In this episode, Lauren talks about the spiritual warfare that comes when you show up as a midwife. She discuses

• Fear of persecution/what this work will cost me

• Overcoming fear by through faith in Him

• Why following Jesus' call into birthwork is your ultimate safeguard

• Why the real question is not whether or not you can be safe in birth work but whether or not you are called

• How screening your clients for the Lord’s release to serve them is the #1 discernment tool in light of feeling safe

• Ultimately, the persecution midwives experience comes from the enemy against those who safeguard life

Lauren ends with a very beautiful prayer for faith over fear for those who are called to serve Him in birthwork.

Connect:

• Email us to say hi: ⁠hello@hearthmotherministries.com⁠

• Hang out with us and other Holy Wild Women in our private community (off Facebook): ⁠https://hearthmotherministries.app.clientclub.net/communities/groups/community/home⁠

• Become a holy, wild birthkeeper with us inside ⁠Hearthmother Journey⁠

From Lauren:

• Midwifery consults: Email ⁠rootedinedenpma@gmail.com⁠

From Brooke:

• ⁠Trust God, Trust Birth Workshop⁠ - a 5-part high-level roadmap to a confident home birth (pay what you can)

• ⁠Faith-Filled Home Birth Workshop ⁠- a free, 3-part video series delivered to your inbox

• ⁠Embrace Birth Journey ⁠- comprehensive and holistic faith-based home birth preparation (courses + private community)

Intro and Outra Music Credit -Betty Dear By ⁠Blue Dot Sessions⁠ is licensed under a ⁠Creative Commons License⁠.

In this episode, Jess shares her experience choosing unassisted birth for the second time, alongside her birthkeeper, Olivia.

• A special birth story told from two perspectives.
• You'll hear Intuition guiding Jess to want another set of hands
• How they each came to a peaceful “yes” about doing this birth together
• Surrender moment to possibly needing a hospital birth
• Minimalist prenatal care and the role of journaling in that
• Skipping ultrasound & connecting to baby
• 3rd Trimester fatigue and the discovery of low iron
• and how Olivia helped Jess through that in a birthkeeper way (collaboration)
• Joy of postpartum support from a birthkeeper perspective
• Take-away as mom & as birth attendant
• How the Way of the Hearthmother guided Olivia

You can find Olivia & her services here:

https://www.visitationbirthkeeper.com/

IG: https://www.instagram.com/nourishedfemininity/

BIRTH STORY DISCLAIMER:

The choices, beliefs, and opinions of the mamas sharing their stories are as individual as the storyteller herself and do not necessarily reflect the beliefs or recommended choices of Lauren and/or Brooke.

Connect:

Email us to say hi: hello@hearthmotherministries.com

• • Put in a request for future topics and/or submit a question for future Q&A episodes: Fill out the form

  • Apply to tell your birth story on the podcast: Holy Wild Birth Podcast : Guest Application

    • Hang out with us and other Holy Wild Women in our private community (off Facebook): Hearthmother Ministries

  • Become a holy, wild birthkeeper with us inside Hearthmother Journey

  From Lauren:

  • Instagram

  • Midwifery consults: Email rootedinedenpma@gmail.com

  From Brooke:

  • Instagram

  • Trust God, Trust Birth Workshop - a 5-part high-level roadmap to a confident home birth (pay what you can)

  • Faith-Filled Home Birth Workshop - a free, 3-part video series delivered to your inbox

  • Embrace Birth Journey - comprehensive and holistic faith-based home birth preparation (courses + private community)

  • Sister Birth: The Podcast - short, beautifully scripted episode to encourage your along the way

  Intro and Outra Music Credit -
  Betty Dear By Blue Dot Sessions is licensed under a Creative Commons License.

Have you ever been curious to hear the story of how a birthworker becomes a birthworker?

In this episode, Brooke shares her own story of becoming, how she moved through different phases over the 14 years, and has played different roles (birth photographer, apprentice midwife, doula-ish, birthkeeper, aspiring traditional midwife).

This is a story of unfurling, of obedience and adaptation. It's a story of one woman's continual YES to the Lord to serve birthing families while also birthing and mothering her own babies.

In the end, we hope it's a story that encourages you on your unique, one-of-a-kind journey in response to your undeniable pull toward birth work.

Mentioned in this episode:

- Confidently Called: 21 Days to Clarity for Women Drawn to Birth Work (starts 7/27/2026)!

- Hearthmother Journey: Raising The Next Generation of Holy, Wild Birthkeepers (next cohort opens for enrollment on 8/17/2026)!!

