Positive Birth Australia
Skye Waters
A podcast created with passion by a Brisbane mum with a strong desire to learn about all the positive and beautiful sides to birth. This space is created for all women to see, hear, and share empowering birth stories and advice in the hopes to heal and educate others. Each week I'll be chatting with Australian mothers, partners, and professionals to inspire other women on their own journey to motherhood. Instagram: @positivebirthaustralia
Categories: Kids & Family
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On today’s episode, first-time mother Emily takes us on a deeply personal journey through her rite of passage in a hospital birth. Having carried a lifelong fear of childbirth, Emily found a new perspective when she started hearing positive birth stories within her community. These stories sparked a curiosity in her, showing her that birth could look and feel different from what she had always feared.
When she became pregnant, Emily initially felt unsure of her next steps. After exploring different care providers and navigating a relocation to the coast during her third trimester, she finally settled on a hospital that not only aligned with her vision for birth but also felt like the safest choice, offering her the peace of mind she needed for this transformative experience.
In today’s episode, Emily shares the techniques that kept her grounded and in the zone, along with the education that gave her the confidence and awareness to achieve the unmedicated birth she had always dreamed of.
Show Notes:
Instagram: @statuettestudio
Education Resources: @calmbirth @belly2birth
Ultrasound: @bellyview_ultrasound
Books: The First Six Weeks, After the First Six Weeks
Podcasts: Is This Normal? The Pregnancy Podcast
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Previous episodes
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169 - S5 EP167: Emily Duff: Founder of Statuette Studio: Positive Hospital Birth + PPH Sat, 26 Oct 2024 - 0h
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168 - S5 EP166: Chatlotte Brooker: Fraternal Twin Freebirth + 40 Weeks Gestation + Prodromal Labour Sat, 19 Oct 2024 - 0h
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167 - S5 EP165: Jinti Fell: Hospital Birth + Three Intuitive Pregnancies & Freebirths Sat, 12 Oct 2024
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166 - S5 EP164: Winona Wyborn: Intuitive Pregnancy + Freebirth Sat, 05 Oct 2024 - 0h
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165 - Yasmin Beazley: Homebirth Transfer + High BMI + Prodromal Labour + Belly Birth + Delayed Cord Clamping + 5.8kg Baby Fri, 27 Sep 2024
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164 - S5 EP162: Johanna Nadzielski: Psychic Medium + Three Hospital Births/Inductions/Epidural Injury + Homebirth with Birthkeeper Fri, 13 Sep 2024
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163 - S5 EP161: Chloe Pacey: Birth Centre + Preterm Labour/NICU + Two Homebirths/Freebirth/Reclaiming the 4th Stage Fri, 30 Aug 2024 - 0h
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162 - S5 EP160: Keshia Tognazzini: Positive Hospital Birth/Private OB/Freebirth/Wild Pregnancy/Precipitous Labour/Predromal Labour/4.6kg Baby Fri, 23 Aug 2024
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161 - S5 EP159: Shelby Trevillian: Birth Centre/3B Tear/Prolapse/Retained Placenta/PPH + Belly Birth + Homebirth/Transfer Fri, 02 Aug 2024
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160 - S5 EP158: Jordan Holland: Homebirth/Midwife/Cervical Shock Syndrome Sat, 27 Jul 2024
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159 - S5 EP157: Holly Phillips: Hospital Births + Homebirth/Induction/Private OB/Hypertension Diagnosis/Pelvic Organ Prolapse/Perinatal Depression/Perinatal OCD Diagnosis/'High' BMI Fri, 19 Jul 2024
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158 - S5 EP156: Alex Harris: Positive Hospital Birth + Private Hospital & OB Wed, 10 Jul 2024
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157 - S5 EP155: Brooke Hall: Traumatic Hospital Birth/Episiotomy/Blood Loss + Healing Homebirth Fri, 28 Jun 2024
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156 - S5 EP154: Ashneeta Alisha: FTM + Preconception Journey + Homebirth with Doula + Midwife Fri, 14 Jun 2024 - 0h
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155 - S5 EP153: Amanda Boserio: Midwife/Homebirth/"Big Baby" Fri, 07 Jun 2024 - 0h
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154 - S5 EP152: Micro-Episode - The Power of Birth Affirmations and Intention + 5 min Intention-Setting Practice Fri, 31 May 2024 - 0h
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153 - S5 EP151: Jess David: Positive Hospital Birth/Pregnancy Loss/Lipiodal Tubal Flushing Thu, 23 May 2024 - 0h
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152 - S5 EP150: Amanda Sempf: Two Hospital Births, Private Midwife, Preeclampsia, Placenta Previa, Placenta Accreta, PPH, Hysterectomy, 5.3kg Baby Thu, 09 May 2024
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151 - S5 EP149: Poppy Pritchard: Homebirth + Freebirth/Brow Presentation/'Big' Baby/Prolapse Wed, 01 May 2024
