Australian VBAC Stories

By Australian VBAC Stories

Welcome to Australian VBAC stories.

This podcast is for you, the women and parents of Australia to share your journey to vaginal birth after caesarean, and to listen to those who have forged the path... more

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FAQs about Australian VBAC Stories:

How many episodes does Australian VBAC Stories have?

The podcast currently has 47 episodes available.

Australian VBAC Stories episodes:

December 31, 2023 EP7 - Anna's VBAC & HBAC (private obstetrician, elective caesarean, pregnancy loss, VBAC, 2VBAC, HBAC, private midwife, homebirth, BBA)
In this episode, we bring you the story of Anna's three births. Anna shares her experience from a scheduled caesarean for elevated blood pressure with a private OB, through an extremely difficult miscarriage to two empowered, informed and supported VBACs with a private midwife, first in the hospital and then, with her third baby, at home.
This episode is an absolute goldmine of information and explores the topics of prodromal labour, care provider impact on birth options, informed decision making, self advocacy, birth support, empowerment, the journey to homebirth, children in the birthspace and the transformational powers of VBAC.
Anna's VBAC journey was so transformative for her that she attributes her experience as the inspiration to pursue her 'dream career' in midwifery.
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Please join us on our journey to bringing you all kinds of VBAC stories from across the country from here on in by subscribing and following us on social media, @australianvbacstories on Instagram and Australian VBAC Stories on Facebook.
If you enjoyed this episode, we’d love if you could rate, review, and tell your friends!
If you are feeling that you might benefit from mental health support after listening to our podcast, please reach out to one of the organisations below:
PANDA https://panda.org.au/
Gidget Foundation https://www.gidgetfoundation.org.au/
COPE Australia https://www.cope.org.au/
If you've experienced mistreatment or disrespectful care in your pregnancy, birth or postpartum and are seeking advocacy support, please contact one of the following organisations:
Maternity Choices Australia https://www.maternitychoices.org/
Maternity Consumer Network https://www.maternityconsumernetwork.org.au/
Thank you for tuning in to our podcast.
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56min
December 17, 2023 EP6 - Jess's VBACs (fragmented care, emergency caesarean, postpartum preeclampsia, MGP, long labour, epidural, PPH, doula support, BBA, freebirth, roadside birth, calm and peaceful 2VBAC, 3a tear,)
Today's episode brings you the stories of three births told by Jess. Her first baby was born via emergency caesarean under a fragmented care model, and she was especially unfortunate to develop postpartum preeclampsia afterwards which added to the struggles of that postpartum.

After a journey of self-education, Jess went on to seek out care under the MGP at her local hospital for her VBAC. She powered through a long and challenging labour, and was facing an instrumental birth after an epidural when she pushed her baby out in theatre before instruments could be used.

For her third baby, Jess really wanted to achieve a calm and peaceful birth and so she sought out additional support by way of a doula. She got her peaceful and calm birth, but just not quite the way she expected... Quite an incredible moment on the side of the road!

We hope you enjoy listening to these beautiful stories and can take inspiration and joy from Jess's journey.

Please join us on our journey to bringing you all kinds of VBAC stories from across the country from here on in by subscribing and following us on social media, @australianvbacstories on Instagram and Australian VBAC Stories on Facebook.
If you enjoyed this episode, we’d love to rate or review, and tell your friends!
If you are feeling that you might benefit from mental health support after listening to our podcast, please reach out to one of the organisations below:
PANDA https://panda.org.au/
Gidget Foundation https://www.gidgetfoundation.org.au/
COPE Australia https://www.cope.org.au/
If you've experienced mistreatment or disrespectful care in your pregnancy, birth or postpartum and are seeking advocacy support, please contact one of the following organisations:
Maternity Choices Australia https://www.maternitychoices.org/
Maternity Consumer Network https://www.maternityconsumernetwork.org.au/
Thank you for tuning in to our podcast.
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1h 8min
December 03, 2023 EP5 - Renee's VBAC (public hospital, young mum, posterior baby, long labour, fragmented care, breastfeeding challenges, 'unsuitable VBAC candidate', doula support, changing care providers)
Today we are honoured to bring you Renee's gorgeous VBAC story. Renee had her first baby via caesarean following a long early labour which led to an augmentation and a classic "failure to progress" diagnosis during the pushing stage of her posterior positioned baby.

When she fell pregnant with her second baby, Renee knew she wanted to pursue a VBAC. She faced a number of challenges along the way, including being told she wasn't a suitable candidate for for VBAC based on the notes from her previous caesarean - something she hadn't been told after that caesarean.

Renee hired a doula to support her, changed hospitals to find someone who would at least tolerate her decision to VBAC and absolute rocked her labour and birth.

We hope you enjoy this episode!

