A podcast series featuring interviews with people who planned to birth their babies at home.
Listen as parents share their unique stories of pregnancy, birth and postpartum.
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A podcast series featuring interviews with people who planned to birth their babies at home.
Listen as parents share their unique stories of pregnancy, birth and postpartum.
E41 Ashley Ziegerink | Two Births, Calmbirth, Hospital Birth, Episiotomy, Irritable Uterus, Homebirth, Tandem Feeding
Keep Birth Wild
1 hour 12 minutes
4 years ago
E41 Ashley Ziegerink | Two Births, Calmbirth, Hospital Birth, Episiotomy, Irritable Uterus, Homebirth, Tandem Feeding
In this episode Ashley shares the birth stories of her two children Zoe and Piper.
During her first pregnancy Ashley put a lot of thought into what she would like her birth to look like and after attending a Calmbirth course, planned an unmedicated and low intervention hospital birth. Zoe’s labour was long and Ashley laboured for days without sleep before finally delivering Zoe in hospital with the aid of an episiotomy.
It took a while for her to integrate the emotional impact of her birth and challenging postpartum, and it wasn’t until she fell pregnant again that she realised she wanted to do things differently for her next birth. She engaged private midwives for her planned homebirth and spent a lot of time preparing for labour. Ashley was diagnosed with an irritable uterus during her pregnancy with Piper so she talks about the challenges of enduring that regular discomfort throughout her pregnancy. She goes on to describe in detail her beautiful homebirth and slow supported postpartum.
Books Ashley recommends;
Well Adjusted Babies - Dr Jennifer Barham-Floreani
Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth and Spiritual Midwifery - Ina May Gaskin
Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering - Dr Sarah Buckley
Birth with Confidence - Rhea Dempsey
The First Forty Days - Heng Ou
Group B Strep Explained - Sara Wickham
Vitamin K and the Newborn - Sara Wickham
Your Birth, Your Baby - Hollie de Cruz
Hypnobirthing Australia audio tracks and ebook
Calmbirth Antenatal course
Flourish Integrative Health https://flourishintegrativehealthco.com.au/
Keep Birth Wild
A podcast series featuring interviews with people who planned to birth their babies at home.
Listen as parents share their unique stories of pregnancy, birth and postpartum.
