Podcast appearances and mentions of Siobhan Miller

Siobhan Miller, founder of The Positive Birth Company, found herself supporting women all over the world after her own traumatic birth experience led her to hypnobirthing, and changed her professional direction too! Siobhan worked in marketing before her second child came along. She'd already decided she wanted to change career and had gone back to university to study for a Masters in Psychology. But it was the birth experience with her first child, and the desire to have a completely different experience second time around, that caused her to find hypnobirthing and everything that followed. So profound was its impact that she became a hypnobirthing teacher, supporting parents to be around London. She saw the impact and wanted to help more people beyond London, and so the online side of the business and The Positive Birth Company was, well, born! This is the last special episode of the podcast, sharing the stories of the fabulous founders who let me interview them for my latest book, You've Got This. I hope you really enjoy this...

Eden has started to question the opposite sex already. Why Jennie's upcoming Disney trip may result in an interesting trip. Plus this week we're joined by the author of the only pregnancy book we picked up, Siobhan Miller from The Positive Birth Company and writer of 'Hypnobirthing: Make Your Birth Better'. On hypnobirthing and why we still use it, advocating for your birth, second babies plus answering all your questions. Have you joined our magnificent Patreon parenting community yet? Because not only are you helping to support this podcast, we have the ad free video of the episode, alongside extra content and a dedicated parenting chat group where Mums are on hand to help at all times, along with huge giveaways with more to come! Patreon.com/twonewmums Find more about Siobhan and The Positive Birth Company here And we'll always be grateful for a lovely little review x Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“Inhale peace, exhale tension.”Did you know that the cascade of interventions can not only contribute to a Cesarean but may cause one? Melanie believes that was the case with her first birth. Her difficult recovery included going to EMDR therapy to help with her PTSD. Her OB/GYN did mention that she would be a great VBAC candidate. Not knowing VBAC was a thing, Melanie's research began. Cue The VBAC Link!Melanie vigorously dove into VBAC prep before she was pregnant again. Her journey is one that shows just how powerful intuition and manifestation can be. Melanie went from having PROM with her first to arriving at the birth center at 7 centimeters and even being able to reach down to feel her bulging bag of waters as her baby began to emerge en caul!Other talking points in this episode include:Achieving a VBAC without a doulaHusband support Birth affirmationsRecommended podcasts and booksSpecific ways to avoid PROMHypnobirthing by Siobhan MillerThe VBAC Link Blog: 9 VBAC Books We RecommendThe Birth HourDown to BirthNeeded WebsiteHow to VBAC: The Ultimate Prep Course for ParentsFull Transcript under Episode Details Meagan: Hello, everybody. Happy VBAC Link Podcast day, whatever day it is that you are listening. We are so happy that you are here. We have our friend, Melanie, from Texas. Texas, is that where you are? That's where my mind is thinking. Melanie: Yep. Yep. Wiley, Texas just outside Dallas. Meagan: Perfect and did you have your VBAC in Texas?Melanie: Yes. In Dallas. Meagan: In Dallas, okay. We have her sharing her stories with us today you guys. At the end, we're going to be talking about PROM. Right before we got recording, I was talking about how important I think talking about PROM is which if you haven't heard lately what PROM means, there are all of these acronyms all over the place when it comes to VBAC birth, but it's premature rupture of membranes. We are both PROM moms here and so we are very passionate about the topic. If you have had your water break before labor really started and got going in the past, definitely hang on in the end because we are going to be talking more about that and maybe some ways that could or maybe not, we are hoping these are the ways that helped us avoid premature rupture of membranes. We are going to be talking about that and of course, her beautiful VBAC story. I do have a Review of the Week and this is by milka. It says, “VBAC Podcast Review.” It says, “Hi. I love listening to your podcast. I had an unplanned C-section with my first birth and am preparing for my second birth now. I didn't know what to do to make sure I didn't end up with the same situation. Hearing so many women's stories and experiences validated mine but most importantly, I learned so many tips and ideas to help my VBAC. I had a successful VBAC and now recommend this podcast to all expecting moms. Just such a great no-pressure and enjoyable way to learn.” I love that she talked about no pressure because that is what this podcast is about. This is a place where people share their stories, where they share information both on VBAC and CBAC, and all topics when it comes to birth. We want you to just be here, be in this space, and have it connect with you how it connects with you and take these women's stories and these providers who are coming on and the information given and apply it however, it looks for your journey. Melanie and I were just talking a little bit before the episode about how it just feels so full circle. So many of these Women of Strength who have come on before Melanie here and have shared their experiences and people listening, it really is so impactful. Right, Melanie? You were saying that I was in your ear. We were in your ear and these people's stories were in your ear doing what? Empowering you. Melanie: Mhmm. Oh yeah, it's incredible. It feels very full circle to be here. Meagan: Yes. We are very excited that you are and you guys, we are going to jump right into her story in just a second. Okay. The table is yours. Melanie: Okay, so happy to be here. Meagan, like you said, you guys have been in my ear for over a year so it just feels incredible to be here. As I was listening to these stories, I was always hoping to find that birth story that was like mine just to find out what went wrong with mine and also on the flip side, what did people do? What were people seeing in things that went right and how they were able to get a successful VBAC? I was very motivated and inspired by the podcast. I listened to every episode so hopefully, my two stories out there can hit home with anyone. But yeah. I'll start with, of course, the C-section just briefly. I got pregnant in March 2021 so everybody remembers it was COVID times still. Meagan: Wild times. Melanie: Wild times. Actually, at the beginning of my pregnancy, my husband wasn't able to come to the appointments. But thankfully, it being 2021, by halfway he was able to come. That pregnancy, I was really healthy. I ran. I'm a big runner so I ran every day. I had no morning sickness. I was very active. I never even until the very end– I ran the day my water broke and I never had that feeling like I didn't want to be pregnant.Not the case the second time as we'll hear, but the first time—Meagan: And you do that competitively, right? Did you compete during pregnancy at all? Melanie: I've ran my whole life so I ran cross country and track division one in college. Now, I do more marathons. Yeah. I ran both pregnancies. Not anything too crazy. During the second pregnancy, I did run a half marathon. I was 16 weeks but then it went downhill after that. But yeah. I run pretty competitively. I take it really seriously and it's a passion of mine. Yeah, the only thing I got the first time and the second, but I did. I've heard it before on the podcast is SPD, symphysis pubic dysfunction. The first pregnancy, so the one I'm talking about, a prenatal chiropractor literally cured it. I had to go back a couple of times because it would get out of alignment again, but for anyone who is suffering from SPD like I was both times, it's amazing. I would just call them witches because they would literally cure it and it would get me back to running. It was amazing. So my birth education the first time around, I thought I was educated like so many women here. I read the typical What to Expect When You're Expecting. I did a podcast but it was more so of what size is your baby? What's going on in utero? I didn't listen to many birth stories and I became so obsessed with that the second time. And truly, I feel like you get the best birth education through birth stories because you just get the whole shebang. We did take a hospital birth class and now I know that a hospital birth class is really just the hospital policies. I remember there was a section that they had mentioned very quickly in passing, “If you're going to have a C-section, you should take this class. Okay, the next thing.” I thought like so many women, That's not going to be me. I'm not going to have a C-section. I'm healthy. I feel great. Most C-sections are not planned so I feel like it really did a disservice to not even mention anything about a C-section in that class, but anyway, I just assumed that you have a baby in the hospital. You get an epidural. You take a nap and then you wake up and you push out a baby. I was not against hospitals or anything. I was not against the epidural or anything like that. I mentioned that I ran the day my water broke. This was past 40 weeks. 40 weeks came and went. A couple of cervical checks I got I was not dilated at all. They had scheduled a 41-week induction date. When I was checking out at the front desk at the time, I just remember it feeling really, really wrong scheduling that date. Meagan: Your intuition was speaking right there. Melanie: 100%, yeah. Of course, I didn't realize it at the time. It was my first baby and everything but when I look back, that just felt so wrong. 41 weeks came and I was supposed to go in at 9:00 PM that night but the interesting thing is that my water broke actually 4 hours before I was supposed to go in. It was 5:00 PM and I was supposed to go in at 9:00. Like you mentioned Meagan, it was PROM so it was a trickle. I was like, Wait. Am I peeing? What is happening here? No contractions at all. And with the little education I did, I knew that just because your water breaks, it doesn't mean that you have to go in and you should labor at home as long as possible. However, because I was set to go in and I guess because I was 41 weeks, I called them and I just remember they were like, “No. You're in labor. Come in.”I was like, “Okay.” Meagan: This is labor? Melanie: Yeah, I was like, “Oh, okay.” So I got to the hospital literally not dilated at all. I was maybe half a centimeter and they inserted the Cervadil at 9:00 PM which hurt really bad because it turns out if you are not dilated, it really hurts to get Cervadil inserted. Meagan: And if your cervix is posterior, it's hard for them to get it into your cervix so that can also cause a lot of discomfort. Melanie: That's exactly what it was too because I think they had a hard time. I didn't even think about that. It was probably posterior. Man. Yeah, see? My body just wasn't ready for that. But contractions did come eventually. I don't know if Cervadil can cause it or if it was just time. I was going into labor but that was around 1:00 AM. The contractions started to get uncomfortable. I had not practiced coping with contractions at all because I was planning to get an epidural. I never had any inkling of going unmedicated or anything so this is where I think everything went south.This is where I just think it was the cascade of interventions. First I had fentanyl which I don't know why because I think I was trying to delay the epidural for whatever reason. I don't know why. I had fentanyl first. It was awful. It felt like I was so drunk. The room spun and it was terrible. Then an epidural, which has fentanyl in the epidural. That was fine. After the epidural, of course, you feel amazing, but you are stuck on your back forever. I just think this cascade of interventions, being stuck on my back, not moving, I never ever take medicine as it is. I think my body and my baby just hated all of this. So then eventually, terbutaline was given around 6:00 AM. Meagan: To stop the contractions. Melanie: Yep. I think that's when some decels started happening then they did pull the Cervadil to stop the contractions. There were some decels then yeah, eventually it's all a little bit fuzzy but at 6:45 AM the decision was made for a C-section. At 8:01, he was born. They called it an emergency C-section and now I look back and I'm like, yes. I do believe that it was needed. However, I'll never really know but I really think it was caused and also, if it's an emergency, I understand that they don't wait hours like they did for me and they usually put you under. I think it was more unplanned and I look back and I really think it was caused. Meagan: That is the hard thing to know. A lot of these Cesareans, I would agree with you that they are caused by the cascade of interventions and things like that and then a lot of providers will say “emergent” so there are emergent Cesareans where we need to get this baby out quick and then there is a crash where they do put people under with crash Cesareans. But if they are waiting for hours, it's almost like they gave the emergency title to make themselves feel better or make it look valid to justify that Cesarean. Melanie: Yeah, I definitely agree with that. That experience was really awful for me. I think for some women, I think it's awful for a lot of women and then I think for some, it's not that awful. For me, no skin-to-skin. I know that's not very common at all. It felt like it was forever for them to bring him to me. No one was talking to you in this moment and I just don't think these doctors realize in the moment that you're being robbed of something that you envisioned and a really important experience. It just felt like forever for them to give him to me. It was 30 minutes or so. He was fine. He came out completely fine with great APGARS. I was fine. It just ended up in the way I didn't want it to. I did have PTSD from that experience because I was having a lot of flashbacks to it. I went through some EMDR therapy. I had a great therapist and of course, I talked to her about it. She was there for my VBAC as well. But yes. That postpartum was just– the healing sucked. I just felt really awful and I think mentally, it took a really big toll on me. Breastfeeding was really hard. A lot of that I attributed to my C-section. It was not desired. It was just not great. So that was the first birth. I never knew VBAC was a thing or a big deal at all. I don't even think I knew the term VBAC. I went to the 6-week post-doctor's visit and I remember she was like, “Yeah, you'd be a great candidate for a VBAC. However, you have to go into spontaneous labor by 39 weeks.” I'm sitting here like, okay. He was just a 41-week baby. My mom has a history of going late. I don't think that's very likely that I'll go into spontaneous labor by 39 weeks so I already made up my mind that I wasn't going to go with her. I learned later that that is a very common thing that hospitals and OB/GYNs will say to you. Yeah, that was the first one. So then cue The VBAC Link. I started listening to The VBAC Link Podcast before I was pregnant. Maybe my son was a year old and I binged every episode. You and Julie were in my ear a ton. The thing that I heard from The VBAC Link was that the likelihood of a successful VBAC for many of these women did happen out of the hospital and like you yourself, Meagan. That's not to say that of course, you can be in the hospital. You can have an epidural and get induced and have a successful VBAC, but when I just heard the overwhelming thing was how much of a better chance you have. I should also mention that my husband works in medicine too. He's a physician assistant. I will talk about that. He had a little bit of a hard time just with the safety aspect of it. But