Natural Birth Co. Podcast

Today’s podcast is with your gal Ams, explaining 2 reasons why you should look forward to contractions. Wild Accusation right? Hear us out and you will be feeling differently by the end of the podcast that’s for sure. 

Along with the 2 reasons we discuss exactly how to change your attitude towards contractions from fear to excitement.

In today’s podcast we discuss:

• What contractions are and how they work
• What is a progressive birth and why is it importance for a natural birth experience
• What does ‘effective contractions’ mean and how this is 1 of the 3 MUST’S for a progressive birth
• How to change your perspective on pain during labour
• How to manage your pain during labour
• Your birth partners role in you managing your pain
• How to avoid intervention during your birth

This podcast is for you if:

• You want to feel confident and excited for birth
• You feel like you have a ‘low pain threshold’
• You want to labour naturally
• You want to feel calm during your labour
• You want to know how your partner can help you during labour
• You want to have a minimal intervention vaginal birth

I really hope you enjoy the podcast!

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This is our new Podcast series going through a journey of pregnancy with one of my dearest girlfriends Gracie. At the time of recording this podcast Gracie is 16 weeks pregnancy with her first babe and definitely gunning for a natural vagina birth

Gracie is going through the Natural Birth Co experience of preparing the 3 main aspects for a wholistic approach to birth. Mental preparation, Physical preparation, and Birth partner Preparation. 

Our NBC mamas often talk about how overwhelming it is falling pregnant, how unsure they are on the steps to take, how much it is to take in and are overwhelmed with the decisions. This series will take you step by step through a woman’s journey of pregnancy where every single month she will discuss what she learnt, how she feels, what is happening with her mental state, and how she acted towards making decisions. 

Usually we would ideally start our Pregnancy classes including pregnancy specific yoga and pilates at 12-14 weeks however, (as you will hear on the podcast) Gracie has just moved back from Western Aus, so we are a little behind the 8 ball and which we can absolutely adapt and be flexible around and catch up because that what we do- Tailored pregnancy preparation around your individual circumstances.

In today’s podcast we discuss:

• How Gracie navigates mental challenges with her changing pregnant body and a history of eating disorders which has been triggering. 
• How Gracie is making her decisions regarding which form of care she desires for her pregnancy and birth, how she is researching this and how she is gaining support
• Cleaning up the mental ‘Girl stuff’ as Gracie calls it- to be the mother and role model she desires for her child
• How she is opening up conversation with her partner already about pregnancy and birth desires
• How her exercise routine has changed immensely through pregnancy- and bringing acceptance to that
• How to navigate having people close to you who have different beliefs about birth that you don’t want to adopt

This podcast is for you if:

• You’re a first time mama and desire some inspiration, guidance, or relation to another pregnancy.
• You are preconception, wanting to have a baby at some stage in future, and have no idea what to actually do when that happens. 
• You are early in your pregnancy and desire some guidance on the right steps to make for your pregnancy journey with an interest towards natural birth.
• You have people in your support circle who hold different beliefs for what you desire for your birth

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Today is a very special podcast with the lovely Grace, founder of Bloom Chinese Medicine. Grace is an amazing Doctor of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), she found a special passion for women's health during her career and has created her stunning business Bloom TCM. Here she and the other amazing practitioners that work there, specialise in care for women during the preconception, pregnancy, and postnatal stage of life. 

Grace also had her first born baby 14 months ago with a natural home birth.

In today's podcast we discuss:

• How TCM can be used throughout these essential stage of a woman's life
• What symptoms to look out for that if you acquire, would greatly benefit from treatment from a doctor of TCM.
• Grace touches on her natural home birth experience of her first babe, and how she incorporated TCM into her preconception, pregnancy, birth, and postpartum stage of life. 
• The general lifestyle of living in align to TCM- It’s actually not that hard

This podcast is for you if:

• You are interested in receiving TCM or Acupuncture and want to know why you should
• You have irregular periods and hormones your intrigued on learning more about how to get back on track
• You are struggling to conceive
• You are pregnant and wanting to prepare your body for birth from a TCM perspective.

