Kiwi Birth Tales

In Episode 9 I talk with Anna Reeve about her journey to pregnancy with 'The Nuggets' as they are well known. Anna and Jay had trouble getting pregnant with the boys, with IVF treatments being unsuccessful they moved to ICSI (Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection), with implantation of one embryo, which then split into two.  Anna had extreme Hyperemesis gravidarum (HG) through out her pregnan...

In Episode 8 of Kiwi Birth Tales I speak with Emma about her two Vaginal births with Rylan and Cian. Emma discusses her 1st birth in the hospital where she feels as though she lost control resulting in an epidural, eventually she was able to reach down and assist in pulling Rylan out.  In her 2nd birth Emma was determined to birth in the birthing centre, drug free if possible. Emmas pregnancy was...

In Episode 7 we hear from Moira who gave birth to baby Niamh Vaginally. Moira takes us through her long labour to vaginal birth with vaginal tearing, she also talks about her experience with Placenta Encapsulation and how this may have helped her post birth.  Thanks for listening! @Kiwibirthtales @Yourbirthproject Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In Episode 6 you will hear from Ngawai Baker, Ngawai has a beautiful baby girl Aria. Aria was born Vaginally but after a long labour it was discovered she was stuck face up and needed an episiotomy and ventouse extraction to assist in getting her out.  Ngawai talks about her experiences with isolation after giving birth and her experiences with breastfeeding.  I hope you enjoy todays episode.  Tha...

In Episode 5 I talk with Heidi Rawstorn, she takes us through her 3 births in Hospital and a Birthing Centre. Heidi used a Tens Machine for pain relief and has 3 positive birth experiences that I know you will enjoy hearing about.  Thanks for listening! @Kiwibirthtales @Yourbirthproject Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode Alannah takes us through her two Vaginal births, one in the bath and one standing (both in Hospital). Alannah has a foreign antibody in her blood which meant she needed to be monitored, more so in her second pregnancy.  After both births Alannah suffered from Mastitis which ended up being a contributing factor in suffering from post baby blues and struggling to bond with her second...

In this bonus episode of Kiwi Birth Tales you will hear from Arie. Arie is Dad to Ruby and George, Husband to Tash who you heard from earlier in the week. Arie talks us through the births of his two beautiful children from his perspective and offers some advice to other dads that he has learnt from his experiences so far.  Arie does a great job of detailing both births and their differences, while...

In this episode of Kiwi Birth Tales Alice discusses the birth story of little Thomas.  Alice was very keen to have as much of a natural birth as possible, with little to no interference. When Alices waters broke she noticed meconium and went immediately to hospital. Alice also discusses her experience with pain relief and hypnobirthing techniques.  Head to @Kiwibirthtales on Instagram or www.kiwib...

In this episode of Kiwi Birth Tales, Tash discusses her two birth stories that are very different from one another.  Tash has a serious complication in her first birth with Ruby, which is life threatening. She then goes on to give birth to George in an environment where she felt she was in control, which is a beautiful contrast.  Head to @Kiwibirthtales on Instagram or www.kiwibirthtales.com to se...