All Episodes

#041 Shanice - Uterine septum, endometriosis, FIFO, private obstetrician, cervical stitch, feeding issues, mastitis, traveling Australia with a newborn

#040 Rachel - PCOS, IVF, ICSI, fresh embryo transfer, MGP, long pre-labour, water birth, surprise gender

#039 Ann - “small placenta may be the leading cause of full term stillbirth”, advocate, 4 live babies, small placenta stillbirth, baby after stillbirth

Cuppa with a pro #08 Shantelle - NICU mum “my baby is a miracle, born at viability at 24 weeks”

#038 Grace - OCD, BMI bullying, positive hospital birth, meconium, water birth, painful breastfeeding, losing too much weight, postnatal rage, mum guilt

#037 Sarah - Endometriosis, birth centre, hypnobirthing, home birth x2, midwife sister, tongue tie release

#036 Kellie - OB, hypnobirthing, GD, haemochromatosis, baby hyperthyroidism, encaul birth, home water birth, appendicitis 6 weeks PP

Cuppa with a pro #07 Janelle - Women’s health Occupational Therapist “motherhood as a rite of passage”

#035 Cobi - OB, switched to private midwife at 20 weeks, FIFO husband, birth at 41 weeks, accidental freebirth, 4.2kg baby

#034 Mel - Indigenous birthing on country, mum at 22, private midwife, hypnobirthing, 3-day labour, pregnant, wild pregnancy

#033 Katherine - Doula, OB, 2x hospital births, calm birth, induction, Australian surrogate, home birth, milk donor

Conversation #3 Alicia - the three pillars of physiological birth and what my cat giving birth taught me

#032 Alyssa - thyroid condition, long conception, positive induction, water birth, precipitous births, 2x home births, surprise pregnancy

Cuppa with a pro #06 Sally - Maternity Choices Australia secretary “advocating for better choices for women in birth”

Conversation #2 Alicia - the price of the hospital system failing women

#031 Brittany PT2 - the difficult road from wanting a home birth to freebirthing remotely. An empowering dive into the reality of freebirth

#030 Brittany PT1 - “being a good girl”, OB, son wounded from ventouse, MGP, precipitous labour, student midwife, special care nursery

Cuppa with a doula conversation #1 Brittany - Learning to unlearn - What do freebirthing and homeschooling have in common?

#029 Kirsty - First Australian to give birth after uterus transplant, MGP, brow presentation, life saving hysterectomy, IVF, elective c-section

Cuppa with a pro #05 Catherine - Author of “The birth map” “women going through the system are on a conveyor belt”

#028 Carla - Exercise Physiologist, increasing milk supply, severe tongue & lip tie, extended breastfeeding, fertility awareness

#027 Carla - Exercise Physiologist, MGP, hypnobirthing, OB bullying, 41+4 birth, uterus hypertonia, elective c-section

#026 Alicia - Exercise Physiologist, accidental freebirth, precipitous labour, birth in a caravan, breech at 34 weeks, student midwife

Cuppa with a pro #04 Beth - Birth Photographer “I document birth as it is”

#025 Hannah - Midwife, brow presentation, severe morning sickness, short cervix, stitch, angel baby

#024 Michelle - Psychologist, step-mum, 4 children, GBS positive baby, overseas birth, private system, induction, pregnant at 44, home birth, surprise gender

#023 Alicia - Exercise Physiologist, miscarriage, MGP, hypnobirthing, drug-free undisturbed hospital birth, physiological 3rd stage, baby blues

#022 Maddy - nurse, bicornate uterus, antenatal anxiety, postnatal rage, induction, c-section, febrile seizures, NICU, reversing mix-feeding

#021 Amber - Physiotherapist, Van Willebrand disease, hypnobirthing, doula, meconium, milk oversupply

Pregnancy series #02 Alicia - full-time caravan traveling, 2nd trimester update, change of care, birth education, advocacy

#019 Emma (PT1) - Exercise Physiologist, interventions-free hospital birth, dad postnatal depression, strong mother instincts, rushed postpartum

Cuppa with a pro #03 Amber - Physiotherapist 
- All about the pelvic floor and women’s health

Cuppa with a pro #02 Kiersten - Student Midwife “I help facilitate women’s wishes”

#020 Emma (PT2) - Exercise Physiologist, long conception, miscarriage, empowered free birth, doula, placenta encapsulated, honoured postpartum

#018 Lenny - Midwife & Child Health Nurse, natural family planning, hypnobirthing, 41+6 birth, miscarriage, homebirth, water birth

Cuppa with a pro #01 Chloe - clinical nutritionist, postpartum depletion

#017 Ebony - hyperemesis gravidarum, preeclampsia, postpartum haemorrhage, neonatal stay, student midwife, healing birth, postpartum depression, inpatient mental health

#016 Katie - hypertonic pelvic floor, using dilators, incontinence, long labour, exhaustion, doula, episiotomy, PPH, golden 4th trimester, breastfeeding for 16 months

#015 Bethany - calm birth, high risk of trisomy 21, spontaneous labour, surprise gender, postpartum anxiety, intrusive thoughts, difficult fourth trimester

#014 Alana - haemochromatosis, GD, 32-hour labour, birth trauma, postpartum haemorrhage, mixed feeding, PND, 4.5 year age-gap, unexpected pregnancy

Pregnancy series #01 - miscarriage, 1st trimester recap, MGP, advocacy, birthing options, questions to ask

#013 Hayley - teen pregnancy, blind daughter, 2 hospital births, spiritual pregnancy, homebirth, gender disappointment, stillbirth, angel baby

#012 Ally - HG, homebirth, hospital transfer, emergency c-section, unrespected consent, EMDR therapy, unplanned pregnancy, termination, miscarriages, partial molar pregnancy

#011 Charlotte - first time mum, homebirth, pubic symphysis pain, 45 hours labour, hospital transfer, breast reduction, PPA, intrusive thoughts

#010 Sarah - difficulty conceiving, low AMH, FIFO husband, endometriosis, miscarriage, elective induction, pregnant, mental load

#009 Stephanie - teen pregnancy, traumatic hospital birth, unconsented procedures, 8 years age gap, involving daughter in birth, unplanned conception, empowered homebirth

#008 Maggie - shared care, uninformed first pregnancy, vacuum delivery, difficulties breastfeeding, homebirth, birth at 42+3

#007 Narin - unprepared postpartum, baby blues, finding your village, postpartum expectations, bouncing back, body image

#006 Narin - birth fears, home birth in Sweden, private midwife, doula, birth rituals, sex of baby not known, difficult start to breastfeeding

#005 Shantelle - miscarriage, prematurity, waters breaking 23 weeks, navigating a long NICU stay, NICU resources, mental health, staying positive, milk donor

#004 Chantelle - missed miscarriage, vaginal birth, obstetric violence, consent not respected, pre-eclampsia, planned homebirth, rural living

#001 Jaymie - 3 births, free birthing involving kids in birth, trusting instincts, empowered birth, multiple miscarriages, tandem feeding, baby resuscitation, NICU

#003 Shakeeta - 1 birth, bipolar disorder, not wanting children, pregnant at the same time as her mum, induction, postpartum anxiety

#002 Lauren - 2 births, placenta acreta, postpartum haemorrhage, gestational diabetes, postpartum anxiety, 2 under 2, questioning how many children to have

Cuppa with a Doula Teaser