Keep Birth Wild

07/12/2021

In this episode Jess shares the stories of her two births. Both of her pregnancies were unplanned but very lovingly received. Her daughter was born in hospital, and although the birth was relatively straight forward, Jess describes the experience as traumatic and a catalyst for choosing a very diffe...

04/11/2021

Martina is a Mum of 3 crazy, fun, loving and uber cheeky kids! She is a midwife, runs Calmbirth courses, and has just completed her IBCLC certification. She offers her full spectrum services through her business, Hey Baby! Birth & Breastfeeding Support. In this episode Martina shares the stories of....

26/10/2021

Janelle and her husband are farmers, growing avocados, beef cattle and a market garden. She is religious and after many years of feeling that she may not want children, she left the decision to start a family to God, and conceived not long after. In this episode she shares the story of her pregnancy...

19/10/2021

Jana Woodhouse is a Melbourne based homebirth, newborn and maternity photographer. Her work captures the beauty of birth and pregnancy and the magic of fresh babies earth side. In this episode Jana shares the stories of her own three births. Her first birth experience was through the caseload midwif...

10/10/2021

In today’s episode Sarah is sharing the story of her son Henry’s birth. Sarah was under the care of a midwife through the CMP at the King Edward Memorial Hospital in Perth. She had a fairly straight forward pregnancy and birth where she used the Hypnobirthing techniques, but some extra challenge...

09/10/2021

Julie is a herbalist by trade, a homebirther, a feminist, a doula, a self proclaimed ‘non-vaxxer’, and a devout Christian who has found her way out of a fundamentalist faith. In this episode she joins me to share her observations about the roots of conspiracy theories and deliberate coronavirus ...

03/10/2021

Julie Bell is a mother of four, a doula, herbalist, Christian, feminist, and the creative genius behind Blissful Herbs. In this episode Julie shares the births of her four children. She conceived for the first time while living in Hong Kong and working in foreign aid, and ended up giving birth in he...

01/08/2021

SHARE YOUR BIRTH STORY!

Hello lovely birthing people, birth workers and homebirth folk!

We am taking submissions for Season 2 of Keep Birth Wild podcast and would love to hear from you if you have a birth story to share.

Keep Birth Wild podcast believes that all birthing people should have easy, affordable and safe access to a range of care options including homebirth. Storytelling is a powerful way of developing our understanding of how the same maternity care system is experienced differently based on intersecting identity factors such as gender, race, religion, ability, language, trauma, etc.

In the next season we are looking to hear from a diverse range of birthers and ensure that space is held for marginalised voices.

Everyone is invited to follow this link to submit your story.
https://www.keepbirthwild.com.au

Homebirth parents sharing their stories of pregnancy, birth and postpartum. The Keep Birth Wild podcast acknowledges the Wurundjeri people as the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the land, sky and waters on which this project is produced, and we pay respect to Elders; past, present. We extend ...

08/03/2021

In this episode Rachel shares the story of her son Patricks birth. Rachel had a really straight forward conception and pregnancy and shares some special moments from that time, including when she discovered that she was pregnant and told her very clucky partner Liam that he was finally going to be a...

02/03/2021

In this episode Ashley shares the birth stories of her two children Zoe and Piper. During her first pregnancy Ashley put a lot of thought into what she would like her birth to look like and after attending a Calmbirth course, planned an unmedicated and low intervention hospital birth. Zoe’s labour...

23/02/2021

In this episode Kirsty aka The Zen Birthkeeper shares the birth stories of her two children Sophyr and Rio. Growing up, Kirsty never wanted to have children, but within a couple of months of meeting her partner she had had a change of heart and Sophyr was conceived soon after. Kirsty birthed both of...

14/02/2021

In this episode I chatting with Lulu, who shares the story of her first daughter Ayla’s birth. Lulu shares a gorgeous tale of Ayla’s conception and the moment that she found at that she was finally pregnant. She went through quite a few different models of care, before finally deciding at 38 wee...

