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Tell Me More with Nicole Walters

About... The BEST Birth Vibes (with Jen Hamilton)

Tell Me More with Nicole Walters

Dear Media

Society & Culture, Business

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 5 May 2026

⏱️ 41 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

" You could have a birth plan go completely to plan... but still leave feeling negative about it."


Friend, this is one of those chats I wish every woman had before she ever steps into a delivery room.


Today we get to chat with my friend Jen Hamilton — labor and delivery nurse, educator, and one of the most trusted voices online when it comes to pregnancy, labor, and postpartum care.


And we’re talking about what actually shapes your childbirth experience. Not just what happens medically… but how you feel while it’s happening.


You can check every box on your birth plan and still walk away feeling overwhelmed, dismissed, or disconnected from your own experience. This chat is about changing that.


We’re diving into birth plans vs reality, how to advocate for yourself during labor, and what it really looks like to feel supported, informed, and in control... even when things don’t go as expected.


 We Chat About:

  • Why your birth plan doesn’t guarantee a good birth experience
  • How communication can reduce birth trauma (more than anything else)
  • How to advocate for yourself without feeling difficult or confrontational
  • Why feeling supported matters more than everything going “to plan”
  • How to trust your instincts in the moment (even if you’re a planner)
  • Why flexibility, not control, leads to a better birth experience


Whether you’re pregnant, planning to be, supporting someone who is, or just want to understand how to approach birth with more confidence and less fear… this chat is for you.

Because you deserve more than just a healthy outcome.

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0:00.0

The following podcast is a Dear Media production.

0:06.6

Welcome to the Tell Me More podcast with Nicole Walters, the only podcast where I'm not seeking to make you think more like me, but to help you keep thinking for yourself.

0:24.7

All right, y'all.

0:33.6

I'm so excited because today's conversation is one that I wish more women had before they ever stepped into a hospital room.

0:40.0

Because when it comes to birth, so many of us are told what to expect, but we're not always empowered to understand what's actually happening in our bodies or what choices we actually

0:45.9

have in that room and before that room. And we may not even know what to expect when it comes to our

0:51.1

care. But today's guest is changing that. And I also say this because today's

0:56.3

guest is a dear friend, someone that I love, someone that I protect, someone that I hold, and someone I

1:00.9

deeply admire, and you know her, and you love her. Now, Jen Hamilton is a labor and delivery nurse.

1:06.8

She's an educator. And she's one of the most trusted voices online when it comes to pregnancy, birth, and postpartum care.

1:15.2

So if you've ever found yourself on social media trying to figure out what's normal, what's not normal, and what questions you should be asking, there's a good chance you've already learned something from her.

1:25.6

I know I've learned everything from her.

1:28.1

Now, she's built a platform that's rooted in honesty, in education, and in advocacy,

1:33.8

helping women feel informed, supported, and confident as they navigate the most vulnerable

1:37.9

and powerful experiences of their lives. And now she's bringing that same clarity and

1:42.6

empowerment into her upcoming book, Birth Vives.

1:45.8

Y'all, I'm so stupid excited about this book.

1:48.5

I can't even tell you.

1:49.4

I'm so excited.

1:50.1

It's a guide that's designed to help women understand their options, trust their instincts,

1:54.5

and walk into birth feeling prepared instead of panicked.

1:58.8

Listen, birth is not just a medical event. It's an experience and every woman

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