free-birth/ 

Grab the Healing Birth Trauma Course HERE https://painfreebirth.com/healing-birth-trauma/

 

TIMESTAMPS

00:00 - Intro

01:25 - How Laurynn’s First Birth Lit a Fire in Her to do Birth Work

03:53 - Story of Her Pain-Free Second Birth

05:02 - Why Her Second Birth Was Pain Free

07:44 - The Mindset of a Pain Free Birth

09:29 - Emotional Release During Labor

13:36 - Birth is Spiritual, Not Painful

16:25 - Should Women Use Epidurals?

18:38 - The Western Mindset on Pain is Wrong

21:50 - Lessons From Birth

25:29 - Gratitude During a Pain Free Birth

30:25 - Birth Workers Should be Honest

32:16 - Tips for Navigating Hospital Birth

37:58 - On Gender Reveals

39:44 - Laurynn’s Postpartum Experience After a Pain-Free Birth

44:09 - Advice for Moms Doing Their First Natural Birth

45:18 - Outro

 

CONNECT WITH KAREN:

 

CONNECT WITH LAURYNN 

 

 

]]> Welcome back to the Pain Free Birth Podcast. Today, I’m interviewing Laurynn Howard, a Mom of 2, Doula and Midwife. We’re speaking about her pain free second birth story, her tips for Mom’s experiencing their first natural birth, and why Western Civilization’s mindset on pain and spirituality is non-resourceful for Moms.

 

Get 10% off the Pain Free Birth E-course HERE https://painfreebirth.thrivecart.com/pain-free-birth/ 

Grab the Healing Birth Trauma Course HERE https://painfreebirth.com/healing-birth-trauma/

 

TIMESTAMPS

00:00 - Intro

01:25 - How Laurynn’s First Birth Lit a Fire in Her to do Birth Work

03:53 - Story of Her Pain-Free Second Birth

05:02 - Why Her Second Birth Was Pain Free

07:44 - The Mindset of a Pain Free Birth

09:29 - Emotional Release During Labor

13:36 - Birth is Spiritual, Not Painful

16:25 - Should Women Use Epidurals?

18:38 - The Western Mindset on Pain is Wrong

21:50 - Lessons From Birth

25:29 - Gratitude During a Pain Free Birth

30:25 - Birth Workers Should be Honest

32:16 - Tips for Navigating Hospital Birth

37:58 - On Gender Reveals

39:44 - Laurynn’s Postpartum Experience After a Pain-Free Birth

44:09 - Advice for Moms Doing Their First Natural Birth

45:18 - Outro

 

CONNECT WITH KAREN:

 

CONNECT WITH LAURYNN 

 

 

]]> Karen Welton karenbc.podbean.com/657f3cc4-c0e5-3f55-a4b0-429a4a2ef94d Tue, 01 Apr 2025 01:45:00 -0400 2913 47 false #45 | This Mom Coached Herself Through a Pain Free Natural Car Birth - Rae Doescher #45 | This Mom Coached Herself Through a Pain Free Natural Car Birth - Rae Doescher Welcome back to the Pain Free Birth Podcast! In this episode we’re meeting one of my personal doula clients Rae Doescher to discuss her recent natural car birth

 

We explored Rae’s transformative journey to natural birth, the experience of her labor in the car, and the power of self coaching and spiritual practice leading up to and throughout birth.

 

Get 10% off the Pain Free Birth E-course HERE https://painfreebirth.thrivecart.com/pain-free-birth/ 

Grab the Healing Birth Trauma Course HERE https://painfreebirth.com/healing-birth-trauma/

 

CHAPTERS

02:01 The Journey to Natural Birth

04:59 Trusting God in the Birth Process

08:00 The Experience of Labor

11:00 The Decision to Go to the Hospital

14:08 The Car Birth Experience

16:52 The Role of Support During Labor

19:59 Reflections on the Birth Experience

25:01 The Divine Setup: A Birth Story

29:12 The Power of Self-Coaching During Labor

33:10 Trusting the Process: Overcoming Fears in Birth

38:00 The Spiritual Connection in Natural Birth

45:49 Empowering Women: Preparing for Natural Birth

 

CONNECT WITH KAREN:

CONNECT WITH RAE:

IG Handle: @Raeannadoescher

Watch the car birth video in full https://www.instagram.com/reel/DFRWxrZtFyA/?igsh=MTN3bnI4ZXJiNXVmOA%3D%3D

]]> Welcome back to the Pain Free Birth Podcast! In this episode we’re meeting one of my personal doula clients Rae Doescher to discuss her recent natural car birth

 

We explored Rae’s transformative journey to natural birth, the experience of her labor in the car, and the power of self coaching and spiritual practice leading up to and throughout birth.

 

Get 10% off the Pain Free Birth E-course HERE https://painfreebirth.thrivecart.com/pain-free-birth/ 

Grab the Healing Birth Trauma Course HERE https://painfreebirth.com/healing-birth-trauma/

 

CHAPTERS

02:01 The Journey to Natural Birth

04:59 Trusting God in the Birth Process

08:00 The Experience of Labor

11:00 The Decision to Go to the Hospital

14:08 The Car Birth Experience

16:52 The Role of Support During Labor

19:59 Reflections on the Birth Experience

25:01 The Divine Setup: A Birth Story

29:12 The Power of Self-Coaching During Labor

33:10 Trusting the Process: Overcoming Fears in Birth

38:00 The Spiritual Connection in Natural Birth

45:49 Empowering Women: Preparing for Natural Birth

 

CONNECT WITH KAREN:

CONNECT WITH RAE:

IG Handle: @Raeannadoescher

Watch the car birth video in full https://www.instagram.com/reel/DFRWxrZtFyA/?igsh=MTN3bnI4ZXJiNXVmOA%3D%3D

]]> Karen Welton karenbc.podbean.com/89a1ba0e-c538-316a-95f6-e1470a5dcb5b Tue, 25 Mar 2025 02:05:00 -0400 3042 42 false #44 | Cindy's Remarkable Pain Free Birth in South Korea! #44 | Cindy's Remarkable Pain Free Birth in South Korea! Welcome back to the Pain Free Birth Podcast. Today, I’m interviewing Cindy Park-Jun about her birth story of delivering two babies in South Korea. Cindy is a Korean American mom who lives in South Korea with her husband. 

 

And after navigating IVF pregnancy, she decided to birth in South Korea where they were living at the time in a completely different culture with a language she didn't fully know. She shares how God guided her to a natural birth in a country with one of the highest cesarean and intervention rates in the world. 

 

Get 10% off the Pain Free Birth E-course  https://painfreebirth.thrivecart.com/pain-free-birth/ 

Grab the Healing Birth Trauma Course  https://painfreebirth.com/healing-birth-trauma/

 

TIMESTAMPS

00:00 Cindy's Journey to Motherhood in South Korea

06:05 Cultural Differences in Birth Practices

12:06 The State of Women's Health in South Korea

18:50 Cindy's Birth Experience: A Personal Account

22:11 Natural Birth Experience in South Korea

24:20 Labor and Supportive Partners

27:11 Tools and Techniques for Labor

30:44 The Fast-Paced Nature of Labor

33:05 Decisions During Pushing

36:30 Postpartum Care Practices

39:05 Breastfeeding Challenges and Advocacy

42:11 Advocating for Better Maternity Care

44:46 The Journey of Natural Birth

48:09 Cultural Perspectives on Birth Choices

50:00 Embracing the Birth Experience

56:53 The Power of Support in Birth

01:00:06 Encouragement for Expecting Mothers

CONNECT WITH KAREN:

CONNECT WITH CINDY

]]> Welcome back to the Pain Free Birth Podcast. Today, I’m interviewing Cindy Park-Jun about her birth story of delivering two babies in South Korea. Cindy is a Korean American mom who lives in South Korea with her husband. 

 

And after navigating IVF pregnancy, she decided to birth in South Korea where they were living at the time in a completely different culture with a language she didn't fully know. She shares how God guided her to a natural birth in a country with one of the highest cesarean and intervention rates in the world. 

 

Get 10% off the Pain Free Birth E-course  https://painfreebirth.thrivecart.com/pain-free-birth/ 

Grab the Healing Birth Trauma Course  https://painfreebirth.com/healing-birth-trauma/

 

TIMESTAMPS

00:00 Cindy's Journey to Motherhood in South Korea

06:05 Cultural Differences in Birth Practices

12:06 The State of Women's Health in South Korea

18:50 Cindy's Birth Experience: A Personal Account

22:11 Natural Birth Experience in South Korea

24:20 Labor and Supportive Partners

27:11 Tools and Techniques for Labor

30:44 The Fast-Paced Nature of Labor

33:05 Decisions During Pushing

36:30 Postpartum Care Practices

39:05 Breastfeeding Challenges and Advocacy

42:11 Advocating for Better Maternity Care

44:46 The Journey of Natural Birth

48:09 Cultural Perspectives on Birth Choices

50:00 Embracing the Birth Experience

56:53 The Power of Support in Birth

01:00:06 Encouragement for Expecting Mothers

CONNECT WITH KAREN:

CONNECT WITH CINDY

]]> Karen Welton karenbc.podbean.com/74b6eb25-ce13-38ab-aeb5-729472dd8f01 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 01:58:00 -0400 4057 45 false #43 | A Pain Free Home Birth and a Transformational Posterior Freebirth #43 | A Pain Free Home Birth and a Transformational Posterior Freebirth Welcome back to the Pain Free Birth Podcast! In this episode I have a couple, Jessica and Shane Winnings, who are Pain Free Birth students joining us with their experience of two very different births - both natural home births, but one being pain free and another being a posterior birth. We compare and contrast the birth experiences and talk about the Pain Free Birth teachings as well as a strong sense of faith helped Jessica during both of her experiences.

 

Get 10% off the Pain Free Birth E-course https://painfreebirth.thrivecart.com/pain-free-birth/ 

Grab the Healing Birth Trauma Course https://painfreebirth.com/healing-birth-trauma/

 

TIMESTAMPS

00:00 Introduction to Pain-Free Birth

02:53 Discovering the Concept of Pain-Free Birth

05:51 The Journey to Home Birth

09:06 Support and Preparation for Birth

11:59 The First Birth Experience

15:14 The Intensity of Labor and Pushing

17:59 The Emotional Experience of Birth

20:52 Postpartum Reflections

24:00 Transitioning to the Second Birth

27:00 Contrasting Birth Experiences

32:10 Navigating Posterior Presentation

34:07 The Birth Experience: Water Breaking and Contractions

36:55 Short and Intense Labor

40:11 The Pain of Labor: A Personal Journey

44:34 Pushing and the Fetal Ejection Reflex

49:24 Choosing Free Birth: A Personal Decision

51:30 Lessons Learned from Intense Births

56:20 Releasing Control and Embracing Gratitude

01:03:08 Encouragement for Expecting Mothers

 

CONNECT WITH KAREN:

CONNECT WITH SHANE AND JESSICA 

INSTAGRAM: @shane.winnings @jessicawinnings

 

Shane’s Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/2WAkDKSAoHbvSl7Z0ZTIhP?si=LsCcUTpsSmOId_B4GsLTMA

 

Shane’s website: 

https://promisekeepers.org/overcomers/

]]> Welcome back to the Pain Free Birth Podcast! In this episode I have a couple, Jessica and Shane Winnings, who are Pain Free Birth students joining us with their experience of two very different births - both natural home births, but one being pain free and another being a posterior birth. We compare and contrast the birth experiences and talk about the Pain Free Birth teachings as well as a strong sense of faith helped Jessica during both of her experiences.

 

Get 10% off the Pain Free Birth E-course https://painfreebirth.thrivecart.com/pain-free-birth/ 

Grab the Healing Birth Trauma Course https://painfreebirth.com/healing-birth-trauma/

 

TIMESTAMPS

00:00 Introduction to Pain-Free Birth

02:53 Discovering the Concept of Pain-Free Birth

05:51 The Journey to Home Birth

09:06 Support and Preparation for Birth

11:59 The First Birth Experience

15:14 The Intensity of Labor and Pushing

17:59 The Emotional Experience of Birth

20:52 Postpartum Reflections

24:00 Transitioning to the Second Birth

27:00 Contrasting Birth Experiences

32:10 Navigating Posterior Presentation

34:07 The Birth Experience: Water Breaking and Contractions

36:55 Short and Intense Labor

40:11 The Pain of Labor: A Personal Journey

44:34 Pushing and the Fetal Ejection Reflex

49:24 Choosing Free Birth: A Personal Decision

51:30 Lessons Learned from Intense Births

56:20 Releasing Control and Embracing Gratitude

01:03:08 Encouragement for Expecting Mothers

 

CONNECT WITH KAREN:

CONNECT WITH SHANE AND JESSICA 

INSTAGRAM: @shane.winnings @jessicawinnings

 

Shane’s Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/2WAkDKSAoHbvSl7Z0ZTIhP?si=LsCcUTpsSmOId_B4GsLTMA

 

Shane’s website: 

https://promisekeepers.org/overcomers/

]]> Karen Welton karenbc.podbean.com/096c6d64-b71d-3f88-adc8-942d1c30daaf Tue, 11 Mar 2025 00:56:00 -0400 4350 44 false #42 | The Truth About the Natural Birth Debate #42 | The Truth About the Natural Birth Debate Welcome back to the Pain Free Birth Podcast! In this episode I have a solo episode for you where I address critics of the pain free birth and natural birth movements and share my mindset around birthing and doula work. I ultimately try to empower you to decide for yourself: Is a Pain Free Birth Possible?

 

Get 10% off the Pain Free Birth E-course HERE https://painfreebirth.thrivecart.com/pain-free-birth/ 

Grab the Healing Birth Trauma Course HERE https://painfreebirth.com/healing-birth-trauma/

 

TIMESTAMPS

00:31 - What is Pain Free Birth?

04:23 - History of Pain Free Birth, Division in Birth Community

09:47 - Removing a Culture of Birth Hierarchy

13:38 - My Faith has Grown from My Clients’ Births

16:05 - The Birthing Mindset I Teach My Students

17:56 - Understanding Physiology Increases Faith

20:19 - Is Pain Free Birth Possible?

22:09 - Challenging Your Belief Systems

24:10 - Defining Our Own Beliefs About Birth

25:14 - Your Birthing Journey

26:09 - Learn How to Have a Pain Free Birth

CONNECT WITH KAREN:

]]> Welcome back to the Pain Free Birth Podcast! In this episode I have a solo episode for you where I address critics of the pain free birth and natural birth movements and share my mindset around birthing and doula work. I ultimately try to empower you to decide for yourself: Is a Pain Free Birth Possible?

 

Get 10% off the Pain Free Birth E-course HERE https://painfreebirth.thrivecart.com/pain-free-birth/ 

Grab the Healing Birth Trauma Course HERE https://painfreebirth.com/healing-birth-trauma/

 

TIMESTAMPS

00:31 - What is Pain Free Birth?

04:23 - History of Pain Free Birth, Division in Birth Community

09:47 - Removing a Culture of Birth Hierarchy

13:38 - My Faith has Grown from My Clients’ Births

16:05 - The Birthing Mindset I Teach My Students

17:56 - Understanding Physiology Increases Faith

20:19 - Is Pain Free Birth Possible?

22:09 - Challenging Your Belief Systems

24:10 - Defining Our Own Beliefs About Birth

25:14 - Your Birthing Journey

26:09 - Learn How to Have a Pain Free Birth

CONNECT WITH KAREN:

]]> Karen Welton karenbc.podbean.com/cabee981-8778-3f17-a3d3-72a0ea2ffcaa Tue, 04 Mar 2025 09:02:00 -0500 1890 43 false #41 | UNBELIEVABLE 3 Hour Pain Free Birth in a Car - Kira Aho #41 | UNBELIEVABLE 3 Hour Pain Free Birth in a Car - Kira Aho Get 10% off the Pain Free Birth E-course HERE https://painfreebirth.thrivecart.com/pain-free-birth/ 

Grab the Healing Birth Trauma Course HERE https://painfreebirth.com/healing-birth-trauma/

——————

Welcome back to the Pain Free Birth Podcast!

 

In this episode we’re sharing an incredible 3-hour car birth story with you from Kira Aho

 

We dove into what it was like to give birth in a car, dealing with insurance claims in unique birthing scenarios like that, and spiritual empowerment lessons useful for Mamas in any birthing scenario. Enjoy!

 

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS:

00:00 Introduction to Kira's Birth Story

01:14 Preparing for a Natural Birth

03:29 Labor Begins: The Journey to the Car

05:52 The Intensity of Labor in the Shower

09:31 Transitioning to the Car: A Rapid Progression

12:30 The Car Ride: A Unique Birth Experience

15:30 The Birth: Catching the Baby

18:06 Post-Birth Reflections and Insurance Claims

20:35 Lessons Learned from a Car Birth

23:28 The Spiritual Aspect of Birth

26:11 Empowerment Through Natural Birth

29:39 Mindset and Preparation for Birth

31:04 Closing Thoughts and Prayer

 

CONNECT WITH KAREN:

CONNECT WITH KIRA

  • IG Handle: @Kiraaho_
]]> Get 10% off the Pain Free Birth E-course HERE https://painfreebirth.thrivecart.com/pain-free-birth/ 

Grab the Healing Birth Trauma Course HERE https://painfreebirth.com/healing-birth-trauma/

——————

Welcome back to the Pain Free Birth Podcast!

 

In this episode we’re sharing an incredible 3-hour car birth story with you from Kira Aho

 

We dove into what it was like to give birth in a car, dealing with insurance claims in unique birthing scenarios like that, and spiritual empowerment lessons useful for Mamas in any birthing scenario. Enjoy!

