VBAC Homebirth Stories Podcast
By Ashley Winning
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Episodes: 179
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✨ Unfiltered, unapologetic, and deeply inspiring VBAC homebirth stories.
If you're a mama seeking VBAC homebirth inspiration, you’re in the right place! Hosted by Ashley Winning, a Homebirth Educator, Doula, and HBA2C mama, this podcast shares raw, real birth stories from women who reclaimed their power and birthed on their terms.
Listen for powerful stories, expert insights, and encouragement to help you trust your body, navigate challenges, and births on your terms, your way.
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⚠️ Disclaimer: This podcast is for educational purposes only and does not replace medical advice.
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EP179 | What I've Learned From Listening to Hundreds of Birth Stories
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Jul 01, 2026 |
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EP178 | Mel-VBA2C After Classical Caesarean Homebirth Transfer Story
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Jun 16, 2026 |
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EP177 | Barbara – Surprise Breech Homebirth After Breech Caesarean
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Jun 02, 2026 |
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EP176 | My Pregnancy Loss Journey – Grief, Intuition & Holding Hope
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May 05, 2026 |
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EP175 | What If My VBAC Fails?
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Apr 22, 2026 |
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EP174 | Margarite – Rural Freebirth after Two Caesareans, Miscarriages, Twins - Part 2
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Mar 31, 2026 |
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EP173 | Margarite – Rural Freebirth after Two Caesareans, Miscarriages, Twins - choosing homebirth at 39 weeks
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Mar 24, 2026 |
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EP172 | Kelsey’s HBAC After Pre-eclampsia, a 40+ Hour Labour - Vaginal birth, C-Section, HBAC
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Dec 02, 2025 |
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EP171 | Finding a Midwife in Australia for your HBAC
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Oct 01, 2025 |
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EP170 | Tiffanie’s Story from Preeclampsia to Freebirth (HBAC)
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Aug 27, 2025 |
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EP169 | Healing Home Birth After Two C-Sections Kelsey’s HBA2C in Wisconsin
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Jul 29, 2025 |
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EP168 | Long Labours: How to Prepare Your Mind for the Marathon of Birth
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Jul 16, 2025 |
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EP167 | How To Set Up A Birth Pool
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Jul 01, 2025 |
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EP166 | Celebrating 5 Years of the Podcast! Behind the Scenes and Special News!
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Jun 25, 2025 |
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EP165 | Dr K – The High-Risk OBGYN Who Champions a Woman’s Right to Birth on Her Own Terms
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Jun 12, 2025 |
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EP164 | When the Midwife Becomes the Mother – She Planned a Homebirth Twice, Here’s What Changed
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Jun 04, 2025 |
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EP163 | Ana’s Midwife-Supported HBAC in Portugal: Reclaiming Birth After Breech Caesarean
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May 27, 2025 |
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EP162 | If It’s Not a Hell Yes, It’s a Hell No: Lizzy’s Second VBAC, First Freebirth Story
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May 22, 2025 |
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EP161 | Yoga for Homebirth: Beyond the Mat with Claire Holloway
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May 14, 2025 |
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EP160 | The Truth About the Fourth Trimester—What No One Tells You with TEDx Speaker Sonal Patal
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Apr 29, 2025 |
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EP159 | Four wildly different births. This birth story will shift how you see labour forever
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Apr 23, 2025 |
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EP158 | Beware of the Medical Cartel with Billie Harrigan
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Apr 08, 2025 |
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EP157 | Plus Size Pregnancy & Birth: Busting Myths
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Apr 01, 2025 |
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EP156 | She trusted her body and it led to a surprise breech HBAC at 39. Emilie’s birth story is pure magic!
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Mar 19, 2025 |
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EP155 | High blood pressure. Pre-eclampsia. Medical pushback. Nothing could stop Sarah from having the home birth she knew was possible.
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Mar 12, 2025 |
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EP154: No midwives. No hospitals. Just pure trust. Victoria’s powerful unassisted home birth in rural Broome will leave you in awe!
