The Natural Birth Podcast

To all my Doulas & Midwives, all you Birth Workers out there. Here is an episode on How to Create a Successful Birth Business. I share it through story telling, by sharing my journey from self employed midwife, to creating an online course (The Natural Birth Course) to running a successful online birth business (Sacred Birth International) and how I continue to scale while working less and earning more.By going online I have given myself time and financial freedom.I still attend births and serve women and families IRL in my community but I'm not dependent on IRL birth work financially. It is a choice, and I can choose to work less or more depending on my life circumstances.Creating a Birth Business Online is Burnout Proofing my Birth Business.I can take holidays for weeks or choose not to attend births for a while and my income still comes in.Want to create an online birth business to complement your IRL birth worker business?Join the Business Course for Birth Workers starting on the 31st March!You will learn how to create an online course, low to high ticket offers and how to market and sell in integrity and with heart without overwhelm and stress.Find out more at sacredbirthinternational.comFind out more about the Business Course for Birth Workers, The Sacred Birth Worker Mentorship, Anna's Courses & How to Work with Anna, as well as all the Links & Resources she mentions in the episode here:www.sacredbirthinternational.com/links-podcastFollow @thenaturalbirthpodcast on insta for more natural and empowering birth stories!

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Summer. Summer is a mama of one from the US. She’s a somatic therapist who always knew she wanted to have a natural birth. Her and her husband went back and forth about whether or not to have a home birth or a hospital birth and in the end Summer followed her body’s wisdom who told her she felt the most safe having her first baby in the hospital. She ended up having a really fast first birth which, together with beautiful care providers in the hospital helped her having her natural hospital birth. Listen to her fast natural birth story and all her pearls of wisdom on how to handle the intensity in today’s episode. Merry Xmas & Happy New Years my Loves! Hope your xmas was wonderful and how exciting to enter into 2025 next week! I know I am super excited for next year.  Not only have I got the 4th round of the Sacred Birth Worker Mentorship starting in April, where I get to hang out and mentor amazing women from all over the world in becoming sacred space holders for the most amazing rite of passage ever, BIRTH of course! I’m also birthing a new program this year! Starting on March 31st I am launching a Business Course for Birth Workers and I am BEYOND excited about this.  I know way to many birth workers who are struggling to make ends meet, over giving and under charging, having to stay as a midwife in the hospital or at her office job because she can’t afford to be fully self employed. Now I’ve gathered all the information I’ve learnt form over 10K worth of business courses and the trial and error of being self employed for 13 years. 5 of them as a home birth midwife and then sacred birth worker doing part time and now almost full time online birth work.   I’m sharing it all in my upcoming Business Course of Birth Workers… and it will all be unveiled in the new year! So Stay Tuned all you Birth Workers listening to this poddy. I know you are many. It will all be up on my website asap! But until then, I want to remind you of my Xmas Gift that is 50% discount on my The Nourishing Postpartum Course! The postpartum period is all to often overlooked and almost never planned for by women, even you who are wanting a natural birth. The gravity of the transition and rite of passage from maiden to mother can not be emphasized enough. To go from being a maiden to all of the sudden being responsible for a new life and to initiate breastfeeding and learn how to care for a new born at the same time as transitioning yourself from being pregnant to being in the postpartum, sleep deprived and for many with minimal support can be a really hard transition. It doesn’t have to be. I wish more women took the time in pregnancy to learn the basics about baby care, breastfeeding a newborn, healing of her postpartum body  and how to set her postpartum up to be as nourishing and supported as possible. There for, for this Christmas holiday until the 1st of January I’m offering you a 50% discount on my The Nourishing Postpartum Course. Come join hundreds of other women in preparing for a healing, nourishing and loving postpartum period. One that set you up to thrive on all levels. Your own physical, emotional and mental health as well as your baby’s start in life. Use the coupon code: GIFT at the checkout to receive the 50% discount.  I pray and hope that women and those who love them start preparing and learning about the importance of the postpartum and a baby’s first few weeks earth side. Can’t wait to meet you inside my online community and support you in your postpartum days, weeks and maybe even years. Just use the coupon code GIFT in capital letters at the checkout for the 50% discount. Thats it GIFT in capital letters at the checkout at sacredbirthinternational.com Anna’s Episodes on Natural Birth Preparation as mentioned: Natural Hospital Birth Preparation with Anna Preparing for a Natural Birth - Anna's Natural Birth Wisdom Find out more about The Sacred Birth Worker Mentorship, Anna's Courses & How to Work with Anna, as well as all the Links & Resources she mentions in the episode here: www.sacredbirthinternational.com/links-podcast Follow @thenaturalbirthpodcast on insta for more natural and empowering birth stories!

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Mary I thought it fitting for the episode over the Christmas period to have Mary share about her home birth. The only thing she shares with the OG Mary, mother of Jesus, was that is was a natural birth. Other than that and her name there will be no more similarities to the OG Mary. The OG Mary is however such a rockstar and shining example of the power and strength of women birthing. Period. The most famous unassisted birth in the world.  Now today’s Mary is a mama on one from the UK. She has spent time experiencing eastern cultures before living in the Australian outback for several years. Mary now makes bespoke jewellery, specialising in Australian opal, which she connects with spiritually.  This intention and presence in creating her jewellery flowed into her birth journey as she desired to intuit her way through the magical process rather than bend to the fear-based narratives of western birth practices. This episode is long and Mary has a lot to share. If you’re here for the birth story then fast forward 50min into the episode. But if you love a good story and don’t mind listening to us rambling about test and ultrasounds and other things offered in pregnancy then you’re in for a treat. Curious about Mary? Find her on instagram as @marymcmillanjewellery Don’t forget the 50% discount xmas gift from me to you. Give yourself, your family and your baby the gift of a nourishing postpartum. Just use the coupon code GIFT in capital letters at the checkout for the 50% discount. Thats it GIFT in capital letters at the checkout at sacredbirthinternational.com Find out more about The Sacred Birth Worker Mentorship, Anna's Courses & How to Work with Anna, as well as all the Links & Resources she mentions in the episode here: www.sacredbirthinternational.com/links-podcast Follow @thenaturalbirthpodcast on insta for more natural and empowering birth stories!

Today on The Natural Birth Podcast we have Amana Amana is a mama of two living children from the US. Amana offers birth, death and grief support services as well as a podcast called The Heart of the Soul where she interviews amazing people around the world. I had the honor of being one of her guests earlier this year. She has a magical story about how she called in her husband and how they met on the summer solstice. And in this episode she shares her and her husbands conception and birth journey that involved a parents biggest nightmare. Death.  In her beautiful story of carrying and birthing her first baby who wasn’t compatible with life, in the safety of her home surrounded by love and peace we get a beautiful insight into the ceremony of the death of a child. It is a heart opening story with so much love infused in it and I do believe these stories are so important to share with the world. Birth is not always Life. And we are so foreign to speaking about death in an honoring and sacred way instead of filled with fear and medicalization. So we spend a big chunk of the first part of this episode covering natural death in the home and the grieving process of a family. If you don’t feel like it is time for you to hear this story right now then fast forward about 30 min in and listen to her live birth stories that are equally as beautiful and inspiring win their own way. Curious about Amana Find her on instagram as @amanabelove Find out more about The Sacred Birth Worker Mentorship, Anna's Courses & How to Work with Anna, as well as all the Links & Resources she mentions in the episode here: www.sacredbirthinternational.com/links-podcast Follow @thenaturalbirthpodcast on insta for more natural and empowering birth stories!