Positive Birth Australia

Skye Waters
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A heartfelt Australian podcast sharing real, empowering birth stories to inspire, educate, and heal. Created with love by Skye, a Brisbane mum devoted to normalising the beauty of physiological birth, each episode brings honest stories and guidance from mothers, partners, and birth professionals. Deep, meaningful conversations to help you reconnect with your intuition, trust your body, and remember the innate wisdom of birth, passed down through the ancient art of storytelling. Find us on Instagram: @positivebirthaustralia

  1. 3D AGO

    S7 EP188: Laura Gaschk: Private OB + Hospital Shower Birth / Fibroid + Risked Out of Birth Cottage / Postpartum Mental Health / Private Midwifery Care / Rural Birth Options / Homebirth

    This week on the show I’m joined by Laura as she shares her journey into motherhood. Laura discovering she was pregnant while travelling around Australia on a honeymoon road trip, navigating early scans across multiple states during COVID, before returning home to prepare for birth. During her first pregnancy Laura sought a physiological birth and continuity of care, but after a fibroid was discovered overlapping the placenta she was risked out of the midwife-led birth cottage she had planned and transferred into hospital care. After navigating conflicting medical opinions and fragmented care, Laura ultimately found support with a private obstetrician and went on to birth her daughter in a powerful spontaneous labour in the hospital shower. Laura shares how the intensity of her postpartum experience, including significant mental health challenges, shaped the way she approached her next pregnancy and birth. When she fell pregnant again, Laura felt strongly that she wanted something more supported, more personal, and more aligned with the kind of care she had longed for the first time around. In this episode Laura shares how she discovered private midwifery care halfway through her pregnancy, hired a “home away from home” birth space, and went on to experience a beautiful water birth surrounded by trusted support… catching her baby boy at home in the water. This conversation explores continuity of care, trusting your instincts, navigating rural birth options, postpartum mental health, and the powerful difference the right support can make in both birth and motherhood. In this episode we discuss: • Discovering pregnancy while travelling around Australia • Navigating scans across multiple states during COVID • Fibroids and being risked out of a midwife-led birth cottage • Navigating conflicting medical advice • Spontaneous labour and hospital shower birth • The realities of postpartum mental health • Pregnancy after miscarriage • Discovering private midwifery care • Hiring a “home away from home” birth space • A beautiful water birth experience • The power of continuity of care Resources + Mentions: Instagram: @Laura_gaschk @marbehvale @marbehvale_homestead Birth Photographer: @amyphilpphotography Midwife: @nurtureyourbirth Pelvic Floor Physio: @somatic_womankind PANDA – Perinatal Anxiety & Depression Australia https://www.panda.org.au Beyond Blue https://www.beyondblue.org.au Centre of Perinatal Excellence (COPE) https://www.cope.org.au Homebirth Australia https://homebirthaustralia.org Australian College of Midwives – Find a Midwife https://www.midwives.org.au Share the episode... If this episode resonated with you, please share it with someone who might need to hear it. And if you enjoy the show, leaving a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify helps more women discover these stories. 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

    2h 31m

  2. FEB 28

    S7 EP187: Jasmine Darke: A Birth Testimony / From Medicalised Hospital Birth to Pain-Free Homebirth / Faith + Prayer Preparation

    In today’s episode, Jasmine shares her extraordinary journey from an intense hospital birth with her first child to a pain-free home birth with her second. After a long, medicalised first labour that left her fearful and unsure she ever wanted to give birth again, Jasmine entered her next pregnancy still carrying deep uncertainty about birth. During that pregnancy, her outlook shifted dramatically as she began preparing in a completely different way - grounding her journey in her faith in God through prayer and speaking scripture over her pregnancy. She recounts how this guided her through fear and doubt, ultimately leading to a birth experience she could only describe as miraculous. Show Notes & Mentions: Instagram: @jasminedinis Business: Folke Estate Book: Supernatural Childbirth – Jackie Mize 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

    45 min

  3. FEB 21

    S7 EP186: Vanessa Harding: Two Home births / 26-Hour Posterior Labour at 41+4 / House Renovation + Wild Pregnancy