 

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS:

00:00 Introduction to Kira's Birth Story

01:14 Preparing for a Natural Birth

03:29 Labor Begins: The Journey to the Car

05:52 The Intensity of Labor in the Shower

09:31 Transitioning to the Car: A Rapid Progression

12:30 The Car Ride: A Unique Birth Experience

15:30 The Birth: Catching the Baby

18:06 Post-Birth Reflections and Insurance Claims

20:35 Lessons Learned from a Car Birth

23:28 The Spiritual Aspect of Birth

26:11 Empowerment Through Natural Birth

29:39 Mindset and Preparation for Birth

31:04 Closing Thoughts and Prayer

 

CONNECT WITH KAREN:

CONNECT WITH KIRA

  • IG Handle: @Kiraaho_
]]> Karen Welton karenbc.podbean.com/5657383e-93d6-32f0-9307-d1d3ff945961 Tue, 25 Feb 2025 09:00:00 -0500 2052 40 false #40 | Postpartum Diet & Nutrition Tips to Regain Energy - Holly Stein #40 | Postpartum Diet & Nutrition Tips to Regain Energy - Holly Stein Get 10% off the Pain Free Birth E-course HERE https://painfreebirth.thrivecart.com/pain-free-birth/ 

Grab the Healing Birth Trauma Course HERE https://painfreebirth.com/healing-birth-trauma/

 

Welcome back to the Pain Free Birth Podcast!

 

In this episode we’re meeting the creator of Mama Meals, Holly Stein! You can follow Holly on instagram at https://www.instagram.com/eat.mamameals

 

We dove into holistic postpartum care with Holly, discussing Mama Meals, the power of nutrition, Holly's own amazing birthing stories and breaking free from diet culture. From Ayurvedic practices to meal services for new moms, we explored how rest, recovery, and support shape a joyful postpartum journey.

 

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS:

00:00 Introduction to Mama Meals and Holistic Nutrition 

05:30 Empowering Women Through Nutrition and Business 

07:00 Preparing for Postpartum: The Importance of Nutrition 

09:59 Breaking Free from Diet Culture 

13:57 Nourishing the Body: The Role of Fats and Proteins 

15:55 Budget-Friendly Nutrition: Simple Swaps for New Moms 

18:57 Ayurvedic and Eastern Medicine Principles in Postpartum Care 

21:51 Cultural Shifts: Embracing Rest and Recovery 

24:47 Personal Birth Experiences: Lessons Learned 

35:10 Mindset Matters in Birth 

36:31 The Role of Supportive Partners 

38:19 Creating a Normal Birth Experience 

39:10 Confidence Through Experience 

41:21 Embracing the Hard and Enjoying Birth 

42:27 The Impact of Birth on Postpartum 

43:28 Pushing Phase and Its Effects 

45:31 The Importance of Preparation 

47:14 Postpartum Bliss and Support 

49:39 Nourishing the Body After Birth 

50:08 Meal Services for New Mothers 

57:29 Asking for Help and Support

 

CONNECT WITH KAREN:

CONNECT WITH HOLLY

- IG Handle: @eat.mamameals

- Website: www.mama-meals.com

- Code PAINFREEBIRTH for $20 off first purchase of Mama Meals 

- Free postpartum recipe guide: https://mama-meals.com/pages/resources 

]]> Get 10% off the Pain Free Birth E-course HERE https://painfreebirth.thrivecart.com/pain-free-birth/ 

Grab the Healing Birth Trauma Course HERE https://painfreebirth.com/healing-birth-trauma/

 

Welcome back to the Pain Free Birth Podcast!

 

In this episode we’re meeting the creator of Mama Meals, Holly Stein! You can follow Holly on instagram at https://www.instagram.com/eat.mamameals

 

We dove into holistic postpartum care with Holly, discussing Mama Meals, the power of nutrition, Holly's own amazing birthing stories and breaking free from diet culture. From Ayurvedic practices to meal services for new moms, we explored how rest, recovery, and support shape a joyful postpartum journey.

 

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS:

00:00 Introduction to Mama Meals and Holistic Nutrition 

05:30 Empowering Women Through Nutrition and Business 

07:00 Preparing for Postpartum: The Importance of Nutrition 

09:59 Breaking Free from Diet Culture 

13:57 Nourishing the Body: The Role of Fats and Proteins 

15:55 Budget-Friendly Nutrition: Simple Swaps for New Moms 

18:57 Ayurvedic and Eastern Medicine Principles in Postpartum Care 

21:51 Cultural Shifts: Embracing Rest and Recovery 

24:47 Personal Birth Experiences: Lessons Learned 

35:10 Mindset Matters in Birth 

36:31 The Role of Supportive Partners 

38:19 Creating a Normal Birth Experience 

39:10 Confidence Through Experience 

41:21 Embracing the Hard and Enjoying Birth 

42:27 The Impact of Birth on Postpartum 

43:28 Pushing Phase and Its Effects 

45:31 The Importance of Preparation 

47:14 Postpartum Bliss and Support 

49:39 Nourishing the Body After Birth 

50:08 Meal Services for New Mothers 

57:29 Asking for Help and Support

 

CONNECT WITH KAREN:

CONNECT WITH HOLLY

- IG Handle: @eat.mamameals

- Website: www.mama-meals.com

- Code PAINFREEBIRTH for $20 off first purchase of Mama Meals 

- Free postpartum recipe guide: https://mama-meals.com/pages/resources 

]]> Karen Welton karenbc.podbean.com/722b7ada-8e52-34f0-aa0f-56bbad5ed253 Tue, 11 Feb 2025 09:01:00 -0500 3678 41 false #39 | Healing Through Faith from Loss of Her Baby - Madeline Van Gorp #39 | Healing Through Faith from Loss of Her Baby - Madeline Van Gorp Get 10% off the Pain Free Birth E-course HERE https://painfreebirth.thrivecart.com/pain-free-birth/

Sign up for the Pain Free Birth Doula Mastermind HERE https://pain-free-birth.mykajabi.com/doula-certification-waitlist

 

Welcome back to the Pain Free Birth Podcast!

In this episode we’re meeting Madeleine Van Gorp. This is one of the most redeeming and beautiful pain free birth stories I have ever had the privilege of hearing, but it’s also filled with some very sensitive and painful experiences. If you’re sensitive about listening to content involving infant loss please consider listening with grace to this episode. We explored Madeline’s story of her baby’s bilateral renal agenesis, her decisions on how to handle her pregnancy despite that, including special moments, connecting to her baby through exercise, and her spiritual preparation. We also cover her labor experience including the ultimate passing of her son, Nicky and how it was not a traumatic experience.

 

CHAPTERS

00:50 – Introduction to Madeleine Van Gorp’s story and her baby’s diagnosis of bilateral renal agenesis.

00:21 – Madeleine discusses the redemptive and inspirational aspects of her birth story despite the challenges.

02:47 – Receiving the diagnosis during the 21-week anatomy scan and deciding not to do early ultrasounds.

06:36 – The emotional response to the diagnosis and Madeleine's decision to continue her pregnancy.

12:05 – Transitioning from devastation to leaning into faith for strength during the pregnancy.

18:49 – Special moments during pregnancy, including a trip and her connection to her baby through exercise.

31:36 – The emotional and spiritual preparation for labor and delivery.

40:11 – The unique labor experience: focusing on breathing, peace, and connection with her baby.

01:02:11 – Madeleine’s perspective on choosing life and her labor process with a breech birth.

01:05:36 – The birth of her son, Nicky, and the first moments holding him.

01:08:09 – Sharing the peaceful passing of her son and how it was not a traumatic experience.

01:10:24 – The deeply emotional decision to personally transport Nicky to the funeral home and its significance.

 

CONNECT WITH KAREN:

Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@painfreebirthwithkarenwelton

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/painfreebirth

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/painfreebirth/

Spotify Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/5zEiKMIHFewZeVdzfBSEMS

Apple Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/pain-free-birth/id1696179731

Website - https://painfreebirth.com/

Email List https://pain-free-birth.mykajabi.com/website-opt-in

 

CONNECT WITH MADELINE:

 

]]> Get 10% off the Pain Free Birth E-course HERE https://painfreebirth.thrivecart.com/pain-free-birth/

Sign up for the Pain Free Birth Doula Mastermind HERE https://pain-free-birth.mykajabi.com/doula-certification-waitlist

 

Welcome back to the Pain Free Birth Podcast!

In this episode we’re meeting Madeleine Van Gorp. This is one of the most redeeming and beautiful pain free birth stories I have ever had the privilege of hearing, but it’s also filled with some very sensitive and painful experiences. If you’re sensitive about listening to content involving infant loss please consider listening with grace to this episode. We explored Madeline’s story of her baby’s bilateral renal agenesis, her decisions on how to handle her pregnancy despite that, including special moments, connecting to her baby through exercise, and her spiritual preparation. We also cover her labor experience including the ultimate passing of her son, Nicky and how it was not a traumatic experience.

 

CHAPTERS

00:50 – Introduction to Madeleine Van Gorp’s story and her baby’s diagnosis of bilateral renal agenesis.

00:21 – Madeleine discusses the redemptive and inspirational aspects of her birth story despite the challenges.

02:47 – Receiving the diagnosis during the 21-week anatomy scan and deciding not to do early ultrasounds.

06:36 – The emotional response to the diagnosis and Madeleine's decision to continue her pregnancy.

12:05 – Transitioning from devastation to leaning into faith for strength during the pregnancy.

18:49 – Special moments during pregnancy, including a trip and her connection to her baby through exercise.

31:36 – The emotional and spiritual preparation for labor and delivery.

40:11 – The unique labor experience: focusing on breathing, peace, and connection with her baby.

01:02:11 – Madeleine’s perspective on choosing life and her labor process with a breech birth.

01:05:36 – The birth of her son, Nicky, and the first moments holding him.

01:08:09 – Sharing the peaceful passing of her son and how it was not a traumatic experience.

01:10:24 – The deeply emotional decision to personally transport Nicky to the funeral home and its significance.

 

CONNECT WITH KAREN:

Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@painfreebirthwithkarenwelton

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/painfreebirth

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/painfreebirth/

Spotify Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/5zEiKMIHFewZeVdzfBSEMS

Apple Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/pain-free-birth/id1696179731

Website - https://painfreebirth.com/

Email List https://pain-free-birth.mykajabi.com/website-opt-in

 

CONNECT WITH MADELINE:

 

]]> Karen Welton karenbc.podbean.com/17e5d455-12eb-3f52-8205-62bf58d41b9a Tue, 04 Feb 2025 09:00:00 -0500 5154 39 false #38 | Breech Birth with Double Uterus - Sondra Almeter #38 | Breech Birth with Double Uterus - Sondra Almeter Get 10% off the Pain Free Birth E-course HERE https://painfreebirth.thrivecart.com/pain-free-birth/ 

Sign up for the Pain Free Birth Doula Mastermind HERE https://pain-free-birth.mykajabi.com/doula-certification-waitlist 

 

Welcome back to the Pain Free Birth Podcast!

In this episode we’re meeting one of my personal doula clients Sondra Almeter - I’ve been hounding her to come on the show for a YEAR and she finally did. I’m so excited to share her amazing birthing stories, including a breech vbac birth. We explored Sondra’s transformative journey into motherhood, starting with her first birth's challenges and the vital role of a doula. From informed consent to the "birth high," and even an unexpected home birth, we celebrated every birth's uniqueness and the miracle of unmedicated experiences.

 

TIMESTAMPS

00:00 Introduction to Sondra's Unique Journey

06:02 First Birth Experience: Challenges and Triumphs

12:02 Finding Support: The Role of a Doula

18:00 The Importance of Informed Consent

23:57 Labor and Delivery: Overcoming Obstacles

29:43 The Importance of Support in Labor

35:51 The Role of the Doula

45:41 The Birth High and Aftermath

52:30 Witnessing Miracles: The Impact of Unmedicated Births

01:01:18 The Unexpected Home Birth Experience

01:06:36 Celebrating the Journey: Every Birth is Unique

 

CONNECT WITH KAREN:

To connect with Sondra on ig:  @s_almeter

]]> Get 10% off the Pain Free Birth E-course HERE https://painfreebirth.thrivecart.com/pain-free-birth/ 

Sign up for the Pain Free Birth Doula Mastermind HERE https://pain-free-birth.mykajabi.com/doula-certification-waitlist 

 

Welcome back to the Pain Free Birth Podcast!

In this episode we’re meeting one of my personal doula clients Sondra Almeter - I’ve been hounding her to come on the show for a YEAR and she finally did. I’m so excited to share her amazing birthing stories, including a breech vbac birth. We explored Sondra’s transformative journey into motherhood, starting with her first birth's challenges and the vital role of a doula. From informed consent to the "birth high," and even an unexpected home birth, we celebrated every birth's uniqueness and the miracle of unmedicated experiences.

 

TIMESTAMPS

00:00 Introduction to Sondra's Unique Journey

06:02 First Birth Experience: Challenges and Triumphs

12:02 Finding Support: The Role of a Doula

18:00 The Importance of Informed Consent

23:57 Labor and Delivery: Overcoming Obstacles

29:43 The Importance of Support in Labor

35:51 The Role of the Doula

45:41 The Birth High and Aftermath

52:30 Witnessing Miracles: The Impact of Unmedicated Births

01:01:18 The Unexpected Home Birth Experience

01:06:36 Celebrating the Journey: Every Birth is Unique

 

CONNECT WITH KAREN:

To connect with Sondra on ig:  @s_almeter

]]> Karen Welton karenbc.podbean.com/935097c3-3c0a-3f0f-9df1-9ea1f549797f Sun, 19 Jan 2025 09:00:00 -0500 4356 38 false #37 | Birth Belongs to Women and the Future of Doula Work #37 | Birth Belongs to Women and the Future of Doula Work  Sign up for the Pain Free Birth Doula Mastermind HERE https://pain-free-birth.mykajabi.com/doula-certification-waitlist 

Welcome back to the Pain Free Birth Podcast!

In this episode we’re meeting two doulas, Jessica Grant and Kallie Caton, the founders of the “Birth Belongs to Women” movement. We discuss why birth does, indeed, belong to women, and how the medical system and current social/political movements are unfairly marginalizing women and doulas who believe birth belongs to women. We discuss many of the contemporary debates around being a doula and how Mamas like you can best prepare to work with doulas in today’s climate.

CHAPTERS

00:38 - The origin story of the Birth Belongs to Women movement, and the state of the Doula and medical birthing industries

07:26 - How birth should be (and why the birthing industry system is rigged)

13:13 - Why the phrase “birth belongs to women” is so resonant for some and polarizing to others in today’s social climate

15:37 - “Inclusivity” in birthing

17:33 - Birth Belongs to Women is not anti-trans at all, it is pro-women. Karen’s thoughts on forced gender-inclusive language.

22:53 - Doulas should stay true to themselves regardless of social or political pressure

25:50 - Many women have felt silenced or unable to speak their mind

27:36 - Restoring the sacredness to the experience and tradition of birthing

32:48 - Doula v Birth Worker and how centralized certification regimes effect the Doula tradition

36:53 - Is it possible for doulas to do good work within the hospital system?

38:51 - The doula is not the “rescuer” - and avoiding unfair dynamics between mothers and doulas

40:29 - What women getting pregnant now most need to understand

42:07 - Advice for women who want a doula but still need to give birth in a hospital

46:25 - Doula burnout and creating sustainable work for birthing professionals without “turning it into a business”

53:00 - The true calling and passion of Doulas to serve mothers

55:05 - The “scope” of a doula’s work, and allowing the mother to have room for her own spiritual journey

56:25 - Healthy boundaries in doula work and why clients sometimes need to be turned down

1:00:10 - The future of the doula space

1:05:45 - Why there’s so much fear and dogma in the medical birthing system

CONNECT WITH BIRTH BELONGS TO WOMEN:

Connect with Kallie here: instagram.com/kalliecatonConnect with Jessica here: instagram.com/jessiesvibe

CONNECT WITH KAREN:

Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@painfreebirthwithkarenwelton

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/painfreebirth

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/painfreebirth/

Spotify Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/5zEiKMIHFewZeVdzfBSEMS

Apple Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/pain-free-birth/id1696179731

Website - https://painfreebirth.com/

Email List https://pain-free-birth.mykajabi.com/website-opt-in

Learn more about Birth Belongs to Women → https://www.birthbelongstowomen.com/

 

]]>  Sign up for the Pain Free Birth Doula Mastermind HERE https://pain-free-birth.mykajabi.com/doula-certification-waitlist 

Welcome back to the Pain Free Birth Podcast!

In this episode we’re meeting two doulas, Jessica Grant and Kallie Caton, the founders of the “Birth Belongs to Women” movement. We discuss why birth does, indeed, belong to women, and how the medical system and current social/political movements are unfairly marginalizing women and doulas who believe birth belongs to women. We discuss many of the contemporary debates around being a doula and how Mamas like you can best prepare to work with doulas in today’s climate.

CHAPTERS

00:38 - The origin story of the Birth Belongs to Women movement, and the state of the Doula and medical birthing industries

07:26 - How birth should be (and why the birthing industry system is rigged)

13:13 - Why the phrase “birth belongs to women” is so resonant for some and polarizing to others in today’s social climate

15:37 - “Inclusivity” in birthing

17:33 - Birth Belongs to Women is not anti-trans at all, it is pro-women. Karen’s thoughts on forced gender-inclusive language.

22:53 - Doulas should stay true to themselves regardless of social or political pressure

25:50 - Many women have felt silenced or unable to speak their mind

27:36 - Restoring the sacredness to the experience and tradition of birthing

32:48 - Doula v Birth Worker and how centralized certification regimes effect the Doula tradition

36:53 - Is it possible for doulas to do good work within the hospital system?

