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Fear Free Childbirth Podcast with Alexia Leachman

The Fear Free Childbirth podcast is for parents-to-be who want a positive and fear-free birth experience. Many pregnant women credit the podcast with helping them have a positive birth.

The show is a mix of real life positive birth stories, birthing experts sharing their wisdom and Alexia sharing how to get into a positive birthing mindset, including techniques for releasing fears.

Alexia is a therapeutic coach who works with pregnant women and is the author of the book Fearless Birthing. You can get access to lots of free pregnancy and birth preparation downloads at www.fearfreechildbirth.com


Oct 22, 2015

Today’s episode is inspired by a listener Amanda. Amanda started listening to the podcast right at the beginning of her pregnancy and she emailed me to let me know how much she was enjoying listening to it. She excitedly shared her hopes and dreams around her pregnancy and birth and I remember feeling so priveleged...


Oct 15, 2015

When it comes to birth, dads are often left out in the cold. I mean this metaphorically and in reality. During pregnancy, a lot of the focus is on the mum. Dad is often neglected from appointments during pregnancy and a lot of the communications directed towards pregnant couples are actually for mum. Poor dads aren’t...


Oct 8, 2015

When I was pregnant for the first time, I remember vividly coming back from that first doctor’s appointment. It was the one where the doctor said to me “yes you’re pregnant!”. So now I’m a bit dazed and in shock, and she says to me “well, congratulations! I’ll probably next see you with baby. Good...


Oct 1, 2015

This time last year I was 11 days over my due date so I was never more than a few hours away from hearing the word “induction”. Being an older mum also put my in the high risk category, so I was under some pretty intense pressure to induce from my consultants too. This experienced forced me to educate myself on...