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The Herping Hour Podcast is brought to you by Lily Rose Reptiles and Dawn of time exotics. We are all Reptile Hobbyists and Enthusiasts. Teaming up to bring you videos surrounding reptile husbandry and best practice, species considerations, our own reptile collections and projects and different guest invites. Seeking the best scientific methods and practices for housing commonly and uncommonly kept reptile species.
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VBAC Birth Stories

Melissa Merino & Stephanie Cannavo

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A podcast featuring Australians sharing their journey of vaginal birth after caesarean. Through sharing and learning from each other's lived experiences the podcast is designed to empower and educate those whose VBAC journey may have just begun, help all expecting mums achieve a more natural birth if that is their intention, and better inform birth professionals about one's journey to a VBAC.
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Kid Beast Party Theme Redd Kross - Don't Take Your Baby Downtown The Long Ryders - Lights Of Downtown Scruffy The Cat - Life Is Fun The Vertebrats - Honey Bee The Mooney Suzuki - Hot Sugar The Reverend Horton Heat - Ace Of Spades Young Fresh Fellows - I Got My Mojo Working (And I Thought You'd Like To Know) Dino, Desi & Billy - She's So Far Out She…
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Radio Free Cat Beast The V-Roys - No Regrets Japanese Motors - Regrets A Paradise The Rutles - Cheese And Onions Not Dave - Cat Beast Party Anthem Frankie Stein And His Ghouls - Frog Frug Me First And The Gimme Gimmes - Good 4 U Meat Puppets - Open Wide Vista Blue - Cat Beast Party The Cavedogs - Leave Me Alone Material Issue - Diane James Hunter S…
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Kid Beast Party Theme The Soup Dragons - I'm Free Donovan - Barabajagal The Doors - Peace Frog The Stabilisers - Belinda Stanley Jordan - Fundance Shannon & The Clams - Big Wheel Love - My Little Red Book Afroman - Thank God I'm A Homeboy Iggy Pop - Home The Exotic Ones - Cat Beast Party Ramones - The Job That Ate My Brain The Dickies - Nights In W…
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Radio Free Cat Beast The Sursiks - Eclipse EZ Band - Hey There Delilah Government Cheese - Fish Stick Day The Dead Milkmen - If You Love Somebody, Set Them On Fire Not Dave - Cat Beast Party Anthem The Nylons - Maid N'Japan Tina And The Total Babes - Christy Material Issue - Diane Reigning Sound - Drowning Vista Blue - Cat Beast Party Rockpile - Fo…
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Kid Beast Party Theme Gorillaz - On Melancholy Hill Tame Impala - Beverly Laurel The Saints - River Deep, Mountain High The Saints - Do The Robot Huevos Rancheros - Diamond Head Kate Clover - No More Romance The Go-Go's - How Much More Elvis Presley - (Marie's The Name) His Latest Flame Nick Lowe - Marie Provost The Exotic Ones - Cat Beast Party R.…
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Radio Free Cat Beast The Lords Of The New Church - Like A Virgin EZ Band - Day Tripper Circle Jerks - Golden Shower Of Hits Me First & The Gimme Gimmes - Beautiful Not Dave - Cat Beast Party Anthem The Nylons - Maid N'Japan Kate Clover - These Boots Are Made For Walkin' Voice Of The Beehive - Beat Of Love Vista Blue - Cat Beast Party Old 97's - Som…
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Kid Beast Party Theme The Clash - Police On My Back The Go-Go's - Skidmarks On My Heart The Beatles - Taxman The Godfathers - She Gives Me Love Faith No More - We Care A Lot The Mullet Monster Mafia - Fishwater Cataia Turnstyles - I'll Be The One Paul McCartney & Wings - Jet The Exotic Ones - Cat Beast Party Flat Duo Jets - TV Mama The Loved Ones -…
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Radio Free Cat Beast Echo & The Bunnymen - Rescue Eugenius - Easter Bunny Funkadelic - Can You Get To That REM - I Am Superman Not Dave - Cat Beast Party Anthem The Beatles - Cry For A Shadow Shannon & The Clams - Bean Fields EZ Band - Last Nite Vista Blue -Cat Beast Party Gorillaz - 19-2000 De La Soul - Eye Know ABBA - Ring Ring Cheap Trick - Stif…
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Kid Beast Party Theme Weezer - El Scorcho Genesis - Counting Out Time The Charlatans - Chewing Gum Weekend Jesus Jones - Right Here Right Now The Jetstreams - Bongo Rock Tina And The Total Babes - Tongue Tied The Muffs - Really Really Happy The Primitives - Out Of Reach The Exotic Ones - Cat Beast Party Kate Clover - Here Comes The Love Bomb The Fa…
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Radio Free Cat Beast The Raspberries - Go All The Way World Party - Way Down Now Missing Persons - I Like Boys Southern Culture On The Skids - Bad Boys Not Dave - Cat Beast Party Anthem The Mullet Monster Mafia - Porno Diesel Lil Cheesecake - Cardio The KLF - Stand By The Jams Vista Blue - Cat Beast Party The Shelters - Can't Go Home Tame Impala - …