once I let my mind go toward the possibility of an out-of-hospital birth– because I wanted a VBAC so badly. I was so motivated. Then I realized that it was something that I actually really desired, a physiologic birth and unmedicated. When I look back, I think that's why I had such a hard time mentally with my first birth because I think I didn't know that I cared how my babies come into the world and I wanted to experience that. I don't know and in some weird way too, it felt like doing an unmedicated out-of-hospital birth made me almost feel connected to my ancestors. It seems really weird, but I was like, this is what they did. I just think it's something really cool that our bodies do. I wanted to experience that. But I do. I recognize that it was a trauma response for me for sure to become obsessed with research. I binged all of the episodes. I would look for anything related to VBAC. I read so many books and I actually toured. I had a neighbor and a friend who was pregnant at the time and she was going with the birth center that I ended up going with. We would go on walks and she would talk about her experience and how amazing and wonderful it was. I was just like, man. I want that, especially knowing that we were planning to most likely have just one more child. I hated to have that thinking of, this is my last chance, but I did. Meagan: I understand that so much because my husband told me that too and I was like, “I really want this VBAC. I really want this VBAC.” Melanie: Yeah and that's okay. We're okay. It's okay if we have these desires and these wishes. You only get one life. It's okay to want what we want. I'll never forget. I toured the same birth center that my friend was at and again, I was not pregnant yet. It was an education class. I was like, let me just see what these midwives are all about and what birth centers are like. It just immediately– again, it's that intuition. It immediately felt so right. I remember I walked in and just before even finishing the class, before we even really heard them out, I just knew that this was where I wanted to give birth in my next pregnancy. It felt so right. And also, I'll never forget. I had asked questions about VBAC because unfortunately, not all birth centers support VBACs which I don't understand, but I had asked a lot of my questions related to VBACs and I remember the midwife saying, “Well, unfortunately and fortunately, we do a lot of VBACs.” I'm thinking, why would I not want to be with a provider who does the most VBACs? Hospitals don't do a lot of VBACs comparatively. A lot of people are like me. They go to a birth center because they really want a VBAC. That just was really calming to me. I felt like I was with experienced hands. I was safe and there also was not really anything different about a VBAC. I'm with people who understand and trust birth. I brought this up to my husband and I mentioned that he had his reservations because he's a physician assistant and he works in orthopedic trauma but he was in PA school, he had to do OB/GYN rotations. He unfortunately saw some bad birth outcomes so to him, the hospital was a safety net but I was so, so grateful that he was supportive of my desire to go out-of-hospital even though it seemed kind of crazy to him. He came to– we had one meeting with the midwife so he could ask questions and everything. She was so great and answered all of his questions and I actually was unknowingly pregnant at the time. I didn't know it.Meagan: No way. Melanie: It's really weird. I toured the birth center first by myself and it's almost like my body needed that to be like, boom. You found the place where you are going to give birth and then I got pregnant. It was really weird. We were trying but also, it takes my body after coming off birth control some time so it still was a shock. I was like, oh wow. So anyway, the second pregnancy was much harder as I mentioned. I was not able to be nearly as active. I ran that half marathon like I mentioned and then– it was the Dallas half– then my body just went downhill. It was much, much harder. My sleep was horrible. I have an Aura ring and it tracks your sleep and everything then at the end of the year, it will give you a summary of every month's sleep. I will never forget because I got pregnant in September and it's like, January, February, March, April everything is fine and you look at the bar graph time series and it plummets in September. It stayed that way. It was my deep sleep. My deep sleep really, really decreased a ton. Maybe that's normal and I just didn't know that the first time, but I did not tell many people I was going with a birth center. I lied about my due date which I learned from this podcast which is very smart to do. I highly recommend it just because I didn't want to let in any of that negative energy or anything. The couple people I did tell, I did get a couple of people who would be like, “Oh, they're going to let you do that,” like the “let you” language. Meagan: We both did the same thing at the same time with the air quotes. The “let you”. Melanie: Yeah, exactly. I don't blame them. I just think that a lot of people don't have that birth education. And in hospitals, it's very normal to do a repeat C-section even though we all know it's not evidence-based. So very briefly, I want to talk about the prep that I did in this pregnancy that made such a huge difference for me. Number one, all of the podcasts like I mentioned. This one, of course. The VBAC Link, I binged it. I found the Down to Birth podcast at the end and that's a really, really good one. I know everybody does The Birth Hour as well which is good but that one has everything. I loved the more VBAC-specific ones. Then also, they haven't produced any episodes in a while but the Home Birth After Cesarean Podcast was really good too because they were all unmedicated. I was hoping to do that and they were all VBACs. Then books– I read a lot but these were my favorites. Of course, Ina May's Guide to Childbirth. Emily Oscar's Expecting Better is really good. Natural Childbirth the Bradley Way is a little outdated but that one I really loved. It really taught me what productive contractions looked like because I didn't really experience labor the first time. I never made it past a 3 the first time. I didn't know what that meant. I didn't have coping mechanisms. They really focused on breathing. The best book I read and I hadn't heard this one on it. Maybe you know of it but I had never heard about it but it was Hypnobirthing by Siobhan Miller. There are a lot of books on Hypnobirthing but Hypnobirthing by Siobhan Miller. I was just thinking of Hypnobirthing as a possible way to cope. That book was the best book because I really like the science, the physiology, and what is actually happening in your body when you're getting contractions and how do you work with your body. It just had such a great way of explaining all of that.That was the last book I found. I was 3 weeks away from my guess date. That one was great. She also creates the Freya app if you've heard of that. The Freya app times contractions and it helps you with breathing. They give you a lot of mantras. Yeah. That book was amazing. I did get the Freya app too. I did not know I was going to rely on it so much in labor. Also, in that book, it was really big on affirmation cards. I would make affirmation cards then I would read them in the bath and sometimes practice my breathing through the app. I did some pelvic PT and then, of course, the prenatal chiropractor like I mentioned, I continued to do that. Like I mentioned, the care with the midwives was great. Very positive language. I noticed what was really important to me was not, “I hope I can do this,” because of course, I hope that. But my midwives were amazing because every time, they would just speak it. They would say, “You are going to have a beautiful, redemptive VBAC.” They would just say that. Of course, I know I am 50% of the birth story. The baby is the other 50%. Of course, I know that but it was so important for me to have that positive language. I really worked on my mindset this time around. I only followed accounts that served me. I unfollowed news accounts. I had to be very careful about what I watched and things like that. I don't think women realize how important our mental state is. I get very sensitive. Meagan: Yes. So talking about that, protecting your space, our bubble, or whatever it may be. Protecting our space is so important because mentally, like you were saying, I don't know if people really understand how precious our mental space is but mentally, if we are thrown off, it is sometimes really difficult to get back onto that rail. I had a situation on Facebook in a VBAC-supportive group. I've talked about it in the past. I was so excited to announce that I was going to birth outside of the hospital. I also wasn't telling people that I was birthing out of the hospital. I didn't really tell people my plan I thought I could in that group and I wasn't supported. I had to leave that. Sometimes it means leaving groups. Sometimes it means staying off social media. Sometimes it means muting people who may be sharing their opinions or telling people flat-out, “I appreciate you so much but unfortunately, I can't have you in my space,” because mentally, they are not serving you well. Melanie: 100%, yeah. I hate that that happened to you and I know that happens to so many women. It's just so unfortunate and I hate that there is such a stigma with VBAC because if you do the research which people who have really “easy” births don't have a reason to really do the research but if you are like us where we are all very motivated to have a VBAC because we already have this stigma going against us, it's all unwarranted. It's not evidence-based to not be supportive of a VBAC and if you really research and do the stats, you realize that it's not a big deal. The craziest thing that I heard on the Down to Birth Podcast was, “You have a chance of uterine rupture even as a first-time mom.” Meagan: Yes, you do. Melanie: It's not that much higher as a VBAC and first-time moms go their entire pregnancy never once hearing about uterine rupture but yet if you are a VBAC mom, that's all you hear about. So it's so crazy to me. Meagan: Yeah. Yeah. So mentally, you were unfollowing. You protected your space there. Is there anything else that you would give tip-wise to protect your mental space?Melanie: I think just believing in your body and believing that we are made to give birth. I think that's a really big one. Of course, like you said, unfollowing and maybe not talking about it with people, unfollowing accounts that do not serve you. I think the most important thing, I know we've heard it a million times on this podcast, but where you give birth and who you give birth with is the single most important thing because you want to be with a provider who believes that you can do it, whoever that is. Yeah, believing in yourself. I think that's going to look different for everybody of what they need. For me, I am a data person so I needed the stats. I needed to read the books and also listen to lots of women who have done it before me. Meagan: Mhmm, love that. Melanie: So okay, here we are. I was 40+5 so again, not 39 weeks with spontaneous labor but 40+5. I woke up at 5:00 AM to what I thought was contractions. I had some Braxton Hicks at the very end which I never experienced before. I didn't know if maybe it was prodromal labor but it didn't feel like Braxton Hicks because it was waking me up. I just tried to move through them a little bit. They were coming very, very sporadically. I would get a short contraction one time an hour and this went on for most of the day and they were not long at all, like 30 seconds. In my mind, I'm thinking, I'm a hopeful first-time vaginal birther. So I'm like, okay. This could be 24 hours. It could be 48 hours. Who knows? But I did not want to waste any energy timing the contractions so I was just guessing the whole day. It was a Sunday. I stayed home with my toddler. Yeah, I should mention that he is 2.5 so I waited about 2.5 years between the two births. So yeah. I just labored at home with my toddler and my husband. We are big track fans so it worked out perfectly. There was a Diamond League track meet on so I did the Miles Circuit while I was watching that. I texted my midwives and kept everybody updated but I think again, we all thought I still had a ton of time. Then I would say around 4:00 PM that day, I started to notice them a little bit more. They were still pretty inconsistent. I would say maybe 8-10 minutes apart and still only 30-45 seconds long. That was something I learned from again, that Bradley Method book I read is that productive contractions for most women– I will say not for me. We will get into that. But for most women, they are a minute plus. Those are the most productive contractions. I texted my midwife then that I felt like it would likely be that night. I felt pretty confident that they were coming but I was like, it could be the middle of the night. It could be tomorrow morning. Who knows. She texted back and she advised that I take some magnesium, take an Epsom salt bath and then go to bed and try to reserve my energy for when they are 4-1-1. We had a birth photographer this time so I texted the birth photographer. I texted our friends who I'm so grateful for. We had a neighbor and a friend who was going to come to our house and be with my toddler. So, so sweet. Yeah. I took the magnesium and then my husband, Brandon, drew me a bath and then disappeared with our toddler. I sat in the bath and I was reading my affirmation cards. This makes me so emotional but I discovered that my husband had snuck in his own affirmation cards into my pile and that's when I found them. Oh, it was so sweet. Meagan: That's adorable. Melanie: I know. It still makes me cry when I think about it because it just meant so much. It makes me so emotional. It was super sweet and one of the best things he's ever done for me. I found those and was reading through them in the bath and just trying to relax and really work with the contractions. I know from my research that you need to relax. To get them to be productive contractions, you have to relax. You have to get your body out of the way and it will go faster that way. They really started to ramp up when my husband was putting our toddler to bed around 7:30. I got in the bed and I put the pregnancy pillow in between my legs. I lay there and was trying to establish a pattern. Yeah. I know manifestation sounds pretty woo-woo but I want to say and this is where I'll start sprinkling these in because there were 10 things that I had manifested or really, really prayed would happen and I was very intentional that I really, really hoped that this happened. This was the first one. I don't know why I had envisioned laboring with my dog. You have a dog. You understand. My dog is my firstborn. She is my baby. I love her. You know, birth is so primal so I was just like, She's going to know. She's going to know when I'm in labor and she's going to know what to do. She did. She followed me. I didn't even realize it at the time. She followed me in my bed and I took a picture with her at 8:19. She was lying next to me on the bed as I was going through these contractions and it's a very, very special memory for me. I was already starting to get the labor shakes at this point. It's 7:30 and laying down in bed did really help to establish more of a pattern but they still were not a minute long. They were 40-50 seconds long. Then I moved to the toilet as many women do at this point, backward on the toilet. I lost more of my mucus plug because I had lost it sometime earlier in the day then at some point, I looked down and realized that I was having my bloody show. Again, none of this I had ever experienced before with my first. My husband was an absolute rockstar in this moment. He was so cute. He was running back and forth between the toilet and then packing up the car because I think he realized it was starting to get pretty serious. He