06/02/2021

In this episode Leah shares the story of her first baby Sonny’s birth. Leah had one earlier pregnancy which she chose to terminate. Her pregnancy with Sonny was another surprise, but a joyful and much wanted one this time around. Leah is a midwife herself, so she shares a little about her work, wh...

28/01/2021

In this episode I am chatting to Nina about the birth of her daughter Sunday. Nina had one pregnancy prior to Sunday’s which she chose to terminate, and then went on to have some fertility challenges when trying to conceive again. Once she did fall pregnant, she was planning to birth in hospital b...

03/01/2021

In this episode I’m speaking to Kate AKA The Mama’s Alchemist about the early loss of her first pregnancy, and then the pregnancy and birth of her little baby Arva. Kate is a registered midwife and Chinese medicine practitioner herself so brings all that knowledge and experience to her reflectio...

26/12/2020

In this episode Michelle shares the story of her pregnancy, birth and breastfeeding journey with her son Ollie. Michelle has polycystic ovarian syndrome, or PCOS and having been told that she may find it difficult to conceive, she was quite surprised when she fell pregnant really quickly. Michelle.....

20/12/2020

In this episode I am speaking to Maggie Storm. Maggie describes herself as a birth keeper and postpartum doula supporting and advocating for raw, embodied, intuitive birth. Her offerings are centred around deeply acknowledging pregnancy, birth and the postpartum period as a transformational time tha...

10/12/2020

In this episode I speak to Bethany about the births of her two boys. Her first pregnancy was low risk and she opted to be cared for at her local birth centre. She went on to have a straight forward birth with some complications afterwards, but in general describes her birth and postpartum as easier....

04/12/2020

In this episode I’m speaking to Elysia about the birth of her son Finley. Finley was just 4 weeks old when I recorded this interview and 5 weeks old now, and it was so special to speak to such a fresh mama! Elysia has a history of disordered eating and negative body image and she speaks very hones...

26/11/2020

In this episode Alice shares the story of her daughter Luna’s birth. Alice is a midwife and Calmbirth instructor herself and we talk about how that experience informed her choice of care provider and place of birth. She also speaks to what she learned from private home birth midwifes that challeng...

19/11/2020

In this episode Victoria shares the pregnancies and births of her two children Ezra and Lumi. Ezra was an induced va**nal birth in hospital. Although it was the intervention free birth she was hoping for, she was still a bit disappointed in the care she received and planned to go ahead with a home b...

12/11/2020

In this episode I have the pleasure of speaking to Kathryn about the births of her two children.

Kathryn lives and birthed her babies at home in Ireland. We talk a lot about the differences and similarities in maternity care and how social and hospital systems work against people who choose to homebirth, and ultimately even more so against those who birth in hospital and experience unacceptable rates of intervention and birth trauma.

Kathryn shares beautifully how she navigated birth and family trauma handed down through her family, and what she identifies as a phobia of pregnancy and birth, to achieve two positive, pain and injury free homebirths.

Kathryn is a social ecologist and director at The Change Agency, and you can find her at https://www.thechangeagency.ie/.

In this episode I have the pleasure of speaking to Kathryn about the births of her two children. Kathryn lives and birthed her babies at home in Ireland. We talk a lot about the differences and similarities in maternity care and how social and hospital systems work against people who choose to homeb...

05/11/2020

In this episode I am chatting to Lyss about the births of her two sons Ryan and Ruben. In her first pregnancy Lyss planned a hospital birth, which ended up in a stressful instrumental delivery with a long recovery. In between her two pregnancies she made friends with a midwife, and was lined up for....

29/10/2020

In this episode Carla shares the stories of two pregnancies and births. She planned to birth both of her babies at home, however with her first her midwife had her transfer due to failure to progress, and she had a va**nal delivery in hospital. Carla had a miscarriage before she went on to conceive....

22/10/2020

In this episode Chelsea shares the pregnancies and births of her two children Frankie and Myles.

