The Happy Homebirth podcast is your source for positive natural childbirth stories, and your community of support, education and encouragement in all things homebirth and motherhood. This podcast takes a deep dive into the the authentic stories of mothers who have given birth (usually) at home, as well as the care providers who tend to them. Although typically upbeat and fun, Happy Homebirth is unabashedly unafraid to examine the rawness, the pain and the struggle of some birthing situations. Host Katelyn Fusco is a former student midwife, who joyously shares her experiences and provides a space for her guests to...
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Sep 28, 2026 · 1:28:56
Have you ever come through something so hard that when it was finally over, the smallest ordinary thing felt like a miracle? This week, we're speaking with Chelann Watt. Chelann…
Sep 23, 2026 · 10:55
Student Interview episode: Abby Johnson/Carley Overbey "I would have definitely panicked if I hadn't known." Links Replay — Why You've Read Everything and Still Don't Feel Ready:…
Sep 21, 2026 · 55:53
If your first birth went nothing like you'd planned, does that tell you anything about how your next one will go? Or is it possible that your first story doesn't get to write…
Sep 16, 2026 · 13:41
I want to tell you about two births. Same woman. Same husband. Same house, more or less. And afterward, two completely different marriages. Not because one birth was easy and one…
Sep 14, 2026 · 1:07:37
Have you ever tried to relax on purpose– and realized you had no idea how? That you could feel the tension sitting in your body, but you couldn't figure out which part of you to…
Sep 10, 2026 · 11:07
Here's something I've watched happen more times than I can count. A woman prepares beautifully for her birth. Really well. And she's still blindsided. This doesn’t happen because…
Sep 7, 2026 · 1:14:27
Have you ever felt like the Lord told you something about your birth… and then watched every circumstance line up to tell you it wasn't going to happen? Gracie Gould is a wife to…
Sep 3, 2026 · 8:58
The moment in labor nobody warns you about The one idea: the moment arrives for almost everyone, and everything depends on whether she was told it was coming. The one action:…
Aug 31, 2026 · 1:11:27
Have you ever looked at something in front of you and thought, "there's just no way"– no way that's going to fit, no way that's coming out, no way I can do this… and then watched…
Aug 26, 2026 · 10:24
Why more research isn't making you feel ready The one idea: you don't have a knowledge gap. You have an integration gap, and you've been treating one as the other. The one…
Aug 24, 2026 · 1:00:33
What if you could do all of it right– read every book, listen to every episode, interview the midwife, make the plan… and still walk into your birth completely unprepared? Emily…
Aug 17, 2026 · 1:01:09
Have you ever decided — fully, completely, no-turning-back decided — that you were done doing something a certain way? And then done everything in your power to make the changes…
Aug 10, 2026 · 38:35
What if the most powerful birth preparation isn't a course, a class, or a stack of books at all, but a mother who's simply willing to go first, so everyone behind her can follow?…
Aug 3, 2026 · 1:03:59
Have you ever worked so hard for something — prepared for it, prayed over it, given it everything you had — only to watch it unfold nothing like you pictured? And then found, on…
Jul 27, 2026 · 59:46
Have you ever sat in that strange, sacred in-between, when labor has whispered its beginning but hasn't fully arrived, and felt something rise up in you that you couldn't quite…
Jul 20, 2026 · 42:18
What happens when you're preparing for birth while carrying far more than the weight of pregnancy? When your family is spread across the country, your husband's health is in…
Jul 13, 2026 · 55:26
Have you ever felt called toward something… but been completely terrified to do it? This week, we're joined by Ally Roberson, a wife, mother of two, homesteader, and creator…
Jul 6, 2026 · 1:02:59
