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Thanks for tuning into today’s conversation with the incredible Shanice
In this episode we chat all about
✔️discovering she had a uterine septum during laparoscopic surgery for endometriosis and getting that removed before trying to conceiving
✔️her husband working FIFO which made it hard to line up ovulation with his work schedule
✔️going down the path of obstetrician led care as Shanice felt this would be better due to her previous gynecological surgeries
✔️finding out at 19 weeks that her cervix was very short - getting a cervical stitch put in to help prevent premature birth
✔️lifestyle changes Shanice had to make after getting a cervical stitch to support her body through the pregnancy
✔️having her cervical stitch emergency removed at 35+4, a week before it was planned due to having signs of preterm labour
✔️having an extensive 2nd degree tear after birth
✔️finding it difficult in the early postpartum period to sit to feed baby Levi with her tears
✔️traveling around Australia when Levi was a newborn baby in their rooftop tent, the logistics of traveling with a baby and how they made it work
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Follow Shanice on their epic adventures around Australia https://www.instagram.com/yondertravellers/
If you are currently pregnant, thinking of trying for a baby or know someone who is, please check out my FREE YouTube series “I’m pregnant! Now what?” Where I take you through how to navigate the system, how to effectively question and say “no”, what is consent, what models of care are available and so much more, it is available on my YouTube channel @Cuppawithadoula
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Alicia :)
Thanks for tuning into today’s conversation with the amazing Rachel
In this episode we chat all about
✔️trying to conceive and knowing that something wasn’t right - going on letrozol for 6 cycles and only ovulating twice
✔️deciding to go on IVF and deciding between light and regular IVF
✔️collecting 22 eggs from her IVF cycle but having none fertilize due to egg-sp*rm interaction problem
✔️doing IVF rounds using ICSI fertilisation and oocyte activation which gave Rachel the most fertilised embryo
✔️after her last round of IVF and collection, Rachel felt the best she ever had and advocated for a fresh embryo transfer as she felt this was the right way to go
✔️conceiving after almost 18 months of waiting and over a year of going through IVF
✔️being accepted into MGP model of care, doing private hypnobirthing and breastfeeding classes as well as attending hospital birth classes to know the hospital’s policies and what to advocate against!
✔️Rachel felt that she couldn’t have an unmedicated birth as she had trouble to conceive and felt that birth would be difficult
✔️Rachel not believing she was in labour for 2 days when she had regular surges, she kept thinking “this is going to get worse, this may not even be labour!”
✔️not getting sleep for 3 days prior to birth as the surges were worse when Rachel laid down and then after a long prelabour, Rachel’s labour beginning
✔️Rachel being in disbelief after the birth that she had done it without pain relief as she thought the intensity of labour would get worse and there would be a pain where she would be asking for an epidural
✔️Finding great support in the Facebook group IVF Australia
IVF Support Group Australia - Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/105615329563232?locale=fr_FR
If you are currently pregnant, thinking of trying for a baby or know someone who is, please check out my FREE YouTube series “I’m pregnant! Now what?” Where I take you through how to navigate the system, how to effectively question and say “no”, what is consent, what models of care are available and so much more, it is available on my YouTube channel @Cuppawithadoula
To be sure to be notified when a new episode comes out please subscribe to the show on your listening platform. If you would like to support the show, I would really appreciate it if you could leave a 5-star review on your podcast listening platform or Apple podcast.
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This podcast is available on Deezer, Spotify, Apple podcast, most other podcast listening platforms and Youtube
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Thank you for listening and I hope you enjoy this episode!
Alicia :)
Thanks for tuning into today’s conversation with the amazing Ann, all the way from the USA who shares with us the story of her motherhood journey and in particular the birth and death and her baby Elijah who passed away at term due to a small placenta size. Since then, Ann has created an amazing organisation in the USA called measure the placenta, backed by research showing that the detection of small placentas through measuring the placenta during pregnancy could help prevent a large number of stillbirths.
In this episode we chat all about
✔️wanting to be a mum but also working her first 3 pregnancies around her PhD so that she could try and finish it
✔️having very heavy bleeding during her second pregnancy, being told it was likely an impeding miscarriage, despite seeing a heart beat on the ultrasound, but turned out to be a subchorionic haematoma and baby survived
✔️falling pregnant with her 4th baby (thinking this would be her last), everything going well until 39 weeks of pregnancy
✔️being in denial that Elijah could be dead even though Ann hadn’t felt movements for a very long time and Elijah was an active baby
✔️still being in denial during Elijah’s labour, trying to pretend that he would be born alive
✔️birthing her son Elijah, stillborn, and agreeing to do an autopsy and test on his placenta to find out the cause of his death
✔️meeting with the pathologist after reading the report of Elijah’s placenta analysis to find out why Elijah died and being dismissed or not being helped in finding the cause of her son’s death
✔️connecting with Dr Harvey Kliman so he could determine the cause of Elijah’s death, being that Elijah’s size was too big for his small placenta
✔️creating “Measure the placenta” an association trying to create change and get placenta measured in the prenatal period
✔️how measuring the estimated placental volume (EPV) could prevent full term stillbirth and why you should request it at your next ultrasound!
✔️pregnancy after her son’s Elijah’s stillbirth and how she navigated the “most stressful” time of her life
✔️having 63 prenatal appointments during her 5th pregnancy with her rainbow baby
Measure the placenta - https://www.measuretheplacenta.org/
https://www.instagram.com/measuretheplacenta/
If you are currently pregnant, thinking of trying for a baby or know someone who is, please check out my FREE YouTube series “I’m pregnant! Now what?” Where I take you through how to navigate the system, how to effectively question and say “no”, what is consent, what models of care are available and so much more, it is available on my YouTube channel @Cuppawithadoula
To be sure to be notified when a new episode comes out please subscribe to the show on your listening platform. If you would like to support the show, I would really appreciate it if you could leave a 5-star review on your podcast listening platform or Apple podcast.
