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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 Doula as well as the new research about the financial impact of offering publicly funded homebirth programs in QLD. 

Sammy's Links:

• Sammy Griffin Instagram 
• Sammy Griffin Website

Websites:

• Doula Registry 
• Homebirth QLD directory 
• The financial impact of offering publicly funded homebirths: A population-based microsimulation in Queensland, Australia 
• The reconnected 
• Australia's Mothers & Babies report 
• WHO Guidelines 
• Maet Pearson from It Takes A Village 
• Penny Simpkins - 3 R's
• Jane Hardwick Collings - Healing From Previous Traumatic Birth Experiences 
• Birth Cartographer Online Training - Catherine Bell
• Mapping your Birth 

Books & Research in next episode. 

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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 and is the co-host of The Great Birth Rebellion Podcast.

Links:

• Core & Floor Restore - https://coreandfloor.com.au/
• Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/coreandfloorrestore/?hl=en
• Motheration - https://motheration.au/
• Free Antenatal Classes -https://coreandfloor.com.au/products/antenatal-classes
• Birth Debriefs - https://coreandfloor.com.au/products/birth-debrief
• The Great Birth Rebellion
  • Apple Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-great-birth-rebellion/id1639430316
  • Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/3gQRikeOcaHkJjWTtcT1B1?si=50414421668c45d3

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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 caesarean, uterine scar, 3.1L bleed and PTSD. 

When Ashley became pregnant with her third baby, she set out to have a homebirth. When Ashley couldn’t find a care provider that aligned with her wishes, she decided to Freebirth her 4.5kg baby at home.


Ashley Winning

• The Motherhood Circle
• Ashley's Instagram Account 
• The VBAC Homebirth Stories Podcast

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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 system.

Ashley shares her 3 birth stories in episode 10.

Ashley Winning

• The Motherhood Circle
• The VBAC Homebirth Stories Podcast 

Links:

• Maternal Morbid Obesity and the risk of adverse Pregnancy outcome
• BMI, Labour & birth study
• Stigma around Obesity 
• Dr Rachel Reed - Reclaiming Childbirth Collective
• Fantastic futures 
• Rockstar birth academy
• Free birth society podcast 
• Racism behind BMI
• BMI

Books:

• Informed is Best - Amy Brown 
• Plus Size Pregnancy - Dr Sara Wickham

Podcast Links:

• Birthing Instincts (Interview with Dr. Sara Wickham - BMI)
• VBAC Homebirth Stories - Ashley Winning

The Midwives' Cauldron  (Gestational Diabetes)

• https://open.spotify.com/episode/4s2vnvz6ZUtxoZXZ6Mj58p?si=1ae41d74d7ca409d
• https://open.spotify.com/episode/0uFokd2PlitplZUdHRZ5Ts?si=ad96de36c68942a3

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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 report 2021
• Risk of uterine rupture in Australian women attempting vaginal birth after one prior caesarean section: a retrospective population-based cohort study 
• Tongue Tie Clinic - Enhanced Dentistry
• New Life Midwifery 
• Mother Moon Hypnobirthing

Books:

• How to do the work by Dr Nicole LePera
• Ina May's Guide to Childbirth 
• Reclaiming Childbirth as a Rite of Passage by Rachel Reed

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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). 

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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 diagnosed with PHPV- an eye condition that was diagnosed with after the 6 week check-up.

Links:

• Core and Floor Restore 

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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 
• Core Floor and Restore Program 
• Mental Load checklist 
• Fair Play Book 
• Tiny Hearts Education

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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
• Evidence Based Birth Podcast 

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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.

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