In this episode of Girly Pop Birth Talks, we sit down with Kaleem Joy, LM, CPM the one and only, a legacy midwife whose wisdom, courage, and calling have touched generations of births.

With decades devoted to mothers, babies, and families, Kaleem shares the defining moments that shaped her path into midwifery from early experiences in highly medicalized birth rooms to the profound transformation she experienced witnessing connected, family-centered births.

We talk about what birth looked like decades ago, how the system has evolved, and what still needs reclaiming today. Kaleem reflects on the instinct that guides birth workers, the emotional realities of infertility and loss, and the importance of mentorship and legacy in this work.

In this episode, we explore:

✨ How one moment in a hospital room sparked a lifelong calling
✨ What birth culture used to look like and why that history matters
✨ The power of instinct, connection, and honoring the mother-baby bond
✨ Kaleem’s personal journey through infertility, miscarriage, and motherhood
✨ Why legacy birth workers matter and how their wisdom shapes the future

🌿 Learn From Kaleem

If you’re expecting, preparing for birth, or simply want education rooted in experience and intuition, Kaleem offers childbirth education through her program Natural Childbirth 101.

Her courses support families through pregnancy, birth, breastfeeding, and postpartum with education designed to build confidence, empowerment, and connection.

You can learn more at:
www.naturalchildbirth101.com

Kaleem’s story reminds us that birth work isn’t just a profession — it’s a calling carried across generations.

🎧 Tune in for a conversation about devotion, calling, and what it really means to live a life in birth.

In this honest and grounding episode, we sit down with Brittany Sallaberry, a perinatal mental health therapist, LCSW, and mom of two, whose personal birth journey reshaped the way she supports families today.

Brittany shares her experience of an unmedicated hospital birth followed by a difficult postpartum season and prolapse diagnosis — a chapter that deeply impacted her physically, emotionally, and professionally. She also opens up about the grief of an early miscarriage, the long process of healing, and the redemptive power of her later home birth.

Having worked in hospital settings, including Labor & Delivery, Brittany brings a rare perspective from both sides of the room — the clinician supporting families and the mother navigating her own story in real time.

In this conversation, we explore:
• How birth experiences influence maternal mental health
• Navigating postpartum body changes and recovery
• Pregnancy loss and honoring grief
• What healing can look like after a hard start to motherhood
• Why compassionate mental health support in the perinatal period matters so deeply

This episode is thoughtful, validating, and full of insight for anyone walking through motherhood, healing, or the desire to rewrite their story.

Follow Brittany on Instagram: @therapybybrittany

In this episode of Girly Pop Birth Talks, we sit with Kelci Mukisa mother of three, homebirth doula, photographer, homeschool mama and a woman who has learned to trust the quiet voice within her.

Kelci has birthed three babies.

One in a hospital room.

Two in the sacred stillness of home.

But this conversation isn’t about where she gave birth.

It’s about who she became.

She shares what early motherhood actually felt like the tenderness, the isolation, the stretching of identity. The way your world expands and narrows all at once. The quiet ache of wishing someone would say the things you were thinking but didn’t yet have language for.

There was a kind of village she longed for.

Honest. Grounded. Faith-filled.

A space where women spoke gently but truthfully about motherhood not polished, not performative just real.

And when she couldn’t find it…

She began building it.

We talk about:

– How her three births shaped her confidence

– The unseen emotional landscape of becoming a mother

– Growing into her voice instead of shrinking it

– Supporting women in birth while still learning herself

– Raising babies while creating meaningful work

– What it means to build community with intention

Kelci carries motherhood with depth and softness.

Her words feel like an exhale.

This episode is for the woman who feels the becoming happening inside her.

For the one quietly building something she once needed.

Sometimes the calling isn’t loud.

Sometimes it’s just a whisper that says,

“Be what you were looking for.”

And she did.