The birth-ed podcast
Bringing you the information you thought you'd get in your antenatal appointments, but didnt.
The birth-ed podcast opens up conversations about all aspects of pregnancy, birth and parenthood, with the World's leading women's health & parenting experts- from Midwives to Obstetricians, Doulas to Activists.
Host and founder of birth-ed, Megan Rossiter is your warm guide, a gentle holding hand through these vulnerable moments of pregnancy, birth and parenting. If you want to feel safe, nurtured and fully informed in your birth preparation, you're in the right place.
Through inspiring, informative and sometimes challenging conversations, Megan leaves no stone unturned when it comes to preparing you for your pregnancy, birth and the postnatal period.
Episodes
61 episodes
'Evidence-Based' Maternity Care: Limits, Bias, and How to Navigate It with Guest, Midwife Beth Russell
Think scientific evidence is going to give you a clear a 'best' path forward in your birth decision making? Unfortunately, it's rarely that simple. With midwife Beth Russell, we explore the messy middle where numbers meet lived experience: why ...
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Season 5
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Episode 3
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47:03
Reconciling Caesarean Birth Stories Through Storytelling with Guest Hannah Marsh
What happens when your birth experience completely contradicts everything you prepared for? For author Hannah Marsh, an emergency cesarean section after 30 grueling hours of labor left her feeling not just physically scarred, but emotionally de...
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Season 5
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Episode 2
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46:50
Celebrating the Power of Informed Birth with Guest, Davina McCall
Davina McCall joins the Birth-ed Podcast to share her transformative journey from anxious first-time mum to empowered birth advocate. Celebrating the launch of Davina's new book "Birthing," co-written with midwife Marley Henry – a judgment-free...
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Season 5
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Episode 1
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37:35
SEASON 5 TEASER
Season 5 of The Birth-ed Podcast launches THIS WEEK. On Friday 26th September (and every Friday thereafter), we are back with world leading expert guests, heart warming wisdom, fascinating science and the warm hug you need every wee...
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Season 5
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Episode 1
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2:25
Optimal Cord Clamping, with Amanda Burleigh
When to clamp the cord that leads from placenta to baby has become a contested issue in recent years. Today’s guest, Amanda Burleigh, has fought long and hard to introduce evidence-based practice and advocates delayed cord clamping for better b...
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Season 4
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Episode 11
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57:37
Positive Hospital Birth, with Lily Brockenhurst
Some women choose to labour in hospital, others feel they arrive there through the course of their care. If you find yourself in a delivery suite or labour ward for your birth, this episode aims to help you feel the most comfortable and prepare...
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Season 4
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Episode 10
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55:11
High BMI pregnancy and birth, with Alice Keely
Why is so much importance placed on how much you weigh in pregnancy? Is a mother with over 30 BMI really at a high risk of complications in birth?This week, I’m speaking to Alice Keely, the Heavyweight Midwife, about the stigma attached ...
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Season 4
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Episode 9
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1:05:34
Postnatal exercise and bouncing back, with Hollie Grant
Our culture surrounds us with pressure to look a certain way and be a certain way, and no more so than after pregnancy. The focus on whether you ‘bounce back’ after birth can be overwhelming. My guest this week challenges us instead...
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Season 4
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Episode 8
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50:58
Breathwork in pregnancy and beyond, with Carolyn Cowan
If you’re a regular listener to the show, or you’ve done a Birth-ed course, you’ll know that I really value breathwork in labour, but I hadn’t realised the calm that breathwork can bring to pregnancy until I read today’s guest’s book. ...
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Episode 7
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45:46
C-Section recovery, with Clare Bourne
C-section recovery is one of those subjects that is rarely mentioned before you experience it. So this week, I’ve got together with Clare Bourne, a pelvic health physiotherapist, to talk you through what you need to know to recover well. We cov...
