Transform Your Birth
by Tracey Anderson Askew
Latest episode
Alex – Three caesareans, the value of labour, making decisions…
Alex – Three caesareans, the value of labour, making decisions…
About this podcast
Transform Your birth Podcast will educate, entertain and support your ability to navigate pregnancy and prepare to give birth. We can't control birth, but Tracey helps us to see how we can influence it and how it helps us to become parents.
Transform Parenting Founder Tracey Anderson Askew explores birth through stories and the lens of what birth can teach us. She prepares families for birth and parenting and views birth as the catalyst for the transformation necessary to go from woman to mother, and man to father. These podcasts will share that wisdom and change the current birth narrative from what happens in birth to how birth changes us.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 142 episodes
- Alex – Three caesareans, the value of labour, making decisions intuitively · 34 min · Season 3 Episode 142On today's episode we're discussing a very different birthing journey. Alex, a midwife, who wanted three vaginal births and ended up with three caesareans. With each birth Alex…
- Kate — A healing VBAC: Facing fears, finding trust and birthing a big baby · 53 min · Season 3 Episode 140Kate shares with us today two stories, the second one resulted in a VBAC. She calls her second birth a healing birth, and we explore what are the things that made the biggest…
- Tracey – Letting go of control and surrendering to birth · 28 min · Season 3 Episode 139In this episode I explore the idea of surrender in birth, and why preparing for birth isn't necessarily about learning how to control what happens, but learning how to meet what…
- Amy – Unpacking the first birth when preparing for the second birth · 55 min · Season 3 Episode 138I loved this conversation, as Amy unpacks in great detail about the internal fears and resistance she experienced in her first birth. She then approached her second birth…
- Eli – Yoga teacher with two very different births, induction and the power of breathing · 46 min · Season 3 Episode 137Eli is a yoga teacher who shares the story of her two births. Both were induced, the first one was well supported, the second one involved conditions that were not ideal and…
- Dominique – An unmedicated physiological birth, mindset and preparation · 56 min · Season 3 Episode 136Dominique shares her experience of an unmedicated physiological birth without intervention, and how preparation and mindset helped her navigate labour. In this birth story, we…
- Bilal - The importance of the nervous system. Chiropractic care through pregnancy and birth. · 43 min · Season 2 Episode 135Today I am talking to my dear friend Bilal, a Chiropractor who specialises and has a deep passion for pregnant women and babies. We speak a lot on this podcast about what moves…
- Bilal and Chelsea - From homebirth to hospital birth, adapting to the unexpected. · 33 min · Season 3 Episode 134This week on the podcast I have Chelsea and Bilal sharing the birth story of their second child. A planned homebirth took an unexpected turn, in that it needed to proceed in the…
- Daniella - Homebirth, partner support, breathing and relaxation practices, irregular contractions, the love she felt meeting her baby. · 37 min · Season 3 Episode 133Today I experienced the joy of talking with Daniella about her homebirth. She came into the birth process feeling confident in her ability to give birth, and she prepared using…
- Bek, Tim and Liam - Short first labour, doula support, separation after birth and bonding · 53 min · Season 3 Episode 132This week I had a beautiful conversation with the whole family including little 4 month old Liam. Bek and Tim share the experience of having a very quick birth, with strong…
- Andrew - A dad's perspective of two births, the impact of birth over the years. · 44 min · Season 3 Episode 131It was a total joy to talk with Andrew in this episode years after the birth of his two sons. He shares how their first birth caused them to make very different decisions for the…
- Priyanka - Two caesareans, advocacy, post natal doulas · 34 min · Season 3 Episode 130I have the pleasure today of presenting a dear mother - Priyanka. Pri shares her experiences of 2 caesareans and the importance of being an advocate for yourself. She shares that…
- Parris - Preparing for a vaginal breech birth, advocacy and different opinions · 1 h 15 min · Season 3 Episode 129I have a story this week about a vaginal breech birth, which is a baby born bottom first, rather than head first. Parris shares so much wisdom about preparing for birth, being…
- Tess - Fast birth, positions for pushing, post birth reality with a baby · 1 h 9 min · Season 3 Episode 128I am so very proud to offer you my conversation with Tess today, for the raw truth of what the path to having a baby can deliver. Tess experienced a lot of practice dealing with…
- Xanthia - Medical complex baby (CDH), low intervention birth, separation and having a baby in NICU for recovery · 1 h 2 min · Season 3 Episode 127This week I have an incredible story for you from a highly entertaining speaker. Xanthia shares the story of discovering her baby had a diaphragmatic hernia, and will need an…
- Ebony - Induction, mindset, intuition and painless labour · 41 min · Season 3 Episode 126I loved talking with Ebony about her story because we often hear horrible stories about inductions. Ebony shares her experience of moving from being very anxious in pregnancy to…
- Laura - Two births, emergency caesarean and VBAC, doulas and support · 1 h 5 min · Season 3 Episode 125I've got a great story for you today, filled with lots of birth wisdom. Laura shares with us her story of having an emergency caesarean, followed by a VBAC. Laura really…
- Jane Hardwicke Collings - Matrescence - the inner transformation waiting to happen through pregnancy · 1 h 5 min · Season 3 Episode 124Today I am so excited to present to you a wise woman Jane Hardwicke Collings who is well known for her work exploring the inner journey of birth and the rites of passage inherent…
- Lo Mathias - Avoiding birth injury through internal pelvic release · 54 min · Season 3 Episode 123I have always explored the question - what can I do in my classes to help make birth better for my families. Alas - the intention of this podcast is to help you discover this…
- Molly and Liam - Long early labour, letting go and surrendering, partner advocacy and support · 45 min · Season 3 Episode 122Molly and Liam experienced labour starting and stopping for over 3 weeks, which they now realise was a powerful lesson in letting go. We discuss how this has served them well for…
