Breech Birth Podcast

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...

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...