The Power of Positive Birth with Milli Hill

Welcome to The Pregnancy Playbook Podcast @TheMaternalAlchemist, we are so thrilled to have you here! I hope you are going to love what you hear with some amazing guests this first season really shaking up how we think and feel about birth in 2026! So what can you expect - well consider this like your coffee break where you can listen in to all things preconception, pregnancy birth and beyond as I sit down with some incredible guest to get their take on this rite of passage. This episode I am talking with the power house that is Milli Hill; writer, activist and all round advocate for women's health. She is brilliant, bold, and refreshingly honest and the woman behind The Positive Birth Book and Give Birth Like a Feminist as well as her new book baby The Ultra Processed Woman.This is one of those juicy, fireside-feeling conversations where you forget the microphones are even on. We dive into the real stuff:✽ What a positive birth actually means (and what it definitely doesn’t)✽ The sneaky ways language shapes how women feel in pregnancy✽ Why “poor words” and throwaway phrases can derail confidence✽ What women really need from the maternity system✽ How to stand your ground, trust your body, and protect your power✽ And yes… a little feminist fire, because birth is allowed to be political, powerful, and personal all at onceIf you’re pregnant, planning, or just curious about how women can birth with more joy, authority, and ease and this one will land straight in your heart. CONNECT WITH MILLI HILL📚 The Positive Birth Book: https://uk.bookshop.org📚 Give Birth Like a Feminist: https://uk.bookshop.org🌐 Website: https://www.millihill.co.uk📸 Instagram: @milli.hillRead Milli's Substack: https://millihill.substack.com?utm_so...FOLLOW AIMEE 🌐 Website: www.aimeestrongman.com📸 Instagram: @the.maternal.alchemist Explore her birth course BIRTHOLOGYhttps://www.aimeestrongman.com/birtho... Read Aimee's Substack: https://gatherandglow.substack.com?ut...With thanks to Z!zzy Studios - https://www.zizzystudios.co.ukNicci the Stylist - https://niccithestylist.co.ukJewellery by David Reale GoldsmithsOutfit: Host's own