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Ep 17 - Shalome Stone - Born At Home Sep 01, 2016

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Is homebirth just for Hippies? If you've ever wondered whats involved in a homebirth, then listen in as experienced homebirth mama Shalome Stone talks you through the finer points of birthing at home. And it's not all incense burning and chanting at the moon :)

Learn about how birthing at home with an experienced midwifery team can be an incredibly powerful and sacred option for many women. Maybe even you.

EP16 - Melissa Spilsted - Hypnobirthing for Caesarean Birth Jul 18, 2016

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Melissa Spilsted is a Clinical Hypnotherapist (CHt), Childbirth Educator (BEd, HPCE) and world leader in hypnobirthing education. She is recognised as a pioneer in 'The Positive Caesarean Birth', having written the world's first program in 2011. As the founder and director of the Hypnobirthing AustraliaTM and HypnobubsTMprograms, she is kept busy teaching parents and practitioners worldwide.

Melissa is married to Stephen and they have three beautiful boys (aged 6, 8 & 10), who were all birthed using gentle hypnosis techniques. You can find further information on The Positive Caesarean Course at the Hypnobirthing Australia and Hypnobubs websites. Individual albums are also sold through iTunes.

Melissa shared her insights on achieving a Positive Caesarean Birth in the Positive Caesarean Birth issue of the Rockstar Birth Magazine: rockstarbirthmagazine.com/shop/positive-caesarean-birth

EP15 - Kylie Szabo - Maternal-Assisted Caesarean Birth Jul 18, 2016

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Kylie Szabo is the Rockstar Mama of 3 babes. After her first 2 babes were born via unscheduled caesarean birth she knew she wanted a different experience for her third child. Whilst extensively exploring her VBAC options, Kylie also deep-dived into the world of natural and maternal-assisted caesareans, ultimately birthing her daughter via the very first maternal-assisted caesarean birth at her local hospital. You will love Kylie's rockstar support team and incredible determination.

If you would like to read Kylie's birth journey in full, pick up a copy of Issue #1 - the Believe In You issue - of the Rockstar Birth Magazine and immerse yourself in her amazing photographs: rockstarbirthmagazine.com/shop/issue-one-believe-in-yourself

And to get inspired and informed about what is involved in the natural or maternal-assisted caesarean birth, grab a copy of the Positive Caesarean Birth issue of the Rockstar Birth Magazine: rockstarbirthmagazine.com/shop/positive-caesarean-birth

EP14 - Carlee Wilson - Positive Perspective on Caesarean Jul 18, 2016

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As a mama who was studying natural medicine and wanted a drug free natural birth, a caesarean birth was not part of Carlee Wilson's birth plan. But as her birth journey evolved, Carlee and her husband worked their way through their options and were able to feel positive and supported as their beautiful boy was born. And it was this outlook that absolutely shone through in her birth story.

You can read all about Carlee's birth experience and her decision to choose a positive perspective on her journey in the Positive Caesarean Birth issue of the Rockstar Birth Magazine: rockstarbirthmagazine.com/shop/positive-caesarean-birth

EP13 - Lisa Corduff - Caesarean Birth is Beautiful Jul 18, 2016

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I have always been intrigued about what it means to have a planned or scheduled caesarean birth. I am beyond stoked to be sharing the birth stories of Wholefoods blogger, Lisa Corduff, as she talks us through her birthing journey.

If you dig Lisa's wholesome vibe (which you will, the girls a total rockstar), be sure to check out her wholefoods wisdom and stories of Keeping Food (and Life) Real at lisacorduff.com

And for inspiration and motivation to have an incredibly positive caesarean birth experience, be sure to check out the Positive Caesarean Birth issue of the Rockstar Birth Magazine at rockstarbirthmagazine.com/shop/positive-caesarean-birth

EP12 - Shalome Stone - Positive Caesarean Birth Jul 18, 2016

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With 30-40 percent of babies experiencing a caesarean birth, we need to talk about caesareans. Because caesarean mamas deserve to feel proud and empowered about their birth experience, regardless of how their baby exits the womb.

The Positive Caesarean Birth series of Rockstar Birth Radio is a must if you want an amazing caesarean birth experience, mama, or if you're healing from your caesarean birth experience. Bursting with positive caesarean birth stories & empowering insights, this series will gift you with the strength to have the required conversations with your care providers; will inspire you with the love and connection from the raw and beautiful caesarean birth stories shared by mothers just like you; and will empower you with the knowledge that caesarean mamas give birth too.

EP11 - Tanya Strusberg - Lamaze Jul 01, 2016

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Tanya Strusberg is a Lamaze Certified Childbirth Educator and founder of birthwell birthright, an independent childbirth education practice based in Melbourne. In 2015, Tanya was inducted as an FACCE (Fellow of the Academy of Certified Childbirth Educators) in recognition of her significant contribution to childbirth education. Through her internationally accredited Lamaze Educator Training program, she is very excited to be training a new generation of Australian Lamaze educators.

Last, but absolutely not least, she is also the mum of two beautiful children, her son Liev and daughter Amalia.

Tanya is a passionate advocate for maternal health reforms and women having a voice in birth. You can hear more from Tanya at www.birthwellbirthright.com

EP10 - Suzy Ashworth - Social Media & Birth Jul 01, 2016

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Suzy Ashworth is an Author, TEDx Speaker, Pregnancy Coach, Business Mentor, and Founder of The Calm Birth School the world's first video based hypnobirthing school. Her mission is to inspire women to say yes to dreams in birth, life and business. To find out more about Suzy, please visit The Calmbirth School website at thecalmbirthschool.com and sign up for her free hypnobirthing classes from anywhere in the world. And check out her contribution to the Rockstar Birth Magazine issue #6, the Bloom and Breathe issue where she shares her article 'The Truth About Hypnobirthing'.

Today Suzy is talking about the increasing use of social media for childbirth education as pregnant women seek insights and answers through Facebook forums, birth photography shared via Instagram and Pinterest, birth videos shared via Snapchat and YouTube, and birth education shared via websites and apps. There is an online village forming and women are gathering to empower themselves and support others.

EP09 - Emma-Jane Cunningham - The Wise Hippo Jul 01, 2016

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Emma-Jane Cunningham is the founder of Beautiful Beginning birth preparation classes aimed at nurturing positive emotions and physical wellbeing for pregnancy, birth and beyond. Emma is a trained hypnobirthing instructor, and teacher of the Wise Hippo birthing programme. She is a mother of three and can personally attest to the difference that birth preparation classes made to her birth experiences, describing her first 2 births as 'painful' and 'hard work' and her third birth as 'amazing'.

You can find more of Emma-Jane's insights at beautifulbeginning.co.uk

EP08 - Peter Jackson & Karen McClay - Calmbirth Jul 01, 2016

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As a male midwife working in a country hospital for over 20 years, Peter Jackson witnessed mothers whose experience of childbirth was one of fear, anxiety and trauma. Peter knew that nature did not get it wrong, that a labouring mother's experience could be filled with empowerment and joy. He believed the answer lay in the preparation of the couple during pregnancy. Thus he developed the Calmbirth® Childbirth Preparation program.

Along with his daughter Karen, a fellow midwife and registered nurse, Peter delivers Calmbirth to pregnant Australian couples to assist them to truly understand birth, help them to release fears and anxiety about birth, and teach them the skills they require to create positive birth experiences.

You can read more about Calmbirth in Issue #6 of the RSB magazine, the Bloom and Breathe issue, and at their website calmbirth.com.au

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