Breech Birth Podcast

Tamara shares her experience in having planned homebirths and with her last baby being a surprise breech her midwife required phone support from a doctor and manoeuvres were required. Unfortunately, Tamara's baby's arm was broken during a manoeuvre but Tamara shares the healing process was quick and additionally her baby required a stay in ICU due to concerns of lack of oxygen supply during the bi...

Katie shares her planned homebirth journey and known breech baby. Katie did her own research assisting her in making an informed decision around the location and choice of birth. Katie has had quick births and shares the thoughts and mental capacity experienced with these. Katie's mother also had two breech babies herself which were born via caesarean. To help support getting the Breech Birth Podc...

Meghan shares the raw and real moments throughout her pregnancy journey touching on anxiety after experiencing two miscarriages, the days of labour and her approach to coping as well as her experience of witnessing her baby need breathing support in the initial moments post birth. Meghan had a complex breastfeeding journey and takes us through this. To help support getting the Breech Birth Podcast...

Jade shares her experience opting for MGP care and later transferring to the local breech clinic. Jade had a successful ECV but shortly after baby turned back to her breech position. Jade accepted an induction at 40.5wks due to baby's size and at 8cm requested an epidural. Shortly after the epidural baby's heart rate became abnormal and Jade made the decision to have a caesarean. To help support g...

April shares her experience birthing her twins at home with private midwifery care. April's baby A was in a breech position and Baby B was transverse throughout pregnancy then turned to cephalic once Baby A had birthed. April birthed both babies vaginally and shares her thoughts around knowledge and owning your power. To help support getting the Breech Birth Podcast stories out to women and their...

Jami shares her freebirth journey after wanting a homebirth and not being able to access a private midwife in her area. Jami has a three generation history of breech babies and so knowingly prepared for this just in case. Jami discuss' the responsibility taken when choosing to freebrith and her reflection on the birthing experience. To help support getting the Breech Birth Podcast stories out to w...

Jillian shares her journey of receiving private obstetric care and deciding to travel interstate for a homebirth with a midwife to achieve a vaginal birth. Jillian discovers her baby is breech and has to make the hard decision to go make to the private obstetrician for an elective caesarean due to not being able to access care for a vaginal breech birth. Jillian shares her experience with her unsu...

Johanna shares her experience finding the right midwife with a brief snapshot of her previous births and decision making for her most recent baby who was a surprise incomplete breech home birth. Johanna made the decision not to have any ultrasounds in this pregnancy and shares her moments of foresight of when baby would arrive. Johanna birthed her baby at 41.1wks. To help support getting the Breec...

Marley shares her experience receiving private midwifery care, planning to homebirth and making the decision to have an elective caesarean due to her baby being in a frank breech position. Marley had an unsuccessful ECV and Hyperemesis Gravidarum throughout her pregnancy. Marley shares that her baby had ABO blood incompatibility resulting in baby requiring phototherapy lights and 1wk in NICU. To h...

Hannah shares her raw and emotional journey having a bicornuate uterus resulting in four breech babies. Hannah shares her successful ECV experience but later this baby turned back to breech. Hannah planned a vaginal birth for each pregnancy and shares the barriers that came up for her resulting in a caesarean for each. Hannah shares her breastfeeding journey with breast hypoplasia and her experien...

sabelle shares her experience with the Midwifery Group Practice at her local hospital and her journey planning a vaginal breech birth in the hospital setting. Isabelle's baby had low apgars at birth and required a 5 day stay in the NICU. Isabelle also shares the struggles she had with breastfeeding due to having breast hypoplasia and the required management of ankylosing spondylitis in pregnancy a...

Phoebe shares her decision making around homebirth and the surrendering required to accept transfer to hospital care. Phoebe had a frank breech baby via caesarean after labouring at hospital first. Phoebe touches on her experience around the loss of maidenhood and independence after having a baby and shares her rebirth experience with baby at home in the birth pool. To help support getting the Bre...