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Kid Beast Party Theme Monkees - The Girl That I Knew Somewhere The White Wires - Hands All - Nothin' Ramones - Wart Hog The Wildhearts - Only Love The Mooney Suzuki - Hot Sugar The Mar-Keys - Saucy The Stolen Moans - Dada Catapult The Darts - Strange Days The Muffs - Better Than Me The Exotic Ones - Cat Beast Party The Trammps - Disco Inferno Johnn…
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Radio Free Cat Beast Faith No More - From Out Of Nowhere The Jesus And Mary Chain - Head On The Dickies - Stukas Over Disneyland Sparks - Mickey Mouse Not Dave - Cat Beast Party Anthem The Ventures - Perfidia The Hypos - Past Life Woman Paul Revere & The Raiders - Indian Reservation Vista Blue - Cat Beast Party Temples - You're Either On Something …
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Kid Beast Party Theme EZ Band - Santeria The Specials - Stupid Marriage The Soup Dragons - I'm Free The Who - I'm Free The Mullet Monster Mafia - Dust Rain Turnstyles - Corduroy Summer Tina And The Total Babes - That's The Way I Want It The Replacements - Hold My Life Broncho - I Don't Really Want To Be Social The Exotic Ones - Cat Beast Party Parq…
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Radio Free Cat Beast Sparks - Lighten Up, Morrissey Quilloughby - Everyone Is Horrid Except Me (And Possibly You) EZ Band - This Charming Man The Smiths - Work Is A Four Letter Word Not Dave - Cat Beast Party Anthem Maid N'Japan - The Nylons Apollo Up - Ticonderoga Descendents - Everything Sux Guadalcanal Diary - Watusi Rodeo Vista Blue - Cat Beast…
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Kid Beast Party Sonic Youth - Teen Age Riot Teenage Fanclub - The Concept Deadly Ones - Help Turnstyles - Big Cats Bay City Rollers - I Only Wanna Be With You Rancid - Time Bomb The Interrupters - The Metro The Exotic Ones - Cat Beast Party Redd Kross - 1976 Soup Dragons - Divine Thing Republica - Ready To Go The Revels - Intoxica Warrant - Down Bo…
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Radio Free Cat Beast Modern English - Hands Across The Sea Ministry - She's Got A Cause The Easybeats - A Very Special Man Lush - I've Been Here Before Not Dave - Cat Beast Party Anthem Bill Black's Combo - Joey's Song Tina And The Total Babes - Tell That Girl To Shut Up The Prissteens - (I'd Go The) Whole Wide World Vista Blue - Cat Beast Party De…
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Kid Beast Theme Dexter Romweber - Monster Blues Dex Romweber Duo - Brazil Mojo Nixon - Burn Down The Malls Scoopski - Nocturnally Yours Mongo Santamaria - Watermelon Man Valley Lodge - I Wrote A Song Arthur Alexander - Soldier Of Love The Hives - Find Another Girl The Detroit Cobras - Chumbawa The Exotic Ones - Cat Beast Party The Lemonheads - Big …
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Radio Free Cat Beast Deke Dickerson - Remember Mojo Nixon Mojo Nixon - Don Henley Must Die Professor Longhair - Go To The Mardi Gras Elvis Presley - Crawfish Dr. John - Tipitina Not Dave - Cat Beast Party Anthem De SurFures - Rock 'n' Roll Clef Apollo Up - My Real Baby Radiohead - 15 Step Vista Blue - Cat Beast Party MST3K - Creepy Girl EZ Band - C…
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Kid Beast Party Descendents - I'm The One The Mooney Suzuki - New York Girls Scoopski - Bread And Butter Muck & The Mires - I'm Down With That The Swingin' Neckbreakers - Shakedown The Surf Dawgs - Apache Tina And The Tough Babes - All About Makin' Out The Prissteens - Going Out Tonight The Damned - Anything Bauhaus - The Passion Of Lovers The Exot…
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Radio Free Cat Beast All - Dot Violent Femmes - Out The Window Blur - She's So High Happy Mondays - Step On Not Dave - Cat Beast Party Anthem The Tornados - Popeye Twist Shannon And The Clams - The Moon Is In The Wrong Place Cameronoise - Words Unspoken The Thrills - Big Sur Vista Blue - Cat Beast Party Mary Weiss - Stop And Think It Over Lulu - Ni…
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Radio Free Cat Beast Tony Christie - Rhinestone Cowboy Andy Williams - The House Of Bamboo Sammy Davis, Jr. - John Shaft William Shatner - Mr. Tambourine Man Not Dave - Cat Beast Party Anthem Apemen - Pogo A Go Go Quintron & Miss Pussycat - Creature With The Atom Brain Vista Blue - Cat Beast Party Violent Femmes - Life Is A Scream REM - Disturbance…
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Kid Beast Party Theme Tim Scott - Swear Ministry - Work For Love The dBs - She Got Soul Hoodoo Gurus - Come Anytime The Hooters - Pete Rose Micky Dolenz - Shiny Happy People Duran Duran - Confession In The Afterlife The Exotic Ones - Cat Beast Party Relations - Take No Sides The B-52's - Song For A Future Generation Ty Segall - Would You Be My Love…