- Brooke's first birth story

- Brooke's freebirth (baby #5)

Connect:

• Email us to say hi: hello@hearthmotherministries.com

• Put in a request for future topics and/or submit a question for future Q&A episodes: Fill out the form

• Apply to tell your birth story on the podcast: http://sisterbirth.com/podcast-guest

  • Hang out with us and other Holy Wild Women in our private community (off Facebook): https://hearthmotherministries.app.clientclub.net/communities/groups/community/home?invite=6a3acb7b9e1f37cda3920fb6

• Become a holy, wild birthkeeper with us inside Hearthmother Journey

From Lauren:

• Instagram

• Midwifery consults: Email rootedinedenpma@gmail.com

From Brooke:

• Instagram

• Trust God, Trust Birth Workshop - a 5-part high-level roadmap to a confident home birth (pay what you can)

• Faith-Filled Home Birth Workshop - a free, 3-part video series delivered to your inbox

• Embrace Birth Journey - comprehensive and holistic faith-based home birth preparation (courses + private community)

• Sister Birth: The Podcast - short, beautifully scripted episode to encourage your along the way

Intro and Outra Music Credit -
Betty Dear By Blue Dot Sessions is licensed under a Creative Commons License.

In this episode, Brooke & Lauren chat about their Fourth of July experiences, taking thoughts captive, homesteading chats, fostering a pregnant cat (Brooke), and suturing knees (Lauren).

They also share about their newest offering, Confidently Called: 21 Days to Clarity for Women Drawn to Birth Work.

If you are interested in serving birth in any way, we would love to have you for these 21 days of clarity and community.

Resources we mentioned:

• Radiance of the Ordinary (Radiance of the Ordinary: Essays on Life, Death, and the Sinews that Bind )

• Confidently Called (starts 7/27 and goes through 8/16) enrollment open now hearthmotherministries.com/called

• Embrace Birth Journey Live cohort - sisterbirth.com/journey

  
  

  Connect:

  • Email us to say hi: hello@hearthmotherministries.com

  • Put in a request for future topics and/or submit a question for future Q&A episodes: Fill out the form

  • Apply to tell your birth story on the podcast: Holy Wild Birth Podcast : Guest Application

  • Hang out with us and other Holy Wild Women in our private community (off Facebook): Rooted in Eden PMA

  • Become a holy, wild birthkeeper with us inside Hearthmother Journey

  From Lauren:

  • Instagram

  • Midwifery consults: Email rootedinedenpma@gmail.com

  From Brooke:

  • Instagram

  • Trust God, Trust Birth Workshop - a 5-part high-level roadmap to a confident home birth (pay what you can)

  • Faith-Filled Home Birth Workshop - a free, 3-part video series delivered to your inbox

  • Embrace Birth Journey - comprehensive and holistic faith-based home birth preparation (courses + private community)

  • Sister Birth: The Podcast - short, beautifully scripted episode to encourage your along the way

  Intro and Outra Music Credit -
  Betty Dear By Blue Dot Sessions is licensed under a Creative Commons License.

Nicola's two birth stories include several abnormal and/or frightening elements. Her first was an ultimately uneventful breech birth (but a surprise breech!). Her second, however, included placental abruption, emergency cesarean, neonatal resuscitation, a helicopter lift, and a NICU stay. Through it all, Nicola points out the ways she saw God's hand at work, protecting them, providing for them, and ultimately showering them with blessings. She wouldn't do it any other way; she's still a fierce advocate for home birth and midwifery care.

Please note that we had a lot of challenges recording these stories, and editing the recording to make it salvageable posed significant hurdles. If it seems choppy or "off" at points, this is the reason. However, the stories are rich, and I hope you'll hang with us through the hiccups to mine the gold nuggets.

You can find Nicola on IG

Get on the First-To-Know list for our fall cohort of Hearthmother Journey and get an exclusive invitation to our open house.

BIRTH STORY DISCLAIMER:

The choices, beliefs, and opinions of the mamas sharing their stories are as individual as the storyteller herself and do not necessarily reflect the beliefs or recommended choices of Lauren and/or Brooke.

Connect:

• Email us to say hi: hello@hearthmotherministries.com

• Put in a request for future topics and/or submit a question for future Q&A episodes: Fill out the form

• Apply to tell your birth story on the podcast: http://sisterbirth.com/podcast-guest

  • Hang out with us and other Holy Wild Women in our private community (off Facebook): https://hearthmotherministries.app.clientclub.net/communities/groups/community/home

• Become a holy, wild birthkeeper with us inside Hearthmother Journey

From Lauren:

• Midwifery consults: Email rootedinedenpma@gmail.com

From Brooke:

• Trust God, Trust Birth Workshop - a 5-part high-level roadmap to a confident home birth (pay what you can)

• Faith-Filled Home Birth Workshop - a free, 3-part video series delivered to your inbox

• Embrace Birth Journey - comprehensive and holistic faith-based home birth preparation (courses + private community)

Intro and Outra Music Credit -
Betty Dear By Blue Dot Sessions is licensed under a Creative Commons License.

In this episode, Brooke and Lauren tackle the dilemma of needing (or feeling the tug!) to switch to a new midwife.