Have you ever been so certain about a decision that, even when everyone around you questioned it, you knew deep down it was the right path for you? My friends, today’s…
Jun 29, 2026 · 1:05:17
Have you ever looked back on a past birth experience and realized… “Wow, I didn’t actually know how powerful my body was”? This week, we're speaking with Melissa Gurd, wife to…
Jun 22, 2026 · 56:41
What happens when the birth you prayed for…doesn’t happen? And how do you move forward when the thing you prepared for so carefully ends in grief, disappointment, and questions…
Jun 15, 2026 · 49:25
What happens when the person working inside the hospital system… still chooses homebirth for herself? And… what does it look like when years of witnessing birth— the beauty of…
Jun 8, 2026 · 1:22:33
Can hope return after something painful changes the way you experience motherhood? This week, we're speaking with Lydia Ashford, a flower farmer, worship leader, wife, and mother…
Jun 1, 2026 · 53:58
Have you ever reached the point in labor—or honestly, in life—where you truly didn’t think you could keep going? This week, we're speaking with Faith Robinson, a stay-at-home mom…
May 25, 2026 · 1:00:30
What does it look like to re-build a family legacy? And how do birth, motherhood, healing, and even hardship become part of that restoration? Gabrielle Manier is a wife,…
May 18, 2026 · 1:18:14
We all know that life is unpredictable in many ways, but when you’re experiencing extreme unpredictability in the midst of your pregnancy, how do you imagine you’d feel? Would…
May 11, 2026 · 1:00:03
Coincidences– How many of them can you experience before you stop thinking they’re coincidences and start realizing that they are a beautiful divine gift? This week, we're…
May 4, 2026 · 56:41
What happens when you know too much about birth… and you’re experiencing pregnancy and birth for yourself? This week's episode, I’m joined by Emily—a labor and delivery nurse who…
Apr 27, 2026 · 1:24:38
What happens when your first experience of birth leaves you shaken… and the providers you’re supposed to trust tell you not to try again? Where do you go from there? Sarah Marie…
Apr 20, 2026 · 1:26:02
When your body has experienced legitimate physical trauma during two back to back births, what do you do for your next experience? What would it look like to play it safe– would…
Apr 13, 2026 · 44:45
What if the discomforts we’ve been told are “just part of pregnancy” are actually signals that something needs support? This week, we're speaking with Whitney Sippl, a pelvic…
Apr 6, 2026 · 46:28
You’ve done it- you’ve decided to give birth at home, and NOTHING is going to stop you, right? This week we’re speaking to Heather Whitehead, a mother to 5 living in East…
Mar 30, 2026 · 1:09:54
Pregnancy is the height of creativity– you are literally creating a brand new human… from scratch? But have you noticed that sometimes the creativity of pregnancy moves into…
Mar 16, 2026 · 58:43
Have you ever found yourself wanting something to happen so desperately, and at the same time realizing you have absolutely no control over its happening? This week, we’re…
Mar 9, 2026 · 50:54
When you want to give birth at home, but the local midwives are overbooked and not taking new clients, what are your options? This week we’re speaking to Regan, a mother to two…
Mar 2, 2026 · 49:58
How do you feel about the specifics of your upcoming birth? Are you clinging to particular desires and feeling like things MUST happen a certain way for you to feel successful?…
Feb 23, 2026 · 1:00:05
Have you ever done everything right…and still watched things unfold in a way you never expected? This week I’m joined by Daryl Hogan — a nurse, nursing professor, wife, and new…
Feb 16, 2026 · 46:44
Have you ever wondered how much the environment and the people around you shape the way birth unfolds? Hey there Happy Homebirthers, and welcome to episode 314 of the Happy…
Feb 9, 2026 · 1:07:58
Have you ever noticed how each birth teaches us something different—no matter how many times we’ve done this before? Today, I’m welcoming back a dear friend of the show, Madeline…
Feb 2, 2026 · 1:06:07
