Pregnancy, Birth And Beyond

Week 22: Annie Byrant, storyteller and mother shares her story of maiden to mother. Connect with Annie at talesandsongs.com

Week 23: Anna Watts founder of Celebration of Birth Doula Academy, talks on doula's and their role, what you can expect from a doula. Connect with Anna celebrationofbirth.com

Week 24: Is there a magic formula to a great birth? The answer is unfortunately no, yet there are a number of ways you can prepare and things you can do in labour and birth for a greater likelihood of a physiological birth or a birth that you feel positive about. Take a listen to Natalie a doula and mother, on three things most helpful for a labouring woman or person. Connect with Natalie at byrondoula.com

Week 25: Erin, mother of two shares with you her two birth stories, what she learnt from her first experience and what she did differently the second time round for a more positive birth.

Week 26: Mother of two and hypno-birthing childbirth educator shares her journey from disempowered to empowered birth. Connect with Martin at www.facebook.com/birthinnaturesarms

Week 27: Virginia Bobro on mindfulness during pregnancy. Virginia goes on to discuss Rigidity vs flexibility in birth preparation and post birth. Noticing your own thoughts, fears and patterns of avoidance in relation to beliefs about what it is to have a particular kind of birth. Connect with Virginia at vbobro.com

Week 28. You maybe starting to think more about the kind of birth experience you want and what your options are. Here we hear from endorsed midwife Bronwyn Moir on water birth. Water birth isn't a modern invention, as early as 1805 the first water birth was recorded in a French medial journal. Later in the 1960's and 70's water birth started to reemerge in Europe and the western world. Today, most hospitals have the facility for water immersion and water birth. And the great thing is you get to decided if that is an option for you. Connect with Bronwyn at holisticmidwifery.com.au

Week 29: Worry, fear, concerns, it is a normal part of any pregnancy or upcoming birth. Maha Al Musa founder of Embodied Birth shares with you a simple yet effective practice to examine your fears about birth. Feeling the fear and doing it anyway. This week we take a closer look at fear, internal and external fear. Connect with Maha at mahaalmusa.com

Week 30: One of the key tools for labour and birth is completely within you, you already know how to do it, plus it is scientifically proven to reduce stress and induce relaxation by activating the parasympathetic nervous system. If you haven't guessed it already, it's using your breath. Breath awareness and practices date back centuries, women all over the globe instinctually use their breath to help them in labour and to birth their baby. Here Hypno-birthing childbirth educator Martina, shares with you three different breathing techniques for labour and birth. Connect with Martina at facebook.com/birthinnaturesarms

Week 31: This episode we hear from Annalee, mother, co-founder of Pregnancy Birth & Beyond Media, nutritionist and birth advocate Annalee Atia on birthing her first born and three key elements that made it a positive experience. Connect with Annalee at annaleeatia.com

Week 32: This episode we hear from Natalie, doula and mother of her birthing experience. Natalie also shares with you what worked well for her, and what she would do differently next time. Connect with Natalie at thebyrondoula.com

Week 33: Anna Watts founder of Celebration of Birth Doula Academy, talks on Active birth including practical tips for your labour and birth.

Week 34: Part one on pain management for labour with midwife Sunae Reilly. Wanting a physiological birth (aka natural) you will benefit from knowing your options for being present with your labour and birth.

Week 35: Part two on pain management for labour. Registered midwife Sunae Reilly discusses your pharmacological pain relief options, if birthing in a hospital, for labour and birth.

Week 36: This episode Lara, childbirth mentor and doula, discusses the perineum with you. What you could expect during labour and birth and ways you can support your perineum post birth. Connect with Lara at consciousbirth.com

Week 37: Kari Azuma, feminine leadership coach, talks on her home birth transfer to caesarian. How she came to see her birth as an empowering experience despite her birth plan having to change. Connect with Kari kariazuma.com

Week 38: Undisturbed birth Part 1 featuring Dr Michel Odent on the fetal ejection reflex. The neocortex is the thinking part of the brain. When the neocortex is activated during labour a mother is taken out of her primitive brain where her birth hormones most smoothly function. There are three key elements of undisturbed birth; safety, privacy and warmth.Produced by Lara Martin pbbmedia.org

Week 39: This episode you about birth sanctuary and undisturbed birth.Birth sanctuary refers to a safe and private, often homelike environment in which a woman labours and births. Undisturbed birth has been described by O'dent and Buckley as the smoothest hormonal orchestration for birth to unfold physiologically. Undisturbed birth is where the mother feels safe, both physically and emotionally, is unobserved and has a warm sanctum. Featured are Dr Sarah Buckley sarahbuckley.com

Week 40: Mother of two Meggie shares her story of the birth of her first baby.

Week 41: This episode you hear about the placenta function, placenta encapsulation from Kirrah Stewart and an extract from Jane Hardwicke Collings blog on the placenta with Minmia. Connect with Kirrah at traditionalwisdom.com.auMore from Jane at janehardwickecollings.com