485 épisodes
Australian Birth Stories Sophie Walker
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- Famille
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5,0 • 4 notes
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A Podcast of Mothers' stories of childbirth. Weekly interviews with mothers giving their first hand accounts of child birth in Australia. Designed to help educate and inform first time pregnant women, parents wanting to have better subsequent births and birth enthusiasts who love to hear and tell birth stories. An entertaining and heartfelt resource for pregnancy, labour and delivery and postpartum.
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485 Postpartum | Eliza, two babies, disabled parent, medical stigma, disability advocate
In today’s episode I chat to Eliza Hull - a musician, author and disability advocate who lives with a neurological condition called charcot marie tooth.
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484 | Hannah, three babies, PROM, induction, gas+air, MGP, waterbirth, breastfeeding, epidural
Hannah’s three vaginal births are so different but they all started with pre-labour rupture of membranes (PROM). Her first was induced and she explains the intensity of contractions and how she navigated them. In her second birth she waited days after the trickle of her waters began, was guided by an obstetrician willing to wait and she went into spontaneous labour and had a physiological waterbirth. With her third, her baby was posterior and while her waters broke labour never started. She made the informed choice to have an epidural before the syntocinon started and really enjoyed her labour. As she says: “A positive birth is when mum and bub are fine, and mum comes away thinking ‘that was really good’. I was involved in all the decisions and I felt supported every step of the way.’
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483 Postpartum | Jen, one vaginal birth, GD, induction, episiotomy, postpartum confinement
In today’s episode, I talk to Jen about her pregnancy, birth and traditional Chinese confinement during postpartum. Jen considers her birth a really positive experience. Jen’s mother is an OB/GYN and acupuncturist who encouraged her to track her cycle by taking her temperature. She conceived within two months and opted for shared care with her GP as she didn’t have any health concerns.
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482 | Bee, one baby, MGP, spontaneous labour, The Birth Class, sterile water injections, episiotomy, vacuum assisted birth, breastfeeding
Bee went into spontaneous labour and spent most of her labour at home before transferring to the birth centre. She pushed for a few hours before making the decision to move to the birthing suite for assistance. Bee’s story is a beautiful example of the power of education to make informed decisions every step of the way.
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481 Postpartum | Ruby, breastfeeding, sleep challenges, normal infant biology, low sleep needs
Ruby shares her journey with infant sleep. We all come to postpartum with a predisposed understanding of baby sleep which usually involves the mindset that it’s the parent’s ‘job’ to ‘teach’ the baby to sleep. But as you will hear in this episode, babies have a primal drive to sleep and their sleep needs are ultimately influenced by their temperament.
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480 | Sea, MGP, physiological birth, positive birth story, Indigenous, planned postpartum
Sea shared her first three physiological births in episode 304 and today she returns to tell us all about her fourth pregnancy and birth.
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My favourite podcast!
I love listening to the different stories and Sophie includes such a beautiful variety of women and their different stories and processes of birth. My little one is now 16months old and I started listening while pregnant with him, but I still listen all the time! Now it’s my ongoing preparation for the day we have a second (whenever that will be!) and I feel so much more educated, aware and prepared already to make that experience the best possible one! Thank you so much Sophie!
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