brought me water and he put on the back of the toilet, cleaned it, gummy worms and things. That was not what I wanted at that moment but it was super cute. Oh, and I should mention that I did not have a doula so he was kind of like my doula. I was trying to prepare him as best as I could beforehand but he didn't need it. He did really well. I know the hip squeezes are great and I learned that from this show of course. As they were coming, I would scream at him, “Hip squeezes! Hip squeezes!” He would come over and do it and he did awesome. He was saying that I left my body in this moment and I was possessed because when I was having a contraction, again, I was trying to do the deep moans and really trying to relax but it's just funny. He was telling me about it after and he was like, “Yeah, it was like if you were looking at it from the outside, it's like you were possessed then you would scream at me and just moan.”Then by 9:24, they were coming. I mentioned they were not a minute long, but they were coming on top of each other. So every 2.5-3.5 minutes apart, but still not quite a minute long so my husband was calling the midwives and she still was like, “Well, they're not quite a minute. Just have her keep laboring at home until they are a minute.” Eventually, he called her back and I think he put it on speaker so she could hear me and that's what did it. Meagan: Uh-huh. She's like, “Load her up.” Melanie: Yes. Because we live outside of Dallas. The birth center was in downtown Dallas so it's pretty far. It's usually a 45-minute drive for us so I think my husband was just like, “I don't want to have a car baby.” Meagan: Sure. Melanie: Yeah. It was ramping up. So yeah. She called back. I mentioned the Freya app. I really relied heavily on the Freya app because when you are timing the contractions, it helps you with the breathing, in for 4, out for 8, and then one of the mantras I learned from that Hypnobirthing book that I did not know I was going to rely on so much– and I think you never really know when you're going into it and when you're in labor. You never know what's going to stick. My mantra that I must have repeated to myself 500 times was, Inhale peace, exhale tension. Every single contraction, I just repeated that over and over and over. I was trying to make it until 10:30 PM when we called them again, but that's when we got in the car and started heading there. He made it to the birth center in 33 minutes. The car ride was not fun like many women talk about. I think I hardly opened my eyes and I was just timing them, repeating my mantra, Inhale peace, exhale tension. I arrived at the birth center at 11:00 PM. I had a contraction on the step right there as I was trying to get out of the car and trying to make it. I eventually made it inside and I had my first cervical check of the whole pregnancy. I again, something I had manifested was that my two favorite midwives would be there and they were. One of them, she wasn't even on call but she came anyway. So many sweet things happened. I got on my back. She asked if she could check me and I was like, “Yes. I really want to know.” One thing again, I manifested that I really wanted to be at least a 6 when I showed up. The first thing she said was, “You are much farther along than you ever were with Rhett.” You are a 7 and you are very stretchy. I can feel your bulgy back of waters and the baby's head is right behind it. That's the other thing. We mentioned PROM. Here I am and my water still had not burst and it was amazing. Being on my back felt awful by the way. That's why I just don't understand. Being unmedicated in a hospital must be so, so hard because I know a lot of the times they want you to be on your back and I just can't imagine because that was the worst position ever. She started filling up the tub right away. Like many women, I was like, “I have to poop.” I get on the toilet and I was like, “I swear I do.” But no, I don't. Nothing was happening but it feels like I do. I got in the tub right away. I did a couple of contractions. They were still coming on top of each other. I was sitting down and eventually, I moved to hands and knees. Very shortly after, that was very fast. That was only about 5 minutes after getting checked. Very shortly after, my body was starting to push and I was like, “This can't.” I mentioned something. I don't really remember this but I mentioned something to my midwife about how it seemed to soon to push. I was like, “You just checked me and I was a 7-8. Why is my body pushing right now?” I was really wary of a cervical lip or a swollen lip which I learned from this podcast. I can't remember exactly but she said something to the nature of, “If your body is ready to push, let it push. This is your body getting ready to birth your baby,” which is again, something else I had really, really envisioned. I would have loved my body to do the pushing and it did which was amazing. My water had not broken still at this point and the really cool moment was that the baby was en caul for a while. I remember her saying something on the phone about baby being en caul. I was birthing the sac before I birthed the baby. It felt like a water balloon. She kept telling me, “Feel down. Feel the sac.” It felt like a water balloon coming out of you. It was so weird. Yeah, my midwife stayed behind me so quietly the whole time. I never knew she was there. My husband set up my birth playlist and music and he just was such a rockstar in this moment. He was getting a cold rag and putting it over my shoulders which felt amazing, getting water and electrolytes and continuing to help me with that. Yeah. My body pushed for about 30 minutes and I don't want to scare anybody, but truly, that was the worst part. I remember– I guess maybe it's the ring of fire, but I just remember feeling like my body was ripping in half. But then it goes away. Meagan: Yeah. It's intense. It's intense. Melanie: It's so intense. I don't think anything can really prepare you for that. I follow that account, Pain-Free Birth. I don't understand and I would watch videos of women who were smiling and they look great. I'm like, oh my gosh. That part was so, so painful. Handling and dealing with the contractions is one thing and I felt like I was really strong. I felt like I did a good job with that, but that pushing part is something else. His head was out. It was a boy. His head was out for a little while but nobody panicked and my husband was ready to catch him. His hand was right there. At some point, I remember my midwife was like, because again, my body was doing all of the pushing. I didn't do any of it. I guess after the head was out of a little bit, she was like, “You can try to push.” My husband told me because his hand was right there that my pushes were nothing. They were baby, tiny little pushes compared to the ones my body was doing. Then at some point, my midwife asked if she could help or something and I was like, “Yes, please.” I don't know what she did. My baby was kind of big which I'll say in a second, but I think maybe his shoulder was stuck or something. She did something that was pretty painful but then within a second–Meagan: A sweep. Melanie: Yeah, like a maneuver because I definitely felt more stretching then a second later, he shot out. He did have the cord wrapped around his neck one time but nobody freaked out and they just literally took it off then he pinked up right away, cried, and he ended up being 9 pounds, 5 ounces. My first was 6 pounds and 14 ounces. I'm like, “No wonder running felt awful. He was pretty big.” I look back and I just feel very proud. I was never once scared for myself. I never once thought about uterine rupture and I never was scared for my baby. I do have some memories of– they did the intermittent checking and I have this memory of the decels. That is why I ended up having the C-section so I was always very curious to see how he was doing during the check. He was always fine and I was never scared. Yeah. We got out of the tub quickly. They waited for me to deliver the placenta on the bed. It was about 30 minutes and yeah. My baby latched right away which was such a relief because I mentioned we had some struggles the first time. The crazy thing was– we sat there. We ate. We chatted for a little bit then once they did all of the newborn tests right there, we were home by 3:45 AM. My toddler went to bed as an only child and then he woke up to a little brother. And that's his story. The postpartum has been so different and it's been so much better. I can't help but think that a lot of that is because of such a smoother birth and the recovery has been so much better than a C-section. Different, but still so much better. Meagan: Yeah. Melanie: Yeah. I just thank this community so much. I also was on the Facebook page and I just got so much strength from all of the women before me. Meagan: Yes. Oh my gosh. Such an incredible story. I love– okay, a couple of things. One, we talk about it on the podcast. I love when people go and look for providers before they are pregnant. I absolutely love it. I think it's very powerful. But two, you were actually pregnant and you didn't know it. Melanie: I know. Meagan: That's so cool that you were doing that and it felt so right and not only was your intuition before pregnancy kicking in but you were actually pregnant and it felt right. You were like, this is the place. This is the place. Then you showed. You went past that 39-week date. You never had gone past 3 centimeters before. So much strength and power happened through all of this and then you pushed out a 9-pound baby. All of these things that a lot of the world doubts. Did you look at your op report? Melanie: I did and everything was normal. Then the main thing was the decels and that's why they said was the reason. Meagan: Decels. I just wondered if they said anything like CPD or failure to progress. Melanie: Yeah, no they didn't. I was looking for that specifically. I just barely made it. I was 2-3 centimeters before the decels started happening and then they called it. Meagan: Yeah. A lot of the time we are told and the world doubts us in so many ways so if you told a lot of people who are uneducated about VBAC the things that happened with the first and then the stats of your second, I bet people are like, “You did that?” But you guys, this is normal. This is beautiful. This is what you deserve. You deserve these experiences and these joyous moments. I'm just so proud of you. I'm proud of you. I'm proud of your husband. He sounds absolutely adorable. Shoutout to him. Melanie: He's so sweet. Meagan: Your midwives and everybody. You did it. Melanie: Aw, thank you. Meagan: I'm so happy for you. Melanie: Thank you. Thank you so much. I'm glad I didn't know how big he was before but also with my midwives, there was no pressure at all to even see how big he was. Meagan: Mhmm, yeah. Melanie: The second baby, I always say that he healed me because he really did. My first birth was really traumatic for me but then my friends all laugh because they say, “You're the only person who would say a 9-pound baby would heal you.”Meagan: Seriously, though. But how amazing. It's so amazing. Our bodies are incredible. Okay, we talked about PROM. This time, total opposite. Encaul for a little bit. I did some things. You did some things. Let's talk about if you've had PROM, premature rupture of membranes, there are things you could do to try to encourage no PROM next time. I am PROM, PROM, then with my third, I was contracting. My water did break way earlier than pushing but it still waited a little longer. I still feel like my efforts in a lot of ways helped. So anyway, tell us what you did. Melanie: Yes. So mainly two things. Again, being with providers who are more holistic, they are more likely to mention nutrition. We talked about nutrition a ton during the whole pregnancy. I think two main things. The first thing was collagen. They got me on collagen from the get-go. I know research shows that upping your collagen helps a strong sac. Then the second thing was Vitamin C. I didn't take any Vitamin C supplements or anything, but again, your body is amazing. I was craving oranges in my pregnancy so I think that's part of it. My body was craving oranges. I ate a lot of oranges so I think the combination of collagen and oranges really made my sac strong. And it was. It literally did not break until he came out. It was so different. Meagan: So incredible. I would echo that. Vitamin C and you can supplement with Vitamin C 100mg a day starting anywhere between 18-20 weeks. Some providers even say to do it from the very beginning as the placenta is forming and things like that. Collagen absolutely and protein. Protein and collagen. I know you guys have heard about Needed but I absolutely love their protein collagen. As pregnant women, we don't get enough collagen and we don't get enough protein in our daily eating habits so supplementing with that and getting more collagen really, really can create a healthier, thicker sac. Something that was interesting that I found out after my second– so back story. I had kidney stones. I don't know if you had any infections or anything like that with your first that made you be on antibiotics but antibiotics is what an OB told me can also weaken membrane sacs. I got UTIs and kidney stones and was put on antibiotics. The OB described to me that my OB was fighting in other areas so the nutrients that my body was getting was going to fighting and healing versus creating a stronger sac which is interesting. I've never seen any research about it but he was pretty adamant about avoiding antibiotics during pregnancy with my next one and I did. I didn't have what I had before. Melanie: That's interesting. I never heard that. Meagan: I know. I know. This is a doctor who doesn't even practice anymore. This was years ago but I was like, it kind of makes sense. It kind of makes sense. I haven't researched it. Melanie: Yeah. I can see that. Meagan: Antibiotics wipe our gut flora and things like that anyway so I can understand that but protein, collagen, Vitamin C, and possibly avoiding antibiotics. Nutrition is so huge with our bag of water. Then big babies. You guys, big babies come out of vaginas. I just have to say that. It happens. 9 pounds is a healthy, beautiful baby. Melanie: Yeah. When he came out, everybody was very shocked even before weighing him. He's thinned out now but he was swollen. Everybody was taking bets on how big he actually was. Meagan: I love it. I love it. I've seen so many babies when they come out and their cheeks are so squishy and you're like, that's a big baby. You can tell just by their face. Melanie: Yes. That's exactly it. Meagan: Oh my gosh. Well, thank you again so much for completing the circle, for helping other Women of Strength out there. I too believe that women listen to these podcasts and they want to find stories that are similar with theirs in so many ways. You didn't dilate past 3. An induction that didn't turn out to be a vaginal birth so an “unsuccessful” induction that turned VBAC. A lot of people, I think, do doubt their body in that way. They are like, “Well, I was induced. Not even medicine could get me there,” but there is a lot that goes into that. Sometimes our body is just not ready or our babies aren't ready or something is going on. It doesn't mean that's your fate for all future births. Melanie: 100%. Yeah. So well said. Meagan: Awesome. Well, thank you again so much and huge congrats. Melanie: Thank you so much, Meagan, and thank you to everybody. Everybody who has told their story, the community, and everything was so helpful for me. ClosingWould you like to be a guest on the podcast? Tell us about your experience at thevbaclink.com/share. For more information on all things VBAC including online and in-person VBAC classes, The VBAC Link blog, and Meagan's bio, head over to thevbaclink.com. Congratulations on starting your journey of learning and discovery with The VBAC Link.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-vbac-link/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

