Healing Birth
Healing Birth
Diana Forsell Tayan
The Birth Partner's Experience: A Father Shares the Power of Holding Space During Homebirth
58 minutes Posted Jun 21, 2026 at 10:00 pm.
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In honor of Father's Day today, I am rebroadcasting one of my favorite interviews I've ever done, first aired in 2024, and one of the only times I've had a father on the show to share his experience of what it was like to support his birthing partner.

Couple Marion and Banks together share the sweet, intimate conception and homebirth story of their daughter. Banks was Marion's sole support person during the birth and shares what it was like to witness, hold space, and play a vital role in this transformative experience.

I got to ask Banks some of the questions I've always wanted to hear from a conscious, intentional father about birth. Among other things, he shares:

• How witnessing his partner birth their baby at home, sovereignly, helped heal generational birth trauma from his family of origin

• How this birth experience transformed their relationship

• What he would say to other fathers who carry fear around childbirth

This is a wonderful story to share with the men in your life!

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Intro / outro music: Dreams by Markvard

Podcast cover photo by Karina Jensen @karinajensenphoto