Which is more important when it comes to birth: preparation or intuition? In this week’s episode, we’re hearing from Kaylee Matthews, a first-time mom from the mountains of…
Jan 26, 2026 · 52:37
What if understanding midwifery care didn’t require convincing—but simply seeing? This week on The Happy Homebirth Podcast, I’m joined by Caleb Phipps, filmmaker and father of…
Jan 20, 2026 · 1:03:24
Do you have any highly specific desires in regards to your upcoming birth? Maybe that it will be at a certain time of day, or that you’ll labor for a specific amount of time…?…
Jan 12, 2026 · 53:23
What does it look like to walk through birth with deep peace — even when things don’t go exactly as planned? This week we’re speaking to Paige Schwickerath, a young mom from…
Jan 5, 2026 · 46:55
Change can be tough. How do we integrate the arrival of our new baby? Moreover, how do we integrate the arrival of our new baby mere weeks after the arrival of our foster child…
Dec 29, 2025 · 1:30:23
When you found out you were pregnant, what emotions ran through your brain? Excitement? Thrill? Joy? Or did you experience fear, shame, or a resurgence of old traumas? This week,…
Dec 22, 2025 · 59:14
What was life like for you before you became pregnant? Were you pretty much the same person then as you are now, or have you changed drastically? Today we'll be speaking with…
Dec 15, 2025 · 1:43:27
First births: You don't know what's going on with your body, they're long, and mothers enter them feeling uncertain and needing reassurance.... right? This week we're speaking to…
Dec 8, 2025 · 57:42
When you’re unable to have a homebirth in your area, what happens? Are you totally out of luck…. Or are there other ways to get creative? This week we’re speaking with my friend…
Dec 1, 2025 · 56:18
What if you had the know-how to help your newborn baby relax and release all of the tension accumulated from growing in utero, and from his or her birth experience? What if you…
Nov 24, 2025 · 1:08:03
How long did you wait to tell your friends and family about your pregnancy? No time? 8 weeks? 12 weeks? What about 6 months? Today’s episode with Alissa covers an incredible…
Nov 17, 2025 · 1:16:40
What does it mean to fully embrace motherhood? To fully embrace the God-given responsibility of caring for your children? This week, we're speaking to Courtney Valdez, a 26-year…
Nov 10, 2025 · 1:03:13
What happens when God uses birth — and even loss — to refine your faith in ways you never imagined? Welcome to Episode 300 of the Happy Homebirth. Wow, 300 episodes of real, raw…
Nov 3, 2025 · 59:43
What do you do when an OB refuses to support your VBAC, and then no other local OBs will take you on as a patient because they don’t accept transfers from other OBs? Where do you…
Oct 27, 2025 · 1:03:04
Hey there Happy Homebirthers, I’ve got a fun little treat for you for this week. Instead of our usual interview setup, I wanted to share a podcast that I was on recently. My…
Oct 20, 2025 · 45:26
If you choose to have a freebirth, you must be some kind of fearless superwoman, right? This week we’re speaking to Charissa Blair. Charissa is wife to Adam and mother to her…
Oct 13, 2025 · 47:45
Homebirth is great, but if you do happen to have an emergency at home, you’ll always wish you were at the hospital, right? This week we’re speaking with Kennedy Voetberg. At 18,…
Oct 6, 2025 · 45:45
How would it feel to be supported in your pregnancy and birth by the women of your family? This week we are speaking to Miriam McCuiston, a stay at home mom to her daughter Zoe.…
Sep 29, 2025 · 1:05:59
Raise your hand if you’ve experienced a symptom or two in pregnancy that you wish you could get to the root of and heal. Food aversions? Morning sickness? Full on Hyperemisis…
Sep 22, 2025 · 58:59
The word Midwife means ‘with woman’-- what does it mean to be ‘with woman’? What does it look like, and how does it feel? This week we are speaking with the incredible midwife,…
Sep 8, 2025 · 50:27
Husbands, what can you tangibly do to support your wife during postpartum, especially those first few critical weeks? And today we’re having a GUEST interviewer! My very own hero…
