This is Birth - New Zealand Stories & Conversations

Carla Sargent is the founder of Healing Birth, a birth trauma support and education organisation.  She provides courses on the art and science of birth trauma healing, producing a growing number of Healing Birth Practitioners who provide support to families who are struggling to come to terms with a traumatic birth experience.  Carla recognises the strong need to raise awareness of the existence of birth trauma within society and to educate those who work in perinatal care about the implications of birth trauma, and ways to decrease its incidence and support its healing. To that end, she has conducted numerous workshops for people who work in perinatal care, and has trained a number of Healing Birth Practitioners across New Zealand and Australia. In this episode we cover: What is birth trauma? What things can impact they way people feel about their birth experiences. How to recognise birth trauma symptoms. Birth physiology and birth hormones. What things impact the way we birth.  Induction and the impact on labour, on birth and on baby. What happens when we're fearful in labour. Fight Flight Freeze Fawn responses in labour. How trauma can impact the way you bond with your baby. Carla's 3 key ways that you can mitigate birth trauma. Knowledge; Support; Tuning in to your Intuition. The importance of taking responsibility for your birth. Find out more about Carla, and find Healing Birth Practitioners here: https://www.healingbirth.co.nz/ Follow Carla on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/healing.birth/ Get in touch with your feedback and comments on this episode: https://www.instagram.com/this.is.birth.nz/

Welcome to the very first episode of This is Birth where I talk to Chloe Katene as she prepares for the homebirth of her second baby. In this episode we talk about: Her first birth experience, including finding out she was pregnant while travelling Europe!  Watching homebirth videos on YouTube to prepare for her first homebirth almost 2 years ago. Reflecting on her birth and realising that even though her birth was beautiful, there were feelings of birth trauma which she has since unpacked. Talks through her process of considering freebirth of second baby, however ultimately finding a group of midwives who supported her birth wishes. How pregnancy is an opportunity for healing. 5-5-5 Rule for Postpartum: 5 days in bed, 5 days on bed, 5 days around bed.  Realising pregnancy is a spiritual experience, and that while you are hapu you have a direct connection to source.  Tracking her menstrual cycle to get in tune with her body. Listening to sounds and signals of her body, blocking out outside noise.  Deciding not to have every test and scan during pregnancy. From maiden to mother - It's okay that the old me doesn't exist anymore.  Follow Chloe on Instagram @chloekatene_ Share you feedback and get in touch at @this.is.birth.nz

This is Birth is a podcast designed to share the things you didn't know that you need to know about birth.  Birth stories, information & conversations from families and birth workers around New Zealand to inspire you on your birth journey. Take your pregnancy and birth experience from ordinary, to extraordinary!