Australian Birth Stories

By: Sophie Walker
  • Summary

  • A Podcast of Mothers' stories of childbirth. Weekly interviews with mothers giving their first hand accounts of child birth in Australia. Designed to help educate and inform first time pregnant women, parents wanting to have better subsequent births and birth enthusiasts who love to hear and tell birth stories. An entertaining and heartfelt resource for pregnancy, labour and delivery and postpartum.
    2025 Sophie Walker
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Episodes
  • 521 | [Re-release] Oceane, Same-Sex Marriage, IVF, Donor Sperm, Homebirth, Midwife
    Jan 15 2025

    Today we are re-releasing one of our most popular episodes back from 2020, so there's a chance you haven't heard it yet! In this episode I chat to Oceane, a midwife and mother of three who so generously shares the beautiful, intricate details of her two homebirths. She also tells the story of her wife’s birth and the journey they have taken to become parents with donor sperm and IVF, the logic involved in deciding who will be pregnant and the joy of breastfeeding at the same time. Oceane’s story is inspiring, informative and heartwarming and the video of baby Emmeline’s arrival captures the euphoria of supported and trusted family-centred birth.

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    1 hr and 24 mins
  • 520 | Monica, two births, homebirth, carpal tunnel syndrome, eczema, hospital transfer
    Jan 13 2025

    In this episode, we meet Monica, a registered nurse at the Children's Hospital of Westmead with a deep passion for paediatrics. She shares her journey through two very different births, highlighting how even the most carefully laid birth plans sometimes need to change. Her story beautifully illustrates the delicate balance between pursuing natural birth preferences and responding to medical necessities when they arise.

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    42 mins
  • 519 | Sam, three births, MGP, private and public care, 4kg+ babies
    Jan 5 2025

    Sam shares her journey through early pregnancy losses to becoming a mother of three beautiful children. Living in the Tweed region on the NSW/QLD border with her husband Scott, Sam opens up about navigating pregnancy after loss, birthing “big” babies, and finding her voice to advocate for her birth preferences.

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    1 hr and 59 mins

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