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The Positive Births NZ podcast

Be inspired by positive birth stories from parents across NZ who"ve used hypnobirthing to help them have a relaxed, calm, confident and empowered birth regardless of the circumstances they navigated. A range of stories exploring what helped birthing parents, what they achieved and what they would do differently if they could do it all again. To buy the book or check out our classes see www.positivebirths.co.nz

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01:08:37

Katherine's hospital waterbirth to Emme

The Positive Births NZ podcast ·

2023/04/23

Katherine shares her two birth experiences to Poppy and Emme. Please note that her first birth is not a positive birth and if you do NOT feel it would be helpful to listen to a disempowering birth experience please skip to around 25 minutes. We discuss briefly the details around Poppy’s birth, followed by a miscarriage, then move into Katherine’s pregnancy to Emme. After coping with a difficult pregnancy Katherine reached out to me at 40 weeks to improve her mindset and feel more confident. A week

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01:28:10

Pearl's healing hospital birth to Ariabella

The Positive Births NZ podcast ·

2023/04/17

Pearl generously shares so much juicy detail about her pregnancy and birth - there's a lot to share about the early stages of her pregnancy, the surprise of it, some funny moments, the rollercoaster ride of emotions as they received conflicting information about baby's safety, the potential impact of the IUD that was in place. Pearl was exceptionally well informed and wanted to do everything in her power to achieve her best birth experience. She chose a doula for her support team, she made

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01:20:35

Jorgia's c-section at 33 weeks and stay in NICU with...

The Positive Births NZ podcast ·

2023/04/09

Jorgia shares with us her unexpected labour at 33 weeks and subsequent challenges and the journey that followed. Throughout her birth she asked lots of questions, stood up for herself and said no when she needed to - even though she was alone for a lot of it. Our chat together covers a range of topics around the whole birth and time in NICU. Trigger warning: topics that are included are: lockdown restrictions, labouring alone, a diagnosis of cholestasis, then breech baby, c-section, navigating life

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00:47:07

Jess' experience of PUPPPS, positive induction and...

The Positive Births NZ podcast ·

2023/04/02

"I enjoyed the induction process" is what Jess says in this episode. This is quite possibly the most amazing induction story I've heard so far, this is a wonderful story to listen to if you are worried about requiring an induction. Following an incredible story of conception and a few mental and emotional hurdles in her pregnancy Jess found herself in an exceptionally challenging position trying to cope with PUPPPS in the third trimester. (PUPPP: Pruritic urticarial papules and plaques

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00:51:39

Jane's redemptive, healing hospital birth to Lily

The Positive Births NZ podcast ·

2023/03/26

After a challenging first birth Jane decided it would be best to get her head in the right space for her second baby. She used the Positive Birth in NZ book (with tools and audio tracks) and listened to this podcast to feel more like she could surrender and flow with her birth. She believes that letting go of resistance towards the sensations in labour made a huge difference to her and at NO time she would describe her birth as painful. Powerful and intense - yes. But she really enjoyed the birth,

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01:01:17

Grace's hospital birth to Millie

The Positive Births NZ podcast ·

2023/03/19

Grace admits there was some anxiety for her around birth which led her midwife to recommending the hypnobirthing course in her pregnancy to help. She enjoyed a smooth pregnancy until 41 weeks when there was a bit of a 'hiccup' which resulted in a learning curve for Grace as to how other people can affect the way she feels. After declining an induction she trusted her gut, went with the flow and enjoyed wonderful support from her midwife for the remainder of her pregnancy and throughout her

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00:53:44

My mum's birth to me in 1973

The Positive Births NZ podcast ·

2023/03/13

To celebrate 50 episodes of the podcast at the same time as I turn 50 who better than to have on the podcast than my mum talking about her pregnancy and birth experience to me! We travel back to 1973 where things are quite different! Different attitudes, thoughts, feelings, beliefs. Different ideas, systems, support and very different baby gear! Mum shares her memories of my arrival, her thoughts and feelings about birth and how and why she had them, and she also shares her opinions on the things

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01:04:08

Sara's hospital births to Caleb and Jacob

The Positive Births NZ podcast ·

2023/03/05

Mindset coach Sara always knew she would be a mum, and when she found herself mid-30's without a partner took matters into her own hands and found an incredible donor to provide her with her baby boys. She shares with us her conception journey, thoughts about birth, her plans and how her first birth did not go to plan. Our chat includes induction, epidural and tongue-tie experiences. In her second pregnancy she sought out hypnobirthing (and has also trained to teach the Positive Births program too)

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00:58:10

Gaia's unassisted homebirth to Atley

The Positive Births NZ podcast ·

2023/02/26

Gaia made a decision to decline routine testing and scanning in her pregnancy and received midwifery care only until 28 weeks. After this point in time she did not have an LMC, but continued her journey in trusting pregnancy, birth, her body and her intuition. Gaia talks about her previous miscarriage experience, how she made her decisions for this pregnancy; what was it that inspired her to freebirth, the lessons she’s learnt along the way, and her spontaneous and fast labour at 39 weeks. Supported

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01:10:28

Candice's hospital birth to Mildred and the...