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Mar 04, 2025 |
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EP153 | Type 1 diabetes didn’t stop her. Two C-Sections Didn’t Define her. Lise’s HBA2C
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Feb 25, 2025 |
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EP152 | Reclaiming Women’s Wisdom with Jane Hardwicke Collings
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Feb 19, 2025 |
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EP151 | The Freebirth Witch-Hunt: What the ABC is Missing (Part Two)
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Dec 24, 2024 |
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EP150 | The Freebirth Witch-Hunt: What the ABC is Missing - Part 1
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Dec 18, 2024 |
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EP149 | Mastering Your Circle of Control - The Art of Letting Go
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Dec 11, 2024 |
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EP148 | The Forgotten Women: VBAC Homebirth and the Fight for Support
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Nov 27, 2024 |
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EP147 | Rhea Dempsey: A Conversation on VBAC Homebirths, Confidence, and the Power of Birth
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Nov 20, 2024 |
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EP146 | 36th Homebirth Conference take aways and overview
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Nov 14, 2024 |
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EP145 | Carissa - FBA2C, long labours, uterine fibroids, chorioamnionitis
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Nov 06, 2024 |
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EP144 | Musing on Birth: The Future of Birthing in an Unnatural World
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Oct 30, 2024 |
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EP143 | Advocate in Action: Birth Partner Support
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Oct 22, 2024 |
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EP142 | Brooke -Navigating Long Labours, HBAC with supportive birth team
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Oct 02, 2024 |
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EP141 | Preparing for a VBAC Homebirth: Practical Steps for Your Best Birth
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Sep 25, 2024 |
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EP140 | Postpartum Recovery after VBAC Homebirth
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Sep 17, 2024 |
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EP139: Keep Homebirth an Option for VBAC Homebirth Women!
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Sep 12, 2024 |
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EP138 | Ashley: Breech HBA2C
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Sep 04, 2024 |
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EP137 | Interview with Amanda and Eleanor: Co-Creators of Born at Home Film
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Aug 21, 2024 |
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EP136 | Four Years In: A Milestone Celebration 🎉🎉🎉
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Aug 13, 2024 |
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EP135 | Brittany HBAC
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Aug 06, 2024 |
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EP134 | Jess - Canada 2HBAC + PCOS
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Jul 30, 2024 |
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EP133 | VBAC Birth - A call to action for women's birth rights
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Jul 23, 2024 |
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EP132 | Ella’s FBAC Story
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Jul 16, 2024 |
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EP131 | Emily - HBAC after birth trauma
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Jul 09, 2024 |
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EP130 | Chentelle - FBAC Wild Pregnancy and Birth + 4.4 kg babe
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Jul 02, 2024 |
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EP129 | Elke HBAC Rural
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Jun 25, 2024 |
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EP128 | Dr Stu - Homebirth, VBAC Success, and Challenging Medical Norms
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Jun 18, 2024 |
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EP127 | Help, my husband won't let me have a homebirth/freebirth
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Jun 11, 2024 |
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EP126 | Early signs of labour
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Jun 04, 2024 |
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EP125 | Early Pushing
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May 29, 2024 |
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EP124 | Unplanned unassisted birth preparation
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May 24, 2024 |
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EP123 | Katelyn - HBAC turned C-section transfer
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May 07, 2024 |
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EP122 | Birth Mapping with Catherine Bell
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May 01, 2024 |
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EP121 | Building your community (Happy Valentines Day!!)
