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The Birth Hour is a birth stories podcast designed to support you through pregnancy as you prepare to give birth.

Listen to new birth stories every week and join our evidence-based inclusive online childbirth course at thebirthhour.com/course! The Birth Hour helps expecting and new parents understand their birthing options through authentic birth stories so they are informed and empowered going into pregnancy, birth and postpartum.

26/05/2026

New birth story podcast episode ✨

Sarah Wilson shares her emotional journey through 3.5 years of unexplained infertility before finally receiving answers through laparoscopic excision surgery for stage two endometriosis. Just two months after surgery, she experienced her first-ever positive pregnancy test.

Listeners will hear about infertility testing, Clomid, intrauterine insemination (IUI), IVF, embryo transfer, laparoscopic excision surgery, and endometriosis awareness. Sarah also opens up about the emotional toll of infertility and what it was like to finally experience the birth center birth she had always hoped for.

Her story offers encouragement for anyone navigating infertility, especially those searching for answers after years of uncertainty. Sarah’s experience highlights the importance of self-advocacy, supportive care, and finding community through difficult seasons.

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20/05/2026

New birth story podcast episode ✨

Lauren Alexander shares the story of welcoming her fourth baby after years of carefully considering whether to expand her family again. Her pregnancy brought unique challenges, including severe hyperemesis gravidarum (HG) and an experimental approach using metformin to manage symptoms.

She discusses navigating prenatal care, transitioning to midwifery care for her first home birth, and the emotional differences between hospital and home birth experiences. Lauren also opens up about postpartum recovery, breastfeeding struggles, working with a lactation consultant, and discovering her baby’s tongue tie.

Listeners will appreciate Lauren’s thoughtful reflections on motherhood, advocacy, and finding supportive providers and community throughout pregnancy and postpartum.

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13/05/2026

New birth story podcast episode ✨

Amber shares the emotional and complicated road she and her husband, Josh, traveled while trying to grow their family during military life. What began as a hopeful transition into parenthood quickly became a journey filled with fertility testing, long waitlists, and difficult decisions.

Listeners will hear about fertility evaluations, low s***m motility, abnormal morphology, Clomid cycles, varicocele surgery, and intrauterine insemination (IUI). Amber also discusses the unique barriers military families can face when accessing reproductive endocrinology care and affordable fertility treatment.

Her story is honest, emotional, and full of moments that will resonate deeply with anyone navigating infertility or fertility treatment. Amber’s perspective offers encouragement and practical insight for families walking a similar path.

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08/05/2026

New birth story podcast episode 🎧

Aly Salayandia lives in Utah with her husband and two daughters. Aly got pregnant with her first daughter in September 2022 after experiencing an ectopic pregnancy earlier that summer. After a textbook pregnancy her baby flipped breech leading to her scheduling a c-section for 39 weeks and 3 days but her daughter had other plans, while her first birth still ended up in a c section it was anything but planned and that experience paved the way for the decision to choose a home birth with her second daughter. In September 2025 Aly gave birth to her second daughter and got her home birth VBAC.

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07/05/2026

New birth story podcast episode 🎧

Manisha became a mother for the first time during medical residency while working ICU rotations, navigating pregnancy, surgery for acute cholecystitis, and delivering her son after arriving at the ER alone while her husband traveled to reach her. Postpartum, breastfeeding and returning to work revealed how fragmented maternal care in the U.S. can be.
With her second child, a daughter born with special needs, the emotional and physical toll led to postpartum depression. As an immigrant physician treating postpartum depression professionally while quietly living through it herself, she experienced firsthand how isolating maternal care can feel. Those experiences transformed her pain into purpose and shaped her commitment to advocating for maternal well-being so no mother feels unsupported, unseen, or alone.

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23/04/2026

I just posted my first TikTok for the birth hour because I woke up and had to talk aloud about this crazy birth dream I had and TikTok felt like the right place for that! I figured I might as well be a good content creator and share in all the places! Follow me on TikTok for more on the fly content I guess! ☺️🤪

22/04/2026

New birth story podcast episode 🎧

Claudia’s first pregnancy took place during COVID while she was working in emergency medicine, bringing heightened stress and uncertainty. A surprise induction led to an epidural delivery, followed by a NICU stay. In the months postpartum, she faced low milk supply due to hypoplasia, postpartum anxiety and depression, and at nine months postpartum, a thyroid cancer diagnosis.
Between pregnancies, Claudia focused deeply on healing through faith, meditation, hypnosis, medication, and strong family support.

Her second pregnancy looked very different. With intentional preparation, she achieved an unmedicated birth that felt empowering and aligned with the work she had done on her mental health.

This postpartum season has been peaceful, healing, and redemptive—highlighting the power of support, preparation, and self-work.

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17/04/2026

New birth story episode 🎧

Cheyenne’s three births tell a story of preparation, intuition, and growing trust in her body.
Her first, planned at a birth center, shifted unexpectedly at 41+1 after a routine test showed concerns. She chose hospital induction, labored to 8 cm, but after her baby’s heart rate dropped with an AROM, she had an urgent cesarean.
Her second was a spontaneous birth center labor just before 40 weeks—quiet, meditative, and powerful. She labored in water, followed her body, and delivered in the hallway. She later transferred for repair of a 2nd–3rd degree tear.
Her third began quickly on Thanksgiving night, planned at home. At 6–7 cm with a possible malpresentation, she transferred and was found fully dilated with a breech baby. Trusting her intuition, she chose a cesarean. With her doula by her side, she felt supported through a familiar, challenging recovery.
For all three births, she kept the surprise—and finally met her son after two daughters.

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13/04/2026

New birth podcast episode ✨

Lauren Makler is the Co-Founder and CEO of Cofertility, a fertility platform that helps women freeze their eggs for free when donating half, making egg donation less transactional and egg freezing more accessible. Named one of Fast Company’s 2023 Most Creative People in Business and to Inc.’s 2025 Female Founders 500 list, as well as featured in top press outlets including Vogue, Forbes, Entrepreneur, Marie Claire, Women’s Health and many more, Lauren is recognized for her innovative approach to increasing accessibility and driving systemic change in healthcare.

Previously, as an early Uber employee, she founded Uber Health, leveraging Uber’s vast driver network to improve healthcare outcomes through patient transportation and healthcare delivery. Under her leadership, the business helped millions of patients access the care they needed. Before that, she played a key role in expanding Uber’s core business along the East Coast and led the company’s first healthcare initiative—nationwide, on-demand flu shot campaigns.

After receiving a rare disease diagnosis, Lauren’s personal fertility journey inspired her to create a more accessible, empowering path for those looking to freeze their eggs or find an egg donor. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and their miracle babies, Eden and Jonah.

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09/04/2026

New birth story podcast episode ✨

Magdalena got diagnosed with hormone positive breastcancer at 30 years old, just 3 months after her wedding, while trying to conceive. After surgery and radiation, she was put on medication that put her into medically induced menopause, with the recommendation to stay on that medication for 5 to 10 years. After two years, with the consent of her doctors, she paused her medication and got pregnant with twins with the help of a fertility clinic. At 17 weeks, baby B was diagnosed as sIUGR (selective inter-uterine growth restriction), due to placental insufficiency. She spent the last 6 weeks of her pregnancy in the hospital being monitored, and delivered her twins at 34+0 via planned c-section. An uneventful NICU stay followed, before the twins got to come home.

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