Positive Birth Australia

By Skye WatersHealth & Fitness Education Parenting Kids & Family

Positive Birth Australia episodes

August 10, 2022 S3 EP91: Maddison Williams - FTM - Homebirth
S3 EP91: Today we hear the birth story of Daly. School teacher, Maddison, was able to take off four nurturing months at the end of her pregnancy, giving her an abundance of time to connect with her body and baby. She utilised this sacred time to dive deeply into all things physiological birth, learning the framework of what supports the hormonal flow of labour.
Maddison prepared a birth plan for her support team, detailing the elements she knew were essential for her stay inward; riding the waves of her surges with such grace, it took her by surprise when she suddenly felt the urge to push.
She shares her experience with the artificial oxytocin injection, and how she unexpectedly grieved her birth once it was over ❀
Show Links:
Instagram: @madsswilliams
Education: @builttobirth @hannahwillsmoremidwife
This episode is brought to you by:  
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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
56 min
August 03, 2022 S3 EP90: Jo Duthie - Belly birth/preeclampsia/placenta abruption + VBAC/shoulder dystocia
On today’s show we hear from Northern River’s artist and mother of two, Jo.
Being a yoga teacher when she fell pregnant with her first baby at 21, helped Jo connect with her innate instincts and trust in physiological birth. She loved the continuity of care she received from the midwives at her local birth centre where she was planning to birth her baby, but at her 34 weeks scan concerns were raised about her high blood pressure. A preeclampsia diagnosis and placenta abruption sent her straight into theatre for an emergency c-section at 34+2 weeks.
After that experience she dove deeply into research, educating herself to safely navigate her second pregnancy and avoid preeclampsia, or any other complications. Although she desired a homebirth, she needed to regain the dimmed trust in herself; choosing to birth in hospital, armed with the knowledge she gained to fight for the VBAC she knew was possible.
Show Links:
Instagram: @mayde.and.mama
This episode is brought to you by:  Mayde and Mama, affirmations and art created by owner and artist, Jo. Inspired by her own pregnancy and birth experiences, to pass on the magic to other mothers.
Use code: POSITIVEBIRTH for 10% off her website
www.maydeandmama.com.au
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
1 hr
July 27, 2022 S3 EP89: Bec Kinderman - Homebirths/Freebirths/Wild pregnancy/Posterior babies
On today’s episode we hear the four powerful birth stories of Gold Coast mother and entrepreneur, Bec.
Bec’s first three children were born in America after a relocation for her husband’s work. Being a first-time mother in a new country, she leaned into her intuition when deciding where to birth her baby; connecting with a local homebirth midwife who would become her friend and safety net.
Her initiation into motherhood required endurance and strength, teaching her the valuable lesson of deep surrender; a lesson she utilised in all her future births by unraveling any remaining subconscious control and embodying all that is physiological birth.
After having her first two babies, it was a natural progression for Bec to sink even deeper into her innate knowing and trust in birth, choosing to grow and birth her next two babies completely in her power.
Bec shares the unexpected fears that arose when she moved back to Australia to birth her fourth baby, and what seemingly innocent moments interrupted the hormonal flow of labour.
Show Links:
Instagram: @bec_kinderman
America midwife: @birthmattersinc
Photographer birth #4: @kate_nel_birthkeeper
This episode is brought to you by: 
Empowered Birth Academy: a complete guide to understanding physiological, autonomous birth.
Coming soon!
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
1 hr 10 min
July 20, 2022 S3 EP88: Karlee Imogen - Homebirth/Precipitous labour
This week's episode features Karlee sharing the birth of her daughter, Imogen.
Knowing that she and her husband would only have one child, Karlee embodied deep gratitude and presence throughout her journey of creation.
Living a spiritual and holistic lifestyle, she innately knew she needed to birth in the safety and comfort of her own home.
When her surges began, she was awed by how rapidly they intensified, but the work she did in the lead up to her birth provided her with the mental strength she needed to ride the waves of labour in her power.
As the pressure quickly built, a suggestion from her midwife helped her find the perfect place to birth; using gravity as a tool to help her baby descend.
Karlee shares her challenges during the third stage and what she learned about an old Italian wives tale while cooking eggplant.
Show Links:
Instagram: @karleeimogen
Acupuncture: @drcarlabrion and @essenceofhealthandfertility
Midwife: @embracemidwifery
HypnoBirthing: @with_leanna
Postpartum Care: @thegoldenmonth
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
40 min
July 13, 2022 S3 EP87 - Zoe Haack - Intuitive Pregnancy and Freebirth + Author of "You Already Knew"
On todays show I chat with Zoe, an author, first-time birther and mother-of-two. Zoe never envisaged herself as a birth mother. It was only when she became a step-mother to her daughter, that her heart was open to the intention of creation; beginning their journey to consciously conceive a child of their own.
Choosing an intuitive pregnancy and birth that emulated their slow lifestyle and connection to the land, Zoe free birthed her 4.5kg son at sunrise in their shipping container on 20 acres of picturesque land.
We chat about her husband's role; how he resourced himself throughout her pregnancy and committed fully to protecting physiological birth, and how the transformation after her son’s birth inspired the creation of her first book; “You Already Knew”.
Show Links:
Instagram: @zoe.haack.childactivist
Website: www.akunaconcepts.com
Doula: @bec_wild_birth
Hypnobirth: @mindbumpandbirth
Books: "Mama, You're Not Broken" @annacusackpostpartum
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
40 min
July 06, 2022 S3 EP86: Jordan McGregor - Bare and Boho - Hospital birth + Homebirth/shoulder dystocia
Today’s episode features Jordan, the owner and founder of one of Australia’s leading cloth nappies and reusables companies, Bare and Boho.
