618 | Hannah Home Water Birth with a 5.2kg Baby, Physiological Birth with Private Midwifery Care

From Australian Birth Stories by Sophie Walker

June 22, 2026 · 1h 3m

About this episode

Hannah shares her second home water birth experience, discussing various challenges and insights from her journey.

Hannah first shared her birth story in a previous episode (episode 402) a home water birth with her 5.1kg son Archie. Now, four years later, she returns to share the story of her second home water birth with baby August, born at 41+2 weeks and weighing 5.2kg. This episode is rich with clinical insight, raw honesty and the kind of grounded wisdom that only comes from someone who has walked both sides of the birth room. Hannah talks candidly about gestational diabetes, pelvic girdle pain, the mental load of a prolonged latent phase, stretch and sweeps, using a breast pump to encourage labour, and a postpartum haemorrhage that was managed beautifully at home. If you are pregnant, a doula or a midwife, this episode will leave you feeling informed, empowered and deeply reassured. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Host: Sophie Walker

Guest: Hannah

Topics covered

home water birth
physiological birth
midwifery care
gestational diabetes
postpartum care
birth stories

Keywords

home birth
water birth
midwifery
gestational diabetes
pelvic girdle pain
postpartum hemorrhage
birth experience

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Organizations: Acast