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What Every First-Time Mama Needs to Know About Natural Birth (But No One Told Her)

Aug 01, 2025

You’ve probably read all the books, scrolled endlessly on Instagram, followed birth accounts, maybe even made a birth plan or joined a course.

You want it to be Natural, Magical and Powerful.
But here’s the truth: most of what first-time mamas are told about birth isn’t the whole story.

 

The maternity system doesn’t "hold space" for us to trust ourselves through pregnancy, birth and the postpartum.

It does the absolute opposite and put's itself as the expert over you and your baby.

Our culture doesn’t teach us to trust birth. 

Quite the opposite. It tells us its the most dangerous thing a woman can do.

And so, even when we want a natural birth, we’re often walking in blind without much knowledge and no support from the system or culture around us.

It's not an easy task!

Just wanting to have a natural birth as natures design intended these days is not enough.

You need to rewire your subconscious mind in believing it is possible for you after a life time of your culture and m...

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“Could I Be Pregnant?” — Early Signs in the Sacred Weeks of Not Knowing

Jul 25, 2025

There’s a particular kind of magic, excitement and agony in those first few weeks. 

It’s that quiet liminal space—between ovulation and a missed period—where hope dances with uncertainty.

Where every twinge feels like a sign, and every symptom sends us deep into Google searches at midnight.

If you’re here, you might be in that tender portal—wondering, waiting, noticing.

Maybe you just feel different and can't explain why.

Maybe your breasts feel a little heavier, your dreams a little more vivid, or your emotions more raw and heightened.

So, let’s talk about those early pregnancy signs.

Not just the physical ones (though we’ll go there), but also the emotional, mental, and spiritual signs—the ones you won’t find on most symptom checklists, but that matter just as much.

 

Physical Signs You Might Be Pregnant

These are the classic ones you may already know

  • Breast tenderness or swelling

  • Mild cramping or bloating (like PMS, but subtly different)

  • Fatigue – like bon

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Implantation Bleeding: Am I Pregnant? A Gentle Sign of New Life Beginning

Jul 18, 2025

The days after ovulation can be a rollercoaster of emotion.

For many women who are hoping, praying, dreaming of a baby, this is the most vulnerable stretch of time.

Those quiet days in the luteal phase where you’re listening to your body with such deep attention, searching for signs, whispering what-ifs, and feeling everything more intensely than usual.

And then… you notice a spot of blood.

Your heart sinks. Is this my period coming early?

Or… could this be something else?

 

What Is Implantation Bleeding?

Implantation bleeding is a small amount of spotting or light bleeding that can happen when a fertilized egg implants itself into the uterine lining.

This usually occurs about 6–12 days after ovulation, which for many women is right around cycle day 20–26, or week 4–5 of pregnancy (though they might not know they’re pregnant yet).

It can look like:

  • A pinkish, light brown or rust-colored spot

  • A single wipe or small streak

  • Light bleeding that lasts a few hours or

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Spiritually Infused Week-by-Week Pregnancy Guide with Reflections

Jul 04, 2025

Pregnancy is an Initiation into Becoming and a Sacred Rite of Passage that unfolds Week by Week, Day by Day until the Birth of Your Baby.

While mainstream pregnancy guides focus on size comparisons and medical milestones, this blog post is about inviting you into something deeper and more meaningful.

About listening to your body's whispers, honoring your emotions, and deepening your connection with your baby, your body and soul, and your feminine wisdom.

Whether this is your first pregnancy or your fourth, these reflections are here to support you as you walk the spiral path from maiden to mother (or mother again to a new life).

Each week offers an invitation to reflect, realign, and root into the sacred unfolding of life within.

Bookmark this blog and return regularly for guidance.

 

First Trimester: Weeks 4–12

Weeks 4–6

Theme: Awakening & Trust

Baby: At this early stage miraculous things are already unfolding. Your baby is a tiny cluster of intelligent cells rapidly mul...

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Midsummer Magic & the Season of the Mother

Jun 20, 2025

As the wheel of the year turns, we arrive at the radiant height of light—the Summer Solstice.

In Sweden, we call it Midsommar, a time rich with tradition, wildflowers, fertility rites, dancing, and celebrations.

This is the longest day and shortest night, a cosmic crescendo—the sun at its peak, the earth in full bloom, and the invitation for us, too, to stand fully in our own light and shine as nature!

In the sacred spiral of the seasons, summer is the season of the Mother & Birth.

Of creation & full expression.

 

The Season of the Mother

Just as the Earth Swells with Abundance, so too does the Womb of the Mother ready to Birth!

Summer is the season of birth—literal and metaphorical.

It’s the time when ideas conceived in the season of winter and planted in spring come into fruition.

