Latest Waterbirth Podcast Episodes
459 | Chantelle Stanton, private Obstetrician, Cabrini Hospital, Induction, TENS machine
Australian Birth Stories - March 04, 2024 04:25 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 138 ratingsIn today’s episode, Chantelle shares her experience of her first pregnancy and birth. Chantelle was very gratefulll to conceive shortly after deciding she was ready to try. She asked around to get recommendations to choose her care provider and she decided to go through the private model and saw...
458 Postpartum | Jodi, four babies, MGP, public hospital, planned postpartum, breastfeeding, identity shift, postpartum book
Australian Birth Stories - February 29, 2024 01:06 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 138 ratingsYou’re going to love this episode with Jodi; mother of four, yoga teacher, postpartum doula and co-author of The Complete Australian Guide to Pregnancy and Birth. Jodi and I chat all about our postpartum book - what we’ve learnt, the confronting reality of the lack of health services, and how sh...
457 | Tylah, Midwife, Home birth, Alice Springs, jaundice, breastfeeding challenges
Australian Birth Stories - February 26, 2024 00:31 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 138 ratingsIn today’s episode, Tylah shares her experience as a midwife alongside her first pregnancy and birth. Tylah had spent many years supporting women in pregnancy and labour so she had plenty of time to consider what she wanted for her own birth experience. She knew from the outset that she wanted a...
456 Postpartum | Sasha one baby, planned postpartum, PND, medication, breastfeeding, returning to work, race, childcare
Australian Birth Stories - February 21, 2024 23:58 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 138 ratingsYou can listen to Sasha’s birth story in episode 331 and today she takes us through her early motherhood experience including discussions on race, mental health and the work/motherhood juggle. Sasha and her husband, Jem, planned an intentionally slow postpartum which was the ideal introduction t...
455 | Larke, one baby, MGP, fibroid, maternal assisted caesarean (MAC), cleft palate
Australian Birth Stories - February 19, 2024 03:41 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 138 ratingsLarke is a midwife and she talks about her primal desire to experience labour and birth. But as she reiterates, there is so much about pregnancy and birth that is beyond our control. She was only 4 weeks pregnant when a scan revealed a significant fibroid at the back of her cervix which dictated...
454 | Kirsty, two babies, hysterectomy, uterus transplant, IVF, planned caesarean, mastitis
Australian Birth Stories - February 15, 2024 00:58 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 138 ratingsYou may have seen Kirsty in the news recently. She’s the recipient of Australia’s first uterus transplant and birthed her miracle baby a few months ago. Today she takes us through the grief of a hysterectomy following her first birth, her options for growing her family, the transplant clinical t...
453 | Niki, Two Physiological Home Births, Yoga Teacher, Breathing Techniques
Australian Birth Stories - February 12, 2024 04:41 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 138 ratingsIn today’s episode, Niki shares her two incredibly positive home birth stories of her daughter Elsa and her son Nils. Niki is Swedish and Thai and lives with her Australian husband in Kho Samui where they teach Yoga to both practitioners and Yogis. Niki always knew she wanted to have her babies ...
452 Postpartum | Ellie, postpartum lethargy, brain fog, postpartum thyroiditis
Australian Birth Stories - February 08, 2024 01:38 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 138 ratingsToday, Ellie shares her experience with postpartum thyroiditis after experiencing the tell-tale signs and advocating for the appropriate blood tests at her six week check. There are many symptoms in postpartum that can be excused as side-effects of birth recovery and sleep deprivation. However...
451 | Jordy endometriosis, fragmented care, excess amniotic fluid, tachycardia, planned caesarean, breastfeeding, missed miscarriage, secondary infertility
Australian Birth Stories - February 05, 2024 03:30 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 138 ratingsJordy has always had long, painful and heavy periods so when she fell pregnant without trying, no one was more shocked than her. Excess amniotic fluid prevented her from monitoring her baby’s movements so she presented to the hospital multiple times and opted for a planned caesarean at 38 weeks....
450 | Joelleen, midwife, IBCLC, pregnancy loss, publicly-funded homebirth, physiological birth, waterbirth, breastfeeding, NICU
Australian Birth Stories - January 28, 2024 22:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 138 ratingsJoelleen is a midwife, naturopath and IBCLC who takes us through her pregnancy and homebirth experience. Her journey into motherhood began with the birth of her daughter at 16 weeks and she details the shock and grief of her loss. When she conceived again she was accepted into Sunshine Hospital’...