If you would like to come on the show and tell your own birth story please get in touch through this link here https://forms.gle/YCCP5dMg8bYSXuAYA
This podcast is available on Deezer, Spotify, Apple podcast, most other podcast listening platforms and Youtube
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Thank you for listening and I hope you enjoy this episode!
Alicia :)
Hey hey,
Welcome back to another episode of Cuppa with a pro where I interview professionals that work within the pregnancy, birthing or parenting space to chat about their expertise.
In today’s episode, I am chatting with Shantelle whose little boy Bowie was born at 24 weeks of gestation and spent 8 months in the NICU. Shantelle has already shared her story on the podcast (link below) and agreed to come back to help set a scene for what a NICU stay is like, talk about the language used and what it means, the different machines and more, a must listen if you are facing a NICU stay and want to be as informed as possible. We chatted about
In this episode, Shantelle shares quite a few photos of Bowie, his breathing equipment, what a NICU pod looks like and more so if you want to see those, head over to Youtube or use the link below, search for the channel Cuppa with a doula and you’ll be able to see the wonderful photos that Shantelle shares with us
✔️The NICU being a very warm and humid environment
✔️How the pods in the NICU are organised and why there might be a different number of babies in each room
✔️The ratio of nurse to baby
✔️If able to, trying to say “hi” or engage with other NICU parents as they will understand exactly what you are going through and will be able to relate and really see you
✔️Creating a social circle if able to, planning social events, catch ups and also including the dads or patners who may not be able to access mental health services through the hospital and may feel more isolated than the mum
✔️The mental health impact having a baby in the NICU can have on parents as well as the potential trauma
✔️Milestones for a premie baby
✔️The trauma that never goes away even after baby is home from the NICU and the potential triggers that might bring this trauma back
Cuppa with a doula YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/@cuppawithadoula
Shantelle’s pregnancy, birth of Bowie and NICU stay https://podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/cuppa-with-a-doula/id1663704129?i=1000598084215
Charities mentioned in the episode, most are in Western Australia where Shantelle lives
If you are currently pregnant, thinking of trying for a baby or know someone who is, please check out my FREE YouTube series “I’m pregnant! Now what?” Where I take you through how to navigate the system, how to effectively question and say “no”, what is consent, what models of care are available and so much more, it is available on my YouTube channel @Cuppawithadoula
To be sure to be notified when a new episode comes out please subscribe to the show on your listening platform. If you would like to support the show, I would really appreciate it if you could leave a 5-star review on your podcast listening platform or Apple podcast.
If you would like to come on the show and tell your own birth story please get in touch through this link here https://forms.gle/YCCP5dMg8bYSXuAYA
This podcast is available on Deezer, Spotify, Apple podcast, most other podcast listening platforms and Youtube
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Thank you for listening and I hope you enjoy this episode!
Alicia :)
Thanks for tuning into today’s conversation with the amazing Grace who is a mum to baby North and quite a strong minded woman as you will hear in this interview!
In this episode we chat all about
✔️not knowing what her options are, going to her GP to confirm pregnancy and being told she will do shared care
✔️going to antenatal appointments at public hospitals and feeling so unsupported, not heard or listened to and being very triggered
✔️working hard to prepare for a positive birth by listening to podcasts, doing hypnobirthing, preparing affirmations, moving her body
✔️advocating for herself in hospital and declining interventions as Grace felt informed and confident in her choices
✔️Grace’s partner perfectly finding his role during the birthing, due to doing hypnobirthing and Grace and him talking about his role
✔️Having trouble with breastfeeding from the start: baby not latching properly, Grace was in a lot of pain during feeds, her pain was dismissed by the hospital midwife as “having a low pain threshold”
✔️Seeking help for breastfeeding as Grace knew something wasn’t right
✔️Losing a lot of weight due to breastfeeding a lot and having to bounce baby to sleep
✔️Experiencing postnatal rage, doubts about whether she is a good enough mum
✔️Grace finding her mum’s tribe, having friends who she can say her worst thoughts to and who truly understand and validate her
Australian breastfeeding association - get help with breasfeeding or baby’s latch - https://www.breastfeeding.asn.au/
If you are currently pregnant, thinking of trying for a baby or know someone who is, please check out my FREE YouTube series “I’m pregnant! Now what?” Where I take you through how to navigate the system, how to effectively question and say “no”, what is consent, what models of care are available and so much more, it is available on my YouTube channel @Cuppawithadoula
To be sure to be notified when a new episode comes out please subscribe to the show on your listening platform. If you would like to support the show, I would really appreciate it if you could leave a 5-star review on your podcast listening platform or Apple podcast.
If you would like to come on the show and tell your own birth story please get in touch through this link here https://forms.gle/YCCP5dMg8bYSXuAYA
This podcast is available on Deezer, Spotify, Apple podcast, most other podcast listening platforms and Youtube
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Thank you for listening and I hope you enjoy this episode!
Alicia :)
Thanks for tuning into today’s conversation with the amazing Sarah, who is a special ed teacher, mum to 2 and now an author of her very own book “Little Harvey’s big feelings”, which you will hear more about on the podcast very soon!
