The Birth DeBrief

In today's episode I continue my interview with Kristyn B. Kristyn tells us about her most recent birth with her daughter Bronte and goes in depth into how she has worked through the healing process of her traumatic birth with her first daughter Georgia.

'More than a healthy baby' - By Dr Erin Bowe

Kristyn can be found on Instagram @buntingforbirthrights and I can be found at www.lifeandlens.com.au or @lifeandlens_photography on Instagram.

In today's episode I interview Kristyn B, she is a fierce homebirth and women's rights advocate and she also happens to be my eldest sister.

In the first episode of The Birth DeBrief I share my pregnancy, birth and parenting journey. It is raw and real.

Today's episode is the last episode for Season 1 of The Birth DeBrief. In this episode I interview Stacey; Stacey shares her two birth experiences and what it was like for her falling pregnant with her first when she had previously been told she would be unable to conceive.

Stacey speaks to how her two birth experiences were vastly different, even though they were both unplanned c-sections.

We talk about post partum anxiety and how Stacey found balance after birthing her second child.

In today's episode I interview Clare on the birth of her daughter Nova. We talk about how even though Clare felt informed on her birth rights and choices, she was still carried away by the system and fell into the cascade of intervention.

In this episode I interview Tamara. Tamara is a young mum living in Sydney, Australia. She shares her experiences birthing her son and how she felt judged and discriminated against for her age.

In this episode I interview Megan about her birth with her daughter. We speak about how Megan's unplanned caesarean section caused her trauma and how she grieved for the loss of her ideal birth. Megan shares how her birth experience is leading her towards homebirth for her next child.

In this episode I interview Shahnti, a young mum living in Byron Bay, NSW, Australia. We talk about Shahnti's 3 pregnancies, her 2 baby boys and how she felt forced into an unwanted abortion with her first pregnancy at 16 years old.

I really enjoyed speaking with Shahnti, her story has many parallels to my own and it was therapeutic to speak with someone who had walked a similar path to me. I hope you enjoy it too.

In this episode I interview Beth. Beth talks about her pregnancy with her daughter Maggie and how she was made to feel ashamed and fearful for her pregnancy due to her weight.

Leigh is a midwife currently practicing in New Zealand. In this episode Leigh shares some of her experiences working as a midwife in both Australia and New Zealand and sheds some light on the differences between midwifery care in both countries.