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150 - S5 EP148: Fiona O'Shaughnessy: Birth Centre/Birth Trauma + Birth Centre + Homebirth Wed, 24 Apr 2024
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149 - S5 EP147: Born at Home Film with Amanda Banks and Eleanor Currie Tue, 16 Apr 2024
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148 - S5 EP146: Kristine Lauria: Humanitarian Midwife + Global Midwife Director Breech Without Borders Wed, 27 Mar 2024
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147 - S5 EP145: Astrid Rene: Homebirth Transfer + Birth Centre + Homebirth/43 Weeks/"Big" Baby/Stressful Pregnancy - Partner Brain Tumour Diagnosis Tue, 19 Mar 2024 - 0h
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146 - S5 EP144: Mia Savage: Conception after Morning-After Pill + Homebirth/Successful ECV/En Caul Tue, 12 Mar 2024
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145 - S5 EP143: Amber Johnson: TRIPLET Homebirth/En caul/Breech/Extraction Birth/38 weeks Tue, 05 Mar 2024
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144 - S5 EP142: Emma Morris - Co-Founder of Maia Mothers Collective + Belly Birth/HG/Prodromal Labour + Homebirth/Transfer/PPH Tue, 27 Feb 2024
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143 - S5 EP141: Skye Waters - Part Two - PBA Host/Twin Pregnancy 40 Weeks/Cascade of Interventions/Belly Birth Tue, 20 Feb 2024
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142 - S5 EP140: Skye Waters - Part One - PBA Host/Induction/Epidural/Birth Trauma Tue, 13 Feb 2024
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141 - S4 EP139: Hannah Grace Taylor: Two Freebirths/4 Hour Third Stage/Water Birth + Land Birth Fri, 08 Dec 2023
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140 - S4 EP138: Paige Sawkins: Positive Hospital Birth/Private Midwife/Low Egg Count/Factor V Leiden/Endo Fri, 01 Dec 2023 - 0h
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139 - S4 EP137: Lucinda Miller: Hospital Birth/Birth Trauma/Preeclampsia/Kidney Condition + Positive Induction Hospital Birth + Homebirth/Posterior Labour Fri, 24 Nov 2023
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138 - S4 EP136: Emma Maidment: Second Homebirth + 29 Hour Labour Fri, 17 Nov 2023
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137 - S4 EP135: Marie Brandon: Fearful Pregnancy/Physiological Birth in Hospital/High BMI + Wild Pregnancy/Freebirth Fri, 10 Nov 2023
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136 - S4 EP134: Charlotte King: Homebirth + Freebirth while Travelling around Australia Fri, 03 Nov 2023 - 0h
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135 - S4 EP133: Brooke Turner: Functional Fitness for Pregnancy and Postpartum + Australian Fitness Educator of the Year Fri, 20 Oct 2023 - 0h
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134 - S4 EP132: Emily Lal: Freebirth Birthkeeper + Wild Pregnancy/Freebirth/Posterior Labour/"Big Baby" Fri, 13 Oct 2023
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133 - S4 EP131: Lauren Barsley: Two Hospital Births/En Caul/Third-degree Tear/NICU/MGP Fri, 29 Sep 2023
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132 - S4 EP130: Paige Filia: Birthkeeper + Homebirth Fri, 15 Sep 2023 - 0h
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131 - S4 EP129: Kayla Hilton: Placenta Alchemist + Precipitous Labour/Homebirth + Preterm Homebirth + Wild Pregnancy/Freebirth Thu, 07 Sep 2023
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130 - S4 EP128: Luna Flowerday: Traumatic Pregnancy Loss + Wild Pregnancy/Freebirth Fri, 01 Sep 2023 - 0h
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129 - S4 EP127: Tamarin Oblowitz: Holistic Therapist and Healer - Homebirth/Long Labour Fri, 25 Aug 2023 - 0h
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128 - S4 EP126: Lauren Bath: Australia's First Professional Instagramer: Traumatic Hospital Birth + Unplanned Homebirth/Posterior Baby Fri, 18 Aug 2023
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127 - S4 EP125: Monique Peters: Co-Founder of Maia Mothers Collective - Positive Hospital Birth + Homebirth/4kg Baby Fri, 11 Aug 2023
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126 - S4 EP124: Alana May Lanzon: Nine births/Freebirth/Precipitous Labour/Posterior Baby/Hospital Births/Premature Birth/Antepartum Haemorrhage Fri, 04 Aug 2023
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125 - S4 EP123: Taylor Richardson Marlton: Hospital birth/Posterior + Freebirth Fri, 28 Jul 2023
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124 - S4 EP122: Tahnee Taylor: CoFounder of SuperFeast - Homebirth + Wild Pregnancy/Freebirth/Posterior baby Fri, 21 Jul 2023
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123 - S4 EP121: Ema Bowman: Surprise Breech Birth/Birth Centre Fri, 07 Jul 2023 - 0h
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122 - S4 EP120: Steph Gowing: Two Births Low-Risk Hospital/Midwifery Care/Postpartum Haemorrhage Fri, 30 Jun 2023
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121 - S4 EP119: Mae't Pearson: Midwife & Co-Founder of It Takes A Village Midwifery + Personal Birth Stories Fri, 23 Jun 2023
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120 - S4 EP118: Toni Nicole: Placenta previa + Positive Caesarean Birth Fri, 09 Jun 2023