In this episode we chat all about
✔️tossing between birthing at a birth centre or having a home birth with a private midwife, based on her sister’s two births and the fact that her sister is a midwife in an MGP program
✔️deciding to birth at the birth centre where her sister works and have her sister as a secondary midwife for the birth
✔️loving doing hypnobirthing, reading Rhea Dempsey’s books, feeling very prepared for birth and being flexible (things didn’t go to plan at all!)
✔️Sarah’s labour beginning at 38+6 (which she wasn’t expecting for another 2 weeks), not being ready, not having food in her house
✔️Having to birth at a different place of birth than what she had planned as the birth centre already had a laboring mum
✔️Embracing the change, embracing the unknown, being happy that things happen the way they did
✔️Having Harvey’s tongue tie released at 6 weeks and being able to breastfeed pain free 2 weeks later, continuing to breastfeed for the next 17 months
✔️falling pregnant a little bit sooner than Sarah has planned but being so excited to embark on a new pregnancy
✔️planning a homebirth with the private midwife who was there for Harvey’s birth (Lynn) and her sister Chris as a secondary midwife
✔️Layla’s birth unfolding so fast that Lynn (primary midwife) didn’t have time to make it and Chris found herself having to somehow fill that gap
If you want to follow Sarah on her instagram https://www.instagram.com/the.rhyming.mum/
If you are currently pregnant, thinking of trying for a baby or know someone who is, please check out my FREE YouTube series “I’m pregnant! Now what?” Where I take you through how to navigate the system, how to effectively question and say “no”, what is consent, what models of care are available and so much more, it is available on my YouTube channel @Cuppawithadoula
To be sure to be notified when a new episode comes out please subscribe to the show on your listening platform. If you would like to support the show, I would really appreciate it if you could leave a 5-star review on your podcast listening platform or Apple podcast.
If you would like to come on the show and tell your own birth story please get in touch through this link here https://forms.gle/YCCP5dMg8bYSXuAYA
This podcast is available on Deezer, Spotify, Apple podcast, most other podcast listening platforms and Youtube
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Thank you for listening and I hope you enjoy this episode!
Alicia :)
Thanks for tuning into today’s conversation with the amazing Kellie, mum to 2 living in Brisbane and who has made it her mission to share motherhood as it is on instagram @naturallykellie_
In this episode we chat all about
✔️falling pregnant first go when trying for their first baby, which Kellie was not expecting at all
✔️interviewing her OB to ensure that they would be supportive of Kellie having an undisturbed birth and be able to birth on her own terms
✔️doing hypnobirthing and how beneficial this was for both herself and husband
✔️finding out she had gestational diabetes without too much more explanation and going into a panic thinking she had done something wrong that would have caused this, only to find out that having hemochromatosis puts her at a higher risk of developing gestational diabetes, regardless of anything else
✔️what having hamochromatosis meant during her pregnancy to check that her iron levels weren’t too high
✔️finding the early postpartum days very hard, being very emotional and crying a lot, but not because she was sad
✔️getting a phone call when baby was a week old to say that it was picked up during heel prick test that baby’s TSH was high, meaning she had hyperthyroidism
✔️falling pregnant with baby 2 on the first try, after “leaving it to the universe” but also deciding to wait a bit longer, not knowing they had already conceived
✔️deciding to do things differently and have a homebirth this time around, her husband being very onboard while Kellie was a bit hesistant initially
✔️only telling selective people in her circle she was having a home birth as she didn’t want people’s negative opinions or fears or didn’t want to answer “what if” questions
✔️having a quicker labour for her second, with her daughter present for the pushing phase and then watching her birth her baby sister’s placenta on the couch
✔️Kellie’s appendix rupturing when she was 6 weeks postpartum, having to manage giving her breastfed baby expressed milk and pumping to keep her supply going
If you want to follow Kellie on her instagram https://www.instagram.com/naturallykellie_/
If you are currently pregnant, thinking of trying for a baby or know someone who is, please check out my FREE YouTube series “I’m pregnant! Now what?” Where I take you through how to navigate the system, how to effectively question and say “no”, what is consent, what models of care are available and so much more, it is available on my YouTube channel @Cuppawithadoula
To be sure to be notified when a new episode comes out please subscribe to the show on your listening platform. If you would like to support the show, I would really appreciate it if you could leave a 5-star review on your podcast listening platform or Apple podcast.
If you would like to come on the show and tell your own birth story please get in touch through this link here https://forms.gle/YCCP5dMg8bYSXuAYA
This podcast is available on Deezer, Spotify, Apple podcast, most other podcast listening platforms and Youtube
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Thank you for listening and I hope you enjoy this episode!
Alicia :)
Hey hey,
Welcome back to another episode of Cuppa with a pro where I interview professionals that work within the pregnancy, birthing or parenting space to chat about their expertise.
Before we dive into the episode, let me introduce you to this week’s sponsor: Executive Alice, taking care of all the behind the scenes of your business so you can do what you do best
Find Steph and get in touch with her here https://www.instagram.com/executive.alice/
In today’s episode, I am chatting with Janelle from “The Wild Orange Tree” who is a women’s health occupational therapist and is passionate about helping mums and mums-to-be transition well into this new sphere that is parenthood and help address any challenges or changes that it comes with!