Please join us on our journey to bringing you all kinds of VBAC stories from across the country from here on in by subscribing and following us on social media, @australianvbacstories on Instagram and Australian VBAC Stories on Facebook.
If you enjoyed this episode, we’d love to rate or review, and tell your friends!
If you are feeling that you might benefit from mental health support after listening to our podcast, please reach out to one of the organisations below:
PANDA https://panda.org.au/
Gidget Foundation https://www.gidgetfoundation.org.au/
COPE Australia https://www.cope.org.au/
If you've experienced mistreatment or disrespectful care in your pregnancy, birth or postpartum and are seeking advocacy support, please contact one of the following organisations:
Maternity Choices Australia https://www.maternitychoices.org/
Maternity Consumer Network https://www.maternityconsumernetwork.org.au/
Thank you for tuning in to our podcast.
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1h 11min
November 19, 2023 EP4 - Georgina's VBAC Journey (public hospital, failure to wait, MGP, uterine tears, angled uterine extensions, high risk, unsupported, intuition, self-belief, educational journey)
Today we are thrilled to bring you an absolute cracker of an epsiode with the incredible Georgina's VBAC story.
Georgina experienced a cascade of interventions during her first birth that ultimately ended with her being forced to choose between a forceps delivery and a caesarean. She chose a caesarean, not really knowing or understanding the risks of either, and in the process of her son's birth, her uterine incision was torn at both ends - a complication known as "angled uterine extensions".
After this birth, Georgina underwent an unbelievable journey of self-discovery, self-trust, re-education and reconnecting with her intuition - all skills that proved absolutely necessary when she realised that no care provider at her local hospital was going to support her to have a VBAC.
Georgina's story is truly inspiring and we know you are all going to love it. She wanted to share the following information with you all as well:
"Here’s what I did during this pregnancy that helped me have a successful VBAC;
* heaps of research!! Around VBAC in general, angled uterine extensions, repeat caesareans, birth in general.
* Listened to lots of podcasts! My favourites were VBAC Birth Stories, Positive Birth Podcast, VBAC Homebirth Stories, The Midwives’ Cauldron, The Hypnobirthing Podcast, Australian Birth Stories
* Watched Birth Time documentary
* Completed an online hypnobirthing course with The Positive Birth Company
* Listened to birth affirmation tracks
* Wrote down birth affirmations that resonated most with me and stuck them up around my house. Each time I saw one, I’d repeat it in my head.
* Meditation, practicing hypnobirthing breathing techniques while listening to music playlist which I would play during labour
* Weekly acupuncture from 34 weeks (to help with sciatic pain from baby sitting posterior and for relaxation)
* Having very minimal appointments with midwife/obstetricians and instead tapping into my intuition, body and baby to guide me through the pregnancy.
* Discussing my birth preferences only with my husband and sister who were my support team at the birth
* Preparing a calm environment in my house to labour in. Fairy lights around the roof, equipment to use during labour, music, essential oils, birth affirmations on the wall, Timelapse video on laptop"
Please join us on our journey to bringing you all kinds of VBAC stories from across the country from here on in by subscribing and following us on social media, @australianvbacstories on Instagram and Australian VBAC Stories on Facebook.
If you enjoyed this episode, we’d love to rate or review, and tell your friends!
If you are feeling that you might benefit from mental health support after listening to our podcast, please reach out to one of the organisations below:
PANDA https://panda.org.au/
Gidget Foundation https://www.gidgetfoundation.org.au/
COPE Australia https://www.cope.org.au/
If you've experienced mistreatment or disrespectful care in your pregnancy, birth or postpartum and are seeking advocacy support, please contact one of the following organisations:
Maternity Choices Australia https://www.maternitychoices.org/
Maternity Consumer Network https://www.maternityconsumernetwork.org.au/
Thank you for tuning in to our podcast.
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1h 21min
November 05, 2023 EP3 - Georgia's HBAC (postdates induction, emergency caesarean, breastfeeding challenges, private midwife, HBAC, VBAC, homebirth after caesarean, breech, ECV, long labour)
Today we bring you the story of Georgia's two births. Georgia is another of our beautiful co-hosts, and in this episode, she shares so openly and generously about her experience birthing her two daughters, including how she went from planning a elective repeat caesarean with her second to a planned homebirth after caesarean with the support of a private midwife.
Georgia obviously spent some time reflecting on her journeys and provides such a wonderful insight into what really made the difference for her, not only in labour and birth, but postpartum as well. This is particularly relevant in her case, as she vulnerably details the challenges she experienced in breastfeeding both her eldest, Luna, and her second daughter Remi, even after a long but powerful and blissful second birth at home.
