Welcome to the “Anna Asks” podcast, a place for people and parents looking for actual answers to big questions.
From pregnancy to prejudice, parenting to the pandemic, sleep to sexuality to social justice, we’ll be digging into the topics that matter to all of us, whether we like it or not.
This podcast was previously titled “Motherhood Made Magic”.
Anna Cusack is a speaker, mentor, connector, doula and author of “Mama, You're Not Broken: Unmasking the Unspoken Emotions of Modern Motherhood”
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Welcome to the “Anna Asks” podcast, a place for people and parents looking for actual answers to big questions.
From pregnancy to prejudice, parenting to the pandemic, sleep to sexuality to social justice, we’ll be digging into the topics that matter to all of us, whether we like it or not.
This podcast was previously titled “Motherhood Made Magic”.
Anna Cusack is a speaker, mentor, connector, doula and author of “Mama, You're Not Broken: Unmasking the Unspoken Emotions of Modern Motherhood”
S7, Ep6. Ashley Winning - Fatphobia and perceptions of "health" and "risk" in maternity care
Anna Asks
35 minutes 56 seconds
1 year ago
S7, Ep6. Ashley Winning - Fatphobia and perceptions of "health" and "risk" in maternity care
Ashley Winning is a birth and postpartum professional from QLD, Australia. Ashley experienced size-based discrimination in her first two traumatic pregnancy and birth experiences, which led her to dive deeply into the world of physiological birth for her third birth. Again, size-based discrimination struck and she was unable to access the home-based midwifery care she desired. Ashley went on to freebirth her baby and wants others to know this option is available to them too.
The study I refer to regarding rates of uncomplicated pregnancies in obese women is by Relph et al., 2021.
Characteristics associated with uncomplicated pregnancies in women with obesity: a population-based cohort study
The books I recommend at the start of the episode are "Plus Size Pregnancy" by Dr Sara Wickham, and "Birth After Caesarean" by Hazel Keedle, PhD.
You can find Ashley at www.themotherhoodcircle.com.au and as @ashleylwinning on Instagram. Her podcast is The VBAC Homebirth Stories Podcast. Ashley is currently launching a VBAC Membership and running a fabulous giveaway to go along with that launch. You can find out more and join the waitlist at https://ashleywinning.com/vbac-village-waitlist/
Find me at www.annacusack.com.au and as @annacusackpostpartum on Instagram
Anna Asks
Welcome to the “Anna Asks” podcast, a place for people and parents looking for actual answers to big questions.
From pregnancy to prejudice, parenting to the pandemic, sleep to sexuality to social justice, we’ll be digging into the topics that matter to all of us, whether we like it or not.
This podcast was previously titled “Motherhood Made Magic”.
Anna Cusack is a speaker, mentor, connector, doula and author of “Mama, You're Not Broken: Unmasking the Unspoken Emotions of Modern Motherhood”