✔️what is a pelvic health occupational therapist (OT) and how to get access to one through Medicare, private health or private paying
✔️the role of a pelvic health OT, looking into our menstrual cycle, our pelvic floor health, dividing into both the physical and emotional side of motherhood and pregnancy
✔️the very important role oxytocin plays after the birth, during our motherhood experience and what happens when we lack this oxytocin hormone
✔️the uniqueness of motherhood and the support we need all throughout our parenting journey, not just the initial 6 weeks after baby is born
✔️the difference between our western society and other asian and African cultures where motherhood is celebrated, rituals are celebrated, parents are supported every step of the way
✔️motherhood as a rite of passage and what its three phases are
✔️the 5 essential needs we have in postpartum and how community is at the centre of it all
✔️giving yourself permission to evolve as a human being and become a new version of yourself with new beliefs
You can find Janelle here https://thewildorangetree.com.au/
If you are currently pregnant, thinking of trying for a baby or know someone who is, please check out my FREE YouTube series “I’m pregnant! Now what?” Where I take you through how to navigate the system, how to effectively question and say “no”, what is consent, what models of care are available and so much more, it is available on my YouTube channel @Cuppawithadoula
To be sure to be notified when a new episode comes out please subscribe to the show on your listening platform. If you would like to support the show, I would really appreciate it if you could leave a 5-star review on your podcast listening platform or Apple podcast.
If you would like to come on the show and tell your own birth story please get in touch through this link here https://forms.gle/YCCP5dMg8bYSXuAYA
This podcast is available on Deezer, Spotify, Apple podcast, most other podcast listening platforms and Youtube
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Thank you for listening and I hope you enjoy this episode!
Alicia :)
Thanks for tuning into today’s conversation with the amazing Cobi, actually on the day of this episode being released is Cobi’s boy’s Sidney’s 2nd birthday, so happy birthday to you little Sidney
In this episode we chat all about
✔️initially going through an OB-led model of care, thinking she would get the highest possible care for herself and baby
✔️having a friend tell her about home birth and meeting with a private midwife, deciding this was the right option for her
✔️in hindsight seeing how negative her OB was, never really giving her info, just telling her how it will be, not accepting of Cobi’s birth choices or wishes
✔️hiring a private midwife at 20 weeks and building a beautiful relationship which spanned beyond Cobi’s pregnancy!
✔️Cobi’s labour with Sidney beginning at 41 weeks, 1 week after her husband started his leave (he was a DIDO worker at the time)
✔️Cobi’s parents being present for her labour, having her mum braid her hair, having them support her during this transition
✔️Cobi’s labour unfolding very quickly and finding she needed her dad present to help ground her and her partner and bring some “chill vibes” to her birth
✔️Birthing her baby boy Sidney (4.2kg), in the shower, on her own terms, without her midwife who didn’t have time to make it
✔️Solo parenting for 4 weeks at a time while her partner is FIFO and away
If you are currently pregnant, thinking of trying for a baby or know someone who is, please check out my FREE YouTube series “I’m pregnant! Now what?” Where I take you through how to navigate the system, how to effectively question and say “no”, what is consent, what models of care are available and so much more, it is available on my YouTube channel @Cuppawithadoula
To be sure to be notified when a new episode comes out please subscribe to the show on your listening platform. If you would like to support the show, I would really appreciate it if you could leave a 5-star review on your podcast listening platform or Apple podcast.
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This podcast is available on Deezer, Spotify, Apple podcast, most other podcast listening platforms and Youtube
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Thank you for listening and I hope you enjoy this episode!
Alicia :)
Thanks for tuning into today’s conversation with the amazing Mel who at the time of this recording is a mum to her daughter Alaska and has since welcomed into the world her baby boy Lakai
In this episode we chat all about
✔️knowing she wanted to be a mum at a young age and having her daughter Alaska at 22
✔️finding out about home birth by total chance and just knowing instantly that this was the way to birth for her
✔️still getting a referral for MGP after hiring private midwife and going to MGP appointment to really realise that this environment wasn’t where Mel wanted to birth
✔️listening to a lot of birth podcasts to really understand the variations of labour, the last one she listened to being one with a mum who had pre-labour for days
✔️Having pre-labour surges come on at night, 2 nights in a row but that would fizzle out by the morning
✔️Loving the pushing phase, feeling so much better while pushing, being able to eat again
✔️choosing to not suture her 2nd degree tear and let it heal naturally
✔️finding her flow as parent and going with Alaska’s cues
✔️focusing on postpartum for her second pregnancy and really diving into traditions and meal train to improve her recovery
If you are currently pregnant, thinking of trying for a baby or know someone who is, please check out my FREE YouTube series “I’m pregnant! Now what?” Where I take you through how to navigate the system, how to effectively question and say “no”, what is consent, what models of care are available and so much more, it is available on my YouTube channel @Cuppawithadoula
To be sure to be notified when a new episode comes out please subscribe to the show on your listening platform. If you would like to support the show, I would really appreciate it if you could leave a 5-star review on your podcast listening platform or Apple podcast.
If you would like to come on the show and tell your own birth story please get in touch through this link here https://forms.gle/YCCP5dMg8bYSXuAYA
This podcast is available on Deezer, Spotify, Apple podcast, most other podcast listening platforms and Youtube
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Thank you for listening and I hope you enjoy this episode!
Alicia :)
Thanks for tuning into today’s conversation with the extremely funny Katherine, I had an absolute blast recording the 3 incredible births of Katherine, who gave birth to her 2 children and was a surrogate for a couple in Australia !
