HeyJaredAustralian VBAC Stories
Welcome to Australian VBAC stories.This podcast is for you, the women and parents of Australia to share your journey to vaginal birth after caesarean, and to listen to those who have forged the path before.
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- Sep 27, 2026
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- Jul 5, 2026
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EP54 - Kyra’s Special Scar HBAC (posterior baby, long labour, cascade of intervention, caesarean, NICU separation, birth trauma, gestational diabetes, private midwife, HBAC) (opens the original)
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In our latest episode, we welcome Kyra, mum to Savannah and Vera, who shares her journey from an unexpected caesarean birth to a special scar HBAC. Kyra went into her first birth expecting a straightforward vaginal birth. After going into spontaneous labour at 40+4, however, a posterior and asynclitic baby, intense back labour and a long labour that eventually involved a cascade of intervention led to an unplanned caesarean. The experience had a profound impact on Kyra. Immediately after surgery
EP53 - Emma's VBA2C (young mum, long posterior labour, emergency caesarean, postnatal depression, private ob, elective caesarean, positive caesarean, private ob, vba2c) (opens the original)
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In this episode of Australian VBAC Stories, Emma shares the stories of her three very different births: from a surprise first pregnancy at 23, through a difficult first birth and postpartum experience, a positive elective repeat caesarean section for her second birth, to finally the vaginal birth after two caesareans that completely changed how she saw herself and what was possible. When Emma became pregnant with her third baby, she initially assumed another caesarean was simply what happened ne
EP52 - Emma's VBA3C (7 births, doula, private midwife birth in hospital, transverse baby, induction, virtual doula, relocation for birth, advanced maternal age) (opens the original)
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In this episode of Australian VBAC Stories, Aimee sits down with Emma, a mum of seven living on a farm two hours from Perth, to unpack her remarkable birth journeys across all seven of her children. Emma walks us through her first three vaginal births followed by her three caesareans and then her vaginal birth after 3 caesareans (VBA3C). Emma shares her experiences of birthing within the system as an older mother ('advanced maternal age'), navigating different interventions and living 2 hours fr
EP51 - Rose's HBAC (breech baby, PPROM at 35 weeks, caesarean, NICU separation, birth trauma, postpartum depression, pregnancy loss, doula, homebirth, HBAC, partner support) (opens the original)
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In today's episode, we welcome Rose, whose journey through birth and motherhood has taken her from an unexpected caesarean and traumatic separation from her first baby to a deeply empowering homebirth after caesarean. This conversation actually began as an interview for The Motherwhelm podcast, where Rose and Bronwyn sat down to talk about her broader experience of motherhood. But as our conversation unfolded and I heard her birth stories, I knew there was so much here that the Australian VBAC S
EP50 - Ange's HBAC (planned homebirth, meconium, hospital transfer, fetal distress, emergency caesarean, homebirth midwife, HBAC, homebirth after caesarean, long labour, cervical lip, family centred) (opens the original)
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In today's episode, we welcome Ange who, as a homebirth midwife, had dreamed of birthing at home since she was a 21-year-old midwifery student. Ten years later, that dream was finally within reach, until she experienced unexpected transfer and emergency caesarean for fetal distress. In this deeply moving episode, Ange shares how her first birth challenged not only her expectations but also her identity as a midwife. Although she knew her caesarean was necessary, the grief, triggers and disconnec
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