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Theme From Squeakers Sea Castle Theme Link Wray - Rumble The Shadows - The Rumble The Yardbirds - Got To Hurry Skeletal Family - Batman Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band - Juicy Fruit Secret Agent Man - Angel's Ring Leroy Holmes - The James Bond Theme Los Straitjackets - Pacifica Satan's Pilgrims - El Toro Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass - The Lonely Bull …
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In this episode we chat to Sydney mum of two Rachel who experienced an unmedicated VBAC in a private hospital setting after going through 35 hours of labour. Following her caesarean Rachel went on to experience poor postpartum mental health and reflects how her first birth unfolding the way it did could have contributed to those feelings. Rachel re…
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In this episode we speak to Adelaide mum of two Rosalie about her two births. Rosalie underwent IVF and speaks about the unique challenges women in same sex relationships face when dealing with healthcare. Her first birth was an emergency caesarean which followed an induction for having a macrocosmic baby and being post-dates. Rosalie was very well…
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Today we have the honour and pleasure of chatting to Hazel Keedle once again on the podcast. Hazel is a lecturer at Western Sydney University and midwifery researcher who has primarily focused on women’s experiences of vaginal birth after caesarean and is now a lead researcher in the Birth Experience Study- the largest study on women’s experiences …
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In this episode we chat to Shelley, a mum of two from Adelaide. Shelley reached out to us shortly after having her baby because she wanted to share the unique circumstances surrounding her first birth and VBAC. Shelley lives with Herpes Simplex Virus 1 Genital, it is classified as a type of STI, and because of the stigma this carries Shelley could …
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Amielia is a 21 year old Djab Wurrung woman and this week we would like to share her birth stories in celebration of NAIDOC week. Amielia only found out about the details of her indigenous ancestry when she was 12 and who her family were related to. She grew up learning about her cultural practices and a part of the disappointment in her first birt…
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Welcome to Episode 16 of the Herping Hour which hears us welcome Amy and Ross of The Parasite Vet. We are hoping to spread more awareness of Parasites in Reptiles and who better to ask than the professionals. We chatted to Amy and Ross about the importance of Parasite testing, the procedure that the samples go through and what Parasites in reptiles…
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Today we meet Tina a registered nurse and mum of two who lives with her husband in Melbourne. She shares her two very different birth and postpartum experiences with us. After Tina's son was born via an emergency caesarean he experienced what is called TTN (Transient Tachypnea of the Newborn). Babies with TTN have extra fluid in their lungs or the …
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In this week's episode we speak to western Sydney mum of two, Katelyn. Like so many of us in our first birth Katelyn just wanted to experience a physiological birth in a hospital setting, but ended up agreeing to an induction. Interestingly Katelyn intuitively felt that her induction was not medically necessary and there was a good chance she'd end…
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In this episode we chatted to Shay from Obsessive Recessive. We hear Shay telling us all about how Obsessive Recessive got started, hobby breeding, how Obsessive Recessive made the move in to an online shop providing dry goods, supplements and enrichment for your Reptiles. Shay also details the future plans for Obsessive Recessive. We hope you enjo…
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In this episode we meet Kate who is a mum of two living in Darwin. Kate is the daughter of a midwife so she really did have some knowledge on her side going through her first birth, but after labouring for a very long time she was placed on a caesarean pathway and although there were things about that birth she would change- she was able to bond wi…
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In today's episode we hear our first VBAC birth story from Tasmania. Laura is a mum of two who lives in Hobart and had a swift and beautiful VBAC waterbirth at her public hospital. In her first birth she was induced for reaching post-dates and during the pushing phase it was discovered that her baby was breech. Despite the sudden way her emergency …
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This week we sat down with Jaihden who is a Sydney based mum of two girls who experienced perinatal depression and anxiety as well as postpartum depression. She bravely shares how she navigated these periods and how the experience inspired her to give back to women going through the same challenges. Jaihden sheds light and humour on some dark momen…