Giving birth is a life-changing event and the most significant transition that women go through since adolescence.Hear more about how you can best advocate for yourself throughout the journey of pregnancy, birth and postpartum with Siobhan Miller, Founder of The Positive Birth Company - sharing all of the positive vibes (of course, it's in the company name.) and offering simple, yet genius insights into the power of a positive birth experience. Siobhan's knowledge extends beyond birth preparation as she dives into postpartum mental health, highlighting the importance of knowledge and awareness during your birthing experience and how to navigate the transition in this stage of your life.This episode is packed with wisdom - so, tune in for a virtual breathwork exercise and to learn more about the roles of your hormones during birth. Don't miss this conversation that proves that knowledge really is power.Topics:Founding the Positive Birth CompanyHypnobirthing explainedPregnancy and postpartum mental healthA positive birth experience Feeling postnatal failure Knowledge is powerVirtual breathwork exerciseHormones during birthYour birthing environmentWork-life-parent balance

@thebankss are back with a brand new episode of Don't Tell Mum! This week we are joined by the incredible Siobhan Miller. Siobhan created the iconic 'Positive Birth Company', which is a brand that sits close to our hearts, as it was a brand we used religiously throughout Jamie's Pregnancy and Birth. Siobhan discusses giving birth to her 4 children, running a multi-million pound business, and her appearance on BBC's Dragon Den! All this and more this week on Don't Tell Mum!! Be Fabulous x Follow Siobhan: Instagram:  @thepositivebirthcompany  TikTok: @thepositivebirthcompany Youtube:  @thepositivebirthcompany  Hypnobirthing: Practical Ways to Make Your Birth Better: https://amzn.eu/d/b8n1MEO Follow Barney & Jamie: Jamie's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jaylimusic/ Barney's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iammrbanks Family Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com//the_bankss Jamie's Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com//justjayli Barney's Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com//iammrbanks Shhh Don't tell mum Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shhh.donttellmum Listen to the parenting podcast here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/69zzqsbQmmHhW5YPiTxTGe?si=2eba9690a488497e #thebanks #podacst #parentingpodcast #kidsandfamily

Siobhan Miller is a Scottish folk singer and the only four-time winner of Best Singer at the Scots Trad Music Awards. She also won the Best Traditional Track at the 2018 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards and has frequently performed at Celtic Connections.

Episode 92 - Siobhan MillerThe Swan Song Project Podcast features a range of Songwriters to talk about songwriting and bereavement.Swan Song founder Ben Buddy Slack asks each guest to:A) Share one of their songs and talk a bit about how they wrote itB) Share a songwriting tip that could be useful to new and aspiring songwriters.C) Share a song that is meaningful to them in some way relating to bereavement.https://www.siobhanmiller.com/https://www.facebook.com/SiobhanMillerMusic/https://www.instagram.com/siobhanjmiller/https://twitter.com/Siobhan_MillerFacebook: TheSwanSongProject | Instagram: @SwansongprojectTwitter: @swansongprouk | LinkedIn: The Swan Song ProjectHope you enjoy it.www.swansongproject.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Before I fell pregnant, I honestly couldn't have taken less interest in pregnancy, birth or babies & for the first two thirds of my pregnancy my attitude remained the same. Until I read a book & that book sparked an obsession and sent me deep down the rabbit hole and I am now utterly obsessed with the science & magic of birth. The book I read was about hypnobirthing. If you like me, before I read the book, think that means I'll have to invite a man with a pendulum and a shiny black cape to my birth. You couldn't be more wrong. Learning about hypnobirthing and reimagining the possibilities for birth has left me feeling empowered and dare I say it - excited for this huge life event. So if you have a pregnant person in your life - please send them this conversation, they are going to be eternally grateful to you. The woman responsible for my new obsession is Siobhan Miller, she's the Founder of the Positive Birth Company. In this episode, we're going to give you an introduction to hypnobirthing & teach you some practical tools that will absolutely make your birth better.- Want to become a podcast sponsor, got some feedback for me or just fancy a chat? Email me - thatshelpful@edstott.com CONNECT WITH US Connect with⁠⁠⁠ ⁠That's Helpful⁠⁠⁠⁠ on Instagram. Find Siobhan on ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠ & The Positive Birth Company. MORE INFORMATION The Positive Birth CompanyPositive Birth Company Online CoursesThe Freya App BOOKS Hypnobirthing: Practical Ways To Make Your Birth Better PODCASTS The Expectation Effect: Transform Your Mindset TIMESTAMPS 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:19 - How Siobhan came across hypnobirthing 00:04:04 - Changing the way we think about birth 00:06:45 - What is hypnobirthing? 00:11:00 - The science & evidence behind hypnobirthing 00:17:15 - Why language around birth is so important  00:22:35 - Reframing your mindset around birth 00:23:15 - The hormones at play during birth 00:31:00 - Game-changing breathing techniques 00:40:38 - How to help your body to push  00:43:30 - The BRAIN decision making framework 00:50:20 - Kate's 2 top tips  