Sep 1, 2025 · 55:50
What do you think you’ll want your first meal to be after having your baby? And does it really matter how we’re fueling our bodies after the baby is born? Holly, her husband…
Aug 25, 2025 · 57:08
We talk about trusting your instincts a decent amount around here– but what does it look like to LEARN how to lean into those instincts? This week we’re speaking with Lisa, who…
Aug 18, 2025 · 52:59
If you had an arduous labor due to your baby’s positioning once, it’s sure to happen similarly if your next baby takes the same position, right? Ashley Atwood and her husband Sam…
Aug 11, 2025 · 1:04:38
Vaginal births after cesarean- are they really safe? And what about vbacs at home, or outside of the hospital? This week we’re speaking with Meagan Heaton, Host and founder of…
Aug 4, 2025 · 1:20:32
Is it possible to hold space for both joy and grief simultaneously? This week we’re speaking with Ivana Burbage. Ivana is a mom, wife and photographer from San Diego but now…
Jul 28, 2025 · 1:07:02
Does an empowering birth change you all at once? Or does it do so incrementally? Pulling back layers as time goes on, exposing truths– behaving more like a well-cultivated seed…
Jul 21, 2025 · 42:18
What’s the best way to enter birth? Is it with a completely blank slate- not allowing the stories of others to influence your own experience, or…. Is there benefit to listening…
Jul 14, 2025 · 57:29
How do you discern the difference between fear mongering and true concern? Scarlen is a home birth mom from Chattanooga, TN. She is a wife to Manny and together they have 5 boys.…
Jul 7, 2025 · 1:06:18
The pelvic floor: it can be wounded during childbirth– but– could it be healed during the process instead? Victoria Hedrick is a wife to her wonderful husband Jonathan, and the…
Jun 30, 2025 · 1:16:57
The pelvic floor- can you truly heal it and restore function? Or is there a point where you’re beyond help? This week we are speaking with Paris Latka. Paris has been involved in…
Jun 23, 2025 · 54:26
Breech birth is supposed to be rare, right? How would you feel if you had more breech babies than head down babies?! This week we’re speaking to Stephanie Kase, who has had twice…
Jun 16, 2025 · 1:17:43
If you had a pretty good experience in the hospital with your first baby, what’s the point of changing things up with subsequent births? Today we’re speaking with Kylie, who is…
Jun 9, 2025 · 53:58
What is the balance when it comes to preparing for our birth, but also holding it all with an open hand, knowing that outside factors can contribute to our experience? Sara West…
Jun 2, 2025 · 1:09:49
You’re either for something or you’re against it, right? Like, you either love ultrasounds or you don’t. Or you want testing done or you don’t….. Or… gasp, could there be more to…
May 26, 2025 · 1:25:07
A shocking medical diagnosis is never easy to grapple with– but what happens when it comes in the middle of your pregnancy? This week we’re speaking to Chloe, a wife and mother…
May 19, 2025 · 1:15:10
Dads- how does the idea of your wife giving birth make you feel? Does the idea immediately excite you, or does it put a level of fear on you– do you wonder how you can protect…
May 12, 2025 · 54:06
When a midwife gives birth to her first baby, she’ll know exactly what to expect, right? This week we’re speaking with Leigha Fairchild, a midwife who serves mamas and families…
May 5, 2025 · 1:02:40
Is it really safe to have hopes and desires for your birth? What if you plan but things don’t unfold the way you’d wanted? This week we’re speaking to Lindsey Fuller, a homemaker…
Apr 28, 2025 · 42:00
Have you ever found yourself clinging so tightly to something- only to realize that it wasn’t serving you the way you once thought it would? Today we’re speaking with Carey…
Apr 21, 2025 · 1:11:38
How would you feel if everyone around you, including the medical staff you’ve met with, says you shouldn’t have another baby– but you and your spouse suddenly feel very strongly…
Apr 14, 2025 · 57:40
