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132 episodes
Language
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Kayla HeeterExplicit
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Date created
2023/08/27
Latest episode
2026/02/09
Average duration
84 min.
Release period
8 days
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Let’s explore the amazing world of birth together! Listen for inspiring birth stories and intriguing teachings to expand your knowledge surrounding pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, and postpartum life. Each soul-stirring episode is full of heart, passion, and practicality. Join me in this diverse mix of teachings and interviews with real moms and professional birth workers as we seek to more fully understand how God has designed early motherhood and the beginning of life!
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129: God Will Meet You In The Mess (with Karyn Dunavant) [Free Birth, Home Birth, Precipitous Labor]
2026/02/09
The twists and turns that can take place in our lives as God leads us from one season to another are astounding. From leaving religious cults, and trying to find healing through other churches that then turn around and treat you similarly, even though they’re supposed to be different, that in and of itself is incredibly difficult, especially as you’re trying to seek a deeper relationship with the Lord, but add several pregnancies and children into the mix, and the emotions just get deeper. Then, just when you think you’ve got it all, a great property, great relationships, and a great marriage…everything falls apart, right as you find out you’re pregnant with your seventh baby. What will the Lord do to redeem this situation? Can He be trusted? Is He truly sovereign? And what will He teach us through it all?
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128: When God Writes An Even Better Story (with Bess Ragan) [Hospital Birth, Natural Birth, First-Time Mom]
2026/02/02
How do you react when you never planned on having children of your own, never planned on having the title “mom” or “dad” but then the Lord changes those plans drastically…and little did you know you’d gain three daughters in a 24-hour period? The message here is that God is good, His plans are better than ours, and that we’re able to more fully realize His goodness and mercies when things don’t go according to our original plans. Join us today as we hear Bess’ story of becoming a mother, through adoption and through pregnancy and birth!
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127: Is Vaginal Birth Possible After 5 C-Sections? (with Amanda Kairdolf) [Hospital Birth, VBAC, Wild Pregnancy]
2026/01/26
What do you do when God is telling you one thing, but the doctors and medical system are telling you the opposite? This is a theme that came up for Amanda from before she got pregnant all the way through the births of her six children. The lesson? God’s word trumps man’s word every single time! Listen to this incredible story of fear conquered by faith as Amanda miraculously has her first vaginal birth after five previous C-Sections. Thought that was impossible? Think again!
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126: Choosing Worship Over Worry (with Nikki Ellwood) [Home Birth, Retained Placenta, Shoulder Dystocia]
2026/01/19
When you have a 56 hour labor, that results in a transfer from home to hospital, you would assume all of the trauma from your birth experience is wrapped up in that, right? Not for Nikki, her trauma came about during early postpartum with everything from an IGT diagnosis, to an aspirating baby to an undiagnosed retained placenta that led to a hemorrhage at three and a half weeks postpartum. After all of that, it would take some time and healing before attempting to birth again, and then when she was ready, her and her husband faced secondary infertility. Trying to trust God through the process was difficult, but He showed Himself faithful in His timing again and again. For Nikki’s second birth, she had what some others would describe as a traumatic experience-but instead for her, the supernatural peace of the Holy Spirit made it a beautiful, calm and cherished memory for Nikki!
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125: How God Gave Us Bowie (with Christopher Heeter) [Home Birth, Free Birth, Water Birth]
2026/01/12
After six weeks of leave, we are finally back to share our most recent birth story! We hope you enjoy listening to all of the details of this birth, which is very unique to all of our other births, and how God used it to bring the concept of SURRENDER full circle in our hearts.
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For more information:
• Website: www.surrenderedbirthservices.com
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124: Pregnancy and Long Covid Are Like Oil and Water (with Christopher Heeter) [Home Birth, Natural Birth, Midwives Brew]
2026/01/05
While I am on a little maternity leave from the podcast, we are replaying all five of my children's birth stories, and we'll end by releasing our newest baby's birth story.
Listen in today as Chris and I re-live the birth of our 5th baby, with all of the wild twists and turns along the way. There were so many things that were different this time -- things that were both in and out of our control. It's unlikely you'll ever hear another birth story quite like this one!
To read a more detailed version of this birth story, click HERE!
