The Positive Births NZ podcast

"It was everything opposite to what I planned."
Arlene is here to share her story of experiencing the kindof birth she had hoped to avoid — and how, despite everything unfolding so differently from what she had planned, she was still able to have a positive birthexperience.
Some of the topics in our chat today include:
-Giving birth at age 42
-Reprogramming thoughts and fears about birth
-Trigger warning - we talk about Baby loss of Arlene’s and a friend's
-Miscarriage at age 40 – you can hear Arlene’s story at episode #115. Miscarriage chat with Arlene https://open.spotify.com/episode/6dZ0gu2pWwAbXerbbyyYk9
-Preparing for conception with fertility naturopath
-Difficultly with constant nausea and throwing up all through pregnancy
-Home burglary while 5 months pregnant – creating a safe space for a homebirth
-Declining Gestational Diabetes test and plan if baby had it at birth
-Arlene’s midwife supporting her desire to have an autonomous birth
-5 days of labour at home
-Complete respect from hospital staff
-Successful walking epidural
Leave any comments and questions in the comments below for Arlene or Helen.
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Helen offers trauma informed hypnotherapy and support for healing after loss and trauma. Please reach out if you'd like to have a confidential chat about support.
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We finally have a twin birth story!!! – thanks to Devon whoshares with us her recent experience of a vaginal birth to her fraternal twin boys, Marlon and Remy
In this chat we discuss: 
- Di-di twins (dichorionic-diamniotic twins) are a type oftwin pregnancy where each baby has their own separate amniotic sac and placenta
-How Devon was resigned to the fact that what was going tohappen would happen
- Her relaxed, low key approach
- The physical challenges
- Extra scans  as Twin A flagged for growth restriction,
-Induction with misoprostal, contractions without much restin between
-Epidural & vaginal birth
- Breastfeeding
- First 3 months of life with babies
Do listen to the end for Devon’s really  great advice at the end for all mums going through the newborn stage!
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Two home waterbirths, two perfectly healthy babies who had both arrived after a very tech free, physiological pregnancy and birth.
Tennille had no tests, no scans, no monitoring, just a few blood tests to keep an eye on her iron levels.
She had no desire or need for any internal checks or monitoring of baby in either of her labours.
Tennille shares with us how she became educated,worked with her body and tuned into her intuition.
We discuss:

- Ayurvedic living, a holistic lifestyle
-The knowing of wanting a home birth
-Finding a midwife during covid times
-Baby born in water
-Lotus birth
-Intervention and technology free birth (blood tests for ironchecks)
-Using intuition
-Building a tiny home in 2nd pregnancy, surrendering to the birth environment
-Breathwork and meditation being very familiar tools
thankyou Tennille @vayu__mothers for beautifully articulating your experiences.

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Abby shares her reasons and priorities as to why she chose to have an elective c-section to second baby Rorah and how this became her best decision for a positive birth.
We hear about her difficult journey involving an emergency c-section to first baby Ari and subsequent severe postnatal anxiety and the loneliness of solo parenting. However, after enjoying a very different birth and postpartum to Rorah, Abby has set up a support system for other parents needing postpartum support.
In this episode we cover:
-Single mum journey with first baby
-Emergency/crash c section with Ari
-Postnatal anxiety and the relevant support networks
-Maternal Mental Health
-Abby's thoughts and feelings about what happened through that birth and how it impacted on her plans for 2nd baby
-Fear of going through the same experience
-Hyperemesis Gravadarium
- Why Abby chose a c-section – her priorities
-The birth and oxytocin
-Breasteeding and a healing postpartum
-Making hard decisions
-Post partum services for mums near Hibiscus Coast, Orewa
Abby can be found at: www.parentsupportpostpartum.co.nz @parentsupportpostpartum

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For support with trauma, fears, phobias and more feel free to reach out to Helen who is a certified trauma informed Hypnotherapist, and Healing Birth practitioner - you can book a no obligation 15 min chat by emailing helen@positivebirths.co.nz
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"The biggest achievement of my life...... it's about taking personal responsibility"
Jaz shares her experience of her wild pregnancy and freebirth to her and Issak's first baby, Sage.
Within this conversation we cover :
-The unique environment when she discovered she was pregnant and how she told partner Issak
-Wild pregnancy– no blood tests, no scans, no medical support or intervention
-Taking full personal responsibility
-Other people’s thoughts; a midwife’s comments
-The sacredness of the sex, birth, death continuum
-Dealing with any fear
-The birth environment
-Long early labour, using oxytocin and homeopathics
-Very quick birthing phase
-Aware parenting
 
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