Transform Your Birth

Transform Your birth Podcast will educate, entertain and support your ability to navigate pregnancy and prepare to give birth. We can't control birth, but Tracey helps us to see how we can influence it and how it helps us to become parents.Transform Parenting Founder Tracey Anderson Askew explores birth through stories and the lens of what birth can teach us. She prepares families for birth and parenting and views birth as the catalyst for the transformation necessary to go from woman to mother, and man to father. These podcasts will share that wisdom and change the current birth narrative from what happens in birth to how birth changes us.

Jessica - Planned homebirth that ended in caesarean, that changed a woman forever
Jun 11, 2025 – 49:29
Corinna - 4 different births, and the wisdom from each one.
May 28, 2025 – 35:31
Shelby shares the story of her third birth - a healing birth.
May 14, 2025 – 56:00
Molly and Sam - Meditation, pain, short labour, waterbirth, separation after birth.
Apr 30, 2025 – 46:01
Cara and Liam- Hyperemesis, change of mindset, waters breaking at start, different positions for second stage.
Apr 16, 2025 – 48:29
Caitlin - Mental health, induction, great support and what we can do with placentas.
Apr 2, 2025 – 40:03
Emma - 3 births, induction, short, water birth and a placenta that needed help
Mar 19, 2025 – 28:44
Sarah Buckley - Oxytocin - The incredible hormone of sex, labour, birth and parenting
Feb 26, 2025 – 55:58
Lizzy - PUPPs, Induction, a posterior labour and epidural used wisely
Feb 12, 2025 – 33:10
Rebecca - Harnessing the mind during birth
Jan 29, 2025 – 48:37
Kirsten - 2 births, birth centre and home, fear, time it takes
Jan 15, 2025 – 50:38
100th Episode of the Transform Your Birth Podcast
Dec 18, 2024 – 30:19
Ebeny - Premature labour, avoiding induction, avoiding episiotomy
Dec 11, 2024 – 38:38
Alexandra - Getting clear on what you want, support, and being ok with whatever happens
Dec 4, 2024 – 35:21
Evie - 2 births, safety, homebirth, staying calm under all circumstances
Nov 27, 2024 – 32:19
Tracey - Doing the inner work to prepare for birth
Nov 20, 2024 – 23:27
Baby brain: An expansion of capability and self
Nov 13, 2024 – 23:01
Chelsea - Body Work, 2 day labour, Big baby
Oct 30, 2024 – 56:57
Tracey coaches birthing couples on how to prepare and manage induction of labour
Oct 23, 2024 – 25:39
Professor Hannah Dahlen discusses what we need to know about induction, the evidence and the importance of making fully informed decisions
Oct 16, 2024 – 52:40
Jocelyn - Third baby, continuity of care, spontaneous labour, water birth
Oct 9, 2024 – 26:47
Renee and Shirley - Single mum, supported by her mother to make powerful decisions when welcoming their baby
Oct 2, 2024 – 50:56
Laura - Deciding on a homebirth - the power of good care
Sep 25, 2024 – 45:50
What we need when we have a baby
Sep 18, 2024 – 22:12
What babies need when they are born with Tracey
Sep 11, 2024 – 22:21
Mel - IVF conception, open mindset, long labour followed by a caesarean
Sep 4, 2024 – 45:36
Emily - Tens machine, Waterbirth, tearing, the power of good support
Aug 28, 2024 – 51:26
Dee - Homebirth transfer, VBAC, dealing with conflicting information and decision making
Aug 21, 2024 – 41:42
Emily and Josh - Preparation, teamwork, birthing with love not fear
Aug 14, 2024 – 36:56
Preventing birth trauma with Tracey
Jul 10, 2024 – 30:40
Hazel - 4 Factors that impact your experience of birth and VBAC
Jul 3, 2024 – 55:41
Maryn Green - Birth as a rite of passage and rituals for pregnancy
Jun 26, 2024 – 54:08
Catherine Bell on Birth Mapping, a way of avoiding birth trauma
Jun 19, 2024 – 54:34
Lauren and Dan - Preparation, a great team, long second stage, Post-partum haemorrhage
Jun 12, 2024 – 42:54
Dealing with your fears and overcoming trauma, that could get in the way of your birth, with Jennifer Summerfeldt
Jun 5, 2024 – 01:06:42
Preparing your body for birth with Lynn Schulte
May 29, 2024 – 51:40
Alicia - Induction with 2 false starts, the influence of the environment, vaginal examinations, choosing to avoid the drugs
May 22, 2024 – 53:46
Emily and Brad - Fast first birth, posterior, tearing and bonding
May 15, 2024 – 31:53
Penny - What to expect when baby arrives, the role of Grandparents
May 8, 2024 – 44:18
Suzzie - The role of a doula, the power of the mind to change birth
Apr 24, 2024 – 37:19
Sheena - VBAC, 3 births, advocacy, patience and surrender
Apr 17, 2024 – 36:35
Breastfeeding matters with Anne Endres
Apr 10, 2024 – 43:44
Tracey talks about making decisions through pregnancy and birth
Apr 3, 2024 – 20:27
Mel - Acupuncture induction, waters breaking, the moment of birth
Mar 27, 2024 – 46:47
Rebecca - 3 homebirths, 3 very different experiences of the pain and pushing sensations
Mar 20, 2024 – 01:05:05
Tasha Jennings - Healthy pregnancy, healthy baby, importance of choline, breastfeeding nutrition
Mar 13, 2024 – 39:47
Danica - Vaginal birth with meconium and managing tearing.
Mar 6, 2024 – 38:54
Gina - Author of ‘A Parents Guide to Safer Childbirth.’
Feb 28, 2024 – 50:40
Muriel - A homebirth with all the family and the dog
Feb 21, 2024 – 34:50
Sarah - Induction and she loved it!
Feb 14, 2024 – 34:24