38:51 - The doula is not the “rescuer” - and avoiding unfair dynamics between mothers and doulas

40:29 - What women getting pregnant now most need to understand

42:07 - Advice for women who want a doula but still need to give birth in a hospital

46:25 - Doula burnout and creating sustainable work for birthing professionals without “turning it into a business”

53:00 - The true calling and passion of Doulas to serve mothers

55:05 - The “scope” of a doula’s work, and allowing the mother to have room for her own spiritual journey

56:25 - Healthy boundaries in doula work and why clients sometimes need to be turned down

1:00:10 - The future of the doula space

1:05:45 - Why there’s so much fear and dogma in the medical birthing system

CONNECT WITH BIRTH BELONGS TO WOMEN:

Connect with Kallie here: instagram.com/kalliecatonConnect with Jessica here: instagram.com/jessiesvibe

CONNECT WITH KAREN:

Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@painfreebirthwithkarenwelton

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/painfreebirth

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/painfreebirth/

Spotify Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/5zEiKMIHFewZeVdzfBSEMS

Apple Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/pain-free-birth/id1696179731

Website - https://painfreebirth.com/

Email List https://pain-free-birth.mykajabi.com/website-opt-in

Learn more about Birth Belongs to Women → https://www.birthbelongstowomen.com/

 

]]> Karen Welton karenbc.podbean.com/f7035058-e99a-3fdd-8a29-54b7fba2aa82 Wed, 15 Jan 2025 13:21:13 -0500 4558 37 false #36 | Pelvic Floor Strength For Birth & Postpartum with Dr. Lizzie Kieffer #36 | Pelvic Floor Strength For Birth & Postpartum with Dr. Lizzie Kieffer In this episode, Karen sits down with Dr. Lizzie Kieffer as she shares her personal birth experiences and professional insights. From her hospital birth to her empowering home birth, Lizzie opens up about the lessons learned along the way. Tune in as we dive into why relying solely on kegels might not be the best approach for birth and postpartum recovery, how diaphragmatic breathing helps relax the pelvic floor, and explore practical tips for avoiding severe diastasis recti. Plus, learn how to surrender to the natural timing of labor rather than trying to control it.

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS:

  • Lizzie’s first birth in the hospital vs. her second at home
  • Why kegels aren't the only answer for pelvic floor health
  • How diaphragmatic breathing can prevent postpartum issues
  • The importance of surrendering to God's timing in birth
  • Tips to help reduce the intensity of diastasis recti
  • The benefits of training during pregnancy for postpartum recovery

MORE ABOUT DR. LIZZIE KIEFFER:

Lizzie is a doctor of physical therapy, a mom of two, and a strong advocate for movement as medicine. After earning her doctorate in 2018, she began her career in a traditional clinic but soon realized her passion lay in helping women navigate pregnancy, postpartum, and pelvic floor health. Motivated by the lack of specialized information in these areas, she opened her own practice and developed the Mind Body Core programs to empower and educate women worldwide. Outside of her professional life, she enjoys pickleball, hiking, and spending time with her daughters, Mia and Lily, her husband Matt, and their dog Snickers. A lifelong learner, she is dedicated to helping women feel confident, understood, and supported as they embrace the changes of womanhood and motherhood.

Instagram: @doclizziedpt

PRENATAL: Mind Body Core Prenatal Program — Use code: PAINFREEBIRTH for $15 off

POSTPARTUM: Mind Body Core Postpartum Program — Use code: PAINFREEBIRTH for $15 off

Christian Hypnobirthing App — Get one month FREE with the purchase of the Faith-Filled Childbirth E-Course

CONNECT WITH KAREN:

Stay in the loop with Pain Free Birth and become an Insider HERE! Thanks for listening! Get 10% off the Pain Free Birth E-Course HERE!

Grab Karen's Healing Birth Trauma Course HERE. This course is for any woman experiencing trauma in the body. If you're ready to release it, this course is for you.

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]]> In this episode, Karen sits down with Dr. Lizzie Kieffer as she shares her personal birth experiences and professional insights. From her hospital birth to her empowering home birth, Lizzie opens up about the lessons learned along the way. Tune in as we dive into why relying solely on kegels might not be the best approach for birth and postpartum recovery, how diaphragmatic breathing helps relax the pelvic floor, and explore practical tips for avoiding severe diastasis recti. Plus, learn how to surrender to the natural timing of labor rather than trying to control it.

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS:

  • Lizzie’s first birth in the hospital vs. her second at home
  • Why kegels aren't the only answer for pelvic floor health
  • How diaphragmatic breathing can prevent postpartum issues
  • The importance of surrendering to God's timing in birth
  • Tips to help reduce the intensity of diastasis recti
  • The benefits of training during pregnancy for postpartum recovery

MORE ABOUT DR. LIZZIE KIEFFER:

Lizzie is a doctor of physical therapy, a mom of two, and a strong advocate for movement as medicine. After earning her doctorate in 2018, she began her career in a traditional clinic but soon realized her passion lay in helping women navigate pregnancy, postpartum, and pelvic floor health. Motivated by the lack of specialized information in these areas, she opened her own practice and developed the Mind Body Core programs to empower and educate women worldwide. Outside of her professional life, she enjoys pickleball, hiking, and spending time with her daughters, Mia and Lily, her husband Matt, and their dog Snickers. A lifelong learner, she is dedicated to helping women feel confident, understood, and supported as they embrace the changes of womanhood and motherhood.

Instagram: @doclizziedpt

PRENATAL: Mind Body Core Prenatal Program — Use code: PAINFREEBIRTH for $15 off

POSTPARTUM: Mind Body Core Postpartum Program — Use code: PAINFREEBIRTH for $15 off

Christian Hypnobirthing App — Get one month FREE with the purchase of the Faith-Filled Childbirth E-Course

CONNECT WITH KAREN:

Stay in the loop with Pain Free Birth and become an Insider HERE! Thanks for listening! Get 10% off the Pain Free Birth E-Course HERE!

Grab Karen's Healing Birth Trauma Course HERE. This course is for any woman experiencing trauma in the body. If you're ready to release it, this course is for you.

Instagram

Facebook

YouTube

]]> Karen Welton Kajabi-2148888482 Tue, 22 Oct 2024 05:00:00 -0400 2979 false #35 | The Power Of Christian Hypnobirthing with Tara Menzies #35 | The Power Of Christian Hypnobirthing with Tara Menzies While Tara was blacking out from pain, losing hope, and believing she didn't have enough faith for a pain free pregnancy, she experienced a deeply spiritual experience that led her to creating the first of its kind, her own app, for Christian Hypnobirthing. Tune in to find out how drastically different Tara's births were with and without the power of hypnobirthing, how our thoughts and emotions can imprint on our babies brains, and how you can use hypnobirthing beyond labor!

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS:

  • How Tara started Christian Hypnobirthing
  • Dealing with coercion and losing faith in Tara's first birth
  • How hypnobirthing transformed Tara's second birth
  • Cultivating peace throughout your pregnancy
  • Using hypnobirthing beyond pregnancy
  • Combining faith with neuroscience and how our babies brains are wired

MORE ABOUT TARA MENZIES:

Tara Menzies is the creator of the Christian Hypnobirthing app and the Faith-Filled Childbirth Course. She created the app in early 2018 after the birth of her first son, because she wanted to combine traditional hypnobirthing techniques (breathing and visualisation exercises, positive affirmations etc) with the incredible love, strength and support that come from our Heavenly Father, Lord Jesus and Holy Spirit, to help expecting mamas feel confident relaxed and connected to God throughout their births. The Christian Hypnobirthing app has since become one of the most highly rated hypnobirthing apps worldwide, and has helped tens of thousands of women have more relaxed, confident and faith-filled birth experiences.

Instagram: @christianhypnobirthing

Christian Hypnobirthing Website

CONNECT WITH KAREN:

Stay in the loop with Pain Free Birth and become an Insider HERE! Thanks for listening! Get 10% off the Pain Free Birth E-Course HERE!

Grab Karen's Healing Birth Trauma Course HERE. This course is for any woman experiencing trauma in the body. If you're ready to release it, this course is for you.

Instagram

Facebook

YouTube

]]> While Tara was blacking out from pain, losing hope, and believing she didn't have enough faith for a pain free pregnancy, she experienced a deeply spiritual experience that led her to creating the first of its kind, her own app, for Christian Hypnobirthing. Tune in to find out how drastically different Tara's births were with and without the power of hypnobirthing, how our thoughts and emotions can imprint on our babies brains, and how you can use hypnobirthing beyond labor!

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS:

  • How Tara started Christian Hypnobirthing
  • Dealing with coercion and losing faith in Tara's first birth
  • How hypnobirthing transformed Tara's second birth
  • Cultivating peace throughout your pregnancy
  • Using hypnobirthing beyond pregnancy
  • Combining faith with neuroscience and how our babies brains are wired

MORE ABOUT TARA MENZIES:

Tara Menzies is the creator of the Christian Hypnobirthing app and the Faith-Filled Childbirth Course. She created the app in early 2018 after the birth of her first son, because she wanted to combine traditional hypnobirthing techniques (breathing and visualisation exercises, positive affirmations etc) with the incredible love, strength and support that come from our Heavenly Father, Lord Jesus and Holy Spirit, to help expecting mamas feel confident relaxed and connected to God throughout their births. The Christian Hypnobirthing app has since become one of the most highly rated hypnobirthing apps worldwide, and has helped tens of thousands of women have more relaxed, confident and faith-filled birth experiences.

Instagram: @christianhypnobirthing

Christian Hypnobirthing Website

CONNECT WITH KAREN:

Stay in the loop with Pain Free Birth and become an Insider HERE! Thanks for listening! Get 10% off the Pain Free Birth E-Course HERE!

Grab Karen's Healing Birth Trauma Course HERE. This course is for any woman experiencing trauma in the body. If you're ready to release it, this course is for you.

Instagram

Facebook

YouTube

]]> Karen Welton Kajabi-2148864367 Tue, 10 Sep 2024 05:00:00 -0400 3263 false #34 | Jessie’s Redemptive, Spiritually Led, and Unplanned Precipitous Home Birth with Jessie Ritter #34 | Jessie’s Redemptive, Spiritually Led, and Unplanned Precipitous Home Birth with Jessie Ritter Jessie thought she was prepared to have a smooth, natural, and pain free birth until... The hospital kept interrupting the labor room, asking for continuous monitoring, and made the birth experience something Jessie never wanted to relive again. When she got pregnant with her second child, Ava, she knew things would be different. She and her husband weren't 100% sold on having a home birth, but that's why we have peace that God's plan is greater. Tune in to hear all about Jessie's redemptive and unplanned home birth.

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS:

  • What a majority of "natural births" look like in a hospital
  • Shifting the mindset of "women have to be strong"
  • What created an entirely different experience for Jessie in her second pregnancy
  • The power of visualization in pregnancy and through birth
  • How children's temperaments can differ from hospital versus home births
  • The woman's body: letting go of trauma & knowing we aren't cursed to have painful births

MORE ABOUT JESSIE RITTER:

Mom of two, wife, and musician living in the Florida Panhandle. Jessie had a difficult first birth in the hospital, and an absolutely blissful second time unplanned home birth.

Instagram: @jessie.l.ritter

TikTok: @jessieritter

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Stay in the loop with Pain Free Birth and become an Insider HERE! Thanks for listening! Get 10% off the Pain Free Birth E-Course HERE!

Grab Karen's Healing Birth Trauma Course HERE. This course is for any woman experiencing trauma in the body. If you're ready to release it, this course is for you.

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]]> Jessie thought she was prepared to have a smooth, natural, and pain free birth until... The hospital kept interrupting the labor room, asking for continuous monitoring, and made the birth experience something Jessie never wanted to relive again. When she got pregnant with her second child, Ava, she knew things would be different. She and her husband weren't 100% sold on having a home birth, but that's why we have peace that God's plan is greater. Tune in to hear all about Jessie's redemptive and unplanned home birth.

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS:

  • What a majority of "natural births" look like in a hospital
  • Shifting the mindset of "women have to be strong"
  • What created an entirely different experience for Jessie in her second pregnancy
  • The power of visualization in pregnancy and through birth
  • How children's temperaments can differ from hospital versus home births
  • The woman's body: letting go of trauma & knowing we aren't cursed to have painful births

MORE ABOUT JESSIE RITTER:

Mom of two, wife, and musician living in the Florida Panhandle. Jessie had a difficult first birth in the hospital, and an absolutely blissful second time unplanned home birth.

Instagram: @jessie.l.ritter

TikTok: @jessieritter

Facebook

Twitter

YouTube

CONNECT WITH KAREN:

Stay in the loop with Pain Free Birth and become an Insider HERE! Thanks for listening! Get 10% off the Pain Free Birth E-Course HERE!

Grab Karen's Healing Birth Trauma Course HERE. This course is for any woman experiencing trauma in the body. If you're ready to release it, this course is for you.

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]]> Karen Welton Kajabi-2148855092 Tue, 03 Sep 2024 05:00:00 -0400 3478 false #33 | Birth Can Be Amazing & You Are Elastigirl with Brandyn Gipe #33 | Birth Can Be Amazing & You Are Elastigirl with Brandyn Gipe Right after high school, Brandyn witnessed a dear friend having excruciating menstrual cycles. After being prayed over by a team member in ministry school, her friend no longer experienced pain during her cycles! This was when Brandyn's eyes were open to the possibility that we don't have to experience pain and birth can be amazing. This was a very special episode to chat about as Karen and Brandyn shared so many similarities between their births.

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS:

  • Praying to release pain
  • What a "free pregnancy" is like
  • "Do I have to go to the bathroom or am I in labor?"
  • Instant pain relief: the double hip squeeze
  • How to release tightness in your perineum
  • Instinctually knowing the "right" and "wrong" birthing positions

MORE ABOUT BRANDYN GIPE:

Wife to Steven, mom to Quinn, dog mom of 3, and currently serving as the communications director at New Day for Children (a faith-based non-profit that supports kids recovered from trafficking in America) in the Shasta County, CA and the surrounding area. Brandyn loves Jesus, fun, adventure and exploring the world. Steven and Brandyn dream of one day starting a home for minor boys recovered from trafficking here in the USA.

Instagram: @brandynpruettgipe

Website

CONNECT WITH KAREN:

Stay in the loop with Pain Free Birth and become an Insider HERE! Thanks for listening! Get 10% off the Pain Free Birth E-Course HERE!

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]]> Right after high school, Brandyn witnessed a dear friend having excruciating menstrual cycles. After being prayed over by a team member in ministry school, her friend no longer experienced pain during her cycles! This was when Brandyn's eyes were open to the possibility that we don't have to experience pain and birth can be amazing. This was a very special episode to chat about as Karen and Brandyn shared so many similarities between their births.

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS:

  • Praying to release pain
  • What a "free pregnancy" is like
  • "Do I have to go to the bathroom or am I in labor?"
  • Instant pain relief: the double hip squeeze
  • How to release tightness in your perineum
  • Instinctually knowing the "right" and "wrong" birthing positions

MORE ABOUT BRANDYN GIPE:

Wife to Steven, mom to Quinn, dog mom of 3, and currently serving as the communications director at New Day for Children (a faith-based non-profit that supports kids recovered from trafficking in America) in the Shasta County, CA and the surrounding area. Brandyn loves Jesus, fun, adventure and exploring the world. Steven and Brandyn dream of one day starting a home for minor boys recovered from trafficking here in the USA.

Instagram: @brandynpruettgipe

Website

CONNECT WITH KAREN:

Stay in the loop with Pain Free Birth and become an Insider HERE! Thanks for listening! Get 10% off the Pain Free Birth E-Course HERE!

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]]> Karen Welton Kajabi-2148828510 Tue, 27 Aug 2024 05:00:00 -0400 2712 1 1 false #32 | Impactful Movement & Mobility: The Key To A Pain Free Pregnancy with Gina Conley #32 | Impactful Movement & Mobility: The Key To A Pain Free Pregnancy with Gina Conley In this episode, Gina Conley shares how impactful movement could be supportive for a strong and pain free pregnancy as an industry-leading perinatal fitness provider. What if the answer to a pain free pregnancy and birth was simply understanding the difference in mobility throughout our pregnancies and how we can support our body by moving optimally. I'm sure you've heard of kegels... think of that as step one. Kegels should not be your only form of movement to prepare for birth. Find out what Gina recommends you do in today's episode!

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS:

  • Using fitness to mentally & physically prepare for birth
  • What you should do beyond kegels to lengthen & stretch the pelvic floor
  • Mitigating a tight pelvic floor from traditional weightlifting
  • Using movement to support your labor process
  • The outdated fear surrounding exercise during pregnancy

MORE ABOUT GINA CONLEY:

Gina Conley is the founder of MamasteFit—a perinatal fitness training facility located in North Carolina. MamasteFit offers in-person and online pre/postnatal fitness training programs. Gina has her masters in exercise science and is a seasoned birth doula. She combines her expertise as both a perinatal fitness trainer and birth professional to provide full spectrum support from conception, birth, and recovery in the postpartum. Gina is the author of Training for Two, a book that explains how to use prenatal fitness to support a strong and pain free pregnancy, as you prepare for birth.

Instagram: @mamastefit

The MamasteFit Podcast

Website

PROGRAM: 40-Week Prenatal Fitness Program

PROGRAM: 40-Week Mini Prenatal Fitness Program

💳📕 PREORDER: Training for Two: Safe & Smart Prenatal Exercises for a Smoother Pregnancy, Easier Birth, and Healthier

CONNECT WITH KAREN:

Stay in the loop with Pain Free Birth and become an Insider HERE! Thanks for listening! Get 10% off the Pain Free Birth E-Course HERE!