She suffered from hyperemesis gravidarum in her first pregnancy and also developed antenatal depression, so she shares a really raw account of how her expectations of pregnancy and postpartum were shattered, and her long road to recovery through her work as a spiral practitioner.

Chelsea’s waters broke at 37 weeks, and she went on to have a fast induced birth in hospital. Frankie needed help breathing at birth so it was a few hours before Chelsea was able to be reunited with her, and she didn’t feel the initial love and bonding that she was expecting, and went on to experience further depression over the following months.

Following Frankie’s birth, Chelsea was really scared to have another baby. She had one pregnancy which miscarried, and then went on to conceive Myles.

Myle’s birth was initially going to be in hospital, but after separating from her husband when she was 30 weeks pregnant, and then Covid restrictions limiting her birth support, Chelsea had an overwhelming desire to birth at home and was able to crowdfund enough money to cover a midwife. She went on to have a beautiful healing birth at home with Myles.

You can find Chelsea on instagram and more photos of her birth and family here https://www.keepbirthwild.com.au/

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15/10/2020

At the time of Jim’s conception, Sophie and her family had just relocated to a remote community in North East Arnhem Land, NT. Due to her previous caesarean births, the local hospital would not let her attempt a va**nal birth. She considered other options such as flying to Darwin or Melbourne for ...

08/10/2020

In this episode Sophie shares the births of her first two sons Bernie and Oscar.

Sophie fell pregnant unexpectedly when she was 21 and had a stressful pregnancy juggling study and tricky living situation. She planned a homebirth with her private midwife and doula. Sophie ended up developing preeclampsia at 42 weeks and 3 days and after a long slow induction in hospital Bernie was born via Caesarean section.

From his very first moments earth side Bernie was an extremely unsettled baby. He screamed for hours and hours of the day and only slept for periods of up to 20 minutes at once - even all through the night! Being a first time mum, Sophie thought this was normal and struggled through years of extreme sleep deprivation.

When Sophie was 10 months postpartum she fell pregnant again, with her second son Oscar. She planned a home vbac with her midwife and doula. After 3 days of labouring at home, Sophie transferred to hospital, exhausted, for another caesarean.

In this episode Sophie shares vulnerably about the hardest times during postpartum, and her ongoing disappointment and grief at having not experienced a va**nal birth.

In the next episode Sophie shares the story of her triumphant va**na birth after caesarean, at home!

In this episode Sophie shares the births of her first two sons Bernie and Oscar. Sophie fell pregnant unexpectedly when she was 21 and had a stressful pregnancy juggling study and tricky living situation. She planned a homebirth with her private midwife and doula. Sophie ended up developing preeclam...

08/10/2020

02/10/2020

Mary describes herself as a birth keeper, educator, mentor and facilitator of childbearing wisdom. In today’s episode Mary shares the births of her two children.

She briefly speaks about the birth of her son in hospital where she was induced and experienced complications and birth trauma, then tells the story of how she went on to have a beautiful homebirth with her daughter, surrounded by her family and friends.

In this episode we also discuss some of the amazing work she is doing in the birth world with different organisations within Australia and internationally, and I have included links to her website where you can find out more about her offerings, and also find links to all of the organisations mentioned in this episode.

In today’s episode I am speaking to Mary about the births of her two children. Mary briefly speaks about the birth of her son in hospital where she was induced and experienced complications and birth trauma. She then went on to have a beautiful home birth with her daughter surrounded by her family...

18/09/2020

Jess shares the story of her first pregnancy, and how she delivered her son at home into the water. Her son Ned was born with his head in quite a difficult position, almost brow presentation, and Jess shares the final moments of his arrival into the world with such beautiful love and attention to detail.

This is such an empowering birth story and I hope you enjoy hearing it as much as I have!

Jess shares the story of her first pregnancy, and how she delivered her son at home into the water. Her son Ned was born with his head in quite a difficult position, almost brow presentation, and Jess shares the final moments of his arrival into the world with such beautiful love and attention to de...