In this episode, we're joined by Ashley Winning (she/her). Ashley is a Homebirth Mindset Coach & Guide, Podcaster, Speaker, and she birthed her third baby at home unassisted after two surgical births.

In her first two pregnancies and births, Ashley experienced many challenges and stigmas in the hospital system due to being larger-bodied. Her first caesarean followed a 'failed' induction and her care providers pushing her for one. Ashley informed herself and planned for a VBAC with her second baby. She went into spontaneous labour, but her care providers at the hospital failed to wait for labour and birth to occur on her body's timeline and her second baby was born by caesarean. Following this birth, she had a special uterine scar, a 3L PPH, and PTSD.

With her third pregnancy, Ashley wanted a homebirth but couldn't find any care providers who aligned with what she wanted, so she decided to freebirth her 4.5kg baby at home, with her husband and doula by her side.

More about Ashley:

Ashley believes that women are born with the strength, wisdom and courage to birth and be the mothers they want to be. She works intimately with pregnant women who plan to homebirth/freebirth by working through fear and mindset challenges, while providing emotional support so that they feel heard, seen & validated while taking the steps to intuitively birth their baby their way.

You can find many freebirth & homebirth resources and support on her website: ⁠www.ashleywinning.com⁠

Or check out her Podcast ⁠The VBAC Homebirth Stories Podcast⁠.

Her full birth stories can be found here:

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

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