In this episode we chat all about
✔️having difficult access to birth education 14 years ago, but doing calm birth to help her prepare for a physiological birth
✔️birthing her son with the same obstetrician, being very obedient and accepting an induction of labour
✔️not feeling completely done with her family but her husband being totally done after having 2 kids
✔️diving into the world of surrogacy, telling her husband, who initially was against the idea
✔️drip feeding information about surrogacy to her husband who started to come around and accept the idea
✔️steps to become a surrogate, from finding intended parents to counseling with IVF clinic to independent counseling to legal documents to being approved by a surrogacy commission before being able to actually begin the IVF process
✔️finding her intended parents right before the global pandemic
✔️beginning the process of transferring an embryo as the intended parents had embryo frozen
✔️discussing birth choices with intended parents and during pre-counseling about how Katherine would like to birth as she has autonomy over her body
✔️how the pregnancy and birth unfolded, birthing at home with baby’s intended parents present and involved
✔️how Katherine breastfed surro baby for a bit while intended parents were around and then continued to express breastmilk and donated over 150L of milk to babies in need
✔️how Katherine’s journey as a surrogate, someone who has birthed at home and is a doula has educated her children around fertility and birth in a whole different way
Australian Surrogacy community Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/ftsaust?locale=fr_FR
If you are looking for donations of breastmilk or want to donate breastmilk https://www.facebook.com/hm4hb/
If you are currently pregnant, thinking of trying for a baby or know someone who is, please check out my FREE YouTube series “I’m pregnant! Now what?” Where I take you through how to navigate the system, how to effectively question and say “no”, what is consent, what models of care are available and so much more, it is available on my YouTube channel @Cuppawithadoula
To be sure to be notified when a new episode comes out please subscribe to the show on your listening platform. If you would like to support the show, I would really appreciate it if you could leave a 5-star review on your podcast listening platform or Apple podcast.
If you would like to come on the show and tell your own birth story please get in touch through this link here https://forms.gle/YCCP5dMg8bYSXuAYA
This podcast is available on Deezer, Spotify, Apple podcast, most other podcast listening platforms and Youtube
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Thank you for listening and I hope you enjoy this episode!
Alicia :)
Thanks for tuning into today’s conversation focused on the three pillars of birth, what they mean and how they apply to the environment in which you will be birthing. This is something I found I have mentioned in a few birth story but that I feel really needs its own episode to really discuss the depth of it, so here it is!
In this episode I chat about
✔️how the mothers and babies report 2021 reflects the current maternity system in Australia if birthing in a hospital
✔️why 97% of women in Australia birth in a hospital vs only 0.5% birth at home
✔️how women’s due date is probably leading to an increase in rates of induction in Australia
✔️women’s labour being observed and women being put on a clock as soon as they arrive to hospital
✔️the huge difference in the rates of instrumental deliveries amongst first time mums vs subsequent labouring mums
✔️how the rates of episiotomy for labour WITHOUT an instrumental delivery has increased in the last 17 years
✔️the three pillars of births: needing to feel safe, private and undisturbed during labour
✔️how to create a more safe environment when birthing in a hospital - starting by finding continuity of care either through MGP or student midwife or doula or student doula
✔️how to create an oxytocin rich environment when you are really accepting and surrendering to labour contractions
✔️why women find that labouring in the bathroom of the birth suite helped them to progress in their labour or “restart” their stalled labour
✔️how to have the set yourself up and your space to have the most physiological induction possible
✔️using the BRAIN accronym to make decisions
Mother and Babies report 2021 Australia https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/mothers-babies/australias-mothers-babies/contents/summary
Sarah Buckley’s instagram https://www.instagram.com/drsarahjbuckley/
Find a student midwife via Call the Student Midwife Australia https://www.facebook.com/groups/1029725940418733?locale=fr_FR or A student for every woman https://www.facebook.com/groups/280671229026793?locale=fr_FR
Cuppa with a pro with Student Midwife Kiersten https://podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/cuppa-with-a-doula/id1663704129?i=1000622071330
Birth mapping with Catherine Bell https://podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/cuppa-with-a-doula/id1663704129?i=1000644133020
If you are currently pregnant, thinking of trying for a baby or know someone who is, please check out my FREE YouTube series “I’m pregnant! Now what?” Where I take you through how to navigate the system, how to effectively question and say “no”, what is consent, what models of care are available and so much more, it is available on my YouTube channel @Cuppawithadoula
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Alicia :)
Thanks for tuning into today’s conversation. Today I chat with Alyssa, a busy mum to 3 children
In this conversation we chat about
✔️having a long conception to conceive her first daughter due to an undiagnosed thyroid condition
✔️Having her waters break or leak around 37 weeks and having an ultrasound later in the pregnancy showing low fluid levels and a “small baby”
✔️agreeing to be induced due to low fluid levels and baby showing as being on the small side
✔️what the induction process was like for Alyssa and having a doctor encourage her to see how her body was responding to the induction before having the oxytocin drip put in
✔️receiving the syntocinon (synthetic oxytocin) injection to birth the placenta without consent being asked
✔️feeling very very sick throughout the whole of her pregnancies but managing it better which each pregnancy
✔️wanting to have a different model of care this time around and very much wanting continuity of care through a private midwife
✔️the vast difference of care between her first pregnancy with extra ultrasounds in a very medicalised environment compared to having a private midwife and just “chilling out” at home
✔️experiencing an asthma attack for the first time during her 2nd pregnancy, without having had a history of asthma
✔️how Alyssa involved her daughter into the pregnancy and birth of her baby brother and advice on what she would do differently
✔️finding out that she was unexpectedly pregnant, being shocked as Alyssa’s second baby wasn’t 1 year old yet and booking the same private midwife as for her 2nd straight away
✔️Alyssa breastfeeding her last baby until well past 2 years of age and enjoying this last journey
✔️Alyssa’s postpartum advice to tune out the noise and parent your baby the way that feels right for you, rather than the way that others want you to do it
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If you are currently pregnant, thinking of trying for a baby or know someone who is, please check out my FREE YouTube series “I’m pregnant! Now what?” Where I take you through how to navigate the system, how to effectively question and say “no”, what is consent, what models of care are available and so much more, it is available on my YouTube channel @Cuppawithadoula
If you would like to come on the show and tell your own birth story please get in touch through this link here https://forms.gle/YCCP5dMg8bYSXuAYA
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Alicia :)
Hey hey,
Welcome back to another episode of Cuppa with a pro where I interview professionals that work within the pregnancy, birthing or parenting space to chat about their expertise.