They discuss...

• What to do if you feel the inkling that you need to change midwives

• How to discern what your next right step is when you are out of alignment with your midwife

• Questions to ask yourself about your relationship with your current (& prospective) midwife

• Making a decision with the Holy Spirit vs just your own desire/idols/trauma

• What might be behind your desire to do away with your midwife (hint: your own interior growth!)

Mentioned in this episode:

• The Aligned Birth Team episode of HWB

  
  

  Connect:

  • Email us to say hi: hello@hearthmotherministries.com

  • Put in a request for future topics and/or submit a question for future Q&A episodes: Fill out the form

  • Apply to tell your birth story on the podcast: Holy Wild Birth Podcast : Guest Application

  • Hang out with us and other Holy Wild Women in our private community (off Facebook): Rooted in Eden PMA

  • Become a holy, wild birthkeeper with us inside Hearthmother Journey

  From Lauren:

  • Instagram

  • Midwifery consults: Email rootedinedenpma@gmail.com

  From Brooke:

  • Instagram

  • Trust God, Trust Birth Workshop - a 5-part high-level roadmap to a confident home birth (pay what you can)

  • Faith-Filled Home Birth Workshop - a free, 3-part video series delivered to your inbox

  • Embrace Birth Journey - comprehensive and holistic faith-based home birth preparation (courses + private community)

  • Sister Birth: The Podcast - short, beautifully scripted episode to encourage your along the way

  Intro and Outra Music Credit -
  Betty Dear By Blue Dot Sessions is licensed under a Creative Commons License.

Oh, Due dates! How much hinges on them! What psychological impact they can have! How grossly inaccurate they are!!

In this episode we're talking all things estimated due date. Like:

- how often the word "estimated" gets removed from the entire concept

- various ways of calculating when a baby might be born (you might have 5 different EDDs)

- the argument for adjusting our language and expectations around the timing of birth, both for ourselves and for others in our lives

- the spiritual lessons and wisdom related to waiting for unpredictable events like giving birth (or Christ's return)

- and more

If you've ever been curious, confused, or downright crazy about an EDD, this is for you.

Mentioned in this episode:

• Guess Dates Workbook (a 6-page freebie loaded with links, scriptures, a reflective questions)

Connect:

• Email us to say hi: hello@hearthmotherministries.com

• Put in a request for future topics and/or submit a question for future Q&A episodes: Fill out the form

• Apply to tell your birth story on the podcast: http://sisterbirth.com/podcast-guest

  • Hang out with us and other Holy Wild Women in our private community (off Facebook): https://hearthmotherministries.app.clientclub.net/communities/groups/community/home?invite=6a3acb7b9e1f37cda3920fb6

• Become a holy, wild birthkeeper with us inside Hearthmother Journey

From Lauren:

• Instagram

• Midwifery consults: Email rootedinedenpma@gmail.com

From Brooke:

• Instagram

• Trust God, Trust Birth Workshop - a 5-part high-level roadmap to a confident home birth (pay what you can)

• Faith-Filled Home Birth Workshop - a free, 3-part video series delivered to your inbox

• Embrace Birth Journey - comprehensive and holistic faith-based home birth preparation (courses + private community)

• Sister Birth: The Podcast - short, beautifully scripted episode to encourage your along the way

Intro and Outra Music Credit -
Betty Dear By Blue Dot Sessions is licensed under a Creative Commons License.

In this month’s chat over a cup of tea (or lemon water?!), one of us has a surprising update for our listeners. The other one is doing a lot of “middling.” We’ll let you guess which is from which.

You’ll also hear us reflect on the fruit of a mission trip to Brazil, unexpectedly stepping in to use one’s hands in a birth, facilitating women’s groups in our churches, and the ministry of songs!

Thanks for joining us here, friends. And don’t forget to “write back.”

Mentioned in this Episode:

• Middling (a substack)
• First-To-Know list for fall cohort of HJ
• Questions for Women's Circle Sharing

Connect:

• Email us to say hi: hello@hearthmotherministries.com

• Put in a request for future topics and/or submit a question for future Q&A episodes: Fill out the form

• Apply to tell your birth story on the podcast: http://sisterbirth.com/podcast-guest

• Hang out with us and other Holy Wild Women in our private community (off Facebook)

• Become a holy, wild birthkeeper or traditional midwife with us inside Hearthmother Journey

From Lauren:

• Midwifery consults: Email rootedinedenpma@gmail.com

From Brooke:

• Trust God, Trust Birth Workshop - a 5-part high-level roadmap to a confident home birth (pay what you can)

• Faith-Filled Home Birth Workshop - a free, 3-part video series delivered to your inbox

• Embrace Birth Journey - comprehensive and holistic faith-based home birth preparation (courses + private community)

Intro and Outra Music Credit -
Betty Dear By Blue Dot Sessions is licensed under a Creative Commons License.