Today Gloria shares her first birth story of when she was young and "going with the flow." You can hear how different her second birth was because she educated herself so much more!

Now she is a mother of 2 and a doula in the treating Dallas, TX area. If you are looking for a doula in the area, check out Gloria Garcia on Instagram @luzrevivalbirth

You can also learn more about her on her website luzrevivalbirth.com

👋🏼 Hi, I'm Karissa, the host of this podcast. I am a Birth Doula based in Lebanon, PA and passionate about helping moms love their birth!

I share stories and holistic educational tips for pregnancy and birth so you can be best prepared!

👉🏼 Grab your FREE Birth Prep Steps Guide to help you feel more prepared to have an awesome birth!

Elizabeth is passionate about Jesus, creating community, words, and trees. She is a wife to Luis and a mama to two little girls, Jael and Lucía. She can usually be found exploring or at birth!

Find her on Instagram @elizabethavanderhorst

Read here about her doula services

👋🏼 Hi, I'm Karissa, the host of this podcast. I am a Birth Doula based in Lebanon, PA and passionate about helping moms love their birth!

I share stories and holistic educational tips for pregnancy and birth so you can be best prepared!

👉🏼 Grab your FREE Birth Prep Steps Guide to help you feel more prepared to have an awesome birth!

This week Mitch shares about homebirth from the perspective of being a support person. He talked about how the way God created our bodies had a huge impact on our decision to give birth at home, along with doing research and finding a supportive, trusted team.

Resources Mentioned: ⬇️
The Business of Being Born
Find a Bradly Method Childbirth Class near you

If you are looking for homebirth midwives near to Lancaster PA, I have put together a directory for local birth workers. ✨Check it out here.✨

👋🏼 Hi, I'm Karissa, the host of this podcast. I am a Birth Doula based in Lebanon, PA and passionate about helping moms love their birth!

I share stories and holistic educational tips for pregnancy and birth so you can be best prepared!

👉🏼 Grab your FREE Birth Prep Steps Guide to help you feel more prepared to have an awesome birth!

Hey, this week is a little bit different! I wanted to share some of my journey and thoughts I've had recently.

👋🏼 Hi, I'm Karissa, the host of this podcast. I am a Birth Doula based in Lebanon, PA and passionate about helping moms love their birth!

I share stories and holistic educational tips for pregnancy and birth so you can be best prepared!

👉🏼 Grab your FREE Birth Prep Steps Guide to help you feel more prepared to have an awesome birth!

Lindsay is a mama of 2 boys! She shares her 2 beautiful homebirth stories! One thing that we talked about after recording is how well her husband supported her! She was so grateful for his support and "he kicked it out of the park" were her exact words 😉

You can follow Lindsay on Instagram @lindseywirth and find her birth video on both of our pages!!

Resources she mentioned:
The Business of Being Born
Find a Bradly Method Childbirth Class near you
Book 👉🏼 Ina May's Guide to Childbirth

👋🏼 Hi, I'm Karissa, the host of this podcast. I am a Birth Doula based in Lebanon, PA and passionate about helping moms love their birth!

I share stories and holistic educational tips for pregnancy and birth so you can be best prepared!

👉🏼 Grab your FREE Birth Prep Steps Guide to help you feel more prepared to have an awesome birth!

Alex Heisey, also known as Angel Mama Doula, is a mother-centered postpartum doula as well as a bereavement doula. She cares for women postpartum as well as for women after loss. Her mission is that every mother knows that she deserves postpartum care whether her baby is in her arms or in her heart.

Alex serves mothers local to Central PA through postpartum home visits, while also offering virtual care to women all over, & currently facilitates mothers circles as well.

Alex has had three sweet boys with her husband Joe. Her youngest is 2, their middle is 3 and a half & their oldest, Liam would be 5 1/2 if he were here today. Her Liam Keith was born an angel & the heart behind going into this work to support mothers postpartum.

Contact Info for Alex ❤️
Instagram: @angelmamadoula
Email: angelmamadoula@gmail.com

👋🏼 Hi, I'm Karissa, the host of this podcast. I am a Birth Doula based in Lebanon, PA and passionate about helping moms love their birth!

I share stories and holistic educational tips for pregnancy and birth so you can be best prepared!

👉🏼 Grab your FREE Birth Prep Steps Guide to help you feel more prepared to have an awesome birth!

Ann is a mom of 2 and a doula in Atlanta, Georgia. Her first baby was born in the hospital, and if you want to read about that, click here to read the whole story!

🫶🏼 If you'd like to connect with Ann, her Instagram is @annmorrisatldoula and her website is annmorris-doula.com/

✅ She mentioned a few different things she did to prep for this baby. Check out the links!

• Webster Chiropractic, find a Webster chiropractor near you
• Christian Hypnobirthing Faith-Based Course
• Happy Homebirth Podcast for Positive Homebirth Stories
• Ina May's Guide to Childbirth Book

👋🏼 Hi, I'm Karissa, the host of this podcast. I am a Birth Doula based in Lebanon, PA and passionate about helping moms love their birth!

I share stories and holistic educational tips for pregnancy and birth so you can be best prepared!

👉🏼 Grab your FREE Birth Prep Steps Guide to help you feel more prepared to have an awesome birth!

Beth is a mom of 2, and expecting her third this summer. She is also a CNM, birth doula, and childbirth educator.

Today, she answers your questions about gestational diabetes, why it is something that pregnant women are tested for, alternatives to the drink for the test, and ways to manage and prevent it.

Listen to the end to hear a success story of how one of her clients recently went into labor spontaneously at 41 weeks and 2 days and had her baby naturally, even with GD!

👉🏼 Check out the fresh test here!

🎧 Connect with Beth on Instagram @bethconners_cnm and listen to her podcast Your Birth Bestie

Website 👉🏼 https://www.bethconnors.com/

👋🏼 Hi, I'm Karissa, the host of this podcast. I am a Birth Doula based in Lebanon, PA and passionate about helping moms love their birth!

I share stories and holistic educational tips for pregnancy and birth so you can be best prepared!

👉🏼 Grab your FREE Birth Prep Steps Guide to help you feel more prepared to have an awesome birth!