Positive Birth Australia

On today’s show I have the privilege of interviewing Dr Sarah J. Buckley. Dr Buckley is trained as a GP with qualifications in GP obstetrics and has been writing and lecturing to childbirth professionals and parents since 1997. She is also the author of the international best-selling book "Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering" - which is available for purchase on the PBA website. Dr Buckley is well known for her groundbreaking report "Hormonal Physiology of Childbearing", the product of her ongoing interest and research on the hormones of labour and birth. Coming from a long line of GP’s, she was influenced by her own experiences working in hospitals and by what she noticed with the birthing women there. Today we chat about her own four beautiful homebirths, diving deep into the hormonal blueprint of labour and birth, what types of things can interrupt that hormonal flow, and how we can fill in these hormonal gaps. Website: www.sarahbuckley.com Instagram: @sarahjbuckley Resources: Hormonal Physiology report: https://sarahbuckley.com/whats-so-great-about-hormonal-physiology/ BUY her book here: https://www.positivebirthaustralia.com/collections/all-products/products/pre-order-for-delivery-from-june-22nd-gentle-birth-gentle-mothering-by-dr-sarah-j-buckley Mentioned in this episode:Esfera Designs Wellness (Birth) BallCreate 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 I interview Meg, homebirth midwife and co-founder of “It Takes a Village Midwifery” here in Brisbane. Meg takes us through her journey from maiden to mother, sharing how each of her births impacted her and the diversity she experienced over those four births. From her first birth where she felt inspired by her labour but traumatised by her baby needing special care, to a healing but quick second birth, a third euphoric homebirth that left her feeling high for days afterwards, and her fourth precipitous birth leaving her feeling almost stunned. Meg gives us some great insight into life as a midwife, sharing some of her wisdom and knowledge gained over a career supporting and nurturing women on their own journey from maiden to mother. Instagram: @megclein Private practice: @ittakesaviallagemidwifery Website: www.itavmidwifery.com Mentioned in this episode:Esfera Designs Wellness (Birth) BallCreate a calm, supportive space during pregnancy and postpartum with Esfera Designs. Use code: PBA20 for $20 off your order. Esfera Designs

Today’s show features Grace taking us through the birth of her daughter at home. She explains her search for care as a journey within itself that pushed her to look deeper into how women birth, exploring the option to free birth, but ultimately deciding to birth at home with the support of a doula and midwife. We chat about the emotion-charged conversations she had to herself during labour and how she managed to dig deep to get through what was a long, strenuous but powerful birth. Instagram: @graceweatherley Doula: @maggiestorm__ Mentioned in this episode:Esfera Designs Wellness (Birth) BallCreate a calm, supportive space during pregnancy and postpartum with Esfera Designs. Use code: PBA20 for $20 off your order. Esfera Designs

Today I interview Kate about her two positive births. Although wanting a homebirth, financially at the time it wasn’t a viable option so she opted to get into the local hospital’s Midwifery Group Practice. She went on to have a natural, water birth. When her family decided to relocate to New Castle, knowing they offered publicly funded homebirth was a great bonus in their decion to move, giving her the dream homebirth she desired. Kate shares how some valuable last minute advice from her doula helped her relax enough to bring on labour and she explains what the acronym BRAIN means, a favourite she uses with her clients as a naturopath and nutritionist. Instagram: @kateholm_ Business page: @holismhealth.co Website: www.holismhealth.co Midwives: @friends_of_belmont_birthing Mentioned in this episode:Esfera Designs Wellness (Birth) BallCreate 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 I chat with Maha, founder and creator of Bellydance Birth and Embody Birth, about the births of her three children and her life’s work as an award-winning author, educator, and birth advocate. Maha describes birth as a transformative experience; a spiritual alignment that brings connection and awareness to everything in life. We chat about the difference between imposed fear and innate fear, and what each of her births revealed to her about her shadow self. Instagram: @maha_al_musa Facebook https://www.facebook.com/mahaalmusabirthvisionary Website: www.mahaalmusa.com Online Program Links FULL https://sales.mahaalmusa.com/embodybirth MINI VERSION https://mahaalmusa.kartra.com/page/mini-program BellydanceBirth Bundle (video series, book and bonuses) https://mahaalmusa.com/bellydancebirth/ Dance Of The Womb book (hard copy and e book) https://mahaalmusa.com/danceofthewomb/ Mentioned in this episode:Esfera Designs Wellness (Birth) BallCreate a calm, supportive space during pregnancy and postpartum with Esfera Designs. Use code: PBA20 for $20 off your order. Esfera Designs

