In this episode, I’m sharing how I’m preparing for my second home birth—mentally, emotionally, and physically. This time around feels different in so many ways, and I’m leaning into what I’ve learned from my first birth while also making space for a completely new experience.

I walk through the mindset work that’s grounding me, the practices I’m returning to, and how I’m holding both intention and surrender as I get closer to meeting this baby.

Here are some topics I cover in more detail during this episode:

• Listening to aligned birth stories
• Visualization
• Hypnobirthing
• Enjoying prenatal care
• Prepping for the birth with a toddler
• Chiropractic + Pelvic floor work
• Pregnancy Tea

This time around the preparation feels less about controlling the outcome and more about creating a grounded, flexible, and supported inner state.

I’m preparing for the birth I desire, while also making space for whatever unfolds.

Resources:

My homebirth prepping episode from my first pregnancy: https://www.stefanieadler.com/podcasts/wisdom-of-the-womb-podcast/episodes/2147924501

If you’re currently pregnant or planning your care, I created a guide to help you ask the right questions and feel confident choosing your provider:
https://www.stefanieadler.com/Guide-to-Interviewing-Your-Pregnancy-Care-Provider

Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth

Stay Connected

You can find me on Instagram @stefanieadlerwellness

In this powerful episode of the Home Birth Series, we sit down with Hannah—a former pediatric nurse practitioner who has transitioned into her true calling as a holistic life and wellness coach. She shares her deeply transformative journey through pregnancy, birth, and postpartum, offering an honest and inspiring look at what it means to trust your intuition and step into empowered motherhood.

Hannah opens up about her unique perspective coming from years of working within the hospital birth system, and how that experience ultimately guided her toward choosing a home birth for her own first pregnancy.

We dive into how she approached the conversation about home birth with her husband, how they prepared together as a team, and the mindset work that helped her stay grounded and confident. Hannah speaks candidly about shutting down fear-based thinking, trusting her body, and fully believing in her choices.

Her story of a 17-hour water birth is both grounding and empowering, highlighting the role of meditation, mental preparation, and surrender throughout labor. She also emphasizes the often-overlooked importance of postpartum support—for both mother and baby—and how that support plays a crucial role in long-term wellness.

Throughout the episode, Hannah shares the power of hearing other women’s birth stories and how they helped her believe, “If they can do it, so can I.” She also gives us a glimpse into the meditation series she is currently creating to support women entering pregnancy and birth with intention and calm.

Helpful Resource:

If you’re currently pregnant or planning your care, I created a guide to help you ask the right questions and feel confident choosing your provider:
https://www.stefanieadler.com/Guide-to-Interviewing-Your-Pregnancy-Care-Provider

Book Resource Mentioned:

The Mama Natural Pregnancy and Childbirth Guide by Genevieve Howland

Stay Connected
Find me on Instagram: @stefanieadlerwellness

Connect with Hannah:

• Instagram: @soulpurposecoach
• Website: Hannahmcoaching.com

This episode is one of the most intimate and powerful conversations in the Wisdom of the Womb birth story series so far—and it’s truly a must-listen.

I’m joined by one of my closest friends, joining us from Colorado, as she shares her deeply transformative journey into motherhood. From her fast-paced corporate life to becoming a stay-at-home mom, her story is a beautiful unfolding of trust, surrender, and coming home to her body.

We explore the profound power of connecting with your womb, your baby, and your inner knowing—and how that connection can completely transform the birth experience.

If you’ve ever felt fear around birth, her story will speak directly to your heart. She shares how she worried that her body might struggle to give birth during her first pregnancy, only to discover just how natural, instinctive, and empowering it truly was when the moment came.

Her second birth? The freebirth she always knew was possible—and the one she finally claimed.

This episode is a testament to what can unfold when a woman trusts herself, honors her intuition, and allows birth to be what it was always meant to be.

Helpful Resources
If you’re currently pregnant or planning your care, I created a guide to help you ask the right questions and feel confident choosing your provider:
https://www.stefanieadler.com/Guide-to-Interviewing-Your-Pregnancy-Care-Provider

Stay Connected
Find me on Instagram: @stefanieadlerwellness

In this third episode of our Home Birth Story Series, we sit down with Camryn—a mama of two, therapist, and Reiki practitioner—as she shares her deeply personal journey through two home births.

Camryn opens up about what initially drew her to home birth, including the powerful influence of witnessing her own mother give birth at home to her younger siblings. That early imprint shaped her understanding of birth as a natural, intuitive, and empowering experience—and ultimately guided her own path into motherhood.

We explore the contrast between her first and second births, including how she processed her initial experience and intentionally prepared for a more aligned and empowered second birth. Her second labor—just 75 minutes long—became a transformative experience rooted in trust, connection, and surrender.

A key part of that transformation came through her decision to take a hypnobirthing course prior to her second birth. She also offers beautiful, practical wisdom for expecting mothers—especially the importance of creating space to go inward before birth.

