Positive Birth Australia

By Skye WatersHealth & Fitness Education Parenting Kids & Family

Positive Birth Australia episodes

February 16, 2022 S3 EP71: Tammy Johnston - Hospital birth + Two homebirths
Today’s episode features the three births of Gold Coast mother, Tammy. Although her first birth, in the hospital, was a drug-free physiological birth, she details being left with hints of birth trauma from the sheer intensity of it. She took what she learned from that birth into her second, where her son made a speedy entrance earthside at home. Her final birth was the peak of her birth wisdom, after having a moment of awakening when she ultimately let go of every ounce of control and experienced the truest form of surrender.
Tammy shares the plan moving forward once meconium was discovered in her leaking waters, and how one comment by a midwife at the hospital planted the seed of confidence in her to birth her future babies at home.
Show links:
Instagram: @natural_mama_culture
Midwife: @parsonsandilla
Photographer: @birthspoke_
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 4 min
February 09, 2022 S3 EP70: Zion Narain - Homebirth
Today’s episode features the birth journey of first time mum, Zion.
Being born at home herself, Zion knew without a doubt that a homebirth was the only option for her. At a 6 week scan it was discovered she was carrying twins but sadly one of them wasn’t to be. Despite this loss, she went on to have a healthy and fulfilling pregnancy. She narrates her birth as a life-changing experience that left her feeling reborn again. setting the scene of a rising sun and fireworks in the distance while she worked with her body, and baby, to bring her home. She shares what unexpectedly brought her comfort during labour and what she’s learned about her body’s fertility.
Show links:
Instagram: @zionnarain
Midwives: @midwifenaysie
@rangimariemidwife
Doula: @lizwilliams.birthcompanion
Birth photographer: @andieandolliephotography
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
46 min
February 02, 2022 S3 EP69: Alexandra Davids - Homebirth
S3 EP69: Today’s episode features the undisturbed homebirth of Luca. After hearing Dr Sarah Buckley’s episode on PBA, Alex knew she needed to work on the fears and limiting beliefs she had around birth. Diving deep into physiological birth, she slowly entered the birth portal feeling empowered by the knowledge she gained and primed for her journey to the stars to collect her baby. Alex details the work she put in and how, once in labour, she was able to go so deeply within that those present in her birth space hadn’t noticed she had effortlessly birthed her son.
Show links:
Instagram: @al3xandra_louise
Midwives: Flinders MGP
Doula: @sonjanewtondoula
Birth Education: Birth Blueprint, Calm Birth Course
Books: Ina May Gaskin, Rhea Dempsey
Birth video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Z5tXeIGmKg created by @thededicateddoula
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 16 min
January 26, 2022 S3 EP68: Charlotte Brooker - Belly birth + Homebirth transfer
On today’s episode I chat with Northern Rivers mother, Charlie, about her two births. Charlie’s first birth was a transfer from home ending in an emergency caesarean section. Diving deep into the emotions she was left with after that experience, she was able to pull from it the lesson she needed to bring into her next birth; deep surrender. When the decision was made to transfer to hospital during her second birth, although not what she had envisioned, she details her experience as being polar opposite to her first. Feeling supported by her team and in control of the decisions once there; she narrates her birth as being a healing experience for her and her partner. Charlie also shares the beautiful analogy her husband used to explain pregnancy loss to their infant daughter, and how a flock of black cockatoos gave her the sign she needed that everything was going to be okay.
Show links:
Instagram: @thebrookertribe
Midwife: @janineatibirth
Birth education: @shebirths
This episode is brought to you by:
@maiamothers.collective
www.maiamothers.com.au
Use code: PBA15 for 15% off
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
January 19, 2022 S3 EP67: Tahlia Mynott - Two Homebirths
On today’s show I speak with author, nutritionist and mother-of-two, Tahlia, about her two homebirths. Her first labour was a test of endurance, beginning with inconsistent surges that grew in intensity over a 30 hour period.
Her second birth experience she describes as never quite kicking up a notch like she was anticipating it would; giving birth dramatically faster than anyone was expecting. Two contrasting experiences yet both showing off the true beauty and power of birth. We also chat about the effect her subconscious need to host had on her labour and the positive viewpoint she took away from a heartbreaking pregnancy loss.
Show links:
Instagram: @lunaholisticnutrition
Website: www.lunaholisticnutrition.com
Today's episode brought to you by:
Nourishing Those Who Nurture creators -
@lunaholisticnutrition and @caitlinpriday
www.nourishingthosewhonurture.com
10% off code: POSITIVEBIRTH
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 2 min
January 12, 2022 S3 EP66: Jane Hardwicke Collings: Women's Mysteries + Belly birth + Two HBAC
