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Podcast: Positive Birth Australia
Episode: S3 EP93: Ashley Winning - Two cesareans/GD/Special Scar + Freebirth
Description: On today’s show we hear the three contrasting birth experiences of mindset coach, podcaster and birth advocate, Ashley.
Ashley went into her first pregnancy and birth handing over complete control to the healthcare professionals supporting her. She held projected shame over being plus-size which left her feeling disempowered, alone and intimidated. Her first birth ended in a cesarean.
Diving deeper into education for her second pregnancy gave her the tools she knew were necessary to advocate for the VBAC she desired, but the constant fight to uphold her birth preferences wore her down, leading her to another cesarean feeling de...