    Vanessa joins me from Coffs Harbour to share the story of birthing both of her daughters at home… her first during lockdown in a tiny studio apartment after a 26-hour posterior labour at 41+4 weeks, and her second in the quiet stillness of dawn - a sunrise water birth that unfolded almost exactly as she had envisioned. After reflecting deeply on her first birth experience, Vanessa immersed herself in emotional womb healing, mantra, and the teachings of freebirth philosophy. Her second labour became an exploration of mindset, responsibility, and self-trust… labouring alone through much of the night and anchoring into a simple phrase that transformed her experience. In this episode we discuss: Posterior labour and going 41+4Labouring at home without scans or medical testingThe role of mindset in physiological birthEmotional womb work and releasing stored tensionLabouring solo and conscious birth preparationHaving an older child witness birthPlacenta encapsulation and postpartum recoveryTaking responsibility for your birth choicesThe power of “knowing” This is a conversation about transformation… about shifting from endurance to intention, and from hoping for a positive birth to consciously choosing one. Resources & Mentions: Personal Instagram: @coramba_cottage Books: 📖 Portal by Yolande Norris-Clark Instagram: @bauhauswife Birth Sling: @the.birth.sling Pregnancy Yoga (Coffs Harbour): @wildernessyoga.coffs Womb & Pelvic Healing Work with Chaitanya: @wombtemple.healing Sydney Midwife (First Birth): @janineatibirth If this episode resonated with you, please leave a review on your podcast platform to help us reach more women around the world. To stay connected between episodes, follow along on Instagram @positivebirthaustralia. 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

    1h 44m

  4. 08/31/2025

    S6 EP185: Kacee Driver: Infertility + Severe Endo + IVF Recommendation / Healing Through TCM + Nutrition / Hospital Birth with Student Midwife / Homebirth

    Today I’m joined by Kacee, a mother of two whose story is a powerful testament to the healing that unfolds when we take our health into our own hands. After many years of being dismissed by doctors and receiving a severe endometriosis diagnosis, Kacee was told her only path to motherhood would be through IVF. But instead of accepting that as her story, she and her husband committed to rebuilding their health from the ground up - through the support of traditional Chinese medicine, nourishing food, bodywork, mindset practices, and conscious living. Along the way they experienced loss, but also the deep transformation that comes with reclaiming responsibility for your body and your journey. Her first pregnancy became a turning point, supported by a student midwife and an obstetrician who honoured her choices. When it came time to welcome her daughter, she carried that trust even further - choosing to birth at home, within a safe and familiar circle. Kacee’s story is a beautiful reflection of what becomes possible when we refuse to give up, when we find support that aligns with our values, and what happens when we lean into the truth that our bodies are not broken. Show Notes: Instagram: @kaycee_driver Fertility Support: Heather Bruce Meditations: Circle + Bloom Meditations Diet: Weston A. Price Foundation (Nutrition + Ancestral Diet) Subscribe to the Positive Birth Australia newsletter HERE to be the first to know when our Trusting the Journey eBook is released. Follow us on Instagram @positivebirthaustralia 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

    2h 3m

  5. 08/23/2025

    S6 EP184: Laura Bergen-Roberts: GD Diagnosis + Policy Pressure / 42+3 Hospital Birth with PPH / Healing Homebirth

    This week I’m joined by Laura, a mother of two whose journey into motherhood began with loss, resilience, and ultimately, transformation. After an early miscarriage and an ectopic pregnancy that required surgery, falling pregnant with her daughter felt deeply healing. Yet her first birth inside the system carried its own challenges - a gestational diabetes label, weeks of policy pressure, and the weight of self-advocacy that left her bracing for battle rather than softening into trust. Though she went on to birth she had planned at 42 weeks, a postpartum haemorrhage cast a long shadow over what might have been a fully empowering experience. For her second birth, she chose to be at home and entered labour with a profound sense of trust. In the early hours of New Year’s Eve, she brought her baby into the world swiftly and instinctively, receiving him with her own hands - a deeply healing contrast to her first experience. Laura’s story reflects the freedom that comes when we step beyond “good girl” conditioning and into the full magic and capability that birth holds. Show Notes:  Instagram: @wisdoms.from.the.womb Midwife: @candace.beautifully.natural Birth Photography/Film: @mamacarabirth Newborn Photographer: @maddydartphotography 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

    1h 16m

  6. 08/16/2025

    S6 EP183: Mia Briski: Traumatic Caesarean in UK / Healing VBAC at Home / Posterior Labour Over 2 Days / High Blood Pressure / Fast Third Birth at 11:11

