Talk Birthy With Us

In this week’s episode we’re joined by Dr Stu an OBGYN, a public speaker, podcaster https://open.spotify.com/show/5IYrdNqDATUbK7FDAk2EKc?si=fx9Merv0TpSD5SoIu0CKSg & teacher of Reteach Breech http://www.birthinginstincts.com/reteach-breech We talk birthy all about breech birth, the current approach & practice towards birth when a baby is breech, the concept of risk when it comes to vaginal breech b...

In this week’s episode of Talk Birthy With Us - the penultimate episode of season 1 - we are joined by Katie who comes to share with us her very different & varied birth experinces with each of her 3 babies. These will give such an insight into what these different labours involved & felt like for Katie experiencing them & will be so insightful for anyone currently pregnant. To browse our list of...

In this week’s episode we’re joined by Olivia Hinge an Independent Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) & we discuss common breastfeeding issues we hear reported & their solutions. So anyone preparing to breastfeed or in their breastfeeding journey or any breastfeeding supporters are gonna wanna listen to this one! We have a good ol’ chin wag about all things breastfeeding, politics surrou...

In this week’s episode we are joined by Siobhan who shares with us her birth experience of her son Raffy. Siobhan birthed her son Raffy at home as planned, after her waters went at 37 weeks. Siobhan talks of the mental challenges presented after her waters had gone but contractions didn’t start for another 4 days. Siobhan talks about how her intuition spoke to her from the very beginning of pregna...

In this week’s episode of Talk Birthy With Us, we’re joined by Chloe Prince an eating disorder recovery coach & therapist. Chloe talks to us about disordered eating and the impacts on fertility, pregnancy & postpartum. Chloe also draws on her own experiences of pregnancy after recovery from eating disorders. We were so keen to cover this topic because, as Chloe explains, in our society diet cultur...

Welcome to this very special episode of Talk Birthy With Us! In the birth arena most of the information out there is directed to & aimed at those who will be actually birthing & in large - women. All of the offers for birth stories we have shared on the podcast have been by & from female birther’s. We’re here to bring more of a voice to men & partners in the birth space. In honour of Father’s Day...

Welcome to this very special episode of Talk Birthy With Us! In the birth arena most of the information out there is directed to & aimed at those who will be actually birthing & in large - women. All of the offers for birth stories we have shared on the podcast have been by & from female birther’s. We’re here to bring more of a voice to men & partners in the birth space. In honour of Father’s Day...

In this week’s episode we’re joined by Sorrel who shares with us her 3 birth stories; 2 home births & a free birth at home. Sorrel shares her Birthy insights including how her confidence in her birthing abilities were largely shaped by her mum, how intuition guided her through each birth experience & what led her to her decision to free birth her 3rd baby. She also shares an incredible top tip to...

This week we’re joined by the incredible (& bloody lovely) guests Eleanor & Amanda - the co creators of the Born At Home Film. We talk about how the idea for the documentary came about, the behind the scenes of how it was created & the incredible impact it’s had on birthing people already. Films like these showing the magic of physiological birth is what we need to balance out the current narrativ...

Join your hosts Ellie & Luiza as we talk Birthy all about intuitive birthing! The role of intuition in every day life & how it can be such a valuable tool in pregnancy & birth & beyond! Luiza shares her experience of feeling disconnected with her intuition post baby loss & how she worked on reconnecting with it during her second pregnancy. Ellie shares her experience of the impact tuning out of he...

Come & talk birthy with your hosts Ellie & Luiza as we catch you up on our weekly going’s on! And our guest this week is Carmelle Gentle who is an independent tongue tie practitioner, working with families to overcome feeding & other issues caused by tongue tie & oral dysfunction in their babies. This episode is designed to help parents understand more about tongue tie & why this issue goes beyond...

In this week’s episode we’re joined by Gemma who shares with us her 2 birth stories; a spontaneous labour ending in a positive unplanned caesarean & an elective caesarean with her second child. This episode comes with a warning that whilst Gemma describes her first birth as a positive one, she shares her real emotions & grief of the births she did not experience. Gemma talks about her many reflect...

In this week’s episode join your hosts Ellie & Luiza as we talk birthy all about the common mistakes we see people making when preparing to have baby! To caveat this, there’s no “right” or “wrong” however there are a number of things we see people mistakenly do/or not do which could be avoided! So have a big old dose of food for thought when it comes to your birth preparation. To browse our list o...

