Breech Birth Podcast

Kristine Lauria is an internationally recognized American midwife who has been attending women in birth since 1989. She works for MSF (Doctors Without Borders) when she is not traveling and teaching. She specializes in breech and multiples and is the subject of the upcoming documentary, Allowed to Birth - The Journey of a Globally Midwife. She lives in the upper peninsula of Michigan with her dog....

Dr Victoria Flores went through Neurobiology and Behaviour at UCIrvine, medical school at USC School of Medicine, then Residency training years at Kern Medical Center in Bakersfield and a partial Chief Year at Tufts Medical Ctr in Boston. Dr Flores then ran away from the chaos of administration to a personally created space of Home Birth for Breech and Twins after an apprenticeship with Dr. Stuart...

The birth of her first child was profoundly life-altering in the most beautiful way. Inspired by that experience, Brooke felt called to support others in their own journeys and began her transition into birth work, attending her first birth as a doula in 2006.   Throughout her years of serving women and families, she has been blessed to learn from exceptional mentors both locally and international...

Dr Cha'ban was born in 1966 and is married with 3 adult daughters. Syrian - Bulgarian origine. Dr Cha'ban came to Belgium when he was 8years old and has been an Obstetrician for the past 30years. Dr Cha'ban has delivered around 11,000 children of which 500 breech babies. Dr Cha'ban describes himself as a breech addict and still learning every day. His ultimate goal "I want to put breech deliveries...

Ashlee is a midwife, wife and mother of three (including twins) living in Sydney. She has been a midwife for over 15 years and is currently practicing as a Privately Practicing Midwife. She is passionate about empowering women to make informed choices about their care, whilst committed to extensive ongoing professional development to ensure that she can work with clients to deliver the best care....

Stuart James Fischbein MD is a community-based obstetrician and an Associate of the American College of Obstetrics & Gynecology, published author of “Fearless Pregnancy, Wisdom & Reassurance from a Doctor, A Midwife and A Mom” and peer-reviewed papers below. After completing his residency at Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre in LA, CA, Dr. Stu, spent 24 years assisting women in hospital and, for...

Whitney Pinger CNM MSN FACNM has been training and serving as a midwife for almost 50 years.  For most of them, she has been a champion of physiologic, uninterrupted birth in academic medical centres.  Her practice, WISDOM Midwifery, is rooted in The Midwifery Pearls, the evidence-based strategies that optimize physiologic birth and The Pinger Patterns of Labor, her innovative labour management pa...

Rixa Freeze has a PhD in American Studies from the University of Iowa. Her doctoral studies focused on the history of healthcare and medicine with specialization in pregnancy, childbirth, and maternity care. Her dissertation examined why women in North America choose unassisted home births. She worked as a visiting assistant professor for 9 years at Wabash College before founding Breech Without Bo...

Blyss Young, LM, CPM is a midwife, teacher and mentor devoted to women’s wisdom across the thresholds of life. Her work is shaped by decades in midwifery, deep clinical experience, and profound personal loss. With years of experience supporting physiological birth, mentoring birthworkers, and walking with women through grief and transformation, Blyss brings depth, presence, and a deep rooted passi...

Andrew Bisits worked in full time public hospital obstetrics from 1984-2025. Andrew was the medical co-director of maternity services at the Royal Hospital for Women in Randwick, Sydney, a tertiary maternity service where 4100 babies are born each year. He did his training in Newcastle, NSW, Australia and worked there for 23 years. During his time, he developed a strong interest in models of mater...

Nicole Morales is a mother, mentor, author, breech advocate, Spinning Babies® Approved Trainer, storyteller, and homebirth midwife living in San Diego, California USA. In midwifery teaching, Nicole actively engages in caretaking midwifery by shifting its compass towards deeper understandings of physiological birth practices while highlighting the midwives and families inner processes of decision m...

Chloe shares her plan to have a wild pregnancy and freebirth with the option to contact her NHS midwife if needed. Chloe opted out of ultrasounds and blood tests during her pregnancy and after labouring at home called the NHS midwives to get some reassurance. After transferring and labouring at hospital, Chloe intuitively knew that her baby needed a caesarean. Chloe had a complex and rare situatio...

