Unmedicated Birth Story & Baking Sourdough During Labor with Rachel Weaver

Okay, Mama, this one is tender, faith-filled, and downright empowering. Rachel (mom of two under two in Michigan) brings us into her living room for an unmedicated home birth that was calm, supported, and so her. 

From a late-pregnancy breech scare to a Spinning Babies breakthrough, from Olive Garden eggplant parm to induce labor,  to a labor playlist featuring Maverick City’s “Used To This,” this story sparkles with surrender, community, and a baby girl who absolutely heard her mama’s voice in the womb.

Well Cover: 

• 05:40 — Breech at 37 Weeks: Plus a quick framework for handling a late-pregnancy curveball (educate, pray/meditate, assemble team, talk to baby).
• 7:00 - Birth Course Prep: How the My Essential Birth Course and podcast prepared her for all of the different turns birth can take, including firing a midwife during labor with her first birth!
  
  
• 15:30 — How She Turned Baby Head-Down: A Spinning Babies session,  chiropractic care, belly banding, and talking to her baby.
  
  
• 20:46 - How Her Husband Supported Her: The patience, love, and verbal encouragement that helped her feel encouraged and safe. Plus the nitty gritty of how Rachel prepped her husband for what SHE needed.
  
  
• 24:45 — Home Birth Setup That Saved Chaos: Pre-staged tub/hoses, dim lights, hot/warm towels and a husband who went on an ice run.
  
  
• 29:05 - Getting Pregnant 6 Months Postpartum: Unexpected? Yup! If this is you though, you’re not alone. Listed to her excellent advice she gives to other moms getting ready for 2 under 2.
  
  
• 34:55 — Coping during Active Labor: Treat contractions as 60-second sprints, why low moo-ing works, and when to get in/out of tub.
  
  
• 47:20 — When the Water Would Not Break, To A Healthy Baby In Three Pushes: What a bulging bag of waters feels like, getting consent, why AROM sped things up, then a three-push delivery and golden hour at home.

Before you go, I want to remind you that Rachel didn’t just “luck out” with a calm, empowering home birth. She trained for it. She learned how to advocate when her first birth wasn’t aligned, she knew how to talk with her midwives about breech, and she had practical tools ready for every stage of labor. That kind of confidence doesn’t just happen… It’s built.

That’s why I’m always shouting from the rooftops: a birth course changes everything.

Birth is one of the most physically intense, emotionally charged, and spiritually transformative events of your life. If you’d prep for a marathon, why wouldn’t you prep for birth?

When you join the My Essential Birth Course, you’re literally stacking your tool belt so that when the curveballs come (breech, stalled labor, induction talk, strong emotions, partner nerves), you’ve already practiced your lines, your moves, your mindset.

That’s what makes space for the magic: singing your labor song in the tub, laughing between contractions, eating yogurt in your own bed with a brand-new baby on your chest. Learn more and join today. 

Your Biggest Cheerleader 📣,