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Feb 14, 2024 |
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EP120 | Christy - 7 Caesarean Births & 3 HBA7C
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Feb 07, 2024 |
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EP119 | Obstetric Violence & Birth Trauma with Hazel Keedle
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Feb 01, 2024 |
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EP118 | Welcome back! And exciting new things coming in 2024
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Jan 16, 2024 |
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EP117 | What's to come soon + Taking a shortish podcast break
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Nov 02, 2023 |
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EP116 | Same sex relationship + planned birth centre birth turned unplanned freebirth
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Oct 26, 2023 |
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EP115 | It takes a village to raise a homebirth mother
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Oct 18, 2023 |
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EP114 | Tune into your Intuition
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Oct 10, 2023 |
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EP113 | Birth Positions for your VBAC Homebirth
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Oct 03, 2023 |
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EP112 | Open Conversations & Expectations with your Birth Team
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Sep 28, 2023 |
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EP111 | Dr Rebecca Ray - Setting Boundaries & Difficult People
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Sep 20, 2023 |
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EP110 | Julz - Beautiful, Supported Rural HBAC
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Sep 13, 2023 |
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EP109 | People pleasing can sabotage your homebirth experience
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Sep 05, 2023 |
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EP108 | How to handle the pain of birth
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Aug 31, 2023 |
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EP107 | Is the position of your baby really that important?
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Aug 22, 2023 |
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EP106 | How to Prepare For a Freebirth
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Aug 16, 2023 |
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EP105 | Dania Foster - How Naturopathy & Herbs can support you in homebirth
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Aug 08, 2023 |
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EP104 | VBAC Mentor - Lizzie Carroll - FBA2C & Anti D
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Aug 03, 2023 |
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EP103 | Kaylee - Part 2 - Wild pregnancy, 6 - days of labour, born in a field off grid
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Jul 18, 2023 |
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EP102 | Kaylee - Wild pregnancy, 6 - days of labour, born in a field off grid
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Jul 11, 2023 |
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EP101 | Rewriting the Narrative: Overcoming The Fear of Homebirth
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Jul 05, 2023 |
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EP100 | Reflecting on 100 Episodes: Lessons Learned, Memorable Moments, and Listener Stories
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Jun 14, 2023 |
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EP99 | Vaginal Examinations in Homebirth
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Jun 07, 2023 |
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EP98 | Posterior Birth
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Jun 01, 2023 |
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EP97 | Briana - Freebirth after Classical Scar (baby loss at 20 weeks) Rainbow Baby
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May 24, 2023 |
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EP96 | Get Better Support in Your Homebirth
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May 10, 2023 |
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EP95 | How to survive the last weeks of pregnancy
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Apr 26, 2023 |
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EP94 | Practical tips for cultivating a calm mindset
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Apr 18, 2023 |
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EP93 | Natural Induction Methods
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Apr 12, 2023 |
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EP92 | Claire- HBAC Type 1 diabetes & shoulder dystocia
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Apr 04, 2023 |
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EP91 | The benefits of homebirth
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Mar 28, 2023 |
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EP90 | Preparing children for Homebirth
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Mar 21, 2023 |
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EP89 | Surviving Transition – Going From One Child To Two
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Mar 14, 2023 |
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EP88 | Lizzie - Planned HBAC transfer in labour hospital VBAC
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Mar 07, 2023 |
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EP87 | Creating a safe circle of support for your VBAC Homebirth
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Feb 28, 2023 |
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EP86 | Connecting with your Intuition
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Feb 21, 2023 |
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EP85 | Letting go of control & learning to surrender
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Feb 15, 2023 |
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EP84 | My past is affecting my ability to find the support that I crave this pregnancy
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Feb 08, 2023 |
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EP83 | VBAC Statistics with Meagan from The VBAC Link
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Feb 01, 2023 |
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EP82 | Freebirth after two caesareans - changed birth plan at 35 weeks from planned midwife assisted birth to freebirth
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Jan 24, 2023 |
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EP81 | Will my baby die if I rupture?
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Jan 18, 2023 |
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EP80 | Big babies
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Dec 14, 2022 |
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EP79 | Statistics
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Dec 06, 2022 |
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EP78 | Dayan - accidental freebirth + reversed type 2 diabetes during the pandemic
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Nov 29, 2022 |
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EP77 | The power of language & how it can transform your homebirth
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Nov 23, 2022 |
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EP76 | The Placebo effect
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Nov 08, 2022 |
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EP75 | It's my two-year hba2c birthing day anniversary!
