The Positive Births NZ podcast

Super fascinated about birth, excited with no fear, Jess knew that breathing would be a big part of helping her through the birth and it was her number one tool to help her get through the surges. Lucky to have a relatively smooth pregnancy she went into labour a day after her due date, and the hardest thing for her at the start was trying not to get too excited. She experienced a strong start to...

"I could do that all again tomorrow", was what Taylor commented on just after birthing Isla - she clearly felt the benefits of the wonderful hormones flowing through her! Before Taylor even got pregnant she had listened to and learnt a huge amount about birth, it was (and still is) a topic that she is passionate about and fascinates her. She was excited about giving birth. In this episode she prov...

Miranda shares with us her four very different birth experiences, ranging from traumatic hospital birth to a magical birthcentre waterbirth, to a home waterbirth and then a pregnancy and birth with lots of challenges. She discovered hypnobirthing way back in 2007 when I had just started teaching the course, and when it was a little known concept - to help her overcome the trauma of her first birth...

Hope describes her birth to Aura as "beautiful and boring", but this episode is NOT boring. Hope talks us through her healing journey of the beliefs and experiences she was programmed with and how she released some unhelpful emotions. She previously had a difficult first birth 9 years prior and knew that for her second experience she wanted a very different experience. And it was totally different...

Dayna prepared for her birth mentally emotionally and physically to prevent and minimise any potential trauma which is why she sought out the hypnobirthing course to do. She talks us through her straightforward pregnancy and her birth at Warkworth Birth Centre. At no point in time did she feel the need for any pain relief, although there was some for her episiotomy just as Jasper cruised into the...

Anneke shares her very long but incredible birth journey to meet her baby girl Kahu which was 75 hours in total. She used a number of tools to help her through, and you'll hear how she managed so well, mentally and physically through this time. In this episode she talks about not wanting to be induced, induction with misoprostal, ventouse delivery and the importance of a birth debrief with her mid...

Jo was planning on a waterbirth with no interventions, but at the end of her pregnancy when she was diagnosed with pre-eclampsia she needed to make some serious decisions involving induction. This meant she was now embarking on a journey that she had not planned for BUT she was determined to do everything she could to make it a positive one. While the early stages of induction took a while, as soo...

An extraordinary story of the home, breech birth of baby Sage. Jade and Justin both share their experience of a fast, smooth birth - nobody knew that baby was breech until 10 minutes before she arrived! They only called their midwife when they felt something start to appear down below and upon arrival it was confirmed that, that something was a bottom! Jade shares with us the tools that helped her...

This story truly makes my heart sing! Sarah came into pregnancy terrified and anxious about giving birth and in 5 short weeks through attending the Positive Births hypnobirthing course did a massive 180 degree turn. She left feeling empowered and excited and her anxiety was gone. For the first time in her life she was able to use breathing as a way to help her relax and to prevent anxiety attacks....

Natalie and Dan went into birth with pure excitement, it was after having done the hypnobirthing course that they decided they wanted a homebirth and they achieved everything they had planned. Although they hadn't planned for a full moon, lunar eclipse, and midwife attending 3 births that night! But still everything went smoothly. It was an emotional meeting of baby Isabella after 15 hours in labo...

Hope and Tai always knew they wanted a homebirth and with the Covid situation and supportive midwives it looked like the best option. Hope believed in herself to be able to do it and she achieved a peaceful waterbirth after a total of 36 hours in labour. To learn the skills and tools Hope used in her pregnancy and birth head to www.positivebirths.co.nz for your options of online or live courses.

Laura shares with us her pregnancy journey and her transformation from anxiety and worry to a feeling of empowerment. She talks about the end of pregnancy which seemed to last forever, and finally the birth of baby Brooklyn. She shares what she's most proud of in her birth story and what she would do differently next time.....  To learn tools and skills for your positive birth check out your l...

Sara would never have dreamed of describing birth as "a relaxing, amazing experience" in her 20's, but when she became pregnant she decided that's exactly what she wanted - and she did! First she had to convince husband Josh that a homebirth was the best option, which took a while - (he's now a homebirth advocate!). Then she did all the research to arm herself with the confid...

Kelly rocked her birth - it was a lot quicker than she had planned (although you'll hear her talk about the number she visualised) and her and Matt welcomed Freddie into the world all on their own - before their midwife arrived. I spoke to Kelly when Freddie was 6 days old, so all her memories are fresh, and she shares with us the wonderful feelings of feeling like Superwoman once her baby had...