Have you ever wondered how to pursue a natural birth when you’re not sure you can trust the system you're giving birth in?

In this episode, we will cover:

Why acknowledging your unease about hospital birth is actually a key part of Christian birth prep...

How faith-centered pregnancy planning helps you prepare for natural childbirth without falling into fear or false optimism...

My best tips for navigating hospital birth with confidence, boundaries, and spiritual peace as a pregnant Christian...
… and a whole lot more!

If you’re ready to prepare for a faith-filled birth even in a setting you don’t fully trust, then this episode is for you!

Just getting started?
Use my free pregnancy and birth research checklist to jumpstart your learning.

Free roadmap to planning a natural birth:
10 Steps to Natural Birth

Want to feel more confident making decisions in labor?
Join the Autonomous Birth Workshop to learn how to advocate for yourself and navigate birth with clarity.

Free Scripture-Based Affirmation Cards
For encouragement and truth as you prepare for birth, download my Free Scripture-Based Affirmation Cards

Connect with me on Instagram:
@rise.birth

Planning a natural birth can feel isolating...especially when you’re the only one in your circle choosing to go unmedicated.

Galatians 1:10 "Am I now trying to win the approval of human beings, or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ."

In this episode, I’m speaking directly to the mom who feels misunderstood, questioned, or quietly discouraged by friends, family, or coworkers who don’t share her birth goals. If you’re tired of justifying your choices or wondering if you’re being unrealistic, this conversation is for you.

We cover four key reminders to help you stay grounded and confident:

• Why you don’t need everyone’s approval
• Where true confidence actually comes from
• When and how to limit what you share with others
• How to find support even if no one close to you “gets it”

This episode will help you protect your peace, strengthen your conviction, and remember that you are not alone...and you are not wrong for wanting a natural birth.

Just getting started?
Use my free pregnancy and birth research checklist to jumpstart your learning.

Free roadmap to planning a natural birth:
10 Steps to Natural Birth

Want to feel more confident making decisions in labor?
Join the Autonomous Birth Workshop to learn how to advocate for yourself and navigate birth with clarity.

Free Scripture-Based Affirmation Cards
For encouragement and truth as you prepare for birth, download my Free Scripture-Based Affirmation Cards

Connect with me on Instagram:
@rise.birth

How does a biblical approach to birth differ from the way U.S. culture views it?

In this episode, we explore the key difference between fear-driven birth decisions and faith-filled, God-centered stewardship. Too often, U.S. culture treats birth as a high-risk event to control, leading to anxiety, rigid plans, and unnecessary interventions.

We discuss:

• How fear and control shape US birth statistics
• What Scripture says about trust, stewardship, and surrender in pregnancy
• Practical ways to prepare for birth without letting fear dominate your decisions
• Aligning your heart, mind, and birth plan with God’s design

Learn to approach birth with peace, intentional preparation, and trust in God’s sovereignty and discover how Scripture can guide you to walk through pregnancy and labor with confidence.

Scripture referenced:

2 Timothy 1:7 "for God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control."

Proverbs 19:21 “Many are the plans in the mind of a man, but it is the purpose of the Lord that will stand.”

1 Chronicles 29:11 – “Yours, O Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty, for all that is in the heavens and in the earth is yours. Yours is the kingdom, O Lord, and you are exalted as head above all.”

Scripture references to loving the Lord your God with all your heart/soul/mind/strength: Deuteronomy 6:5, Matthew 22:37, Mark 12:30, Luke 10:27

Proverbs 19:20 "Listen to advice and accept instruction, that you may gain wisdom in the future."

Proverbs 16:9 "The heart of man plans his way, but the Lord establishes his steps."

Isaiah 26:3 "You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you."

Just getting started?
Use my free pregnancy and birth research checklist to jumpstart your learning.

Free roadmap to planning a natural birth:
10 Steps to Natural Birth

Want to feel more confident making decisions in labor?
Join the Autonomous Birth Workshop to learn how to advocate for yourself and navigate birth with clarity.

Free Scripture-Based Affirmation Cards
For encouragement and truth as you prepare for birth, download my Free Scripture-Based Affirmation Cards

Connect with me on Instagram:
@rise.birth