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Australian Birth Stories

Australian Birth Stories

By: Sophie Walker
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 A Podcast of Mothers' stories of childbirth. Weekly interviews with mothers giving their first hand accounts of child birth in Australia. Designed to help educate and inform first time pregnant women, parents wanting to have better subsequent births and birth enthusiasts who love to hear and tell birth stories. An entertaining and heartfelt resource for pregnancy, labour and delivery and postpartum.

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2025 Sophie Walker Parenting & Families Relationships
Episodes
  • 585 | Em Shared care,induction, Postnatal Depression, Perinatal Mental Health Unit

    585 | Em Shared care,induction, Postnatal Depression, Perinatal Mental Health Unit
    Nov 24 2025
    In this week’s episode I interview Em about her pregnancy during lockdown. She was induced at 41 weeks and laboured for a long time alone in the maternity ward before she was transferred to the birthing suite where she experienced the cascade of intervention and birthed her baby boy via vacuum delivery. Em was four months postpartum when she disclosed her sadness to her GP and was subsequently diagnosed with PND and PTSD. Three days later she walked into the Perinatal Mental Health Unit at Mitcham Private Hospital. It was a life changing experience for her and she shares her story in the hope that she can spread the word about the essential postpartum support resources that are available (even if they are notoriously difficult to find).

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    1 hr and 11 mins
  • 584 | Jo, two vaginal births, midwifery care, public hospital, GP, co-sleeping, extended breastfeed

    584 | Jo, two vaginal births, midwifery care, public hospital, GP, co-sleeping, extended breastfeed
    Nov 21 2025

    Today I interview Jo, a mother of two and GP who brings so much knowledge and advice to her story. She says that being a mother has definitely made her a better GP although she admits that so many of her expectations of parenthood were thrown out the window when she became a mum. She feels strongly about safe co-sleeping (she shares a lot of evidence around this) as well as extended breastfeeding and the societal pressures that often prompt early weaning. Lighthearted and joyful, Jo shares all the details of her two physiological births and the skills she embraced from to actively relax while her body actively birthed.


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    1 hr and 23 mins
  • 583 | Amy's Story of Placenta Previa, PMDD Discovery, and Home VBAC

    583 | Amy's Story of Placenta Previa, PMDD Discovery, and Home VBAC
    Nov 17 2025

    In this episode, mother of two Amy takes us through her contrasting birth experiences and her profound journey with premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD). From an unexpected COVID pregnancy in Melbourne to a transformative home VBAC in Adelaide, Amy's story illuminates the challenges many women face but rarely discuss openly. Her candid account of navigating major placenta praevia, the isolation of pandemic motherhood, and the life-changing discovery of PMDD offers hope and validation for countless mothers experiencing similar struggles.



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    1 hr and 21 mins
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This is such a beautiful, heartwarming podcast that shares important information about conception, pregnancy, birth and postpartum. It was an important part of my birth prep and two years later I still really enjoy listening to these amazing stories of strength and magic in birth.

Birth education at its best

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Educational and informative. So wonderful to hear different Mother's stories and how they dealt with and thrived through their unique journeys.

Educational and informative

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I started listening to this podcast preconception of my first baby. I’m still listening two years later but this pregnancy decide to try a few other podcasts whilst I awaited new episodes each week. It wasn’t until listening to other pregnancy and birth podcasts out there that I truly realised how amazing this podcast really is. No other podcast shares such a wide array of birth and pregnancy stories, attitudes and models of care in such a friendly and unbiased way. Sophie Walker is an excellent host who guides her guests through their stories without judgment and lets her guests share their honest experiences. I also appreciate how she is careful not to give medical advice or opinion that would bias or discredit her podcast. Thank you for creating this podcast, I eagerly await each new episode!

The best and most balanced pregnancy podcast

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Brilliant podcast!
Can't recommend enough if your pregnant or ttc.
Sophie has all the right questions and has interviewed women with all sorts of starts middle and ends with pregnancy.

Highly recommend

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