{"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":"605 | Bettina- Three births across two countries: UK NHS care, Australian private care, and choosing caesarean birth","slug":"605-bettina-three-births-across-two-countries-uk-nhs-care-australian-private-care-and-choosing-caesarean-birth","published_at":"2026-04-21T00:00:55+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/australian-birth-stories-401092/605-bettina-three-births-across-two-countries-uk-nhs-care-australian-private-care-and-choosing-caesarean-birth","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/australian-birth-stories-401092","url":"https://shows.acast.com/australian-birth-stories/episodes/605-bettina-three-births-across-two-countries-uk-nhs-care-au","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/68ba6fc2f8dc6bde38345645/e/69e6be37abe143da5b41ec1a/media.mp3","summary":"Bettina has experienced birth across two countries and healthcare systems. She had her first baby in London during COVID-19, navigating the NHS as an Australian expat, before returning to Australia for two more very different births - including choosing an elective caesarean with her third. Her story covers postpartum depression, prolapse management, and learning to advocate for her birth choices. What's so valuable about Bettina's experience is how she shows that each birth can be completely different, and that positive outcomes come from feeling informed and supported in your decisions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Bettina has experienced birth across two countries and healthcare systems. She had her first baby in London during COVID-19, navigating the NHS as an Aust…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4511,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/australian-birth-stories-401092/episodes/605-bettina-three-births-across-two-countries-uk-nhs-care-australian-private-care-and-choosing-caesarean-birth/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-401092/605-bettina-three-births-across-two-countries-uk-nhs-care-australian-private-care-and-choosing-caesarean-birth.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}