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Welcome to Season 3 of VBAC Birth Stories! In today's episode we chat to Melbourne mum of two and registered nurse, Michelle. Michelle went into spontaneous labour with her first child but was recommended to have an emergency caesarean close to the finish line of her labour, but Michelle wouldn’t say it was a true "emergency" in the sense of the wo…
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In this episode we chatted to the lovely Shelley & Rhys of MCC Couriers. We have people that ask about couriering reptiles and also those that are put off by the thought of reptiles and animals being transported. This episode is great for highlighting how a couriers end to end process works from the booking, planning and execution of each run. Hope…
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This weeks episode hears us chatting to Thomas Marriot of Exotics Keeper Magazine. Thomas is EK Magazines editor and has a wide range of knowledge in the animal kingdom. We hear about how conservation lead Tom on his travels, how he came to work with EK and what it’s like being a reptile magazine editor. We thoroughly enjoyed this one as we was abl…
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In today’s episode we meet Kirsten who is a doula and mum of four and living in Western Australia. Her first birth in her local rural hospital taught her about consent and trauma in the birth ward and she speaks about the fact that having a natural birth didn’t ensure she was protected against these realities. The second time around she found herse…
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Today we meet Sammy who is a mum of two living in Brisbane Queensland who is a trained doula and high school music teacher. She tells us of her first birth which ended in an emergency caesarean. Sammy, like 1 in 3 Australian women experienced significant birth trauma as a result of what happened and this birth went on to change the course of her li…
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Episode 12 hears us chatting to Darren from Darling Balls Reptiles in our first snake related episode. Darren has kept a variety of different Reptiles, Exotics and Inverts across the years but decided to start up a breeding project this season with both his Royal Pythons and Corn Snakes. We hear how he found his first season with snake pairings, wh…
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In this weeks Episode we are joined by Simon from Sussex Mantis & Phasmids to discuss how Simon started in the invert Hobby, what species he has kept over the years and what he currently keeps and works with. Simon also offers some good advice on beginner Mantis and Phasmids for those who are considering delving in to the world of Inverts. We get t…
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In today’s episode we speak to midwife and Calmbirth educator from regional Victoria, Rosie. Rosie has had four very different birth experiences. This episode has a trigger warning as we do discuss pregnancy loss. Rosie’s first birth was a medical termination at 23 weeks following a rare diagnosis her daughter was given at her 20 week scan. Rosie t…
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This week Amy and her mum Janene a midwife join us to share her extraordinary three birth stories. Her first a vaginal birth, her second a caesarean birth, and her third a VBAC with twins. This episode has a trigger warning as baby loss is discussed. Amy’s first pregnancy was thankfully straightforward with a positive induction experience followed …
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We are joined in Episode 10 by 5 amazing guests. Trey - Palmetto State Geckos Sophie - Geckos by Sophie Tim - TKReptiles Goncarlo - Dart Geckos Teun - T-Dragons In this episode we discuss the differences across the world that we face in the reptile hobby. During this episode we gain an insight in to any restrictions, adherences, minimum requirement…
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In this weeks Episode we are joined by Alex & Kitty from Jelly Exotics to discuss Rescue & Re-homing Reptiles. Jelly Exotics are a fully registered charity with all the right insurances in place. Although it's an upbeat episode the issues talked about on this weeks show and the challenges faced are very real. We hear from Alex & Kitty regarding wha…
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Today we hear from Kasey who lives in Melbourne with her husband and two daughters. In her first birth she experienced the rare complication of a bandl ring and was taken for an emergency caesarean despite reaching full dilation. We speak about what it's like to be a young mother in your twenties when your peers are all doing different things and h…
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