Arrivals: A Birth Story Podcast
Hosted by Merelise · Merelise Wilson
4.9from 49 ratings
- 50
- Episodes
- 12
- Transcribed
- 49
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2025
- First episode
About Arrivals: A Birth Story Podcast
Is there anything more magical than a new life arriving into this world? Every single person, no matter who they are, begins their life here the same way - with someone giving birth to them. It's no wonder we love birth stories - birth is an amazing feat. And beyond the wonder of it all, birth stories have served an important role in history, helping to educate and support women as they embark on their own births. At some point though, birth started being portrayed to us mostly one way - painful, hard, scary. Birth can be those things but it can be so much more, too. Birth can be peaceful, joyful, natural, surgical, triumphant, empowering, and even funny. Every birth story is as unique as the life that comes into this world as a result. This podcast celebrates and makes room for each and every one of those stories. Follow Arrivals on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/arrivals_podcast/) Follow Merelise on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/mereliseharte/) Intro music by Lewis Beard (https://open.spotify.com/artist/5kVeDmuxqrl7yswGdUJ7Sl?si=8Dw95fizTXOMPNTbeoP63g) Disclaimer: This podcast provides general information and discussions around health and related subjects. This information and the other content provided in this podcast and any linked materials are not intended and should not be construed as medical advice, nor is this information a substitute for professional medical expertise or treatment.
- Publisher
- Merelise Wilson
- Category
- kids & family
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 17 Nov 2025
- Latest episode
- 22 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
12 of 50 episodes have a transcript.
22 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
A joyful hospital birth, the mothering gene, one and done, and postpartum depression + anxiety
15 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Three kids under three and a half, pelvic floor PT, big babies, and breastfeeding
8 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Replay: A successful VBAC, an Aussie birth perspective, obstructed labor & episiotomy complications
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A joyful hospital birth, the mothering gene, one and done, and postpartum depression + anxiety
Published 22 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] I'd heard that postpartum depression might happen. Some of my girlfriends had kind of mentioned it. Hey, be on the lookout for this. But I honestly did not expect that. And postpartum depression anxiety came for me really, really bad. Then you layer on the fact that my body cannot produce enough milk for my son and So pretty much from day one, we did. And I didn't even know this was a thing. So I always like to tell people it. It's not called tandem feeding, but he always had breast milk and formula. Supplementing. Yes. Yes. From day one. It's great. And I didn't know that was an option. Nobody ever talked about that. […]
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- Ryanne Saucier
- Katie Kennedy
- Clare Hambridge
- Charmaine McNeil
- Charlie Watts
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.8 / 5
- 24 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 25 ratings
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Merelise host the show. Published by Merelise Wilson.
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