The Birth Hour - A Birth Story Podcast - Podcast Episodes, Ranking & Reviews

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Position in the Parenting chart (US), last 90 days.

#1#22#42JunJulAugSep

#14

all-time peak

660

days in the top 50 since Nov 2024

Latest episodes

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1080| Twin Birth with Donor Sperm, Combo Vaginal/Cesarean Birth due to Cord Prolapse - Sarah Kinsel

#44 trending · Parenting

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Sep 8
56 min

1079| 40-Hour Birth Center Water Birth and a Surprise Parking Lot Birth - Elizabeth Laime

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Sep 1
46 min

1078| Red Tent Birth - Leah Outten [rebroadcast]

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Aug 20
25 min

1077| Endometriosis Surgery and Hospital Epidural Birth with Postpartum Anxiety & Feeding Challenges - Leanna Briggs

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Aug 15
1 h 15 min

1076| High Anxiety Pregnancy with VCI, Hospital Birth and short NICU Stay; Secondary Infertility and Healing Home Birth Story - Katherine Canon

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Aug 11
50 min

1075| Quick Birth Center Birth after Secondary Infertility - Kelly Eppinger

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Aug 4
51 min

1074| Two Positive Pregnancies and Births but Different Postpartums + Starting a Business as a New Mom - Abbey Ashley

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Jul 21
28 min

1073| Birth Stories in The Netherlands and Colombia + Forty Days of Rest - Neram

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Jul 16
38 min

1072|Breech VBAC (Vaginal Birth after Cesarean) Birth Story - Hayley Lagerquist

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Jul 9
52 min

1071| Positive First Birth Story at 39 After Miscarriage and Fertility Anxiety - Lindsey Martin Arslanagic

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Jul 7
49 min

1070| Tri-Tri Triplet Pregnancy with Vaginal Birth Story - Ashlie Holladay

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Jul 2
1 h 00 min

1069| Epidural Lumbar Puncture, Amnioinfusion & Postpartum Spinal Headache - Hannah Moody

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Jun 30
37 min

1068| Two Unmedicated Hospital Births and a Homebirth from the Perspective of an Active Duty Military Family - Carolyn Winn

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Jun 25
46 min

1067| Two Induced Births: A C-section and a VBAC after Secondary Infertility - Rachel Crowder

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Jun 23
1 h 01 min

1066| Positive Hospital Vaginal Birth with Unplanned Interventions - Jeni Thornton-Jones

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Jun 16
53 min

1065| 2-year Infertility and Endometriosis Journey Followed by Easy Pregnancy and Amazing Birth - Taylor Kirby

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Jun 11
54 min

1064| OB vs Midwife—One Mom's Experience - Michelle Ankrim

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Jun 9
1 h 05 min

1063| Preemie Birth Center Transfer + NICU Stay - Gioia Hackett

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Jun 4
34 min

1062| Traumatic First Birth & Redemptive Elective Cesarean Birth Stories - Tash Stokes

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Jun 2
1 h 07 min

1061| Pregnancy, Birth and Postpartum as an Olympic Athlete - Shannon Rowbury

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May 28
36 min

Chart positions

Where The Birth Hour - A Birth Story Podcast ranks today in each Apple Podcasts chart (US, Sep 13, 2026).

#129 ▲ 10 Kids & Family US

#34 ▲ 8 Parenting US

What listeners say

A curated, balanced selection of Apple Podcasts reviews.

Have been listening to Brynn’s interviews for years now. I come from a medical background and have had lots of medical interventions for my own births with positive results, and I am fascinated by all the different experiences of the women on this show!! I love how even though Brynn loved her own home birth experiences, she welcomes all birth stories and experiences with a calm, supportive hosting style. Hearing about alllll the different stories has been so helpful for me in understanding others better, understanding how different/unexpected/unpredictable birth can be, feeling acknowledged/heard about my own experiences around birth, and having better insight for the “why” behind why people have different preferences than I do! Thank you so much for all you do, Brynn!!

Annakate93 · Jun 2024

Brynn! So happy you changed the mix of stories. It started out very pro-natural birth and anti-intervention which I was all about until I had a traumatic and birth injury. I was shocked after hearing all these vanilla, positive stories when I had a birth that was so different. Now back listening during my 3rd pregnancy and so happy with the variety of stories being told. Glad more types of women, perspectives and type of births being shared.

Tate TG · Apr 2023

I have been listening since 2018 while in nursing school, as I wanted to be an L&D nurse and also a mother one day. I’m such a birth nerd and listen several times a week for the past few years. I wanted to hear women’s perspectives, not just what is taught medically, to better serve my patients. I just recently was pregnant and had a baby in Jan 2023 and continued to find the podcast so high quality and wonderful, and focused more on positive stories. It was so comforting to hear stories especially during that time. It inspires me to be the best possible nurse for my labor patients and try to give them their ideal experience as much as possible, with as many choices as possible. I truly cannot thank Bryn enough. My favorite podcast by far.

LaurenMasterson · Apr 2023

Many of the stories I hear from my friends and family involve multiple hospital interventions and/or pain medication. For someone who has wanted the courage to go pain med-free and be as intervention-free as possible, I have found that courage with this podcast’s help! I so appreciate that I can find unmedicated stories via the episode titles. I love hearing birthing mother’s unique descriptions of what the stages of labor feel like to them, and also hear the random tricks they and their partners used throughout the laboring process to make it through. Thanks to all the contributors for tracking so many useful details!

EagerTravelleralaArgentina · Apr 2023

I wanted to love this podcast because I am expecting my first child and I’ve gotten really into birth stories. Unfortunately the host ruined it for me. She sounds bored and almost annoyed by every guest she has on the show, and she expresses zero curiosity toward them. It’s bizarre and difficult to listen to. I recommend All About Pregnancy and Birth instead.

Carba222 · Oct 2023

I’m a nurse and planning to have an unmedicated birth at a birth center in a few weeks, and I wanted to listen to the birth stories of other women who had done the same. I listened to three episodes of this podcast so far and have been pretty turned off by the ads for the patreon and $395 online birth prep class during the first 5 minutes, then the wealthy mom guests who have all these support people that most pregnant women won’t be able to afford unless it’s covered by their insurance (multiple doulas, massage therapists, pelvic floor PT, craniosacral therapists to name a few), then the five minute ad for some unnecessary pregnancy or postpartum business at the end. Listen to The Great Birth Rebellion or watch Pregnancy and Postpartum TV’s content on YouTube instead, at least they don’t make you feel as if you’re missing out by not buying tons of supplements and hiring multiple different support personnel, while still providing educational information about unmedicated/natural birth.

Beckster 121 · Feb 2024

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