Kiwi Birth Tales

Taylor + Hadley - SCBU Nurse, Positive Water Birth in Birth Centre

Taylor + Hadley - SCBU Nurse, Positive Water Birth in Birth Centre

Kiwi Birth Tales


Published: 25 May 2023 at 01:53 Europe/London

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Episode notes

In this episode of Kiwi Birth Tales, I speak to Taylor about her pregnancy, birth and postpartum journey with her daughter Hadley. In this episode, we discuss:


  • Coming off pill
  • Ovulation tracking
  • Positive pregnancy experience
  • Midwifery care
  • SCBU nurse
  • Antenatal Classes
  • Your Birth Project Hypnobirthing Course
  • Planned Birth Centre birth
  • Spontaneous labour 39+4
  • Waters breaking
  • Labouring at home
  • Tens Machine
  • Birth Centre
  • Water Birth
  • 2nd Degree Tear
  • Antenatal Colostrum Expressing


Things that Taylor found useful:

  • Disposable adult underwear for bleeding postpartum
  • Periwash bottle and Perispray
  • Kiwi Crush
  • Love2Dream swaddles


Please seek support for any mental health concerns, some helpful links are below:

Perinatal Depression and Anxiety Aotearoa

Plunket - Dads Mental Health

Little Shadow - Private Counselling NZ


Find me @kiwibirthtales and @yourbirthproject



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