449 Postpartum | Emma, two babies, bicornuate uterus, planned caesarean, placenta previa, placenta accreta, hysterectomy
Australian Birth Stories - January 24, 2024 20:45 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 138 ratingsIn today’s episode Emma details her life-changing second pregnancy. At her 20 week scan she was diagnosed with major placenta previa (the placenta covers the cervix) as well as placenta accreta (where the placenta grows deeply into the uterine wall). In that moment her hopes for a VBAC and a hom...
448 | Olivia, fraternal twins, DCDA twins, multiple birth team, public hospital, induction, vaginal birth, breastfeeding
Australian Birth Stories - January 22, 2024 01:38 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 138 ratingsIn this episode Olivia details her shock upon discovering she was pregnant with fraternal twins after fertility challenges. She takes us through the experiences of having fragmented care with a multiple birth team at her local public hospital and the recommendations made for a twin labour and bi...
447 Postpartum | Jayne, three babies, homebirth, breech, planned caesarean, NICU, posterior urethral valves, organ donation
Australian Birth Stories - January 17, 2024 21:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 138 ratingsIn today’s episode, Jayne details the contrast between homebirth and caesarean, a slow postpartum and an NICU stay. Towards the end of her third pregnancy Jayne discovered that her breech baby had kidney issues so she travelled to Hobart from her home in rural Tasmania for a planned caesarean an...
446 | Jess, long first labour followed by a speedy second birth in the ambulance on the way to hospital
Australian Birth Stories - December 20, 2023 22:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 138 ratingsWhen Jess found out she was pregnant she assumed she would have a caesarean as her mum had had caesareans with all three of her children. It wasn't until Jess started listening to the Australian Birth Stories podcast that she started to explore the idea of having a vaginal birth. When she experi...
445 | Kate two babies, private obstetrician, elective caesarean, breastfeeding, miscarriage
Australian Birth Stories - December 17, 2023 22:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 138 ratingsIn this episode Kate takes us through her journey to motherhood with her two daughters. In her first pregnancy she opted for care with a private obstetrician and after navigating a very tight pelvic floor from early on, she planned an elective caesarean. Her second and third pregnancies ended in...
444 Postpartum | Shannen one baby, GBS positive, epidural complications, post dural puncture headache, PDPH, PDA
Australian Birth Stories - December 13, 2023 21:26 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 138 ratingsIn today’s episode Shannen details her long labour which involved a complicated epidural. Her anaesthetist told her she may experience a headache the day after birth but nothing could have prepared her for the intensity of her post dural puncture headache (often compared to a severe migraine), t...
443 | Rachael, spinal muscular atrophy, TFMR, genetic carrier screening, IVF, NIPT, CVS, maternal-assisted caesarean
Australian Birth Stories - December 10, 2023 23:51 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 138 ratingsYou can listen to Rachel share her first birth and postpartum story in episode #51 where she details her daughter Mackenzie’s terminal diagnosis of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). Today she talks about Mackenzie’s Mission and the genetic carrier screening that’s now covered under Medicare for all...
442 Postpartum | Lisa, two babies, two under two, MGP, posterior labour, women’s health physio, spinning babies, physiological birth
Australian Birth Stories - December 07, 2023 04:54 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 138 ratingsIn today’s episode Lisa takes us through her two very different labours - her first was posterior and 67 hours long, her second was anterior and very quick. As a women’s health physiotherapist, Lisa knew the positive outcomes associated with MGP so she advocated to get in that programme and whil...
441 | Maria, fraternal twins, ovulation induction, cervical stitch, bed rest, IUGR, caesarean birth, NICU
Australian Birth Stories - December 04, 2023 06:08 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 138 ratingsIn today’s episode Maria shares her fraternal twin pregnancy which required her to spend 14 weeks on bedrest. Her pregnancy was considered normal until 20 weeks when a routine scan showed her cervix was shortening, exacerbated by the pressure of excess amniotic fluid. The following day a cervix ...
440 Postpartum | Sarah, three babies, vaginal birth, third-degree tear, OASI, internal massage, hypertonic pelvic floor, women’s health physiotherapist
Australian Birth Stories - November 30, 2023 04:57 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 138 ratingsIn this episode Sarah shares her experience with two third-degree perineal tears, also known as Obstetric Anal Sphincter Injury (OASI). The general understanding of birth recovery - even when it comes to perineal trauma - is six weeks yet the reality is much different. For some women it can take...
