I am so honoured to welcome the incredible Dr. Sarah Buckley to the podcast to discuss all her research on the incredible hormone oxytocin, and how this works to help us labour and birth in the primal way our bodies are designed.   In this beautiful chat with @drsarahjbuckley we discuss: ? Why oxytocin is such an important hormone for birth ? How to protect our primal hormonal process for labour and birth ? What environments help to stimulate oxytocin ? How to “fill the gap” when interventions are introduced into birth ? Third stage of labour and why protecting physiology is so important ..read more

I am thrilled to have my beautiful friend Ash @raisinghumanskind on the podcast this week.   Ash is a family psychologist who speaks so well to helping our kids work through their emotions and regulate their nervous systems.   In this chat we discuss: ⭐️ How can we gain more emotional freedom in our parenting ⭐️ How to sit with the entire range of our emotions ⭐️ How accepting our own emotions helps us to hold space for our children emotions ⭐️ Self enquiry practices to use at home (mind, body and unconscious practices) ⭐️ Why we don’t need to be our kids entertainment ⭐️ How to prac ..read more

I am thrilled to have the incredible teacher Jane Hardwicke Collings join me on the podcast.   Jane is a home birth midwife who teaches on important rites of passage, the sacredness of the menstrual cycle, the shamanic dimensions of pregnancy and so much more.   In this incredible conversation with @janehardwickecollings we discuss:   ? Why are rites of passage important ? The significant female rites of passage ? Menstrual cycle shame ? How we can truly honour and celebrate the menstrual cycle ? How pregnancy is our spiritual teacher ? How each birth teaches us what we need to ..read more

I’m excited to have Dr. Sophie Brock @drsophiebrock on the podcast this week to chat all about motherhood, cultural norms and how mothers are placed in society right now. Sophie is a Motherhood Studies Sociologist and speaks so well to this topic that affects so many women.   In this episode we discuss: ?What is the perfect mother myth? ?Why do so many mothers feel a sense of loneliness or failure? And why is it not their fault? ?Practices to help us identify the false “rules” we place on ourselves and what our values truly are ?Comparison and competition in motherhood ?Mum guilt and sham ..read more

I’m excited to have the wonderful doula and chiropractor @doctorberlin on the podcast this week to talk about the highly niche and very interesting topic of breech birth.   Dr. Elliot Berlin has taken a real interest in breech birth and is working hard to preserve breech birth in an industry that is slowly phasing out any other option than a C-section birth for breech babies.   We discuss: ?Why babies present in the breech position ?Factors we can modify to help a baby turn head down ?Pelvic stretches, anatomy and tension that could contribute to baby positions ?ECV procedures - the ..read more

I am excited to be releasing a second episode with the wonderful @drnatalieelphinstone to discuss everything we need to know about our options when it comes to caesarean births.   In this episode we discuss: What is a maternal assisted caesarean section What inspired Natalie to start to implement this in her practice The mental and physical impacts this method is having on mothers   I’d love to know what you thought of this episode, jump over to @physiolaura and tell me what you learnt!   And if you’d like to learn more about supporting yourself through pregnancy, labour and b ..read more

I am excited to have our first obstetrician on the podcast - the wonderful Dr. Natalie Elphinstone!   I met @drnatalieelphinstone at an event last year and found her perspective on birth very fascinating.   In this episode, we discuss: How Natalie changed her approach from “What to do and how to do it” to “When to do nothing” Un-learning many many years of medical school and obstetric approaches to birth in order to be able to serve low-risk women better Recognising that she isn’t an expert in physiological birth The process of “un-learning” she has had to go on to be able to help w ..read more

In this episode, I chat with the amazing Alicia and Meredith who are doulas from Intentional Birth.   In this episode with @intentional.birth we discuss: What is a physiological birth? The 9 tenants that make up a “physiology first” approach to birth How to protect physiology even when interventions are required The wide variety of normal in birth and how these “normal ranges” are getting narrower How we can help women to trust birth What dilemmas obstetricians find themselves in when wanting to support physiological birth What OB’s wished they’d learnt in med school to help them better ..read more

Welcome back to the Pregnancy with Physio Laura podcast. Today I am excited to be interviewing the incredible Sophie Walker who runs the popular podcast Australian Birth Stories.   In this chat with @australianbirthstories we discuss: The power of storytelling and debriefing your birth story The general themes of what seems to make a positive birth experience The general themes of what seems to make a traumatic or negative birth experience What women wish they'd known about before they gave birth What systemic changes need to be happening in the maternity system in Aus right now How Soph ..read more

Hey mamas, just jumping in with a quick life and podcast update for you all. We'll be taking a short break whilst we are busy getting the new branding ready for the podcast so keep your eyes open for our re-launch! Same podcast, different name and energy!In the meantime I'd love to hear from you about any podcast feedback you have. Is there a dream guest you'd love to for me to interview? Is there a topic you'd love for me to cover? Either comment on my latest @physiolaura post and let me know or shoot me an email to laura@physiolaura.com. I read and reply to every single message I get so I ca ..read more