The Positive Birth Story Podcast

25/06/2022

"Get to Work. Get Informed. Get Brave".
Guidelines for when & how to use abortion pills. From Jill Filipovic.

12/05/2022

The podcast and me have received this wonderful birth story from Malorie in Montreal, Canada 💕
My midwife soul lights up by the empowerment we women can provide to one another and I feel blessed to be part of this. Thank you Malorie for allowing me to share your story🙏❤️

🌟THE POWER OF BIRTH
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27/04/2022

I got a wonderful email from San Francisco - that gives me this strong feeling of going full circle. I find that many things in life are connected in the most mysterious ways. SF has a very special place in my heart from the year I lived in Palo Alto and almost every weekend took the Bart train to the city. And now hearing that the stories in the podcast has been helpful to Zaina just hits something deep in me. Thank you dear for allowing me to share your story and making me feel all warm and fuzzy inside🙏❤️

26/04/2022

Repost

This might be the coolest photo of a baby being born that I have ever seen. Physiological breach birth in water. With the woman safe guarding the perineum with her own hand.
🌟The power of birth🌟

26/04/2022

Are you living in Sweden and expecting a baby? You can contribute to important research.

11/04/2022

Interested in giving birth at home? Check out the latest episode of the podcast.
Essi shares her story on why it was the best choice for her.
This is Essi and Luna the day after birth 💕

08/04/2022

Happy Friday! I just published a new episode of the podcast. A beautiful homebirth story with Essi.
The power of birth - best way to kick start your weekend 🌟💥🎉

04/04/2022

Time to rest! Just finished next episode a bit delayed due to helping new little people into this world. My sound magician Lukas will put his loving hand on it and then… I will let you all in on a wonderful story!
Meanwhile I will enjoy looking at all my wild animals that I have shot on all the safaris I have been on 🤣 Just kidding.

23/03/2022

Stay tuned! A new episode will be released next week. A deep dive into giving birth at home.

18/03/2022

Happy Friday! I am so excited to be back working clinically again.

To quote one of the midwife students “I just love doing vaginal exams and be able to feel the power of the baby and the uterus working together - does it make me weird?!”. [Honey it does not make you weird - it is a sign that you have chosen the right path!].

If birth is progressing in a favorable way one can also follow the process by feeling from outside on the belly how the baby is decending BUT baby can decend way down and cervix still be intact and not dilated so it is not a 100 % (even if contractions are seemingly strong and regular). So vaginal exams is one of the tools in my midwifery tool box - the trick is to combine the wisely and it comes with experience.

11/03/2022

The children of Ukraine desperately need peace.

Statement Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell on reported attack against maternity hospital in Mariupol, Ukraine 09 March 2022 UNICEF/UN0599215/Nicodim FILE PHOTO Available in:EnglishFrançaisEspañolالعربية NEW YORK, 9 March 2022 – “I am horrified by the reported att...

06/03/2022

Wrapping up a pretty amazing week filled with a sweet return to my favorite birth clinic and a birthday filled with love & laughter Friday.

In this feeling of bliss & pure joy I want to share this FANTASTIC birth story with you [with permission from Diana]. THE POWER OF BIRTH🌟

04/03/2022

Marinated in sunshine & love. Embracing my 49th birthday filled with joy. I got a box filled with new socks from my kids🤩 I am wearing the grass green ones.

28/02/2022

Donation Class!🇺🇦
Join me in one of my classes. All the course fees will be donated to the
I will donate my time and knowledge ❤️

Book your spot via www.babygruppen.se

27/02/2022

If you are one of the women listening to the podcast and are fleeing from Ukraine 🇺🇦 and have no where to go - send me a DM. I have room for you in my home and will help you in all the ways I can.

25/02/2022

This episode is a tribute to all women in Ukraine. I pray for your safety & health.

An empowering episode about a birth that ends with an unplanned c-section. And about the super power we women hold within.

It is also a celebration to delivery clinic in Stockholm, Sweden. That provides the most wonderful care, with the woman always in focus and with respect to the power of birth.

21/02/2022

Happy Monday! Waking up to a full blown snowstorm here in Stockholm. This AMAZING thing is happening! The podcast is growing organically and I want to share some of the emails that I get [with permission of course❤️].

There is an immense
P O W E R in us sharing the experience of giving birth. We especially need the positive stories. As a midwife I know that not all stories are positive or empowering. But my aim with doing the podcast is to really change the narrative so that MORE women get the chance to claim their own birth - which makes it so much more likely that it turns out to be a positive experience.

To all of you that send me and the podcast emails - keep ‘‘em coming! They light up my life and makes my uterus rejoice!

11/02/2022

Celebrating Friday with an email from a dad to be ❤️

04/02/2022

A NEW EPISODE IS OUT!

