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What I wish people knew about antenatal education with Erin Fung
In this first episode of the second season Sophie chats with Erin Fung of Better Birth UK, an Antenatal and Hypnobirthing educator based in SE England, with a popular Instagram account @betterbirthuk and podcast, The...
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What we wish people knew about neurodivergent birth with Sam Sheppard and Victoria White
Sophie chats with Nurturing Birth Lead Course Facilitator, Sam Sheppard, and Nurturing Birth Mentor, Victoria White, about Neurodivergent Birth, what prompted them to set up their new business and what those working...
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What I wish people knew about flourishing as a midwife with Kate Greenstock
Sophie talks to former doula, now midwife Kate Greenstock, author of a new book, Flourish. Kate shares her journey to midwifery from doulaing and discusses the challenges midwives face in the current maternity system....
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What I wish people knew about Hypnobirthing with Liz Stanford
Sophie chats with Calm Birth School owner Liz Stanford, who has recently co-written the revised version of The Calm Birth Method with Suzy Ashworth. They discuss what Hypnobirthing is and explore a number of the myths...
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What I wish people knew about becoming a doula with Sarah Sayer
Sophie chats with Nurturing Birth Facilitator, Mentor and Doula Sarah Sayer about her journey as a doula, especially in an area that had no doulas when she started. They chat about Nurturing Birth doula courses and...
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What I wish people knew about infant feeding with Dee Bell
Sophie chats with Midwife and Lactation Consultant Dee Bell, who runs the Infant Feeding Academy. They discuss supporting families before, during and after birth when it comes to infant feeding. They talk about...
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What I wish people knew about grandparents with Booney Smith
Sophie chats with Booney Smith, a doula of almost twenty years and Nurturing Birth mentor, who became a grandmother for the first time during the pandemic. She shares her thoughts on supporting grandparents when...
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What I wish teenagers knew about birth and parenting with Emily Brigstocke
Sophie chats with her own daughter, 18 year old Emily, about being the child of a doula and what growing up around the birth world has been like. Emily discusses her attitude to pregnancy, birth and parenting, how she...
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What I wish people knew about parenting after child loss with Dr Sarah Madigan
Sophie chats with Dr Sarah Madigan, Clinical Psychologist and Transformational Coach, about the grief of child loss and her subsequent pregnancy, birth and parenting experience. Together they explore the fear people...
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What we wish people knew about surrogacy, with Helen and Rena
Sophie is joined by new Mum Helen Trenchard and her surrogate, Rena Miras-Pye, who gave birth to baby Robin just 20 weeks ago. Together, in this special episode, they discuss surrogacy, how Helen and Dan had to let go...
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Welcome to the Nurturing Birth Doula Podcast!
Sophie Brigstocke talks about the reasons for creating this podcast and rumbles why so many people still don't know about doulas.
Sophie shares about her discovery of doulas and how she stepped into doulaing. She...
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Do doulas replace the partner? With Danielle Fox
Sophie Brigstocke and Danielle Fox, a doula based near Cardiff, Wales, explore the myth that doulas are there to replace the partners at a birth.
Danielle shares her journey into doulaing, having been a librarian for...
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