Welcome back to season 3 of Positive Birth Australia. I am beyond excited to be back sharing inspiring and educational stories to assist you along your journey. It gives me the greatest pleasure to start this year off with one of the greatest, a Women’s Mysteries teacher and founder of “The School of Shamanic Womancraft, Jane Hardwicke Collings.
Jane is a self described postmenopausal grandmother at the sunset of her life. She supported women birthing at home for 30 years, giving us detail on what she learned along the way and the life lessons she drew from her own births. Jane shares her boundless wisdom on an array of topics from reconnecting to our menstrual cycle, birth imprints, rites of passage and the formula for life we can unearth from our own birth experiences. This is must listen for all… enjoy! ❀
Show links:
Instagram: @janehardwickecollings
Website: www.janehardwickecollings.com
Today's episode brought to you by:
Intuitive Birth Doula Services
@intuitivebirth.ds
www.intuitivebirth.com.au
Use code: PBA50 for 50% off
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
January 08, 2022 BONUS EPISODE: Dr Diana from Blossom Family Chiropractic on the benefits of chiropractic care
Today is a bonus episode I have recorded with previous PBA guest, Dr Diana Pakzamir from Blossom Family Chiropractic. You might remember she had an accidental free birth at home during the height of the pandemic, which you can listen to over on episode 59. Today Diana is giving us some insight into the benefits of chiropractic care and how it can support you and your family along your journey.
Instagram: @dianablossom @blossomfamilychiropractic
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
33 min
November 24, 2021 S2 EP65: Ally Collins - Twins Freebirth + Two hospital births + DVT issue
S2 EP65: Today’s episode features the inspirational journey of freebirthing twin mama, Ally. The birth of Ally’s first daughter was a pleasant enough experience for her to opt back into the same model of care during her second pregnancy, until one simple question from her five year old daughter prompted her to consider a homebirth.
Using fertility treatments to fall pregnant with her second child, and having to go on a last minute trip to America, put her at a higher risk of a blood clotting condition known as deep vein thrombosis. When she raised concerns about a DVT to the midwife caring for her in America, her worries were quickly dismissed and a clearance to fly was given to her. The moment she landed in Australia she rushed straight to hospital where she was told she had a life-threatening 53cm blood clot in her leg. Considering all of this, when it came time to birth her son a hospital setting was the safest environment for her to bring him earthside and she went on to have a positive induction experience.
Although left extremely traumatised by that season in her life, it pushed her deeper into her innate wisdom that no one knows her body better than she does . This was the initiation she needed to completely step out of the system for her pregnancy and fully harness the deep trust within herself, her babies, and birth. We chat about the gentle realisation over time that she was having twins, and the invaluable lessons she drew from her most challenging moments.
Instagram: @snippets.of.ally
Doula: @a_beautiful_life_doula
Photographer: @andieandolliephotography
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 25 min
November 17, 2021 S2 EP64: Jenna Duxbury: Birth Centre + Homebirth
On today’s show I chat with Perth mother, Jenna, about her two births.
Jenna’s first birth at a birthing centre was relatively straight-forward, until the moment her daughter lagged taking her first breath causing her to be swiftly taken away. When she called in her second baby, a son that she had felt around her from a small child, she initially decided to go back to the birthing centre because of projected fears around homebirthing, but found she felt disconnected and low leaving her appointments. Those feelings of despair were the push she needed to seek out the homebirth she had always desired.
We chat about the deep inner turmoil and lessons her pregnancies drew from her and the heartwarming moment she knew she was pregnant with her spirit baby.
Instagram: @guidingwildfire
Midwife: Peta Bissett - Hand in Hand Midwives
Hypnobirthing: Dream Birth
Photography: @opalimagery
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
November 10, 2021 S2 EP63: Bianca Macauley - Two hospital births + Homebirth
On today’s show I chat with birth photographer and mother of three, Bianca. Having birthed her first two babies within the hospital system, it wasn’t until she started documenting birth that the potent contrast between birth environments and the impact that can have on women, became apparent. When she conceived her third baby, she applied all the knowledge and wisdom she had gained through supporting other women to manifest the transformative birth she knew was possible.
We chat about the surreal feeling of being in front of the camera instead of behind it, and her inner dialogue as she felt all the sensations of physiological birth for the first time.
Instagram: @andieanddolliephotoghy
Midwife: @sorca.midwife
Doula: @michellepalasia
Photographer: @hannahpaulsenphotography
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
52 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.