Two homesteading, homebirthing moms chat at the end of pregnancy
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- Опубликовано: 9 сен 2024
- Erin is a mother of six, new homesteader, retired nurse, and guru on all things natural health and wellness. You may know her from Instagram which is her main platform for sharing information and resources to empower and educate mothers. We sat down and answered some of your questions about their journey from California to Tennessee to find freedom, how they got their homestead off the ground, and how Erin is preparing for her fifth home birth. If any of these motherhood topics interest you, join us for this fun conversation!
In this episode, we cover:
- What led Erin and her family to leave California and begin their Tennessee homestead
- The characteristics that make Tennessee a great place to homestead
- How Erin jumped into the homesteading life quicker than she expected
- Some of the challenges of being a brand new dairy cow owner
- Identifying your priorities and navigating the limitations that come along with homesteading
- Breaking down common misconceptions about the safety and risks of homebirth
- Discussing mindset and preparation in the last weeks of pregnancy
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ABOUT ERIN
Erin is a registered nurse, wife, and mother to 5 (4 bio + 1 step) children, and currently pregnant with her fifth baby. Her and her family moved from California to Tennessee in 2020 in search of a life that would lend to more self sufficiency. Erin isn’t afraid to take on new challenges and loves to travel and adventure with her family. She talks and educates authentically online about life, motherhood, health and wellness, birth, and her journey as a new homesteader.
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CA native, with a family, wanting to move out of state, preferably to Tennessee for years, but haven’t yet. Praying for an opening to find a business for our family or a job my husband can transfer. Loved this podcast, including homebirth chat! Prayer and our words have a significant impact on having your dream childbirth!
As someone who just moved from Nashville, TN to the UP of Michigan, it was lovely to hear all the Tennessee love!
It's so great to hear you both talking about home births. I had my third baby in 1993 at home. We had just moved from California to IL and found a practice called Home-First. It was a very good experience even though I was 43 at the time (my son just turned 30). I am so glad I was able to experience a home birth without any kind of intervention! This was after having 2 C-sections, one in 1983 and one in 1984. Thank you both for this pod-cast, I really enjoyed it!
I moved from CA to Idaho in 2015 when we had our first baby. We love Idaho! A close friend just moved to Nashville.
I want a mini jersey cow and goats. Currently, we have 20 chickens, but I'm ready to expand. Great podcast!
Amazing ladies! Mom of 4, Grandmother to 7. Thanks for sharing your stories. ❤❤❤
Yes, I chose my midwife because in a healthy pregnancy I trust her with my baby's life more than any other care provider. Her knowledge, experience, and preparedness are superior when facilitating a safe birth for the BABY. She has assisted me with two beautiful births so far and the trust and friendship we have now is irreplaceable.
Lots of judgment in the comments. Being kind doesn't cost anything. People are so quick to judge others. They are sharing their life experience to help someone else. 🌻🌻☀️
Calling out someone like Erin who play homesteader for social media isn't being unkind. It's a warning to others who think she actually takes care of her dairy cow full time while constantly going on vacations. Those two aren't compatible unless someone else is doing the majority of the care for your animals.
as a TN native, I want to point out that while it is obviously very appealing to move to such a low cost of living state, native Tennesseans have been suffering since 2020 due to droves of people moving here with a california income and making it impossible to afford their own land/homes. I really enjoyed this podcast, but it is an important point to talk about the real effects of such huge amounts of people moving like this. There is no single best solution, but at least acknowledgement would be much appreciated!
Over 2000 views and only 10 comments? C'mon ladies let's show Lisa and Erin that we enjoyed the podcast!
Way to go for it, Erin! Glad you were able to get out of California. So cool that your family came out too! I’m in northern Utah so we see A LOT of people coming out of California.
Out of curiosity. Question from a Non-US person: what was (is?) going on in California that makes people leave? Greetings from Germany :)
Loved this episode. So good to hear your perspectives and experiences. ❤️🙏🏻 Val C
Now I understand why my contractions were so intense with those where my water broke early
Watching this at 39 weeks and enjoying every second!
Please have Kelli from home with Kelli on RUclips on your podcast let her talk about home economy, she’s so knowledgeable!
I really enjoyed this podcast. You're both have super enjoyable personalities. Blessings to you and yours from South Africa.
Thanks ladies, very interesting to us in the UK.
I moved to North Dakota!! My husband's parents moved here from CA
What I am about to say is going to be somewhat controversial, hopefully nobody takes offense but I just have to say it.
I would’ve loved to have seen even more homebirth talk on this podcast because it is such a underrepresented subject! I had two hospital births and two “home births.“ And whenever I would talk about how amazing, empowering, beautiful, I felt my homebirth/natural birth experience was, there would be so much pushback that sounded a lot like “ my birth was just as valid even though I had a C-section/hospital birth/medicalize birth etc.“ which of course is absolutely the truth! But what is it about mothers that makes them feel like they even need to make this kind of distinction? When I see a mother post photos from her hospital birth or her C-section I comment congratulations! What a beautiful baby! I don’t feel the need to say “ My birth was just as valid as your birth!” What is it about social media or the competition between mothers that they feel the need to always preface everything this way. I have had two hospital births, of course those births were just as monumental, life-changing, and special. But the experiences are different, and we should feel allowed to share our experiences without fear of other women taking them as put downs or insults when they are 100% not!
If you had a beautiful hospital birth I am happy for you! Just like I would love to be supported and celebrated for my homebirths. Both choices are perfectly valid but it seems like the hospital Birth group gets very offended by the homebirth group speaking about their experiences, and I just do not understand why.
I disagree. Not every experience is valid and home and hospital birth is not even remotely the same. They are telling you this because they know deep down
They made the wrong choice
while I do understand what you're saying what I mean is that "just bc you had a hospital birth doesn't mean you cannot celebrate your birth." I suppose. I do agree to an extent that the people who lash out and feel like you sharing YOUR experience with homebirth is an "attack" on them does feel like an inditement of sorts. if you are completely confident and happy with your birth choice why care if I choose homebirth kinda thing? I just wish I understood why some mothers feel the need to go after moms who talk about their births as if its some sort of "attack" on them personally.@@Friggsdottir
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CA -> TN cheaper cost of living and no income tax which helps. I’m personally not a fan of the weather hot and humid in the summer and bitter cold in the winter. Also tornado alley is moving east so higher chance of tornados in TN now. If you pay someone to milk your cow etc you are not a homesteader
Wow. Tell us how you really feel today. Empowered? Certainly not kind.
So bc she pays a person, which puts money in said persons pocket , which helps said person which helps her she isn’t a homesteader? Many many homesteaders pay people to help them out around the homestead. They are still a homestead. Many large homesteaders pay help. Like Justin Rhodes, Melissa Norris, Stivers Homestead, Joel Saladin, do you need me to list more? And she actually said in the beginning that TN was cheaper. Your point is what? Do you feel better by attempting to put someone else down or by trying to “correct” them? I guess we need to remember that misery loves company and will try to tear others down in order to attempt to feel better. I hope others don’t judge you as harshly as you seem to want to judge others. Everyone chooses to do things differently. There is no one way to run your homestead. Kindness will get you farther.
If you have a homestead and work on keeping it running you are a homesteader. If you never do any work and work on a computer all day id have a hard time calling you a homesteader.