Today’s show features freebirthing mama, Sarah, sharing her three births. Her first two girls were born in a hospital with a private midwife, completely straight forward and somewhat fast. When she fell pregnant with her third baby, she took the approach of tuning into her intuition and being mindful of how she felt throughout her pregnancy, never feeling the need to call on anyone and ultimately deciding to freebirth at home. Sarah takes us through how she handled any fears that arose and how the prodromal labour she experienced leading up to her birth made her question whether she was in real labour. Instagram: @sarahjblue Mentioned in this episode:Esfera Designs Wellness (Birth) BallCreate 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 Woonona artist, Tegan, sharing the birth of her daughter. For as long as Tegan could remember she knew she wanted to birth outside of the system. After a surprise pregnancy, she immediately found the perfect midwife to educate and support her on her rite of passage into motherhood. She describes her early labour as being crucial preparation and practice for the deep surrender and rhythmic flow she needed to birth, and she explains how a random text from her father turned out to be a pivotal point of her labour. Instagram: @tegan.georgette Website: www.tegangeorgette.com Mentioned in this episode:Esfera Designs Wellness (Birth) BallCreate a calm, supportive space during pregnancy and postpartum with Esfera Designs. Use code: PBA20 for $20 off your order. Esfera Designs

Today’s episode I chat with Meme about the birth of her daughter. Meme already had a great sense of what true physiological birth looks like from her work in the field as a doula, hypnobirthing practitioner and photographer, so it was a no-brainer that she chose to birth her baby safely at home. We chat about the positive impact getting in tune with her cycle had on her and what she learned from her birth about the suggestibility of women in labour. Instagram: @lalunabirthcollective Doula: @birthingfromtheheart Midwife: Kelly Walker Photographer: @rewildherbirth Mentioned in this episode:Esfera Designs Wellness (Birth) BallCreate a calm, supportive space during pregnancy and postpartum with Esfera Designs. Use code: PBA20 for $20 off your order. Esfera Designs

Today I chat with Elysha about the birth of her son at her local public hospital. Originally planning to go with the flow, a sudden onset of anxiety persuaded her to do a hypnobirthing course that changed her entrie mindset about birth and enabled her to stand firm on her decions along the way. She went on to have the drug-free, physiological birth she desired, receiving her son en caul at 42+3 weeks. Instagram: @elysha_buckingham Hypnobirthing Practitioner: @belly2birth Mentioned in this episode:Esfera Designs Wellness (Birth) BallCreate a calm, supportive space during pregnancy and postpartum with Esfera Designs. Use code: PBA20 for $20 off your order. Esfera Designs

Today’s show features childbirth educator, birth attendant, counsellor and author, Rhea Dempsey. Rhea’s well-known book “Birth with Confidence” has helped awaken and guide so many of us along our own journeys, and her latest release “Beyond the Birth Plan” is of equal magnitude. Rhea shares her three birth stories, focusing a lot on her first birth and unpacking how that whole sequence of events impacted her. Although extremely confusing and confronting at that time, she attributes a lot of her ‘why’ to that experience and the work that unfolded throughout her many years as a birth activist. We chat about life before the epidural and how this initially welcomed drug has fuelled the misconception around pain during childbirth, and she shares advice for the “willing woman” wanting a normal physiological birth, on how to navigate the current birth culture within the hospital system. It gives me the greatest pleasure to share this wonderful, wise woman with my listeners today. Both of Rhea's books are available for purchase on the Positive Birth Australia website: www.positivebirthaustralia.com Instagram: @rheadempseybirth Website: www.birthingwisdom.com.au Mentioned in this episode:Esfera Designs Wellness (Birth) BallCreate 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 we chat with Elise, a midwife and cofounder of Shine Postnatal Services, about her two hospital births. Diagnosed with PCOS, it took two years and a major lifestyle change to concieve thier first child. Elise chose to have a “social induction” at 39 weeks using prostin gel and was lucky enough to have the water birth she desired with no other interventions. During her second pregnancy a cholestasis diagnosis heavily influenced her decision to be induced at 37+6 weeks, and again she went on to have another beautiful water birth. Instagram: @shine_postnatal Mentioned in this episode:Esfera Designs Wellness (Birth) BallCreate a calm, supportive space during pregnancy and postpartum with Esfera Designs. Use code: PBA20 for $20 off your order. Esfera Designs