In today’s episode, I am chatting with the Sally Cusack, secretary from Maternity Choices Australia (MCA). MCA advocates to improves women’s birthing options state wide. In today’s conversation we chat about the following
✔️how to make a complaint to the hospital if you have received a service you are not happy with or about the way you were treated in birth/postpartum
✔️why hospitals are usually unaware of the birth and postpartum experiences of women
✔️how to give feedback to your local maternity
✔️what the best birth finder and why it is helping to drive change in hospitals
✔️how best brith finder can help give hospital a REAL perspective on the reality of birth, especially when your nearest hospital is HOURS away from you…
✔️needing to realise that we are conditioned to be compliant with what professionals tell us and that we need to fight that to be able to advocate for our choices
✔️use the BRAIN acronym when seeking medical advice or when going through the hospital system - Benefits, Risks, Alternatives, Intuition and Nothing
✔️a disconnect during birth when birthing in a hospital - mum pushing a baby out and OB/midwife putting gloves on “hurry up” feeling
✔️needing to be feeling private, safe and unobserved during birth to favour the physiological unfolding of labour and maximise oxytocin release
✔️how the hospital’s environment lighting and overall feel can negatively impact your labour or cause labour to stall
✔️how to have the most positive birthing experience even when birthing in the hospital
Maternity Choices Australia website https://www.maternitychoices.org/
Best birth finder website https://www.bestbirthfinder.org.au/
If you are currently pregnant, thinking of trying for a baby or know someone who is, please check out my FREE YouTube series “I’m pregnant! Now what?” Where I take you through how to navigate the system, how to effectively question and say “no”, what is consent, what models of care are available and so much more, it is available on my YouTube channel @Cuppawithadoula
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Alicia :)
Thanks for tuning into today’s conversation. What I wanted to address today was something that I have seen around “the price of freebirth” piece written by the ABC and add more to the conversation as I feel some very important points were not discussed.
In this episode I chat about
✔️why freebirth isn’t on the rise but rather we are able to share it more easily and freely these days
✔️looking into stats from the most recent Australia mother and babies’s report and how they are reflecting the current hospital system failing women
✔️the hospital has its own interest at heart and has put in place policies and procedures to avoid being liable of being sued
✔️women in the early 1900’s birthing at home as hospital was ONLY for sick people
✔️trying to find alternate birthing options for women who don’t want to birth in an unfamiliar environment with rigid protocols and guidelines
✔️women’s options if they don’t want to birth in a hospital: home birth, publicly funded home birth program or freebirth
✔️lack of access to midwifery related care when living rurally or remotely (i.e. no private midwife available, maternity ward of hospital closed)
✔️is there a deeper agenda for the release of the article? Is there a wish for the doula industry to be regulated?
Brittany’s episode https://podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/cuppa-with-a-doula/id1663704129?i=1000647856082
If you are currently pregnant, thinking of trying for a baby or know someone who is, please check out my FREE YouTube series “I’m pregnant! Now what?” Where I take you through how to navigate the system, how to effectively question and say “no”, what is consent, what models of care are available and so much more, it is available on my YouTube channel @Cuppawithadoula
To be sure to be notified when a new episode comes out please subscribe to the show on your listening platform. If you would like to support the show, I would really appreciate it if you could leave a 5-star review on your podcast listening platform or Apple podcast.
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Alicia :)
Thanks for tuning into part 2 of the amazing conversation I had with Brittany. After taking us through her first 2 birth, one heavily medicalised and one where she almost accidentally birthed her baby at home, Brittany reflected and decided to take a different path for the birth of her third son
In this episode we chat all about
✔️how Brittany’s second birth and postpartum influenced her to do differently this time
✔️finding out that her GP who doesn’t support home births, used to be an obstetrician but had to stop practicing because he had multiple lawsuits against him for malpractice !
✔️chatting with a friend who was having a freebirth really opening Brittany’s eyes to the possibility of free birthing at home
✔️planning a home birth with a private midwife, 10 hours from home as Brittany lived very remotely, feeling happy and supported in her decision and excited to give birth with her private midwife
✔️realising that the home birth she had planned probably wouldn’t work due to the logistics of her husband not being able to take a whole month off work, not knowing when baby will arrive
✔️feeling uncomfortable with the idea of a freebirthing even though her husband was supportive and a friend had given her resources
✔️carefully studying potential risk factors for neonatal death
✔️Brittany becoming an expert on her own body and starting to trust herself and her sensations. Also reading a first responder handbook got Brittany going “oh is that it? It’s pretty straightforward!”
✔️A few days before labour beginning, Brittany’s doula drove through flood water for 15+ hours to get to her so she could be present for the birth
✔️Receiving an unexpected phone call from the GP that Brittany had seen, advising her that she didn’t support home birth and wasn’t comfortable with her choice to birth at home without medical help
✔️What medical negligence is and the fact that a woman is her own sovereign body and can make decision against medical advice even if they result in the harm of her unborn baby
✔️Brittany being at peace during her birth, ticking things in her head, reassuring her that everything was fine
✔️Baby boy being born calmly in the birth pool, caught by Brittany, being totally fine after a one hour labour!
