Reaping the rewards of deep preparation with Oni Blecher

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: Now 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 it how that shook her confidence in the last weeks how she regained her confidence prior to going into labour letting go of wanting the baby the come and just letting him choose the right time thanking 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 birth how in spite of being at 41 weeks' gestation, she couldn't quite believe that she was really in labour labour coping strategies (e.g., not saying 'No', insteading saying 'Yes' to contractions) birthing the baby in the water birthing the placenta her newborn's breast crawl post partum support claiming the success of her birth as being in large part due to all her preparation, leaving no stone unturned what she would do differently next time tips for expectant mums Enjoy 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 Links: Instagram @earthedtobirth Produced and presented by Sally Cusack Guest: Oni Blecher Copyright 2026 PBB Media and Sally Cusack All rights reserved.

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Reaping the rewards of deep preparation with Oni Blecher is an episode from Pregnancy, Birth and Beyond by PBB Media Incorporated.

This episode is 88:55 long.

This episode was published on Jan 6, 2026.

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