Today’s show is an extra special episode because for the first time on PBA we’ll be hearing from the partners perspective as well. Teisha, a proud Wiradjuri-Yuin woman whose songlines sing from the mountains to the ocean, and Markus, a proud Maori man from Aotearoa, New Zealand, take us on the journey to birth their son on aboriginal land, under a gum and she-oak tree. Although having two drug-free hospital births with her first children, Teisha felt excluded and suppressed by the maternity system. When her and Markus consciously conceived their son, they went on a mind, body and spirit journey to bring him earthside; honouring the old ways of their indigenous culture and implementing sacred practices. Teisha describes this birth as being the last part of her healing journey, regaining her true power within by “Birthing this way. My way. Our way”. An incredibly inspiring story of deep connection to their ancestral lines, and each other. Instagram: @teisha_mcguinness @creatorofj0y Midwife: @midwifejohunter Doula: @jerushasutton Mentioned in this episode:Esfera Designs Wellness (Birth) BallCreate 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 I chat with Danae about her two hospital births. While volunteering in Haiti after the 2010 earthquake, Danae was placed in a unit that looked after birthing women. She describes that experience as "stepping into an old pair of shoes", and the inspiration she needed to find her passion in supporting women as a doula. Her first birth, she was induced at 40+6 weeks and although classified as a successful induction, she knew with her second birth that she wanted to work with her birthing body and allow the time and space for her baby to come naturally. We chat about how she got her surges to come back after the car ride to the hospital, and how her yoga practices helped to heal her mind and body. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DanaeBirthDoula Instagram: danae.birthdoula.pregnancyyoga Website: www.danaebirthdoula.com.au Doula directory: www.birthary.com.au Mentioned in this episode:Esfera Designs Wellness (Birth) BallCreate 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 I chat with the incredibly knowledgable Loz about her two empowering births and what her work as a postpartum doula entails. Loz describes her fist pregnancy as her spiritual awakening, having a deep impact on her in the greatest way. Her waters broke at 38 weeks putting her on the clock for her birth at a birthing centre with a private midwife. Although a beautiful experience, she wanted to eliminate the extra pressures that came with birthing within the system and chose to birth her second baby at home. Suffering a loss between pregnancies she discusses how not processing that loss then impacted her mindset during her labour and how the space held for her by her support team allowed her to overcome those fears when they dropped in. She shares her tips on how to create space for your baby during a posterior labour and answers some questions sent in by you, the listeners, about being a postpartum doula. Get ready to learn guys, there is some really great information in this episode! Instagram: @motherbloom_ Website: www.motherbloomholistic.com Yoga & Active birth: @yogababyaustralia Midwife: @mother_seed Mentioned in this episode:Esfera Designs Wellness (Birth) BallCreate a calm, supportive space during pregnancy and postpartum with Esfera Designs. Use code: PBA20 for $20 off your order. Esfera Designs

