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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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...
Jos – Two births, choosing to prepare differently, partner preparation, the power of the practices, nesting, getting clear | Episode 13
Jos experiences a marathon first birth, which she finds difficult to recover from. For baby number two, she chooses to prepare differently and opens herself to new possibilities. She learnt to surrender, trust more and resource herself with tools to manage. Her...
Jemima – Homebirth, mindset, breathing as a tool, the environment and the power of support | Episode 12
Jemima chooses to have a homebirth and it is her second birth. Her first child was born 22 years previously. She had to overcome her own fear of the pain from her first experience when she was very young. She felt that she had failed, and judged herself very harshly....
Elley – Overcoming fear, timelessness in labour, letting go of the monkey mind | Episode 11
Elley had heard a lot of stories about birth from her mother who was a midwife, and then a sister who had a difficult birth and so she came into pregnancy quite fearful. She did lots of reading and the ‘Transform Your Birth’ course which shifted her perspective. She...
Leah – Perception of pain, turning a breech, spontaneous labour, Haemorrhage and transitioning into parenting | Episode 10
Leah shares how she shifted her perception of the pain and overcoming her fear of birth after doing the ‘Transform Your Birth’ course. Her partner felt much more comfortable in knowing his role also. At 36 weeks Leah discovers her baby is in the breech position. She...
