Episode one of The Birth Pause begins where this podcast was born — an Instagram post, a repost, and a birth story that refused to be anything less than what it was: extraordinary.

When Chloe shared a birth story on social media, it was reposted by another provider with a caption calling it horrifying. The family and Chloe chose not to engage in the comments. Instead they decided to let the story speak for itself — in full, in their own words, on their own terms.

Helen's birth

Helen arrived at home, as planned. What followed in the postpartum period required a transfer — a NICU visit and ultimately a NICU stay that was clinically indicated, appropriate, and navigated with intention and care by everyone involved. Far from a homebirth that fell apart, this is a story of homebirth functioning exactly as it should — providing physiologic labor and birth at home, then accessing hospital care precisely when the clinical picture called for it. The best of both worlds, preserved without compromise.

In this episode:

• The Instagram post that started it all
• Why Chloe and the family chose silence over the comments section — and what they chose instead
• Helen's homebirth and the postpartum transfer
• The NICU stay — what led there, what it looked like, and why it matters
• What a well navigated transfer says about the safety and integrity of homebirth
• The origin story of The Birth Pause itself
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Connect with Chloe:

Supernatural Midwifery

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@supernaturalmidwifery

About The Birth Pause

Chloe searched for an existing podcast to share this story and couldn't find one that felt right. Most birth story podcasts offered long, linear play-by-plays from start to finish. What she wanted was something different — interview style conversations with the families she's attended, blending their lived experience with her clinical insight, told together, in each other's presence.

The Birth Pause explores birth not as a medical event but as a spiritual and personal transformation. Each episode asks not what happened, but what it did to you.

Hosted by Chloe Campbell — licensed midwife, founder of Supernatural Midwifery, and someone who has sat at the threshold with hundreds of families across New York City. This is not a play-by-play. This is the story underneath the story.

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