I want to start out with a phrase I hear from a lot of mothers. “Oh, I had a really long labor.”
And in my experience, a “really long labor can be anything from 9-48 hours, depending on the mother.” I consider my first birth to have been obnoxiously long. I went into early labor on a Thursday night and didn’t have my daughter until 2am on Saturday morning. Whew. Long one. Madeline, however takes the cake when it comes to long labors, as you’ll hear in her birth story.
Today’s guest is no stranger to the podcast. I interviewed Midwife Madeline Murray on episode 23, and we discussed her brand, passion, life’s work, Believe in Midwifery. If you haven’t listened to that episode yet, I highly recommend you scoot on over right after you finish this one. I’ll make it easy for you and put the link in the show notes. Even more excitingly, this is not the only episode you’ll be hearing from Madeline this week. Nope! Be sure to tune back in this Wednesday, as we celebrate the launch of Madeline’s new course, Believe in Midwifery’s Guide to Sustainable Practice. It’s an amazing episode for both midwives and mothers, so don’t forget to subscribe to the show on your favorite platform so you don’t miss it.
Speaking of your favorite platform, if you wouldn’t mind, I would be so grateful for you to head over to iTunes and leave a review for the show. Reviews are so helpful for reaching more mothers, and I know you want to get the homebirth message out as much as I do! Remember that if you leave a review, you have the opportunity to be selected as the reviewer of the week, and I’ll give you a podcast shout-out and e-mail you a happy homebirth sticker. So….worth the 3 minutes.
Okay, on with the show! Please remember that the opinions of my guest may not necessarily reflect my own and vice versa, and although Madeline is a care provider, neither one of us are functioning in that role during this episode, so continue to see your doctor, midwife, or if you’re like me, your chiropractor. Let’s jump in!
Show Notes
Episode Roundup:
Okay, friends. I know this episode got to you. I know it because it got to me. Thank you, Madeline, for all of your wisdom.
Remember that if you’ve made the decision to have a homebirth, I have a free mini-training just for you. Think of it as the teeniest, tiniest taste of what’s to come from Happy Homebirth Academy when it launches in January. Just go to myhappyhomebirth.com/essentials to pick it up! That’s all for today. Come back Wednesday for our bonus episode with Madeline!
Mentioned in this Episode:
Believe in Midwifery Episode 23
Happy Homebirth Essentials Mini-Course
Ep 223: Jacy’s Grief of Stillbirth and the Redemption That Followed
Ep 222: A Honeymoon Baby and Homebirth with Kelly Benner
Ep 221: Exploring Matrescence with Anisha Patel
Ep 220: Aimee Uses Homebirth to Reclaim Her Motherhood Journey
Ep 219: Katelyn’s Third Trimester Update
Ep 218: Surprise Pregnancy Brings Healing to Old Traumas with Amanda Lopez
Ep 217: Michelle’s Very Similar, Very Different Births!
Ep 216: Made for This Birth with Mary Haseltine
Ep 215: An Unpredictable Homebirth with Miriam Kleynerman
Ep 214: Managing Gestational Diabetes and Achieving Homebirth with Cassidy Lilly
Ep 213: First Time Peaceful Homebirth as a First Time Foster Mom with Alexis Meisenholder
Ep 212: From Mothering Struggle to Success with Blythe Hoerr
Ep 211: Becoming the Decision-Maker of Your Birth Experience with Courtney Paba
Ep 210: Opting Out of the Hospital and into Homebirth with Jamie Murphy
Ep 209: I Wanted to be the BEST Mother. Here’s How Homebirth Prep Helped!
Ep 208: ”But What If I Fail?” - 3 Ways to Overcome Your Homebirth Fears
Ep 207: From Addiction and Homelessness to Hope and Homebirth with Gabrielle Manier
Ep 206: Raising Children While Healing Your Inner Child with Greta Zukoff
Ep 205: Free Your Family From Harmful EMFs (and 2 freebirths!) With Courtney Taylor
Ep 204: Conscious Conception and Conscious Protection of Our Families
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