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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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01:05:39

#157. Zoe's hospital birth to Florence & homebirth to...

The Positive Births NZ podcast ·

2025/12/26

With a scan showing a ‘potential’ issue late in her first pregnancy to Florence, Zoe was pressured for an induction which lead to series of interventions and a hospital birth. Zoe shares her learnings and then her second experience of birth with Goldie. A natural physiological, home waterbirth proving that yes, her body knew exactly what to do when there was no interference.Zoe shares how hypnobirthing and homeopathy helped her through her pregnancy and birth.Another great episode for all parents

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01:00:19

#156. Ashleigh's hospital birth to Charlie, homebirth...

The Positive Births NZ podcast ·

2025/12/19

Ashleigh planned for a homebirth when pregnant with Charlie for but ended up navigating the hospital system at 42 weeks and 2 days where her labour started. She shares about the challenges and the battles they had along the way including constant monitoring preventing her from moving around; a ventouse and episiotomy. There are aspects of this experience that Ashleigh felt were traumatic for her and she worked on releasing these and preparing for a different birth early in her second pregnancy.With

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00:57:14

#155. Anneke's VBAC to Jasper

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2025/12/15

From the moment Anneke’s first baby Monty arrived she knew her next birth would be a VBAC.Therefore, excited to pregnant and expecting baby #2 Anneke intended, prepared, visualised and believed in her ability to have this VBAC.Her midwives were on board and all was going well until……..the routine appointment with the hospital obstetrician at 33 weeks.Get ready to tear your hair out about what the obstetrician says to Anneke and – how it derailed her – but only for a short time.After releasing her

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00:47:41

#154. Anna's home waterbirth to Isla

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2025/12/09

If you’d like another example of a normal, natural healthy, physiological birth of a first baby you’re in the right place today.Anna’s homebirth experience has helped her develop a senseof self trust that she is no relying on in her postpartum and we discuss how important this is.At 38 weeks Anna experienced a very long (almost 7 days)latent labour. Despite the long days and nights of intermittent sensations impacting her energy levels and testing her resolve she knew a short term fix (ie induction)

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01:08:11

#153. Beth's two births in Spain (hospital and...

The Positive Births NZ podcast ·

2025/11/24

Kiwi Beth and her partner moved to Majorca Spain whilepregnant with their first baby. Beth’s plan was to have a homebirth and she shares what she needed to do to make that happen – as the system in Spain is very different to NZ. Despite what was planned baby had other ideas as he wasready to arrive at 34+5 so this birth ended up being in hospital. Beth explains what happened after baby was born and how it was difficult to advocate for herself and baby due to the language barrier.In her second

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01:04:40

#152. Nicole's two birthcentre births to Olive and Juno

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2025/11/17

After a beautiful pregnancy and birth to Olive (which hadinvolved a major mindset shift about birth) Nicole found herself in her second pregnancy fearful of not being able to have another positive birth. She searched for stories of mums having the experience of 2 great birth stories andcame up short. Which is one of the big reasons she is here – to share the fact that it IS possible.In this episode you’ll hear about Olive’s conceptionjourney, the smooth pregnancy, the not knowing and then the

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01:24:10

#151. Natasha's induction to Aiden

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2025/10/27

"It turned into this incredible natural, beautiful, almost pain free like experience with such a natural high. It was phenomenal".Natasha and Joel prepared in pregnancy with learning skills and tools from their Positive Births hypnobirthing course. Natasha explains how they used their tools in her pregnancy and for labour, with Joel being an incredible support during the induction process.Due to high blood pressure and pre-eclampsia Natasharequired an induction which started with

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01:25:47

#150. Jana's homebirth to Charlie

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2025/10/21

Jana shares her experiences of an induction and hospital birth with Mia and then very soon after, the journey of embarking on what turned out to be a wonderful homebirth for Charlie.Within this episode Jana shares within her first pregnancy and birth:High blood pressure, the need to travel 3 hours to Dunedin for hospital care at the end of pregnancy, navigating a ‘grey’ situation, coping with differing opinions, induction with misoprostol, epidural, ventouse, unconsented clamping of cord, processing

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01:11:50

#149. Jena's 3 births, including TFMR

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2025/10/15

As a young mum Jena was prepared for the “worst” experience of her life – giving birth, but it turns out that it wasn’t as bad as she was told it would be.Xavier had a 2 vessel cord (occurring in approx. 1% ofpregnancies) which required extra monitoring through pregnancy but arrived healthy and strong, although Jena birthed posterior and had a 3rd degree tear.A couple of years later Zephyr arrived in a fast waterbirth(also posterior) and Jena is very proud of being able to handle these two

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00:57:10

#148. Amanda's homebirth to Maddison

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2025/10/14

Two miscarriages with IVF and then a natural conception - Amanda shares with us her challenging conceptionjourney and to mark Baby Loss Awareness Week at the time of recording, we chat a little bit more about the very common (yet often not talked about) topic of miscarriage.In Maddison’s pregnancy Amanda experiences a sub chorionic hematoma but from there she is low risk, a healthy pregnancy, therefore a homebirth was absolutely a possibility. Amanda shares her prep, how she gained knowledge

