A Podcast of Mothers' stories of childbirth. Weekly interviews with mothers giving their first hand accounts of child birth in Australia. Designed to help educate and inform first time pregnant women, parents wanting to have better subsequent births and birth enthusiasts who love to hear and tell birth stories. An entertaining and heartfelt resource for pregnancy, labour and delivery and postpartum.
The Homebirth Midwife podcast is hosted by Sarah McClure, CPM, LDM, LM and Charli Zarosinski, CPM, LDM, LM, founders and primary midwives of Hearth and Home Midwifery, a homebirth practice in Oregon and Washington. They are experts on all things related to natural pregnancy, labor, birth, and postpartum. Each week the podcast delves into the topics you want to know about regarding your pregnancy and birth.
Hi! I'm Heidi, experienced Birth Doula and host of the Birth Story podcast brought to you by Birth Story Media™. I support moms through their fertility and pregnancy journeys and help have trauma free birth stories and labor stories. When moms embrace their pregnant bellies and their pregnancy and await the arrival of their baby or babies they are going to feel many emotions and have many visions about what will happen during child birth. "Is this normal?" "What does a contraction feel like? ...
In the Evidence Based Birth® podcast, we cover the research evidence on hot topics about pregnancy and childbirth! Our mission is to help birth workers build the evidence based knowledge, skills, and power they need to protect families' ability to give birth with empowerment. The work we do has a huge impact on parents who are searching for accurate information to empower their prenatal, birth, and postpartum experiences!
The Bellies to BirthCast will guide you through the pinnacles and pitfalls of pregnancy and natural childbirth with expert interviews, helpful tips and inspirational stories spanning birth beyond the basics, homebirth, VBAC, waterbirth, cultural childbirth practices, new baby care, breastfeeding, and more so you can make informed decisions for your family. We invite you to join us for an empowering experience. www.GivingBirthNaturally.com
This podcast is dedicated to the education and information about pregnancy and birth, as well as labor and delivery options available in Canada primarily, but also across the world. Midwifery is quickly becoming a new standard for care, and many moms-to-be have lots of questions and concerns. We're here to help sift through the information and deliver it to you in one convenient place.
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.
Birth. It is everywhere. Literally. Every day with each birth there are new stories to be told, wisdom to be shared and knowledge to be learned. Elizabeth Bachner sees birth in a unique way: As life lessons that help us grow as spiritual beings having human experiences. Childbirth is her prose, her jam, and her calling. We are your safe space for the sharing of those experiences from all different perspectives and many walks of life. Through curious conversation and storytelling, there is al ...
Join Cynthia Overgard and Trisha Ludwig once per week for evidence-based straight talk on having a safe and informed birth, which starts with determining if you've hired the right provider. We have 30 years' experience between us and have served thousands of women and couples. Listen to the birth stories of our clients, listeners and celebrities, catch our expert-interviews, and submit your questions for our monthly Q&A episodes at DownToBirthShow.com. Follow us on Instagram at @downtobirths ...
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GentleBirth - The GentleBirth Podcast | Positive Birth Stories, Pregnancy, Birth & Breastfeeding with Midwife Tracy Donegan and Guests


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GentleBirth - The GentleBirth Podcast | Positive Birth Stories, Pregnancy, Birth & Breastfeeding with Midwife Tracy Donegan and Guests
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At GentleBirth we believe that a positive birth comes in many forms - and it's always defined by Mom. We've combined brain science, birth science and technology using the GentleBirth App to help you 'train your brain' for a positive pregnancy, birth and parenting experience. Each day of your pregnancy and postpartum period the GentleBirth App will recommend simple but effective mindfulness techniques, hypnosis, breathing techniques and affirmations for you and your partner to build confidenc ...
Meet Ang. Your bff who's obsessed with helping you own your weird, hack your wellness + start before you're ready. This show is for the girl who doesn't play by the rules. She's multi-passionate. She's curious. She doesn't dim down her magic. She's a dreamer. She's unapologetically herself. From entrepreneurship to mental health to ADHD to her top wellness hacks... Angie is answering your juicy questions on all things business, branding, biohacking & (soon) babies! She has no time to be anyo ...
Welcome to the British Birth Stories Podcast, the place where mothers from around the country share their birth stories. Hosted by Ashley Brenninkmeijer. Music by Jonny Woodley. Thanks so much for being here!
If you are trying to get pregnant, are pregnant or just had a baby, then the Birthpedia podcast is for you. We interview some amazing birthworkers, such as midwives, doctors, doulas, lactation consultants, nurses who will help provide their insight into optimizing your maternity experience. Pregnancy can be a scary time and we want to help walk you through the many decisions you have to make. So ask away with your questions through our website, https://birthpedia.net and join us for the conv ...
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Down to Birth