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123: Can Childbirth Ever Be An Enjoyable Experience? (with Christopher Heeter) [Home Birth, Natural Birth, Painless Childbirth]
2025/12/29
While I am on a little maternity leave from the podcast, we are replaying all five of my children's birth stories, and we'll end by releasing our newest baby's birth story.
This week, you will hear about the birth of our fourth child. Chris and I exchange memories of what pregnancy, labor, delivery, and postpartum were like this time around. Considering it was our first home birth, it looks a lot different than the first three!
The wildest thing of all was that it was also my first painless childbirth! Listen in to hear how it all went down.
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To read a more detailed version of this birth story and see pictures, click HERE!
Worship song mentioned in this episode:
I'll Give Thanks by Housefires
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122: Going From Zero to Transition (with Christopher Heeter) [Birth Center Birth, Natural Birth, Precipitous Birth]
2025/12/22
While I am on a little maternity leave from the podcast, we are replaying all five of my children's birth stories, and we'll end by releasing our newest baby's birth story.
To read even more details about this birth and see photos from this story, CLICK HERE!!!
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121: The Day I Pushed Out A Giant Baby (with Christopher Heeter) [Birth Center Birth, Natural Birth, Shoulder Dystocia]
2025/12/15
While I am on a little maternity leave from the podcast, we are replaying all five of my children's birth stories, and we'll end by releasing our newest baby's birth story.
To read even more details about this birth and see photos from this story, CLICK HERE!!!
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120: Your First Child's Birth Is The Birth Of Your Family (with Christopher Heeter) [Hospital Birth, Epidural, First Time Mom]
2025/12/08
While I am on a little maternity leave from the podcast, we are replaying all five of my children's birth stories, and we'll end by releasing our newest baby's birth story.
In this first birth, you'll learn that I was young and ignorant to all things birth. I had a lot to learn, but God led the way! And I would learn even more in the year following my daughter's birth and would start my journey into birth work.
To read more details of this story and see pictures, CLICK HERE!!!
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119: When Your Second Birth Looks Nothing Like Your First - Pt. 2 (with Ashleigh Jurena) [Birth Center Birth, Car Baby]
2025/12/01
When your first labor is 24 hours long, starts with your water breaking and a positive GBS test and you spend the entire thing in the hospital, what can you expect for your second birth? Well, for Ashleigh, it was basically the exact opposite of that! During her second labor she experiences two days of a start/stop early labor and doesn’t know when it will ever actually kick into gear-but when it does, she had less than an hour’s notice before she’d be holding her baby in her arms! And I’ll give you a hint, it wasn’t at the hospital, or the birth center, or at home.
As mentioned in today's episode: Earthley's Pain Potion
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118: The Revelations From Your First Birth Should Change Your Next - Pt. 1 (with Ashleigh Jurena) [Hospital Birth, First Time Mom, Epidural]
2025/11/24
When your first labor is 24 hours long, starts with your water breaking and a positive GBS test and you spend the entire thing in the hospital, what can you expect for your second birth? Well, for Ashleigh, it was basically the exact opposite of that! During her second labor she experiences two days of a start/stop early labor and doesn’t know when it will ever actually kick into gear-but when it does, she had less than an hour’s notice before she’d be holding her baby in her arms! And I’ll give you a hint, it wasn’t at the hospital, or the birth center, or at home.
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117: God Is Trustworthy Even When Our Birth Plans Go Awry (with E.J. Lee) [Hospital Birth, C-Section, Miscarriage]
2025/11/17
What happens when you’re planning a natural, unmedicated birth at a birth center, and then one little leak of your waters changes everything? E.J.’s plans were turned upside down when she was suddenly being induced, quite unsuccessfully, and then in the end landed in a C-Section under general anesthesia. What she didn’t know at the time is that she would go on to have four more C-sections, and a second and very unexpected miscarriage. Where was God in all of this? How was He working through all of these circumstances? Find out as you listen to E.J. tell her story!
