Birthing at Home: A Podcast

About Birthing at Home: A Podcast

Hosted by Elsie - Registered Psychiatric Nurse, Homebirth mum of 2, and co-creator of Homebirth Victoria. Sharing incredible birth stories from births at home around Australia and the world. Also sharing partner and midwife stories. Using the power of story telling, this podcast aims to empower, inspire, and motivate.

Publisher

Elsie

Category

health & fitness · kids & family · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

4 Sept 2023

Latest episode

22 Dec 2025

Latest episodes

155 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   22 Dec 2025

   EMDR Therapy for birth trauma & trauma impacting pregnancy & birth || A conversation with Caroline Burrows

   Today, I chat with Caroline Burrows a renowned EMDR therapist, credentialed mental health social worker and director of Mindful Living about EMDR. We talk about what it is, its use in pregnancy especially when used for traumatic or distressing experiences that may also impact the birth experience, its use online and in person, and so much more. EMDR is a extremely well researched therapy, initially developed over 30 years ago specifically for trauma but in 2025, there is so much evidenc...

2. 

   22 Nov 2025

   Twin homebirth with midwifery support + accidental homebirth || Charlotte's birth of Halima (2022) and Jameela + Jibreel (2025) at home (New South Wales)

   This is episode 78. Today Charlotte, living on Darug Country and a mum of 4 shares her amazing birth stories. This is a super special episode because Charlotte is probably one of the few women in Australia in recent times who has been supported by private midwives to birth her twins at home. Prior to her twins being born at home, she also had an accidental homebirth. She shares her journey to finding homebirth, her 3 pregnancies and the emotional journey of choosing something that...

3. 

   18 Nov 2025

   Homebirth in South Africa || A chat with homebirth midwife, Vanessa

   This episode is a part of the homebirth around the World Series. I chat with Vanessa, a homebirth midwife in South Africa. We chat about Vanessa’s own journey to becoming a midwife and a homebirth midwife, we also chat about the maternity system in South Africa, accessibility and challenges, including the recent changes that criminalise midwives supporting vaginal births after c-sections at home. It was great to speak with Vanessa and I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did!...

Who has been a guest on Birthing at Home: A Podcast

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Amy
• Haley
• Renee
• Brooke
• Sahara

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

85,329

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.0 / 5

4 ratings

Spotify

4.9 / 5

55 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 78 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

94

Social presence

0

YouTube

76

Engagement

77