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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Finding comfort in labour | Episode 58
Today I will be discussing all the different options to support a woman during labour to find comfort, and be able to manage the intense sensations of labour. We are often told that the only options to get through labour are the drugs. They are certainly tools in the...
Janina – 2 waterbirths, two very different labours | Episode 57
Janina shares with us her two water birth stories, one long and one short. Her story highlights how different each birth can be. She needs to work with her fear of the pain, and ultimately harnesses the power of her mind, both times. Janina shares some great wisdom...
Kanny and Al – Physiological birth, partner perspective and perineal massage | Episode 56
We are joined this week with Kanny and Al who share the experience of a physiological birth from the perspective of a birthing mum, and her partner. This was a team effort, and this story highlights the power and importance of both roles. Kanny also shares her...
Deborah – The importance of the birthing environment, induction and augmentation | Episode 55
Professor Deborah Davis joins me today from the University of Canberra and ACT Health to discuss the impact of the environment on birthing women, a topic we must all consider when optimising our body’s response to birth. Even though a woman might consciously feel safe...
Chelsea and Bilal – Optimising lifestyle and mindset to promote physiological birth | Episode 54
Chelsea and Bilal, both Chiropractors, went into their pregnancy with a great respect for the body and how to optimise its response to labour. They did the ‘Transform Your Birth,’ course to support and promote an optional mindset, and clearly define their roles in...
Lyndsay – 4 completely different births, pregnancy after loss | Episode 53
Lyndsay very generously shares with us her journey giving birth to her 4 children. Her third child, precious Frankie, passed away two days after being born. This heartbreaking loss gave way to a family journey of grief and finding ways to live with this excruciating...
Amy – Two physiological births, avoiding induction | Episode 52
Amy shares her story of two straight forward births, each one very different. She goes into detail of the things she does to manage each one, preferring to be still and not have people observe her. Her partner also plays an important role. She also shares more deeply...
Chanelle – Physiological homebirth highlighting what made a difference to support this beautiful experience | Episode 51
Chanelle shares with us her decision making process when she decided to have her baby at home. Pushing beyond other people’s opinions isn’t always easy and we discuss in detail the wisdom of women to know where they feel safest to give birth. She shares the importance...
Isobel – straight forward vaginal birth, power of mindset | Episode 50
Isobel and Justin prepare for birth using the ‘Transform Your Birth,’ course. She makes a decision that she wants to get through the process of birthing without the use of the drugs and commits to the practices in order to train her mind. Her and Justin have a good...
