Positive Birth Australia

Have you considered working in the birth space as a doula? Today’s episode is filled with wise woman energy; featuring Meaghan Amor from A Place Called Birth sharing her 20+ years of experience in the birth world as a Doula and Hypnobirthing Childbirth Educator.

Meaghan began her journey as a maiden in the birth space supporting her closest friends; bringing the energy of a sacred doula before she even knew the meaning of the word. Entering her own rite of passage she was left feeling unsupported and traumatised by her experience. It was a suggestion made by her client to birth at home that awakened her trust in undisturbed birth; leading her to experience two healing and transformative births in the safety of her most familiar space. 

Over time, Meaghan’s passion for supporting and educating women on their journey to birth slowly manifested into creating a community of doulas. Using her wealth of knowledge to create “Sacred Doula Training”. A program to pass down her wisdom and guide her students with the tools and skills needed to support families during their most transitional time in life. Today Meaghan shares personal experiences over her many years working in the birth space and answers common questions about life as a doula.

Show Links:

Instagram: @meaghan_amor_

Work venue: @thelighthousecurrumbin

Website: www.meaghanamor.com.au

Doula Training link here

Podcast link here

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Are you pregnant or newly postpartum? 

Postpartum embodied is an online a fourth trimester preparation course to ease your transition into motherhood.

Created by Monique Peters, co-founder of women’s health clinic - Maia Mothers Collective. Mon has teamed up with 5 other experienced postpartum health professionals to bring you this incredible course to help you prepare for the most nourishing postpartum possible. 

Plan for you postpartum like you would plan for your birth.

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Today’s episode features the two birth stories of author, podcast host, postpartum doula, and motherhood support mentor, Anna. 

After coming off the pill and recognising the inconsistency of her cycle, Anna began investigating what was going on. An unpleasant experience with a fertility specialist sent her on a path to find more holistic care, eventually aligning with a care provider who successfully guided her to conceive her first baby. 

When a midwife suggest she birth her baby at home, although hesitant at first, her curiosity was the catalyst for the deep dive into physiological birth that followed; enabling her to detach from any beliefs held from the stories passed down and reclaim her innate wisdom that she was built to birth her babies. Although her two homebirths progressed in a similar way, she takes us through their notable differences and what wisdom she gained from each experience. 

Anna’s initiation into motherhood inspired her to write her first book "Mama, You’re Not Broken" where she breaks the unspoken rule to stay silent about the swirling emotions of motherhood; sharing research and personal experiences that shed light on taboo feelings around modern day mothering.

Show Links:

Instagram: @annacusackpostpartum

Midwife: @homebirth_with_helen

MGP: @friends_of_belmont_birthing

Placenta Encapsulation: @theoxytocincollective

Book: Mama You're Not Broken

Podcast: Anna Asks

Today's episode is brought to you by:

Postpartum Embodied - Maia Mothers Collective

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Are you pregnant or newly postpartum? 

Postpartum embodied is an online a fourth trimester preparation course to ease your transition into motherhood.

Created by Monique Peters, co-founder of women’s health clinic - Maia Mothers Collective. Mon has teamed up with 5 other experienced postpartum health professionals to bring you this incredible course to help you prepare for the most nourishing postpartum possible. 

Plan for you postpartum like you would plan for your wedding.

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Positive Birth Australia Birth Affirmations Tracks Available Now!

Did you know that studies have shown affirmations can significantly boost self-esteem and reduce stress? Here at Positive Birth Australia, we’ve crafted a 20-minute affirmation to guide you to deeply remember the power you hold within. And to my fellow Belly Birth mothers, we’ve created a track specifically for you, to honour that all birth is sacred.

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Sacred Birth Affirmations Track

This gentle affirmation track was created to help you feel safe, confident, and connected in pregnancy and birth. Perfect for daily mindset work or to play during labour.

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Esfera Designs Wellness (Birth) Ball

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Today we hear the two contrasting birth experiences of The After Birth podcast host, Liv. 

Being a same-sex couple, Liv and her wife used a sperm donor to conceive their babies. Having great luck with conception, it was a turbulent pregnancy that eventually led Liv to consider an induction. Amidst the cascade of interventions she was able to push back on the recommended cesarean and ask for more time; a choice that helped her avoid surgery but not the birth trauma that ensued. 

When it was time to conceive their next child, she refused to give away her power this time around; choosing to dive deep into birth education. Continuity of care  and the completion of a hypnobirthing course set her up with the tools she needed to manifest the birth of her dreams. 

She takes us through the surreal moments of feeling natural labour for the first time, and how she and her wife made choosing a sperm donor a fun and intimate process.