The baby is almost here. In this episode, India Rakusen explores how the baby moves through the cervix into the birth canal to the moment the baby's head starts to crown. And through all of this, how is pain acknowledged and addressed? India looks at the history of pain relief - and finds out from historian Randi Hutter-Epstein about an extreme form called Twilight Sleep that gained popularity at the start of the 20th Century. She also speaks to research midwife Rachel Ibikunle about the horrific beliefs about pain for Black and Asian women, and to Siobhan Miller of the Positive Birth Company about how understanding our body can help manage pain.Presented by India Rakusen Producer: Ellie Sans Series Producer: Ellie Sans Production Team: Ella McLeod & Georgia Arundell Executive Producer: Suzy Grant. Commissioning Editor: Rhian Roberts Original music composed and performed by ESKA Mix and Mastering by Charlie Brandon-KingA Listen production for BBC Radio 4

How can we truly plan for something as big and unknowable as birth? What are we forgetting to prepare for - or not being told? India Rakusen talks to obstetrician and gynecologist Dr Ranee Thakar about tearing during birth, and to Siobhan Miller, founder of the Positive Birth Company, about hypnobirthing. Presented by India Rakusen. Producer: Ellie Sans. Series Producer: Ellie Sans. Executive Producer: Suzy Grant. Commissioning Editor: Rhian Roberts Original music composed and performed by The Big Moon. Mix and Mastering by Charlie Brandon-King.A Listen production for Radio 4 and BBC Sounds.

Every coach has a human story, and these stories contain the wisdom, vulnerability and invaluable lessons that inform our work.In this episode of The Coach's Journey Podcast, Claire Pedrick and Lucia Baldelli share some of the human stories that have shaped their lives and careers, leading them to become Master Certified Coaches and co-authors of a powerful new book.That book is The Human Behind The Coach, and it's about the inner work we need to do to cultivate a simpler practice and to demonstrate art in the coaching room. It is a guide to the principles that inform a more human approach to coaching: one that is not bound by tools or hacks, but allows for a natural process and a letting go.The vibrant dynamic between Claire and Lucia gave rise to the book and it shines through in this episode as they share their infectious enthusiasm for transformative coaching work with individuals, teams and organisations. In this episode, we also talk about:How Agile methodologies help people adapt to changeThe importance of holding endingsThe times when it's appropriate to break the rulesHow we navigate fundamental differences between our beliefs and values and those of our clientsThe power of being able to sit with not knowingClaire and Lucia also discuss their virtual book launch, which is taking place on Monday November 13th at 6pm (UK time) - click here for details.For more information about Claire, visit https://www.3dcoaching.com/claire-pedrick-mcc/.For more information about Lucia, visit http://www.luciabaldelli.com/.For more information on The Human Behind The Coach and the course Claire and Lucia mention, visit: https://www.thehumanbehindthecoach.com/ For information about my wider work, my writing or to buy my books, visit www.robbieswale.com.Music by My Good Man William: listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4KmeQUcTbeE31uFynHQLQgTo support the Coach's Journey, visit www.patreon.com/thecoachsjourney and to join the Coach's Journey Community visit www.thecoachsjourney.com/community. Things and people we mentioned (that you might be interested in):- Coaching Agile Teams by Lisa Atkins https://lyssaadkins.com/product/coaching-agile-teams-paperback/ - Listen by Kathryn Mannix https://www.kathrynmannix.com/books/listen/ - With the End in Mind by Kathryn Mannix https://www.kathrynmannix.com/books/with-the-end-in-mind/ - The best chair in the world (according to Claire's LinkedIn connections) https://www.hermanmiller.com/en_gb/products/seating/office-chairs/ - Lucia's husband Marco's website: https://www.marcolattarulo.com/ - The Coaches Walking LinkedIn Group: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12827884/ - Coaching Outside The Box https://www.coachingoutsidethebox.net/ - Claire's book https://spckpublishing.co.uk/how-to-make-great-appointments-in-the-church - Nancy Kline https://www.timetothink.com/nancy-kline/ - Brene Brown's TED talk on vulnerability https://www.ted.com/talks/brene_brown_the_power_of_vulnerability?language=en - Siobhan Miller https://www.linkedin.com/in/siobhan-miller/?originalSubdomain=uk - Jennifer Garvey Berger on The Coach's Journey Podcast https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/episode-42-jennifer-garvey-berger-the-answer-to-either-or-is-both - Chapter 12 of The Human Behind The Coach is available for free on the website https://www.thehumanbehindthecoach.com/ - Bounce by Matthew Syed https://www.matthewsyed.co.uk/book/bounce-the-myth-of-talent-and-the-power-of-practice/ - Claire and Lucia on a writing retreat https://www.linkedin.com/posts/clairepedrick_thehumanbehindthecoach-activity-7044305188907544576-Gbpi/- The Coaching Inn Podcast https://thecoachinginn.podbean.com/

Hi Friends,So many new releases this week in the Irish Music World!  Also a celebration tribute in Part 2 to my daughter Shannon who is getting married on September 15th!  Enjoy...Andy CooneyPart 1: Sean Wilson & Tony Mac, Sean Magee (New Single), Siobhan Miller, Sean Keane & Ann Jimi Jini (New Single), Trad Lib (New Single)Part 2:Nathan Carter, ME, Derek Ryan (New Single), Mike Denver, Rose Betts (New Single & Seamus Pick)Part 3:The Tumbling Paddies (Latest Release), Gary Gamble (New Single), Nolan, Reynolds & Foley (New Release), TR Dallas, Screaming Orphans (Latest Release)Support the show

The guest on this month's Official Folk Albums Chart Show is the inimitable Shirley Collins. She'll be explaining how she managed to include memories of her sister Dolly, her Uncle Fred and her father in her acclaimed new album “Archangel Hill”. Host Matthew Bannister will be talking about his Big Walk in aid of the charity Help Musicians – 180 miles in 2 weeks in August – and there is music from Siobhan Miller, Roseanne Reid, Hannah Sanders and Ben Savage, Magpie Arc, Jim Ghedi and Toby Hay and This Is The Kit. --- We rely entirely on support from our listeners to keep this show on the road. If you like what we do please either... Donate to the Folk on Foot Big Walk 2023: folkonfoot.com/bigwalk Become a patron and get great rewards: patreon.com/folkonfoot Or just buy us a coffee: ko-fi.com/folkonfoot Sign up for our newsletter at www.folkonfoot.com Follow us on Twitter/Facebook/Instagram: @folkonfoot --- Subscribe to the Folk Forecast to explore all the gigs and album news we ran through in the show: https://thefolkforecast.substack.com/

Welcome to Up The Duff, a brand-new pregnancy, birth and parenting podcast, brought to you by The Positive Birth Company in partnership with Elvie. In this first series we are diving straight in at the deep end and tackling TABOOS! The everyday stuff most people experience after having a baby, but which nobody likes to talk about. I'll be chatting to friends of The Positive Birth Company about their experiences, as well as sharing my own, on everything from poo, wee, mind, body, sex and bodily fluids. If it's a bit gross or a bit embarrassing, you can be sure we've got it covered.Up The Duff is coming on 19th June. Click subscribe now to be notified when all our episodes drop. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, we welcome Siobhan Miller to talk about The Women Airforce Service Pilots, also known as WASPs. These pilots were the first women to fly military aircraft for the United States, paving the way for the next generations of female pilots!Follow The PodcastOn Instagram and TikTok @astorytellingpodcast Learning Resources!Closer Look-Who Were the Women Airforce Service Pilots?Introduce a WASP Project. Women in the Military During WWIILearn MoreDecision Height a play by Meredith Dayna LevyWomen with Wings: The 75-Year-Legacy of the WASP by Caroline JohnsonYouTube: Inspired by a WASP, Alex BlakeWASP awarded Congressional Gold Medal for Service, Dept. of DefensePresident Obama Signs Bill Awarding Congressional Gold Medal to Women Airforce Service Pilots, The White HouseSupport the show

The Official Folk Albums Chart Show from Folk on Foot features an exclusive acoustic performance by James Yorkston and Nina Persson filmed in Tentsmuir Forest on the Fife coast. There's also music from Lisa O'Neill, Unthank:Smith, Rozi Plain, Show of Hands and Track Dogs, Heidi Talbot and Siobhan Miller. --- We rely entirely on support from our listeners to keep this show on the road. If you like what we do please either... Become a patron and get great rewards: patreon.com/folkonfoot Or just buy us a coffee: ko-fi.com/folkonfoot Sign up for our newsletter at www.folkonfoot.com Follow us on Twitter/Facebook/Instagram: @folkonfoot --- Subscribe to the Folk Forecast to explore all the gigs and album news we ran through in the show: https://thefolkforecast.substack.com/

This month's Official Folk Albums Chart Show from Folk on Foot features music from Marcus Mumford, Elephant Sessions, Fara, Jackie Oates, Siobhan Miller, Tarren, John Dhali and Ranagri. Plus the latest gig news from Lucy Shields and details of a new Welsh episode of Folk on Foot. --- Delve deeper into the Folk on Foot world and keep us on the road by becoming a Patron—sign up at patreon.com/folkonfoot. You can choose your level and get great rewards, ranging from a stylish Folk on Foot badge to access to our amazing and ever expanding Folk on Foot on Film video archive of more than 150 unique performances filmed on our travels. Sign up for our newsletter at www.folkonfoot.com Follow us on Twitter/Facebook/Instagram: @folkonfoot

We feature lots of new music this week from some old alum of the Windy City Irish Radio studios and lots of new friends yet to grace our studios.  This week it's new music from the Led Farmers, Damien O'Kane and Ron Block, Enda Reilly, Austral, Jig Jam, Winborne, Joe Jencks, and Siobhan Miller as well as music from the Cheiftans as well as bands from Nova Scotia and bands residing in Florida as a reminder of the devastation brought on by Hurricane's Fiona and Ian.  Join us each Sunday afternoon on 750AM WNDZ or live on globalirishradio.com.  

