My Redemptive Unmedicated Hospital Birth (Planned Freebirth) After Long Labor, OP Baby, & Epidural

Resources Mentioned:Reclaimed: 30 Days to Natural Hospital Birth — the step-by-step guide I co-authored with my sister, Katie (Labor & Delivery nurse), designed to help you prepare for a natural hospital birth with confidence and clarityConnect on Instagram:@yourredemptivebirthIn this deeply personal episode, I’m sharing my own birth stories—both of them taking place inside the hospital, but with very different experiences.My first birth was a planned hospital birth with midwives. I went in trusting the system, but without a full understanding of birth physiology or how hospital routines can shape the course of labor. With a posterior (OP) baby and a long early labor, my experience slowly became what so many women recognize: an epidural, Pitocin, and coached pushing. A “standard” American hospital birth.But I walked away knowing I wanted something different.When I became pregnant again, everything shifted. I was hungry to understand birth on a deeper level—to experience it fully, to trust my body, and to partner with the way God designed it. I read, researched, and immersed myself in natural birth stories. I even planned a freebirth.But plot twist: I found myself heading to the hospital in labor, thinking I wanted pain relief… only to realize I was actually heading into transition.I ended up having the unmedicated, physiological birth I had been hoping for… right there in the hospital.This episode is about redemption, preparation, surrender, and the faithfulness of God. It’s also why I’m so passionate about helping women understand that a natural, undisturbed birth is possible in the hospital.Because now—I’ve lived it.And I can’t wait to teach you how.In this episode, we talk about:My first hospital birth: what I didn’t know (and how it impacted my experience)Posterior (OP) babies and long early laborHow interventions like epidurals and Pitocin can shape laborThe mindset shift that changed everything in my second pregnancyPlanning a freebirth… and why I ended up at the hospital insteadTransition vs. “I can’t do this” moments in laborHaving a fully unmedicated, physiological birth in a hospital settingTrusting your body and partnering with God in birthWhy this experience led to creating a roadmap for other women