Australian Birth Stories Sophie Walker
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- Kids & Family
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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.
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469 Postpartum | Gen, breastfeeding, unsettled sleep, mother and baby unit, sleep consultant, sleep training, sleep school
For Gen and her baby Robbie, a variety of challenges created the perfect storm of unsettled sleep habits. She takes us through her first year and the three different sleep supports she used. She admits that she still feels conflicted about the choices she made but she’s also comforted by the fact that she’s got a healthy baby and she’s now a physically and mentally healthy mum.
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468 | Gen, infertility, miscarriage, IVF, hyperstimulation, private obstetrician, induction, epidural, vacuum-assisted birth, episiotomy
Gen shares every aspect of her fertility, pregnancy and birth experience in this honest and hilarious episode
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467 | Gemma Fraternal Twins, MGP, Sunshine Coast Hospital, CMV
Gemma shares her unexpected pregnancy with twins. She shares the emotional rollercoaster of disbelief and excitement and the impact of the twins on her planned model of care for the pregnancy.
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466 | Dee, two vaginal births, induction, TENS Machine, miscarriage, continuity of care
In episode 465 Dee shares her emotional and challenging pregnancy journeys. She was shocked to learn she’d conceived quickly but her elation soon turned to grief when she miscarried; an experience that was long and traumatic. For her subsequent pregnancy she details the isolation and uncertainty that comes with fragmented care which exacerbated her anxiety.
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465 | Georgie, vaginal birth, pre-eclampsia, induction, breastfeeding and mixed feeding
In episode 264 Georgie shares with us the birth of her first child Sadie. Georgie lives in Gunning in rural NSW and went through the local public hospital for her care. Georgie was having her blood pressure carefully monitored throughout her pregnancy however, it wasn't until after Sadie was born that she became very sick with pre-eclampsia.
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464 | Alice, Doula and Midwife, private obstetrician, home birth, planned postpartum
Alice shares her birth experiences in light of everything she’s learned as a mother, doula and midwife-in-training.
Customer Reviews
Best interviews ever
I’ve listened to ALLLL the birth podcasts and Sophie is by far the best interviewer/host out of all of them! She is so respectful and so interested at the same time. She has a gift of asking just the right questions and prompting the guests to tell their stories in such an interesting way!
Wonderful
Such a great body of work. Host is INCREDIBLY kind to every guest. Listening from Virginia.
My favourite
I love this podcast so much. Sophie is such a lovely host. I gave birth to 2 beautiful girls between 2020 and 2022 and at the moment, I am studying pre and postnatal yoga. Listening to this podcast reignites my love for birth and supporting people in pregnancy and postpartum every time I listen to an episode. It’s such a wonderful resource, as well. Keep it up, Soph - you’re doing a wonderful thing bringing these amazing stories to us, and you do it so well.