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#171 | July Q&A: Premature Rupture of Membranes; Hyperemesis Gravidarum; Aspirin in Pregnancy; Waterbirth Safety; Nipple Pain in Pregnancy; Quickies
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It's the last Wednesday of the month, and you know what that means! We are back with our monthly Q&A episode. Today, we are discussing how long it is safe to go after your bag of waters releases (see link to our amazing birth story below); What can be done to treat or prevent Hyperemesis Gravidarum? Is Aspirin in pregnancy really necessary and what…
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Down to Birth


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#173 | Obstetric Violence with Home Birth Midwife Anne Margolis, CNM, RN
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Anne Margolis is a Certified Nurse Midwife, author, and trauma specialist who has been catching babies for over twenty-seven years. Anne began as a nurse, whose first birth experience ended in a fourth degree episiotomy and vacuum delivery after being told she needed an emergency cesarean because her baby's heart rate was decelerating. She was so "…
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Evidence Based Birth®


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Replay - EBB 45 How do Peanut Balls Support Labor with Cheri Grant
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In this week's podcast I interview Cheri Grant RN, ICCE, CLC, ICD, CLD, CD BDT(DONA), known in the birth world as "the peanut ball lady.” She is the founder, chief contributor and inspiration for Premier Birth Tools. For over 45 years, she has served women as a labor and delivery nurse, childbirth educator, lactation consultant, national speaker, a…
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The Homebirth Midwife Podcast


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Martini talks about her home birth Sarah & Charli
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In this episode of the podcast, Hearth & Home client Martini talks about the birth of her daughter at home with Sarah & Charli and her experience in the midwifery model of care. --- https://hearthandhomemidwifery.com
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Australian Birth Stories


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326 | Hayley, one breech vaginal birth, PCOS, amenorrhea, ECV, NICU
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In episode 326 Hayley takes us through her first pregnancy where her baby was in a frank breech position (bottom down) at 36 weeks. She listened to the breech episode with Dr Andrew Bisits that features in The Birth Class and promptly arranged to see him for a consultation. After an ECV to turn her baby was unsuccessful, Hayley confidently prepared…
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Australian Birth Stories


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325 | Caitlyn, PCOS, ovulation induction, IVF, TFMR, anencephaly, induction, emergency caesarean, breastfeeding
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In episode 325 Caitlyn @missmaysmoments shares the story of her two pregnancies. After navigating the challenges of PCOS, ovulation induction and IVF, Caitlyn was lucky enough to get 17 embryos and fell pregnant on the first transfer. At her 13 week scan her baby boy - Teddy - was given a terminal diagnosis of anencephaly meaning he would only surv…
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EBB 234 - Tackling Fatphobia in Lactation with Kristin Cavuto
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On today’s podcast, we’re going to talk with the founder of Every Baby Eats, licensed clinical social worker, and IBCLC, Kristin Cavuto Kristin Cavuto, pronouns she/they, is a licensed clinical social worker in IBCLC and private practice in central New Jersey. Her practice specialties are low supply, parental and infant mental health, and the inter…
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Down to Birth


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#172 | Our Sexual Energy as The Secret Weapon to Our Best Birth and Best Life with Kim Anami
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Sex and birth are inextricably linked. Both functions operate optimally under the same conditions: trust, safety, security, surrender. Furthermore, they both require oxytocin. So it is no wonder that birth can actually be the biggest oxytocin rush and/or orgasm of your life. But the importance of healthy sexual energy goes far beyond birth. It is a…
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Birth Story Podcast


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147 Doula Diaries: Unmedicated no intervention birth at a hospital and how you can have one too
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This week Heidi shares a story of one of her doula clients who had an unmedicated, homebirth like story, birth at a hospital. Heidi outlines how you can have a story like this too (if that is something you want!). Listen this week to hear about having the right midwifery team, being educated, having an involved partner, the right doulas, and flippi…
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Australian Birth Stories


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324 | Claire, one vaginal birth, private obstetrician, migraines, iron infusion, positive induction, active birth, mixed feeding
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In episode 324 I chat to Claire @thelifeofclaire_ who shares her first pregnancy and birth experience. After discovering that fertility rates fall dramatically after the age of 35, she organised a preconception blood test with her GP, got her mirena removed, tracked her cycle and promptly fell pregnant. She chats about her lifelong experience with …
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The Angie Lee Show - Ready Is A Lie