Jasmin shares her journey after having three breech babies and discovering she has a bicornuate uterus. Jasmin shares she had surgery to remove her septum but continued to have breech babies and after three caesareans achieved a home birth with a private midwife. To help support getting the Breech Birth Podcast stories out to women and their families across the world please make a small donation t...

Mia shares her journey beginning with private obstetric care and later transferring to her local breech clinic. Mia shares her vaginal birth experience at 39.4wks and having an epidural and episiotomy. Discussion on the importance of consent is also mentioned in Mia's interview. To help support getting the Breech Birth Podcast stories out to women and their families across the world please make a...

Eleanor received care with the MGP team and planned to birth in the Birth Centre. Eleanor shares her experience navigating a planned breech birth at 41wks. After labouring for 40hrs, Eleanor made the decision for an emergency caesarean. Eleanor also touches on her VBAC experience with her second child and choosing to birth at home. To help support getting the Breech Birth Podcast stories out to wo...

Jaime shares her experience through pregnancy, labour and birth whilst receiving care from a private midwife. Jaime planned a home birth and continued this plan after discovering baby was breech. Jaime had a frank breech and birthed in the water. To help support getting the Breech Birth Podcast stories out to women and their families across the world please make a small donation through Buy Me a C...

Kirsty shares her experience engaging in private midwifery care for her pregnancy touching on her first experiences with her eldest child and a miscarriage shaping her future decisions. Kirsty had a very quick labour and a surprise breech baby for her second birth. Kirsty ha retained placenta and required emergency care both at home and after transferring to hospital. Kirsty shares with us, the vu...

Bianca shares her experience receiving care within her local Birth Centre and navigating the maternity system when her baby was discovered breech. Bianca awaited labour but made the decision at 42wks to have a caesarean. Bianca also shares her second baby was breech but flipped before birth and she achieved a VBAC in hospital. To help support getting the Breech Birth Podcast stories out to women a...

Jazmin shares her experience after having three vaginal births with her first three children (head down) and unable to find support in her location to have a planned vaginal breech birth. Jazmin makes the decision to have an elective caesarean but ends up going into labour the night before her scheduled caesarean. Listen to her story to find out what happened. To help support getting the Breech Bi...

Bri has a bicornuate uterus and planned a breech home birth with private midwifery care. Bri also shares her experiences with endometrosis, fertility, graves disease and a difficult breastfeeding journey. Bri was inspired by the Born at Home film, available online. To help support getting the Breech Birth Podcast stories out to women and their families across the world please make a small donation...

Bek is a mother of four, wife and a Doula. Bek has freebirthed two of her four children and planned a freebirth with her youngest who was a surprise breech. Bek made the intuitive decision to transfer in labour and elected for a caesarean. Bek shares the incredible journey her daughter has had from the beginning of life with her diagnosis of hydrocephalus and spina bifida. To help support getting...

Hayley is a mother of two and a postpartum Doula. After a traumatic experience in the hospital setting with her first, Hayley engaged care from a private midwife for a planned homebirth with her second. Hayley had a surprise breech baby born partially in water then completed on land with a shoulder press required for the birth of the head. Hayley shares her experience throughout the journey and wh...

Raquel is a mother of four, has had three breech babies and has a unique uterus called a bicornuate (heart shaped) which can often lead to breech presentation. Raquel shares her experience in California with the many barriers to achieving a vaginal breech birth as well as a VBAC including the lack of support with a head down baby. Raquel managed to find an obstetrician that supported her through a...

Stephanie is a midwife and mother and shares her experience planning a breech home birth with her private midwife in collaboration with the local hospital. Stephanie shares in detail what was involved when she transferred in labour as well as her emergency caesarean experience. In addition we discuss hospital policies and guidelines and where you can access these. To help support getting the Breec...

Evie is a mother of two and shares with us her journey of having a planned breech (complete) vaginal birth at 39wks at her local family birth centre. Evie had a traumatic experience with her first birth and took steps to avoid this in her second pregnancy, seeking out continuity of midwifery care. Some manoeuvres were needed for her breech baby and Evie shares what this was like for her. To help s...