{"podcast":{"title":"Pain Free Birth","slug":"pain-free-birth-6691170","podcast_index_feed_id":6691170,"rss_url":"https://rss.buzzsprout.com/2507812.rss","website_url":"https://painfreebirth.com/","image_url":"https://storage.buzzsprout.com/h0kkamwct3gjfcy8vhsyy8exgodd?.jpg","author":"Karen Welton","episode_count":108,"summary":"In the Pain Free Birth Podcast, your host, Karen Welton, invites you to discover the truth about how God brilliantly designed the female body for birth. Karen is a certified doula, childbirth educator, and coach who teaches women all around the world how to give birth without pain and fear through her online courses and content.In this show, we geek out about the hormonal physiology of birth, supernatural childbirth, bliss and ecstasy in labor, pregnancy, postpartum, motherhood, and everything in between! Karen interviews women around the world who share their *jaw-dropping* stories of birth at home, in the hospital, and even in the car! She interviews midwives, doctors, and experts in pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum to share their unique perspectives. We’ve been taught to view birth as scary and traumatic or an “emergency waiting to happen.” In this show, you will discover a whole new perspective of what’s possible in birth.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-09T18:17:41.050828+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/pain-free-birth-6691170"},"episode":{"title":"#89 | The 5 Steps That Actually Matter to Prepare for a Natural Birth","slug":"89-the-5-steps-that-actually-matter-to-prepare-for-a-natural-birth","published_at":"2026-02-17T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/pain-free-birth-6691170/89-the-5-steps-that-actually-matter-to-prepare-for-a-natural-birth","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/pain-free-birth-6691170","url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/2507812/episodes/18694971-89-the-5-steps-that-actually-matter-to-prepare-for-a-natural-birth.mp3","audio_url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/2507812/episodes/18694971-89-the-5-steps-that-actually-matter-to-prepare-for-a-natural-birth.mp3","summary":"Are you planning an unmedicated birth… but wondering if you’re actually doing enough to prepare? In this episode of the Pain Free Birth Podcast, Karen breaks down the five essential steps to preparing for a natural, physiological birth with intention. Not just hoping for one. Not just writing a birth plan. But truly preparing your mind, body, and spirit for the birth experience you desire. If you’ve been binging birth stories and thinking, “I want that too” but still feel unsure where to star...","meta_description":"Are you planning an unmedicated birth… but wondering if you’re actually doing enough to prepare? In this episode of the Pain Free Birth Podcast, Karen bre…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3908,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/pain-free-birth-6691170/episodes/89-the-5-steps-that-actually-matter-to-prepare-for-a-natural-birth/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/pain-free-birth-6691170/89-the-5-steps-that-actually-matter-to-prepare-for-a-natural-birth.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}