Birth was never something Jordan feared growing up so when she found out she had conceived her first child, she naturally surrendered confidently into pregnancy and was excited to give birth. A relocation to North Queensland towards the end of her pregnancy resulted in an induction due to pressure from doctors over lack of scans to refer to.
When she consciously concieved her second child she knew the only place she would birth was at home. Her waters released at 42 weeks and not only was Jordan feeling all the sensations of natural physiological labour for the first-time, but she simultaneously signed one of her biggest collaboration contracts with Aldi.
The longevity she needed for this birth took her by surprise; a suspected shoulder dystocia was handled gently as her midwife assisted her to bring her delicious 4.3kg boy earthside.
Jordan also shares with us the knowledge she has gained around tongue ties and how her company organically grew from humble beginnings.
Show links:
Instagram: @bareandboho
USE CODE: positivebirth20 for 20% off cloth nappies, reusable pads, breast pads, wipes.
Shoulder Dystocia Link: https://midwifethinking.com/tag/shoulder-dystocia/
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
58 min
June 29, 2022 S3 EP85: Sara Sweeney - Birth centre + Positive Hospital birth/High risk pregnancy
On today’s show we hear the two positive birth stories from Perth mother, Sara.
When a friend suggested she look into her local birth centre, she felt it was the perfect place to birth her first baby. Although she had a challenging postpartum healing from an episiotomy, she knew she would return to the birth centre for her second child. It was only when a midwife suggested she try for a homebirth through the hospital that she opened herself up to the idea of birthing her second baby at home. Excitement for her new birth plan grew as she dove deeply into the homebirth world, but unfortunately a diagnosis at her 20 week scan labelled her too high-risk to be signed off for a homebirth. Feeling deflated, a visit to her Hypnobirthing practitioner helped Sara regain the confidence in herself and her baby to have a physiological birth, regardless of where it may be, and she went on to have the powerful, intervention-free birth experience she desired.
Show links:
Instagram: @oilwaysnatural
Hypnobirthing: www.dreambirth.com.au
Book: Taking Control of your Fertility
Community midwifery program for public home birth option:
https://www.kemh.health.wa.gov.au/Pregnancy-and-Birth/During-your-pregnancy/Community-Midwifery-Program
Family Birth Centre: https:
//www.kemh.health.wa.gov.au/Pregnancy-and-Birth/During-your-pregnancy/Family-Birth-Centre
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
55 min
June 15, 2022 S3 EP84: Emma Usher - Traumatic hospital birth + Healing home birth
Today we hear the two contrasting births of Gold Coast mother, Emma. Reaching 42 weeks during her first pregnancy not only brought intense stress to Emma but the pressure on her was building to be induced. The excitement that filled her when she went into spontaneous labour was short-lived after a ride to the hospital halted her labour in its tracks, putting her “on the clock” to get things progressing. The trauma she carried from that experience left her questioning whether she could endure birth again.
A change in lifestyle and exposure to positive homebirth stories, re-instilled Emma’s faith in the power of birth, leading her to manifest a transformative and healing experience second time around.
Show Links:
Instagram: _everydayearth
Photographer: @beatriz.photoandfilm
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
1 hr 18 min
June 08, 2022 S3 EP83: Ciara Tallon - Two hospital births
On today’s show we hear from postpartum doula, Ciara. Growing up in foster care made it hard for Ciara to connect with others so when she struggled to bond with her baby in those first few days after giving birth, she felt she was broken. Six years later she conceived her second child and although a complete surprise, she knew she wanted a different birth experience. A calm birth course and the right support around her ignited the confidence she needed to believe in and trust herself when making decisions that were unfavourable with the hospital. She describes her second birth as a deeply healing experience, gifting her that instant connection she once believed was unreachable.
Show links:
Instagram: @amanah.birthing
Support: @tandembirthingco
Education: @calmbirthwithkataquilina
@manicmumdaymovement
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
48 min
May 25, 2022 S3 EP82: Olivia - Positive hospital birth + Homebirth
On today’s show we hear the two birth stories from holistic health coach and postpartum doula, Olivia. Although Olivia is a registered nurse, she admits to knowing very little about birth and the preparation needed to support a positive birth experience. She got lucky when a friend of hers recommended she join her hospitals midwifery-led care model; crediting that continuity of care for her positive hospital birth experience.
Left feeling confused by the lack of positive birth stories she was exposed to and innately questioning the need to birth in a hospital, she dived deeply into the physiology of birth and what environment is best to support the natural hormonal flow of labour; ultimately choosing to birth her second child at home.
Although both of her experiences were positive ones, Olivia shares the contrasts between her two births and the insights she gained on reflection.
Show links:
Instagram: @backtonourishingmamas
Education: Hypnobirthing @the.birth.collective
Website: https://msha.ke/backtonourishingmamas
"The Postnatal Depletion Cure" book mentioned in todays episode is available on www.positivebirthaustralia.com
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
53 min

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A heartfelt Australian podcast sharing real, empowering birth stories to inspire, educate, and heal. Hosted by Skye Waters, a Gold Coast mum with deep reverence for physiological birth, Positive Birth Australia brings together meaningful conversations with women and birth professionals from around the world - helping you reconnect with your intuition, trust your body and remember the innate wisdom of birth through the ancient art of storytelling.