A Catholic Mom's Guide to Spiritually Preparing for Birth (with Mary Haseltine) | Ep. 65 (REPLAY)

About this episode

Eve O'Brien interviews Mary Haseltine about spiritually preparing for birth from a Catholic perspective.

This episode is a replay of one of the most listened to episodes of this podcast - I hope you enjoy! Today, I’m talking with Mary Haseltine—Catholic mother of eight, doula, and author of Made for This: The Catholic Mom’s Guide to Birth. Her work has been such a gift to countless women who long to see birth not as a medical event but as something deeply tied to our faith, our design, and the beautiful mystery of bringing new life into the world. In this episode, Mary shares how her own birth e...

People in this episode

Host: Eve O'Brien

Guest: Mary Haseltine

Topics covered

• spiritual preparation
• Catholic motherhood
• birth
• faith
• doula support

Keywords

• Catholic birth
• spiritual preparation
• natural birth
• doula
• motherhood

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Made for This: The Catholic Mom’s Guide to Birth

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