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Season 4
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Episode 6
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58:57
Birth Centres, with Issy Bourton
This episode is essential listening if you’re trying to decide whether to labour in a birth centre or midwife-led unit.I’m exploring everything birth centres, with my friend, midwife, Issy Bourton. Issy and I look at what a b...
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Episode 5
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54:45
Mixed Feeding, with Lucy Ruddle
Many parents feel that they have to pick a side on the feeding debate - breast or bottle. But the reality is that often families find themselves a compromise, whether that is adding an occasional bottle to their routine, or switching to formula...
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Season 4
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Episode 4
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53:00
Candid Birth & Connecting with Your Body, with Emma Armstrong
With social media platforms increasingly censoring candid images of birth and women’s bodies, I got together this week with The Naked Doula, Emma Armstrong, to talk about why we need to see real women’s experiences online. Our wide-ranging chat...
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Season 4
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Episode 3
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51:15
Continuous Foetal HR Monitoring, with Dr Kirsten Small
Continuous Foetal Monitoring can be uncomfortable, anxiety-inducing or misleading, but there’s plenty of evidence for its use, right? That’s the question Dr. Kirsten Small set out to answer after her long career in obstetrics. Her research led ...
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Season 4
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Episode 2
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1:11:25
The Birth-ed Method
The Birth-ed Method is finally here. After years of supporting 10,000s of families preparing for their births using hypnobirthing, it’s time for birth-ed to wave that chapter goodbye, and introduce- The Birth-ed Method.<...
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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20:28
Preparing for the 4th Trimester with Host, Megan Rossiter
Modern Maternity Care has a tendency to separate conception, pregnancy, birth, feeding & parenting. But there is a thread that runs from one through to another. The choices you make and experiences you have during and prior to birth have a ...
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Season 4
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20:36
7 Steps to Confident Decision Making
Decision making is a guaranteed part of your pregnancy, birth and postnatal experience. But it can feel like a massive responsibility when you're not really sure where to start. It's often much easier to just 'do as you're told.. often, you don...
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Season 4
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19:02
Sharing Birth Stories with host, Megan Rossiter
I was once told that we should only be sharing with women 'positive birth stories'.. But as the years have gone by, I've supported 10,000s of families in their birth prep, I realised that perhaps it's not quite that simple. Dive with me...
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Season 4
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23:09
DUE 26th April: SEASON 4
BIG NEWS.I'm expecting!Expecting a NEW SEASON of The Birth-ed Podcast (and hey, did you spot the new look?)A season that once again dives deep into the things you'd expect to learn in your antena...
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Season 4
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1:07
Birth Plans with host, Megan Rossiter
It's a solo episode from me this week, talking in detail about birth plans.. let's explore together-Can you really plan for birth?Why bothe...
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Season 3
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Episode 13
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45:16
Pain in Childbirth with Host, Megan Rossiter
It's a solo episode from me this week, talking in detail about pain in birth.. let's explore together-What causes pain in labour?What does birth feel like?What is the purpose of pain in birth?Why most conv...
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Season 3
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Episode 12
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42:55
Postnatal Depression & Aniexety with Psychotherapist, Anna Mathur
In today's episode, Psychotherapist, Author and Mother of 3 Anna Mathur & I discuss all things postnatal mental health. Whether you are currently pregnant and getting prepared for what to expect postnatally, or you're in the depths of the e...
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56:00
Osteopathy for Pregnancy & Infants with Osteopath Laura Tilson
In today's episode, Osteopath Laura Tilson & I share a little insight into the practice of Osteopathy. Something you may have heard recommended for pregnancy or for your baby. In this episode we explore:What actually IS Osteopat...
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Season 3
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Episode 10
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41:02
Pregnancy Sickness & Hyperemesis Gravidarum
Pregnancy Sickness is often a welcome and exciting sign of early pregnancy. But knowing what is 'normal' and what's NOT can be hard to navigate. In today's episode I am joined by Dr Caitlin Dean, Nurse Specialist Researcher into HG...
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Season 3
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Episode 9
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1:01:21