<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;Faith is the eldest of 10 children, 7 of whom were born at home. When she became pregnant with her daughter Kiss, she had an idea of what to expect, but it did not prepare her fully for her own homebirth journey. We chat about birthing babies in Oklahoma as a midwife, expectations vs reality in birth and what it is like to grow up where low-risk births at home are normalized.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;_________&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;For more information about me, Elizabeth Bachner, go to GraceFull.com or follow us:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/gracefullbirth/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;@gracefullbirth&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt; or &lt;a href= "https://www.instagram.com/bigbirthjunkie/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"&gt;@BigBirthJunkie&lt;/a&gt;. And if you want to watch Faith's birth video and learn more about her go to &lt;a href= "https://www.gracefull.com/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"&gt;gracefull.com&lt;/a&gt; and click on "About Us".&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;__________&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;This episode is also sponsored by&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href="https://www.gracefull.com/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;GraceFull&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;where you can find BBJ's host Elizabeth's free ebook&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;Birth Planning: All the Questions to Ask&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;and all kinds of educational videos including Childbirth Education, Advanced Doula Trainings and Lactation Support. Go to GraceFull to download the ebook for free.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;And if you are doula, watch for it! We are doing international case reviews real soon...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;If you live in Los Angeles, check out&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href= "https://www.gracefull.com/"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;GraceFull's midwives&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;for home births, water birth, and our accredited birthing center. We also have a full wellness facility with NDs, Chiropractic, Therapy, Massage, Lactation and lots of amazing classes.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

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34 • Faith Freeman : Eldest of 10 Children, Homebirth Midwife, Birth of her First Child at Home

MAR 5, 201967 MIN
Big Birth Junkie

34 • Faith Freeman : Eldest of 10 Children, Homebirth Midwife, Birth of her First Child at Home

MAR 5, 201967 MIN

Description

Faith is the eldest of 10 children, 7 of whom were born at home. When she became pregnant with her daughter Kiss, she had an idea of what to expect, but it did not prepare her fully for her own homebirth journey. We chat about birthing babies in Oklahoma as a midwife, expectations vs reality in birth and what it is like to grow up where low-risk births at home are normalized. _________ For more information about me, Elizabeth Bachner, go to GraceFull.com or follow us: @gracefullbirth or @BigBirthJunkie. And if you want to watch Faith's birth video and learn more about her go to gracefull.com and click on "About Us". __________ This episode is also sponsored by GraceFull where you can find BBJ's host Elizabeth's free ebook Birth Planning: All the Questions to Ask and all kinds of educational videos including Childbirth Education, Advanced Doula Trainings and Lactation Support. Go to GraceFull to download the ebook for free. And if you are doula, watch for it! We are doing international case reviews real soon...If you live in Los Angeles, check out GraceFull's midwives for home births, water birth, and our accredited birthing center. We also have a full wellness facility with NDs, Chiropractic, Therapy, Massage, Lactation and lots of amazing classes.