Nurturing Birth Doula Podcast

Sophie Brigstocke

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Nurturing Birth Doula Podcast

Sophie Brigstocke, Nurturing Birth Director and Doula Course Facilitator, explores the role of the doula as well as many of the myths surrounding doulas by chatting with members of the international Nurturing Birth doula community.

EPISODE 1

What I wish people knew about antenatal education with Erin Fung

In this first episode of the second season Sophie chats with Erin Fung of Better Birth UK, an Antenatal and Hypnobirthing educator based in SE England, with a popular Instagram account @betterbirthuk and podcast, The Better Birth Podcast. They talk about Erin's reason for stepping into this all-important work, her first experience of birth and the long-term emotional, physical and mental side effects. They discuss how important educating yourself for birth is - that knowledge is power, and knowing what and how to ask makes such a difference. They discuss communication with children and young people about birth and sex, and how the media can be so detrimental. For more information contact Sophie on @nurturing_birth on Instagram or Erin on @betterbirthuk. If you have any feedback or suggestions for the Nurturing Birth podcast then do reach out to us at info@nurturingbirth.co.uk

44 min
EPISODE 2

What we wish people knew about neurodivergent birth with Sam Sheppard and Victoria White

Sophie chats with Nurturing Birth Lead Course Facilitator, Sam Sheppard, and Nurturing Birth Mentor, Victoria White, about Neurodivergent Birth, what prompted them to set up their new business and what those working in the perinatal world need to consider when supporting people who are neurodivergent, considering many different aspects of neurodiversity e.g ASD, ADHD or anxiety. They explore what it means to be doula course providers and mentors to those who are neurodivergent, what we integrate into our courses and how we aim to be as supportive as possible to all those wanting to take a doula training. To find out more about Neurodivergent Birth follow @neurodivergentbirth and do sign up to one of their workshops

44 min
EPISODE 3

What I wish people knew about flourishing as a midwife with Kate Greenstock

Sophie talks to former doula, now midwife Kate Greenstock, author of a new book, Flourish. Kate shares her journey to midwifery from doulaing and discusses the challenges midwives face in the current maternity system. Using her coaching skills Kate talks about how she has identified "Mega Mountains" that midwives can overcome with practical and emotional support. To find out more about Flourish visit www.flourishformidwives.com or email kate@flourishformidwives.com

57 min
EPISODE 4

What I wish people knew about Hypnobirthing with Liz Stanford

Sophie chats with Calm Birth School owner Liz Stanford, who has recently co-written the revised version of The Calm Birth Method with Suzy Ashworth. They discuss what Hypnobirthing is and explore a number of the myths around the technique. To follow Liz go to @thecalmbirthschool on Instagram, or www.thecalmbirthschool.com

34 min
EPISODE 5

What I wish people knew about becoming a doula with Sarah Sayer

Sophie chats with Nurturing Birth Facilitator, Mentor and Doula Sarah Sayer about her journey as a doula, especially in an area that had no doulas when she started. They chat about Nurturing Birth doula courses and the stories that so frequently come up around what people think they should have done/experienced or know before they step into doula shoes. To follow Sarah on Instagram go to @sarahsayerbirthgeek or follow us on Nurturing Birth to see more of her in action on the courses - @nurturing_birth

41 min
EPISODE 6

What I wish people knew about infant feeding with Dee Bell

Sophie chats with Midwife and Lactation Consultant Dee Bell, who runs the Infant Feeding Academy. They discuss supporting families before, during and after birth when it comes to infant feeding. They talk about biological norms and optimising the breastfeeding process if that is what new parents choose to do. They discuss problem solving and how to best support new parents. Dee dispels some of the myths surrounding infant feeding support. To find out more about Dee and the Infant Feeding Academy follow her on Instagram at @infantfeedingacademy

38 min
EPISODE 7

What I wish people knew about grandparents with Booney Smith

Sophie chats with Booney Smith, a doula of almost twenty years and Nurturing Birth mentor, who became a grandmother for the first time during the pandemic. She shares her thoughts on supporting grandparents when working as a doula. Together they explore some of the challenges facing new parents around extended family. To find out more about Booney visit the Nurturing Birth Mentors page www.nurturingbirth.co.uk/mentors

41 min
EPISODE 8

What I wish teenagers knew about birth and parenting with Emily Brigstocke

Sophie chats with her own daughter, 18 year old Emily, about being the child of a doula and what growing up around the birth world has been like. Emily discusses her attitude to pregnancy, birth and parenting, how she would prepare for birth and the stories she hears from her peers. They discuss the media perception of birth, how much fear there is, the parallels with mental health and how poor sex education is in the UK. Emily is a young playwright and actress taking her first play to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in August 2023 - to follow her progress visit Instagram on @here_you_come_again_official

36 min
EPISODE 9

What I wish people knew about parenting after child loss with Dr Sarah Madigan

Sophie chats with Dr Sarah Madigan, Clinical Psychologist and Transformational Coach, about the grief of child loss and her subsequent pregnancy, birth and parenting experience. Together they explore the fear people have about grief, how to support families who experience loss and what is possible beyond grief. Sarah shares how much she wishes she had had a doula with her during and after her births. To find out more about Sarah visit https://www.instagram.com/drsarahmadigan/ or https://www.drsarahmadigan.com

46 min
EPISODE 10

What we wish people knew about surrogacy, with Helen and Rena

Sophie is joined by new Mum Helen Trenchard and her surrogate, Rena Miras-Pye, who gave birth to baby Robin just 20 weeks ago. Together, in this special episode, they discuss surrogacy, how Helen and Dan had to let go of the notion of "shitty option B" after 9 years of a challenging fertility journey, and the process the team went through to get to know one another and make that all-important decision to move forwards and try to conceive. They share openly the entire journey from meeting through to the birth of Robin and a continuing, deep and very special friendship. For more information about surrogacy in the UK visit www.surrogacyuk.org or follow on Insta @surrogacyukorg

1h 9m

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Sophie Brigstocke, Nurturing Birth Director and Doula Course Facilitator, explores the role of the doula as well as many of the myths surrounding doulas by chatting with members of the international Nurturing Birth doula community.

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