Welcome to the My Essential Birth podcast. I'm Courtney and I'm Stephanie and we're professional

doulas, childbirth educators and the creators of My Essential Birth, the holistic, empowering,

online childbirth education course helping mothers everywhere confidently achieve their best

birth. So join us each week as we share tips and advice for all things pregnancy birth and beyond.

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This episode is sponsored by our reviewer of the week.

Just kidding, we don't have sponsors.

It's Brynlyn O, and she says, great birth prep podcast.

I've had a hospital birth and a home birth.

Girl, way to go.

And now I'm pregnant and planning my second home birth. I love this podcast

so much. It's helping me to refresh my memory on all the things to plan and prepare for and also

teaching me new things that I didn't necessarily know before. I've shared this podcast with everyone

I know that's pregnant because there's so much great info and support for all mamas

birthing in all ways. I'm getting so excited for the birth of my little girl, thanks to these

gals. I find that so cool because it's absolutely true. It doesn't matter that I've given birth

four times in hospital, out of hospital. I'm constantly learning new things. And you guys,

that's why it almost hurts so much that we're done having kids. I'm like, but wait, I just saw

this technique that I want to try. Yeah. No, this, like I had the biggest smile on my face as I was

reading this because I feel like that could be me. I get super excited as I'm preparing to

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