The Natural Birth Podcast

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have taken out the pearls of wisdoms and natural birthing advice from 13 mamas who've been a guest on the podcast in 2026!

We have Cindy, Natalie, Jolanda, Malou, Miranda, Kaela, Jelena, Shiva, Stephanie, Paris, Kiata, and Stephanie all sharing their top natural birthing advice to mamas hoping to have a positive and natural birth.
From birthing in the hospital, birth center, at home and freebirthing in the US, Canda, Sweden, The Netherlands, Australia we bring you a banger of an episode if you're prepping to birth your baby!
Aaaaand for Mother's Day Month (and this podcasts birth day which is the 10th of May!) we are gifting you a 50% discount on The Bundle; including The Natural Birth Course, The Nourishing Postpartum Course & 1yr membership in the Maiden Mother & Maga Village.
Use the coupon code: MOTHERSDAY26 at the checkout for The Bundle.
No excuse not to natural birth & nourishing postpartum prep to the teeth this month of May ;)
We wish you the Happiest Mother's Day Every Day, but especially Today!

Happy Mother's Day Mamas!
For This Mother's Day you get 50% off The Bundle incl. The Natural Birth Course, The Nourishing Postpartum Course & The Village, with the Coupon Code: MOTHERSDAY26
Find the link to the bundle in the bio or visit sacredbirthinternational.com/the-bundle

Want to work with Anna or join The Sacred Birth Worker Mentorship?

Find Anna’s Website, about her Mentorship & How to Work with Her, as well as all Links & Resources she mentions in the episode here:
www.sacredbirthinternational.com/links-podcast

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Jelena
Jelena is a mama of one from Sweden. She is a modern medicine woman, artist and mother to Nahuel. She’s also a mentor for women who want to reconnect to their cyclical rhythms, nature and the sacred. 
She lives some parts of the year in the Swedish forest and some parts of the year in Colombia together with her husband Omar Romero and their son.
Together they weave the wisdom from the jungle in the south, with the Nordic medicines, through healing ceremonies, retreats and events. 

She gave birth in Sweden, in their cottage house, deep in the forest together with my friend and home birth midwife Sigrid and I was a small part of her story as I wasn’t far away that day that she birthed her baby which we will mention in her story today.

Curious about Jelena? Find her on instagram as @helakvinnan

If you’re sitting on a natural and positive birth you’d like to share then pop on over to thenaturalbirthpodcast.com and apply to become a guest.
I’d love to hear your story!

Want to work with Anna or join The Sacred Birth Worker Mentorship?
Find Anna’s Website, about her Mentorship & How to Work with Her, as well as all Links & Resources she mentions in the episode here:
www.sacredbirthinternational.com/links-podcast

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Jolanda
Jolanda is a mama of one beautiful six-month-old daughter from the Netherlands now living in the forest of Sweden.
She is a Holistic Coach, and a Deep Rest Facilitator. 
Her journey through years of illness and trauma guided her back home to her body and taught her how to truly receive the gift of rest. It also led her to Sweden, where she followed her heart to live surrounded by nature and stillness. 
She finds deep meaning in creating nervous-system-friendly spaces for rest and connection, spaces where people can feel truly seen, heard, and held

And today she shares her story of becoming pregnant after years of healing long covid and birthing her baby at home, with my good friend home birth midwife Sigrid. 
And how instead of a head, a bum peaked out as she birthed her baby at home.
And as most babies, hers birthed without an issue. Breech birth is just a variation of normal. 

Curious about Jolanda? Find her on instagram as @rootsinrest

If you’re sitting on a natural and positive birth you’d like to share then pop on over to thenaturalbirthpodcast.com and apply to become a guest.
I’d love to hear your story!
Want to work with Anna or join The Sacred Birth Worker Mentorship?
Find Anna’s Website, about her Mentorship & How to Work with Her, as well as all Links & Resources she mentions in the episode here:
www.sacredbirthinternational.com/links-podcast

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Miranda.
Miranda is a mother of 5 and soon to be 6 from the US, now living in Berlin.
She has always believed in the power of pregnancy and birth and thinks the legacy of both is one of the great honors of being a woman.
Miranda first came to natural birth 12 years ago primarily out of curiosity but has evolved into a woman who owns this rite of passage as a lesson for life.
After her 4th baby she started the journey of becoming a midwife at the same university as me on the Gold Coast in Australia. She ended up not finishing as she decided to have her 5th baby and is now working as a doula in Berlin.
Miranda has had 4 natural hospital births, 3 in Australia and one 1 in Israel and her 5th was a free birth with just her husband.
3 of her babies were naturally conceived and 2 were IVF and her 6th baby currently in her womb was a natural conception. And, as Miranda shares in the episode, she believes SIBO - small intestine bacterial overgrowth which is a gut issue, was the cause of her unexplained infertility with her 4th and 5th needing the help of IVF.
I love how Miranda can showcase for the women going through IVF that you don’t have to continue with a highly medicalised pregnancy and birth which is usually the case.
IVF does not in itself make a high risk pregnancy.
Curious about Miranda? Find her on Instagram as @Miritellsall
Curious about what’s happening at the Midwitch Cottage this summer? Visit themidwitchcottage.com

Want to work with Anna or join The Sacred Birth Worker Mentorship?
Find Anna’s Website, about her Mentorship & How to Work with Her, as well as all Links & Resources she mentions in the episode here:
www.sacredbirthinternational.com/links-podcast

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Cornelia.
Cornelia is a mother of two from Sweden and a midwife, having attended around 50 home births and nearly 400 hospital births. She’s the daughter of my friend and home birth midwife Kirsten who’s a guest teacher for the Swedish midwifery craft training I am starting this summer here in Sweden and it’s such a pleasure to have her on.

Her mother being the home birth midwife of the village all her life, her connection to birth began early. At just 8 years old, she witnessed her first birth, and since then she has carried a deep knowing that birth is a natural process of life.

For her own births, she chose to have her mother as her midwife. A decision rooted not only in trust of her competence, but in the deep safety of their relationship, something she believes is essential in birth.

Her first birth began under a super full moon, starting with gentle, menstrual-like sensations that quickly intensified through the night. As labor unfolded, she turned inward, listening to her body and even checking her own progress with her fingers inside.
Her second birth also began during the night. This time, the waves were strong from the very beginning, yet still completely manageable. The final moments were deeply intense, requiring full surrender, and soon after, her baby slipped into her own hands.
Both births were fast and her stories of deep trust, instinct, and surrender to the power of birth.

If you’re sitting on a natural and positive birth you’d like to share then pop on over to thenaturalbirthpodcast.com and apply to become a guest.
I’d love to hear your story!

Want to work with Anna or join The Sacred Birth Worker Mentorship?
Find Anna’s Website, about her Mentorship & How to Work with Her, as well as all Links & Resources she mentions in the episode here:
www.sacredbirthinternational.com/links-podcast