Ali shares her experience transferring from a private obstetrician to another who supports vaginal breech birth. Ali had two ECV's one at 37wks with no medications and the other at 40wks with an epidural, both unsuccessful. Ali had to birth her baby in theatre due to baby being breech and was told to lie on her back for the birth of baby's head. Ali shares her thoughts around the increasing caesar...

Lexi shares her experience planning a home birth and being supported to continue at home when her baby was discovered to be breech. Lexi declined an ECV but tried other methods to turn baby. Lexi shares how she focused attention on fitness throughout her pregnancy and a positive mindset which benefitted her in labour. To help support getting the Breech Birth Podcast stories out to women and their...

Gianna shares her journey receiving care with MGP but later changing to the only private obstetrician available that supports vaginal breech birth. Gianna discusses the rejection of her birth preferences in order to receive care for a vaginal breech birth and later realises the offer was only for a breech extraction. Gianna was in a teaching hospital and touches on what this looked like during her...

Rose shares her experience with continuity of midwifery care and planning a breech home birth with a skilled midwife. Rose discusses her meeting with a supportive obstetrician for hospital birth but after consideration decided home was safest for her. Rose had her baby at 40wks and shares that her second and third babies were also breech but turned in third trimester after chiropractic care. Rose...

Barbara shares her experience of breaking waters at 39wks and discovering baby was breech. Barbara transferred to a different hospital in hope for vaginal birth but due to lack of skilled practitioners, Barbara chose an elective caesarean. Barbara mentions that after seeing the Born at Home film she wanted a home birth for her second baby. At 39.4wks Barbara broke her waters before labour again an...

Jessica shares her story on a planned publicly funded homebirth with antenatal transfer for hospital birth due to having a breech baby. Jess had a failed ECV and her baby had a succenturiate placenta. Jess had morphine and sterile water injections in labour for pain relief as well as support from her partner and continuity midwife. To help support getting the Breech Birth Podcast stories out to wo...

Maddison is a registered midwife and chose publicly funded homebirth care. After discovering baby was breech, Maddison was supported by both her midwife and an obstetrician in a hospital setting and had a successful vaginal birth. Maddison shares briefly her experience with PCOS and the journey her baby had with his tongue tie management. Maddison's baby also had a rare placenta called a furcate p...

Caitlin shares her journey having had two breech babies and one cephalic. Her first was born via elective caesarean at 39wks due to being breech and having a low-lying placenta. Caitlin's second baby was head down and was born vaginally but had a 4th degree tear with coached pushing. Caitlin's third baby was breech and involved changing care providers to achieve the vaginal birth she desired in a...

Toni shares her planned freebirth story with the support of her husband and friend. Toni had intuitive knowledge that her baby was breech before she was born and her baby remained posterior from rumping until the head was ready to be born. 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 Coffee h...

Laura shares her planned frank breech homebirth story with the support of her midwife and doula. Due to breech birth being illegal in Alabama USA, Laura chose to drive interstate to achieve her preferred birth. Laura's baby required a shoulder press at birth but otherwise was well. To help support getting the Breech Birth Podcast stories out to women and their families across the world please make...

Henna shares her experience transferring between hospitals after discovering she had a breech baby. Henna chose to have a breech vaginal birth and received an episiotomy without consent at the birth due to a dropped foot and cord prolapse. Henna found out shortly after the birth that her baby's toe had been accidentally amputated during the episiotomy. To help support getting the Breech Birth Podc...

Faith shares her incredible story of determination and strength that was required to achieve her vaginal birth in a hospital setting. Faith had DiDi twins with both in a breech position for most of pregnancy and Twin B turning to head down toward the end. Faith vaginally birthed her babies and discusses the treatment she received and the ongoing battle after the birth. To help support getting the...

Gemma shares her three breech birth stories and a snapshot of her head down baby's birth. Gemma has birthed one of her breech babies vaginally in the hospital, one via caesarean and then chose a freebirth for her last baby who was also breech. Gemma shares the intense experience she had with her first being a surprise breech in labour and receiving an episiotomy without consent. Gemma also felt li...