In this episode I have a really fun heart to heart conversation with Rebecca. Who during her third and very unplanned pregnancy indulged in the podcast to get inspiration for setting her mind on claiming another positive experience. Rebecca also shares her initial hesitation in keeping the pregnancy - when she at the age of 40 - after years of not conceiving had given up the idea of a third child and then found out about being pregnant again. We get rather fired up about every woman's right to make her own choices concerning her body. This is a podcast with women, for women about the superpower that we all hold within.

02/02/2022

My heart is all warm and fuzzy after receiving this wonderful & empowering email from Ivy❤️

"My name is Ivy and I live in Boston, Massachusetts. I wanted to reach out to you and let you know how incredibly grateful I am to you for The Positive Birth Story Podcast. Your podcast was life changing for me in helping me to change my own perspective about birth and feel empowered about my own birthing experience. I listened to your podcasts throughout my pregnancy, and repeated a bunch of episodes towards the end of my pregnancy. Each story was inspiring and motivating and made me feel like I had the same superpower inside of me to birth my baby like these other women had. I channeled that energy into my own birth.

My mom passed away in May of 2021, right after we found out we were pregnant. I never got to really talk to her much about her experiences with birth, so this podcast really filled a hole in my heart.

I think the most important lesson I learned from your podcast is that a positive birth isn't one that goes exactly to plan, but it's one where we can find the light in each moment and know that at the end of the process, we will have our bundle of joy.

I gave birth on January 11, 2022, after being induced due to reduced fetal movement and rising blood pressure. I was heartbroken at first to hear I needed to be induced, but my birth story was everything and more that I wanted it to be. I felt empowered throughout every contraction and my support system was incredible. I really contribute my positive experience to listening to your podcast. I didn't realize the magnitude of what I had done until a few days later when I cried happy tears in the shower and realized that I am so powerful - I was in early labor the entire day before induction and didn't even know, and thankfully had a quick labor at only 10 hours, and had the amazing experience to pull my daughter, Charlotte, out and place her on my chest. It will forever be my favorite day.

Thank you for all you do. You're changing lives and empowering women everywhere. I tell all my pregnant friends about your podcast! Life changing!
All the best, Ivy”

26/01/2022

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14/01/2022

Bare with me! I am working on a new episode but like a whole of lot of other humans right now I am enjoying a second round of covid in my fully vaccinated body. No sweat compared to first round but EXTREMELY tired. So, the episode that I had planned for today will come eventually. I promise! For now you all I can offer is the spectacular view yesterday from my living room. When I am all but on fire it is reassuring that the sky is. Happy Friday 🌟

10/12/2021

A new episode is out!!!
Happy weekend.
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02/12/2021

02/12/2021

Water breaking so beautifully captured by .birthstory
The power of birth 🌟

12/11/2021

Get into your Friday funk with a new episode of the podcast!

This is a beautiful story about claiming a positive birth experience despite being confronted with her biggest fear - all delivery clinics in Stockholm being full - and how she coped with the hardship of being sent out of town in a taxi to do a 100 km drive to another clinic. It is also a story about preparing for birth for the second time - how that can feel challenging despite the wisdom that birth number one went well. Welcome to a story filled with super power!

This is a beautiful story about claiming a positive birth experience despite being confronted with her biggest fear - all delivery clinics in Stockholm being full - and how she coped with the hardship of being sent out of town in a taxi to do a 100 km drive to another clinic. It is also a story abou...

10/11/2021

Repost L O V E her photos ❤️

NEW RECORD for the podcast! Over 1000 downloads for the special episode during the first 24 hours after it was released. Wihooooo! The power of birth. This upcoming Friday a new episode will be released. Martina shares her story about preparing for birth for the second time and how that can feel challenging despite the knowledge that birth #1 went well.

It is also an episode about being sent out of town to give birth due to lack of space in the Stockholm delivery wards and how Martina copes with that. If you live in Stockholm, join me and my midwife colleagues on Tuesday November 16th at 12 outside of "Landstingshuset" when we protest against the work situation here in Stockholm and how we want to be given the right circumstances to provide safe care for mother & baby during birth. It is about human rights. A safe start on parenthood is the foundation for healthy societies. Hope to see you there!💪💫

06/11/2021

Closing down Babygruppen’s studio after a really fun “Empowering Birth Class” with
I love all the questions I get from the participants. 22 people in the room and an additional 11 that are just waiting to be born!!! Quite a crowd ❤️
Room packed with oxytocin🌟after we had done some breath work - combined with the partner / support person providing touch / massage / physical guidance. Great way to spend a Saturday in November!

29/10/2021

The first episode of the new season is now out!

Are you expecting a baby or just love to hear stories about birth? I am a Swedish midwife that have set out on a mission to let positive stories around birth come to life.

In THE POSITIVE BIRTH STORY PODCAST women share their fantastic & empowering birth stories.
Available on all pod platforms.

If you want to read more about me and this project check out:

https://www.thepositivebirthstorypodcast.com/

First episode for this new season is this special episode with Zina. This story is more like a treasure box of giving birth experiences. It is a story about giving birth to 8 children. It is also a story about losing her third child one week after birth, but most of all it is a story about being a w...