A Mother is Born Podcast by Kaila Mikenzie

Episodes 8

Avg. Duration 43m

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Apple Rating ★ 5.0 (2)

Since Jul 2025

Latest Episode Feb 2026

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Every 2 Weeks

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35%

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About This Podcast

A Mother Is Born is a podcast to support women and their partners through trying to conceive, pregnancy, birth, and postpartum—guided by values, intuition, and intention. Through real conversations about preconception planning, navigating maternity care, and the identity shift into motherhood, you'll find grounded support, practical education, and empowering guidance for every step of the journey.

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Recent Episodes

S1E8 Treating Postpartum Depression with Hormone Replace Therapy - with Dr. Larry Andrew

Feb 15, 2026 34m

Send a textIn this episode of A Mother Is Born, Kaila Mackenzie sits down with Dr. Larry Andrew of East Bay Fertility and Hormone Therapy Center in Payson, Utah to discuss an alternative approach to…

S1E7 My Postpartum Depression Story (and What Helped Me Heal)

Sep 17, 2025 46m

Send a textPostpartum depression is more than “just the baby blues.” In this episode of A Mother Is Born, birth mentor and doula Kayla Mackenzie shares her raw, personal journey through postpartum…

S1E6 Seriously... Why Would You Skip the Epidural?

Aug 26, 2025 25m

Send a text Seriously… why would anyone skip the epidural? In this episode, I unpack the surprising reasons women say no to pain relief—and why it’s not as crazy as it sounds. In a world where pain…

S1E5 Homebirth Midwives on Safety, Autonomy & Out of Hospital Birth

Aug 19, 2025 34m

Send a textThinking about a home birth or curious what a birth center experience is like? In this episode of A Mother Is Born, I sit down with community midwives Brandi Sair (CPM) and Molly Rose…

S1E4 Do I need a Doula?

Aug 09, 2025 28m Transcript

Send a textWhat does a doula do—and do you really need one? In this episode of A Mother Is Born, birth mentor and labor doula Kayla Mackenzie explains the real role of a doula in pregnancy, labor,…

S1E3 How to Rebuild Self-Trust in a System That Undermines It — with Veda Weinert

Jul 25, 2025 1h 10m

Send a textWhy do so many women struggle to trust their bodies, their instincts, and their decisions—especially in birth and motherhood?In this episode, I sit down with my friend and fellow doula,…

S1E2 OCD in Pregnancy and Postpartum

Jul 16, 2025 39m

Send a text In this episode of A Mother Is Born, I sit down with Grace, a therapist who specializes in OCD and trauma, to talk about how OCD can show up during pregnancy and postpartum—and why so…

S1E1 Form over Function: How the oversexualization of women's bodies affects preconception through postpartum.

Jul 10, 2025 1h 6m

Send a textWhy are breasts celebrated in beer ads but hidden when feeding a child? Why do we expect postpartum bodies to “bounce back” like birth never happened? Why do most of us have false ideas…