Each month, from January to December we will be discussing a relevant topic to pregnant couples birthing in Helsinki. The topics are aim3ed to empower attendees with information and choices and to open up a discussion so that pregnant couples can feel more confident about their upcoming births. Join us Read more
Welcome to the new season of Motherhood Talks! Motherhood Talks is a peer-to-peer postpartum with moderation & empathic presence of professional postpartum experts (doulas, lactation consultants, wellness instructors…). The group is aimed for mums & babies aged 1 month to 1 year. The group is free and international, our language Read more
In this last episode of the podcast Danielle shares her postpartum experience of her son born in June 2023. She talks about how she prepared for it, who she invited into her space and what it did for her. Send Danielle a DM on Instagram mothers_transition with the word “Prepped” Read more
On this episode I will be wrapping up the podcast for a few months as I go on my maternity leave. I share with you what I have been doing in the past few weeks to prepare for birth and postpartum as well as what I am hoping to feel Read more
On this episode of the podcast, I’m sharing with you Alma’s birth story. In this episode Alma shares her challenging experience of dealing with a late diagnosis of preeclampsia which led into an induction and then to a cesarean birth. Alma so vulnerably shares how one of her biggest fears Read more
Welcome to this episode of the podcast where we dive into Maria’s birth stories. A first birth story which left Maria feeling broken and traumatized followed by a healing and empowering experience of birth with her second child. Maria talks about the importance of good support in healing from birth Read more
On this episode of the podcast I chat with Linda Tötterman, a midwife working at Lohja hospital. Linda used to work at Naistenkilinikka before Lohja and we got to chatting about some of the differences between these two hospitals. We touched upon the capacity, the amount of midwives there, the Read more
Today’s episode is all about water birth! Johanna Honkanen has been working as a midwife for 17 years. She has been in the hospital and now has her own private practice. She is one of the leading midwives in Finland about childbirth and has been involved in writing the water Read more
On today’s episode you will hear another wonderful birth story from Mai who shares about the birth of her first daughter. We also got a bit into the birth of her second son and how those two were a bit different and of course connected. Mai talked about the importance Read more
Welcome to this episode of the podcast – a solo episode with your host Danielle Bensky. Today I share with you my feelings and thoughts about becoming a mom of two. In the moment of this recording I am 2 months away from giving birth and I wanted to share Read more