Today's show features the beautiful, divine Roxy - my partner's cousin and a fellow Aries sister. Roxy always knew she wanted to be a mum but she had some deep ancestral fears associated with birth that she knew she had to work on to release. We chat about the deep dive she took into learning and living by her cycle, conscious conception and her euphoric labour and birth. Roxy put some serious work into her journey from maiden to mother so there is a vast amount of knowledge we can take away from her story. You can view Roxy's magical birth video over on her instagram page. Instagram: @roxybelford Midwives: @ittakesavillagemidwifery Videographer: @kate_nel_birthkeeper Mentioned in this episode:Esfera Designs Wellness (Birth) BallCreate 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 I chat with Brylie about her empowering homebirth. After initially planning a hospital birth, Brylie found she didn’t feel aligned with the clinical “ticking all the boxes” type feeling she was left with after each appointment. When she stepped back to think about what she truly desired most during her birth, a woman's nuturing support was at the top of her list. This led her to join a local women's circle to connect with homebirthing midwives and mothers, arming herself with all the tools and confidence she needed to manifest her own empowering homebirth. Instagram: @bryliesmiley Mentioned in this episode:Esfera Designs Wellness (Birth) BallCreate 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 I chat with Lahni about the births of her three daughters. Lahni’s first pregnancy ended early, just shy of 35 weeks, when her waters broke and she was induced to 'get things going'. Although feeling traumatised by that birth experience, she says it was her spiritual awakening. Choosing to homebirth her second and third babies, she speaks about unexpected anxieties that arose and the contrast between her births. Instagram: @wildflower_journeys Mentioned in this episode:Esfera Designs Wellness (Birth) BallCreate a calm, supportive space during pregnancy and postpartum with Esfera Designs. Use code: PBA20 for $20 off your order. Esfera Designs

On today’s episode I chat with first-time mum, Terri, about her empowering, drug- free, water birth in a hospital setting down on beautiful Gold Coast. Terri’s approach to her birth was of the mindset that knowing less is more, she chose to ignore any traumatic birth stories she was told, and she trusted her innate ability to birth her baby. Instagram: @terrivanderwerf Mentioned in this episode:Esfera Designs Wellness (Birth) BallCreate 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 I have the privilege of interviewing Anita, from The Midwitch Podcast and Instagram, about her two empowering births. Having women around her that only had birth stories filled with trauma and interventions, Anita honed in on her intuition and decided to birth her first child safely at home with the support from a private midwife. After moving states she quickly realised it was financially not an option to have a homebirth midwife present with her second child and she wasn’t feeling aligned with a birth centre. After a conversation with her doula, she awakened that deep knowing within her that she didn’t actually NEED anyone to birth her child, and so began her journey down the path to freebirth her son at home. We discuss how she worked through her fears on an energetic level and why she believes intuition is our strongest power as women. Just a trigger warning for some viewers - we do touch on a loss Anita had between her two births. Instagram: @themidwitch Podcast: The Midwitch Mentioned in this episode:Esfera Designs Wellness (Birth) BallCreate 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 I chat with a fellow twin mum about the birth of her fraternal boy/girl twins, and her youngest daughter. Kirsten is a go with the flow, cheerful type personality, so it was a welcomed surprise when, after taking Clomid to help conceive, they discovered they were having twins. She went into spontaneous labour at 35 weeks and had the vaginal birth she desired with the use of an epidural. Her second pregnancy she was determined to experience a physiological birth without the use of any drugs, and she did just that… Instagram: @angus_amanda_ahlia YouTube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1pKPTFoYLE Mentioned in this episode:Esfera Designs Wellness (Birth) BallCreate 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 I have the privilege of chatting to Natalie about her two empowering births. Her first son she birthed at home with the support from a private midwife, and although it was an empowering experience, she looks back and can recognise moments of fear and stress throughout her pregnancy and birth. Two weeks into her pregnancy with her second child, she stumbled across a freebirthing video that ignited her innate intuition and forged the path ahead of her to freebirth her second son, Oakie. We chat about clear boundaries she put in place to protect her mental space and how she dealt with any fears that arose before she freebirthed her son at home. Instagram: @nataliealaska__ Mentioned in this episode:Esfera Designs Wellness (Birth) BallCreate a calm, supportive space during pregnancy and postpartum with Esfera Designs. Use code: PBA20 for $20 off your order. Esfera Designs