Helpful Resources:

If you’re currently pregnant or planning your care, I created a guide to help you ask the right questions and feel confident choosing your provider:
https://www.stefanieadler.com/Guide-to-Interviewing-Your-Pregnancy-Care-Provider

Recommended reading:

• Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth: https://www.amazon.com/Ina-Mays-Guide-Childbirth-Gaskin/dp/0553381156

Podcast recommendation:

• Happy Homebirth Podcast

Connect with Me:
Instagram: @stefanieadlerwellness

Connect with Camryn:
The Harmony Collective: https://www.theharmonycollective.com/
camryn@theharmonycollective.com

In the second episode of my Home Birth Series, I sit down with Emily to hear her powerful and inspiring home birth stories.

Emily shares her unexpected solo birth experience, as well as her second, deeply supported water birth, and what each of these experiences taught her about trust, preparation, and surrender.

We also explore her journey toward revillaging—creating a strong, supportive community around motherhood and family life. Emily speaks candidly about what it looks like to step away from doing it all alone and instead lean into connection and support.

She also opens up about her transition from one child to two, including how she intentionally prepared her firstborn to be part of the home birth experience. This conversation is filled with insight, encouragement, and practical inspiration for growing families.

Whether you’re considering home birth, expanding your family, or craving deeper community in motherhood, this episode is for you.

Helpful Resources:
If you’re currently pregnant or planning your care, I created a guide to help you ask the right questions and feel confident choosing your provider:
https://www.stefanieadler.com/Guide-to-Interviewing-Your-Pregnancy-Care-Provider

Recommended books:

• The Green Family and the New Baby: https://earthley.com/products/the-green-family-and-the-new-baby
• Sacred Birthing: https://www.amazon.com/Sacred-Birthing-New-Humanity/dp/1412006708
• Hello Baby: https://www.amazon.com/Hello-Baby-Jenni-Overend/dp/1845071107

Connect with Me:
Instagram: @stefanieadlerwellness

Connect with Emily:
Website: https://www.revillagingmama.com/
Instagram: @revillagingmama

Home Birth Story: First Time Mom Home Birth Story After Spiritual Conception | Birth Story Series Ep 1

In this powerful first episode of the Birth Story Series, I sit down with Sarah Persitz to explore her deeply personal journey into motherhood—from spiritual conception to her first-time home birth experience.

Sarah shares how intuition, energy work, and a profound sense of inner knowing guided her through pregnancy, labor, and birth. This conversation is an invitation to reconnect with the wisdom of your body, trust your instincts, and explore what’s possible when you approach birth from a grounded, spiritual perspective.

Sarah’s story is both empowering and expansive—especially for women seeking a more intuitive, connected path to birth and motherhood.

About Sarah Persitz
Sarah Persitz is a Reiki master, breathwork facilitator, and intuitive coach based in the Hudson Valley of New York, and the founder of Omanut Collective. Through her work, she guides people—particularly women and mothers—through periods of transition, helping them reconnect with their inner knowing through breathwork, energy work, and spiritual inquiry.

She creates spaces for deep reflection, expanded awareness, and meaningful transformation, supporting people in remembering their wholeness and navigating life with greater presence and self-trust.

Sarah is also the mother of a two-year-old son, Rafa, whose birth became a profound initiation into her own journey of motherhood.

Resources & Links

• My Guide to interviewing your pregnancy care provider:
  https://www.stefanieadler.com/Guide-to-Interviewing-Your-Pregnancy-Care-Provider

• Connect with me on Instagram:
  @stefanieadlerwellness

• Connect with Sarah:
  Website: www.omanutcollective.com
  Mothers Well Collective: www.motherswellcollective.com
  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sarah_persitz/

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Stay tuned for more stories in the Birth Story Series 🤍

In this week's episode I discuss how GLP-1 medications like Ozempic, Wegovy, and similar weight-loss drugs are being used at unprecedented rates — especially by women of reproductive age. I share why this trend deeply concerns me, and why I believe these medications pose serious, largely unknown risks for future fertility, pregnancy outcomes, and long-term generational health.

This conversation has been building for months, fueled by client stories, cultural normalization of GLP-1s, influencer misinformation, and growing reports of severe side effects and lawsuits. It’s not about judgment — it’s about history, responsibility, and informed decision-making.

• Why FDA approval does not equal long-term safety

• The rise of GLP-1 use in women who want children someday

• Historical drug disasters (Vioxx, DES, Thalidomide) and what they teach us

• Emerging lawsuits and serious side effects linked to GLP-1 medications

• Nutrient depletion, gut health, and the role of the maternal microbiome

• Why appetite suppression ≠ true metabolic or reproductive health

• The risks of using GLP-1s before pregnancy — even if you stop once pregnant

• Why stopping breastfeeding to lose weight with these drugs is especially concerning

Women deserve support that helps them get healthy, nourished, and hormonally resilient — not just thinner.

If this episode resonated, I’d love to hear from you. Come connect with me on Instagram @stefanieadlerwellness, and please share this episode with anyone navigating weight loss, fertility, or pregnancy decisions.

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In this episode I share some really vulnerable feelings that came up after receiving a DM from someone I was supposed to do a collaboration with. I talk about why censorship and a culture of silence for fear of speaking out about anything controversial is harmful to our society, as well as, go into how the connection of politics and health and polarization that's happening is dangerous.

If you ever wondered if you needed to agree with me about certain issues to receive benefit from being in my community or being able to work with me if you weren't "crunchy" enough... please tune in.

Link to original post that sparked this talk. https://www.instagram.com/p/DTvqFkfETK3/?img_index=1

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