birthing podcast

Welcome to an experimental freestyle episode of the podcast!

Experimental as in, I just chat with you unscripted about what's been happening in my world the last couple of weeks.

I hope you enjoy it!!

Show Notes:

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London Reel Right Here
Link to The Complete Naked Doula Experience Course
Link to The Naked Doula Visual Hypno-Birth Course

We head home for a final good-bye to hear how Anasia, Ciara, Erick, Shayla and more are building new legacies exactly where they are.

Featured guests: Crystal Starr Flowers, Katy Kozhamminil, PhD, DaLyah Jones and Tanya Smith-Johnson

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Alabama Birth Collective founding member, Nadia Gramby, on the sisterhood of birthwork.

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The parents adjust to life postpartum and the powerful transformations they've undergone.

Guest featured this episode: Crystal Starr Flowers

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The babies are coming. 

For more on birth plans, listen to our NPR Life Kit episode.

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Alabama Birth Collective founder Jasmine Merritt on answering the call to serve.

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Ciara explores the multitude of care options after learning she's pregnant.

Guests featured this episode: Oriaku Njoku, Quita Tinsley Peterson, and Tanya Smith-Johnson

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Taking matters into her own hands, Anasia charts new pathways to parenthood uniquely her own.

Featured guest: Dr. Tonya Hawkins Hunter

For resources on pregnancy loss, listen to our NPR Life Kit episode. 

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Fannie Lou Hamer, Southern freedom fighter and one of the oldest Black-founded towns in the country spark The Browns' most transformational decision yet. 

Featured guests: Katy Kozhamminil, PhD and Arrianna Planey, PhD.

If you loved learning about Mound Bayou, check out this video.

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The moments that (re)introduced Shayla, Erick and Anasia to their bodies.

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Meet the founding members of The Alabama Birth Collective. 

Learn more about ABC members Charity Moore, Jasmine Merritt, Mariah Brown, Nadia Gramby and Tori Rodriguez, or visit their Instagram.

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Anasia Sturdivant and Ciara Hunter leave city life behind to find new places to call home.

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Eight months pregnant during the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, Shayla and Erick Brown return home to rural Mississippi for a chance to finally get it right.

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Hosts Gabrielle Horton and Martina Abrahams Ilunga share what inspired this season. Interwoven between narrative interludes, this 10-part story album highlights the rich traditions and structural challenges that have moved four Black rural parents to birth new life and legacies on their own terms.

Featured guests: Arrianna Planey, PhD and DaLyah Jones.

If you loved learning about Black rural communities, check out this article by DaLyah.

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Coming Soon: NATAL heads to rural America for season two.

Hello and welcome to a very personal episode of the podcast. In this episode, I share my son Oskars birth story. It's been recorded so that he has a place to come and hear about the day he came into my life.

I talk about where I was giving birth and how taking pethidine meant that huge chunks of my birth were lost. Luckily, my husband was on hand to fill in the gaps. It's a personal memory capsule that I wanted to share with you too.

Show Notes & Links:

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Despite how common pregnancy loss is, families often suffer in silence. In honor of Black Maternal Health Week (#BMHW21), we teamed up with NPR’s Life Kit to share stories from parents who have experienced loss, and expert advice about how to support loved ones through grief.

In this episode we mention:

• Episode Five: Marilyn and Yvonne’s Stories
• Sisters in Loss
• The NATAL Resource Hub
• NPR: Life Kit

Welcome to The NATAL Summit! In this bonus episode, several parent storytellers from NATAL Season One gathered in a multi-generational conversation about the value of oral traditions, agency, and healing for Black birthing parents. You'll hear from:

• Marilyn Abrahams, Episode Five
• Shellie Blackson, Episode Four
• Trish Jones, Episode Eight
• Moderators: Co-Hosts Martina Abrahams Ilunga & Gabrielle Horton

Share your story on NATAL

We're looking for stories for Season Two! This time, we're focusing on Black birthing parents, providers and advocates in rural communities. If you or someone you know have given birth, delivered a birth, or supported birthing persons in rural areas, visit natal stories.com/participate for more information.

Welcome to The NATAL Summit! In this bonus episode, our very own production team offers a behind-the-scenes look at what it means to produce Black stories with dignity and how the team approached the season from a craft perspective. You'll hear from our:

• Editor, Tiara Darnell
• Sound Designer & Engineer, Jessica Jupiter
• Producer, Jhodie Williams
• Co-Hosts, Gabrielle Horton and Martina Abrahams Ilunga

Welcome back to The NATAL Summit! In this bonus episode, medical providers and birthworkers share steps needed to create a more integrated model of care that empowers Black birthing parents and protects the sacredness of the childbirth process.  

In this episode you'll hear from:

• Dr. Sinmi Bamgbose (Cedars-Sinai Medical Center)
• Latham Thomas (Mama Glow)
• Dr. Jamila Perritt (Board-certified OBGYN)
• Tanya Smith Johnson (Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies Coalition - Hawaii)
• Moderator: Martina Abrahams Ilunga (NATAL)