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Nov 04, 2022 |
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EP74 | Confidence - having self belief & trust
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Nov 01, 2022 |
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EP73 | (Part 2) Sarah - Homebirth after two caesareans, special scar + birthing through pain
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Oct 25, 2022 |
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EP72 | (Part 1) Sarah - Homebirth after two caesareans, special scar + birthing through pain
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Oct 19, 2022 |
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EP71 | The pushing stage
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Oct 11, 2022 |
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EP70 | Plus size & obesity
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Oct 05, 2022 |
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EP69 | Avoid burn out in pregnancy
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Sep 27, 2022 |
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EP68 | Why you don't have to focus on the mechanics of birth
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Sep 21, 2022 |
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EP67 | Sarah - Mindset overhaul, small babies, 3 planned homebirths, HBA2C + Special Scar
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Sep 13, 2022 |
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EP66 | A sneak peek to working with Ashley
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Sep 07, 2022 |
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EP65 | Birth Trauma with Guest Pippa
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Aug 31, 2022 |
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EP64 | What is Birth Debriefing
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Aug 23, 2022 |
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EP63 | What to do when your birth doesn't go to plan
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Aug 16, 2022 |
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EP62 | Perfect Birth
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Aug 11, 2022 |
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EP61 | Planning your positive homebirth space with Guest Janet from Birthplace
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Aug 02, 2022 |
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EP60 | Emma - FBA2C planned at 30 weeks. Weight loss surgery, pcos, endometriosis, reversed type 2 diabetes, and absolute warrior woman!
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Jul 27, 2022 |
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EP59 | 10 things to pack in your homebirth transfer bag
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Jul 19, 2022 |
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EP58 | 10 reasons why you should have a birth & transfer plan for your homebirth
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Jul 06, 2022 |
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EP57 | 10 tips from homebirth transfer mums on what they wish they knew before
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Jun 30, 2022 |
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EP56 | Choosing your own adventure
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Jun 21, 2022 |
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EP55 | Emma - 18 days of rupture of membrane before labour began, freebirth - baby born sunny side up
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Jun 14, 2022 |
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EP54| Guest - Kemi Johnson for a chat on birth
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Jun 07, 2022 |
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EP53| It's all in the Self Worth
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May 31, 2022 |
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EP52| Are you a highly sensitive soul? + Why is it important to know if you are!
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May 24, 2022 |
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EP51| All about Special Scars
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May 17, 2022 |
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EP50| Daily morning mindset ritual
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Apr 27, 2022 |
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EP49| Katy - Uterine Rupture vaginal birth in hospital, planned homebirth
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Apr 19, 2022 |
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EP48| Creating & Visualising your dream homebirth
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Apr 12, 2022 |
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EP47| 3 books I recommend for your homebirth
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Apr 05, 2022 |
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EP46| Find the right Doula for your homebirth
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Mar 29, 2022 |
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EP45| Find the right Midwife for your homebirth + Interview questions
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Mar 23, 2022 |
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EP44| Ben - Partner's Story - Three Birth Stories shared by the husband and fathers perspective (Ending in epic, healing Freebirth after 3 surgical births)
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Mar 15, 2022 |
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EP43| How to get your partner to be more supportive in your VBAC Homebirth Pregnancy
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Mar 10, 2022 |
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EP42| How to protect your pregnancy VBAC Homebirth bubble
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Feb 16, 2022 |
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EP41| Signs of Uterine Rupture
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Feb 05, 2022 |
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EP40| Sarah - Epic, healing freebirth after 3 surgical births, long births & small gaps between births
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Nov 30, 2021 |
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EP39| 10 Questions you should ask to yourself: a preparation to deciding on whether VBAC freebirth is right for you
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Nov 16, 2021 |
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EP38| What is Freebirth?
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Nov 02, 2021 |
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EP37| 5 Ways to avoid vaginal tearing in your VBAC Homebirth
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Oct 19, 2021 |
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EP36| Katherine - A Catholic healing high-risk HBAC after traumatic emergency caesarean
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Oct 05, 2021 |
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EP35| 5 Ways you can get birth knowledge & support in your VBAC Homebirth Journey
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Sep 21, 2021 |
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EP34| Jamie - FBA2C, third time's a charm!