On todays show I chat with Sam about the empowering homebirth of her daughter, Isla. After hearing a powerful homebirth story from her hairdresser, she sought out the support of a private midwife to assist her, and her husband, to birth their first child safely at home in their own, peaceful environment. Initially thinking she was much too early to go into labour, her precious girl made her entrance earthside at 38 weeks gestation. We chat about how she dealt with negative comments received about her choice to homebirth and how she prepared herself for the journey ahead. Instagram: @alignwithsam Midwives: @ittakesavillagemidwifery Mentioned in this episode:Esfera Designs Wellness (Birth) BallCreate 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 I chat with Luna about her two birth experiences. After planning her first birth in a birthing centre, a change in midwives led to her having a cascade of unnecessary interventions just as she was naturally about to give birth. Traumatised by that experience, she looked into free birthing when the time was right to fall pregnant again. A shocking cervical cancer diagnosis threatened her chances of carrying a baby as she was told she may not be able to have children in the future. This experience awakened her soul and sent her on a spiritual journey of self-discovery, believing deeply the power of affirmations and vivid visualisation helped her body and cervix heal from the trauma caused by the cancer removal. She went on to naturally conceive, carry, and birth her miracle baby with confidence and power. Instagram: @aplantifulllife Mentioned in this episode:Esfera Designs Wellness (Birth) BallCreate a calm, supportive space during pregnancy and postpartum with Esfera Designs. Use code: PBA20 for $20 off your order. Esfera Designs

On today’s episode I have the privilege of interviewing Jerusha, one of the co-creators of the new documentary coming out this February called Birth Time. A documentary highlighting the current maternity system and the lack of funding and continuity care for women resulting in unacceptable birth trauma statistics. Aside from chatting about this much needed film, Jerusha, who had been a doula for 10 years at the time, shares with us her own transformative journey from maiden to mother, supported by the love and strength of women she has worked with and her adoring partner. She takes us through how she mentally prepared for the birth of her son, and the journey she went on to bring him earthside. Please head over to www.birthtime.world for all info on screening times, or if you are thinking of hosting your own screening, all the details on how to do that will be on their website. Instagram: @jerushasutton Birth Time Website: www.birthtime.world Instagram: @birthtimeworld Mentioned in this episode:Esfera Designs Wellness (Birth) BallCreate a calm, supportive space during pregnancy and postpartum with Esfera Designs. Use code: PBA20 for $20 off your order. Esfera Designs

Today’s episode I chat with Tina about her two births. Her first was a planned home birth that ended up being in the hospital after an OB diagnosed her with intrauterine growth restrictions, which she still believes to this day was a misdiagnosis. Feeling disappointed by her experience within the hospital system, she went on her own journey of self discovery and expanding her knowledge. When she fell pregnant with her second child, she knew without a doubt that she wanted to avoid the medical system entirely and trust in her bodies innate ability to grow and birth her baby at home in her own environment. An inspiring story to ignite that self belief in what we are designed to do. Instagram: @tinacharlton_ Mentioned in this episode:Esfera Designs Wellness (Birth) BallCreate a calm, supportive space during pregnancy and postpartum with Esfera Designs. Use code: PBA20 for $20 off your order. Esfera Designs

Today’s episode I chat with Harriet about her two hospital births. Harriet felt like she was being dragged through the medical system with her first child. She went into labour just after 39 weeks and was caught off guard by how quickly her baby was born. Told by staff she was lucky to have had the birth she did, she looked back on her experience as highly stressful and terrifying. For her second pregnancy, she completed a Hypnobirthing Australia program and found the inspiration and confidence she needed to birth her second child, giving her the tools to stay in control when things got out of control with another quick labour. Instagram: @your_birth_ Mentioned in this episode:Esfera Designs Wellness (Birth) BallCreate a calm, supportive space during pregnancy and postpartum with Esfera Designs. Use code: PBA20 for $20 off your order. Esfera Designs

