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

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Podcast: [Australian Birth Stories](https://stenobird.com/podcast/australian-birth-stories-401092)
Published: 2026-06-22T23:32:11+00:00
Episode link: https://shows.acast.com/australian-birth-stories/episodes/hannah-home-water-birth-with-a-52kg-baby-physiological-birth
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Duration seconds: 3789

## Resource

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.

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