Positive Birth Australia

Skye Waters

A heartfelt Australian podcast sharing real, empowering birth stories to inspire, educate, and heal. Created with love by Skye, a Brisbane mum devoted to normalising the beauty of physiological birth, each episode brings honest stories and guidance from mothers, partners, and birth professionals. Deep, meaningful conversations to help you reconnect with your intuition, trust your body, and remember the innate wisdom of birth, passed down through the ancient art of storytelling. Find us on Instagram: @positivebirthaustralia

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Positive Birth Australia

Episodes (188)

Saturday S7 EP188: Laura Gaschk: Private OB + Hospital Shower Birth / Fibroid + Risked Out of Birth Cottage / Postpartum Mental Health / Private Midwifery Care / Rural Birth Options / Homebirth
Feb 28th S7 EP187: Jasmine Darke: A Birth Testimony / From Medicalised Hospital Birth to Pain-Free Homebirth / Faith + Prayer Preparation
Feb 21st S7 EP186: Vanessa Harding: Two Home births / 26-Hour Posterior Labour at 41+4 / House Renovation + Wild Pregnancy

Positive Birth Australia

Mar 7, 2026
2¾ hours
206 MB

This week on the show I’m joined by Laura as she shares her journey into motherhood. Laura discovering she was pregnant while travelling around Australia on a honeymoon road trip, navigating early scans across multiple states during COVID, before returning home to prepare for birth. During her first pregnancy Laura sought a physiological birth and continuity of care, but after a fibroid was discovered overlapping the placenta she was risked out of the midwife-led birth cottage she had planned and transferred into hospital care. After navigating conflicting medical opinions and fragmented care, Laura ultimately found support wi...

Positive Birth Australia

S7 EP188: Laura Gaschk: Private OB + Hospital Shower Birth / Fibroid + Risked Out of Birth Cottage / Postpartum Mental Health / Private Midwifery Care / Rural Birth Options / Homebirth

Skye Waters

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