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]]> In this episode, Gina Conley shares how impactful movement could be supportive for a strong and pain free pregnancy as an industry-leading perinatal fitness provider. What if the answer to a pain free pregnancy and birth was simply understanding the difference in mobility throughout our pregnancies and how we can support our body by moving optimally. I'm sure you've heard of kegels... think of that as step one. Kegels should not be your only form of movement to prepare for birth. Find out what Gina recommends you do in today's episode!

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS:

  • Using fitness to mentally & physically prepare for birth
  • What you should do beyond kegels to lengthen & stretch the pelvic floor
  • Mitigating a tight pelvic floor from traditional weightlifting
  • Using movement to support your labor process
  • The outdated fear surrounding exercise during pregnancy

MORE ABOUT GINA CONLEY:

Gina Conley is the founder of MamasteFit—a perinatal fitness training facility located in North Carolina. MamasteFit offers in-person and online pre/postnatal fitness training programs. Gina has her masters in exercise science and is a seasoned birth doula. She combines her expertise as both a perinatal fitness trainer and birth professional to provide full spectrum support from conception, birth, and recovery in the postpartum. Gina is the author of Training for Two, a book that explains how to use prenatal fitness to support a strong and pain free pregnancy, as you prepare for birth.

Instagram: @mamastefit

The MamasteFit Podcast

Website

PROGRAM: 40-Week Prenatal Fitness Program

PROGRAM: 40-Week Mini Prenatal Fitness Program

💳📕 PREORDER: Training for Two: Safe & Smart Prenatal Exercises for a Smoother Pregnancy, Easier Birth, and Healthier

CONNECT WITH KAREN:

Stay in the loop with Pain Free Birth and become an Insider HERE! Thanks for listening! Get 10% off the Pain Free Birth E-Course HERE!

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]]> Karen Welton Kajabi-2148824997 Tue, 20 Aug 2024 05:00:00 -0400 3151 false #31 | An Accidentally Unassisted & Pain Free Precipitous Twin Birth with Emma Brake #31 | An Accidentally Unassisted & Pain Free Precipitous Twin Birth with Emma Brake In this episode, Emma shares her amazingly unexpected, yet so magical precipitous twin birth. Fascinated by birth by baby number two, Emma had done a lot of research and precipitous births had never stood out to her... that was until the twins came along. Her instincts were on fire. From the midwife being minutes away, husband nearly passing out, and babies coming quick enough she almost forgot to undress?! This birth story is one to remember.

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS:

  • Previous hospital births versus a twin home birth
  • Feeling contractions! Time for some hot tea? Nope!
  • Husband's hilarious reaction to a precipitous 34-minute labor & birth
  • The overwhelm that can come with a birth of this nature

MORE ABOUT EMMA BRAKE:

Emma is a young wife and mother of five. She grew up a missionary kid, marrying her high school sweetheart, a handsome Marine, at 18, and in the following seven years, five sweet little wildlings joined their family! Their youngest three were born at home, including most recently her twins, a precipitous, accidentally unassisted homebirth. It was all rather exciting and very, very messy! These days she's blessed to spend her days at home wrestling what feels like 764 toddlers, telling her husband not to buy it at the store because she can make it at home, and fumbling her way through homesteading, endless home projects, and raising five free range kiddos to love Jesus.

Instagram: @thisredeemedmama

Facebook

Website

CONNECT WITH KAREN:

Stay in the loop with Pain Free Birth and become an Insider HERE! Thanks for listening! Get 10% off the Pain Free Birth E-Course HERE!

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]]> In this episode, Emma shares her amazingly unexpected, yet so magical precipitous twin birth. Fascinated by birth by baby number two, Emma had done a lot of research and precipitous births had never stood out to her... that was until the twins came along. Her instincts were on fire. From the midwife being minutes away, husband nearly passing out, and babies coming quick enough she almost forgot to undress?! This birth story is one to remember.

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS:

  • Previous hospital births versus a twin home birth
  • Feeling contractions! Time for some hot tea? Nope!
  • Husband's hilarious reaction to a precipitous 34-minute labor & birth
  • The overwhelm that can come with a birth of this nature

MORE ABOUT EMMA BRAKE:

Emma is a young wife and mother of five. She grew up a missionary kid, marrying her high school sweetheart, a handsome Marine, at 18, and in the following seven years, five sweet little wildlings joined their family! Their youngest three were born at home, including most recently her twins, a precipitous, accidentally unassisted homebirth. It was all rather exciting and very, very messy! These days she's blessed to spend her days at home wrestling what feels like 764 toddlers, telling her husband not to buy it at the store because she can make it at home, and fumbling her way through homesteading, endless home projects, and raising five free range kiddos to love Jesus.

Instagram: @thisredeemedmama

Facebook

Website

CONNECT WITH KAREN:

Stay in the loop with Pain Free Birth and become an Insider HERE! Thanks for listening! Get 10% off the Pain Free Birth E-Course HERE!

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]]> Karen Welton Kajabi-2148807844 Tue, 13 Aug 2024 04:00:00 -0400 2622 false #30 | Whitney’s Deeply Spiritual & Pain Free Hospital Birth: Trusting Her Body & Ignoring Nurse’s Urge to ”PUSH!” #30 | Whitney’s Deeply Spiritual & Pain Free Hospital Birth: Trusting Her Body & Ignoring Nurse’s Urge to ”PUSH!” In this episode, Whitney Baggett shares how about becoming a first-time mom, trusting your intuition, and the challenges of falling out of your mental zone in the hospital. As a new mom, Whitney questioned whether she was really in labor or if she was just having contractions. Tune in to hear the interesting story and timeline Whitney gave from the moment she experienced this "back cramping" to the minute she was wheeled into the hospital with shocking news!

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS:

  • How Whitney's singing career helped during labor
  • Faith impacting labor and feeling so deeply spiritual
  • Going from feeling scared about birth to feeling empowered
  • Laboring at home, being transported to the hospital, and having to tune out the noise in the L&D room

MORE ABOUT WHITNEY BAGGETT:

Whitney is a singer & songwriter and CEO of VOW Creative, a video production and social media marketing company. Whitney also runs an inspirational blog called, Vehicle of Wisdom, where she writes about deepening faith and offers bits of wisdom she’s learned along the way.

Instagram: @whitneyvowcreative & @vowtobecreative

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Twitter

Website

CONNECT WITH KAREN:

Stay in the loop with Pain Free Birth and become an Insider HERE! Thanks for listening! Get 10% off the Pain Free Birth E-Course HERE!

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]]> In this episode, Whitney Baggett shares how about becoming a first-time mom, trusting your intuition, and the challenges of falling out of your mental zone in the hospital. As a new mom, Whitney questioned whether she was really in labor or if she was just having contractions. Tune in to hear the interesting story and timeline Whitney gave from the moment she experienced this "back cramping" to the minute she was wheeled into the hospital with shocking news!

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS:

  • How Whitney's singing career helped during labor
  • Faith impacting labor and feeling so deeply spiritual
  • Going from feeling scared about birth to feeling empowered
  • Laboring at home, being transported to the hospital, and having to tune out the noise in the L&D room

MORE ABOUT WHITNEY BAGGETT:

Whitney is a singer & songwriter and CEO of VOW Creative, a video production and social media marketing company. Whitney also runs an inspirational blog called, Vehicle of Wisdom, where she writes about deepening faith and offers bits of wisdom she’s learned along the way.

Instagram: @whitneyvowcreative & @vowtobecreative

Facebook

Twitter

Website

CONNECT WITH KAREN:

Stay in the loop with Pain Free Birth and become an Insider HERE! Thanks for listening! Get 10% off the Pain Free Birth E-Course HERE!

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]]> Karen Welton Kajabi-2148795173 Tue, 06 Aug 2024 05:00:00 -0400 3094 false #29 | Special Episode: Karen’s 3 Birth Stories & Shifting From Pain To Pain Free In One Contraction #29 | Special Episode: Karen’s 3 Birth Stories & Shifting From Pain To Pain Free In One Contraction **Hey mamas, this episode was recorded with different equipment so please don’t mind the audio, we understand it can be frustrating, but we’ll be back to normal quality next week**

This episode is quite different as Karen is actually the one being interviewed by the host of the Holy Confident Birth Podcast, Eve O'Brien. Check out the Holy Confident Birth Instagram here.

We hope you enjoy this perspective shift as Karen shares her journey with her own pain free births, how she got into this industry, and how she changed the course of her first birth from painful to pain free in the span of just one contraction! In this episode, Karen describes how a pain free birth doesn’t mean you don’t experience hurt or intensity rather you get to enjoy your birth and feel full feelings of ecstasy as Karen has with her own three births.

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS:

  • What led me down the path of pain free births
  • Trusting my body & putting my faith in God that He created my body to birth without pain
  • The individual nuances of each of my three, pain free home births
  • How I was able to switch my birth from painful to pain free in just one contraction
  • Allowing myself to fall into a deep state of consciousness to tune into my body
  • Learning the difference between forceful pushing & physiologically pushing baby out
  • Realizing my first birth experience is what catapulted me into becoming a doula
  • Experiencing a true bliss, ecstasy, and an intense rush of natural drugs during birth

RESOURCES MENTIONED:

FREE MASTERCLASS {FOR A LIMITED TIME}: Unlocking A Pain Free Birth Masterclass

In this masterclass, with over 10 years of experience supporting women as a doula and childbirth educator, Karen is sharing her best secrets and techniques to help you experience a pain-free, joyful birth. Learn practical ways you can partner with your body to overcome pain and step into an ecstatic, transformational birth. You do not want to miss this powerful masterclass - currently FREE for a limited time.

]]> **Hey mamas, this episode was recorded with different equipment so please don’t mind the audio, we understand it can be frustrating, but we’ll be back to normal quality next week**

This episode is quite different as Karen is actually the one being interviewed by the host of the Holy Confident Birth Podcast, Eve O'Brien. Check out the Holy Confident Birth Instagram here.

We hope you enjoy this perspective shift as Karen shares her journey with her own pain free births, how she got into this industry, and how she changed the course of her first birth from painful to pain free in the span of just one contraction! In this episode, Karen describes how a pain free birth doesn’t mean you don’t experience hurt or intensity rather you get to enjoy your birth and feel full feelings of ecstasy as Karen has with her own three births.

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS:

  • What led me down the path of pain free births
  • Trusting my body & putting my faith in God that He created my body to birth without pain
  • The individual nuances of each of my three, pain free home births
  • How I was able to switch my birth from painful to pain free in just one contraction
  • Allowing myself to fall into a deep state of consciousness to tune into my body
  • Learning the difference between forceful pushing & physiologically pushing baby out
  • Realizing my first birth experience is what catapulted me into becoming a doula
  • Experiencing a true bliss, ecstasy, and an intense rush of natural drugs during birth

RESOURCES MENTIONED:

FREE MASTERCLASS {FOR A LIMITED TIME}: Unlocking A Pain Free Birth Masterclass

In this masterclass, with over 10 years of experience supporting women as a doula and childbirth educator, Karen is sharing her best secrets and techniques to help you experience a pain-free, joyful birth. Learn practical ways you can partner with your body to overcome pain and step into an ecstatic, transformational birth. You do not want to miss this powerful masterclass - currently FREE for a limited time.

]]> Karen Welton Kajabi-2148781025 Tue, 30 Jul 2024 03:00:00 -0400 3495 false #28 | How Pregnancy Contributes To Oral Health: Cavities, Gingivitis, and Root Canals From A Holistic Health Standpoint with Dr. Michelle Jorgensen, D... #28 | How Pregnancy Contributes To Oral Health: Cavities, Gingivitis, and Root Canals From A Holistic Health Standpoint with Dr. Michelle Jorgensen, D... We are so excited to welcome holistic health advocate and dentist, Dr. Michelle Jorgensen on the podcast today! Through her years of general and cosmetic dentistry, she never questioned anything ⎯ until Dr. Michelle was so sick she could hardly hold a dental instrument. Dr. Michelle experienced severe mercury poisoning that opened up an entirely different can of worms within the dental industry. Tune in to hear how Dr. Michelle found out about her toxicity, how it affected her fertility, what she incorporates in her dental practice today, and what you can do to save your oral health.

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS:

  • How Dr. Michelle stopped practicing general dentistry
  • Mercury poisoning: How it affects dentists and patients
  • How mercury affects fertility: Dr. Michelle's own fertility struggles
  • Difference between holistic, functional, biological, and biomimetic dentists
  • What's the right decision: Root canal versus tooth extraction
  • The problem with fluoride: The three big strikes on the body
  • Hidden infection: Why root canals may not be the best option
  • Specifically how pregnancy contributes to oral health
  • How the mouth is a dashboard for the body: Warning lights in the mouth

MORE ABOUT DR. MICHELLE:

Dr. Michelle Jorgensen, DDS, , TNC, CNAS, is a renowned holistic dentist, author of five books, and a holistic health advocate. Her transformative journey began when mercury exposure from traditional dentistry made her seriously ill. She evolved into a Board-Certified Naturopath and Therapeutic Nutritional Counselor, seamlessly integrating medicine and dentistry.

For a decade, Dr. Jorgensen has been a pioneer in Functional Integrative dentistry through her Total Care Dental and Wellness Way, attracting patients from all corners of the globe. Beyond her dental practice, she's the founder of Living Well with Dr. Michelle, teaching essential life skills, with a charitable arm, the Living Well Today Foundation, supporting those in need. A busy mother of four, she is passionate about teaching and helping others and is a sought- after podcast guest, known for her knack in simplifying crucial topics and providing practical, real-world solutions for listeners.

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Website

Living Well Shop 💵 Save 10% on all Living Well products with code: PAINFREEBIRTH

RESOURCES MENTIONED:

Dr. Michelle's Dentist Directory

IAOMT.org

IABDM.org

Toothpillow

]]> We are so excited to welcome holistic health advocate and dentist, Dr. Michelle Jorgensen on the podcast today! Through her years of general and cosmetic dentistry, she never questioned anything ⎯ until Dr. Michelle was so sick she could hardly hold a dental instrument. Dr. Michelle experienced severe mercury poisoning that opened up an entirely different can of worms within the dental industry. Tune in to hear how Dr. Michelle found out about her toxicity, how it affected her fertility, what she incorporates in her dental practice today, and what you can do to save your oral health.

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS:

  • How Dr. Michelle stopped practicing general dentistry
  • Mercury poisoning: How it affects dentists and patients
  • How mercury affects fertility: Dr. Michelle's own fertility struggles
  • Difference between holistic, functional, biological, and biomimetic dentists
  • What's the right decision: Root canal versus tooth extraction
  • The problem with fluoride: The three big strikes on the body
  • Hidden infection: Why root canals may not be the best option
  • Specifically how pregnancy contributes to oral health
  • How the mouth is a dashboard for the body: Warning lights in the mouth

MORE ABOUT DR. MICHELLE:

Dr. Michelle Jorgensen, DDS, , TNC, CNAS, is a renowned holistic dentist, author of five books, and a holistic health advocate. Her transformative journey began when mercury exposure from traditional dentistry made her seriously ill. She evolved into a Board-Certified Naturopath and Therapeutic Nutritional Counselor, seamlessly integrating medicine and dentistry.

For a decade, Dr. Jorgensen has been a pioneer in Functional Integrative dentistry through her Total Care Dental and Wellness Way, attracting patients from all corners of the globe. Beyond her dental practice, she's the founder of Living Well with Dr. Michelle, teaching essential life skills, with a charitable arm, the Living Well Today Foundation, supporting those in need. A busy mother of four, she is passionate about teaching and helping others and is a sought- after podcast guest, known for her knack in simplifying crucial topics and providing practical, real-world solutions for listeners.

Instagram

Facebook

Website

Living Well Shop 💵 Save 10% on all Living Well products with code: PAINFREEBIRTH

RESOURCES MENTIONED:

Dr. Michelle's Dentist Directory

IAOMT.org

IABDM.org

Toothpillow

]]> Karen Welton Kajabi-2148765198 Tue, 23 Jul 2024 03:00:00 -0400 3660 false #27 | Mom Of 8 Has First Home-Birth Experience: 6 Hospital Births Later She Had A Magical Twin Home-Birth Despite Having A Breech Baby with Jill Reitz #27 | Mom Of 8 Has First Home-Birth Experience: 6 Hospital Births Later She Had A Magical Twin Home-Birth Despite Having A Breech Baby with Jill Reitz Jill is a joyful warrior as a mom of 8 beautiful babies including newborn twins who just successfully had her first home birth. Yes, Jill had six traditional births with a regular OB team in the hospital before her OB unfortunately passed away and she had to look elsewhere for the upcoming birth of her twins, Ruth and Samuel. She felt God calling her to have a home birth, but her husband Joe wasn't initially supportive. After a lot of prayer and giving it to the Lord, Jill & Joe had a beautiful home birth with the support of her birthing team! She had Ruth at 7 pounds 2 ounces and Samuel at 7 pounds 15 ounces! Despite Samuel being breech, Jill's team had the expertise to handle things with ease and keep a peaceful environment for the birthing mama. Join us today as Jill shares more about her magical experience giving birth at home to twins.

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS:

  • The feeling Jill couldn't shake that led to her having her 7th birth, but 1st home birth
  • Drowning out the noise to have a birth Jill dreamed of
  • Home-birth hesitant husbands turned to the most supportive teammate during birth
  • Measuring 52 weeks at 37 weeks pregnant
  • Switching OB's at 34 weeks pregnant
  • In denial about being in active labor even after Jill's water broke
  • The feeling of finding out Baby B is breech seconds before delivery
  • Two thick, healthy, and pulsating umbilical cords
  • Anterior placenta semi-fused together for one big, healthy placenta

MORE ABOUT JILL:

Wife to Joe Reitz (former NFL player) Momma of 8 including newborn twins, oldest almost 13, 11, 9, 7, 5 and 3. Former collegiate Division 1 runner. Faithful Catholic. Resides in North suburb of Indianapolis. Huge lover and encourager of natural, physiological birth and all things motherhood, wifehood and family life!

