Today I take the time and opportunity to introduce you to an incredible podcast series made by Danielle. Danielle is a postpartum doula that worked until 2024 in Helsinki Finland. She was also the co-founder of The Nest Doulas, the doula collective I’m part of. Nowadays, Danielle works in Amsterdam, and you can check her services here.
Why a podcast about birth in Finland?
Well, because there’s so much information available only in Finnish! When I started looking for information during my second pregnancy here, I struggled to find much. Sure, Google Translate and other tools can help, but you never get a perfect translation.
Secondly, as a doula collective, we believe there’s a lot of information missing about birth and postpartum care in Finland. We work with the Finnish healthcare system and strive to fill the gaps it leaves—that’s our way of contributing to the community of families here.
And lastly, because doulas, birth workers, and postpartum keepers love to talk about their passions!
My (very personal and a bit professional) podcast episodes for Birthing in Finland
I was honored to be part of the podcast series in a few episodes. Nowadays, those are extremely important and precious to me. You can hear my voice both from a professional perspective (for example, this one about things you need to know about breastfeeding a newborn) and from a personal experience (a mum navigating pregnancy and postpartum challenges).
But my absolute favorite episode is actually a mix of both. And it’s the one where I spoke with Danielle about how to get into the “birth brain mode”. Hear the doula, hear the mother, hear my second experience and my big learnings – which now I am extremely grateful to share with my doula clients.
Top episodes for getting ready for birth in Finland
Ok, after my emotional self-promo, here’s my recommended playlist for the podcast if you are getting ready for birth.
- Water Birth with Midwife Johanna Honkanen
- What happens to our pelvic floor during pregnancy and postpartum? With Pelvic Floor Physiotheapist Mari Camut
- Nutritional preparation for birth with Rosalía doula at Birth Wisdom
- The Baby’s position in pregnancy and what it means for birth with doula Chole (Ilmatar doula)
- Informed choice, consent, and taking responsibility for your birth – with midwife Silja Seppänen
- Yoga as a preparation for birth and postpartum – with the incredibly wise Nikola from Purna Yoga
- The physiology of birth with Rosalía
- Breech and twins birth in Finland with perinatologist Georg Macharey
And the MUST listen playlist for getting ready for postpartum in Finland
Let’s never forget about postpartum. A podcast created by a postpartum doula has a lot of great episodes about the topic, but these are my favourites:
- Preparing for postpartum in pregnancy with Danielle – because birth is only the beginning of the story!
- Normalizing the needs of a new mother and her newborn baby with postpartum doula Danielle Bensky – because “doing nothing” is actually doing a lot 😉
- Mindfulness as a parenting superpower with postpartum doula Danielle Bensky
- What you will want to know about breastfeeding your baby with – me 😀
- The reality of living with a new born and having “baby brain” – again with me 🙂
Birth Stories Episodes
And finally, the podcast contains A LOT of birth experiences episodes! Meet the incredible birthing people that joined the microphones of the podcast: Amelia, Anayte, Saskia, Alma, Maria, Mai and Ana.
We even have a birth experience explained from the perspective of the other parent – a proud father!