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Turning Lemons Into Lemonade: What It Really Took To Build An 8 Figure Wellness Brand. What Mistakes Did We Make? What Is My Role At SOUL? What Was Our First Failed Business? My Top 3 Physical Product ...
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My interview with my brother/Co-Founder Mike about how we *really* built SOUL! My top 3 tips to building a successful physical product brand. www.MySoulCBD.com www.Organifi.com/AngieLee Www.PaleoValley.com/AngieLee save 15% with code “AngieLee” @MySoulCBD @OfficialMikeLee @AngieLeeShow
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146 Let's talk about SEX with sexuality educator Erica Smith of Purity Culture Dropout
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Heidi brings her doula partner Collin on the show today to chat with sexuality educator Erica Smith. The conversation was intended for rapid fire, but it organically unfolded to be about sex, sexuality, sex in pregnancy and postpartum, initating after babies, and how to talk to your kids about sex. We even talk about the importance of naming body p…
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Evidence Based Birth®


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Episode 233 - Updates on Eating during Labor
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Today, we are going to explore brand new updates to the Evidence Based Birth® Signature Article, Evidence on: Eating during Labor! We talk about four major topics: Nutritional needs during labor New info on gestational or pre-gestational diabetes and eating during labor New research on anesthesiology and its relationship to eating and drinking duri…
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Australian Birth Stories


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323 | Nas Campanella, caesarean birth, vision impairment, charcot-marie-tooth disease, breech, lactation consultant, formula feeding, disability discrimination, postpartum doula
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In this episode I interview Nas Campanella, new mum to baby Lachlan and a disability affairs reporter for the ABC. Nas is visually impaired and has a neurological condition that affects her dexterity and balance, so her journey to motherhood has required a lot of active preparation and planning. She talks in detail about the discussions she had wit…
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Home Birth story with Hearth & Home client Francy
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Sarah and Charli sat down with Francy, a beloved Hearth & Home Midwifery client, and talked all about Francy’s experience giving birth to her first baby at home with the midwives. https://hearthandhomemidwifery.com
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322 | Julie, one vaginal birth, MGP, birth centre, The Birth Class, labial tear, afterpains
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In today’s episode Julie shares her incredibly positive first birth experience. She had listened to the podcast for years before she conceived so she knew she wanted continuity of care with a midwife in a birth centre, ideally one attached to a hospital in case she needed medical support. As soon as she found out she was pregnant she was proactive …
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145 Birth at 20, 30, and 40, Orgasmic Birth, Infant Loss, and Unconventional Relationships with Sarah Martin
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Sarah Martin brings all the WOW in this episode. Trigger Warning: Infant loss at 18 weeks. Sarah talks about being a young mom in her 20s and 30s and just doing whatever the doctors told her to do which led to epidurals and losing her power. At 40, in a new marriage and healing from loss, she explores having a doula, and orgasmic birth, and gets in…
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Australian Birth Stories