Show Links:

Instagram: @__livs

Podcast: @theafterbirth_pod

Hypnobirthing: @belly2birth

Mentioned in this episode:

Positive Birth Australia Birth Affirmations Tracks Available Now!

Did you know that studies have shown affirmations can significantly boost self-esteem and reduce stress? Here at Positive Birth Australia, we’ve crafted a 20-minute affirmation to guide you to deeply remember the power you hold within. And to my fellow Belly Birth mothers, we’ve created a track specifically for you, to honour that all birth is sacred.

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Mentioned in this episode:

Sacred Birth Affirmations Track

This gentle affirmation track was created to help you feel safe, confident, and connected in pregnancy and birth. Perfect for daily mindset work or to play during labour.

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Esfera Designs Wellness (Birth) Ball

Create a calm, supportive space during pregnancy and postpartum with Esfera Designs. Use code: PBA20 for $20 off your order.

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On today’s show, Dani, takes us through her journey to bring her two daughters earthside. 

Moving overseas with her husband was a venture they both wanted to tick off their bucketlist before settling down. Only 8 months into their planned 2 year trip Dani had a surprise positive pregnancy test. Once pregnant, she reflecting back to a past Yoga Retreat where a mother shared her empowering birth stories, reminding her that it was possible to love your birth experience.

Although her planned homebirth didn’t eventuate for varies reasons, Dani encompassed surrender and trust to the path in front of her. With the hospital an hour and half away, she takes us through the intensity of holding on when she realised her birth was unfolding quicker than expected.  

When the time came to conceive their second child, Dani quickly secured a private midwife for her dream homebirth. The lesson of surrendering would flow through her entire journey as her birth plans slowly unravelled; revealing to her the true power of birth and what her body, and baby, are capable of. 

Dani shares the foretelling joke her husband made about freebirthing, and the innocent mishap that left her without a midwife. 

Show Links:

Instagram: @danimorris__

Midwives: @clmidwifery

Mentioned in this episode:

Positive Birth Australia Birth Affirmations Tracks Available Now!

Did you know that studies have shown affirmations can significantly boost self-esteem and reduce stress? Here at Positive Birth Australia, we’ve crafted a 20-minute affirmation to guide you to deeply remember the power you hold within. And to my fellow Belly Birth mothers, we’ve created a track specifically for you, to honour that all birth is sacred.

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Esfera Designs Wellness (Birth) Ball

Create a calm, supportive space during pregnancy and postpartum with Esfera Designs. Use code: PBA20 for $20 off your order.

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Sacred Birth Affirmations Track

This gentle affirmation track was created to help you feel safe, confident, and connected in pregnancy and birth. Perfect for daily mindset work or to play during labour.

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Have you heard of Colon Hydrotherapy? On today’s show, Bayside Colonics founder and lead therapist, Kyah, shares with us her wealth of knowledge on the healing benefits regular Colon Hydrotherapy can have on your overall health. 

Kyah takes us to the beginning of her journey as a young teenager suffering from severe gut issues. After the threat of a colostomy bag she began to search for an alternative way to restore her health. When she found Colon Hydrotherapy she felt instant relief for the first time in years. An experience that would divinely lead her down the path to open her own clinic and help others on their healing journeys. 

When Kyah fell pregnant with her first child the years of her living a holistic lifestyle centred around reducing toxicity set her up for a perfect pregnancy experience; something she never thought would be possible. Despite having a 26 hour labour, she stayed grounded in trust, birthing her son in hospital with no interventions. Her second and third births were in the comfort of her own home and although both were empowering and transformative, she describes their contrasting differences. 

Today Kyah answers an array of questions about her life-changing work, and why her Happy Bum Co Enemas should be a staple in your health regime.

Show Links:

Instagram: @thehealthybizmum

Clinic: @baysidecolonics

Happy Bum Co: @happybumco @happybumco_nontoxtoiletpaper

Websites: www.baysidecolonics.com.au www.happybumco.com

Doula: @beautifulbirths.doula

Midwives: @ittakesavillagemidwifery

Birth Playlist: Rebirth

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Positive Birth Australia Birth Affirmations Tracks Available Now!

Did you know that studies have shown affirmations can significantly boost self-esteem and reduce stress? Here at Positive Birth Australia, we’ve crafted a 20-minute affirmation to guide you to deeply remember the power you hold within. And to my fellow Belly Birth mothers, we’ve created a track specifically for you, to honour that all birth is sacred.