On today’s episode I get to chat with the incredibly knowledgeable Holliea about her empowering home birth. At 21 Holliea was diagnosed with hypothyroidism and polycystic ovarian syndrome. After coming off the pill she had no menstrual cycle for three years, eventually being told it would be difficult for her to conceive when the time comes and that her condition was considered “normal”. Heavily depressed and disconnected, she began to seek answers through her own studies. This ignited a passion within her for herbal medicines and daily self care practices. Through her learnings, she consciously conceived her daughter and experienced a blissful birth. A beautiful story about personal healing and a deep connection to the radiant, flowing feminine essence within. Instagram: @shakti_healing Mentioned in this episode:Esfera Designs Wellness (Birth) BallCreate a calm, supportive space during pregnancy and postpartum with Esfera Designs. Use code: PBA20 for $20 off your order. Esfera Designs

On today's episode, Tania takes us through her two incredibly empowering home births. Tania worked as a naturopath in a midwifery clinic where she was constantly surrounded by beautiful, inspiring birth stories. This is what gave her the confidence to bring her babies earth-side in the safety and comfort of her own home, support of her husband and a private midwife. Tania's journey is the greatest example of how strong and capable we are as woman to give birth. Instagram: @naturally.nourished_ Midwife: @ittakesavillagemidwifery Mentioned in this episode:Esfera Designs Wellness (Birth) BallCreate a calm, supportive space during pregnancy and postpartum with Esfera Designs. Use code: PBA20 for $20 off your order. Esfera Designs

Rebecca shares with us her incredible journey to motherhood with two extremely different birth experiences, and what it was like birthing during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic. Initially terrified of birth, a hypnobirthing course helped her feel connected and fall in love with the process, giving her the vital skill to stay calm when she went into preterm labour at her baby shower, just shy of 35 weeks. That drive led her to create her own business joining her two passions; supporting clients as a psychologist, and hypnobirthing. She had an unexpected turn of events with her second birth leading to a c-section. A story of great resilience and empowerment through being informed and trusting the process no matter what path it takes us on. Instagram: @themindfulbirthmovement Mentioned in this episode:Esfera Designs Wellness (Birth) BallCreate a calm, supportive space during pregnancy and postpartum with Esfera Designs. Use code: PBA20 for $20 off your order. Esfera Designs

Today’s episode I chat with Edriana about her cholestasis diagnosis during her pregnancy leading to a planned induction and a natural birth within a hospital. Edriana used the knowledge and skills she learned from a hypnobirthing course to help guide her to the natural birth she desired. She loved it so much, she became a hypnobirthing practitioner to help other women manifest an empowering birth experience like she did. Instagram: @enlightened_birth_and_beyond Website: www.enlightenedbirthandbeyond.com.au Mentioned in this episode:Esfera Designs Wellness (Birth) BallCreate 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 beautiful Lyndal talking about her two hospital births. Her first birth she describes as calm but full of interventions. She really wanted a different outcome with her second, and last, child so she hired the support of a doula and completed a hypnobirthing class. Lydnal also briefly touches on her postnatal depression diagnosis after her first daughter's birth and the steps she took to overcome it. Instagram: @lyndalcmagee Doula: @2lifedoula If you think you might be suffering from postnatal depression, please don't be afraid to reach out and seek help. Parentline: 1300 30 1300 www.parentline.com.au Mentioned in this episode:Esfera Designs Wellness (Birth) BallCreate 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 an inspiring mother named Brook sharing her beautiful journey to motherhood. She had her first birth within a hospital setting and her second in the bathtub of their travelling home. Brook did a lot of internal work during her pregnancy and really harnessed her inner power during the birth of her son, using the knowledge she learned from hypnobirthing to help guide her to deliver her big, beautiful boy earthside. Instagram: @life.with.essence Mentioned in this episode:Esfera Designs Wellness (Birth) BallCreate a calm, supportive space during pregnancy and postpartum with Esfera Designs. Use code: PBA20 for $20 off your order. Esfera Designs

Today’s episode is focused around fertility. The beautiful Krystal, who started her journey to motherhood later on in life, was diagnosed with endometriosis and found out that she had an extremely low egg count. After failed attempts to conceive via IVF they decided to go down the donor egg path. This is an inspiring story focusing on the types of journeys fertility can take you on and the beautiful reward at the end of that often long, hard road. Instagram: @krystalrubys Mentioned in this episode:Esfera Designs Wellness (Birth) BallCreate 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 wonderful Sophia who birthed both her babies within a hospital environment, the second being a healing, calm, water-birth. Instagram: @19_sophia_89 Mentioned in this episode:Esfera Designs Wellness (Birth) BallCreate a calm, supportive space during pregnancy and postpartum with Esfera Designs. Use code: PBA20 for $20 off your order. Esfera Designs

