Vince and Christina are an incredible example of a healthy marriage and an amazing union and teamwork during pregnancy, birth, and postpartum.

Together these two Embrace Birth Journey grads and longtime podcast listeners tell their two Spirit-led home birth stories and then issue a [much-needed, fresh] invitation to the fathers among us.

Mentioned in this episode:

• Happy Homebirth Podcast episode where they first encountered Brooke
• The Business of Being Born documentary
• The Birth Partner by Penny Simkin
• Embrace Birth Journey (the course they took before their first birth)
• Calvary Chapel
• I'm So Blessed song
• Mother Blessings
• The First Week After Birth (workshop on postpartum)
• Prioritizing Postpartum on Holy Wild Birth
• Children's home birth book list (on Sister Birth's IG)
• Kangaroo care (the work of Nils Bergman)
• On The Rock Fatherhood (launching October 2024)

Birth Story Disclaimer

The choices, beliefs and opinions of the mamas sharing their stories are as individual as the storyteller herself and do not necessarily reflect the beliefs or recommended choices of Lauren and/or Brooke.

SHOW NOTES “FOOTER”

• Email us to say hi: holywildbirth@gmail.com

• Put in a request for future topics and/or submit a question for future Q&A episodes: Fill out the form

• Apply to tell your birth story on the podcast: sisterbirth.com/podcast-guest

• Join Natural Christian Home Birth (Assisted and Unassisted) - a FB community

From Lauren:

• Instagram

• Midwifery consults: Email lauren.rootedineden@gmail.com

From Brooke:

• Instagram

• Trust God, Trust Birth Workshop - a 5-part high-level roadmap to a confident home birth (pay what you can)

• Faith-Filled Home Birth Workshop - a free, 3-part video series delivered to your inbox

Ok, so maybe you wouldn't expect to hear a conversation on Holy Wild Birth about the educational choices we've made for our kids. It doesn't seem immediately relevant, we know.

But it is. Because we got requests for this, we're going to passionately get on our soapboxes about the beauty of the unschooling lifestyle and it's benefits for children.

And then we're going to bring it home by tying it in with autonomous, undisturbed childbirth AND the pathways we take to becoming birth workers, too.

As promised, here are some of our favorite resources of learning more about the unschooling life.

To learn more about Hearthmother Journey and get on the waitlist for early enrollment in the October 2024 cohort, go here.

SHOW NOTES “FOOTER”

• Email us to say hi: holywildbirth@gmail.com

• Put in a request for future topics and/or submit a question for future Q&A episodes: Fill out the form

• Apply to tell your birth story on the podcast: sisterbirth.com/podcast-guest

• Join Natural Christian Home Birth (Assisted and Unassisted) - a FB community

From Lauren:

• Instagram

• Midwifery consults: Email lauren.rootedineden@gmail.com

From Brooke:

• Instagram

• Trust God, Trust Birth Workshop - a 5-part high-level roadmap to a confident home birth (pay what you can)

• Faith-Filled Home Birth Workshop - a free, 3-part video series delivered to your inbox

• Embrace Birth Journey Membership - comprehensive and holistic faith-based home birth preparation (courses + private community)

In this episode we discuss finding the balance of showing up in a birth space with skill and confidence while also respecting the process enough to not disturb it with unnecessary interventions.

Its not always the easiest thing to navigate the use of our "handy dandy" tools/skill sets but we do believe that some times doing nothing is the very something that we ought to be doing, while also having the wisdom to reach in to our tool bag when the moment deems it necessary. We hope this discussion gives you some food for thought and practical advice on navigating this question.

Mentioned in the episode:

The Way of The Hearthmother Podcast Episode

Hearthmother Journey || Raising the Next Generation of Holy Wild Birthkeepers

SHOW NOTES “FOOTER”

• Email us to say hi: ⁠⁠holywildbirth@gmail.com⁠⁠

• Put in a request for future topics and/or submit a question for future Q&A episodes: ⁠⁠Fill out the form⁠⁠

• Apply to tell your birth story on the podcast: ⁠⁠sisterbirth.com/podcast-guest⁠⁠

• Join ⁠⁠Natural Christian Home Birth (Assisted and Unassisted)⁠⁠ - a FB community
• Join Rooted in Eden PMA Might Networks Social Circle

From Lauren:

• ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠

• Midwifery consults: Email lauren.rootedineden@gmail.com

From Brooke:

• ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠

• ⁠⁠Trust God, Trust Birth Workshop⁠⁠ - a 5-part high-level roadmap to a confident home birth (pay what you can)

• ⁠⁠Faith-Filled Home Birth Workshop ⁠⁠- a free, 3-part video series delivered to your inbox

• ⁠⁠Embrace Birth Journey⁠⁠ - comprehensive and holistic faith-based home birth preparation