Positive Birth Australia

Mentioned in this episode:

Sacred Birth Affirmations Track

This gentle affirmation track was created to help you feel safe, confident, and connected in pregnancy and birth. Perfect for daily mindset work or to play during labour.

Positive Birth Australia

Esfera Designs Wellness (Birth) Ball

Create a calm, supportive space during pregnancy and postpartum with Esfera Designs. Use code: PBA20 for $20 off your order.

Esfera Designs

On today’s show, Winona, shares with us her rite of passage into motherhood.

Winona was considering the path of freezing her eggs when she unexpectedly conceived her daughter. After a moment to process, she completely surrendered into the season upon her, unaware of the deep healing her daughters divine timing would cast over her wounded feminine. 

Her background in holistic health guided her to a place of trust in birth. Calling on the wisdom of a birth keeper to help her reclaim her rite of passage and strengthen what she innately knew she was capable of.

She shares her unwavering belief in her bodies process during a drawn out labour that depleted her energy, and the moment she realised her subconscious resistance was holding her back from birthing. 

Show Links:

Instagram: @winona_wyborn

Birthkeeper: @bushrat_

Mentioned in this episode:

Positive Birth Australia Birth Affirmations Tracks Available Now!

Did you know that studies have shown affirmations can significantly boost self-esteem and reduce stress? Here at Positive Birth Australia, we’ve crafted a 20-minute affirmation to guide you to deeply remember the power you hold within. And to my fellow Belly Birth mothers, we’ve created a track specifically for you, to honour that all birth is sacred.

Positive Birth Australia

Mentioned in this episode:

Esfera Designs Wellness (Birth) Ball

Create a calm, supportive space during pregnancy and postpartum with Esfera Designs. Use code: PBA20 for $20 off your order.

Esfera Designs

Sacred Birth Affirmations Track

This gentle affirmation track was created to help you feel safe, confident, and connected in pregnancy and birth. Perfect for daily mindset work or to play during labour.

Positive Birth Australia

On today’s episode we hear the birth story of first-time mother and podcast host, Kendelle. Kendelle and her husband had a timeline for when they would start a family. The years of naturally tracking her cycle enabled her to confidently recognise her fertility window, conceiving their son within the first month of trying.

Once pregnant Kendelle reflected on the often traumatic birth stories shared with her and decided her story would be different. She began educating herself on what best supports physiological birth. A hypnobirthing course would be the final piece of the puzzle on her journey; arming herself with all she needed to achieve the birth of her dreams.

Today we hear about the moment during labour that captivated her as she looked out over her tranquil birth space, and what ignited the fire inside to create her podcast, The Maiden to Mother Journey.

Show Links:

Instagram: @themaidentomotherjourney

Podcast: The Maiden to Mother Journey

Hypnobirthing course: @belly2birth 

Physio: @femalephysioco 

Mentioned in this episode:

Positive Birth Australia Birth Affirmations Tracks Available Now!

Did you know that studies have shown affirmations can significantly boost self-esteem and reduce stress? Here at Positive Birth Australia, we’ve crafted a 20-minute affirmation to guide you to deeply remember the power you hold within. And to my fellow Belly Birth mothers, we’ve created a track specifically for you, to honour that all birth is sacred.

Positive Birth Australia

Mentioned in this episode:

Sacred Birth Affirmations Track

This gentle affirmation track was created to help you feel safe, confident, and connected in pregnancy and birth. Perfect for daily mindset work or to play during labour.

Positive Birth Australia

Esfera Designs Wellness (Birth) Ball

Create a calm, supportive space during pregnancy and postpartum with Esfera Designs. Use code: PBA20 for $20 off your order.

Esfera Designs

Today’s episode features, Jess, sharing her journey as a young mother. 

At 23, Jess was deep in the Melbourne bar scene, working and studying at uni when a surprise pregnancy turned her world upside down. A journey that shaped her into the woman she is today and showed her what she is capable of; teaching her to adapt with strength and resilience. 

When she fell pregnant with her second child during Covid times, Jess knew she needed to escape Melbourne and head home to birth baby. Although she felt her first birth in the hospital was a positive experience at the time, it was only after birthing her son in her full power at home that she felt the true essence of an undisturbed, physiological birth. 

Her next surprise pregnancy would require a moment to process, as she slowly accepted the next season upon her, embracing all that it entailed. Nearing the end of her pregnancy Jess’s speculation that her daughter was presenting breech became her reality. Entering her birth in complete trust to the process and an unwavering belief in her body’s capability, she went to the depths of the birth realm to bring her daughter home ⋒

Show Links:

Instagram: @jessicaarden

Midwives: @megclein @sorca.midwife @ittakesavillagemidwifery

Mentioned in this episode:

Positive Birth Australia Birth Affirmations Tracks Available Now!