✔️Brittany’s placenta not coming out for a little bit despite trying feeding, sitting on the toilet, tincture release and gentle traction until her doula gave her a homeopathic pill which peeled off the placenta straight away!
✔️Having a cord burning ceremony
✔️Reflecting on how her freebirth went and feeling saddened by the fact that she didn’t experience that for her first two births
Follow Brittany and her adventures on her socials page https://www.instagram.com/brittanybflinn/
You can watch Brittany’s birth video through this link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6XNPj1ts6g
If you are currently pregnant, thinking of trying for a baby or know someone who is, please check out my FREE YouTube series “I’m pregnant! Now what?” Where I take you through how to navigate the system, how to effectively question and say “no”, what is consent, what models of care are available and so much more, it is available on my YouTube channel @Cuppawithadoula
To be sure to be notified when a new episode comes out please subscribe to the show on your listening platform. If you would like to support the show, I would really appreciate it if you could leave a 5-star review on your podcast listening platform or Apple podcast.
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Alicia :)
Thanks for tuning into today’s conversation with the amazing Brittany who, at the time of the recording was living on a remote cattle station and is now traveling around Australia in their camper trailer with her husband and three beautiful boys.
In this episode we chat all about
✔️sharing the fertility load with the partner and not it only being the responsibility of the women
✔️choosing to have an OB for her first birth only because she thought “well I’m paying for private health insurance, I might as well hire a specialist”
✔️finding out her first baby only had a 2 cord vessels and seeing her OB appointments very frequently
✔️”doing the good girl thing” as Brittany puts it and going to hospital as soon as her waters broke, leading to labouring alone on the ward
✔️Brittany putting all her trust into her OB, thinking she had her best interest at heart during the pregnancy and delivery of her baby
✔️her son being born with a wound on his scalp due to the use of ventouse and the suction it had created
✔️seeing in hindsight that Brittany was actually saying to the OB and midwives what was happening - she was having back pain, had a cervical leap, couldn’t lay on the bed, but wasn’t listened to
✔️Brittany taking radical responsibility for her lack of knowledge and preparation into labour and accepting that the way her first labour unfolded was due to handing over her power to the hospital staff
✔️contemplating not having anymore children after her first due to everything she went through
✔️wanting to be the “dream patient”, wanting her midwife to approve of her
✔️beginning labour at 38+3, like with her first son, not wanting to rush to hospital, laboring at home, and labour going from very manageable to hitting transition and pushing while walking from bathroom to bedroom
✔️not having time to process what was happening as Brittany’s labour was so quick
✔️Brittany pushing at home while husband is scrambling all their stuff an trying to get her in the car, Brittany holding back and just wanting to push this baby out but husband wanted to make it to hospital
✔️giving birth 1 MINUTE after arriving to hospital, being in shock due to all the adrenaline that had been rushing
✔️Brittany’s birth wishes not respected due to all the staff in delivery room panicking
✔️Brittany going to the postpartum ward without her baby who had to go to special care nursery and be put on oxygen, experiencing going to the ward without her baby for the second time
✔️taking the time to reflect on her birth experience and finding that the fact that she had a village during her postpartum positively influenced the way she saw her birth even though she felt a bit “ripped off” that things didn’t go according to what she wanted
Follow Brittany and her adventures on her socials page https://www.instagram.com/brittanybflinn/
If you are currently pregnant, thinking of trying for a baby or know someone who is, please check out my FREE YouTube series “I’m pregnant! Now what?” Where I take you through how to navigate the system, how to effectively question and say “no”, what is consent, what models of care are available and so much more, it is available on my YouTube channel @Cuppawithadoula
To be sure to be notified when a new episode comes out please subscribe to the show on your listening platform. If you would like to support the show, I would really appreciate it if you could leave a 5-star review on your podcast listening platform or Apple podcast.
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Alicia :)
In today’s episode I am bringing you a very special guest, Brittany, who at the time of the recording was living on a cattle station with her husband and 3 boys and is now traveling full-time around Australia in their camper trailer
I had some technical issues during the edit of this episode, it was actually edited twice because it didn't save properly and once I reedited it, it wouldn't export as a video so unfortunately, this one will be an audio only episode, sorry about that..
Before we dived into Brittany’s epic three birth stories, we had a really deep conversation around birth and the birth portal and conditioning that has happened in our life, here is what we chat about
✔️how Brittany came to the decision to homeschool her 2 older boys and why it works well for her family
✔️the conditioning that we had since our young years, believing that we need an institution or someone to validate us, from school years all the way to anything related to our health or pregnancy
✔️Brittany’s vision of what advocacy in the hospital system looks like for her, especially as a first time mum
✔️How Brittany’s views of pregnancy and birth evolved from her first to third pregnancy and why she ended up free birthing her third son
✔️the fact that mums or birth partner’s role shouldn’t have to advocate for their rights during labour and should just be immersed in the portal of labour
✔️the difference between the logical and mammalian brain and how different “being safe” can be
Find my FREE Youtube series “I’m pregnant! Now what?” To help you navigate the system and learn about the different models of care available, what normal means, what consent is, questions to ask your health care provider and so much more, you can find it on my channel @Cuppawithadoula or via this link https://www.youtube.com/@cuppawithadoula
To be sure to be notified when a new episode comes out please subscribe to the show on your listening platform. If you would like to support the show, I would really appreciate it if you could leave a 5-star review on your podcast listening platform or Apple podcast.
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Alicia :)
Thanks for tuning into today’s conversation with the incredible Kirsty, Australia’s first woman to receive a uterus transplant and subsequently fall pregnant. This is a story of hope for women out there who have had to have a hysterectomy or were born with a genetic defect meaning that they can’t carry a pregnancy.
