9lb 12oz Baby Home Birth — No Cervical Checks, No Stitches, Taylor's AMAZING Birth Story

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4.4 • 696 Ratings

🗓️ 20 November 2025

⏱️ 69 minutes

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If you’ve ever wondered what a peaceful, physiological, deeply empowering home birth can look like — especially with a big baby — this episode will become your new obsession. Today, Taylor Ward walks us through her beautiful birth story of her 9 lb 12 oz baby boy born at home… after going 8 days past her due date… with zero cervical checks, no stitches, and the most intuitive, grounded labor mindset you’ve ever heard. If you’re craving real-life encouragement, home birth inspiration, mental p...

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0:00.0	weighed the baby. He was nine pounds, 12 ounces, which I also love because I love being able
0:07.3	to vouch for like, don't be afraid of big babies. It's so crazy to me, this narrative of like,
0:12.5	oh, your baby's too big. We have to get your baby out early. It's like, why would my body grow this
0:17.2	baby if I couldn't get it out myself? Nine12 is big, but there's women that have much
0:22.0	larger than that too. So I just think like, I love that. When in your women have a big baby,
0:27.0	I'm like, yeah, you go, girl, and you spread the word.
0:33.3	Getting pregnant and giving birth are two of the most exciting things you can ever hope to experience in this life.
0:39.8	The moment you think you could be pregnant, you're frantically searching for all the best information.
0:44.6	Which is why you're here today?
0:46.2	I'm Stephanie King and with my many years of experience as a professional childbirth educator,
0:51.5	doula and lover of all things, pregnancy, birth and postpartum.
0:55.5	I'm here to make preparing for your birth enjoyable, empowering, and totally easy.
1:01.1	Each week, I'll cover different topics, interview professionals, and get into the nitty-gritty
1:05.7	birth stories from mamas just like you. And when you're ready for more, you can join me in the MyEessential
1:11.7	birth course at Myessentialbirth.com, where I take you step by step through exactly how to
1:17.1	prepare your mind, body, spirit, and partner for a birth you love. So let's get started.
1:46.2	A reviewer of the week is Maddie Karnes, and she says, I'm hoping I said that right. So sorry, Maddie, if I said your last name incorrectly. She says, second in hospital water birth, both going over 40 weeks. I want to start off by saying how truly wonderful and empowering this podcast is. I now have two beautiful babies both born at the hospital I work at, which has an
1:52.1	attached birthing center. Both births were water births and both went beyond 40 weeks. Because of
1:57.9	this podcast, I felt so prepared to advocate for myself, educate my husband,
2:02.1	and achieve the births I dreamt of. My first birth required a one-week NICU stay for my son,
2:07.8	in which I am so grateful for facilities like this hospital, where we easily birthed naturally,
2:12.8	and he was walked right over to the NICU. My daughter's birth felt redemptive with less than
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