VBAC Homebirth Stories Podcast

In this episode, I share my insights, thoughts, and experiences with statistics.  Statistics can be empowering and help you feel confident, but it's not the only thing that matters in your VBAC homebirth.  It's important to know how statistics can actually be holding your mindset back or making you feel like your goals are dangerous or unattainable.  As a society, we put a lot of po...

In this episode, we meet Dayan mother of two originally from California and lives in Perth, Australia now.  Here's a run down of Dayan's story:  GD in first pregnancy, was healthy otherwise, growth scans and induction talk.  Diet controlled allowed to go into spontaneous labour. Cascade of interventions: breaking waters, syntocinon, labour for 29 hours and c-section. Dayan felt trau...

In this episode I share a few stories on the power of how we use our mindset to shape our lives and our behaviours.  I share some of my own personal stories, along with a story of someone I find inspiring and brave. It's amazing to see how powerful these changes can be when you become aware of what is possible and how to make these changes. Did you know the words we choose can impact how we f...

I have started a health kick and have been watching some interesting shows and documentaries lately.  One of the shows I was watching was all about the power of the mind and how powerful the placebo effect can be.  I'd heard about this before and have been aware of this for a while so I wanted to think about this and how it relates to us in pregnancy and homebirth.  So I'm sharing m...

It's my birthing day and I will be happy if I want to!!  Our VBAC homebirth baby is turning two - what a milestone for us to celebrate! I share some of the challenges I went through to have my hbac and some of the amazing things I have gained by going through that journey.  In many ways I feel fully free.  Free to be my true self as much as I can each and every day.  The more I...

This week I'm coming up to my two-year freebirth after two surgical birth anniversary and I am celebrating in a big way!! I thought I would take a bit of a trip down memory lane and share some of the tools that I've used and that I used with my clients to really tap into that self-confidence and harness self-belief that is needed to feel ready to homebirth a baby out of your vagina!  And don'...

Join us for Part two of Sarah's hom story!  In Sarah's words, this is a bit of her story - Part 2 of Sarah's Story I knew I didn't want to have this baby in hospital. The idea was just something I couldn't get my head around. So we planned a homebirth after two  caesarean's at my sister's house as we live 2.5 hours away from a decent hospital. This pregnancy tested me in a lot of ways. I...

In this episode, we meet Sarah, the mother of now four babies.  In Sarah's words, this is a bit of her story - Part 1 of Sarah's Story My 1st baby, 18 years ago, was a breech-planned cesarean. Postpartum I was treated like crap in the hospital and discharged myself the following day. 2nd Baby, 15 years ago, was a cascade of interventions starting with a "just going to do a stretch and sweep d...

In this episode, I talk about the "pushing stage".  I have lately been noticing in women's birth stories that ended in C-Section that what keeps popping up is the pushing stage in a hospital setting and reaching 10 cm only to end up in a surgical birth because the baby isn't born within a certain time frame.  I'm going to share with you some of my insights about what you can expect when...

In this episode, I share a bit of my experience being a high BMI woman birthing in the system, and at home having my VBA2C freebirth. There is a lot of shame and guilt in our society aimed at bigger bodies. With magazine covers, movies & fashion focusing heavily on looking at certain way and size. Often when bigger women are put in magazines people come out in fury stating that it is offensive...

In this episode, I share some of the things that can make you feel burned out in pregnancy and motherhood in general. Our lives are always ebbing and flowing.  Sometimes life is easy and flowing wonderful, and other times - like pregnancy and challenging times in Motherhood we can tend to struggle more. It's about noticing those times when we are struggling and understanding what changes we n...

In this episode, I talk about the mechanics of birth and why focusing heavily on this may not be the best way for you to acheive your VBAC Homebirth.  Here's some of what I cover in this episode:  What is the mechanics of birth? Why you don't have to focus so much on the mechanics of birth - It's important to have an understanding and trust in the process of birth so you understand undis...

