Reclaiming Birth as Your Rite of Passage with Elaine Welteroth from the Birth Fund

Somewhere along the way, we stopped seeing birth as a rite of passage and started treating it like a medical procedure. It's time to change that. In this episode, I'm chatting with Elaine Welteroth about her incredible journey from journalism to founding the Birth Fund, an organisation working to get midwifery care to families who need it most. We're diving into why midwifery care is so important, how the medical model of birth has let women down, and what it means to reclaim birth as a rite of passage rather than just another medical event. Elaine gets real about trusting your intuition during childbirth, choosing a birth team that truly supports you, and why surrendering to the process (not fighting it) can be one of the most empowering things you'll ever do. You can find out more about Elaine and Birth Fund here . A special thanks to our sponsor, Wild Nutrition . You can get 50% of for the next 3 months ! Use the link: ⁠wildnutrition.com/popthatmumma50⁠ to shop or use code POPTHATMUMMA50.

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Reclaiming Birth as Your Rite of Passage with Elaine Welteroth from the Birth Fund is an episode from Positive Pregnancy, Childbirth and Motherhood by Pop That Mumma.

This episode is 00:56:23 long.

This episode was published on Feb 20, 2026.

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