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In today's episode, we have the privilege of speaking with Taylor, who opens up about her transformative journey through two distinct birth experiences. Taylor's first birth took place in a hospital as part of the Midwifery Group Practice (MGP) Program. However, she candidly shares her feelings of disillusionment with the experience, shedding light on the shame she felt for having these emotions. This pivotal moment became the catalyst for change in Taylor's birth approach, leading her to embark on a Freebirth for her second baby, right in the comfort of her own home.

During our conversation, Taylor fearlessly delves into the issues within the hospital system, exploring the impact of patriarchy on childbirth and the challenges she faced in accessing private midwifery care. She also addresses the limitations of publicly funded homebirth programs, providing valuable insights into the complexities surrounding birth choices.

Links:

• Australia's Mothers and Babies Report
• Freebirth definition
• Birthing outside the system - the motivation behind choice to freebirth or have a homebirth
• Cost of Private Midwife
• The financial impact of offering publicly funded homebirths: A Population-based microsimulation in Queensland, Australia 
• Positive Birth Stories Australia
• Dr Rachel Reed
• Dr Sarah Wickham
• Jane Hardwicke Collings
• Dr Sarah Buckley 

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Today we chat to Jisella who gave birth to her first baby at home. After experiencing a miscarriage and unexplained infertility, Jisella delved into the world of research in order to figure out what model of care would be right for her when the time came.

Once Jisella fell pregnant with her now daughter, she knew she wanted to give birth at home. Nearing the end of her pregnancy (41 weeks), her baby turned breech. She had a successful ECV and went on to have her baby at 43+3 weeks at home.

Links: 

• Birth time
• Birth rebellion - arrive trail 
• Real Food For Pregnancy - Lily Nichols
• Great birth rebellion - Breech - Dr Andrew Basset
• Miles circuit 
• Together with Rachael Rose -  44+3 week pregnancy
• Born at Home Film

Research/stats:

• Uptake of external cephalic version for term breech presentation: an Australian population study, 2002-2012
• The Evidence on: Breech Version - Evidence Based Birth 
• The Evidence on: Due Dates - Evidence Based Birth
• Post-Dates Induction of Labour: balancing risks
• Risk of Stillbirth and Infant Death Stratified by Gestational Age 
• Breech without borders

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Today we chat to Eleanor Currie, who is the co-producer (with Amanda Banks) of the film, Born At Home. Eleanor chats to us about how she came to producing the film and how it led to her birthing her second baby at home.

After going into labour spontaneously with her first baby, Eleanor entered the hospital system with the hope of a vaginal birth. After a midwife suggested to break her membranes (AROM), her baby was discovered to be in the breech position. This intervention led to her environment and hormonal flow being altered leading to the decision being made to have a belly birth. 

During the production of the documentary, "Born At Home," Eleanor embarked on a personal journey of exploration and understanding of birth. Immersed in the world of home births, she made the empowering decision to have her second baby at home, reclaiming the birthing experience she had long envisioned.

Links:

• Born at Home Film website 
• Born at Home Film Instagram 
• Tickets to watch the film 
• How to Heal a Bad Birth -Debby Gould 
• The Reconnected 
• Spinning Babies 
• Dr Rachel Reed 
• 2LifeDoula 
• Dr Sarah J Buckley 

Research:

• Risk of uterine rupture in Australian women attempting vaginal birth after one prior caesarean section: a retrospective population-based cohort study 
• Mother & Babies Report 2021

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Today we chat to Georgia who gave birth to her first baby at home. Georgia delved into the statistics, research and birth podcasts and decided that birthing at home was safer for her and her baby. Georgia chats with us about how she navigated finding a care provider that was right for her and how her family got on board with the idea of her birthing at home.  After a long labour that went over a few days, Georgia gave birth to her son in the water surrounded by her partner, mum and private midwives. 

