Birth Stories
Lisa’s Fearless Birthing Story
This is the first Fearless Birthing story on the podcast. Lisa who described herself as phobic around birth, shares how she cleared her fears to have an amazing…
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Preparing for Parenthood, with Elly Taylor
Worries around preparing for parenthood can be distracting when it comes to preparing for birth. Parenting expert Elly Taylor explains how to prepare.
Birth Stories
Elsie’s positive VBAC story
Alexia chats with Elsie about her positive VBAC story, the first VBAC story on the podcast.
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Coping with a miscarriage, With Susie Gower
Coping with a miscarriage isn't easy, particularly if you kept your pregnancy secret. In today's podcast I chat to Susie Gower who shares some advice and tools for…
Birth Prep
How to prepare dads for childbirth, with Rachel Gardner
Today's podcast is focused on how to prepare dads for childbirth. I chat to the founder of Doula Daddy, Rachel Gardner about how we can help dads to…
Birth Prep
Pregnancy, birth and motherhood with Kicki Hansard
Today I chat to Kicki Hansard about pregnancy birth and motherhood and her new book The Secrets to Birth. Kicki is a doula and a trainer of doulas…
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Induction and the pressure to induce, with Patti Good
Today's podcast is to help you manage the pressure to induce that most mamas face. I chat to Patti who shares her advice for preparing and staying calm.
Birth Prep
How I dealt with the pressure to be induced
The relentless pressure to be induced can be stressful! My high risk status didn't help but I did it and succeeded in having my natural home birth at…
Mindset
7 ways that behaviour during pregnancy affects your baby
Your baby feels more than you might think. How stress, emotions and behaviour during pregnancy shape your baby – what the research shows, guilt-free.
Due any day
The 4 things I want to say to you if you’re due any day
Due any day and getting twitchy? Why due dates mislead us, how to handle the “any news?” pressure, and how to keep the final days calm – not…