439 | Shuana, two babies, unplanned pregnancy, vulva varicosities, MGP, the birth class, unplanned homebirth
Australian Birth Stories - November 27, 2023 00:43 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 138 ratingsYou can listen to Shuana’s first birth in episode 296 where she details her really positive physiological birth under midwifery care. Today she takes us through her unplanned second pregnancy which took her months to embrace considering she’d just returned to work and didn’t feel prepared for tw...
438 Postpartum | Alex, one baby, solo parenthood, donor-conceived, MGP, IUGR, physiological birth, donor milk
Australian Birth Stories - November 24, 2023 00:10 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 138 ratingsIn this episode Alex shares his pregnancy and birth journey as a trans man, including his choice to embark on solo parenthood. He sought guidance from an IVF clinic and embarked on a number of tests to ensure his egg quality and reserve were favourable before deciding on a sperm donor. Once preg...
437 | Julie two babies, pregnant at 42, emergency caesarean, HG, IVF, Down Syndrome
Australian Birth Stories - November 20, 2023 05:56 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 138 ratingsIn today’s episode, Julie shares her journey and all the beautiful lessons she’s learnt along the way. At once ambivalent about motherhood, her first pregnancy ended in miscarriage and proved that she did have a yearning to have a baby. Two failed rounds of IVF followed and then she fell pregnan...
436 Postpartum | Dom, Indigenous, birthing on country model of care, waterbirth, PAD, panic attacks, mother + baby unit, psychiatric unit, ECT
Australian Birth Stories - November 16, 2023 05:06 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 138 ratingsIn honour of Perinatal Mental Health Week, Dom shares her experience of perinatal anxiety and depression (PAD) and details her three-month stay in a mother and baby psychiatric unit. At six weeks postpartum her anxiety became debilitating; she was having panic attacks, pulling out her hair and t...
435 | Caitlin, two babies, posterior, induction, epidural, prodromal labour, doula, unplanned homebirth
Australian Birth Stories - November 13, 2023 04:21 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 138 ratingsIn today’s episode Caitlin details her two very different labours - her first was 40 hours long, her second only two hours. She was accepted into an MGP programme and while she did a hypnobirthing course for preparation, she admits she wasn’t prepared for the intensity of labour. Her early labou...
434 Postpartum | Tess, PPH, triple-feeding, EBM, PND, private obstetrician, postpartum day-stay
Australian Birth Stories - November 10, 2023 02:02 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 138 ratingsIn today’s episode Tess shares her two very different breastfeeding experiences. She starts by detailing her traumatic birth experience which ended in a postpartum haemorrhage and left her depleted and anxious. Her baby lost 11 percent of her birthweight so triple-feeding was recommended and aft...
433 | Kelsey three babies, induction, epidural, vacuum-assisted birth, PPH, miscarriage, progesterone, retained placenta, the birth class
Australian Birth Stories - November 06, 2023 01:39 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 138 ratingsIn today’s episode, Kelsey shares her three birth stories which detail her evolution as a birthing mother. In her first birth she requested an induction which led to the cascade of intervention; an epidural, instrumental birth, PPH and retained placenta. She found her first postpartum particular...
432 Postpartum | Claire, one baby, vaginal birth, midwifery care, faecal incontinence, women’s health physiotherapy
Australian Birth Stories - November 02, 2023 02:23 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 138 ratingsFaecal incontinence affects one in 25 women in postpartum and today, Claire shares her experience. She takes us briefly through her labour and birth and details the confronting realisation that she had no control of her anal sphincter. Thanks to a women’s health physiotherapist who demanded hori...
431 | Renee, three babies, spontaneous labour, physiological births, water birth, homebirth, doula
Australian Birth Stories - October 30, 2023 01:57 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 138 ratingsToday Renee shares her three physiological birth stories so consider this a wonderfully positive episode in honour of Homebirth Awareness Week. She was living in New York with her partner when she fell pregnant at 21 so they hightailed it home to Queensland and had a really positive birth at the...
430 Postpartum | Katie Rose, yoga teacher, Ayurveda, five babies, blended family
Australian Birth Stories - October 26, 2023 02:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 138 ratingsKatie Rose, a yoga teacher, doula and mother of five discusses her postpartum experiences and the joy and chaos of having a big family. Her eldest is 17 and her youngest is two so she brings a beautiful wisdom to her story, reflecting on her perfectionist early parenting years and the ease and j...