{"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":"615  | Hana  identical twins, vaginal twin birth, breech second twin, no epidural, postpartum village, breastfeeding twins","slug":"615-hana-identical-twins-vaginal-twin-birth-breech-second-twin-no-epidural-postpartum-village-breastfeeding-twins","published_at":"2026-06-15T05:19:29+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/australian-birth-stories-401092/615-hana-identical-twins-vaginal-twin-birth-breech-second-twin-no-epidural-postpartum-village-breastfeeding-twins","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/australian-birth-stories-401092","url":"https://shows.acast.com/australian-birth-stories/episodes/615-hana-identical-twins-vaginal-twin-birth-breech-second-tw","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/68ba6fc2f8dc6bde38345645/e/6a2f8b610592e825457e6bc0/media.mp3","summary":"When Hana went in for her thirteen-week scan on a road trip through Western Australia, she was expecting to confirm a due date. What she got instead was the shock of her life — two babies. Identical, monochorionic diamniotic (MCDA) twins, sharing a placenta, and completely unplanned. Having already had two beautiful home births — a water birth with her first son Zephyr in Sydney, and a rapid two-hour birth with her second son Dali through the Byron Bay homebirth programme — Hana had assumed her third birth would follow a similar path. It didn't. But what unfolded was something she now describes as one of the most incredible experiences of her life. Today's sponsor: If you’re expecting, creating your dream nursery, or looking for premium baby essentials, now is the perfect time to shop at iL Tutto because our EOFY Sale starts at 9am on Tuesday 16 June. iL Tutto is Australia’s destination for beautifully designed nursing chairs, recliners, bassinets, CoZee co-sleepers, cots, nursery furniture and baby sleep essentials, created to support families from pregnancy through to parenthood and even beyond! During the EOFY Sale, you can save up to 40% off sitewide, plus we’ve got an exclusive offer just for the ABS audience. Use code ABS5 at checkout for an additional 5% off sale prices. There are some incredible savings available. Like the Felix Glider Chair and Recliner in Sea Shell is 40% off, and the Maya Electric Recliner & Glider in our best-selling Eggshell fabric is also 40% off. Then, with our exclusive ABS5 code, you’ll save even more. If you’ve been thinking about investing in a nursing chair, bassinet or nursery furniture, this is one of the biggest sales of the year. But don’t wait too long, the iL Tutto EOFY Sale ends 1 July 2026. Shop online at iLTutto.com.au…","meta_description":"When Hana went in for her thirteen-week scan on a road trip through Western Australia, she was expecting to confirm a due date. What she got instead was t…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4187,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/australian-birth-stories-401092/episodes/615-hana-identical-twins-vaginal-twin-birth-breech-second-twin-no-epidural-postpartum-village-breastfeeding-twins/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-401092/615-hana-identical-twins-vaginal-twin-birth-breech-second-twin-no-epidural-postpartum-village-breastfeeding-twins.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}