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We are back this week with another great set of music from Scotland's great traditional music scene. Thanks so much for listening. We really appreciate it! I'm a Rover by Siobhan Miller https://siobhanmiller.bandcamp.com New Moon by Hò-rò Track - Spot On https://www.musichoro.com As the Moonlight Melts by Josie Duncan Track - Be Around https://josieduncan.bandcamp.com Pie in the Sky by David McGuinness and Simon Thoumire Track - Ajastaika  https://concertocaledonia.bandcamp.com/album/pie-in-the-sky The Source of Light by Eric Bogle Track - The Old Dog's Song https://www.greentrax.com/music/product/eric-bogle-the-source-of-light Odyssey by Fourth Moon Track - Sextant https://fourthmoonmusic.bandcamp.com Las by Brighde Chaimbeul,  Ross Ainslie and Steven Byrnes Track - The Green Light Set http://www.rossainslie.com Handsel by Malinky featuring Cameron Nixon Track - The Baron o Brackley https://www.malinky.com This Too by Kinnaris Quintet Track - Period Drama https://kinnarisquintet.bandcamp.com/album/this-too The Best of Ossian by Ossian Track - Jamie Raeburn / The Broomielaw https://www.allcelticmusic.com/artists/Ossian.html

As a qualified hypnobirthing practitioner, Siobhan Miller is on a mission to ensure women go into labour with a positive mindset and confidence in their choices. Through her Positive Birth Company, she teaches women and their partners that a positive birth does not have to be a perfect birth, and aims to dispel the myths around childbirth that lead so many to associate it with fear and pain.  In this episode, she recalls how she was first driven to found her company after having what she describes as a terrifying experience with her first child in 2014. Joss and Siobhan go on to exchange stories about their childbirth experiences, with Siobhan explaining how hypnobirthing enabled her to have much more positive experiences with her second and third children.  C Sections and epidurals are also covered, with Siobhan passionately denouncing the inaccurate portrayals of childbirth she continues to see across popular culture, most specifically on the recent BBC series ‘This Is Going To Hurt'. And we end the episode on some exciting news…  Find out more about Siobhan's work and hypnobirthing at www.thepositivebirthcompany.co.uk  *** A massive thank you to our wonderful sponsors! BetterHelp - Start your therapy journey today with 10% off your first month at this link: betterhelp.com/cuppahappy or use code cuppahappy at check out LinkedIn Jobs - Post a job for free on LinkedIn using the link: https://linkedin.com/cuppa *** A Fascinate Production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Siobhan is a proud single mum who founded The Positive Birth Company. She talks about her difficult relationship with her mother as a teenager and how she had to make a life-changing decision when discovering she was pregnant as a young single woman. She also discusses the ways in which her attitude towards her mum has developed as she has begun to see the positive influence she has had. “I absolutely wanted to prove that you're all wrong. It was only my mum that was saying it, but I felt like the general kind of societal attitude towards me was, ‘you're going to be a young single good for nothing mother'. And I was determined to not be that.” ********************* Huge thanks to our sponsor, The https://our-voices.captivate.fm/rya-home (Royal Yachting Association) (RYA) Visit the https://our-voices.captivate.fm/rya (RYA website) to find your local club and get involved ********************* http://ourvoicespodcast.com/ (Check out the Our Voices website for more on this story) http://ourvoicespodcast.com/ (We're also on )https://www.facebook.com/ourvoicesinthenhs (Facebook), https://twitter.com/OurVoices14 (Twitter) and https://www.instagram.com/ourvoicespod/ (Instagram) A https://our-voices.captivate.fm/fascinate-productions (Fascinate) Production

This week we have one of our first ever guests returning onto the podcast, Siobhan Miller founder of The Positive Birth Company. Siobhan joins me today to explain just what Hypnobirthing is and what it isn't. Siobhan shares with us her knowledge and expertise on hypnobirthing, how it can support you and your birth, support your birth partner and prepare you for the fourth trimester and early motherhood. We also chat about Siobhans own incredibly exciting news and how she is feeling about birth.  For more information head to The Positive Birth Company  . I hope you enjoy listening. Please do rate and review to help the podcast reach those who may like to feel supported by our community.  Back next week!

We are joined by special guest Siobhan Miller for this episode. Siobhan is the founder of ‘The Positive Birth Company' and we discuss hypnobirthing & meditation.Obstetrician Jess McMicking is also back to talk about what's going on with your baby and your body at 33 weeks.You can purchase & download the full 40 week series (which includes 24 episodes) plus early access to bonus episodes at www.isitnormalpodcast.comFollow us on instagram here: @isitnormalpodcastLearn more about The Positive Birth Company here: https://thepositivebirthcompany.co.uk/*This podcast is intended as an informative discussion around general issues related to pregnancy, birth and the postnatal period. If you have any questions or concerns relating to your health and pregnancy it is important to contact your midwife or GP. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This year's Edinburgh Festival is a smaller affair than normal but it's packed full of delicious cultural goodness. We speak with film director Isaac Julien about Lessons of The Hour- a 10-screen film about the former slave and emancipationist Frederick Douglass who visited Edinburgh many times. Just These Please is a four-piece comedy group who have had more than 6m views on YouTube for their sketches and whose Edinburgh Fringe show has sold out. Poet and playwright Hannah Lavery has many works at the festival - Lament for Sheku Bayoh is a play about a young black Scottish man who died in police custody in 2015. She has also co-written Eavesdropping, a guided audio walk around Edinburgh. Siobhan Miller won her first singing prize at the age of 13 and is the only three-times winner of Scots Singer of the Year. She's playing a gig at the festival with her band and has a new album All Is Not Forgotten, and she plays live for us at The BBC site in Infirmary Street, Edinburgh. Presenter: Kirsty Lang Producer: Oliver Jones

Alex speaks to baritone Ross Cumming about his seven tracks of the moment featuring music by Max Richter, Talisk, William Harris, The Staves, Nina Simone, Siobhan Miller, and J. S. Bach. Listen to the full selection of music on the Spotify playlist available at https://www.alexpatterson.co.uk/

Moet je als moeder (in spe) echt zo veel bijblijven of stap je als aanstaande ouder in een grote marketing machine? Geloven we meer in 'nurture' of 'nature'? We hebben het deze week over de immense aantal tips, content en producten die je op je insta-feed voorbij ziet komen als je in verwachting bent. Hoe bedrijven inspelen op je emoties en wat dat met ons doet. Verder hebben we het over de verkiezingen, 'eastereggs' op Netflix, huis kopen, surprise babyshowers en nog veel meer. De laatste van het seizoen, but it's a good one!! SHOWNOTES:.Secret Netflix Codes: https://www.radiotimes.com/technology/netflix-secret-codes/ .het boek en de podcast Mama'en van Podcast van Nina Pierson.The Postive Birth Book van Milli Hill.het boek Buskruit met muisjes en Buskruit met peuters. het boek Why French Kids Don't Throw Food .het boek Make your birth better van Siobhan Miller .de podcast To Due Date van Kim & Jaap .het boek Mom, you got this  van de Huismuts.  het  24 baby forum.TV programma In de beste families (met moeders).het boek Bringing up bébé (opvoeden op zn frans).Jaarkalender voor eerste jaar van baby.de podcast Ik ken iemand die.de podcast Podnataal.de podcast LINDA Moeders.de podcast Mamma Mattie.Consultatiebureau met chat!

Welcome to Friday’s Child the podcast, formally known as Life School ME. When I started Life School back in June 2019 my vision for where I wanted to take the podcast and how it would grow was not 100% clear. I knew I wanted to interview inspiring women and share their stories, but there was no grand plan. And that’s ok. I’m a firm believer in starting before you’re ready! But after falling pregnant with my beautiful daughter Mavia, and deciding to focus on the world of #BumpsandBabies for Series 2, I discovered a new passion for all things related to pregnancy and birth. The things I learnt about the female body and birth during my pregnancy journey have changed me forever and ignited a new found passion and love for this subject matter. So Life School has now been reborn as FRIDAY’S CHILD and during this Series I will be talking to First Time Mums, Childbirth Educators and Industry Experts on all things Motherhood. Whether you’re newly pregnant, a first time Mum or maybe you just want to find out more about the world of babies and Motherhood, I hope you enjoy listening to my wonderful guests and that hopefully you can take away some helpful information and insights. My guest today is Siobhan Miller - Mother to three boys and the powerhouse Founder of The Positive Birth Company. Siobhan is a Royal College of Midwives accredited hypnobirthing teacher who developed The Positive Birth Company’s hypnobirthing framework based upon her years of experience helping women prepare for birth, along with her Masters degree in Psychology. Siobhan is also the bestselling author of Hypnobirthing: Practical Ways to Make Your Birth Better, the creator of the award winning Digital Pack and Postpartum Pack, and the concept advisor behind Apple’s top 20 app of the year; the Freya app. P X Guest Website & Social Media Handles: www.thepositivebirthcompany.co.uk www.instagram.com/thepositivebirthcompany www.youtube.com/channel/UCEokgwT84Us5yrVvxdMyKSw https://thepositivebirthcompany.co.uk/freya-hypnobirthing-app Friday's Child Social Media: https://www.instagram.com/xfridayschildx/ https://www.facebook.com/xfridayschildx https://www.facebook.com/groups/667893360579008/?ref=share

Karen, a first-time mother, talks about the how she came to choose where to give birth. As a Vet with a husband who is an anaesthetist, they were hot on their research and took a very measured and evidence based approach to making their decision. Karen talks us through the research she did, both clinical and anecdotal through conversations with friends and how she did a full circle from wanting an elective c-section to deciding on a home birth. She talks about the benefits of having home visits from the same midwife from the home birthing team once their decision had been made and all of the other preparation, she was doing to for her upcoming birth. Resources: Give birth like a feminist. Milli Hill Hypnobirthing. Practical ways to make your birth better. Siobhan Miller. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(20)30063-8/fulltext https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/npeu-report1-safety-of-birthplace-and-implications.pdf https://www.thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(19)30119-1/fulltext

