{"podcast":{"title":"Natural Birth For Catholic Moms | Faith-Filled Birth Education, Holistic Pregnancy, Unmedicated Labor, Natural Hospital Birth Tips + Birth Stories For A Holy Confident Birth","slug":"holy-confident-birth-catholic-natural-birth-holistic-motherhood-birth-and-postpartum-for-catholic-christian-moms-6511022","podcast_index_feed_id":6511022,"rss_url":"https://rss.buzzsprout.com/2504779.rss","website_url":"https://holyconfidentbirth.com","image_url":"https://storage.buzzsprout.com/6i2e3fbpa7pgsqu2sfjlvby3p1j5?.jpg","author":"Eve O'Brien","episode_count":89,"summary":"Do you dream of a natural birth but secretly wonder if you'll actually be able to do it when labor gets intense? Do you believe God designed your body for birth, yet struggle to find Catholic resources that actually prepare you for it? Are you tired of feeling lost and overwhelmed over conflicting birth advice, and don’t know who to trust for information? And lastly, are you done settling for birth prep that makes you choose between trusting your body….and trusting your God? If that sounds like you, I am so beyond happy you are here! This podcast will help you prepare for the God-centered natural birth you have been dreaming of through education, tips and positive birth stories. Hey, I'm Eve- a labor nurse, birth doula, unmedicated birth mom x2, and most importantly a passionate Jesus-loving Catholic! When I was pregnant for the first time, I was REALLY hoping for a peaceful, faith-filled, unmedicated birth. But despite already having experience as a nurse in the field, all I felt I knew was how to be a \"good patient.\" And all the birth education I found was either fluffy and generic or spiritualized in all the wrong ways. So I pieced things together by myself, and by God’s grace…","last_synced_at":"2026-09-21T14:17:58.596870+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/holy-confident-birth-catholic-natural-birth-holistic-motherhood-birth-and-postpartum-for-catholic-christian-moms-6511022"},"episode":{"title":"Does An Epidural Make Birth Less Holy? 3 Reasons Epidural Guilt Isn't From God. | Ep. 88","slug":"does-an-epidural-make-birth-less-holy-3-reasons-epidural-guilt-isn-t-from-god-ep-88","published_at":"2026-09-21T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/holy-confident-birth-catholic-natural-birth-holistic-motherhood-birth-and-postpartum-for-catholic-christian-moms-6511022/does-an-epidural-make-birth-less-holy-3-reasons-epidural-guilt-isn-t-from-god-ep-88","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/holy-confident-birth-catholic-natural-birth-holistic-motherhood-birth-and-postpartum-for-catholic-christian-moms-6511022","url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/2504779/episodes/19759825-does-an-epidural-make-birth-less-holy-3-reasons-epidural-guilt-isn-t-from-god-ep-88.mp3","audio_url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/2504779/episodes/19759825-does-an-epidural-make-birth-less-holy-3-reasons-epidural-guilt-isn-t-from-god-ep-88.mp3","summary":"✨ Download The FREE Speedy Birth Blueprint Here 🕊 Join The Waitlist for the Holy Confident Birth Course (Relaunching with Bonuses and Updates October 19th!) 🕊 The DIY Doula Guide For Catholic Moms 🧺 Shop my favorite birth + postpartum products on Amazon Getting an epidural does not make your birth less holy. We walk through where interventions actually belong and how to tell when the scale has tipped from harm toward help, what an epidural is physically doing in your body, and why exhaustio...","meta_description":"✨ Download The FREE Speedy Birth Blueprint Here 🕊 Join The Waitlist for the Holy Confident Birth Course (Relaunching with Bonuses and Updates October 19th…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1893,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/holy-confident-birth-catholic-natural-birth-holistic-motherhood-birth-and-postpartum-for-catholic-christian-moms-6511022/episodes/does-an-epidural-make-birth-less-holy-3-reasons-epidural-guilt-isn-t-from-god-ep-88/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/holy-confident-birth-catholic-natural-birth-holistic-motherhood-birth-and-postpartum-for-catholic-christian-moms-6511022/does-an-epidural-make-birth-less-holy-3-reasons-epidural-guilt-isn-t-from-god-ep-88.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}