Transform Your Birth Podcast
The Transform Your Birth Podcast will educate, entertain and support your ability to navigate pregnancy and prepare to give birth
Transform Your Birth 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.
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Nicole – Independent midwife, doula and hypnobirthing all resulted in a beautiful experience | Episode 22
Nicole was advised through a wise friend to seek the primary care of an independent midwife, and doula. They supported Nicole and her partner to have a beautiful straight forward birth of her dreams. With the support of hypnobirthing, she was able to use the practices...
Tory – Birthing as a single mum, overcoming negative messages, being surrounded by the right people during and after the birth | Episode 21
Tory found herself pregnant as a single mum. She discusses the pressure she felt to ‘get it right,’ and the conditioning women face around the way we talk about birth. She is able to access the continuity of a known midwife program and chooses her sisters to support...
Emily K – From Midwife to home birthing mum | Episode 20
Emily is a midwife and she has seen all types of birth. Making the decision of where to birth her baby was a big choice and ultimately she chose to birth at home. Emily had to come to terms with her fears. By reading ‘Ina May Gaskin’s Guide to Childbirth,’ and doing...
Kate – using relaxation to prepare, vaginal birth, overcoming tearing, the importance of building your energy before birth | Episode 19
Kate’s partner was concerned about her ability to handle the pain of labour. After doing the Transform Your Birth course, he soon realised the positive influence he could have on her ability to get through the birth. They committed to the practices and Kate talks...
Eddie Two births, induction, reclaiming what got lost in the first birth | Episode 18
Eddie shares with us the story of her two births. Her first experience left her feeling like something got lost in the process. For baby number two, she dives deeper into the physiology of birth, and learns to appreciate mother nature’s blueprint. She is determined to...
Breathing for birth, the number one tool in the kit | Episode 17
In this episode, I’ll be deconstructing the power of breathing. I’ll explain why it is the top tool in the tool kit. We look at the myths around the teaching of breathing and the perils of overbreathing. I will then go on to explain what optimal breathing looks...
Hannah and Chris – Preparation, Partner Role, Induction, Cesarean | Episode 16
Hannah and Chris describe their experience of managing a birth that resulted in a cesarean.Their story really highlights the power of teamwork, and advocacy by a partner who is well prepared and knows what they are doing. This made all the difference for Hannah when...
Demystifying the pain of labour | Episode 15
In this episode, we will be exploring the origins of the pain through understanding the physiology of birth. I will be giving you some ideas about managing those sensations and accessing your inbuilt resources. You will also learn about the power of the mind, and how...
Velouria – spontaneous labour, partner support and other tools, vaginal examinations and the role of the practices | Episode 14
Velouria was a nurse and had experience in working in the intensive care unit for babies, and realised she needed to work on her mindset for birth as she had seen many struggles families can experience.. She prepares and starts to work on overcoming those fears and...
