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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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All Episodes

01:15:49

Aiya's long labour and birth to Ezra

The Positive Births NZ podcast ·

2023/11/04

Doula, childbirth educator and single mum by choice, Aiya takes us on her incredible journey of conception, pregnancy, labour and birth to her baby boy Ezra. There are so many topics covered in this episode including: her donor and conception journey; why hypnobirthing was a must for her despite feeling so very confident and calm about birth; the tumultuous end to her pregnancy and moving house in her 3rd trimester; plans of a freebirth; her support team; the long labour of 99 hours at home; baby in

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00:36:38

Claire's homebirth to Asher

The Positive Births NZ podcast ·

2023/10/13

Claire shares her very straightforward home birth of her second baby Asher 6 weeks after his arrival. We hear briefly about her first birth and why Claire reached out to release fear and reset her mind during her 2nd pregnancy and how that helped her moving forward. It wasn't long after our work together that I received an email from Claire to say "we had an incredible, empowering home birth. It was one of the best nights of my life." Listen to Claire talk us through her pregnancy,

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01:18:04

Erin's long labour and c-section to Nixon

The Positive Births NZ podcast ·

2023/10/09

Erin shares with us a planned homebirth that went 'sideways' and included a long labour, induction, epidural, baby not in a great position and eventually a c-section. We talk about what the positive aspects are, but we also talk about trauma, the interventions, keeping post partum depression at bay. If you're not feeling up to listening to an experience where the plans 'turned to custard' then this is not a story for you today. However, this is valuable if you'd like to hear

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00:54:47

Emma's fast homebirth to Gordon

The Positive Births NZ podcast ·

2023/09/22

Emma shares her fast and furious, less than 2.5 hour arrival of baby Gordon at home at 42 weeks and 5 days - and technically a freebirth as the midwife arrived to her home after baby was born. Emma also suffered from a 4th degree tear which she matter of factly talks us through – this meant a trip in an ambulance straight after birth and a very positive hospital experience - she speaks to the caring compassionate staff she encountered in her time there. We talk about her slow postpartum, recovery

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00:51:44

Waimarie's home waterbirth to Aria

The Positive Births NZ podcast ·

2023/09/05

A special story where Wai's preparation resulted in her having just the birth that she had visualised. In our chat Wai explains how she focused on nourishing mind, body and soul through her pregnancy as well as speaking into existence and manifesting her perfect birth. She shares with us how her deep knowing and her prep combined with her awareness of energy, her focus on turning inwards, being grounded and avoiding all distractions in her pregnancy impacted on her very being and ability to

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01:07:49

Kasey's 4 births - hospital induction, birthcentre...

The Positive Births NZ podcast ·

2023/08/19

It wasn’t until she gave birth at home in the water to her 3rd baby that Kasey actually understood how amazing birth can be. Kasey takes us on a journey of learning, growth and mindset change that started with her first hospital birth (an induction because her obstetrician was going on holiday and thought it would be safer for her to birth before her due date) and transformed to her 2 empowered home water births. She shares her stories to inspire other mothers to prepare and consider all their

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01:05:08

Traceys two births - hospital induction & birthcentre...

The Positive Births NZ podcast ·

2023/08/13

Tracey shares her two births in the past two years to Xavier and Ryder. As a cross fit competitor, athlete and farmer we hear about how Tracey found the hypnobirthing breathing techniques to be a great skill transfer, how the relaxation tracks helped her cope with pregnancy insomnia and how the cows were some of her best inspiration in her first pregnancy. She shares with us what happened when with first baby her membranes released around her due date but nothing happenend, how she was very open to

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00:49:32

Alycia's hospital induction to Arthur

The Positive Births NZ podcast ·

2023/08/04

At 42 weeks and 1 day pregnant Alycia opted for an induction, largely due to the fact that the sonographer had denied them the opportunity to have a scan......how frustrating. They were able to wait a few days until Monday for their induction which proceeded very smoothly. Alycia shares with us her experience of induction, labour and birth (and a post partum hemorage), and most importantly why she felt this was a positive birth and how her preparation paid off.

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01:23:12

Faith's home VBAC to Hera - with her midwife Helena

The Positive Births NZ podcast ·

2023/07/25

"It was more amazing that I imagined.... it felt so good, it was the greatest day of my life, no amount of money can buy that for you." Imagine planning a home birth and then having to see the land you’re building on (and intending to birth on) slide away down a bank on your due date..... In this episode we chat to Faith and her midwife Helena about a wonderful birth outcome and Faith and Fraser's determination to do everything they needed to prepare for a positive birth and achieve a

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01:05:25

Tamzin's hospital waterbirth to Aria

The Positive Births NZ podcast ·

2023/07/21

When Tamzin was in the middle of her chiropractic studies her pregnancy came as a total surprise, as despite her using the usually very reliable copper IUD baby Aria decided she’d like to join the family…now….. In this episode we end up touching on topics like epigenetics, as baby Aria had to be tested for a gene she could have received from her father who had cancerous tumours on his eyes when born. Tamzin shares about avoiding an induction and her relatively smooth and positive birth to her baby

