Born for this

In this conversation, I interview board-certified OB-GYN Dr Nathan Riley about his journey into the field and his perspective on birth and women's healthcare. We discuss the lack of open conversation around birth, the limitations of the hospital system, and the importance of informed consent. We also touch on the topic of hormonal contraception and the need for personalized care. Nathan shares...

In this Episode I speak with Dr. Jess Michaels, she is an Osteopath, Doula, Mama and the creator and founder of 'The Birth Sling'. Jess opens up about her birth to her first born Koa which was a planned homebirth with a hospital transfer. Because of Jess's knowledge and strong birth team/support, she was fully advocated for, practised informed consent and had a beautiful empowering sto...

In this episode I speak to Liv about freebirth and her journey from maiden to mother in the freebirth space herself (accidentally). What being a freebirth doula has taught Liv and what we need to unlearn as a society in the birth space. We speak on ways we can support woman whole heartedly in the postpartum period and its a beautiful conversation in which Liv holds full trust in the power of a wom...

How do you react to your children when they tell you they are not good at something?

For the past forty five years, Kristin Jarden (Krishna) has lived in Kullu, known as the Valley of Gods, in the Himalayas of Northern India. Originally from New Zealand, Kristin had an inquiry to find the purpose of life. It was this sense that “something more exists” and questions such as, “Who am I?" that led her to India to find inner perfection. I invite you to listen to this episode with...

Lena is a neuroscientist and has studied sleep for the past 10years. We talk about mum brain, is it real? Why do we get it? How pregnancy effects the size of our brain and how we can set up better sleep habits! The mother-infant bond influencing our brain, behaviour and sleep into adulthood, and much much more. Lena currently offers personalised sleep coaching, to help you feel better and well res...

In this episode I speak with An, the doula for my 2 childrens births. We talk about some of the common misconceptions about homebirth. Is homebirth dangerous? How many woman has she seen transfer to the hospital? Has there been any mortalities? And I come to realisation that my birth wasnt 'natural' at all! You can find An here https://www.thebirthcoach.eu/ and on instagram @thebirthcoach_...

In todays episode I speak to Jada on the birth of her two beautiful children. We discuss a bilateral club foot diagnosis for her second born and how that journey unfolded and finish with her empowering, unplanned freebirth at home. If you are currently dealing with a similar diagnosis Jada is happy to speak to anyone and offer support that she found so hard to find on her journey. You can find her...

For my very first episode I am joined by Kristine Lauria, the woman behind @globalmidwife64 We talk about the recent Triplet homebirth making waves on social media, informed consent, breech birth and much more. https://midwifewithoutboundaries.wordpress.com/ - https://www.breechwithoutborders.org/ - Instagram @globalmidwive64 Instagram @bornforthis_thepodcast

Welcome to Born for This