Comedian Russell Howard on his new lockdown TV show, Home Time. Video conferenced from his childhood bedroom, he gives his entertaining take on life in quarantine, with remote music performances and interviews with comedians and key workers. The 2020 International Prize for Arabic Fiction has been announced today. The winner is Algerian novelist Abdelouahab Aissaoui for The Spartan Court which is set in the early 19th century when Algeria was invaded and captured by the French. Aissaoui is the first Algerian to win the prize, designed to increase the international reach of Arabic fiction. Scottish folk singer-songwriter Siobhan Miller is the three times MG Alba Scots Trad Music Awards Singer of the Year and has also won a Radio 2 Folk Award. She discusses her fourth album, All Is Not Forgotten, and performs live. While we’re stuck at home John Mullan is making the case for us raising our spirits by reading, or re-reading, Austen novels. Tonight he makes the case for Northanger Abbey. Presenter: Samira Ahmed Producer: Hannah Robins

Join Hands Up for Trad to listen to the latest Foot Stompin' Scottish music podcast featuring great music from Fiona Hunter, Sian, Mhairi Hall, Ewen Henderson, Joy & Andrew, Siobhan Miller and many more! If you enjoy this content please support our Patreon at http://www.patreon.com/handsupfortrad Aye Waukin O by Fiona Hunter https://fionahunter.co.uk/ Sian Track - A-nochd a' Chiad Oidhche 'n Fhoghair https://www.sian-music.com Airs by Mhairi Hall Track - St Kilda http://www.mhairihall.com Bonnie Lass Of Fyvie by Iona Fyfe https://ionafyfe.bandcamp.com Steall by Ewen Henderson Track - Jigs https://ewen-henderson.bandcamp.com/releases Dithis (Duo) by Joy and Andrew Track - A Mhairead Òg / Young Margaret https://joyandandrew.co.uk All Is Not Forgotten by Siobhan Miller Track - Cholesterol https://www.siobhanmiller.com Mairead Nan Cuiread by Katie Macfarlane https://katiemacfarlane.bandcamp.com The Airing by Rebecca Hill Track - Sleep Quietly https://rebeccahill.bandcamp.com/releases Songs from Jenna Reid Track - Da Sealkie Wife’s Sang https://jennareidmusic.com/shop/ Time To Fly by David Foley and Jack Smedley Track - Litteljohn https://davidfoleyjacksmedley.bandcamp.com/releases Subscribe to our Hands Up for Trad YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/c/handsupfortrad More about Hands Up for Trad: http://www.handsupfortrad.scot http://www.scotpodcast.com https://facebook.com/handsupfortrad http://www.twitter.com/handsupfortrad http://www.instagram.com/handsupfortrad https://soundcloud.com/handsupfortrad

This week is featuring Joy and Andrew, Siobhan Miller, Brian McNeill and ELIR and more

Our host sits down with Siobhan Miller, founder of The Positive Birth Company, to discuss the myths surrounding hypnobirthing.

This week, Positive Birth Company founder, writer and hypnobirthing queen Siobhan Miller is joined by content creator and founder of maggslondon Hannah Michalak to discuss vaginas, birthing journeys and awkward mummy moments. Hannah laments the endless bickering between her boys, Louise wonders why women must always be good at EVERYTHING and Siobhan explains the importance of affordable antenatal care. They also discuss mothering without support from a mother of your own and how hypnobirthing changed the way they think about labour and delivery. Siobhan Miller: https://www.instagram.com/thepositivebirthmama/ Hannah Michalak: https://www.instagram.com/hannahmichalak/ **YOUTUBE** https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfAEEhKikW1676DCa_0OWLA **CONNECT WITH ME** https://www.instagram.com/LouisePentland/

Is it possible to remain cool, calm and collected during birth? The badass ladies are finding out!In the studio this week is Siobhan Miller the founder of “The positive birth company”.She’s teaching expectant mothers about, mindfulness, and other techniques that can relax and calm them during labour and ease your body and mind throughout the whole process.After having gone through a three day labour with her first child, Siobhan wanted to create more positivity around the birthing experience as all she could find was rather negative.You can access Siobhan’s services here: https://thepositivebirthcompany.co.uk/digital-pack?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI__K8hc6e5gIVRbTtCh3YwAyGEAAYASAAEgL22PD_BwEFor information on all your hosts you can click on their names:Harriet MinterNatalie CampbellEmma Sexton If you want to get in touch you can find us on all the socials under this name: @badasswomenshrAnd for more about the podcast head here: https://www.badasswomenshour.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On today’s episode we chat all about hypnobirthing with hypnobirthing expert Siobhan Miller, how to prepare for a positive birth experience whether it’s your first or fifth and what a positive birth experience really means, how to breath during labor and we also discuss maternal mental health.  More From This Episode: http://healthygrocerygirl.com/greatjobmama Stay Connected On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/great.job.mama/

On Breaking Mum and Dad this week we have a lady who wishes she could go back and experience her positive births again. How many of us can say that eh? After a not-so-great birth to her first child at 21, and the year of post-natal anxiety that followed, Siobhan Miller didn't want a repeat for her second child, and found hypnobirthing. She now runs the Positive Birth Company, initially fostering a group of women in the community to support women, and now running hypnobirthing classes around the country. Siobhan talks to Anna about her first birth, stretch and sweeps, waking up every 20 minutes to check that her baby was still breathing, the single mum-young mum stigma, finding hypnobirthing, the euphoria that followed her home birth to her second and getting pregnant 6 months later.Listen by clicking ‘Play', subscribe on iTunes and please do rate and review to help spread the word. Look out for new episodes every Tuesday and keep the conversation going.@BreakingMadPod / @annawilliamsonofficial****BUY NOW 'Breaking Mum and Dad: The Insider's Guide to Parenting Anxiety'  Find Siobhan:Website: thepositivebirthcompany.co.ukInstagram: @thepositivebirthcompany  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Have a nice day with the latest Foot Stompin' podcast featuring some great Scottish trad music from Dosca, Gnoss, Tannahill Weavers, Siobhan Miller, Ryan Young, Karen Matheson, Eddi Reader, Paddy Callaghan and many more. If you enjoy these podcasts please consider supporting our Patreon www.patreon.com/handsupfortrad Meridian by Dosca Track - Oblique https://www.doscamusic.com Drawn From Deep Water by Gnoss Track - Three Shores http://www.gnossmusic.com Òrach (The Golden Anniversary) by Tannahill Weavers Track - Òrach http://www.tannahillweavers.com Mercury by Siobhan Miller Track - Mercury https://www.siobhanmiller.com Ryan Young Track - The Rothiemurcas Rant / Mrs Robertson Grishornish http://www.ryanyoung.scot Transatlantic Sessions - Series 6, Vol. Two by Karen Matheson Track - Chi Mi Bhuam (I See from Me) https://karenmatheson.com Scotland the Music & the Song by RS MacDonald Track - Good Drying https://www.greentrax.com Brass Lassie Track - Ann Lacey's/Taybank Shenanigans https://www.brasslassie.com Cavalier by Eddi Reader Track - Loch Tay Boat Song http://eddireader.co.uk Along The Way by Dougie Mackenzie with Brian Miller Track - The Bonnie Wee Lassie's Answer https://www.greentrax.com/music/product/dougie-mackenzie-with-brian-miller-along-the-way Acclimalised by Paddy Callaghan Track - Schlides https://www.paddycallaghan.com Prøv å si noe til meg nå by Valkyrien Track - down for whatever https://valkyrien.live Ancora by Flook Track - Sharig / The Pipers of Roguery / The Huntsman https://flook.co.uk Hands Up for Trad Patreon http://www.patreon.com/handsupfortrad Subscribe to our Hands Up for Trad YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/c/handsupfortrad More about Hands Up for Trad: http://www.handsupfortrad.scot http://www.scotpodcast.com https://facebook.com/handsupfortrad http://www.twitter.com/handsupfortrad http://www.instagram.com/handsupfortrad https://soundcloud.com/handsupfortrad The Simon Thoumire Podcast http://www.anchor.fm/simon-thoumire

In this podcast, I'm talking to Siobhan Miller from The Positive Birth Company about her massively successful online course and hypno-birthing business. As a 31 year old man, with zero (I think) children, the concept of kids, birthing and measuring contractions is slightly outside my wheelhouse. However, when I met Siobhan, she talked me through her business and said she had a 6 figure (close to 7 figure) online course business. On the call we talk through mission and vision, and why chasing money doesn't get you customers, serving an audience does. Siobhan now has an app, blog, massive social following and a book. Needless to say, I was in awe of her work ethic and success. Plus, she brought me brownies so I was super happy with that. The Positive Birth Company Insta: https://www.instagram.com/thepositivebirthcompany/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thepositivebirthcompany/ The Positive Birth Company: https://thepositivebirthcompany.co.uk/about Planoly: https://www.planoly.com/ How to build funnels that customers want to buy: http://bit.ly/2Rb1yG6 The blog: https://sellyourservice.co.uk/blog/ The Facebook Group: http://bit.ly/2VX3XYA How To Build A Profitable Successful Marketing Funnel Business: http://bit.ly/2McuCMw

In this podcast, I'm talking to Siobhan Miller from The Positive Birth Company about her massively successful online course and hypno-birthing business. As a 31 year old man, with zero (I think) children, the concept of kids, birthing and measuring contractions is slightly outside my wheelhouse. However, when I met Siobhan, she talked me through her business and said she had a 6 figure (close to 7 figure) online course business. On the call we talk through mission and vision, and why chasing money doesn't get you customers, serving an audience does. Siobhan now has an app, blog, massive social following and a book. Needless to say, I was in awe of her work ethic and success. Plus, she brought me brownies so I was super happy with that. The Positive Birth Company Insta: https://www.instagram.com/thepositivebirthcompany/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thepositivebirthcompany/ The Positive Birth Company: https://thepositivebirthcompany.co.uk/about Planoly: https://www.planoly.com/ How to build funnels that customers want to buy: http://bit.ly/2Rb1yG6 The blog: https://sellyourservice.co.uk/blog/ The Facebook Group: http://bit.ly/2VX3XYA How To Build A Profitable Successful Marketing Funnel Business: http://bit.ly/2McuCMw

Is there such a thing as the “perfect” baby bump? What happens if we’re told our bump is “too big” or “too small”? And what’s the secret to feeling good in our skin in that vulnerable newborn phase, when we’re often bombarded with messages about “snapping back”? All this and more is covered in the third episode of Body Cons, ...

