Australian Birth Stories

Australian Birth Stories

A Podcast of Mothers' stories of childbirth. Weekly interviews with mothers giving their first hand accounts of child birth in Australia. Designed to help educate and inform first time pregnant women, parents wanting to have better subsequent births and birth enthusiasts who love to hear and tell birth stories. An entertaining and heartfelt resource for pregnancy, labour and delivery and postpartum.

Latest Episode

570 | Tamsyn, 2 Births, DCDA twins, vaginal twin birth, birth advocacy, midwifery support, physiological labour (15.09.2025)

Previous Episodes

  • 569 | Ruby - Midwife, low-lying placenta, Royal Women's homebirth program, positive induction experience 08.09.2025
  • 568 | Gen - PT, three babies, prolapse recovery, 44-year-old home birth 01.09.2025
  • 567 | How to donate and receive donor breastmilk with Chris from Australian Red Cross Lifeblood 28.08.2025
  • 566 | Jordan - Midwife births with colleagues, 31-hour first labour, quick second birth, rural South Australia 25.08.2025
  • 565 | Steph Claire Smith – second baby, breech presentation, spontaneous labour, drug-free birth 21.08.2025
  • 564 | Celeste - Three very different births, Multiple sclerosis, induction, precipitous labour, mastitis 18.08.2025
  • 563 | Hannah - two births, Vaginal Breech Birth, NICU Journey, and Raising Awareness About CMV in Pregnancy, infant loss. 11.08.2025
  • 562 | Dr. Amber Hart on Building Breastfeeding Confidence and Holistic Postpartum Care 04.08.2025
  • 561 | Tessa - Two births, Darwin private hospital closures, advocating for birthing mothers 28.07.2025
  • 560 | Sophie Pearce - HG across three pregnancies, PUPPs, doctor to podcaster, positive birth experiences 21.07.2025
  • Sleep Safety Special with Loren Rushton - Sponsored by Bonds 15.07.2025
  • 558 | Lisa - two births, hyperemesis gravidarum, COVID lockdown, induction, egg donation, physiological birth 14.07.2025
  • 557 | Katie 2 Births, Endometriosis, Inductions, Third-Degree Tear & Finding the Right Care Provider 07.07.2025
  • 556 | Corinne, Four births, intuitive birthing, pregnancy termination, Dr Lionel Steinberg 29.06.2025
  • 555 | Tarrah Jordan, IVF Journey, velamentous cord insertion (VCI), caesarean 23.06.2025
  • 554 | Ria regional midwife, two births, microcephaly, diagnostic journey, postpartum depression, resilience 18.06.2025
  • 553 | Rebecca's Three Positive MGP births, Mercy Hospital 16.06.2025
  • 552| Ali's Birth Stories Preeclampsia, Maternal Assisted Caesareans, and Breastfeeding Journeys 13.06.2025
  • 551 | Claire – Two births, MGP care, ulcerative colitis, big baby, physiological birth 09.06.2025
  • 550 | Mel's Journey: Same-Sex Conception, IVF, and Navigating Birth Plans 05.06.2025

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