Sammy walks us through her first birth that follows a story we have heard so frequently, a hospital birth that led to a cesarean section. ⁣During her postpartum Sammy experienced Postnatal depression, and she speaks candidly about this impacted her fourth trimester. ⁣ Once Sammy had her son, her whole perspective shifted and she realised there must be something more to birth which led to her second birth being intuitive, and calm. ⁣ ⁣ Sammy is a wealth of knowledge and we highly recommend...

Today we interview Sammy Griffin who is a Doula & mum of 2. Sammy covers the following questions: What is a doula? What care do doula's provide?How do you find a doula?What is the cost of hiring a doula? What can partners do in the birth space?What is the role of a postpartum doula?What is it like working in the system as a doula?What are the benefits of having a doula?The importance of holding space for women in birth. We also chat to Sammy about her experience in the birth space as a...

Today we interviewed Bernadette (B).  B takes us through the pregnancy and birth of her two sons. B shares with us the many different jobs she has had throughout her career as a midwife - working in MGP, Homebirth programs, small and tertiary hospitals , overseas, as well as providing care for women in rural and remote communities in Australia. B currently runs her business Core & Floor Restore, which provides people with core and pelvic floor programs. She also co-owns Motheration...

Today we chat to Ashley Winning about her 3 birth experiences. Ashley encountered many challenges being larger bodied and birthing within the hospital system with her first 2 babies. With her first baby, Ashley had a failed induction where her care providers pushed for a caesarean.  Ashley became more informed and set out to have a VBAC with her second baby. Ashley went into labour spontaneously, but her care providers failed to wait for her body to birth on its own timeline- which led to a...

Today we interview Ashley Winning, the founder of The Motherhood Circle & host of The VBAC Homebirth Stories Podcast. Throughout this episode, we talk to Ashley about the challenges of being larger bodied within the birthing system and the discrimination she faced as a result of a label. We chat extensively about the concept of BMI and how the labels are generally more harmful than anything and how Ashley has turned her experience into a way to support other women navigate the birth...

Today we interviewed Shannon about her HBAC experience (Home Birth After Caesarean,). After experiencing a long induction (at 41+5 weeks) and the cascade of interventions in the hospital with her first birth, Shannon was labelled with "failure to progress" and ended up with an emergency caesarean. Shannon knew she wanted a different birth experience with her second baby. Shannon found her voice and had the physiological birth she wanted at home. Links: - Australia’s Mothers and babies...

Today we interview Rhonda who had 1 hospital birth followed by 2 Freebirths.  Rhonda talks about her long traumatic induction within the hospital system with her first birth. Due to this experience, she became more informed and decided that she didn't want to birth within the system again.  Rhonda discusses how she decided to Freebirth her next two babies as she was unable to afford a private midwife at the time (no publicly funded homebirth programs in QLD).  Be sure to hit the...

Today we chat to Sara about her two birth experiences which took place during COVID. Sara experienced the cascade of interventions in the hospital system with her first birth and went on to have an incredible precipitous labour at home with her second baby.  Sara also talks to us about the issues with living in a more rural/country location and how that had an impact on where she was able to give birth and changing care providers at 32 weeks in her second pregnancy. Sara’s second baby was...

Hosts, Laura & Aimee chat about their top 5 things to do before giving birth and the top 5 things to do after birth. They also discuss ways that family/friends can support the family/woman during the 4th trimester (postpartum period).  Links: Women's Health Physio - https://www.bodyandbirthphysio.com/ Core Floor and Restore Program  - https://coreandfloor.com.au/ Mental Load checklist - https://coreandfloor.com.au/pages/free-resources Fair Play Book  Tiny Hearts Education -...

This Episode we chat to our partners about their experience with homebirthing. Throughout the episode, both Louis and Ezra share their personal perspectives on such a transformative experience - witnessing their partners bring new life into the world in the comfort of their own home. Both Louis & Ez offer a refreshingly honest and raw account of their thoughts, emotions, and reflections on homebirth. Links: The Birth-Ed Podcast -...

Today we chat to our host Aimee about her two births.    Aimee gives us a brief overview of her first birth which took place in the hospital where she experienced the cascade of interventions.  Aimee became more informed leading up to her second pregnancy and birth. Her photography business took her into the world of birth where she saw her first physiological home birth. From that point on, Aimee decided that a home birth was for her. Be sure to hit subscribe so our podcast downloads...

Today we chat to our host Laura about her first pregnancy and birth. Laura is a first time mum who decided to give birth to her son at home. After becoming well informed and educated about the outcomes for women in all models of care, Laura made the decision to hire a private midwife. Although Laura's pregnancy journey was tough with severe nausea and vomiting, Laura experienced a positive physiological first birth at 38 + 1 weeks. Be sure to hit the subscribe button so our podcast...

Today we chat with Jess about her two homebirths and what birthing outside the hospital system can do. Jess, being a midwife and hypnobirthing practitioner herself, knew when she fell pregnant that she didn't want to birth in a hospital and this decision led her on a journey of total surrender and empowerment. Be sure to hit subscribe so our podcast downloads straight into your inbox! Links: https://www.mothermoonhypnobirthing.com/ Instagram:...

Welcome to our podcast!  Home birth stories will bring you descriptions of people having their babies at home, told from their perspectives.  Long ago, home was the first and generally only option to have children, so what has changed? Now when you mention birthing at home, generally the advice is that its dangerous and it is assumed that the only (and better) place to birth is in hospital.  Despite homebirthing having statically better outcomes for birthing people  and babies, and being on...

Home birth stories will bring you descriptions of people having their babes at home, told from their perspectives. Long ago, home was the first and generally only option to have children, so what has changed? Now when you mention birthing at home, generally the advice is that its dangerous and it is assumed that the only (and better) place to birth is in hospital. Despite homebirthing having statically better outcomes for birthing people  and babies, and being on the rise due to covid, there...