Follow Jill on Instagram

RESOURCES MENTIONED:

Pain Free Birth Course

]]> Jill is a joyful warrior as a mom of 8 beautiful babies including newborn twins who just successfully had her first home birth. Yes, Jill had six traditional births with a regular OB team in the hospital before her OB unfortunately passed away and she had to look elsewhere for the upcoming birth of her twins, Ruth and Samuel. She felt God calling her to have a home birth, but her husband Joe wasn't initially supportive. After a lot of prayer and giving it to the Lord, Jill & Joe had a beautiful home birth with the support of her birthing team! She had Ruth at 7 pounds 2 ounces and Samuel at 7 pounds 15 ounces! Despite Samuel being breech, Jill's team had the expertise to handle things with ease and keep a peaceful environment for the birthing mama. Join us today as Jill shares more about her magical experience giving birth at home to twins.

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS:

  • The feeling Jill couldn't shake that led to her having her 7th birth, but 1st home birth
  • Drowning out the noise to have a birth Jill dreamed of
  • Home-birth hesitant husbands turned to the most supportive teammate during birth
  • Measuring 52 weeks at 37 weeks pregnant
  • Switching OB's at 34 weeks pregnant
  • In denial about being in active labor even after Jill's water broke
  • The feeling of finding out Baby B is breech seconds before delivery
  • Two thick, healthy, and pulsating umbilical cords
  • Anterior placenta semi-fused together for one big, healthy placenta

MORE ABOUT JILL:

Wife to Joe Reitz (former NFL player) Momma of 8 including newborn twins, oldest almost 13, 11, 9, 7, 5 and 3. Former collegiate Division 1 runner. Faithful Catholic. Resides in North suburb of Indianapolis. Huge lover and encourager of natural, physiological birth and all things motherhood, wifehood and family life!

Follow Jill on Instagram

RESOURCES MENTIONED:

Pain Free Birth Course

]]> Karen Welton Kajabi-2148750221 Tue, 16 Jul 2024 04:00:00 -0400 3011 false #26 | Laboring A Posterior Baby With A Compound Arm Presentation Completely Unmedicated & Pain Free with Dr. Emily Gardner #26 | Laboring A Posterior Baby With A Compound Arm Presentation Completely Unmedicated & Pain Free with Dr. Emily Gardner Today we are joined by Emily Gardner, a first-time mom, who actually didn't want children prior to getting married due to the painful and traumatic experiences she'd heard of. Now, she is a happy mama of an 8-week old baby boy named Finnigan. She tells us all about how she found Karen on Instagram, how she adopted her determined pain-free-birth mindset, and what her labor experience was like inside a traditional hospital. No spoilers, but her labor & delivery came with a few surprises that resulted in a longer labor, yet still absolutely pain free. Emily said, "the IV line was probably the most painful part of the whole experience."

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS:

  • Emily's pure determination & dedication to have a pain free birth
  • Completely shutting away any negativity around pregnancy, labor, and birth
  • Diving deep into Emily's spirituality helped ease her mind: "God has me. I am safe."
  • Taking on random home improvement projects right before labor
  • Emily's water broke without any contractions so they made their way to the hospital
  • Hospital honoring Emily's wishes of having an unmedicated birth and assigning her a midwife as her OB was out of town
  • Back laboring for quite a while and actively pushing for three hours
  • Different positions & getting in the water to speed up labor
  • Birthing a posterior baby with a compound arm presentation

MORE ABOUT EMILY:

Emily is a first-time mom (besides her two adorable fur babies) who lives in a small town in New York with her husband, Samuel, who doubles as her business partner. She attended University of Pittsburgh at Bradford and graduated with a degree in Biology/Pre-Medicine. Dr. Emily then made the long trip to Iowa and received her chiropractic degree from Palmer College of Chiropractic. She was able to study under amazing sports doctors and learn a lot of therapies that she implements at her clinic back home in New York! Emily is full of gratitude to be finding her way in her new role as mom.

Follow Emily on Instagram

Emily's Chiropractic Clinic Website

RESOURCES MENTIONED:

Pain Free Birth Course

Birth Partner Bootcamp

]]> Today we are joined by Emily Gardner, a first-time mom, who actually didn't want children prior to getting married due to the painful and traumatic experiences she'd heard of. Now, she is a happy mama of an 8-week old baby boy named Finnigan. She tells us all about how she found Karen on Instagram, how she adopted her determined pain-free-birth mindset, and what her labor experience was like inside a traditional hospital. No spoilers, but her labor & delivery came with a few surprises that resulted in a longer labor, yet still absolutely pain free. Emily said, "the IV line was probably the most painful part of the whole experience."

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS:

  • Emily's pure determination & dedication to have a pain free birth
  • Completely shutting away any negativity around pregnancy, labor, and birth
  • Diving deep into Emily's spirituality helped ease her mind: "God has me. I am safe."
  • Taking on random home improvement projects right before labor
  • Emily's water broke without any contractions so they made their way to the hospital
  • Hospital honoring Emily's wishes of having an unmedicated birth and assigning her a midwife as her OB was out of town
  • Back laboring for quite a while and actively pushing for three hours
  • Different positions & getting in the water to speed up labor
  • Birthing a posterior baby with a compound arm presentation

MORE ABOUT EMILY:

Emily is a first-time mom (besides her two adorable fur babies) who lives in a small town in New York with her husband, Samuel, who doubles as her business partner. She attended University of Pittsburgh at Bradford and graduated with a degree in Biology/Pre-Medicine. Dr. Emily then made the long trip to Iowa and received her chiropractic degree from Palmer College of Chiropractic. She was able to study under amazing sports doctors and learn a lot of therapies that she implements at her clinic back home in New York! Emily is full of gratitude to be finding her way in her new role as mom.

Follow Emily on Instagram

Emily's Chiropractic Clinic Website

RESOURCES MENTIONED:

Pain Free Birth Course

Birth Partner Bootcamp

]]> Karen Welton Kajabi-2148729324 Tue, 09 Jul 2024 03:00:00 -0400 2347 false #25 | A Sacred & Speedy 6-Minute Unmedicated Hospital Birth Of An 11-Pound Baby with Jilda Connell #25 | A Sacred & Speedy 6-Minute Unmedicated Hospital Birth Of An 11-Pound Baby with Jilda Connell If you have been on the fence about having an unmedicated birth, especially if you've had medicated births in the past, this story is going to be so inspiring to you. Whether you're currently planning a hospital birth or you simply want to hear an encouraging birth story Jilda is here to share her transformational story with us. After having two medicated hospital births that left her traumatized with epidurals gone wrong, she decided that her third birth was going to be unmedicated in the hospital. In most parts of the United States, that is unheard of! Tune in as Jilda shares her she determined her birth plan, if the hospital staff honored her plan, and the peaceful environment she was blessed to give birth in.

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS:

  • Jilda's experience of medicated versus unmedicated births
  • Uncovering the misconception of how complicated inductions can be
  • An induction, three failed epidurals & NICU stay with her first baby
  • An elective induction & failed epidural with her second baby
  • Creating a solid birth plan & switching birth teams for her third birth
  • How to advocate for yourself in the hospital
  • Affirmations & support for other moms desiring a natural birth

MORE ABOUT JILDA:

Jilda is a proud mother of three hailing from New Jersey. Her journey is all about empowering women, especially postpartum moms, through fitness. With years of dedication as a fitness instructor, Jilda's had the honor of transforming lives through group exercise, advocating for self-care and holistic health. Currently pursuing her doula license, her passion for nutrition during and after pregnancy drives her forward. Amidst the ebb and flow of motherhood, Jilda's resilience has soared while exercising her body and spirit through every one of her pregnancies. With her heart ablaze, she seeks to be a guiding light of support and positive change in every life she encounters.

Follow Jilda on Instagram: @jacked.withjil

RESOURCES MENTIONED:

Pain Free Birth Course

]]> If you have been on the fence about having an unmedicated birth, especially if you've had medicated births in the past, this story is going to be so inspiring to you. Whether you're currently planning a hospital birth or you simply want to hear an encouraging birth story Jilda is here to share her transformational story with us. After having two medicated hospital births that left her traumatized with epidurals gone wrong, she decided that her third birth was going to be unmedicated in the hospital. In most parts of the United States, that is unheard of! Tune in as Jilda shares her she determined her birth plan, if the hospital staff honored her plan, and the peaceful environment she was blessed to give birth in.

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS:

  • Jilda's experience of medicated versus unmedicated births
  • Uncovering the misconception of how complicated inductions can be
  • An induction, three failed epidurals & NICU stay with her first baby
  • An elective induction & failed epidural with her second baby
  • Creating a solid birth plan & switching birth teams for her third birth
  • How to advocate for yourself in the hospital
  • Affirmations & support for other moms desiring a natural birth

MORE ABOUT JILDA:

Jilda is a proud mother of three hailing from New Jersey. Her journey is all about empowering women, especially postpartum moms, through fitness. With years of dedication as a fitness instructor, Jilda's had the honor of transforming lives through group exercise, advocating for self-care and holistic health. Currently pursuing her doula license, her passion for nutrition during and after pregnancy drives her forward. Amidst the ebb and flow of motherhood, Jilda's resilience has soared while exercising her body and spirit through every one of her pregnancies. With her heart ablaze, she seeks to be a guiding light of support and positive change in every life she encounters.

Follow Jilda on Instagram: @jacked.withjil

RESOURCES MENTIONED:

Pain Free Birth Course

]]> Karen Welton Kajabi-2148713986 Tue, 02 Jul 2024 04:00:00 -0400 2534 false #24 | ”You Don’t Have Low Milk Supply, You Have A Bad Latch” Essential Steps To Breastfeeding Success & Dyad Hot Takes with Trisha Ludwig, CNM IBCLC #24 | ”You Don’t Have Low Milk Supply, You Have A Bad Latch” Essential Steps To Breastfeeding Success & Dyad Hot Takes with Trisha Ludwig, CNM IBCLC Trisha, an amazing woman who has extensive knowledge, experience, and expertise with being a nurse midwife and IBCLC joins Karen on the podcast today! After virtually meeting on the Down To Birth podcast that Trisha co-hosts, Karen was eager to dive deeper into the conversation around breastfeeding and problems that can arise with each dyad. Trisha shares her unintentional, unattended birth as well as dives into the specifics of the difference between IBCLC's and LC's, her education & experience, as well as a lot of the problems and easy fixes that can be made to solve current problems like painful latches, low-milk supply, and even postpartum anxiety and depression! Join us as we uncover all these dyad hot takes!

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS:

  • Trisha birthing and unintentionally catching her third baby ALONE because it happened so fast and unattended
  • How birth can affect how a baby breastfeeds
  • Baby's natural instincts to latch & breast crawling
  • The most common problems with breastfeeding dyads
  • The most common interferences with breastfeeding
  • Trisha's number one tip for supporting breastfeeding mothers

MORE ABOUT TRISHA:

Trisha Ludwig is a Yale educated Certified Nurse Midwife (CNM) and International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC). She has experience as a homebirth midwife, is a holistic women’s gynecologic health practitioner, and has fifteen plus years working as an IBCLC (and works privately providing both in-person and virtual appointments anywhere in the world). She is also a podcaster and the co-host of the globally known birth podcast Down to Birth Show. She is a mother of three children all birthed at home.

Follow Trisha on Instagram: @trishaoludwig

Follow Down To Birth on Instagram: @downtobirthshow

RESOURCES MENTIONED:

Pain Free Birth Course: https://painfreebirth.com/pain-free-birth/

Down To Birth Podcast Episode 208: Achieving A Pain Free Birth with Karen Welton: https://www.downtobirthshow.com/208-achieving-a-pain-free-birth-with-karen-welton-painfreebirth/

]]> Trisha, an amazing woman who has extensive knowledge, experience, and expertise with being a nurse midwife and IBCLC joins Karen on the podcast today! After virtually meeting on the Down To Birth podcast that Trisha co-hosts, Karen was eager to dive deeper into the conversation around breastfeeding and problems that can arise with each dyad. Trisha shares her unintentional, unattended birth as well as dives into the specifics of the difference between IBCLC's and LC's, her education & experience, as well as a lot of the problems and easy fixes that can be made to solve current problems like painful latches, low-milk supply, and even postpartum anxiety and depression! Join us as we uncover all these dyad hot takes!

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS:

  • Trisha birthing and unintentionally catching her third baby ALONE because it happened so fast and unattended
  • How birth can affect how a baby breastfeeds
  • Baby's natural instincts to latch & breast crawling
  • The most common problems with breastfeeding dyads
  • The most common interferences with breastfeeding
  • Trisha's number one tip for supporting breastfeeding mothers

MORE ABOUT TRISHA:

Trisha Ludwig is a Yale educated Certified Nurse Midwife (CNM) and International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC). She has experience as a homebirth midwife, is a holistic women’s gynecologic health practitioner, and has fifteen plus years working as an IBCLC (and works privately providing both in-person and virtual appointments anywhere in the world). She is also a podcaster and the co-host of the globally known birth podcast Down to Birth Show. She is a mother of three children all birthed at home.

Follow Trisha on Instagram: @trishaoludwig

Follow Down To Birth on Instagram: @downtobirthshow

RESOURCES MENTIONED:

Pain Free Birth Course: https://painfreebirth.com/pain-free-birth/

Down To Birth Podcast Episode 208: Achieving A Pain Free Birth with Karen Welton: https://www.downtobirthshow.com/208-achieving-a-pain-free-birth-with-karen-welton-painfreebirth/

]]> Karen Welton Kajabi-2148710424 Tue, 25 Jun 2024 13:00:00 -0400 4093 false #23 | A Father’s Perspective On Hospital & Home Births And Their Redemptive Pain Free Birth Experience with Harif & Jennifer Hazera #23 | A Father’s Perspective On Hospital & Home Births And Their Redemptive Pain Free Birth Experience with Harif & Jennifer Hazera This episode is a real treat! Today, Karen is joined by both husband and wife, Harif & Jennifer Hazera. This beautiful couple ran into Karen at a Tony Robbins event where they were able to share their beautiful home birth story and thank Karen for all her help. Jennifer was a graduate of the Pain Free Birth Course and it didn't come very naturally ⏤ no pun intended. After experiencing a horribly traumatic birth with their first son in the hospital, Harif and Jennifer eventually came to the decision to have their second son in the comfort of their own home. Once a thought that Jennifer scoffed at turned into the most redemptive, God-ordained moment ever. Tune in to this episode to hear the stark difference between their two birth experiences and how fathers are dismissed throughout and left with trauma after the birth experience.

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS:

  • The unnecessary epidural, pitocin, and all the interventions at the hospital for the birth of their first son despite progressing very well & naturally
  • A father's take on birth & feeling dismissed throughout the whole process
  • Father's dismissing the trauma they carried through labor, birth, and the postpartum journey
  • Dreaming up their ideal birth & living it out in the comfort of their home for the birth of their second son

MORE ABOUT THE HAZERA'S:

Harif and Jennifer are happily married and work together as entrepreneurs in the real estate space. Once they got pregnant with their first baby, they didn't question giving birth in a hospital, that is until there were too many disturbances and interventions that ruined the sacred experience they thought they were going to have by bringing their first son Leo into the world. Fast forward to getting pregnant with their second son, Max, they knew that it could be better. After getting three obvious signs from God to explore a home birth, Jennifer finally gave in. Little did they know, God would end up offering the most redemptive experience to them by giving birth inside their home in the way they dreamed of. Harif and Jennifer are just like you, they weren't professionals in home birth knowledge but after graduating from the Pain Free Birth Course, they gained the knowledge and empowerment needed to have the most beautiful, sacred, and pain free birth at home.

Follow Jennifer on Instagram: @j_hazera

RESOURCES MENTIONED:

Pain Free Birth Course: https://painfreebirth.com/pain-free-birth/

Healing Birth Trauma Course: https://painfreebirth.com/healing-birth-trauma/

Birth Partner Bootcamp: https://painfreebirth.com/birth-partner-bootcamp/

]]> This episode is a real treat! Today, Karen is joined by both husband and wife, Harif & Jennifer Hazera. This beautiful couple ran into Karen at a Tony Robbins event where they were able to share their beautiful home birth story and thank Karen for all her help. Jennifer was a graduate of the Pain Free Birth Course and it didn't come very naturally ⏤ no pun intended. After experiencing a horribly traumatic birth with their first son in the hospital, Harif and Jennifer eventually came to the decision to have their second son in the comfort of their own home. Once a thought that Jennifer scoffed at turned into the most redemptive, God-ordained moment ever. Tune in to this episode to hear the stark difference between their two birth experiences and how fathers are dismissed throughout and left with trauma after the birth experience.

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS:

  • The unnecessary epidural, pitocin, and all the interventions at the hospital for the birth of their first son despite progressing very well & naturally
  • A father's take on birth & feeling dismissed throughout the whole process
  • Father's dismissing the trauma they carried through labor, birth, and the postpartum journey
  • Dreaming up their ideal birth & living it out in the comfort of their home for the birth of their second son

MORE ABOUT THE HAZERA'S:

Harif and Jennifer are happily married and work together as entrepreneurs in the real estate space. Once they got pregnant with their first baby, they didn't question giving birth in a hospital, that is until there were too many disturbances and interventions that ruined the sacred experience they thought they were going to have by bringing their first son Leo into the world. Fast forward to getting pregnant with their second son, Max, they knew that it could be better. After getting three obvious signs from God to explore a home birth, Jennifer finally gave in. Little did they know, God would end up offering the most redemptive experience to them by giving birth inside their home in the way they dreamed of. Harif and Jennifer are just like you, they weren't professionals in home birth knowledge but after graduating from the Pain Free Birth Course, they gained the knowledge and empowerment needed to have the most beautiful, sacred, and pain free birth at home.