In this week’s (bumper length) episode we have the honour of chatting to our absolutely fabulous guest Midwife Vic. Midwife Vic is (surprisingly) a midwife, the founder of C section UK the UK’s leading C section education organisation. You can find Midwife Vic on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/midwife_vic?igsh=MWJvZ2JpMTYzbGxxZg== & Tik Tok at https://www.tiktok.com/@midwifevic?_t=8lEGSNeP...

Welcome back to Part 2 where we share Harriet’s home birth story with her daughter Juno! Harriet has kindly offered to speak with anyone who relates to her story & you can find her on Instagram here https://www.instagram.com/breathing_space_yoga?igsh=MXV1dzZqMXZxc2UwaQ==. As is custom when we’re trusted to share guests individual experiences, there is no weekly catch up or Boss Bitch Bin this week...

This week we are joined by our wonderful guest Harriet (a midwife) who shares with us her journey to her daughter Juno. Harriet shares with us the difficulties in navigating infertility, her experience of conception via IVF & her journey to accepting & surrendering to this part of her story. Harriet goes on to tell us about the challenges she navigated birthing wishing the system following an IVF...

In this week’s episode join hosts Ellie & Luiza as we talk birthy all about Estimated Due Dates. We discuss a brief history of how they’re calculated, why they’re so heavily relied on, a big discussion about the pressures surrounding estimated due dates & the potential impacts on overall birth experiences. There’s no weekly catch up this week as Ellie’s on her snowscape! But we do throw a brand ne...

In this episode of Talk Birthy With Us we welcome our lovely guest Sarah Fitzsimmons - one half of My Independent Midwives. Sarah supports families through her independent midwifery services & specialises in supporting families to birth outside of guidelines. Sarah talks to us about vaginal examinations - the history of them & how practice surrounding exams has changed over time, why you may or ma...

In part 2 of our Mothers Day special, Lucy comes back to share her postpartum experiences because at New Birth Club it’s not just about the birth, it’s about setting you up for the best postpartum & ever after possible! Lucy shared her experiences of NICU with 2 of her babies & the differences she noticed in her postpartum recovery. She also talks to us about what it’s like living with her ‘villag...

It’s the Mother’s Day Special of Talk Birthy With Us! 1 episode. 2 parts. 3 amazing birth stories! This week we’re joined by our very special guest Lucy, Ellie’s cousin! In this part, Lucy shares her birth experiences with each of her babies. Lucy’s attitude towards birth is so phenomenal! Her preparation was spot on. Her partner Matt’s support was other worldly 😍! Whether you’ve birthed before o...

In this episode we welcome our delightful guest Megan Rossiter (founder of Birth-Ed). Megan’s specialism is in supporting families to find their own way in navigating the maternity services & to make confident decisions for their birth. She’s bloody good at what she does! She talks to us about understanding “risk”, how to get the most out of your maternity care & navigating the hurdles “high risk”...

This week Liz joins us to share her 3 different physiological birth experiences with us! A water birth on the midwife led unit birth with her first, a physiological birth on the labour ward with her second following an ECV (external cephalic version) following a breech diagnosis with her second baby & her final baby was born at home following a low PAAP-A diagnosis, supported by our very own Luiza...

Join Luiza & Ellie as we talk birthy all about birth environments! You’re getting a mini birth physiology (how birth works) lesson in this episode, together with a load of doula approved tools to enhance your birth environment & therefore birth experience! If this episode has left you wanting more, head over to https://payhip.com/NewBirthClub/collection/all?&page=15 to grab your Birth Physiology &...

Join Ellie & Luiza as we talk birthy with our very lovely & special guest Dr Jenna Brough, a clinical psychologist specialising in perinatal trauma. Dr Jenna can be found on instagram here https://www.instagram.com/dr.jenna.psychologist?igsh=dWdlcWxlc2NjbzJu We kick this episode off with a behind the scenes chat about why we chose this more specific topic within the bigger conversation around birt...

⚠️ Caution ⚠️ there’s Fbombs a-plenty, hard truths discussed & language which some might find difficult. As always, you do you honey! If it’s not for you right now, that’s ok! Move on. Maybe revisit it later. This week we welcome the absolute power house that is Kemi Johnson. You can find Kemi on Instagram here https://www.instagram.com/kemibirthjoyjohnson?igsh=MTc1ejFhMGRmaGpsaA== & check out her...