For the woman walking the path of pregnancy this solstice offers a mirror.

You are the embodiment of the season—full to the brim, powerfully shining and glowing with the creative force of life i...

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The Great Benefits of Physiological Birth — for Baby, Mother & Our World at Large

Jun 13, 2025

 What if the way we birth has the power to shape not only our families

—but the very fabric of society?

Physiological birth is almost extinct within the western medicalized birth culture (whether you're birthing in a wester country or not) and often minimized in mainstream culture, treated as something idealistic but not for the modern woman.

But in truth, it is the original design, rooted in biology, cellular wisdom, and ancestral memory.

 

To birth physiologically means to birth in alignment with the body’s natural hormonal orchestration, instincts, rhythms, and undisturbed intelligence. 

And the benefits?

They reach far beyond the birth room.

Let’s go deeper into all the ways that physiological birth deeply nourishes the baby, the mother, and our collective human story.

 

For the Baby: A Wise and Biologically Aligned Entry into Life

Babies are not passive recipients in birth—they are active participants birthing themselves, wired by nature to experience labor as a trans...

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The Best Natural Birth Advice

May 16, 2025

Motherhood is a journey like no other—a wild, beautiful, and deeply transformative path. It’s a dance of love, surrender, and resilience, a meeting place between strength and vulnerability.

And birth? Birth is the gateway.

 

Through birth, we don’t just meet our babies—we meet ourselves.

Over the past year, The Natural Birth Podcast has been graced by the voices of incredible birthing mamas, each sharing their raw, powerful experiences.

Their stories remind us that birth is so much more than a medical event.

It’s a sacred initiation, a rite of passage, a moment that changes a woman forever.

For this year's Mother’s Day, I’ve gathered some of the most profound wisdom shared by these women.

Whether you’re preparing for birth, supporting someone you love, or simply honoring the sacredness of this journey, may these words serve as inspiration, encouragement, and a reminder of the power that lives within every birthing woman.

 

Trust in Your Body’s Wisdom

One of the most consi...

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Reclaiming the Wise Woman Path in a World That Forgot Her

May 09, 2025

We live in a world that has sanitized, sterilized, and systemized everything sacred.
Birth, death, menstruation, menopause—these were once guided by wise women, by midwives and healers, by aunties and priestesses.

But over generations, through colonization, control, power and greed, medicalization, and fear, these rites of passage were stripped of their meaning and no longer held as sacred or woman's business.


And with that, you—the woman who remembers—were told to forget.

To be quiet.
To get a think logically. 
To be "as good as any man".
To not be too mystical, too loud, too intuitive, too sensitive, too much.

But your soul didn’t forget.
It just waited for the right time to rise again.

The Rise of the Sacred Birth Worker is the Rise of the Wise Woman

The reason you feel this pull toward birth work isn’t because you want a new job or a side hustle.

It’s because something inside you knows this work is your lineage.

You are part of a long line of women who’ve whispered praye...

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How to Prepare for a Home Birth

May 02, 2025

One of my favorite things to talk about is home birth. There’s something so powerful, raw, and sacred about a woman birthing in her own space—on her own terms.

For me, there is nothing more magical than being invited into someone’s home to witness the unfolding of birth in its most natural and primal form. The energy, the presence, the transformation—it’s impossible to put into words.

If you're planning a home birth—whether solo, with a midwife, or a birth support team—this blog is for you. I’m here to share what you really need to prepare: not just practically, but energetically and spiritually.

 

Why Home Birth is So Special

Home birth carries a unique frequency. It’s sacred. It’s yours.

In a world that so often medicalizes and manages birth, reclaiming your birth space and trusting your body is a radical act of sovereignty.

Unlike the clinical environment of a hospital, at home you're surrounded by your own energy, your smells, your things—your nervous system feels safe here....

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Navigating a Natural Birth in the Hospital: Reclaiming Your Power

Apr 25, 2025

In today’s birth culture, many women find themselves giving birth in hospitals—sometimes but not necessarily by choice, but because it feels like the only accessible or safe option.

For those who long for a natural, undisturbed birth, the hospital environment can present unique challenges. The bright lights, strict protocols, and medicalized approach can feel at odds with the intuitive, primal nature of birth.

But here’s the truth: It is absolutely possible to have a natural birth in a hospital.

The key lies in knowledge, preparation both internal and external, and unwavering trust in your body.

By understanding the hospital system, assembling a strong support team, and embodying confidence in your choices, you can create the conditions for an empowered, physiological birth—even in a medical setting.

The Reality of Hospital Birth

When you step into a hospital, you are entering a system that prioritizes efficiency, protocol, and risk management. While hospitals can provide life-...

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