{"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":"591 | Kim - Two births, from isolation in London to building Australia's largest mum walking movement after two very different births","slug":"591-kim-two-births-from-isolation-in-london-to-building-australia-s-largest-mum-walking-movement-after-two-very-different-births","published_at":"2026-01-26T06:37:32+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/australian-birth-stories-401092/591-kim-two-births-from-isolation-in-london-to-building-australia-s-largest-mum-walking-movement-after-two-very-different-births","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/australian-birth-stories-401092","url":"https://shows.acast.com/australian-birth-stories/episodes/591-kim-from-isolation-in-london-to-building-australias-larg","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/68ba6fc2f8dc6bde38345645/e/69770bad6c5100c2bb5e61c0/media.mp3","summary":"Kim shares her contrasting birth experiences between the UK and Australia, her journey through postpartum depression, and how she transformed her challenging early motherhood into a national movement supporting mothers. From a medicalised first birth during COVID lockdowns to an empowering second birth that nearly happened at home, Kim's story illustrates how different experiences can shape us and how we can use our struggles to help others. Now the founder of Mum Walk   a national charity connecting mothers across Australia, Kim demonstrates how community and connection are vital for maternal mental health and postpartum wellbeing. Feeling overwhelmed in your pregnancy? Looking to learn how to connect with your breath? Introducing The Birth Meditations . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Kim shares her contrasting birth experiences between the UK and Australia, her journey through postpartum depression, and how she transformed her challeng…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3608,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/australian-birth-stories-401092/episodes/591-kim-two-births-from-isolation-in-london-to-building-australia-s-largest-mum-walking-movement-after-two-very-different-births/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-401092/591-kim-two-births-from-isolation-in-london-to-building-australia-s-largest-mum-walking-movement-after-two-very-different-births.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}