The Birth Sisters: Recent Episodes
Annie Nuttall
We’re Annie and Megan. Join us as we talk about pregnancy, labor, postpartum, and everything to do with birth!
2024 has been busy, to say the least! This week we’re catching up on everything that we’ve had going on during the first few months of 2024! Megan announces that she's pregnant with a baby girl, and shares what she’s been doing to help her pregnancy go smoothly. Annie talks about her closing of the bones ceremony and shares some of her experiences as a student midwife. We chat about tons of other topics like free birth, age gaps between kids, taking beef liver as a prenatal, and immediate postpartum plans.
Maybe your mom talked to you about birth control, maybe she didn’t. But this week we’re reading stories from our listeners about their experiences using birth control. From weight gain to low libido to infertility, we’re talking about what it’s really like to take hormonal birth control. We also shared some hot takes and personal opinions at the end of the episode!
BIRTH CONTROL! It’s a hot topic, and we wanna talk about it. In this episode, we discuss how birth control works, some side effects and negative reactions that you may experience while using it, and what “breakthrough bleeding” is. We also spent a lot of time talking about Natural Family Planning, which is the method of birth control that both of us use! If you have questions, message us on Instagram @annienuttalll and @megandlamont. Thanks for listening!
This month we got to chat with Camille Jorgensen, an IBCLC (International Board Certified Lactation Consultant) in Utah County! Camille shared some incredible information, and answered tons of questions from listeners and some from us as well! We discussed how to prepare for breastfeeding during pregnancy, talked about milk supply, and lots more! Connect with Camille on Instagram @the_lactationdoula or schedule a consultation with her here: https://lactivistactivist.com/book-now!
This is a fun episode with life updates, postpartum talk, and some impromptu birth research! We discussed some details about Annie's birth work in 2023, and she shared an exciting announcement that is coming in 2024. Megan talked about what 2024 will hopefully hold for her family! We talked about our transitions in motherhood from 0 to 1 kids, and then 1-2 kids, and gave details about what would have helped us through the process. We're so grateful for all the support we received during 2023, and we can't wait to share more birth content with our listeners in 2024!
We have some fun life updates about pumping, eating, and our Spotify wrapped! Annie recently posted about circumcision on her Instagram stories and we talked more candidly about that! We discussed The Brewer Diet and explained why eating protein and salt is so important during pregnancy. We also gave helpful tips on how to relieve morning sickness!
Join us for the second part of our interview with Kelsha and Lexi! We talked about how their husbands supported them during labor, and Kelsha shared more details about her hospital birth. We answered a few listener questions including “how to decide between a birth center and a hospital.”
Our good friends Kelsha and Lexi have had some incredible birth experiences, and it was so much fun to chat with them about all things birth! In the first part of this interview, we discussed their perspectives about birth before getting pregnant, finding care providers, and what their prenatal care has been like with each of their providers. Tune in next week for even more from Kelsha and Lexi!
This episode is our most passionate and intense episode yet! Listen to hear Annie’s “Burger Restaurant” analogy, statistics on “small pelvises/big babies”, and some experiences Annie had while attending births in the hospital! You deserve a birth that is safe, transformative, powerful, and empowering!
Join us for a fun episode where we talk about all the things we’ve been experiencing during our 6 months postpartum! We talk about co-sleeping, milk supply, and postpartum hair loss. Baby sleep, Breastfeeding, and Baldness, oh my! We end the episode with some miscellaneous questions about scoliosis, delivery of the placenta, our favorite things about our recent births, and things we wish we could’ve changed!
Ezra Zachary was welcomed into the world this past March, listen to this episode to hear all of the details! Annie shares about her potential emergency transfer situation, her postpartum hospital visit, and the beautiful story of how Ezra was born!
After a few months of maternity leave, we are so excited to share new podcast episodes with you! In this episode, Megan shares the birth story of her daughter, Florence Magnolia Eve Lamont. Listen to hear about her peaceful water birth, postpartum hospital visit, and how her due date changed by a whole month!
Join us for a second episode of interviewing our Grandma Dotti! This episode is SO full of information and Dotti answers some amazing questions. She shares some of her most memorable birth experiences, discusses the differences between OBGYN care and midwifery care, and even talks about pain tolerance for unmedicated childbirth. We’re honored to have Dotti as our grandma, and we’re thrilled that we get to share a tiny piece of her knowledge and wisdom with you!
Our Grandma Dotti owned one of the top-rated midwifery practices in CO and practiced for 25 years! We’re so blessed to have her as an example and resource, this interview with her is amazing! In part one of our interview we discussed why she decided to have a home birth, a few of her own birth experiences, and how her empowering experiences led her to become a midwife. There are a handful of places where the audio is static-y, but we hope you enjoy this episode and love learning from Dotti as much as we do!
This week we interviewed our husbands, Adam and Zach! They give great perspectives about what pregnancy and home birth were like from their point of view. Neither of them grew up familiar with home birth, so listen to find out what their thoughts were about midwives, unmedicated childbirth, and birthing at home! They also share their advice for first-time dads!
This episode is full of tons of great info about what qualifies as a high-risk pregnancy. We discuss different factors that can play into making a pregnancy high-risk, as well as some common myths about pregnancy.
We are back this week with the second half of our top 10 recommendations for what to do to prepare for birth! In this episode we cover why you should do visualizations, how perineal massage can help you, avoiding horror stories when talking about birth, and more! Message us if you'd like any links or screenshots of the items we talked about!
You have soooo many things to do when you get pregnant, but where do you even start? We’re discussing our top 10 recommendations for what to do to prepare for birth! In the first part of this topic, we discuss choosing a care provider, things that your pregnant body needs, how to choose a doula, and more! Message us if you'd like any links or screenshots of the items we talked about!
Listen to hear the second half of our conversation with our mom, Beth Weight! She answered questions like, “do you need to have a high pain tolerance to have an unmedicated birth?” and “what matters most to you when choosing a care provider?” Beth also shares more of her birth experiences, including her pregnancies and births that would clinically be considered “high-risk”. She discusses how she chose to continue with a home birth despite certain factors.
We are SO excited to share this episode with you! This week we interviewed our mom, Beth Weight! Beth has had 7 home births and attended many other births as a doula! We asked her questions like “how does your husband support you in labor?” and “which of your births were the easiest?” Beth talks about her many birth experiences and shares so many amazing stories!
This week Meg and Annie give a quick life update and also discuss birth plans! We answer questions like “Why do I need a birth plan?” and “When should I start making a birth plan?”. We list some important things to include on your birth plan, and discuss what we included in our own birth plans!
Annie and Megan dive into various interventions that can happen with birth! Learn more about Epidurals, C-sections, Instrumental Delivery, Episiotomy, and a bonus section at the end with lots of interesting info! If you have any questions, email us at thebirthsisters@gmail.com, or message @annienuttalll or @megandlamont on Instagram!
Meg and Annie share some information and opinions about various birth interventions! Listen to learn about medical and non-medical induction methods, electronic fetal monitoring, and Pitocin. We did have some audio hiccups, but this episode has lots of great information!
Royal Evergreen Adam LaMont was born ~precisely~ on time. Listen to hear how Megan manifested Royal’s birthday exactly when she wanted it to be!
In this episode, Annie shares her birth story with Ella. Listen and find out why Annie actually spent 10 months pregnant!
Welcome to The Birth Sisters podcast! Get to know your co-hosts Annie and Megan as they introduce their inspiration to start The Birth Sisters.