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116: Rediscovering Your Belief During Grief (with Madison Snyder) [Miscarriage, Gestational Diabetes, Induction]
2025/11/10
When you find out you’re pregnant and you’ve never had more joy, faith, or closeness with God in your entire life, you’re on the mountain top! Then the enemy takes that baby away from you, and everything comes crashing down-how can you recover from such a tragedy? When Madison and Trevor become pregnant for the second time, they were understandably anxious and unable to celebrate in the way that they did with their first, never knowing if this baby was going to go to Heaven too soon too. Questioning her every decision, Madison navigated every step of this pregnancy from the diagnosis of gestational diabetes to the hard push for early induction, and every intervention that she encountered on the day of her baby’s birth. What would they do differently with their next labor? What decisions would they make in pregnancy and childbirth for a different experience? Would her faith ever fully be restored to where it was before? These were questions she was asking herself when her baby was less than an hour old! Listen to every detail of Madison’s gripping story as she shares her heart and mind surrounding her first childbirth experience today, and what she learned along the way.
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115: What To Do When Your Baby Gets Sick (with Emily Ransom) [Fever, Ear Infection, Colds, Croup, Flu, Pink Eye, Tummy Bug]
2025/11/03
Books: The Nourishing Traditions Book of Baby & Child Care, Smart Medicine For a Healthier Child, How to Raise a Healthy Child in Spite of Your Doctor, Homeopathic Medicine-Children and Infants
To Have: Pulse Ox, Neb, Nose Frida, Feel Better Fast (6m+), Elderberry (12m+), Cod Liver, Teeth Tamer
FEVER: Ferrom Phos 6C (low), Belladonna 30C (high), Chamomilla 30C (teething), Genexa
EAR INFECTION: Garlic Drops, Belladonna 30C (fever), Chamomilla 30C (fussiness)
COLD/CROUP/RSV: Cough-B-Gone (6m+), Cold Calm, Hyland's Tiny Cold Tablets, Hyland's Mucus & Cold, Aconite 200C + Hepar Sulph 200C + Spongia Tosta 200C (Croup), Carbo Veg 200C (low ox)
FLU: Oscillococcinum
PINK EYE: Silver, Hepar Sulph 200C, Pulsatilla 200C, Sulphur 200C
TUMMY BUG: Charcoal, Arsenicum Album 30C, Nux Vomica 30C, Ipecac 200C
For specific homeopathic question
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Podcast reviews
Read Surrendered Birth Stories: Your Christian Birth Story Podcast podcast reviews
Kay-bug- 2026/01/15
Great Resourse
A beautiful collection of encouraging stories that show the goodness of God and great resources for any stage of motherhood.
TaylorH1989 2025/10/27
Sweet stories!
My friend Kayla has a heart to serve the Lord and share birth/child stories of redemption!! You will be blessed by this podcast!
Girl Mamax3 2025/09/30
If you like to hear birth stories and love God this is the podcast for you!!
I just had my 3rd and found this podcast early in this pregnancy, it has truly been a blessing to me to listen to all the incredible ways God has work...
Mumlifethebest 2025/08/26
Surrendered birth
A huge thank you for this amazing podcast. I started listening to this podcast this past year while I was pregnant with my sixth child. I deal with fe...
Brenna H, 2025/08/26
Doula approved
As a christ-following doula I love listening to these stories and recommending this podcast to my clients. The calm and warmth radiates through your v...
Bry.King. 2025/08/19
🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
A Beacon of Hope and Grace During My Pregnancy
This podcast has been an absolute gift during my pregnancy. From the very first episode, I felt wrapped in warmth, truth, and encouragement. The way i...
AWall133 2025/08/17
Great Comfort!
These stories have been such a comfort to listen to throughout my last few weeks of pregnancy! They have helped give me such a positive outlook of pre...
Meredith RC 2025/06/13
Absolutely love!!
By far my favorite podcast! Kayla is so kind and intentional with each of her guests. I’ve learned so much about birth, postpartum, and motherhood. Go...
TFsonshine 2025/04/28
Stories for All listeners!
I’ve been listening to Surrendered Birth stories since the start. Knowing Kayla personally, her heartfelt joy for the birth space, is truly portrayed ...
Kathleenjoy77 2025/03/26
Positive Birth Stories
I have been listening all along. This podcast and the boldness of the women who have shared their stories is such a blessing. It has encouraged me and...
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