As we approach 100 episodes and celebrate two years of podcasting, I am bringing back this powerful, deeply loved conversation from the very beginning of Soul Evolution. This story was originally Episode 1 of the entire podcast, and for good reason.
In this remastered episode, Katharine shares the full arc of her motherhood journey:
• the early birth and stillborn loss of her first daughter
• her second pregnancy and planned gentle cesarean
• and her third birth, where she claimed her sovereignty by choosing a vaginal breech birth after a prior c-section.
What unfolds is an extraordinary, embodied story of intuition, maternal lineage, grief, self-trust, resilience, and radical reclamation.
Katharine offers one of the most courageous and nuanced breech-after-cesarean stories you will ever hear, rooted in her own instincts, her deep research, and the support of a skilled midwife trained through Breech Beyond Borders.
Her journey reminds us that our bodies hold wisdom beyond measure, and that even after heartbreak, a woman can rise with fierce clarity and claim the birth she knows she is meant to have.
• Katharine’s early birth and stillborn daughter, and how that loss reshaped her understanding of intuition and maternal instinct
• The healing that unfolded between Katharine and her mother after their shared loss
• Planning and preparing for a vaginal birth after cesarean
• Navigating a bicornuate uterus, multiple breech pregnancies, and medical system limitations
• The difference between instinctual knowing and fear
• Community support, sovereignty, and the GoFundMe that made her breech birth possible
• What it felt like to labor for days, push for five hours, and bring her breech baby Earthside
• Newborn resuscitation in breech birth and the physiology behind it
• How her births shaped the evolution of her intuition, confidence and womanhood
• The thread of ancestry, self-trust and soul-path that stitched all three of her births together
Katharine is a jeweler and artist whose work is deeply influenced by her rites of passage, intuition and sovereignty.
Instagram: @katharinejanejewelry
Website: katharinejanejewelry.com
She creates heirloom engagement pieces, custom fine jewelry, and will be showcasing her work at Common Ground Fair in Maine.
For women on the conception, pregnancy, birth and postpartum path, Emily offers:
• Beyond a Doula private support
• So You Want a Home Birth? complete self-paced program
• Birth Integration Sessions
• Mother Blessings and Closing of the Bones
• One-to-one Wise Woman sessions for cycle connection, lineage healing and embodiment
If you’re local to Southern Maine, join the Women’s Circle and Perinatal Village Circle held monthly.
Website: www.emilygracenixon.com
Instagram: @embodiedwomenswisdom
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Music: The Ancients (feat. Loga Ramin Torkian) by Azam Ali
Disclaimer:
The information and resources provided by me are not intended to constitute or replace medical or midwifery advice or a Mother’s intuition. Instead, all information provided is intended for education purposes only. My advice is not to be seen as medical diagnosis or to treat any medical illness or condition of Mother or baby/fetus.
Keywords: natural birth, home birth, freebirth, physiological birth, birth stories, postpartum healing, women’s circles, rites of passage, womb wisdom, feminine embodiment, sisterhood, conscious conception, birth trauma healing, matrescence, menopause, first-time mom birth story, VBAC, spirit baby.