Let’s say you want a midwife. You’re desperate to give birth at home, and you’re ready to throw your money at the woman willing to attend your birth. What happens when you can’t…
Apr 14, 2025 · 1:01:49
We love talking about homebirth here, right? I mean, it’s kind of our thing. But what about the other end of the life spectrum. What about death? This week, we are speaking with…
Apr 14, 2025 · 50:27
In this episode we'll discuss My origin story How Happy Homebirth was created Why I stepped back from the podcast and business in Jan 24 Why we're back, and most importantly,…
Aug 26, 2024 · 50:15
When things go unexpectedly during your first birth, how do you plan for a second birth with the hope and expectation that they'll go better? This week, we are speaking with…
Aug 19, 2024 · 54:07
We want a healthy baby and a healthy mama, right? But is it okay to ask for more than that? What if we have specific ideas and hopes and dreams for our birth? Is it okay to pray…
Aug 12, 2024 · 48:13
2024 Trainings Greenville, SC Gillespie Approach-Craniosacral Fascial Therapy Previous Episode: Ep 175: The Gillespie Approach: How Craniosacral Fascial Therapy Can Optimize…
Aug 5, 2024 · 39:04
Birthworker.com/happyhomebirth Previous Episodes with Kyleight: Ep 98: Kyleigh’s Out-of-the-Box Homebirth Preparation Ep 258: How To Turn Your Passion For Birth Into A Full-time…
Jan 1, 2024 · 1:23:24
Once you've experienced a traumatic birth, the best you can hope for from that point on is just-- a birth without trauma, right? It's best to just play it safe- not to push the…
Dec 28, 2023 · 58:38
You can't have a homebirth after 3 c sections, pre-eclampsia and being a "geriatric pregnancy", can you? This week, we're speaking with Jan DeAngelo, 43 year old mother of 4…
Dec 25, 2023 · 53:48
Which is more important in birth preparation and birth itself? The body--or the mind? This week we're speaking with Errika Horner, a stay-at-home mom of 2 girls and blogger in…
Dec 19, 2023 · 1:26:06
When you imagine a beautiful homebirth, what comes to mind? Everything unfolds perfectly, or nearly perfectly, right? This week, we're speaking with Coco Brown. Coco is a mother,…
Dec 19, 2023 · 1:00:26
When you've had a hospital birth but your epidural failed, why not bring it on home for baby #2? This week we're speaking to Brianna, who did just that-- decided to head home…
Dec 4, 2023 · 52:06
Sleeping with your baby-- we've probably all done it once or twice, but is it actually safe? This week we're speaking with Taylor Kulik. Taylor is an occupational therapist and…
Nov 27, 2023 · 58:28
Exclusive Free Training: How To Turn Your Passion For Birth Into A Full-time Career As A Doula – So you can feed your soul AND your Family… even if you don’t want to be on call…
Nov 20, 2023 · 1:40:29
What does it look like to take charge of your birth experience after a previously disempowering one? This week, we'll be speaking with McKenzie, a mother to two children and…
Nov 13, 2023 · 25:12
Have you ever felt like you were seeing a revolving door of different doctors throughout your pregnancy? HOW can you feel confident and comfortable with the provider if it just.…
Nov 6, 2023 · 1:27:58
Did you know that you can use your birth to deeply unite your family unit? Today we're speaking with Anna, a mother of three precious children with a bend towards all things…
Oct 30, 2023 · 48:36
Has your perception of an event ever changed after a period of time? If so, how did that impact your future decision-making? And today we're speaking with Bree Darby. Bree is a…
Oct 22, 2023 · 1:06:05
What happens when becoming pregnant goes from being quick and easy to long, emotional and difficult? This week, we're speaking with Shyla Brown, a mother of 4 babes- 3 of whom…
Oct 16, 2023 · 1:31:52
How do we encourage optimal growth of our bodies and the bodies of our babies in pregnancy and birth? What are the foundational pieces to this? This week we're speaking with…
Oct 9, 2023 · 1:28:59
How can we lean into the primal nature of birth and experience it as the full right of passage that it was designed to be? Today we're speaking with Karey, a stay-at-home, soon…
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