The Positive Births NZ podcast ·

2023/02/19

Midwife Candice shares the birth of her first baby Mildred. Please note: this story does differ from all other episodes on the podcast in the fact that Candice didn’t do any type of hypnobirthing work with me. Candice had listened to all the podcast episodes in her pregnancy and reached out to me when baby Mildred was born to ask to share her story. She said she’d had a positive birth, and I believe she shares with you some valuable information here. While she knew a little bit about some

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00:44:56

Rosalyn's straightforward birthcentre birth to Greyson

The Positive Births NZ podcast ·

2023/02/12

If you're looking for a pregnancy and birth story that is very straight forward with absolutely no complications and no curveballs this is one to listen to!! Rosalyn had come to her pregnancy with a positive mindset already - she had NOT been previously exposed to a huge amount negative stories. She came to hypnobirthing to find a set of extra tools to be able to use increase her confidence and mindset. Despite thinking hypnobirthing might be a bit "hippy dippy" both her and partner Jordan found it

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01:00:28

Taylor's homebirth to Elle

The Positive Births NZ podcast ·

2023/02/06

Our second chat with Taylor is about her recent home birth to baby Elle. If you haven't already heard her first birth story you can find it as 'Taylor's hospital birth to Isla' Taylor shares with us the differences in this pregnancy, about her getting to 42 weeks and still no baby and what it was that got labour started for her. She explains what hypnobirthing tools worked for her, and why she had invited some friends and her sister along with her mum to be present in the birth space with her and

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01:13:20

Ganna's journey of overcoming fear; hospital...

The Positive Births NZ podcast ·

2023/01/29

Ganna's journey to pregnancy was affected by tokophobia - a fear of pregnancy (and for some women, birth too). Her birth also involved changing all her plans as she developed pre-eclampsia and needed to be induced. However, she shares how she navigated her way through the pregnancy and birth with the use of a variety of tools. I love how she used her mindfulness, and the affirmations – she tells us how she and her partner worked together with the affirmations. She talks about tapping into her cave

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00:44:27

Rachael's homebirth to Piper

The Positive Births NZ podcast ·

2023/01/22

Following a traumatic time of her first birth, Rachael decided to get some help with her mindset in preparation of the arrival of her second baby. She reached out to me for some hypnobirthing and hypnotherapy to help release aspects of her past birth and toprepare for a more positive experience. As she says it helped her break through a mental block and feel better about a "fresh start" and "new experience" of her next arrival. The birth ended up being a fast homebirth, one that enabled her to feel

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00:48:26

Eugenie's two homebirths and homeopathy chat

The Positive Births NZ podcast ·

2023/01/16

Homeopath Eugenie shares her two birth experiences with us - and how her initial fear of birth led her to doing the Hypnobirthing course. After the second hypnobirthing session she decided she wouldn't have a fully medicated birth anymore, but went on to plan and successfully achieve a straightforward home, waterbirth. A birth where she felt complete bliss in meeting baby Josh and the feeling that "if I can do this I can do anything". We chat about how homeopathy helped Eugenie on her pregnancy and

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00:35:40

Rebecca's two hospital births

The Positive Births NZ podcast ·

2023/01/09

Birth is "the most rewarding challenge you'll ever have" is what Rebecca expresses when thinking back to her two children's birth journeys. In her first pregnancy journey with Harvey she shares her experience with not being able to find the right midwife and then the feeling of having to fight the system (and saying no to induction) to get what she wanted. She talks about how she felt hypnobirthing gave her the tools to use in any and every situation and how husband Glenn was reluctant to come to

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00:43:15

Abby's textbook hospital birth to Sadie

The Positive Births NZ podcast ·

2023/01/01

Abby says it was planning, preparation and practise that got her through her birth and what gave her a positive experience. So she shares with us what type of preparation she did in her pregnancy – she practised with her favourite tools a lot and you’ll hear how this worked and how it paid off for her in her birth. She believes the time and energy she put in allowed the affirmations to be “there” for her in her birth without her having to think about them. You’ll hear what helped her ingrain the

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01:06:05

Elizabeth's positive C Section

The Positive Births NZ podcast ·

2022/12/26

This episode came about because Elizabeth (who lives in the US) had found this podcast during her pregnancy. After her baby was born she contacted me to say it had been so helpful for her to prepare for her birth and would I be willing to share her birth story? Yes of course I was. Despite the fact she really desired a totally natural birth you’ll hear Elizabeth ended up having a heap of intervention. Topics discussed in our chat are: advanced maternal age, an obstetrician rupturing membranes with a

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01:09:05

Terese's hospital and home births to Zac and Toby

The Positive Births NZ podcast ·

2022/12/18

"I'm so proud I enjoyed birth so much" is what Terese shares with us on this episode. She enjoyed a smooth fast hospital birth to first baby Zac and a very quick homebirth in the bath to second baby Toby. Through her enjoyable pregnancy she came to hypnobirthing because she felt birth was such an unknown journey and learnt about the control we have within the mind-body connection. As she states "I don't have strong opinions about many things, but I felt strongly the hypnobirthing was working for

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00:50:38

Alex's hospital birth to Oakley

The Positive Births NZ podcast ·

2022/12/12

Midwife Alex had a huge amount of experience of supporting couples on their hypnobirthing journey. She felt she was inspired by what she’d seen with her couples experiencing the course, so as soon as she was pregnant she was like “ok it’s my turn”. Alex generously shares her fertility journey with IVF, her scares in early pregnancy. Plus other topics that get featured in this episode are, pregnancy bleeds, vomiting phobia, group strep B, baby’s position, a scar from a surgery, epidural, ventouse

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