    This week I’m joined by Mia, a mother of three whose birth journey spans from a traumatic caesarean in the UK to two transformative homebirths in Australia. Her first birth began as a casually planned homebirth, but a spike in blood pressure at 38 weeks led to a hospital admission. With little understanding of the interventions offered, Mia found herself on the induction conveyor belt - an experience that left her deeply shaken, and unable to call it the day she “gave birth.” Determined to rewrite her story, Mia entered her second pregnancy committed to a VBAC at home (HBAC). She poured herself into preparation - mobilising her scar, tending to her mindset, building a strong support team, and learning to trust herself as the decision-maker in her birth space. What followed was a slow, two-day labour with a posterior baby that reshaped her beliefs about birth, her body, and her own strength. Her third birth - and longest pregnancy - came on quickly and intensified fast. Together, Mia’s three contrasting births form a powerful testament to healing, self-advocacy, and the transformation that comes from doing the inner work. Show Notes:  Instagram: @miabriski Midwives: @midwifejohunter @central.coast.homebirth Books: The Business of Being Born Explore Mia's Birth Coaching Offerings HERE. 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

    1h 14m

  7. 08/09/2025

    S6 EP182: Chloe Poturalski: Infinite Creators / Sovereign Pregnancy and Unassisted Birth in Mexico / 5 Years of Preparation / Mindset Preparation / Trust, Mindset & Birth at 42 Weeks

    This week on the show I’m joined by Chloe, a first-time mama whose birth story is a powerful testament to preparation, trust, and the mind-body connection. Long before conception, Chloe immersed herself in years of deep research and learning - equipping herself with the knowledge and confidence to choose an unassisted birth at her grandmother’s home in Mexico, guided by a vision she’d received during a plant medicine ceremony. Throughout her pregnancy, she committed to mindset work and mental rehearsal, allowing her to enter birth already familiar with what her body would experience. However, when she reached 42 weeks, the waiting began to wear on her - caught between the calm she had cultivated and the pressure to act. Yet even in the messiness of that final stretch, she found her way back into alignment. Chloe’s story is a powerful reflection of what becomes possible when birth is reclaimed as a conscious rite of passage - prepared for with intention and grounded in trust. Show Notes: Instagram: @infinite.creators Chloe's Podcast: Infinte Creators Books: Portal by Yolanda Norris-Clark Chloe’s Sovereign Pregnancy & Birth eBook HERE. 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

    1h 24m

  8. 08/02/2025

    S6 EP181: Phoebe Snow Leo: Surprise Breech Freebirth / Prodromal Labour at 42 Weeks / Emotional Surrender / Breathing Delay

    This week on the show, I welcome back Phoebe as she takes us inside the powerful story of her third birth. After a hospital birth that left her emotionally shaken, and a second birth that brought deep, village-supported healing, Phoebe’s journey with her third pregnancy asked something different of her: a full-bodied surrende Despite preparing consciously on every level, Phoebe found herself caught in the swirl of expectation and a subconscious need to control how and when her baby would arrive. But birth, as it always does, had other plans What unfolded was a slow, sacred unravelling - a lesson in letting go. From prodromal labour that dragged on for days, to mounting external pressure, and a final quiet moment of surrender in the bath, this story beautifully captures the truth that often, the only way through is to release the reins and trust the unfolding. Her son’s surprise breech freebirth at home became a moment of deep remembrance - that birth cannot be managed, only met. Show Notes: Instagram: @djphoebesnowflow Listen to Phoebe's previous birth stories HERE. S3 EP92: Phoebe Snow Leo - Hospital Birth / Interventions / Homebirth ✨ If this episode moved you, share it with a friend, subscribe, or leave a review - it means the world. Disclaimer: The views shared in this podcast are personal stories and not medical advice. Always consult your care provider for guidance specific to your journey. 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

    1h 36m
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A heartfelt Australian podcast sharing real, empowering birth stories to inspire, educate, and heal. Created with love by Skye, a Brisbane mum devoted to normalising the beauty of physiological birth, each episode brings honest stories and guidance from mothers, partners, and birth professionals. Deep, meaningful conversations to help you reconnect with your intuition, trust your body, and remember the innate wisdom of birth, passed down through the ancient art of storytelling. Find us on Instagram: @positivebirthaustralia

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  • Creator
    Skye Waters
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2026
  • Episodes
    188
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Skye Waters
  • Show Website
    Positive Birth Australia

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