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01:22:51

#147. Rabia's home VBA2C to Ibrahim

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2025/10/05

Following 2 C-sections Rabia did everything she could toachieve her home VBA2C and in this episode you’ll hear all about what she did, how she did it and you’ll undoubtedly be inspired by her perseverance, dedication;her ability to take charge, make decisions and trust the process.Her journey included a complete mindset change and allowed new doors to open up for her (while some closed). She shares about her change of midwifery care, finding a doula and how this felt difficult. There was all

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01:01:05

#146. Laura's two hospital births to Oliver and Eddison

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2025/09/22

A great episode to listen to for understanding how you can roll with the unpredicted curve balls and have your partner fully support you – so that all you have to do as a birthing mother is simply “go with the flow”. Laura shares her 2 positive hospital births to Oliver and Eddison where both she and partner Josh were prepared having taken a hypnobirthing course in their first pregnancy, and a private refresher session in their second pregnancy.However, nobody can predict the curveballs that might

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01:26:36

#145. Christl's 3 births (one hospital, two homebirths)

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2025/09/16

Christl shares with us her three different birth experiences. Archie’s birth at 39 weeks included meconium present in waters, synthetic oxytocin, kiwi cup and forceps which left Christl feeing a bit daunted about birth when it came to her 2nd pregnancy. However, armed with some different information and confidence she then planned and experienced a homebirth – with baby Elsie arriving ‘en caul’. We then discuss her 3rd birth, another homebirth to Darcy. Despite being in the best possible state for a

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01:06:49

#144. Kobi's induction to Dovie

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2025/09/04

An inspiring induction story from solo mum Kobi who was surrounded by her ‘village’ for her empowering birth to Dovie.Kobi wasn’t scared of birth, but she was ideally planning on a homebirth, so there was a bit of mindset shifting needed to be done at the end of her pregnancy when it appeared that Dovie’s growth was slowing right down.Listen to how Kobi worked through her change of plans, how her induction played out at 38 weeks (balloon and synthetic oxytocin with epidural), the beautiful hospital

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00:55:47

#143 Charlie's hospital births to Noah and James

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2025/08/31

Charlie wants to let you know that you can still have abeautiful birth in a hospital with an obstetrican. She’s had two such births, she chose obstetrican care to support her medical condition of Hashimotos.Having her thyroid removed in 2021 and managing with medication, Charlie shares with us her conception, pregnancy and birth journeys with one of the biggestchallenges – prodromal labour for 3 weeks at the end of her pregnancy with Noah.This influenced her decision to opt for an induction

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01:03:45

#142. Georgia's homebirth to Daphne

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2025/08/27

A smooth homebirth for a first baby, this is a great storyfor all first time parents to listen to, incase you too might like to “trial” a homebirth.Georgia shares with us the rocky start to her pregnancy witha severe bleed at 6 weeks being a sub chorionic hematoma and then all was well – until the 12 week scan. At that stage she was told that baby had a high risk result for Down Syndrome. Listen to how Georgia handled the news of this, the wonderful advice her mum gave and why and how she chose

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01:12:43

#141. Jordi's VBAC to Margot

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2025/08/26

Jordi has been through a lot with her two daughters Rosie and Margot. In this episode we hear about the differences between a fear filled birth and one where she felt calm and in control.Included in this chat are:· Miscarriage and immediate conception· Antenatal anxiety · 30 weeks discovery of Rosie having bilateralduplex kidneys, · The example of fear and tension leading to pain ,epidural, pushing with no sensation, the position of baby resulting in a

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01:05:06

#140. Ashlee's homebirth to Willow

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2025/08/17

Ashlee is mum to 3 children under 3 years old and has a range of birth experiences – so she shares with us the details of them all, with a focus on her most recent unassisted fast homebirth to Willow.Ashlee’s first birth to Alicia involved a range of intervention including induction (due to baby’s size), being prepped for C- Section, with baby born vaginally and a 3rd degree tear. We hear about the details of this birth and how it impacted on Ashlee’s decision to have a “beautiful” elective

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00:56:03

#139. Gabby's hospital birth to Hazel

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2025/07/30

Gabby shares with us what she learnt in her first two birthsthat made her decide to do some proper prep (i.e the Positive Births hypnobirthing course) in her third pregnancy.She explains her first birth to Lucy was and induction due tohigh blood pressure and ended in a C-Section. Her second birth to Caleb was a successful vbac with epidural.When it came to her third pregnancy with Hazel, Gabby andhusband Boyce took some time to learn information, tools and do some mindset work to feel more prepared

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01:11:13

#138. Serena's VBAC to Nylah

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2025/07/29

“Back up your ‘she’ll be right’ with some actual tools to dothis” is what Serena would say if she could go back in time to her pre-pregnant self before first baby Maeve arrived. Serena reflects on her two different experiences of birth –both with the same intense sensations; but in her second birth Serena was now armed with tools, techniques and a mindset that helped her work with what was happening in a different way.Her first birth to Maeve ended in a c-section. ( If you’re notin the mood today

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