The Birth Sisters

After a few months of maternity leave, we are so excited to share new podcast episodes with you! In this episode, Megan shares the birth story of her daughter, Florence Magnolia Eve Lamont. Listen to hear about her peaceful water birth, postpartum hospital visit, and how her due date changed by a whole month!

Join us for a second episode of interviewing our Grandma Dotti! This episode is SO full of information and Dotti answers some amazing questions. She shares some of her most memorable birth experiences, discusses the differences between OBGYN care and midwifery care, and even talks about pain tolerance for unmedicated childbirth. We're honored to have Dotti as our grandma, and we're thrilled that we get to share a tiny piece of her knowledge and wisdom with you!

Our Grandma Dotti owned one of the top-rated midwifery practices in CO and practiced for 25 years! We're so blessed to have her as an example and resource, this interview with her is amazing! In part one of our interview we discussed why she decided to have a home birth, a few of her own birth experiences, and how her empowering experiences led her to become a midwife. There are a handful of places where the audio is static-y, but we hope you enjoy this episode and love learning from Dotti as much as we do!

This week we interviewed our husbands, Adam and Zach! They give great perspectives about what pregnancy and home birth were like from their point of view. Neither of them grew up familiar with home birth, so listen to find out what their thoughts were about midwives, unmedicated childbirth, and birthing at home! They also share their advice for first-time dads!

This episode is full of tons of great info about what qualifies as a high-risk pregnancy. We discuss different factors that can play into making a pregnancy high-risk, as well as some common myths about pregnancy.

We are back this week with the second half of our top 10 recommendations for what to do to prepare for birth! In this episode we cover why you should do visualizations, how perineal massage can help you, avoiding horror stories when talking about birth, and more! Message us if you'd like any links or screenshots of the items we talked about!

You have soooo many things to do when you get pregnant, but where do you even start? We're discussing our top 10 recommendations for what to do to prepare for birth! In the first part of this topic, we discuss choosing a care provider, things that your pregnant body needs, how to choose a doula, and more! Message us if you'd like any links or screenshots of the items we talked about!

Listen to hear the second half of our conversation with our mom, Beth Weight! She answered questions like, “do you need to have a high pain tolerance to have an unmedicated birth?” and “what matters most to you when choosing a care provider?” Beth also shares more of her birth experiences, including her pregnancies and births that would clinically be considered “high-risk”. She discusses how she chose to continue with a home birth despite certain factors.

We are SO excited to share this episode with you! This week we interviewed our mom, Beth Weight! Beth has had 7 home births and attended many other births as a doula! We asked her questions like “how does your husband support you in labor?” and “which of your births were the easiest?” Beth talks about her many birth experiences and shares so many amazing stories!

This week Meg and Annie give a quick life update and also discuss birth plans! We answer questions like “Why do I need a birth plan?” and “When should I start making a birth plan?”. We list some important things to include on your birth plan, and discuss what we included in our own birth plans!

Annie and Megan dive into various interventions that can happen with birth! Learn more about Epidurals, C-sections, Instrumental Delivery, Episiotomy, and a bonus section at the end with lots of interesting info! If you have any questions, email us at thebirthsisters@gmail.com, or message @annienuttalll or @megandlamont on Instagram!

Meg and Annie share some information and opinions about various birth interventions! Listen to learn about medical and non-medical induction methods, electronic fetal monitoring, and Pitocin. We did have some audio hiccups, but this episode has lots of great information!

Royal Evergreen Adam LaMont was born ~precisely~ on time. Listen to hear how Megan manifested Royal's birthday exactly when she wanted it to be!

In this episode, Annie shares her birth story with Ella. Listen and find out why Annie actually spent 10 months pregnant!

Welcome to The Birth Sisters podcast! Get to know your co-hosts Annie and Megan as they introduce their inspiration to start The Birth Sisters.