Follow Jennifer on Instagram: @j_hazera

RESOURCES MENTIONED:

Pain Free Birth Course: https://painfreebirth.com/pain-free-birth/

Healing Birth Trauma Course: https://painfreebirth.com/healing-birth-trauma/

Birth Partner Bootcamp: https://painfreebirth.com/birth-partner-bootcamp/

]]> Karen Welton Kajabi-2148695603 Tue, 18 Jun 2024 03:15:00 -0400 4675 false #22 | Finding Twins At 32 Weeks & A Successful Home Birth Story Despite Baby Being Breech with Amanda Johnson #22 | Finding Twins At 32 Weeks & A Successful Home Birth Story Despite Baby Being Breech with Amanda Johnson In this episode, Karen is joined by Amanda Johnson, a mama of 4 beautiful babies. Despite all odds and one baby even being breeched up until delivery, Amanda had a successful home birth with her twins for her most recent pregnancy. Today we’ll get into all the nitty gritty of Amanda’s experience with hospital versus home births, how her pregnancies varied, and how her most recent pregnancy was a massive surprise up until the very last minute of delivery! After Amanda’s first labor and delivery experience that was less than ideal in the hospital, she knew she didn’t want to experience that again. With her second child, she successfully gave birth at home and knew she would repeat the experience when she fell pregnant the third time… little did she know, this home birth experience would be quite rare and one to remember!

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS:

  • Amanda found out she was having twins at 32 weeks and decided to have a home birth, despite concerns from family and the traditional health system
  • Going into labor at 40 weeks 3 days with an intense but smooth 2-hour labor, delivering both twins vaginally at home
  • Her faith and trust in God's plan helped her through the physical and financial challenges of a twin pregnancy and homebirth
  • A home birth with twins is possible with the right support team

MORE ABOUT AMANDA JOHNSON:

I’m a SAHM to 4 babes ages five and under. We are a military fam currently stationed in Monterey CA! My first birth was an induction and after that whole experience, I knew it could be better. My induction was not traumatic as I truly believe I was on the brink of labor (11 days past my guess date) but the whole process from start to end felt very unnatural. When I got pregnant with my 2nd I knew I was going to have a homebirth, this was October of 2019. Luckily my midwife (Lindsey Meehleis) and I were totally aligned and she shut her office down for maybe a month during Covid. It was crazy, my husband was overseas and I thought I was going to have to deliver without him. I had my 2nd at home at the height of Covid in June 2020 and had a totally different experience than my hospital birth in the best way. When I got pregnant in 2021, I of course opted for home birth again. I didn’t find out until 32 weeks that I was having twins and I truly wasn’t surprised - the pregnancy felt totally different! I carried them to 40w3d and had a beautiful labor and delivery under 2 hours!!!

Follow her on Instagram: @therealamandajohnson

Check out her website: https://www.therealamandajohnson.com/

RESOURCES MENTIONED:

Karen's Pain Free Birth Course: https://painfreebirth.com/pain-free-birth/

]]> In this episode, Karen is joined by Amanda Johnson, a mama of 4 beautiful babies. Despite all odds and one baby even being breeched up until delivery, Amanda had a successful home birth with her twins for her most recent pregnancy. Today we’ll get into all the nitty gritty of Amanda’s experience with hospital versus home births, how her pregnancies varied, and how her most recent pregnancy was a massive surprise up until the very last minute of delivery! After Amanda’s first labor and delivery experience that was less than ideal in the hospital, she knew she didn’t want to experience that again. With her second child, she successfully gave birth at home and knew she would repeat the experience when she fell pregnant the third time… little did she know, this home birth experience would be quite rare and one to remember!

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS:

  • Amanda found out she was having twins at 32 weeks and decided to have a home birth, despite concerns from family and the traditional health system
  • Going into labor at 40 weeks 3 days with an intense but smooth 2-hour labor, delivering both twins vaginally at home
  • Her faith and trust in God's plan helped her through the physical and financial challenges of a twin pregnancy and homebirth
  • A home birth with twins is possible with the right support team

MORE ABOUT AMANDA JOHNSON:

I’m a SAHM to 4 babes ages five and under. We are a military fam currently stationed in Monterey CA! My first birth was an induction and after that whole experience, I knew it could be better. My induction was not traumatic as I truly believe I was on the brink of labor (11 days past my guess date) but the whole process from start to end felt very unnatural. When I got pregnant with my 2nd I knew I was going to have a homebirth, this was October of 2019. Luckily my midwife (Lindsey Meehleis) and I were totally aligned and she shut her office down for maybe a month during Covid. It was crazy, my husband was overseas and I thought I was going to have to deliver without him. I had my 2nd at home at the height of Covid in June 2020 and had a totally different experience than my hospital birth in the best way. When I got pregnant in 2021, I of course opted for home birth again. I didn’t find out until 32 weeks that I was having twins and I truly wasn’t surprised - the pregnancy felt totally different! I carried them to 40w3d and had a beautiful labor and delivery under 2 hours!!!

Follow her on Instagram: @therealamandajohnson

Check out her website: https://www.therealamandajohnson.com/

RESOURCES MENTIONED:

Karen's Pain Free Birth Course: https://painfreebirth.com/pain-free-birth/

]]> Karen Welton Kajabi-2148684964 Tue, 11 Jun 2024 04:00:00 -0400 3175 false #21 | A Functional Approach To Preventing Miscarriage, GBS, Mastitis, Tongue Ties, & Thriving In Your Pregnancy with Dr. CeCe Brooks #21 | A Functional Approach To Preventing Miscarriage, GBS, Mastitis, Tongue Ties, & Thriving In Your Pregnancy with Dr. CeCe Brooks In this episode, Karen is joined by Dr. CeCe Brooks, a highly respected Functional Medicine Family Nurse Practitioner with a Doctorate in Nursing Practice. With preconception, pregnancy, and postpartum, there are so many myths spread or things missed by traditional medicine that will be busted today. Get ready to dive into the world of progesterone well into pregnancy, not relying on antibiotics during birth, and even vaginal steaming as part of postpartum care. Dr. CeCe explains how functional medicine can offer natural and effective health solutions whether you're planning to conceive, currently pregnant, or navigating the postpartum period.

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS:

  • How to use functional medicine principles to prevent preeclampsia and naturally manage GBS so you don't have to erase the healthy bacteria for your baby in the vaginal canal
  • The importance of progesterone during pregnancy (even into the third trimester) and how to maintain its levels
  • Practical advice on nourishing your body to ensure both maternal and fetal health ⏤ Like the controversial yet beneficial practice of consuming beef liver during pregnancy
  • Interesting insight into the growing issue of oral health ties in babies and how it will affect your breastfeeding journey
  • Natural remedies for common postpartum challenges, including navigating mastitis, even if you have the fever & chills

RESOURCES MENTIONED:

Dr. CeCe's eBooks & guides including the 30-page comprehensive guide on must-have pregnancy and postpartum supplements, safe and effective pregnancy and postpartum healing modalities, & labor and postpartum nourishment! See all of Dr. CeCe's resources here: https://thediscoverydoc.com/resources

Postpartum Bliss ⏤ Karen's guide to fall in love with the postpartum period: https://painfreebirth.com/postpartum-bliss/

CONNECT WITH DR. CECE:

The Discovery Doc® was born after struggling with her own medical issues and a misdiagnosis that took years to correct. Now, by using holistic, integrative, and preventative medicine as a foundation, Dr. CeCe teaches parents how to make educated, informed decisions on behalf of their child’s health and wellbeing. By implementing fun + simple life changes, you can greatly reduce everyday toxic loads that parents may not even be aware of.

Website: https://thediscoverydoc.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thediscoverydoc/

]]> In this episode, Karen is joined by Dr. CeCe Brooks, a highly respected Functional Medicine Family Nurse Practitioner with a Doctorate in Nursing Practice. With preconception, pregnancy, and postpartum, there are so many myths spread or things missed by traditional medicine that will be busted today. Get ready to dive into the world of progesterone well into pregnancy, not relying on antibiotics during birth, and even vaginal steaming as part of postpartum care. Dr. CeCe explains how functional medicine can offer natural and effective health solutions whether you're planning to conceive, currently pregnant, or navigating the postpartum period.

EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS:

  • How to use functional medicine principles to prevent preeclampsia and naturally manage GBS so you don't have to erase the healthy bacteria for your baby in the vaginal canal
  • The importance of progesterone during pregnancy (even into the third trimester) and how to maintain its levels
  • Practical advice on nourishing your body to ensure both maternal and fetal health ⏤ Like the controversial yet beneficial practice of consuming beef liver during pregnancy
  • Interesting insight into the growing issue of oral health ties in babies and how it will affect your breastfeeding journey
  • Natural remedies for common postpartum challenges, including navigating mastitis, even if you have the fever & chills

RESOURCES MENTIONED:

Dr. CeCe's eBooks & guides including the 30-page comprehensive guide on must-have pregnancy and postpartum supplements, safe and effective pregnancy and postpartum healing modalities, & labor and postpartum nourishment! See all of Dr. CeCe's resources here: https://thediscoverydoc.com/resources

Postpartum Bliss ⏤ Karen's guide to fall in love with the postpartum period: https://painfreebirth.com/postpartum-bliss/

CONNECT WITH DR. CECE:

The Discovery Doc® was born after struggling with her own medical issues and a misdiagnosis that took years to correct. Now, by using holistic, integrative, and preventative medicine as a foundation, Dr. CeCe teaches parents how to make educated, informed decisions on behalf of their child’s health and wellbeing. By implementing fun + simple life changes, you can greatly reduce everyday toxic loads that parents may not even be aware of.

Website: https://thediscoverydoc.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thediscoverydoc/

]]> Karen Welton Kajabi-2148674171 Tue, 04 Jun 2024 14:02:00 -0400 3542 false #20 | Busting the ‘Big Baby’ Myth: Rylee’s Redemptive Unmedicated VBAC #20 | Busting the ‘Big Baby’ Myth: Rylee’s Redemptive Unmedicated VBAC In this episode…

Rylee Portela, a resilient mom of three boys, shares with Karen how mental fortitude, lots of prayer, trusting in the Lord, and a supportive birth team – including hiring a doula – can make or break your birth experience. From having a cesarean with her first (simply due to a “big baby”), to a medicated VBAC during the challenging times of COVID shutdowns with her second (an even bigger baby!), and finally experiencing a nearly pain-free, physiological birth in the hospital with her third, Rylee’s journey is filled with hope and encouragement for any mom who is worried about vaginally birthing “big babies” or is simply dreaming of a redemptive birth experience like hers. Tune in and let Rylee’s inspiring story uplift your spirit and instill new confidence in your innate ability to birth!

Check out Karen’s famous “Big Baby” IG story highlight here!

Check out Rylee’s Third Birth Story featured on PFB’s IG here.

Connect with Karen: @painfreebirthfacebook.com/painfreebirthyoutube.com/@painfreebirthwithkarenwelton

Sign up for the new highly anticipated Unlocking a Pain Free Birth Masterclass HERE (releasing SOON)!

Thanks for listening! Get 10% off the Pain Free Birth E-Course HERE!

Connect with Rylee on IG and Facebook:@mrs.newtelaRylee Portela

]]> In this episode…

Rylee Portela, a resilient mom of three boys, shares with Karen how mental fortitude, lots of prayer, trusting in the Lord, and a supportive birth team – including hiring a doula – can make or break your birth experience. From having a cesarean with her first (simply due to a “big baby”), to a medicated VBAC during the challenging times of COVID shutdowns with her second (an even bigger baby!), and finally experiencing a nearly pain-free, physiological birth in the hospital with her third, Rylee’s journey is filled with hope and encouragement for any mom who is worried about vaginally birthing “big babies” or is simply dreaming of a redemptive birth experience like hers. Tune in and let Rylee’s inspiring story uplift your spirit and instill new confidence in your innate ability to birth!

Check out Karen’s famous “Big Baby” IG story highlight here!

Check out Rylee’s Third Birth Story featured on PFB’s IG here.

Connect with Karen: @painfreebirthfacebook.com/painfreebirthyoutube.com/@painfreebirthwithkarenwelton

Sign up for the new highly anticipated Unlocking a Pain Free Birth Masterclass HERE (releasing SOON)!

Thanks for listening! Get 10% off the Pain Free Birth E-Course HERE!

Connect with Rylee on IG and Facebook:@mrs.newtelaRylee Portela

]]> Karen Welton Kajabi-2148653736 Tue, 28 May 2024 05:00:00 -0400 2592 false #19 | The Evolution of Birth and Motherhood with Erin Wilkins #19 | The Evolution of Birth and Motherhood with Erin Wilkins In this episode…

Erin Wilkins, mother of five, registered nurse, and online educator who embraces a holistic lifestyle, opens up with Karen about how childbirth has dramatically shaped her views on motherhood and the incomparable power of birth. She talks about the significant lessons learned through each of her birth experiences, emphasizing the importance of mindset, the role of discomfort in personal growth, and the transformative power of surrendering to the process while focusing on the benefits of homebirth and the support of her incredible midwives. Erin’s invaluable insight into how her hardest birth experience was actually her best is truly profound, and her heartfelt advice for new mothers encourages women to actively shape their birth experiences to reflect their innermost values and desires because it directly impacts the journey into motherhood.

Connect with Karen: @painfreebirthfacebook.com/painfreebirthyoutube.com/@painfreebirthwithkarenweltonStay in the loop with Pain Free Birth and become a PFB Insider HERE!Thanks for listening! Get 10% off the Pain Free Birth E-Course HERE!

Connect with Erin:@essentiallyerin__The Essentially Erin Podcastwww.essentiallyerin.com

]]> In this episode…

Erin Wilkins, mother of five, registered nurse, and online educator who embraces a holistic lifestyle, opens up with Karen about how childbirth has dramatically shaped her views on motherhood and the incomparable power of birth. She talks about the significant lessons learned through each of her birth experiences, emphasizing the importance of mindset, the role of discomfort in personal growth, and the transformative power of surrendering to the process while focusing on the benefits of homebirth and the support of her incredible midwives. Erin’s invaluable insight into how her hardest birth experience was actually her best is truly profound, and her heartfelt advice for new mothers encourages women to actively shape their birth experiences to reflect their innermost values and desires because it directly impacts the journey into motherhood.

Connect with Karen: @painfreebirthfacebook.com/painfreebirthyoutube.com/@painfreebirthwithkarenweltonStay in the loop with Pain Free Birth and become a PFB Insider HERE!Thanks for listening! Get 10% off the Pain Free Birth E-Course HERE!

Connect with Erin:@essentiallyerin__The Essentially Erin Podcastwww.essentiallyerin.com

]]> Karen Welton Kajabi-2148625352 Tue, 21 May 2024 05:00:00 -0400 2843 false #18 | The Mind-Body Connection with Ashleigh Di Lello: Pain Isn’t Just Physical! #18 | The Mind-Body Connection with Ashleigh Di Lello: Pain Isn’t Just Physical! In this episode…

Karen delves into an enlightening discussion with Ashleigh Di Lello, founder and creator of Bio Emotional Healing®, to explore the transformative power of the mind-body connection especially as it relates to pregnancy and birth. Ashleigh shares her own remarkable story of overcoming life-threatening health challenges. Despite being told by doctors she wouldn't live past her teenage years, she refused to give up and her discoveries revealed a revolutionary healing approach that has the ability to reshape our responses to emotional trauma and chronic pain, limiting beliefs, and provide profound insights into pain, trauma, and anxiety during childbirth. She went on to become an elite athlete, TV and Broadway star, entrepreneur, Brain Coach, and Keynote Speaker. This conversation aims to empower women with the knowledge and tools to navigate their life and birthing experiences with strength and confidence.

Special Note from Karen: Hey Mama, Is your body carrying birth trauma that you don’t want to bring into your next birth? You’re not alone – 1 in 4 women now report experiencing birth trauma. You can even experience trauma from a seemingly “positive” birth experience. Unpacking all of that can feel overwhelming and helpless. I’ve worked with hundreds of women to identify, feel, forgive, and release their birth trauma, and I’m here for YOU. Don’t waste another day struggling to keep your head above water. I don’t want you to miss out on the joy, bliss, and love that your next birth and postpartum experience can offer YOU! You can THRIVE, mama! Let’s do this.If listening to this episode struck a cord with you, I want to extend a special podcast listener discount [30% off] for my Healing Birth Trauma Masterclass HERE (now offered with lifetime access). Just use the code ‘TRAUMA’ at checkout.With love, Karen

Connect with Karen:@painfreebirthfacebook.com/painfreebirthyoutube.com/@painfreebirthwithkarenwelton

Stay in the loop with Pain Free Birth and become a PFB Insider HERE!

Connect with Ashleigh:@ashleighdilellofacebook.com/ashleighdilelloyoutube.com/ashleighdilelloBio Emotional Healing Podcast with Ashleigh Di Lello

Get Ashleigh’s FREE Brain-Body Blueprint HERE!

Watch Ashleigh’s FREE Brain Training - The 4 Shifts My Clients Use to Break the Negative Though Loop & Master Anxiety & Self Doubt

Schedule a FREE consultation for Ashleigh’s Bio Emotional Healing® Coaching on her website here.

]]> In this episode…

Karen delves into an enlightening discussion with Ashleigh Di Lello, founder and creator of Bio Emotional Healing®, to explore the transformative power of the mind-body connection especially as it relates to pregnancy and birth. Ashleigh shares her own remarkable story of overcoming life-threatening health challenges. Despite being told by doctors she wouldn't live past her teenage years, she refused to give up and her discoveries revealed a revolutionary healing approach that has the ability to reshape our responses to emotional trauma and chronic pain, limiting beliefs, and provide profound insights into pain, trauma, and anxiety during childbirth. She went on to become an elite athlete, TV and Broadway star, entrepreneur, Brain Coach, and Keynote Speaker. This conversation aims to empower women with the knowledge and tools to navigate their life and birthing experiences with strength and confidence.

