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Reaping the rewards of deep preparation with Oni Blecher
Tuesday, 6 January, 2026
Oni Blecher spent twelve years preparing for motherhood from the moment she witnessed one of her sisters giving birth. This event led her into exploring the many facets of women's work, in particular birth, where she served as a doula, and maternity services advocate, facilitator of the Earthed to Birth pregnancy and postpartum circle, presenter for this podcast, commenced training as a midwife and practising as a cranio sacral therapist.This deep preparation is rare in these times where many women begin their preparation when they fall pregnant.This is a follow up interview with Oni after an initial interview when she was 35 weeks pregnant with her first child. The first interview with Oni prior to her birth can be found here: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/a-most-intentional-pregnancy-with-oni-blecher--68549829Now 18 weeks postpartum, Sally follows up with Oni who takes us through the last weeks of her pregnancy, her labour, birth and post partum period. In particular we hear about:the impacts of having a big belly and contending with people's comments about ithow that shook her confidence in the last weekshow she regained her confidence prior to going into labourletting go of wanting the baby the come and just letting him choose the right timethanking her baby in early labour for the life changing experience of growing him and acknowledging their next journey together through the rite of passage of birthhow in spite of being at 41 weeks' gestation, she couldn't quite believe that she was really in labourlabour coping strategies (e.g., not saying 'No', insteading saying 'Yes' to contractions)birthing the baby in the waterbirthing the placentaher newborn's breast crawlpost partum supportclaiming the success of her birth as being in large part due to all her preparation, leaving no stone unturnedwhat she would do differently next timetips for expectant mumsEnjoy the many nuggets of golden wisdom Oni has to share for other mothers embarking on their journey.Also mentioned: Best Birth Finder for reviews of birth services www.bestbirthfinder.org.auLinks:www.oniblecher.comInstagram @earthedtobirthProduced and presented by Sally CusackGuest: Oni BlecherCopyright 2026 PBB Media and Sally CusackAll rights reserved.www.pbbmedia.org
