The Positive Births NZ podcast

Sara’s connection with her spirit baby before conception lead her on an intense healing journey after her first traumatic birth a couple of years prior.
In this episode we cover a broad (and very juicy) range of topics, which include:
-Connection to baby after a difficult birth
-Men with birth trauma and Postnatal depression
-Connection with Spirit Babies
-A variety of mental, emotional and physical healing modalities
-9D breathwork
-Healing Generational trauma
-Energy of birth space how people can affect the environment
* Trigger warning, we do cover details of Braxton’s traumatic birth, if you’d like to skip this, jump to around 17-18 minutes.
I’d love to have more of these types of chats on this podcast, if you have had a spiritual experience relating to spirit babies, conception, pregnancy, birth, please reach out to discuss sharing your story. As I also journey into more skills to help parents connect with their spirit babies please get in touch if you have anything to offer or share with me. [email protected]
Plus if you’d like to investigate more about how trauma informed hypnotherapy can support your healing from a traumatic birth I offer a free, no obligation 15 min chat.To make a booking head here :https://calendly.com/hypnotherapywithhelen/hypnotherapy-appointment(please make a note you’d like a 15 min chat)
Sara is the creator of the Conscious Mothers group NZ on Facebook, & you can find her on instagram at @consciousmothersnz
Healing modalities she used:
- Somatic & Holistic Therapy with Alchemy with Kelly
- Herbs, Supplements and Naturopathic Care from Sage Intuition 
- Bowen, Contact Care & Homeopathy with Amber MacPhail Naturopathic 
- Birth Tiger Safari & Birth Story Medicine with Lynley Erin - Mama Cocoon 
- 9D Breathwork with Olivia Jane 
- Birth Photography by Adele of White Locket Photography

"It's never  it's never really smooth sailing" was how Claudia felt during her second pregnancy and she had every right to feel that way.
Claudia's birth journeys involved a huge amount of resilience, determination, time and effort and in our chat together I’m so grateful she shares all the details.
Topics discussed in this episode are:
PCOS, and fertility journey; including finding out she was pregnant and had miscarried on the same day
Difference between pathological and physiological pain
Elodie - Asynclitism presentation, 5 hours pushing. Homebirth, Virus, hospital for a few days, challenges breastfeeding, cerebal palsy diagnosis
Fear of 2nd pregnancy, miscarriage of twins, theimportance of acknowledging them
Baby in unstable lie at 30 weeks – moving a transverse baby
The resilience of dealing with constant challenges
Wave visualisations
Homebirth of Harvie
Placenta encapsulation
All of this (and more) makes for a truly inspiring episode.
To help encourage Harvie to move into an optimal position Claudia used https://balancedbirth.nz
To support a positive mindset and use practical tools for labour Claudia purchased the Birth with Calm and Confidence online hypnobirthing course from www.positivebirths.co.nz

Two positive birth stories are possible! This episode is dedicated to all the mums navigating a second pregnancy, having already had one positive birth and wondering if they can have another. It’s a very normal doubt.
Kaitlin shares with us her two births to Reuben and Rone. Her first birth was in a hospital in Melbourne, the second a homebirth in Christchurch.
Within this episode we hear about :
·      Mindset preparation being very important,
·      Use of hypnobirthing techniques, affirmations, and mental rehearsal
·      Comparison of care in Australia vs NZ system, during pregnancy and postnatally
·      Jamie’s continuous emotional and physical support throughout labour and his advocacy in hospital. Plus the best ever oxytocin boost for Kaitlin in Rone’s labour – you have to listen to around 1 hour 3 mins for this one!
·      Unique baby reveal picture, involvement of 4year old in pregnancy and birth
·      Kaitlin catching both her babies
·      Decision making process for a home birth, the benefits of homebirth (& not having to leave the house in 2 weeks postpartum)
There’s so many nuggets to take away from this episode.
If you too would like to learn practical tools, techniques to feel calm, confident and prepared for your birth, head to www.positivebirths.co.nz for a range of options.
If you’re in the same place as Kaitlin was in her 2nd pregnancy and you’d like a refresher on hypnobirthing techniques – either reach out to [email protected] to book a private one-on-one session or check out the Short and Sweet Online recorded course https://www.positivebirths.co.nz/online-recorded-classes/
 
The Yoga classes Kaitlin attended:
Opti-mum - Kei Shana
https://www.opti-mum.co.nz/

Holly was excited about birth and happy to just roll with it– the plan was to “birth a baby”.
Inspired by attending her sister's fifth birth in her pregnancy Holly learnt some skills and tools from the Positive Births online Birth with Calm and Confidence course and you’ll hear what her favourite tools were in her pregnancy and labour.
Unable to find an LMC in her area she was enrolled with acommunity midwife which meant phoning to book in an on call midwife once she was in labour before travelling to the nearest birth centre over an hour away.
Holly shares how supportive her mum and sister were whenthey turned up and the power of having other women in the room with her.
This is a great down to earth, no sugar coated account of anintervention free, physiological first birth. Following Walter’s arrival was a 5 day hospital stay due to suspected infection and breathing issues.
You can find Holly’s gorgeous Instagram page at @grownbyholly where she shares her love of growing food and flowers, type B baking and her dairy farmer wifeing.
 
If you too would like some skills and tools for your birthhead to www.positivebirths.co.nzfor a range of hypnobirthing options – live and online.

Clementine shares the journey of the births of her twochildren and the profound difference preparation and support can make. Her first birth with her son Theo began with very little antenatal preparation, andbecame a difficult hospital experience that left her feeling overwhelmed and unsupported at times.
In her second pregnancy Clementine recognised that herprevious experience had impacted her deeply. Determined to approach birth differently, she began actively educating herself through books, podcasts, positive birth stories, and conversations with her midwife. She focused on mindset, physical preparation, affirmations, and creating an environment where she felt calm, safe and in control. Over time, her fear was replaced with confidence and trust in her body.
Baby Evie was born at home, Clementine was surrounded bysupportive midwives and in the comfort of her own space, experienced the calm, empowering birth she had hoped for.
Her story is a powerful reminder that birth experiences can be transformed through knowledge, support, and intentionalpreparation — and that it’s never too late to reclaim confidence in your body and your birth.

If you would like to feel calm, confident and prepared for your birth come along to the Free Webinar held live on Monday 30 March. Register at www.positivebirths.co.nz/free-webinar/
or you can watch a recording here https://www.positivebirths.co.nz/free-webinar/)
Plus check out the range of course options available to you at positivebirths.co.nz