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So this is a new series we are doing which I am SO excited about. We are going to do a journey through a newly pregnant woman's life, how she felt, how she went about choosing her care options, and how she decided to prepare for birth. The logical steps through a pregnancy, the spiritual growth throughout a pregnancy, and the mental preparation, to embark onto her birth and motherhood journey. 

Our NBC mamas often talk about how overwhelming it is falling pregnant, how unsure they are on the steps to take, how much it is to take in and are overwhelmed with the decisions. This series will take you step by step through a woman’s journey of pregnancy where every single month she will discuss what she learnt, how she feels, what is happening with her mental state, and how she acted towards making decisions. 

It is with my greatest delight for the first of these series to be with one of my close girlfriends Gracie Purvis. Gracie is currently pregnant with her first babe and int he time of recording this podcast is 11 weeks.

In today’s podcast we discuss:

• Gracies journey Pre pregnancy in her own personal growth- not that her pregnancy was necessarily logically ‘planned’ but her spirit knew it was coming
• Gracie’s initial conditioned response falling pregnant was, ‘I’m scared of birth- I’ll just have a C-section’, to an instant shift with the right support people around her to then desire a natural birth and have full belief in her body to birth (In just 5 short weeks- it doesn’t take long once you decide)
• How Gracie has been working through the changes in her body and moving through old patterns and beliefs that have shown up
• How Gracie chose her method of care for pregnancy- We discuss all the care options.
• How pregnancy has made gracie question who she wants to be, the type of mother she wants to be, to allow her to grow and transform

This podcast is for you if:

• You’re a first time mama and desire some inspiration, guidance, or relation to another pregnancy.
• You are preconception, wanting to have a baby at some stage in future, and have no idea what to actually do when that happens. 
• You are early in your pregnancy and desire some guidance on the right steps to make for your pregnancy journey with an interest towards natural birth.

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Today is a wonderful birth story with Nic telling her amazing birth experiences or her first natural vaginal birth experiencing a third degree tear, her recovery both mentally and physically and the struggles that came with it, to then experience a second natural vaginal birth with only a second degree tear.

The biggest message Nic drives home in this podcast is to trust in your body, trust in your intuition and for you and your birth team to be the driver of your birth experience.

In today’s podcast we discuss:

• Preparation for birth
• Third degree tears, the struggle, recovery, the expectations and how to protect your mental space.
• How to have an epic birth team and why it is so important for them to be able to support you and advocate for you.
• How to make value based decisions that align with you

This podcast is for you if:

• You have experienced a third degree tear
• If you hold fear toward taking responsibility and making your own decisions about birth
• You struggle to hold belief in yourself and your intuition

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Today’s Birth story was with one of our NBC mamas Sam. Sam has been such a delight to have in NBC throughout her entire preganncy and start into motherhood. Sam is a perfect example of fully embodying and relishing in her pregnancy, dedication to her birth preparation, and an open mind to shift her bliefes and perspective on pain and birth. Sam truely acted on one of our main mottos in NBC- Control what we can control which is a birth preparation and decision making, and surrender to what we cannot control- The outcome. Sam and her husband truely felt this throughout their pregnancy which eventuated into a powerful, confident, connecting birth experience for them.

In todays podcast we discuss:

• How Sam shifted her initial perspective of birth from ‘Just cut it out fo me!’ to ‘I can do this and I’ve got this naturally’
• How Sam prepared for her epic Natural Birth experience
• How she priorities her birth preparation even though busy working full time, and all the things
• How she coped in labour and her partners role during labour
• How she has transitioned so fluidly inot her own version of a mama- not being afraid to be self aware, break the norms, and prioiritse herself while prioritising her baby.
• How she and her husband both have key roles in the household and with parenting, and how she has full trust in him and his ability which allows her to prioritise herself (a common conversation between myself and our NBC mamas)

This podcast is for you if:

• Your a first time mamas wanting to feel empowered during pregnancy and birth and wanting to hear how to take full responsibility of your decision making
• You have some negative beliefs towards birth and want to rewrite them
• You have a fear that motherhood will completely change your life, and you will loose yourself through the process, and how exactly to avoid that
• You are wanting to prioritise your birth prep but are struggling to manage the time 
• You are struggling to prioritise yourself as a mother and feel ‘trapped’
• You are struggling to trust your partner in looking after abbe while you live your best life in the best of both worlds- getting to be a mama loving your baby AND still getting to exercise, see friends and have alone time

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Today’s Podcast was with Zoe Taylor- Co- Creator of our upcoming Documentary screening BIRTH TIME. In this poddy we discuss the intention behind Birth Time, how it started, how it developed, and what it turned into. We Discuss what BIRTH TIME represents and the overall message. I am SO excited for you guys to listen to this amazing perspective from Zoe Naylor on the best Birth documentary ever created!

