73 episodes
Transform Your Birth Tracey Anderson Askew
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- Kids & Family
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5.0 • 19 Ratings
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Transform Your birth Podcast will educate, entertain and support your ability to navigate pregnancy and prepare to give birth. We can't control birth, but Tracey helps us to see how we can influence it and how it helps us to become parents.
Transform Parenting Founder Tracey Anderson Askew explores birth through stories and the lens of what birth can teach us. She prepares families for birth and parenting and views birth as the catalyst for the transformation necessary to go from woman to mother, and man to father. These podcasts will share that wisdom and change the current birth narrative from what happens in birth to how birth changes us.
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Suzzie - The role of a doula, the power of the mind to change birth
Suzzie is a doula and mother of two. She shares her experiences that led to her becoming a birth worker. We explore the role of the doula, how they can offer continuity and emotional support when the medical system often can’t. We also look at the role of the mind in birth, and how it can change the way you experience your birth and even the pain. Suzzie is a very experienced doula and has great wisdom to share. Sit back and enjoy this episode.
Links:
Transform Parenting website
Transform Your Birth Today
Free pregnancy gift
Free resource: Medical Necessity vs Choice -
Sheena - VBAC, 3 births, advocacy, patience and surrender
Sheena joins us again on the podcast with the story of her third birth. She acknowledges the way every experience of welcoming our babies causes us to grow, and will have a profound influence on the next birth. She has the wisdom of a woman who has travelled 3 completely different paths to welcome her daughters and provides a message of patience, surrender but also the importance of self-advocacy. Such great birth wisdom. Definitely worth listening to.
Links:
Transform Parenting website
Transform Your Birth Today
Free pregnancy gift
Free resource: Medical Necessity vs Choice -
Breastfeeding matters with Anne Endres
Today we have a special guest, who is a midwife, lactation consultant and leads a practice of independant midwives working in the community - called Evolve Midwifery Services. Anne sees breastfeeding as not just a physical challenge to be overcome, but involves our emotional and mental well being. Anne covers topics like, how do you know if it isn’t working, expressing during pregnancy and the role of the partner in successful breastfeeding. This is a great episode to prepare you for breastfeeding and understand the tricky landscape of feeding a newborn baby. Sit back, relax and enjoy!
Make sure you check out Evolve Midwifery. You can find Anne on socials at evolve_midwifery
Links:
Transform Parenting website
Transform Your Birth Today
Free pregnancy gift
Free resource: Medical Necessity vs Choice -
Tracey talks about making decisions through pregnancy and birth
Today I will be talking about how to make good decisions during pregnancy and childbirth.
The key is preparation so that you understand the birth process and start to discover what are the things that are important to you.
When making decisions, you will need to ask the questions both prior to birth and on the day. Your job is to identify the difference between a medical necessity and a choice. I have created a handout for you capturing some of the examples from this episode and many more. To receive your free download, just use the link in the show notes.
Links:
Transform Parenting website
Transform Your Birth Today
Free pregnancy gift
Free resource: Medical Necessity vs Choice -
Mel - Acupuncture induction, waters breaking, the moment of birth
Mel came into her birth experience after navigating a lot of life changing events throughout her pregnancy. At 39 weeks pregnant she realised she needed to work out how she was going to birth this baby. After doing the Transform Your Birth course, all her questions were answered - so that when she went into labour, she was able to ask for what she needed to support the birth process. Mel received kind, thoughtful and skilled care. I loved listening to Mel share her experience of meeting her son - it was beyond words.
Links:
Transform Parenting website
Transform Your Birth Today
Free pregnancy gift
Free resource: Medical Necessity vs Choice -
Rebecca - 3 homebirths, 3 very different experiences of the pain and pushing sensations
Bec’s three stories highlight just how different every birth can be. They all resulted in straightforward births, and yet the experience for Bec was completely different. She highlights her journey to transforming her experience of the pain when having contractions. By the time she had her third baby, her mindset completely changed as she leaned into the sensations without resistance, and saw them as a muscle working hard. She also managed to do the same thing for the pushing stage of labour. Bec has much wisdom to share from her three experiences of birth. Please enjoy!
Links:
Transform Parenting website
Transform Your Birth Today
Free pregnancy gift
Free resource: Medical Necessity vs Choice
Customer Reviews
A treasure trove
Birth stories podcasts are not a new phenomenon. Tracey takes this now well-established and profound medium and turns it into something unique: equal parts debrief and instruction, each episode is grounded in the reality of pregnancy and birth. No celebrities, no over-editing, no censorship. Listen to these episodes for an insight into the full spectrum of birthing experience.
The podcast that ties women together in birth!
I had the pleasure of sharing my birth story on episode 6, since then I have listened to others stories and have been so inspired. Each women’s journey through birth is different and yet the common thread that ties them all together is the calm and wise approach that they put forward when facing every aspect of birth. It’s as if Tracey’s teachings are flowing through their veins and it’s almost as if Tracey is with them guiding them each step of the way. I love, love, love these stories and the work that Tracey and Transform Parenting does. If I could give the podcast more than 5 stars I would.
Perfect prep!
This podcast is wonderful for those who are wanting to go into birth with an open mind. Tracey does a great job interviewing with insightful questions about not only the details of birth and parenthood but the emotions that go with it. Highly recommend!