The Homebirth Midwife Podcast

Sarah McClure and Charli Zarosinski are both certified professional midwives and the founders of Hearth and Home Midwifery. That clinical background shapes every episode of this podcast -- they speak from the experience of actually catching babies, not just reading about it. The show has 163 episodes and a 4.6 star rating from 193 reviews. Listeners consistently praise how organized and digestible their episodes are. They take complex medical topics -- placenta previa, advanced maternal age, preterm labor warning signs -- and explain them clearly without dumbing things down. They also cover the more practical side of homebirth midwifery: what a prenatal visit looks like, how they handle emergencies, what their transfer protocols are. These are the kinds of details that can be hard to find elsewhere and that matter enormously when you're making decisions about your care. The show mixes educational episodes with birth stories from their own clients. The client stories add a layer of authenticity because Sarah and Charli were actually there -- they can fill in details about what was happening medically while the mother describes her experience. Their humor comes through naturally, keeping the tone warm even when covering heavy subjects like birth trauma and PTSD. Episodes update twice a month, and they tend to run about 45 minutes to an hour. For anyone specifically considering a midwife-attended homebirth, this is essential listening from people who do this work every day.