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321 | Amy, two births, forceps, pelvic floor injury, prolapse, birth trauma, women’s health physio, postnatal depression, caesarean birth
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I interview Amy, the founder of the Australiasian Birth Trauma Association. In honour of her experience and Birth Trauma Awareness Week, Amy talks about the physical trauma that resulted from an instrumental (forceps) birth. She goes into detail about her pelvic floor injury and prolapse and because her story shares so many parallels with mine, I a…
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Replay - EBB 152 Shafia Monroe on Traditional Midwifery, Spirituality, and Advocacy
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Today, I am so excited to present to you a replay of one of our most popular episodes on the Evidence Based Birth® podcast, and that is an episode from 2020 with special guest, Shafia Monroe. Before we get started with the replay, I wanted to let you know that this episode contains discussion of Black infant and maternal mortality related to racism…
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#170 | An Empowered Cesarean Recovery with Nicole Alfred
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Nicole Alfred the @csectionrecoverycoach is a cesarean recovery coach, massage therapist, and mother of two. She has given birth two times by C-section: one emergent and traumatic, the other empowered and planned. Her different experiences opened her eyes to the abject lack of support mothers receive post-operatively. Nicole sees a need for much mo…
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Butt Stuff 101 (Enemas!): Coffee Enemas For Clear Skin & Mental Clarity? Answering All Of Your Juicy Enema + Detox Questions! Pooping Out A Barbie Shoe!?
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Friends that enema together...stay together. Do you need to try an enema? Let's find out with Mary @HealingCaveLady and hear all the health benefits! 💩 Mary answers your questions: Coffee vs water enemas? Colonics vs enemas? Can you do enemas while pregnant? What are the benefits to enemas? Who should do enemas? What is the healthiest water to drin…
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320 | Luka, three vaginal births, Midwife, unassisted homebirth, 42 weeks, irritable uterus, breastfeeding
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In today’s episode I chat to midwife and mum, Luka @boobtofood for the second time. You can listen to Luka’’s first two birth stories in episode 140 but today she takes us through her third birth which was an unassisted homebirth. She talks at length about her past birth challenges and the way she was feeling in the days leading up to this birth as…
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EBB 232 - Advocacy, VBAC, and Becoming a Home Birth Midwife with Melek Öz
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On today's podcast, we're going to talk with Melek Öz about vaginal birth after Cesarean (VBAC), advocacy, and becoming a home birth midwife! Content note: Mention of weight loss and racism. Melek Öz (she/her) is a home birth midwife living with her family in South Austin, Texas. She moved to Austin in 2001 to attend the University of Texas, where …
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#169 | Protecting Today's Children with Integrative Pediatrician Dr. Joel Gator Walsh
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Should we really be treating fevers in young children? Why are babies so gassy? Are germs helpful or harmful for our kids? Do kids actually need cows' milk? What is the problem with dairy? Dr. Joel Gator Walsh , an integrative pediatrician in Los Angeles, CA, joins us today to discuss what is happening in our environment that is contributing to mak…
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144/Doula Diaries: The Best Postpartum Guide & Mama Moose
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Heidi chats about her trip to Colorado and camping with a Mama Moose and her new baby Moose and Heidi's reflections on nature, being mammals and how the world treats us in the postpartum period. She takes a deep dive into the postpartum guide and breastfeeding guide available through Birth Story Academy. It's not too late to join Birth Story Academ…
Charli and Sarah explain the in’s and out’s of midwifery administrative work behind the scenes of their face-to-face time with their clients. Listen to today’s episode to learn more about what it’s like to have a midwifery business or if you want to know more about what your midwife does for you! --- https://hearthandhomemidwifery.com…
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Australian Birth Stories


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319 | Sonia, Vaginal Birth, Adopted, Shared Care, Ulcerative Colitis, Epidural
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I chat to Sonia who shares her first pregnancy and birth story. Sonia was adopted from India when she was four-years-old so pregnancy was particularly poignant for her as she thought a lot about her birth mother’s experience and wondered about her medical history (of which there are no records). She opted for shared care with her GP and chose to do…
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54 | Amielia's VBAC at 42 weeks and 6 days following an emergency caesarean after induction at 41 weeks and 5 days; Indigenous Australian, 'FTP' at 2cm, Group B Strep, VBAC with shorter birth-interval ...
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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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Australian Birth Stories


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318 | Laura, two vaginal births, varicose veins, OB, low amniotic fluid, epidural, low milk supply
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Laura talks about her two births and the difference between private obstetric care and midwifery group practice (MGP) in the public system. If you are trying to conceive or you’re in early pregnancy and you’re interested in learning more about your care options, this episode is a must-listen. As well as discussing her two very different vaginal bir…
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Evidence Based Birth®


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EBB 231 - A Joyful, High-Intervention Birth with EBB Childbirth Class Graduates Lisa Mangini and Anand Swaminathan
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On today's podcast, we're going to talk with EBB Childbirth Class Parents, Lisa Mangini and Anand Swaminathan about their high-intervention birth story! So many people have negative associations with interventions— but Lisa and Anand's story shows how you can still experience a joyful, empowering birth, even in the midst of complications! Lisa Mang…
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#168 | The Business of Birth Control with Abby Epstein: The Importance of Safety, Autonomy and Informed Consent
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The Business of Birth Control is a new documentary directed by Abby Epstein and produced by Ricki Lake, who achieved international acclaim for their revolutionary 2008 film, "The Business of Being Born". Abby joins us today to discuss why she and Ricki made their new film, which boldly shines a light on some of the severe side effects that accompan…
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Australian Birth Stories


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317 | Kate, vaginal water birth, bicornuate uterus, birth trauma, PND, birth centre, cervical lip
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Kate about her second birth. You can listen to her first birth story in episode 155 where she discusses her bicornuate uterus and her challenging induced labour. She admits that in retrospect, she was traumatised from her first birth experience; the pain of an induced labour and the lack of both consent and privacy culminated and led to postnatal d…