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Built To Birth Podcast

Bridget Teyler

26 episodes

The Built To Birth Podcast is a pregnancy and birth podcast helping women feel informed, confident, and empowered as they prepare for childbirth and motherhood.

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Join childbirth educator, birth doula, and mother Bridget Teyler for honest conversations about pregnancy, labor and delivery, natural birth, unmedicated birth, hospital birth, home birth, birth center birth, postpartum, breastfeeding, fertility, and motherhood.

Hear real moms share their birth stories—from empowering natural and unmedicated births to inductions, epidurals, C-sections, VBACs, home births, water births, and unexpected labor and delivery experiences. Bridget also sits down with experts to explore pregnancy, childbirth education, birth preparation, postpartum recovery, and the questions women have as they prepare to give birth.

Whether you’re newly pregnant, preparing for labor, hoping for a natural birth, or simply looking for positive and honest birth stories, the Built To Birth Podcast is here to help you approach pregnancy and childbirth with greater knowledge, confidence, and peace.

New episodes feature real birth stories, pregnancy education, childbirth preparation, and conversations designed to help remind you that you are Built To Birth.

Find out more at www.builttobirth.com

Episodes

  1. My UNMEDICATED VBAC After an Emergency C-Section | Ep 26: Dana's Birth Story

    · 1 h 04 min · Episode 26

    In this episode of the Built To Birth Podcast (Ep. 26), Dana shares her journey through five very different births—from an unexpected C-section to two successful VBACs, culminating in the empowering, unmedicated…

  2. My UNMEDICATED Hospital Birth at 42 WEEKS | Ep 25: Anna's Birth Story

    · 1 h 06 min · Episode 25

    In this episode of the Built To Birth Podcast (Ep 25), Anna shares her hands-off, unmedicated positive hospital birth story at 42 weeks. ✅ The Built To Birth Class - https://builttobirth.com/?el=podcast ✅ Free Mini…

  3. First-Time Mom Has an Empowering Natural Birth at a Birth Center | Ep 24: Hannah's Birth Story

    · 52 min · Episode 24

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  4. I Didn’t Know I Was About to Give Birth | Ep 23: Anna's Birth Story

    · 42 min · Episode 23

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  5. From Years of Infertility to Her Dream Home Birth | Ep 22: Marilyn's Birth Story

    · 1 h 21 min · Episode 22

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  6. First-Time Mom Gives Birth on Side of the Road to Breech Baby | Ep 21: Alisha's Birth Story

    · 56 min · Episode 21

    In this incredible natural birth story on the Built To Birth Podcast, first-time mom Alisha shares how she unexpectedly went into labor while hours away from her midwives—and ultimately gave birth to her breech baby on…

  7. First-Time Mom Goes From 5 CM to Baby in 1 Hour | Ep 20: Kat's Birth Story

    · 51 min · Episode 20

    What happens when a first-time mom arrives at the hospital 5 centimeters dilated—and everyone thinks she still has hours to go? In this positive birth story, Kat shares how she prepared for an unmedicated natural…

  8. From Terrified of Birth to Two Empowering Natural Births | Ep 19: Annaliese's Birth Story

    · 1 h 18 min · Episode 19

    What if you’re terrified of giving birth but desperately want a positive, empowering birth experience? In this episode of the Built to Birth Podcast, Bridget sits down with Annaliese to share her journey through…

  9. "I Birthed My Doctor’s Biggest Vaginal Delivery EVER" | Ep 18: Bethanie's Birth Story

    · 46 min · Episode 18

    Childhood friends reconnect to share a positive birth story. Bethanie's journey from pregnancy to labor and delivery is filled with challenges and triumphs, highlighting the importance of preparation, support, and…

  10. An Unexpected Diagnosis Changed Her Entire Birth Plan | Ep 17: Ashley's Birth Story

    · 57 min · Episode 17

    In this episode of the Built to Birth Podcast, we’re sitting down to talk through Ashley's birth story—from preparing for birth and choosing the right birth team to navigating an unexpected preeclampsia diagnosis and…