Did you know that studies have shown affirmations can significantly boost self-esteem and reduce stress? Here at Positive Birth Australia, we’ve crafted a 20-minute affirmation to guide you to deeply remember the power you hold within. And to my fellow Belly Birth mothers, we’ve created a track specifically for you, to honour that all birth is sacred.

Positive Birth Australia

Mentioned in this episode:

Sacred Birth Affirmations Track

This gentle affirmation track was created to help you feel safe, confident, and connected in pregnancy and birth. Perfect for daily mindset work or to play during labour.

Positive Birth Australia

Esfera Designs Wellness (Birth) Ball

Create a calm, supportive space during pregnancy and postpartum with Esfera Designs. Use code: PBA20 for $20 off your order.

Esfera Designs

On today’s show Brow Specialist and business owner, Michelle, shares her journey of endurance and strength to bring her son, Navy, earthside. When Michelle knew the time was nearing to begin a family, she mindfully gave her body ample time to fall back into its natural rhythm and cycle after a long span on contraception. 

Listening to the inspiring women on this very podcast introduced Michelle to the term Hypnobirthing, guiding her to find a practitioner in her area to educate and support her and her husband. 

As she entered the birth portal and experienced four days of prodromal labour, she found strength from the women’s stories she’d heard; using the knowledge she’d gained about physiological birth and the variations a journey can take as fuel in those final moments to bring her boy home. 

Show Links:

Instagram: @michelleedwards

Business: @brow_sculpt

Hypnobirthing Practioner: @abbeybraithwaite

Books: Birth Space

Mentioned in this episode:

Positive Birth Australia Birth Affirmations Tracks Available Now!

Did you know that studies have shown affirmations can significantly boost self-esteem and reduce stress? Here at Positive Birth Australia, we’ve crafted a 20-minute affirmation to guide you to deeply remember the power you hold within. And to my fellow Belly Birth mothers, we’ve created a track specifically for you, to honour that all birth is sacred.

Positive Birth Australia

Mentioned in this episode:

Sacred Birth Affirmations Track

This gentle affirmation track was created to help you feel safe, confident, and connected in pregnancy and birth. Perfect for daily mindset work or to play during labour.

Positive Birth Australia

Esfera Designs Wellness (Birth) Ball

Create a calm, supportive space during pregnancy and postpartum with Esfera Designs. Use code: PBA20 for $20 off your order.

Esfera Designs

Today’s episode features the transformational journey of "The Flow Lane" podcast host, yoga and meditation teacher, Emma.

Emma and her fiancé knew from early on that they wanted to dive deep into their healing and spiritual work before conceiving their first child. Although their planned conception happened sooner than anticipated, like the motto Emma lives by, she softened into the season upon her.

After a challenging first trimester, Emma used the remainder of her pregnancy to immerse herself in birth literature and her wellness practices; feeling in full alignment with their birth preferences as they found a hands-off midwife who held space for her to step into her own power and intuition. Emma entered the birth realm in complete trust and patience for the journey ahead.

Today we hear how chasing down a beach umbrella naturally induced her labour, and the moment she felt the spirit of her sacred sisterhood and ancestors surround her as she transcended to the stars.

>>> Head to www.flowstatescollective.com and use code: positivebirth for 10% off Emma's prenatal and motherhood offerings.

Show Links:

Instagram: @emmamaidment_ @flowstatescollective

Midwife: @midwifelibbylamb

Podcast: The Flow Lane

Offerings: The Thriving Mama Club, Flow Baby - Prenatal Yoga

Books: Rhea Dempsey, Dr Sarah Buckley

Mentioned in this episode:

Positive Birth Australia Birth Affirmations Tracks Available Now!

Did you know that studies have shown affirmations can significantly boost self-esteem and reduce stress? Here at Positive Birth Australia, we’ve crafted a 20-minute affirmation to guide you to deeply remember the power you hold within. And to my fellow Belly Birth mothers, we’ve created a track specifically for you, to honour that all birth is sacred.

Positive Birth Australia

Mentioned in this episode:

Sacred Birth Affirmations Track

This gentle affirmation track was created to help you feel safe, confident, and connected in pregnancy and birth. Perfect for daily mindset work or to play during labour.

Positive Birth Australia

Esfera Designs Wellness (Birth) Ball

Create a calm, supportive space during pregnancy and postpartum with Esfera Designs. Use code: PBA20 for $20 off your order.

Esfera Designs