If you see this in time and want to join Natural Birth Co for our Birth Time: the documentary screening on the Sunshine Coast on the 14th october 2023- Click here. 

If you have missed this date OR do not live local to the Sunshine Coast you can purchase an ONLINE stream of the epic documentary here.

I really hope you enjoy the podcast!

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Today’s Birth story was with one of our NBC mamas Amy. Amy and her husband both come from medical backgrounds- this is super evident in their pregnancy and birth as they are completely aware and researched amongst all of their decisions. Amy and her partner attended the Appetence Birth Workshop and this is super obvious throughout her birth experience as they made value based dicisions throughout their entire pregnancy and labour experience based on the research, and their individual perception of the research (values). 

In today's podcast we discuss:

• How Ams and her partner made value based decisions throughout the entire pregnancy, labour, and postnatal period. 
• How and why they decided to wait until 42 weeks for induction
• Natural Induction methods they used
• The decision making process behind her epidural, no episiotomy and vacuum
• Her pain relief options
• The amazing role of your birth supporter (Nate fills his role so well)
• How Amy consistent ‘set the standard’ which is a technique we use deeply in our Appetence Active Birth workshop 
• Amy’s determined BF story and how she made it through with triple feeds
• Amy’s new methodology through life as a Type A mama having to surrender

This podcast is for you if:

• You are about to embark on birth and want to feel more comfortable with decision making
• You are unfamiliar with breastfeeding and want to hear in depth some of the tools to utilise, and things to look out for
• You are a first time mama wanting to know how to own the birth space
• You want to know what it means to be an EPIC birth support (nate fills this role so well)
• You love a good birth story

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Today’s birth story with Rhiannon was absolutely amazing- so simple, so straight forward, and just beauitful. Rhi was an NBC with her first babe, did the yoga, Body Balance Workshop and birth workshop with her husband. This pregnancy was much more busy caring for her toddler while working full time however Rhi still managed to get to a couple of yoga classes and was amazing at working on her body balancing.

You can listens to Rhi’s first birth with Mya at number 16!

In todays podcast we discuss:

• The difference between Rhi’s 2 births and how it is im[oprtant to remain open minded to your second birth being different to your first
• How Rhi birth completely naturally with a big baby, with an even bigger head
• The struggles and triumphs of parenting 2
• Mum guilt and the realities of it 

This podcast is for you if:

• You want to relate to a second time mamas and the struggles
• You are pregannt with a big baby and feeling nervous/untrusting about birth
• You love a good birth story

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Todays podcast is a little bit different to our usual- I am actually being interviewed by Caitlin Pender from Her. Womens Health Physio for her podcast and we have simply utilised the podcast for my listeners as well.

In this conversation Caitlin is asking me all about the hormonal process of birth and how we can enhance the hormonal symphony allowing birth to flow as nature intended, minimising medical interventions. 

In todays podcast we discuss:

• The hormones at play during the process of birth and how they work
• Hwo we can enhance the natural flow of these hormones naturally
• How your birth partner can facilitate the hormonal flow
• How when the hormones are in flow they can reduce medical intervention 
• How sex and intimacy is intertwind with birth (Caitlin put me on the spot with this one hehe)
• How your birth support and environment effects your hormonal flow

This podcast is for you if:

• Your are a pregnant mama wanting to have a natural birth
• You are a pregnant mama wanting some tips on your birth environment
• Your want your birth partner to know some tools in how to support and enhance your natural hormonal process (rather than disrupt it)
• You want to have a calming birth experience
• You are just fascinated in the pregnant and birthing women (lets be real, pregnancy and birth is THE most fascinating topic)

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