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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.

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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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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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