We hope you enjoy listening to this story, and if you want to hear both Bronwyn (EP2) and Georgia speaking more about their experiences of postpartum, breastfeeding and mothering, you can check out Bronwyn's podcast "The Motherwhelm" (@the.motherwhelm on instagram) where the two of them speak together in Episode 3.
Georgia is a Birth and Postpartum Doula servicing Hawkesbury, Hills district, Western Sydney and surrounds. You can connect with her at:
www.georgiasleedoula.com.au
Instagram.com/georgiasleedoula
Please join us on our journey to bringing you all kinds of VBAC stories from across the country from here on in by subscribing and following us on social media, @australianvbacstories on Instagram and Australian VBAC Stories on Facebook.
If you enjoyed this episode, we’d love to rate or review, and tell your friends!
If you are feeling that you might benefit from mental health support after listening to our podcast, please reach out to one of the organisations below:
PANDA https://panda.org.au/
Gidget Foundation https://www.gidgetfoundation.org.au/
COPE Australia https://www.cope.org.au/
If you've experienced mistreatment or disrespectful care in your pregnancy, birth or postpartum and are seeking advocacy support, please contact one of the following organisations:
Maternity Choices Australia https://www.maternitychoices.org/
Maternity Consumer Network https://www.maternityconsumernetwork.org.au/
Thank you for tuning in to our podcast.
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1h 42min
October 22, 2023 EP2 - Bronwyn's 2 VBACs (induction, emergency caesarean, HBAC, homebirth, homebirth transfer, premature labour, premature baby, postpartum anxiety, fast birth, precipitous labour, HBAC, 2VBAC, BBA)
Today we bring you the VBAC stories of one of our gorgeous co-hosts, Bronwyn.
Bronwyn experienced the all-too-common cascade of interventions in her first pregnancy with an induction that led her to an emergency caesarean. She knew she needed a different experience when she fell pregnant with her second baby, and after initially planning a VBAC in hospital, she ended up planning a HBAC (homebirth after caesarean) after seeing the documentary BirthTime. Her second baby had other plans, though, and when Bronwyn went into premature labour at 36 weeks, she found herself needing to birth in hospital. After a tumultuous and challenging postpartum journey following that second birth, she planned another HBAC for her 2nd VBAC with her third child who also had other plans for her, arriving quickly before any of her birth team could.
Bronwyn speaks so beautifully about her babies and her birth journey, and reflects on what each experience taught her and what made the biggest difference in her births.
Thank you Bron, for sharing so openly with us, and we hope you enjoy this very first birth story from Australian VBAC Stories!
You can connect with Bronwyn on her doula Instagram at https://instagram.com/bronwynsenn.doula. Bron also hosts her own podcast The Motherwhelm where she shares the challenges and triumphs of motherhood through women’s stories. Connect with The Motherhwhelm on Instagram at https://instagram.com/the.motherwhelm.
Please join us on our journey to bringing you all kinds of VBAC stories from across the country from here on in by subscribing and following us on social media, @australianvbacstories on Instagram and Australian VBAC Stories on Facebook.
If you enjoyed this episode, we’d love to rate or review, and tell your friends!
If you are feeling that you might benefit from mental health support after listening to our podcast, please reach out to one of the organisations below:
PANDA https://panda.org.au/
Gidget Foundation https://www.gidgetfoundation.org.au/
COPE Australia https://www.cope.org.au/
If you've experienced mistreatment or disrespectful care in your pregnancy, birth or postpartum and are seeking advocacy support, please contact one of the following organisations:
Maternity Choices Australia https://www.maternitychoices.org/
Maternity Consumer Network https://www.maternityconsumernetwork.org.au/
Thank you for tuning in to our podcast.
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1h 48min
October 08, 2023 EP1 - Introducing Australian VBAC Stories
In this special introductory episode, your co-hosts Katelyn, Georgia, Bronwyn and Aimee discuss why they have chosen to produce this podcast and why they think VBAC matters.

Please join us on our journey to bringing you all kinds of VBAC stories from across the country from here on in by subscribing and following us on social media, @australianvbacstories on Instagram and Australian VBAC Stories on Facebook.

If you are feeling that you might benefit from mental health support after listening to our podcast, please reach out to one of the organisations below:
PANDA https://panda.org.au/
Gidget Foundation https://www.gidgetfoundation.org.au/
COPE Australia https://www.cope.org.au/

If you've experienced mistreatment or disrespectful care in your pregnancy, birth or postpartum and are seeking advocacy support, please contact one of the following organisations:
Maternity Choices Australia https://www.maternitychoices.org/
Maternity Consumer Network https://www.maternityconsumernetwork.org.au/

Thank you for tuning in to our podcast.
...more
36min

FAQs about Australian VBAC Stories:

How many episodes does Australian VBAC Stories have?

The podcast currently has 47 episodes available.

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