Today’s episode is very special to me because it is my incredible doula, Moran, sharing her three birth stories and the enormous amount of wisdom she’s gained in her over 8 years of being a doula. She also touches on some of her mental health struggles after her first daughter’s birth and gives us an insight into life as a doula. Moran features in quite a few of PBA’s birth stories so it gives me the greatest pleasure to share with you all this incredible woman. Instagram: @2lifedoula Mentioned in this episode:Esfera Designs Wellness (Birth) BallCreate a calm, supportive space during pregnancy and postpartum with Esfera Designs. Use code: PBA20 for $20 off your order. Esfera Designs

The wonderful Steph takes us through her two births, the second ending in well, I’ll give you a hint, it’s not a homebirth and it’s not a hospital birth. TRIGGER WARNING: Steph also touches on a miscarriage and her fertility struggles but her journey has a spectacular ending. Instagram: @mrscerqa2012 Mentioned in this episode:Esfera Designs Wellness (Birth) BallCreate a calm, supportive space during pregnancy and postpartum with Esfera Designs. Use code: PBA20 for $20 off your order. Esfera Designs

On todays episode, the incredible Michelle shares her three all natural, calm hospital births. Instagram: @michellecaseyyy Baby names: @growlittlewildflower Mentioned in this episode:Esfera Designs Wellness (Birth) BallCreate a calm, supportive space during pregnancy and postpartum with Esfera Designs. Use code: PBA20 for $20 off your order. Esfera Designs

Aimé takes us through her two hospital births when she was younger, ending with her third empowering home birth. Instagram: @my_sweet_goodness Mentioned in this episode:Esfera Designs Wellness (Birth) BallCreate a calm, supportive space during pregnancy and postpartum with Esfera Designs. Use code: PBA20 for $20 off your order. Esfera Designs

Emma takes us through her incredible (and accidental) home birth that changed her deeply in the most beautiful way. Instagram: @miss_em_maaa Doula: @2lifedoula Mentioned in this episode:Esfera Designs Wellness (Birth) BallCreate a calm, supportive space during pregnancy and postpartum with Esfera Designs. Use code: PBA20 for $20 off your order. Esfera Designs

Shana shares her story of a preeclampsia diagnosis during pregnancy and her natural birth within a hospital environment. Instagram: @oursimplebiglife Doula: @2lifedoula Mentioned in this episode:Esfera Designs Wellness (Birth) BallCreate a calm, supportive space during pregnancy and postpartum with Esfera Designs. Use code: PBA20 for $20 off your order. Esfera Designs

This episode features my SIL telling her two birth stories. Her first birth was a traumatic experience that led her down the path to a deeply healing home birth. Instagram: @the_nel_family YouTube: The Nel Family Midwives: @ittakesavillagemidwifery Mentioned in this episode:Esfera Designs Wellness (Birth) BallCreate a calm, supportive space during pregnancy and postpartum with Esfera Designs. Use code: PBA20 for $20 off your order. Esfera Designs

This episode features a beautiful mother from Brisbane sharing her story of a natural birth within a hospital environment with the support of a doula. Instagram - @katiejhiggs Doula - @2lifedoula Mentioned in this episode:Esfera Designs Wellness (Birth) BallCreate a calm, supportive space during pregnancy and postpartum with Esfera Designs. Use code: PBA20 for $20 off your order. Esfera Designs

Welcome to Positive Birth Australia. This episode is just a quick intro explaining what you can expect to hear on future episodes and how it came about. Thanks for joining me on this journey! Mentioned in this episode:Esfera Designs Wellness (Birth) BallCreate a calm, supportive space during pregnancy and postpartum with Esfera Designs. Use code: PBA20 for $20 off your order. Esfera Designs