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01:07:55

Miscarriage chat - with Amanda

The Positive Births NZ podcast ·

2023/07/12

In our special episodes about miscarriage we chat to Amanda who openly shares with us the grief, loneliness and heartbreak of her two miscarriages. She also shares with us her advice and tips from what she has learnt along the way on her journey to becoming pregnant, at the point in time that we speak she is in her 3rd trimester with a healthy baby girl. If you too have experienced a miscarriage, a loss, a traumatic event, and like to start a healing process, please feel free to reach out to me to

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00:47:27

Emma's induction and VBAC to Rae

The Positive Births NZ podcast ·

2023/07/06

Emma looked into hypnobirthing in her 2nd pregnancy to learn more ‘tricks’ and tools, to feel calm and take more control and to achieve a successful VBAC (vaginal birth after c-section). While her waters released around her due date, labour didn't start naturally, so her and husband Euan made an informed decision to proceed with an induction. We hear how Emma and Euan worked together as an amazing team, using their favourite tools, how her body progessed beautifully through labour, the awe and

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00:38:30

Miscarriage chat - with Alex

The Positive Births NZ podcast ·

2023/06/22

In our different episodes about miscarriage we chat to Alex who shares with us her two different types of miscarriage that she has recently experienced; how she emotionally copes, what’s been helpful and her thoughts on moving forward. If you too have experienced a miscarriage, a loss, a traumatic event, and like to start a healing process, please feel free to reach out to me to find out more about how I work and what I do with trauma informed hypnotherapy techniques. You can also find my free

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00:57:36

Miscarriage chat - with Gaia

The Positive Births NZ podcast ·

2023/06/14

"When I started opening up about my story a lot of people put their hands up to say it had happened to them as well. There's not much information out there and I never thought I'd ever have a miscarriage, so when it happened it was a shock." Gaia shares with us her difficult miscarriage and how it impacted on her physically, mentally, emotionally and how she wishes she'd done some more research about it. She shares with us how the language and words used in the hospital system

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00:42:48

Miscarriage Chat - with Ness

The Positive Births NZ podcast ·

2023/06/06

In this episode we are not talking about a positive birth - but we are talking about a very relevant and relative topic that is familiar to so many women. Miscarriage. After chatting to so many mums on this podcast and hearing many of them share the fact they’d had a miscarriage I wanted to reach out and ask, who would be open to sharing their miscarriage experience.? What if mothers could share their stories to be heard and to share their stories with the view of assisting others to not feel so

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00:57:01

Tammy's 3 waterbirths (1 at hospital, 2 at home)

The Positive Births NZ podcast ·

2023/05/28

“It’s an indescribable feeling” says Tammy about the achievement of being able to catch all three of her babies, all three born in the water. We hear about Sophie's quick and smooth waterbirth at the hospital 10 days past her due date. For Bodhi’s arrival Tammy was out an about doing important things and making a speech when she started labour, this time she had a water birth at home. Then we chat about her most recent pregnancy and birth experience in 2022 to her third baby Max. There was so

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00:50:50

Danielle's Birthcare birth to Gianna

The Positive Births NZ podcast ·

2023/05/22

As someone who'd always been fearful of birth and worried about the pain, Danielle made the decision to do some positive preparation which helped her to get into a better mindset. She did a lot of mental, emotion and physical preparation which resulted in feeling 95% excited by the end of her pregnancy. Her labour she describes as "hot and heavy" as it started strong, and progressing in a relatively short time. With a transfer to Birthcare in rush hour traffic and midwives who were

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01:11:12

Sarah's breech experience and emergency c-section to Ari

The Positive Births NZ podcast ·

2023/05/15

Strength, courage, teamwork, a beautiful labour at home and a baby in a very unusual position – breech posterior with a twist trying to come out thy first. This is a huge story and obviously there’s a trigger warning as this is not a straight forward birth experience for Sarah and Al. But this story definitely has some most incredibly positive aspects to it which is what we are shining our light on here. Sarah did an amazing job at home working through her labour and it wasn’t until her body

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00:58:45

Emma's home waterbirth at 43 weeks to Poppy

The Positive Births NZ podcast ·

2023/05/08

A big baby, a pregnancy that went until 43 weeks and shoulder dystocia. Sounds like a nightmare, but oh noooo this was very much a positive birth experience that Emma wants to inspire other mothers with. "Every baby comes in their own time, some are ready earlier, some are ready later" are the words that Emma's midwife reassured her with as she crept past that 42 week mark. Poppy was also a very healthy size and Emma talks us through her experience of Shoulder Dystoica and how this was

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01:07:54

Jaimie's hospital waterbirth to Harper

The Positive Births NZ podcast ·

2023/05/01

Jaimie connected with me in her 3rd trimester of her 2nd pregnancy after recognizing there were some emotional challenges and anxieties she wanted to work through which stemmed from her first birth experience – a birth where she felt she wasn’t really in the drivers seat. She shares briefly the details of that first birth and then how her and partner Lincoln practiced and used the tools they now had in order to have a different experience this time around. Jaimie found it relaly helpful to have

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