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Our Story of Home Birth: Becca and Kyle

By: Care Messer Birth Story, Hypnobirthing, Podcast October 9, 2025

In this episode, Care welcomes back Kyle and introduces Becca as they recount their unique and emotional birth story. Becca called me for classes when she was only two months along and we started her birth prep with that phone call. Her friend Kaitlyn is…

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Birth Education: A Father’s Experience 

By: Care Messer Dads, Hypnobirthing, Podcast October 2, 2025

It’s a dad show! Kyle wanted his own chance to talk about his journey into fatherhood and next week Becca comes in to share their birth story!  In this episode, I get to introduce you to Kyle, a new father and military veteran. When Kyle…

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Bonus Episode: Angel and Joe’s Birth Story — The Written Substack Edition

By: Care Messer Birth Story, Hypnobirthing, Podcast September 30, 2025

This bonus episode concludes our three-part series as we share the full written version of Angel and Joe’s home birth story, as originally published on Substack. In Angel’s own words, you’ll experience the emotional, physical, and spiritual journey of pregnancy, birth, and the early days…

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Reflections on Pregnancy, Identity, and Ancestry — A Reading from Angel’s Substack

By: Care Messer Birth Story, Hypnobirthing, Podcast September 25, 2025

In this special episode, we continue our three-part series on birth and parenthood. Today, I read from Angel’s deeply personal Substack article, which explores the emotional and spiritual journey through pregnancy, identity, and the transition into parenthood. This piece offers a raw and honest look…

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A Journey Through Hypnobirthing and Parenthood: Angel and Joe’s Birth Story

By: Care Messer Home Birth, Hypnobirthing, Podcast September 18, 2025

In today’s episode, I welcome Angel and Joe, first time parents who are sharing their homebirth story. They took all the notes from Hypnobirthing and adapted those tools for their birth. For those of you who haven’t considered a homebirth, notice how this process was…

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Dr. Mac’s Birth Story

By: Care Messer Birth Story, Fertility, Podcast September 11, 2025

Today we have one of my Hypnobirthing students, Dr. Mac Toohey, sharing her birth story and so much more! Dr. Mac is a naturopath, an integrative functional medicine provider, and a preconception expert. Her birth story started over a year before she became pregnant. It…

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Road to Surrogacy, Part 3

By: Care Messer Birth Story, Podcast, Surrogacy September 4, 2025

We’re back with Jamilah for the final chapter of her surrogacy journey! In this episode, Jamilah shares the emotional and physical experience of delivering her surrogate baby. From the anticipation and pressure of reaching 40 weeks for herself and the Intended Parents, to advocating for…

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Road to Surrogacy, Part 2

By: Care Messer Birth, Podcast, Surrogacy June 5, 2025

Hey everyone! Welcome back to the second episode of our chat with Jamilah. Last week, we heard both of her birth stories and now we’re moving into her incredible journey towards surrogacy. Her own births led Jamilah birth photography, putting her want for being a…

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The Road to Surrogacy, Part 1

By: Care Messer Birth Story, Podcast, Surrogacy May 28, 2025

We are excited to introduce you to Jamilah in today’s show. Ashley and I just had our headshots taken by Jamilah and her story is just too good not to share! Jamilah is almost due with her surrogate baby and we are discussing the backstory…

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Kasondra and Zach’s Natural Birth Story

By: Care Messer Birth Story, Hypnobirthing, Podcast May 22, 2025

The video for YouTube and Spotify will be up shortly! For now, please enjoy our audio version. In this episode, we have a birth story featuring Zach and Kasondra, a couple who recently welcomed their newborn into the world. In Hypnobirthing class we learned about…

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