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#69 | Birth in War Zones and Triplet Home Birth with Kristine Lauria
What if the “impossible” was actually possible?
In this jaw-dropping episode, Karen sits down with midwife Kristine Lauria, a global midwifery director with more than 30 years of experience, to unpack the viral story of a home birth triplet delivery.
Kristine has attended over 5,000 births worldwide — from refugee camps in South Sudan with Doctors Without Borders to high-risk deliveries in the U.S. — and she brings an unmatched perspective on what physiological birth can truly look like.
Tune in to hear:
- The incredible story of Amber’s viral home birth with triplets
- What actually happens in a breech extraction (and why it was needed in this case)
- How Kristine stayed calm in an emergency and why that saved a life
- Why the role of a good midwife often means having the skill to do nothing
- The difference between scary and traumatic births — and how a mother’s experience matters just as much as the outcome
- What Kristine has learned from thousands of births in hospitals, homes, and disaster zones around the world
- Why hospital cesarean rates don’t compare to what’s possible when birth is left undisturbed
- The spiritual and emotional side of birth that modern maternity care often overlooks
Triplet home birth video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C38V_IIpWzX/
Connect with Kristine:
@globalmidwife64
@allowedtobirth
Connect with Karen:
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Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/painfreebirth/
Spotify Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/show/5zEiKMIHFewZeVdzfBSEMS
Apple Podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/pain-free-birth/id1696179731
Website - https://painfreebirth.com/
Email List https://pain-free-birth.mykajabi.com/website-opt-in
Published on 4 weeks ago