# Ep 299 - Kristen Nagle | Reclaiming Birth: A Former NICU Nurse's Reckoning

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Podcast: [Here For The Truth](https://stenobird.com/podcast/here-for-the-truth-4369027)
Published: 2026-05-31T10:30:00+00:00
Episode link: https://hereforthetruth.com/episode299
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Duration seconds: 5160

## Resource

In this episode, we sit down with Kristen Nagle: former NICU nurse turned whistleblower and founder of Reclaiming Birth. Her story is the arc of a system insider who couldn't unsee what she was a part of — a hospital culture that worships intervention, a profession that pathologizes the female body, and a machine that punishes the nurses who name it. We trace her hero's journey from the injections she administered that she now warns against, through public termination and media smears, to a betrayal letter from inside her own family. We explore the pivot from fighting freedom to creating it, the home birth that rewrote her relationship to her body, and a vulnerable, never-before-shared reckoning with her role in routine circumcision. The foundation of the world begins in the womb — and every act of self-trust flows from whether we claimed that moment or handed it away. (00:00) Slandered in the Media (00:32) Opening Conversation (01:42) Meet Kristen (02:42) Motherhood Sparks Awakening (06:44) Seeing Vaccine Harm in NICU (16:01) COVID Hospital Restrictions (20:39) Betrayal Becomes Calling (31:33) Reclaiming Birth at Home (37:31) How Hospitals Took Over (42:15) Peace Begins At Birth (45:34) Fathers In The Birth Space (52:47) Fear Culture Around Babies (56:11) Canada Vs US on Freedom (58:32) Reclaiming Birth Conference (Why In-Person Matters) (01:06:49) Circumcision (A Nurse’s Perspective) (01:20:27) Reclaiming Birth Evolution Guest Links Reclaiming Birth Conference [Discount code: HFTT15] Website Connect with Us Start the Free 7-Day Self-Esteem Reset Watch Our Episodes Join our free Telegram community Join our membership Friends of the Truth

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