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Home Birth Story: Hospital Transfer to Redemptive Free Birth| Birth Story Series Ep 7

In episode 7 of our home birth series, we sit down with Emily Nachazel to hear the powerful story of her two very different birth experiences — from a hospital transfer during her first birth to the deeply healing and redemptive experience of free birthing her second baby at home.

Emily describes herself as a “birth nerd,” and although her work as a business and leadership coach for women isn’t directly centered around birth, motherhood has transformed the way she moves through life and guides the work she does every day. In this conversation, we explore the importance of not only knowing your truth intellectually, but truly feeling it and trusting it within your body.

Emily shares how hearing positive birth stories — especially from her own mother, who spoke of loving pregnancy and feeling beautiful while pregnant — deeply shaped her relationship with birth and motherhood. She reflects on the lessons she learned from her first birth experience, including realizing how much she relied on external authority and permission from her care providers rather than listening inward and trusting her own instincts and body wisdom.

We also talk about:

  • Choosing pregnancy and birth providers based on intuition and connection rather than logistics alone
  • The power of surrounding yourself with people who reflect hope instead of fear
  • Learning to surrender and open to the birth process
  • How her second free birth became the peaceful and healing experience she had hoped and prayed for

Above all, Emily reminds us that every birth journey holds wisdom, and that coming home to yourself and your intuition can be one of the greatest gifts of motherhood.

Helpful Resources

If you’re currently pregnant or planning your care, I created a guide to help you ask the right questions and feel confident choosing your provider:
https://www.stefanieadler.com/Guide-to-Interviewing-Your-Pregnancy-Care-Provider

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