  11. Ep 16: Shannon's Birth Story

    · 49 min · Episode 16

    Join me today for my sister in love's birth story! She chose to switch care from a traditional OBGYN at the hospital to a midwife for a homebirth and having her home birth was one of the best decisions Shannon made for…

  12. Ep 15: Kastle's Birth Story

    · 44 min · Episode 15

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  13. Ep 14: Marieta's Birth Story

    · 56 min · Episode 14

    Speaking up for yourself and your birth preferences is hard to do as a pregnant and birthing woman especially when things don't go according to plan and you need more answers than you're getting. In this Episode of the…

  14. Ep 13: Kristina's Birth Story

    · 43 min · Episode 13

    In Episode 13 of the Built To Birth Podcast, Kristina shares her TWO birth experiences, both at a birthing center but the first being somewhat traumatic and the second being healing and empowering. Kristina talks about…

  15. Ep 12: Melissa's Birth Story

    · 1 h 03 min · Episode 12

    Listen to Melissa’s captivating story as she shares her first birth experience which she described as traumatic and her most recent birth experience for which she could not get an epidural. Melissa shares her…

  16. Ep 11: Victoria's Birth Story

    · 43 min · Episode 11

    Today, Victoria shares her 4 birth stories- one an unexpected C-section, the other 2 successful VBACS with only partially working epidurals, and her 4th, an induced VBAC without an epidural. Her story shares so many…

  17. Ep 10: Jerrianne's Birth Story

    · 55 min · Episode 10

    Every birth story is different and can be unpredictable, and it’s easy to become overwhelmed if you’re facing a situation that wasn’t apart of your plan. In today’s Built to Birth podcast, Jerrianne shares about her…

  18. #9: Tea's Birth Story

    · 39 min · Episode 9

    Birth is not always how we expect it to be, but that doesn’t mean it can’t be a beautiful and empowering experience. In the most unforeseen circumstances, you can learn how truly strong and amazing you are- that you…

  19. Ep 8: Crissa's Birth Story

    · 39 min · Episode 8

    Is it hard for you to imagine yourself giving birth with no epidural and having a positive birth story? Many women, because of fear surrounding birth, don’t believe that their body is capable of a natural labor and…

  20. Ep 7: Eloise's Birth Story

    · 1 h 01 min · Episode 7

    In episode 7, Eloise shares her diagnosis with endometriosis, fertility journey, IVF success story, and natural birth story. She shares with us the many twists and turns life took before getting pregnant at 40 years…

  21. Ep 6: Madison's Birth Story

    · 53 min · Episode 6

    In this episode of the Built To Birth Podcast, Madison shares her quick change from a hospital birth to a home birth after realizing the changing protocols at her hospital due to COVID 19. Her journey toward motherhood…

  22. Ep 5: Tess' Birth Story

    · 58 min · Episode 5

    INDUCED HOSPITAL BIRTH WITH EPIDURAL vs. SPONTANEOUS LABOR WITHOUT EPIDURAL || Guess what… they can BOTH be beautiful experiences. In this podcast, Tess shares her second time mom tips and her positive birth story for…

  23. Ep 4: Lexi's Birth Story

    · 41 min · Episode 4

    The journey to pregnancy and birth is not always rainbows and butterflies. There are often gray skies and unexpected challenges that test the joy of the season that should bring joy during the pregnancy experience. In…

  24. Ep 3: Kayla's Birth Story

    · 1 h 09 min · Episode 3

    Listening to POSITIVE BIRTH STORIES teaches you SO much about BIRTH and how to prepare yourself for it. For a first time mom birth holds a lot of unknowns and hearing a labor and delivery story can help clarify and…

  25. Ep 2: Daesha's Birth Story

    · 52 min · Episode 2

    A BEAUTIFUL HOME BIRTH DURING COVID-19 | Almost all births in the United States happen at hospitals that it seems almost crazy to think about giving birth at home nowadays. In Episode 2 of the Built to Birth Podcast,…

  26. Ep 1: Ranzel's Birth Story

    · 48 min · Episode 1

    Giving birth during COVID-19 is not the most ideal situation for most expecting Mamas. In this episode we hear from the amazing Ranzel who was up against the quickly changing hospital protocols, the possibility of her…

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