Special Note from Karen: Hey Mama, Is your body carrying birth trauma that you don’t want to bring into your next birth? You’re not alone – 1 in 4 women now report experiencing birth trauma. You can even experience trauma from a seemingly “positive” birth experience. Unpacking all of that can feel overwhelming and helpless. I’ve worked with hundreds of women to identify, feel, forgive, and release their birth trauma, and I’m here for YOU. Don’t waste another day struggling to keep your head above water. I don’t want you to miss out on the joy, bliss, and love that your next birth and postpartum experience can offer YOU! You can THRIVE, mama! Let’s do this.If listening to this episode struck a cord with you, I want to extend a special podcast listener discount [30% off] for my Healing Birth Trauma Masterclass HERE (now offered with lifetime access). Just use the code ‘TRAUMA’ at checkout.With love, Karen

Connect with Karen:@painfreebirthfacebook.com/painfreebirthyoutube.com/@painfreebirthwithkarenwelton

Stay in the loop with Pain Free Birth and become a PFB Insider HERE!

Connect with Ashleigh:@ashleighdilellofacebook.com/ashleighdilelloyoutube.com/ashleighdilelloBio Emotional Healing Podcast with Ashleigh Di Lello

Get Ashleigh’s FREE Brain-Body Blueprint HERE!

Watch Ashleigh’s FREE Brain Training - The 4 Shifts My Clients Use to Break the Negative Though Loop & Master Anxiety & Self Doubt

Schedule a FREE consultation for Ashleigh’s Bio Emotional Healing® Coaching on her website here.

]]> Karen Welton Kajabi-2148607134 Tue, 14 May 2024 05:00:00 -0400 4430 false #17 | From Maiden to Mother: A Special Mother’s Day Message from Karen #17 | From Maiden to Mother: A Special Mother’s Day Message from Karen In this special solo episode…

Karen explores the transformational process of becoming a mother and the sacred journey from maiden to mother. She discusses the spiritual aspects of childbirth, the challenges and rewards of motherhood, and the importance of surrendering to this rite of passage, aiming to validate and celebrate all mothers while acknowledging both the joyous and trying aspects of motherhood. She delves into the societal pressures and self-doubt many mothers face, advocating for a culture that honors the feminine energy of childbirth and motherhood. This Mother’s Day, Karen encourages mothers to surrender to the changes, embrace their new identity, and find beauty in the journey of motherhood.

Connect with Karen: @painfreebirth

facebook.com/painfreebirth

youtube.com/@painfreebirthwithkarenwelton

Stay in the loop with Pain Free Birth and become a PFB Insider HERE!

Thanks for listening! Get 10% off the Pain Free Birth E-Course HERE!

]]> In this special solo episode…

Karen explores the transformational process of becoming a mother and the sacred journey from maiden to mother. She discusses the spiritual aspects of childbirth, the challenges and rewards of motherhood, and the importance of surrendering to this rite of passage, aiming to validate and celebrate all mothers while acknowledging both the joyous and trying aspects of motherhood. She delves into the societal pressures and self-doubt many mothers face, advocating for a culture that honors the feminine energy of childbirth and motherhood. This Mother’s Day, Karen encourages mothers to surrender to the changes, embrace their new identity, and find beauty in the journey of motherhood.

Connect with Karen: @painfreebirth

facebook.com/painfreebirth

youtube.com/@painfreebirthwithkarenwelton

Stay in the loop with Pain Free Birth and become a PFB Insider HERE!

Thanks for listening! Get 10% off the Pain Free Birth E-Course HERE!

]]> Karen Welton Kajabi-2148613509 Tue, 07 May 2024 05:00:00 -0400 2134 false #16 | Calm in the Midst of the Storm: Rachel’s Miraculous Preterm Birth at 26 Weeks #16 | Calm in the Midst of the Storm: Rachel’s Miraculous Preterm Birth at 26 Weeks In this episode…

Karen interviews Rachel Jones about her miraculous birth story that defied expectations. Rachel recounts the premature birth of her daughter, Abby, at 26 weeks and how prayer and community support played pivotal roles throughout her journey. She shares the personal growth and deep reliance on the Lord she and her family experienced, detailing how, against all odds and doctors' predictions, her baby thrived from the moment she was born. Rachel’s story encapsulates trials and triumphs of faith, prayer, and the power of maternal intuition, offering hope and inspiration to other families facing similar situations and emphasizing the power of advocacy by parents in the NICU and the profound impact it had on her understanding of motherhood.

Connect with Karen:@painfreebirthfacebook.com/painfreebirthyoutube.com/@painfreebirthwithkarenweltonStay in the loop with Pain Free Birth and become a PFB Insider HERE!Thanks for listening! Get 10% off the Pain Free Birth E-Course HERE!

Connect with Rachel on Instagram @jones_tribe

]]> In this episode…

Karen interviews Rachel Jones about her miraculous birth story that defied expectations. Rachel recounts the premature birth of her daughter, Abby, at 26 weeks and how prayer and community support played pivotal roles throughout her journey. She shares the personal growth and deep reliance on the Lord she and her family experienced, detailing how, against all odds and doctors' predictions, her baby thrived from the moment she was born. Rachel’s story encapsulates trials and triumphs of faith, prayer, and the power of maternal intuition, offering hope and inspiration to other families facing similar situations and emphasizing the power of advocacy by parents in the NICU and the profound impact it had on her understanding of motherhood.

Connect with Karen:@painfreebirthfacebook.com/painfreebirthyoutube.com/@painfreebirthwithkarenweltonStay in the loop with Pain Free Birth and become a PFB Insider HERE!Thanks for listening! Get 10% off the Pain Free Birth E-Course HERE!

Connect with Rachel on Instagram @jones_tribe

]]> Karen Welton Kajabi-2148587538 Tue, 30 Apr 2024 05:00:00 -0400 3902 false #15 | Breech isn’t a Problem! Jessica’s FIVE Natural Breech Births #15 | Breech isn’t a Problem! Jessica’s FIVE Natural Breech Births In this episode…

Mom of 6, author, and NREMT, Jessica Gray, chats with Karen about her FIVE vaginal breech births. This unique experience ultimately led to her founding the #breechnation movement - a community of encouragement and education dedicated to informing the world that breech birth isn’t a problem! She is co-author of the upcoming 2024 book, The Breech Book, which will be a complete guide to having a safe and successful breech birth and will include an incredible compilation of breech birth stories!

Connect with Karen: @painfreebirthfacebook.com/painfreebirthyoutube.com/@painfreebirthwithkarenweltonStay in the loop with Pain Free Birth and become a PFB Insider HERE!

Did you know Karen has a module inside the Pain Free Birth E-Course dedicated to Breech & Twins?! She discusses all things breech birth with Dr. Stuart Fischbein in this amazing bonus content. Get 10% off the PFB E-Course with this exclusive link for podcast listeners only >>HERE<

Connect with Jessica:@breechbirthSign up to be first to know about the highly anticipated 2024 release of The Breech Book HERE (and/or share your own breech birth story!).

]]> In this episode…

Mom of 6, author, and NREMT, Jessica Gray, chats with Karen about her FIVE vaginal breech births. This unique experience ultimately led to her founding the #breechnation movement - a community of encouragement and education dedicated to informing the world that breech birth isn’t a problem! She is co-author of the upcoming 2024 book, The Breech Book, which will be a complete guide to having a safe and successful breech birth and will include an incredible compilation of breech birth stories!

Connect with Karen: @painfreebirthfacebook.com/painfreebirthyoutube.com/@painfreebirthwithkarenweltonStay in the loop with Pain Free Birth and become a PFB Insider HERE!

Did you know Karen has a module inside the Pain Free Birth E-Course dedicated to Breech & Twins?! She discusses all things breech birth with Dr. Stuart Fischbein in this amazing bonus content. Get 10% off the PFB E-Course with this exclusive link for podcast listeners only >>HERE<

Connect with Jessica:@breechbirthSign up to be first to know about the highly anticipated 2024 release of The Breech Book HERE (and/or share your own breech birth story!).

]]> Karen Welton Kajabi-2148584035 Tue, 23 Apr 2024 05:00:00 -0400 3307 false #14 | Rebirth from Freebirth: Dr. Sarah’s Empowering Journey to Birthing HER Way #14 | Rebirth from Freebirth: Dr. Sarah’s Empowering Journey to Birthing HER Way In this episode…

Birth Educator, Mother, and Chiropractor, Dr. Sarah Leahy shares with Karen how her confidence in her body’s ability to birth was shaken after her first pregnancy ended in miscarriage, which led to her first birth resigning to the pressures of medical intervention and ending in an unwanted traumatic c-section.

She went on to have a life-changing freebirth (unassisted) completely on her own terms with her second, and then an empowered home birth with midwives for her third.

Dr. Sarah’s radically unique birthing experiences set her on a passionate path to advocate for informed choice and educate women everywhere that it’s the medical system that’s broken, not them!

Connect with Karen:@painfreebirthfacebook.com/painfreebirthyoutube.com/@painfreebirthwithkarenweltonStay in the loop with Pain Free Birth and become a PFB Insider HERE!Thanks for listening! Get 10% off the Pain Free Birth E-Course HERE!

Connect with Dr. Sarah:@birthuprisingbirthuprising.comBirth Uprising Podcast

Grab her free birth plan checklist HERE!The workbook she mentions at the end of the podcast is the Midwife or OBGYN eBook and is available NOW!

]]> In this episode…

Birth Educator, Mother, and Chiropractor, Dr. Sarah Leahy shares with Karen how her confidence in her body’s ability to birth was shaken after her first pregnancy ended in miscarriage, which led to her first birth resigning to the pressures of medical intervention and ending in an unwanted traumatic c-section.

She went on to have a life-changing freebirth (unassisted) completely on her own terms with her second, and then an empowered home birth with midwives for her third.

Dr. Sarah’s radically unique birthing experiences set her on a passionate path to advocate for informed choice and educate women everywhere that it’s the medical system that’s broken, not them!

Connect with Karen:@painfreebirthfacebook.com/painfreebirthyoutube.com/@painfreebirthwithkarenweltonStay in the loop with Pain Free Birth and become a PFB Insider HERE!Thanks for listening! Get 10% off the Pain Free Birth E-Course HERE!

Connect with Dr. Sarah:@birthuprisingbirthuprising.comBirth Uprising Podcast

Grab her free birth plan checklist HERE!The workbook she mentions at the end of the podcast is the Midwife or OBGYN eBook and is available NOW!

]]> Karen Welton Kajabi-2148579526 Tue, 16 Apr 2024 05:00:00 -0400 3372 false #13 | Beyond the Birth Story: How Birth Redefines Our POWER as Women with The Millionaire Mother, Cait Scudder #13 | Beyond the Birth Story: How Birth Redefines Our POWER as Women with The Millionaire Mother, Cait Scudder In this episode…

Boss Mama, Business Coach, and Founder of The Millionaire Mother, Cait Scudder, is back with Karen once again to share how her redemptive, life-changing second birth empowered her to be reborn as the mother she was always meant to be. We were created to shine and be seen. Once you allow yourself to step into your power as a woman and a mother, you can use your unique gifts to create your own success.

Connect with Karen:@painfreebirthfacebook.com/painfreebirthyoutube.com/@painfreebirthwithkarenweltonThanks for listening! Get 10% off the Pain Free Birth E-Course HERE!

Connect with Cait: @themillionairemotherThe Millionaire Mother Podcast

]]> In this episode…

Boss Mama, Business Coach, and Founder of The Millionaire Mother, Cait Scudder, is back with Karen once again to share how her redemptive, life-changing second birth empowered her to be reborn as the mother she was always meant to be. We were created to shine and be seen. Once you allow yourself to step into your power as a woman and a mother, you can use your unique gifts to create your own success.

Connect with Karen:@painfreebirthfacebook.com/painfreebirthyoutube.com/@painfreebirthwithkarenweltonThanks for listening! Get 10% off the Pain Free Birth E-Course HERE!

Connect with Cait: @themillionairemotherThe Millionaire Mother Podcast

]]> Karen Welton Kajabi-2148492035 Tue, 09 Apr 2024 05:00:00 -0400 2383 false #12 | Beautiful One Midwifery Answers: What Makes Homebirth Safe? #12 | Beautiful One Midwifery Answers: What Makes Homebirth Safe? In this episode…

Karen meets with licensed midwives Kelly and Tiffany of Beautiful One Midwifery to discuss all things homebirth and what midwifery care should truly look like.

As holistic health advocates and fierce lovers of the family and all things home, this passionate duo focuses their practice on alternative care that puts control back into the hands of the women they serve, providing integrative knowledge, natural resources, and sisterly inspiration for women to own their birth journeys. They love coming alongside busy moms who are looking for a more personalized approach to holistic pregnancy, birth, and postpartum.

We dive into some FAQs we've been aching to answer for you, such as:

  • For whom is home birth actually safe?
  • What about insurance options? Isn't home birth expensive?
  • What conditions are preventable and what will risk me out of care?
  • What constitutes a “variation of normal” vs. a true complication or emergency?

…and LOTS more!

Connect with Karen:@painfreebirthfacebook.com/painfreebirthyoutube.com/@painfreebirthwithkarenwelton

Not sure where to start on how to find a provider that's right for you? Check out PFB’s latest FREEBIE: Questions To Ask Your Birth Provider!

Thanks for listening! Get 10% off the Pain Free Birth E-Course HERE!

Connect with Beautiful One Midwifery:

@beautifulonemidwifery

beautifulonemidwiferysandiego.com

Check out their podcast “At Home with Kelly + Tiffany” HERE!Check out their Community Membership, designed to bring the midwifery model of care to every stage of womanhood!

]]> In this episode…

Karen meets with licensed midwives Kelly and Tiffany of Beautiful One Midwifery to discuss all things homebirth and what midwifery care should truly look like.

As holistic health advocates and fierce lovers of the family and all things home, this passionate duo focuses their practice on alternative care that puts control back into the hands of the women they serve, providing integrative knowledge, natural resources, and sisterly inspiration for women to own their birth journeys. They love coming alongside busy moms who are looking for a more personalized approach to holistic pregnancy, birth, and postpartum.

We dive into some FAQs we've been aching to answer for you, such as:

  • For whom is home birth actually safe?
  • What about insurance options? Isn't home birth expensive?
  • What conditions are preventable and what will risk me out of care?
  • What constitutes a “variation of normal” vs. a true complication or emergency?

…and LOTS more!

Connect with Karen:@painfreebirthfacebook.com/painfreebirthyoutube.com/@painfreebirthwithkarenwelton

Not sure where to start on how to find a provider that's right for you? Check out PFB’s latest FREEBIE: Questions To Ask Your Birth Provider!

Thanks for listening! Get 10% off the Pain Free Birth E-Course HERE!

Connect with Beautiful One Midwifery:

@beautifulonemidwifery

beautifulonemidwiferysandiego.com

Check out their podcast “At Home with Kelly + Tiffany” HERE!Check out their Community Membership, designed to bring the midwifery model of care to every stage of womanhood!

]]> Karen Welton Kajabi-2148575185 Tue, 02 Apr 2024 05:00:00 -0400 4393 false #11 | SURPRISE…2 Babies! Elizabeth’s Peaceful Breech Twin Home Birth #11 | SURPRISE…2 Babies! Elizabeth’s Peaceful Breech Twin Home Birth In this episode…

Hospital pediatric RN turned full-time homeschooling SAHM, Elizabeth Parsons, shares with Karen how she ended up giving birth to twins (both breech!) at home after having had 3 previous unmedicated hospital births.

She recalls how the Lord intervened throughout her pregnancy to keep the second baby “hidden” in order to protect her and her family from fear and worry (especially during the unprecedented times brought by the pandemic).

In turn, her birth experience was a true testimony marked by peace and the revelation that when left alone with our God-given intuition and miraculous intentional design, women are more than capable of not only unmedicated physiological singular birth but double breech twin birth!

Connect with Karen:@painfreebirthfacebook.com/painfreebirthyoutube.com/@painfreebirthwithkarenwelton

Stay in the loop with Pain Free Birth and become a PFB Insider HERE!

Thanks for listening! Get 10% off the Pain Free Birth E-Course HERE!

Connect with Elizabeth:@purelyparsonswww.purelyparsons.comGet Purely Parsons 100% Organic Elderberry Kit HERE!

]]> In this episode…

Hospital pediatric RN turned full-time homeschooling SAHM, Elizabeth Parsons, shares with Karen how she ended up giving birth to twins (both breech!) at home after having had 3 previous unmedicated hospital births.

She recalls how the Lord intervened throughout her pregnancy to keep the second baby “hidden” in order to protect her and her family from fear and worry (especially during the unprecedented times brought by the pandemic).

In turn, her birth experience was a true testimony marked by peace and the revelation that when left alone with our God-given intuition and miraculous intentional design, women are more than capable of not only unmedicated physiological singular birth but double breech twin birth!

Connect with Karen:@painfreebirthfacebook.com/painfreebirthyoutube.com/@painfreebirthwithkarenwelton

Stay in the loop with Pain Free Birth and become a PFB Insider HERE!

Thanks for listening! Get 10% off the Pain Free Birth E-Course HERE!

Connect with Elizabeth:@purelyparsonswww.purelyparsons.comGet Purely Parsons 100% Organic Elderberry Kit HERE!

