{"podcast":{"title":"Australian Birth Stories","slug":"australian-birth-stories-401092","podcast_index_feed_id":401092,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/68ba6fc2f8dc6bde38345645","website_url":"https://australianbirthstories.com/","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/68ba6fc2f8dc6bde38345645/show-cover.jpg","author":"Sophie Walker","episode_count":616,"summary":"A Podcast of Mothers' stories of childbirth. Weekly interviews with mothers giving their first hand accounts of child birth in Australia. Designed to help educate and inform first time pregnant women, parents wanting to have better subsequent births and birth enthusiasts who love to hear and tell birth stories. An entertaining and heartfelt resource for pregnancy, labour and delivery and postpartum. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-15T12:20:23.779683+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/australian-birth-stories-401092"},"episode":{"title":"590 | Maddy - Three vaginal births, MGP care, third-degree tear recovery","slug":"590-maddy-three-vaginal-births-mgp-care-third-degree-tear-recovery","published_at":"2026-01-20T04:08:22+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/australian-birth-stories-401092/590-maddy-three-vaginal-births-mgp-care-third-degree-tear-recovery","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/australian-birth-stories-401092","url":"https://australianbirthstories.com/podcast/episode-590","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/68ba6fc2f8dc6bde38345645/e/696effb761af1789a1877029/media.mp3","summary":"Maddy, a registered nurse and mother of three from the Central Coast of New South Wales, takes us through her complete birth journey. Her story beautifully illustrates how subsequent births can offer profound healing opportunities, especially with the right support team and birth education. Maddy's first birth was an induction which resulted in significant perineal trauma, and postpartum haemorrhage. However, her second and third births through Midwifery Group Practice (MGP) care demonstrate the transformative power of continuity of care, informed choice, and trusting your body's ability to birth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Maddy, a registered nurse and mother of three from the Central Coast of New South Wales, takes us through her complete birth journey. Her story beautifull…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4392,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/australian-birth-stories-401092/episodes/590-maddy-three-vaginal-births-mgp-care-third-degree-tear-recovery/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/australian-birth-stories-401092/590-maddy-three-vaginal-births-mgp-care-third-degree-tear-recovery.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}