The Delivery Diaries
This is a podcast about how families were started. Join us as we hear both parents tell their stories of how their children were delivered, whether that's through birth stories or adoption stories. I'd like to honor all the ways to become parents because this season of life is different for everyone.
Episodes
32 episodes
31. Victorious & Redemptive VBA2C with Sharina
I have several announcements on this weeks episode!First, I have signed up a Patreon account where you can pledge your support for The Delivery Diaries. Anything you can pledge would be greatly appreciated... you can consider it like bu...
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30. Unmedicated Vaginal Breech Birth After 60 Hours of Labor with Lauren
This week, Lauren shares the birth of her son. At 36 weeks, she found out he was breech. She tried all the things to turn him but had no luck so she planned for a vaginal breech delivery. After 60 hours of labor, her plans almost changed ...
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29. Unexpected, Unassisted Home Birth with Brandi + Aaron
This week Brandi and Aaron share their unexpected, unassisted home birth. Brandi had been in triage twice with no change so she went home because she was not in active labor. Once she was home things moved fast!You can connect with Bran...
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28. Dream Birth with a Doula with Kyndal + Kris
This week Kyndal and Kris share their birth story. Kyndal and Kris decided to switch care from an OBGYN to midwives late in her pregnancy. They found their perfect birth team and had their dream birth. Kyndal had a lot of back labor due to the ...
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27. Water Breaks at 33 Weeks with Heather + Richard
This week Heather and Richard share the births of their sons. Heather had a smooth first pregnancy and was induced at 40 weeks. During her second pregnancy her water broke at 33 weeks. She was put on bed rest and had an induction at 34 weeks. T...
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26. Strength + Positivity Leading to Two Adoptions with Kelsey
I have a couple things I wanted to let you guys know before we get into this weeks episode. First the big news I’ve been waiting to fill you in on... I am now a certified labor doula and will be getting certified as a postpartum and infant care...
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25. Praying for Negative- A Story About Miscarriages + Praying for a Healthy Third Pregnancy with Penny
This week Penny shares her birth story and suffering two miscarriages due to subchorionic hematomas. Penny had to switch providers twice before getting pregnant with her rainbow baby. She was induced at 41 weeks and had a cesarean. Penny had po...
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24. A Birth Mom's Adoption Perspective + Cesarean and Postpartum Journey with Rachel
In this weeks episode, Rachel shares her perspective as a birth mother and her open adoption relationship she has with her daughter and her adopted family. She had pre eclampsia with her first born and had to be induced. She then went on to get...
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23. Transfer to a Birth Center During COVID-19 with a Loving and Supportive Birth Team with Jemila + Austin
This week Jemila and Austin share the birth of their son. Jemila had a great relationship with her OBGYN so they initially chose to have their baby in the hospital. Half way through her pregnancy she started having second thoughts and then COVI...
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22. Beautiful Birth Center Birth but Traumatic After Care Experience at Hospital with Katie + Bobby
Katie and Bobby share the birth of their daughter. Katie was diagnosed with gestational diabetes and took that news pretty hard. Unrelated, she was then put on bed rest at 33 weeks and gave birth at 41 weeks. She had a beautiful experience with...
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21. Peaceful & Determined Unmedicated Hospital Birth with Krystyl
In this weeks episode Krystyl shares her calm, peaceful, determined, unmedicated hospital birth. With her super supportive husband she was able to labor at home for 15 hours before going to the hospital. When she arrived she was surprised to fi...
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20. Surprise Pregnancy Four Days After Adoption with Jessica + Blake
This week Jessica and Blake share their birth stories and adoption story. Jessica had a cesarean with her first born and once he turned two they decided to grow their family. Jessica got pregnant but suffered a miscarriage. After her miscarriag...
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19. Amplify Black Voices
This weeks episode is going to be a bit different. With everything going on in our country I thought it would be best to skip a story this week and give some information on women of color. I’ll also list resources where you can get more informa...
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18. A Difficult Loss at 26 Weeks + Two Rainbow Babies with Natalie + Rusty
This week my sister and brother in law, Natalie and Rusty, share the births of their four children. We start out this episode laughing and joking but they lost their twins and suffered a still birth so if you're not in the right head space to l...
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17. A Completely Missed Twin Pregnancy with Lyndsey
In todays episode Lyndsey shares her surprise twin birth. She had no idea she was pregnant with twins even after having ultrasounds and only hearing one heartbeat. She always measured on track for one baby at her appointments so when she starte...
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16. IVF & Birth Center to Hospital Transfer with Shaina + Seth
This week Shaina and Seth share the birth of their daughter. After a vasectomy reversal and surgery for Shaina, IVF was their only option. Their first transfer ended in miscarriage but their second was successful. Shaina had planned for a birth...
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15. Fast Labor Resulting in an Unassisted Home Birth with Megan + Luke
In this weeks episode, Megan & Luke share the births of their two children. Megan had two home births. She had 3 weeks of prodromal labor with her son and when labor started it went so fast that her midwife didn't make it in time. Her midwi...
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14. Three Cesareans + a Touching Father Adoption with Chelsey + Carlin
In this weeks episode, Chelsey and Carlin share the births of their three children and Carlin adopting Chelsey's oldest daughter. Chelsey had her first daughter at 26 weeks due to pre-eclampsia. She had to be life flighted to a bigger hospital ...
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13. Infertility & IVF with Jackie + Cory
In this weeks episode, my old roommate and good friend, Jackie and her husband, Cory tell us about the birth of their son. Jackie suffered two miscarriages and two ectopic pregnancies leaving her without any fallopian tubes. After Jackie's infe...
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12. Giving Birth Before a Hurricane Hit with Kim + Brendon
In this weeks episode, Kim and Brendon share the births of their three children. Kim went into labor with their first at 33 weeks and he spent 10 days in the NICU. With their second, Kim labored at home a little longer then anticipated and didn...
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11. Unmedicated Vaginal Breech Birth with Audrey + John
In this weeks episode, Audrey and John share the birth story of their son. Audrey has a bicornuate uterus and found out at her 20 week sonogram that her baby was breech. Due to her bicornuate uterus, her doctor told her she would need to schedu...
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10. Two Days of Prodromal Labor + Elective Induction with Andie + Jose
In this weeks episode, Andie and Jose share the births of their two daughters. Andie had two days of prodromal labor with her first daughter and opted for an induction with her second daughter. When Andie went in for her induction she found out...
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9. Two Empowering Birth Center Births with Meghan + Taylor
In this weeks episode Meghan & Taylor share the birth stories of their two daughters. Meghan was in chiropractic school during her first pregnancy and joked that her daughter basically became a chiropractor in utero. Meghan went on to have ...
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8. Cesarean + Detached Placenta at 32 Weeks with Anna + Charles
In this episode of The Delivery Diaries, Anna and Charles share the births of their two children. Anna had an uneventful pregnancy with her daughter but she was breech so Anna had a cesarean. Her pregnancy with her son was nothing like her firs...
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7. Anomaly Adoption & NICU Stay with Brandi + Matthew
In this episode Brandi and Matthew share the story of adopting their daughter. What they thought would be a long process ended up happening very quick. A little less than 2 weeks after being matched with a birth mom, they met their daughter. Th...
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