In this episode we chat all about
✔️falling pregnant the first time very quickly but having a miscarriage before conceiving their daughter Violet 2 months later
✔️going through a midwifery group practice model for her first pregnancy and having a student midwife
✔️doing a hypnobirthing class not only to educate herself but to also help her husband prepare for birth, being a support partner and learn more about the physiology of birth
✔️being diagnosed with low PAPP-A protein and having to take a baby aspirin for her first pregnancy
✔️labour beginning and feeling pain in her back, going into hospital to have saline injections then coming home to continue to labour
✔️getting to full dilation and pushing but because of baby’s brow presentation, Kirsty felt her pushing wasn’t enough and ended up birthing Violet via C-section
✔️following Violet’s delivery, Kirsty had a severe postpartum haemorrhage, leading her to lose 11L of blood, her body going into Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC) and shock and she was placed into an artificial coma for 2 days to help her body recover
✔️the importance of donating blood and plasma to help anyone who may need blood products at some point, like Kirsty did
✔️Kirsty’s milk coming in 7 days after her c-section (5 days after she had awoken)
✔️After some difficult beginnings with breastfeeding and topping-up, going to breastfeed Violet for 14 months until Kirsty started IVF treatments
✔️How Kirsty stumbled upon a clinical trial for a uterus transplant in Australia and became Australia’s first uterus transplant and went on to give birth to her baby boy Henry
✔️Doing IVF as part of criteria for the clinical trial
✔️Getting a phone call on Christmas’ eve to give Kirsty a date for her uterus transplant surgery, January 10th 2023
✔️Kirsty’s embryo transfer working on the first go, getting pregnant after the first ever Australian uterus transplant
✔️Navigating a high risk pregnancy where Kirsty was on anti-rejection medication after her transplant and developed gestational diabetes as a result of being on steroids
✔️Planning an elective C-section at 37 weeks at the hospital where Kirsty’s transplant happened with her transplant team
✔️Having both her partner and mum present for the birth of her son Henry
Follow Kirsty on her socials page https://www.instagram.com/myuterustransplantaus/
Link to Kirsty’s transplant and the team at UNSW https://www.unsw.edu.au/news/2023/12/kirsty-has-given-birth-to-a-baby-boy--a-year-ago--she-didnt-have
If you want to start donating blood or look into it further https://www.lifeblood.com.au/blood
If you would like some birth trauma support or more information https://birthtrauma.org.au/
If you are currently pregnant, thinking of trying for a baby or know someone who is, please check out my FREE YouTube series “I’m pregnant! Now what?” Where I take you through how to navigate the system, how to effectively question and say “no”, what is consent, what models of care are available and so much more, it is available on my YouTube channel @Cuppawithadoula
If you would like to come on the show and tell your own birth story please get in touch through this link here https://forms.gle/YCCP5dMg8bYSXuAYA
This podcast is available on Deezer, Spotify, Apple podcast, most other podcast listening platforms and Youtube
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Alicia :)
Purchase Catherine Bell’s book through here https://birthmap.life/?affiliates=78
Check out Catherine Bell’s work at https://birthmap.life/
Play “The game of birth” head over to https://birthmap.life/the-game/
If you are currently pregnant, thinking of trying for a baby or know someone who is, please check out my FREE YouTube series “I’m pregnant! Now what?” Where I take you through how to navigate the system, how to effectively question and say “no”, what is consent, what models of care are available and so much more, it is available on my YouTube channel @Cuppawithadoula
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Welcome back to another episode of Cuppa with a pro where I interview professionals that work within the pregnancy, birthing or parenting space to chat about their expertise.
In today’s episode, I am chatting with the very funny Catherine Bell who has written the book “The birth map” and is on a mission to get things moving as she putting the concept of her book through the academic lens and doing her PhD
In this episode we chat all about
✔️the story behind how a birth plan evolved into a birth map through Catherine’s research and realisation that woman going through the system are on a conveyor belt
✔️the different types of birth plans that exist: collaborative birth plan, self-directed birth plan where woman prints off her own plan, self-directed birth plan where woman communicates this plan with her care provider
✔️describing the birth map like a GPS recalculating your itinerary when things arise and how it is the same in labour, as events unfold, your labour might take a different direction but your itinerary is recalculated because you prepared yourself for this
✔️changing the language we use in the system, ie. When you hear “consent” think decision, I have to make a decision so that you know that you do not have to say yes, you can say no !
✔️using the acronym BRAIN to help you make decisions - Benefits, Risks, Alternative, Intuition, Nothing
✔️there is no wrong decision even if you make a decision that your care provider doesn’t feel comfortable with
✔️how Catherine developed “the game of birth”, an online game based on the Mother babies 2018 report of outcomes in Australia to illustrate how each decision will influence the outcome of a birth
✔️some interventions in birth come with a package (ie an epidural comes with a cannula being inserted to get a drip of syntocinon to augment the labour, a catheter to release urine and continuous monitoring (CTG) of the baby)
✔️understanding how the different pathways work and what might be a “turning point” into labour that led you down a different pathway
✔️reframing the different types of caesarian into: emergency before labour caesarian, non-emergency before labour caesarian, in-labour emergency caesarian and in-labour non-emergency caesarian
✔️using the birthing pool test (developed by Michel Odent, French OB) to help you make a decision as to whether you are at a turning point and may need to look into an assisted delivery or c-section
✔️navigating postpartum and planning it out, especially as both parents are going through a transformative phase of their life, know as matrescence and patrescence
Thank you for listening and I hope you enjoy this episode!
Alicia :)