In this episode, we get to hear from one of my gorgeous clients Sarah.  Sarah is a now mother of three boys.  She had her homebirth with her third baby after two c-sections, special scar and having planned homebirths for all three of her babies.  It was such an honour to stand beside Sarah in her homebirth pregnancy and see her grow into the woman is she now today.   A wom...

In this episode, I take you on a bit of a journey to hear more about what working with me can look like.  I'm sorry the audio isn't the best, it was accidentally recorded on my web camera instead of my microphone!   Many women reach out to me after their birth and thank me for this podcast and any support I have given through pregnancy.  Lately, some of my clients have reached out w...

In this episode, I had the pleasure of talking with Pippa from Fantastic Futures about Birth Trauma.  We discussed: What is birth trauma? How women can experience it? How many women experience it?  How trauma impacts the body What happens when we don’t deal with it What happens when we do? I hope you enjoy this episode! Ashley x RESOURCES: Panda is a great free resource to get you starte...

In this episode, we take a deep dive into birth debriefing.  I share what birth debriefing is and how it can benefit to have a birth debrief after a birth that didn't go to plan or you have some questions or uneasy thoughts around.  When should you consider birth debriefing? Whenever you feel like you need one, you are worried about a future birth, unsure if you will have future children...

In this episode, I get to talking about what to do when your birth doesn't go to plan.  We all hope and dream of a positive birth experience or our dream homebirth.  We see so many glamourous and inspiring homebirths on Instagram and social media and dream of the day we will catch our baby and hold her in our arms and feel a sense of joy for achieving our VBAC and birthing our baby at ho...

Let's talk about the idea of this "perfect birth". I've had a couple of clients tell me after they have birthed- that perfect birth isn't real. So I thought it would be good to explore in a podcast episode with you. Perfect birth isn't achievable.  They mentioned that the birth culture, especially natural birth and homebirth groups and movements/ books glorify or portray that there is some am...

In this episode, I have a chat with my dear friend Janet Purcell from Birthplace. Janet is a mother of two, Doula, RN and self-confessed birth nerd (she loooveees all things birth).  And let me mention this powerhouse woman birthed an almost 5-kilo baby out of her vagina without any assistance!! (go mama).  We talk about birth comforts in this episode and how you can make your homebirth...

In this episode, we meet Emma one of our amazing listeners who has listened to nearly every single episode on the podcast! Emma is on the mid-north coast, Port Macquarie.  She works in an animal shelter that she adores working in. Emma and her husband have been together for 15 years and started trying for a family when they got married and it took a while to get pregnant.  Emma was diagn...

Heya!! And welcome back to another episode on the VBAC Homebirth Stories Podcast. I'm your host Ashley Winning!  I've been sick with Covid and I'm hoping my voice holds up today! I decided to create a fun little Mini-Series for Birth & Transfer Planning over the weeks.  Over the coming weeks, I will share episodes with information that relates to homebirth & transfer planning, wi...

In this episode, I've decided to shake things up and create a fun little Mini-Series for Birth & Transfer Planning! Over the coming weeks, I will share episodes with information that relates to homebirth & transfer planning, with topics that cover why it's important to consider this, what should be included, what to pack in your transfer bag, conversations to have with your birth team, how...

In this episode, I've decided to shake things up and create a fun little Mini-Series for Birth & Transfer Planning! Over the coming weeks, I will share episodes with information that relates to homebirth & transfer planning, with topics that cover why it's important to consider this, what should be included, what to pack in your transfer bag, conversations to have with your birth team, how...

In this episode, I talk about homebirth and freebirth as your very own choice and choosing your own adventure.  Often women choosing to homebirth lose sight that they are actually the ones steering their journey and that they are in full control of where this glorious adventure ends up.  After a post in my VBAC Homebirth Support group on FB came in this morning I decided to share some in...

In this episode, we meet Emma a mother of three who lives in South Coast, NSW. Emma joins us to talk briefly about her first birth which ended in a surgical birth. She was induced at 40 weeks due to a late diagnosis of GD and expected "big baby" 8 pounds and over.   26hrs of labour, 12 hrs on pitocin, and baby and mum were both in distress. Ended in an emergency cesarean and baby was born a t...