If you're pregnant, you've probably thought a fair bit about what kind if birth you'd like, and my guest today on the podcast, Siobhan Miller is a huge advocate for having a positive birth, no matter whether you have a natural birth, a c-section, drug free, water birth or any other eventuality.Siobhan, who's a mum of three, is the founder of The Positive Birth Company and she runs hypnobirthing classes in London, Devon and Birmingham. We cover a lot of ground on the podcast, from Siobhan's own birth experiences to the important role of the birthing partner, gentle cesareans, being informed to make choices during labour and her brilliant new way of making hypnobirthing accessible to more people.Music: Epidemic Sound See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

IT'S A MUST LISTEN! If you are intrigued by what hypnobirthing is then you absolutely must listen to this weeks episode! If you're like me....it is not what you think it is. It most definitely has nothing to do with being hypnotised (not that that is what I thought). Siobhan shares with us her top 3 things of how to prepare for a positive birth and my goodness so much more. I don't think any of my podcasts have been filled with such valuable information! If you are nervous about giving birth listening to Siobhan WILL help.  If you want to reach out to Siobhan head to www.positivebirthcompany.co.uk . She also has a youtube channel and is on social media as The Positive Birth Company.  Connect with me through facebook or instagram at Mum Talk Podcast!  Enjoy! Lots of love  Ems xxx

FolkCast: the podcast that brings you the worlds of folk, folk-rock, singer-songwriter and roots music. In this edition: we build a railway, lose a lover or two to war, head to the hills, spend the night with drunken sailors, take a bite out of the Big Apple, rant against the modern world, go insane with a tinker, take the last train to Delhi and get lost in France before the whole thing ends in a Fiasco! FolkCast is produced and presented by Folkie Phil Widdows Music featured: Iron Horses by Two Coats Colder from the album “Moment In Time” (2017) http://www.twocoatscolder.com The Bonny Light Horseman by Siobhan Miller from the album “Strata” (2017) https://www.siobhanmiller.com Love Me Forever by Skinner & T’Witch from the album “The Fool’s Journey” (2017) http://www.skinnerandtwitch.com Feature Fight by Chris Tye from the album “Stronger In Numbers” (2017) https://christyemusic.wordpress.com/category/news/ Hills Of Rome by Jason McNiff from the album “Rain Dries Your Eyes” (2017) https://www.jasonmcniff.com The Call by Neil McSweeney from the album “A Coat Worth Wearing” (2017) http://www.neilmcsweeney.com/ New York Love Song by The Roving Crows from the album “Bury Me Naked” (2017) http://www.rovingcrows.com Generation Rent (Radio Mix) by Megson from the EP “Generation Rent” (2017) http://www.megsonmusic.co.uk INSANELY MENTAL INSTRUMENTAL(S) Reels - The Yellow Tinker / Ril Mhor Bhaile And Chalaidh and Jig - An Cat Is A Mathair by Cormac Begley from the album “Cormac Begley” (2017) http://www.cormacbegley.com Smugglers’ Song by Feast Of Fiddles from the album “Sleight Of Elbow” (2017) http://www.feastoffiddles.co.uk Song Of The Sea Rover by Amelia Coburn single release (2017) http://ameliacoburn.co.uk Delhi Belly by Paul J. Openshaw from the album “Bare Bones” (2015) http://paulopenshaw.com The Last Train by The Medlars from the album “The Medlars” (2017) https://themedlarsmusic.wordpress.com Sangatte by Minnie Birch charity single release (2017) https://minniebirch.bandcamp.com Fiasco by Manran from the album “An Dà Là - The Two Days” (2017) http://manran.co.uk For full details see the Shownotes for FolkCast 126 at www.folkcast.co.uk

Hi there, This is our podcast of 2017 and it features lots of brand new CD releases! It features Gary Innes, Siobhan Miller, Robyn Stapleton singing My Love is like a Red, Red Rose, Old Blind Dogs, Laura Beth Salter and Jenn Butterworth, a classic track by Fraser Fifield, Hannah Rarity, Aizle and Top Floor Taivers. Keep up to date with all our podcasts by visiting our website www.scotpodcast.com or subscribing on iTunes or Stitcher.   ERA by Gary Innes Track - Crazy Street https://projects.handsupfortrad.scot/folkwaves/crazy-street-by-gary-innes/ Strata by Siobhan Miller Track - One Too Many Mornings https://www.siobhanmiller.com Songs of Robert Burns by Robyn Stapleton Track - My Love is like a Red, Red Rose http://www.robynstapleton.com Room with a View by Old Blind Dogs Track - Bunker Hill http://www.oldblinddogs.co.uk Bound by Laura Beth Salter and Jenn Butterworth Track - Let the sun shine down on me https://projects.handsupfortrad.scot/folkwaves/let-the-sun-shine-down-on-me-than-halls-by-jenn-laura-beth/ Honest Water by Fraser Fifield Track - Dark Reel https://projects.handsupfortrad.scot/folkwaves/dark-reel-by-fraser-fifield/ Beginnings EP by Hannah Rarity Track - Anna's Lullaby https://projects.handsupfortrad.scot/folkwaves/annas-lullaby-by-hannah-rarity/ Aizle EP by Aizle Track - Father Quinn's https://projects.handsupfortrad.scot/folkwaves/father-quinns-by-aizle/ A Delicate Game by Top Floor Taivers Track - Princess Rosanna https://projects.handsupfortrad.scot/folkwaves/princess-rosanna-by-top-floor-taivers/

PODCAST: 08 Feb 2015 01 - House Carpenter / Pipeline - The Mammals - Evolver 02 - King Orfeo - Emily Smith - Echoes  03 - Sir Patrick Spens - Nic Jones - Ballads and Songs 04 - Edward - Jenna Leslie and Siobhan Miller - In a Bleeze 05 - Six Pretty Maidens - Fred Jordan - Good People Take Warning 06 - The False Knight On The Road - Tim Hart and Maddy Prior - Summer Solstice 07 - The Duke Of Athole’s Nurse - June Tabor - An Echo Of Hooves 08 - The Wife Of Ushers Well - Hedy West - Ballads and Songs From - The Appalachians 09 - Geordie - Martin Carthy - Essential 10 - The Dowie Dens Of Yarrow - Karine Polwart - Fairest Floo’er 11 - The Lovers Ghost - Martyn Wyndham-Read - Ballads 12 - Barbara Allen - Debbie and Pennie Davis - Travellers Joy  13  - Robin Hood and The Pedlar - Barry Dransfield - Barry - Dransfield 14 - Seven Yellow Gypsies - Dolores Keane - Claddagh’s Choice Vol 2 15 - Little Matty Groves - Fairport Convention - Liege and Leaf

PODCAST: 30 Nov 2014   01 - Whole New Vision - John Tams - Unity 02 - Beeswing - 2Duos - Until The Cows Come Home 03 - If I Had A Hammer - Billy Bragg and Eliza Carthy - If I had A Song: The Songs of Pete Seeger 04 - Tobins Favourite / Swallowtail Jig / Off She Goes  - Bill Spence and Fennigs All-Star String Band - The Hammered Dulcimer 05 - From the Diary of a Northumberland Miner - Vin Garbutt - Synthetic Hues 06 - Amelia - John Tams - The Reckoning 07 - Scotland’s Winter - Siobhan Miller - Flight of Time 08 - Now is the Cool of the Day - Molly Andrews  - Dear Jean / Artists Celebrate Jean Ritchie 09 - The Water is Wide - Dave Burland - Rollin’ 10 - The Waters of Tyne - Robin and Barry Dransfield  - The Route Of The Blues 11 - The Secret Life Of Walter’s Mittens - Bernard Wrigley - Nowt So Funny As Folk 12 - The Battle of Aughrim - Tony McMahon and Steve Cooney - Live in Spiddal 13 - I Am Stretched On Your Grave - Eithne Ní Uallacháin - Bilingua 14 - The Roving Ploughboy - Archie Fisher - Will Ye Gang Love 15 - Harry Stone (Hearts of Coal) - John Tams - Unity  

PODCAST: 14 Apr 2013 Sig - Doon Reel - Frankie Lane 01 - Vincent Black Lightning - Ewan Robertson02 - The Last Thing On My Mind - Tom Paxton03 - Lula, Lula, Don't You Go To Bingo - Boozoo Chavis04 - Jaybird / Cherokee Shuffle - Bill Spence05 - Saints and Sinners - Jeana Leslie and Siobhan Miller06 - Isobel - Jake Thackray07 - Blackbird Song - Rebekah Findlay08 - Bagpipe Music - Battlefield Band09 - One Hand on the Radio - Coope, Boyes and Simpson10 - The Show - Anna Corcoran11 - The Young Sailor Cut Down In His Prime - Dave Burland12 - Inisheer - Tim Edey and Brendan Power13 - The Blarney Roses / Going to the Well - Alistair Russell and Chris Parkinson14 - Sweet Nightingale - Kirsty Bromley15 - Now I’m Easy - Martyn Wyndham Reed16 - Sliding Delta - Hans Theesink Sig - Doon Reel - Frankie Lane

Hi there, The Foot Stompin' podcast's back with another set of great Scottish music recordings. We start of with the fantastic Treacherous Orchestra and their brilliant Origins CD. Next up is a great titled track Boat full o' goats from Fribo's Happ. Then there's the classic Mo Mhatair from Calum Kennedy's Songs in Gaelic followed by Tryst by Iain MacInnes. We then play the debut CD In a Bleeze from Siobhan Miller and Jeana Leslie and finish up with Aly Bain and Friends. Visit www.footstompin.com for all your Scottish music and culture needs.

Here's our November 17th 2010 Foot Stompin' Free Scottish Music Podcast. We featuring mainly new releases this week.  Fistly we have Jeana Leslie and Siobhan Miller's new CD Shadows Tall. Then a Gaelic compilation Urachadh. We follow this with Wendy Weatherby's A Shirt Of Silk Or Snow and new release Crossing the Spey by Raemond Jappy. Next up is How's the Craic? by Gary Innes featuring the great singing of Darren MacLean and we finish up the show with Hello World from Lorne MacDougall. Visit www.footstompin.com for all your Scottish music and culture needs.

Free Scottish music podcast featuring Findlay Napier's Queen Anne's Revenge from their Just One Umbrella CD, the Strathspey Queen Sarah Jane Summers and her new 'Nesta CD', Radio 2 Young Folk Award winning duo Jeana Leslie and Siobhan Miller from their debut CD In a Bleeze, Field Marshall Montgomery and their winning March, Strathspey and Reel set from the 2007 World Pipe Band Championships, a beautiful Calum Kennedy Gaelic song and finishing off with the amazing Unusual Suspects. All these albums are available from footstompin.com.

features Calum Kennedy, Battlefield Band, Icker in a thrave, Siobhan Miller, Sir Harry Lauder, Dochas.