]]> Karen Welton Kajabi-2148570729 Tue, 26 Mar 2024 05:00:00 -0400 2681 false #10 | Treasure Hunting, FER, Home Birth, & Lightbulb Moments with Nicole Neesby #10 | Treasure Hunting, FER, Home Birth, & Lightbulb Moments with Nicole Neesby In this episode…

Holistic-minded, homesteading mama, Nicole Neesby, dares to normalize home birth with Karen as she shares about each of her beautifully unique birth experiences. Despite the trauma she went through in her first birth, she still never questioned her desire to birth at home, where she always felt safest. Her following redemptive births are so encouraging, and reveal the profound depth of God’s grace.

Connect with Karen:@painfreebirthfacebook.com/painfreebirthyoutube.com/@painfreebirthwithkarenwelton

Stay in the loop with Pain Free Birth and become a PFB Insider HERE!

Thanks for listening! Get 10% off the Pain Free Birth E-Course HERE!

Connect with Nicole:

@nicoleneesbynicoleneesbyblog.com

]]> In this episode…

Holistic-minded, homesteading mama, Nicole Neesby, dares to normalize home birth with Karen as she shares about each of her beautifully unique birth experiences. Despite the trauma she went through in her first birth, she still never questioned her desire to birth at home, where she always felt safest. Her following redemptive births are so encouraging, and reveal the profound depth of God’s grace.

Connect with Karen:@painfreebirthfacebook.com/painfreebirthyoutube.com/@painfreebirthwithkarenwelton

Stay in the loop with Pain Free Birth and become a PFB Insider HERE!

Thanks for listening! Get 10% off the Pain Free Birth E-Course HERE!

Connect with Nicole:

@nicoleneesbynicoleneesbyblog.com

]]> Karen Welton Kajabi-2148566387 Tue, 19 Mar 2024 05:00:00 -0400 3217 false #9 | The Medical Model vs. The Midwifery Model: Expert Interview with Dr. Stuart Fischbein #9 | The Medical Model vs. The Midwifery Model: Expert Interview with Dr. Stuart Fischbein In this episode…

Karen sits down with renowned Home Birth Obstetrician, Dr. Stuart Fischbein, to discuss the serious flaws in the medical model of care today. With over 40 years of professional experience, mainly specializing in vaginal breech and twin birth, he now travels the world educating birth workers and advocating for the midwifery model of care - a true pioneer in the birthing world.

Dr. Stu gets straight to the point addressing some of the most hot button questions you want answers to, such as:

What does “high risk” actually mean?

Is home birth safe?

When is induction really necessary?

What about preeclampsia?

Connect with Karen:@painfreebirthfacebook.com/painfreebirthyoutube.com/@painfreebirthwithkarenwelton

Get the latest PFB Freebie: Questions To Ask Your Birth Provider HERE!

Stay in the loop with Pain Free Birth and become a PFB Insider HERE!

Thanks for listening! Get 10% off the Pain Free Birth E-Course HERE!

Connect with Dr. Stu:@birthinginstinctsbirthinginstincts.com

]]> In this episode…

Karen sits down with renowned Home Birth Obstetrician, Dr. Stuart Fischbein, to discuss the serious flaws in the medical model of care today. With over 40 years of professional experience, mainly specializing in vaginal breech and twin birth, he now travels the world educating birth workers and advocating for the midwifery model of care - a true pioneer in the birthing world.

Dr. Stu gets straight to the point addressing some of the most hot button questions you want answers to, such as:

What does “high risk” actually mean?

Is home birth safe?

When is induction really necessary?

What about preeclampsia?

Connect with Karen:@painfreebirthfacebook.com/painfreebirthyoutube.com/@painfreebirthwithkarenwelton

Get the latest PFB Freebie: Questions To Ask Your Birth Provider HERE!

Stay in the loop with Pain Free Birth and become a PFB Insider HERE!

Thanks for listening! Get 10% off the Pain Free Birth E-Course HERE!

Connect with Dr. Stu:@birthinginstinctsbirthinginstincts.com

]]> Karen Welton Kajabi-2148563781 Tue, 12 Mar 2024 05:00:00 -0400 5176 false #8 | Embracing the Transformation of Birth with The Millionaire Mother, Cait Scudder #8 | Embracing the Transformation of Birth with The Millionaire Mother, Cait Scudder In this episode…

Boss Mama, Business Coach, and Founder of The Millionaire Mother, Cait Scudder, joins Karen to share her healing, redemptive birth story of her second child. Processing the trauma of her first birth as she worked her way through the Pain Free Birth course she discovered that she truly could have a different experience. Connect with Karen:@painfreebirthfacebook.com/painfreebirthyoutube.com/@painfreebirthwithkarenweltonStay in the loop with Pain Free Birth and become a PFB Insider HERE!Thanks for listening! Get 10% off the Pain Free Birth E-Course HERE!Connect with Cait:@themillionairemotherthemillionairemother.comGet Cait’s Birth and Postpartum Resource Guide (including her labor playlist) HERE!

]]> In this episode…

Boss Mama, Business Coach, and Founder of The Millionaire Mother, Cait Scudder, joins Karen to share her healing, redemptive birth story of her second child. Processing the trauma of her first birth as she worked her way through the Pain Free Birth course she discovered that she truly could have a different experience. Connect with Karen:@painfreebirthfacebook.com/painfreebirthyoutube.com/@painfreebirthwithkarenweltonStay in the loop with Pain Free Birth and become a PFB Insider HERE!Thanks for listening! Get 10% off the Pain Free Birth E-Course HERE!Connect with Cait:@themillionairemotherthemillionairemother.comGet Cait’s Birth and Postpartum Resource Guide (including her labor playlist) HERE!

]]> Karen Welton Kajabi-2148560942 Tue, 05 Mar 2024 05:00:00 -0500 3498 false #7 | Sacred Boundaries: Ali’s Healing Journey to Home Birth #7 | Sacred Boundaries: Ali’s Healing Journey to Home Birth In this episode…

Mama, Breathwork Facilitator, and Spiritual Coach, Alison Levine, joins Karen to share how radically different each of her 3 birth experiences were. Her journey from traumatic c-section in the hospital to a beautiful and peaceful home birth will inspire and empower you. It is truly amazing how confronting and releasing your worst fears about birth can absolutely set you FREE to enjoy the birth of your dreams!Connect with Karen:@painfreebirthfacebook.com/painfreebirthyoutube.com/@painfreebirthwithkarenweltonStay in the loop with Pain Free Birth and become a PFB Insider HERE!Thanks for listening! Get 10% off the Pain Free Birth E-Course HERE!Connect with Alison: @alilevinedesignalilevine.com

]]> In this episode…

Mama, Breathwork Facilitator, and Spiritual Coach, Alison Levine, joins Karen to share how radically different each of her 3 birth experiences were. Her journey from traumatic c-section in the hospital to a beautiful and peaceful home birth will inspire and empower you. It is truly amazing how confronting and releasing your worst fears about birth can absolutely set you FREE to enjoy the birth of your dreams!Connect with Karen:@painfreebirthfacebook.com/painfreebirthyoutube.com/@painfreebirthwithkarenweltonStay in the loop with Pain Free Birth and become a PFB Insider HERE!Thanks for listening! Get 10% off the Pain Free Birth E-Course HERE!Connect with Alison: @alilevinedesignalilevine.com

]]> Karen Welton Kajabi-2148533626 Tue, 27 Feb 2024 05:00:00 -0500 3675 false #6 | Consider That It’s POSSIBLE… with Leslie Burris #6 | Consider That It’s POSSIBLE… with Leslie Burris In this episode…

Christian Homemaker, Mama of 7, and Cognitive Behavioral Coach, Leslie Burris shares how the Pain Free Birth E-Course transformed her last 2 birth experiences from “beautiful, yet terrible” to being full of peace, love, and yes, even FUN! As she learned to embrace and trust her body in birth, rather than brace against it with every surge in fear, she unlocked her ability to experience truly pain-free birth.Connect with Karen:@painfreebirthfacebook.com/painfreebirthyoutube.com/@painfreebirthwithkarenweltonStay in the loop with Pain Free Birth and become a PFB Insider HERE!Thanks for listening! Get 10% off the Pain Free Birth E-Course HERE!Connect with Leslie:@leslie__burrisleslieburris.com

]]> In this episode…

Christian Homemaker, Mama of 7, and Cognitive Behavioral Coach, Leslie Burris shares how the Pain Free Birth E-Course transformed her last 2 birth experiences from “beautiful, yet terrible” to being full of peace, love, and yes, even FUN! As she learned to embrace and trust her body in birth, rather than brace against it with every surge in fear, she unlocked her ability to experience truly pain-free birth.Connect with Karen:@painfreebirthfacebook.com/painfreebirthyoutube.com/@painfreebirthwithkarenweltonStay in the loop with Pain Free Birth and become a PFB Insider HERE!Thanks for listening! Get 10% off the Pain Free Birth E-Course HERE!Connect with Leslie:@leslie__burrisleslieburris.com

]]> Karen Welton Kajabi-2148533760 Tue, 20 Feb 2024 05:00:00 -0500 3580 false #5 | Blind Trust: Challenging Today’s Birth Culture with Birthkeeper Kemi Johnson #5 | Blind Trust: Challenging Today’s Birth Culture with Birthkeeper Kemi Johnson In this episode…

Birthkeeper and former Independent Midwife in the UK, Kemi Johnson, joins Karen to shed light on current midwifery care, hospital, labor, and birth stats and practices in the US vs. UK. Some of the alarming and disturbing things still taking place among birthing women on a daily basis is exactly why a culture shift is so desperately needed. Kemi shares her wisdom on how you can best prepare for a natural physiological birth no matter where you’re planning to have it. Connect with Karen:@painfreebirthfacebook.com/painfreebirthyoutube.com/@painfreebirthwithkarenweltonStay in the loop with Pain Free Birth and become a PFB Insider HERE!Thanks for listening! Get 10% off the Pain Free Birth E-Course HERE!Connect with Kemi:@kemibirthjoyjohnsonkemibirthjoyjohnson.com

]]> In this episode…

Birthkeeper and former Independent Midwife in the UK, Kemi Johnson, joins Karen to shed light on current midwifery care, hospital, labor, and birth stats and practices in the US vs. UK. Some of the alarming and disturbing things still taking place among birthing women on a daily basis is exactly why a culture shift is so desperately needed. Kemi shares her wisdom on how you can best prepare for a natural physiological birth no matter where you’re planning to have it. Connect with Karen:@painfreebirthfacebook.com/painfreebirthyoutube.com/@painfreebirthwithkarenweltonStay in the loop with Pain Free Birth and become a PFB Insider HERE!Thanks for listening! Get 10% off the Pain Free Birth E-Course HERE!Connect with Kemi:@kemibirthjoyjohnsonkemibirthjoyjohnson.com

]]> Karen Welton Kajabi-2148491837 Tue, 13 Feb 2024 05:00:00 -0500 4517 false #4 | A Holistic Approach to Preparing for Pregnancy with The PCOS Doc, Dr. Natalie Underberg #4 | A Holistic Approach to Preparing for Pregnancy with The PCOS Doc, Dr. Natalie Underberg In this episode…

Functional Medicine Practitioner and creator of Pregnancy Prep Academy, Dr. Natalie Underberg (a.k.a. The PCOS Doc on Instagram) joins Karen to discuss how to prepare for pregnancy on a holistic level - physically, emotionally, AND spiritually. Connect with Karen:@painfreebirthfacebook.com/painfreebirthyoutube.com/@painfreebirthwithkarenweltonStay in the loop with Pain Free Birth and become a PFB Insider HERE!Thanks for listening! Get 10% off the Pain Free Birth E-Course HERE!Use code PAINFREEBIRTH100 to get $100 off Pregnancy Prep Academy HERE!Connect with Dr. Natalie: @the.pcos.docpcosdoc.com

]]> In this episode…

Functional Medicine Practitioner and creator of Pregnancy Prep Academy, Dr. Natalie Underberg (a.k.a. The PCOS Doc on Instagram) joins Karen to discuss how to prepare for pregnancy on a holistic level - physically, emotionally, AND spiritually. Connect with Karen:@painfreebirthfacebook.com/painfreebirthyoutube.com/@painfreebirthwithkarenweltonStay in the loop with Pain Free Birth and become a PFB Insider HERE!Thanks for listening! Get 10% off the Pain Free Birth E-Course HERE!Use code PAINFREEBIRTH100 to get $100 off Pregnancy Prep Academy HERE!Connect with Dr. Natalie: @the.pcos.docpcosdoc.com

]]> Karen Welton Kajabi-2148491770 Tue, 06 Feb 2024 05:00:00 -0500 2405 false #3 | Praying for the Impossible: Alla’s Fast Twin Home Birth #3 | Praying for the Impossible: Alla’s Fast Twin Home Birth In this episode...

A mother shares her miraculous twin home birth story - giving birth precipitously to healthy babies at 38 weeks pregnant in her bathtub and overcoming fear so she could have a supernatural birth experience through prayer and trust in God.Connect with Karen:@painfreebirthfacebook.com/painfreebirthyoutube.com/@painfreebirthwithkarenweltonStay in the loop with Pain Free Birth and become a PFB Insider HERE!Thanks for listening! Get 10% off the Pain Free Birth E-Course HERE!Connect with Alla on Instagram @allachkins

]]> In this episode...

A mother shares her miraculous twin home birth story - giving birth precipitously to healthy babies at 38 weeks pregnant in her bathtub and overcoming fear so she could have a supernatural birth experience through prayer and trust in God.Connect with Karen:@painfreebirthfacebook.com/painfreebirthyoutube.com/@painfreebirthwithkarenweltonStay in the loop with Pain Free Birth and become a PFB Insider HERE!Thanks for listening! Get 10% off the Pain Free Birth E-Course HERE!Connect with Alla on Instagram @allachkins

]]> Karen Welton Kajabi-2148296176 Tue, 30 Jan 2024 09:00:00 -0500 3451 false #2 | My Birth Story: How I Discovered Pain Free Birth #2 | My Birth Story: How I Discovered Pain Free Birth In this episode...

Karen shares her revelatory first birth story, where she learned to embrace the intensity of contractions, relax into them, and experience her labor as pain-free after getting a word from God to relax rather than brace against the surges.Connect with Karen:@painfreebirthfacebook.com/painfreebirthyoutube.com/@painfreebirthwithkarenweltonStay in the loop with Pain Free Birth and become a PFB Insider HERE!Thanks for listening! Get 10% off the Pain Free Birth E-Course HERE!

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Karen shares her revelatory first birth story, where she learned to embrace the intensity of contractions, relax into them, and experience her labor as pain-free after getting a word from God to relax rather than brace against the surges.Connect with Karen:@painfreebirthfacebook.com/painfreebirthyoutube.com/@painfreebirthwithkarenweltonStay in the loop with Pain Free Birth and become a PFB Insider HERE!Thanks for listening! Get 10% off the Pain Free Birth E-Course HERE!

]]> Karen Welton Kajabi-2148295867 Tue, 30 Jan 2024 07:00:00 -0500 2138 false #1 | Reclaiming Your Power In Birth #1 | Reclaiming Your Power In Birth In the debut episode of the Pain Free Birth Podcast, host and certified doula, Karen Welton, shares her passion for understanding the spiritual dimensions of childbirth. She recounts her own unmedicated birth story and how it made her feel empowered and fearless. Karen explains how birth is a physiological process that a woman's body intuitively knows how to do - if the mother can get out of her thinking mind. Karen is here to spread the message that women can reclaim their power in birth! The podcast will feature diverse birth stories as well as experts offering wisdom about the intersections of spirituality and physiology in birth. Connect with Karen on Instagram @painfreebirthStay in the loop with Pain Free Birth and become a PFB Insider HERE!Thanks for listening! Get 10% off the Pain Free Birth E-Course HERE!

]]> In the debut episode of the Pain Free Birth Podcast, host and certified doula, Karen Welton, shares her passion for understanding the spiritual dimensions of childbirth. She recounts her own unmedicated birth story and how it made her feel empowered and fearless. Karen explains how birth is a physiological process that a woman's body intuitively knows how to do - if the mother can get out of her thinking mind. Karen is here to spread the message that women can reclaim their power in birth! The podcast will feature diverse birth stories as well as experts offering wisdom about the intersections of spirituality and physiology in birth. Connect with Karen on Instagram @painfreebirthStay in the loop with Pain Free Birth and become a PFB Insider HERE!Thanks for listening! Get 10% off the Pain Free Birth E-Course HERE!

]]> Karen Welton Kajabi-2148296178 Tue, 30 Jan 2024 05:00:00 -0500 1075 false Welcome to The Pain Free Birth Podcast Welcome to The Pain Free Birth Podcast Welcome to the Pain Free Birth Podcast! I'm Karen, a certified doula, childbirth educator, and coach who teaches women all around the world how to give birth without pain and fear through my online courses and content.

This show endeavors to challenge everything you thought you knew about birth and empower you to discover MORE with every episode!

Connect with me:@painfreebirthfacebook.com/painfreebirthyoutube.com/@painfreebirthwithkarenwelton

Learn more about the Pain Free Birth E-Courses HERE!

Stay in the loop with Pain Free Birth and become a PFB Insider HERE!

]]> Welcome to the Pain Free Birth Podcast! I'm Karen, a certified doula, childbirth educator, and coach who teaches women all around the world how to give birth without pain and fear through my online courses and content.

This show endeavors to challenge everything you thought you knew about birth and empower you to discover MORE with every episode!

Connect with me:@painfreebirthfacebook.com/painfreebirthyoutube.com/@painfreebirthwithkarenwelton

Learn more about the Pain Free Birth E-Courses HERE!

Stay in the loop with Pain Free Birth and become a PFB Insider HERE!

]]> Karen Welton Kajabi-2148284917 Tue, 30 Jan 2024 03:00:00 -0500 382 false