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Sep 08, 2021 |
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EP33| Tahlia - Mother-led Pregnancy & Intuitive Freebirth
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Aug 24, 2021 |
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EP32| Spirit Babies - the babies of the universe waiting to be born
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Jul 07, 2021 |
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EP31| What supplies do you need for your VBAC Freebirth?
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Jun 22, 2021 |
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EP30| Guest Interview - Dr Sarah Buckley
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Jun 09, 2021 |
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EP29| Ellie - 5.75kg HBAC Rural location
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May 25, 2021 |
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EP28| Lisa - Inverted T Special Scar HBAC
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May 13, 2021 |
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EP27| Hayley - 4.2kg Vaginal Footling Breech (planned homebirth with change of plans to hospital birth)
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Apr 28, 2021 |
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EP26| Overcoming Money Mindset Blocks + Understanding why we should invest in ourselves in Motherhood
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Apr 13, 2021 |
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EP25| Ashley - Five months postpartum, breastfeeding, pelvic prolapse, working with trauma, HSP & modern cloth nappies
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Mar 31, 2021 |
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EP24| Rachel - 5.2 kilo homebirth baby, midwife mother, history of PND & big babies
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Mar 16, 2021 |
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EP23| Vanessa - Accidental Homebirth born en caul
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Mar 02, 2021 |
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EP22| Breana - Powerful Homebirth with Amish midwife after classical caesarean section due to pre term birth with preeclampsia
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Feb 16, 2021 |
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EP21| Ashley - Part 4 - A peaceful & calm postpartum - Plan yours today!
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Feb 02, 2021 |
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EP20| Ashley - Part 3 - PPH, retained placenta & hospital healing
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Jan 20, 2021 |
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EP19| Ashley - Part 2 - Plus Size, Freebirth after two C-Sections + Special scar
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Jan 06, 2021 |
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EP18| Ashley - Part 1 Two unnecessary C-Section births due to plus size discrimination & the systems failures
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Dec 01, 2020 |
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EP17| Hazel Keedle - Midwife & VBAC Matters Researcher & VBAC Story
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Oct 29, 2020 |
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EP16| Mothers' Blessings (Blessing Ways) with Ashley
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Oct 13, 2020 |
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EP15| Louise - Birth Centre turned C-Section, Posterior Baby & Positive Homebirth
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Sep 29, 2020 |
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EP14| Alyssa - HBAC Cascade of interventions & 6 hour peaceful waterbirth
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Sep 15, 2020 |
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EP13| Sasha - HBA2C Big Babies & Long labours
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Sep 01, 2020 |
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EP12| Dr Rachel Reed - Instinctive & Physiological Birth
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Aug 18, 2020 |
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EP11| Working through fear with Ashley
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Aug 11, 2020 |
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EP10| Maddie - A 20 hour active labour shower freebirth with immense healing from PTSD
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Aug 05, 2020 |
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EP9| Emma - A two day water hind leak and FER HBAC Waterbirth!
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Jul 28, 2020 |
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EP8| Emerald - A Planned Freebirth HBAC
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Jul 21, 2020 |
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EP7| Melanie the Midwife - Why women choose freebirth for their VBAC
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Jul 14, 2020 |
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EP6| Silka - IUGR, DVT GD, Big Baby and birth trauma to having a healing and calm HBA2C with placenta accreta
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Jul 07, 2020 |
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EP5| 4 Steps to a Positive Mindset for your VBAC Homebirth with Ashley
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Jun 30, 2020 |
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EP4| April - A healing, water birth with a hands-off midwife
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Jun 24, 2020 |
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EP3| Aimee - 2 HBAC with supportive midwife
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Jun 16, 2020 |
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EP2| Kamal - Unplanned, unassisted homebirth (VBAC)
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Jun 16, 2020 |
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EP1| Welcome to the Podcast! Why this Podcast?
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Jun 16, 2020 |