Links:

• Australia's Mother & Babies Report 2021
• Australian Birth Stories Podcast
• Birth Time
• Core & Floor Restore 

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Today we chat to Amanda Banks who is the co-producer (with Eleanor Currie) of the new film, Born At Home. Amanda chats to us about why she wanted to create a film about homebirth, the benefits of acupuncture in pregnancy and her two homebirth experiences. 

After having a straightforward birth at home with her first baby, her son was unresponsive and needed to be transferred to hospital. Her son was born with Oesophageal Atresia which meant he needed surgery and a 6 week stay in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). After having two miscarriages, Amanda fell pregnant with her daughter and had a quick birth and a healing postpartum where she was able to be tucked into her own bed by her private midwives. 

Links for Amanda:

• Website - https://www.amandabanksacupuncture.com/ 
• Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/amandaacupuncture/

Links to Born At Home film:

• Born at Home Website 
• Trailer 
• Instagram 
• Where to buy tickets

Other:

• Why Not Home Film 
• Dr Sarah Buckley
• Jess - Mothermoon Hypnobirthing 
• 2LifeDoula- Moran 
• Maet Pearson - It Takes a Village Midwifery

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Today we interviewed Alyssa Booth (Doula & Birth Educator) from Cherish Birth who shares with us her three birth stories. Alyssa gave birth to her first baby in the hospital system, where she experienced a positive induction where they broke her waters (PROM).  For her next two births, she birthed her babies quickly in the comfort of her own home.

We also chat to Alyssa about the work that Better Births Illawarra have done to improve better facilities within the hospital as well as pushing for the expansion of midwifery-led care/continuity of care (MGP) within the region. We also discuss the Birth Trauma Inquiry that is currently running in NSW.

Links for Alyssa:

• Alyssa - Cherish Birth 
• Better Births Illawarra +  https://www.betterbirthsillawarra.org.au/submission

Other:

• The Nappy Collective 
• Nurtured Village Hampers 
• Australia Doula College 
• Book - Birth Skills by Juju Sundin & Sarah Murdoch.
• Hyperemesis Australia - https://www.hyperemesisaustralia.org.au/, https://www.instagram.com/hyperemesisaustralia/?hl=en

Birth Trauma Links:

• Inquiry 
• Women's experiences of birth trauma: A scoping Review
• Submission by PANDA 

Where to find help:

• PANDA 
• Pink Elephant 
• Beyond Blue
• Debby Gould

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Today we chat to Bibi who shares her experiences of working as a midwife in Australia. After falling pregnant with her first child, Bibi's dream of a homebirth came to a halt due to the diagnosis of fibroids. Bibi talks us through the moment that she discovered Freebirth, which set her on the path to birth her first baby at home the way she wanted. After having a positive, painless and quick birth of her first child, she decided that she would Freebirth her Twins in the comfort of her own home.

Bibi's Instagram

Links:

• Australia Mother's and babies report 
• Optimal timing of delivery based on the risk of stillbirth and infant death associated with each additional week of expectant management in multiple pregnancies: a national Cohort study of Koreans
• Positive Birth Australia - Twin Birth

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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.
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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. ⁣
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Sammy is a wealth of knowledge and we highly recommend going back and listening to her first episode were we chat about all things doula. ⁣

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Books:

• Birth with Confidence - Rhea Dempsey 
• Reclaiming Childbirth as a Rite of Passage - Rachel Reed 
• How to Heal a Bad Birth - Debby Gould and Melissa J. Bruijn
• Beyond the Birth Plan
• Being Born - Robyn Fernance 
• 10 Moons - Jane Hardwicke Collings
• The Postnatal Depletion Cure - Dr Oscar Serrallach
• The Down to Earth Birth Book: A Practical Guide to Natural Birth Book  - Jenny Blyth
• The Birth Map - Catherine Bell 

Research Links:

• Transfer to hospital in planned homebirths: a systematic review
• Continous support for women during childbirth
• Evidence based birth
• Impact of Doulas on Healthy Birth Outcomes.
• A randomized controlled trial of conintous labor support for middle-clas couples: effect on cesarean delivery rates 
• The effect of Doulas on Maternal and Birth Outcomes: A Scoping Review 

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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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