Pregnancy Uncut

Pregnancy Uncut is dedicated to exploring the often hidden, untold and traumatic stories of pregnancies and births that have not gone to plan. Hosted by doctors working in Women's Health, Alex Umbers and Kara Thompson, Pregnancy Uncut provides a soft place for hard conversations on topics society has historically considered taboo.  Each episode uncovers a unique story through the lens of a courageous guest with first hand experience in complications such as infertility, miscarriage, stillbirth, obstetric emergencies, birth trauma, perinatal mental health, and baby loss at any stage. The show provides a unique insight into the human experience, as well as health care professionals providing context to the pregnancy complications. Pregnancy Uncut aims to help raise awareness, create a language and hope, as well as a support network for people who have experienced or know someone affected by pregnancy and it's related complications.

S6. Ep10. Disrupting the status quo - When your birth plan provokes public debate
Oct 16, 2024 – 01:08:44
S6. Ep9. Informed consent. The cornerstone of maternity and obstetric care.
Sep 27, 2024 – 01:12:03
S6. Ep8. Outside of my own body. When birth triggers long-buried trauma
Sep 5, 2024 – 43:41
S6. Ep7. The memory of a sound - how vividly our birth experiences stay with us
Aug 23, 2024 – 45:33
S6. Ep6. 'Love from Dad': A bereaved father's journey through birth trauma, grief and advocacy
Jul 18, 2024 – 59:40
S6. Ep5. When a nagging feeling becomes a confirmed diagnosis - Breast Cancer in Pregnancy.
Jul 2, 2024 – 45:50
S6. Ep4: Into the unknown: Navigating a congenital CMV diagnosis.
Jun 13, 2024 – 01:09:54
S6. Ep3. Birth of a Feminist – An interview with RANZCOG Vice President Dr. Nisha Khot
May 24, 2024 – 55:58
S6. Ep2. When a picture hides the true story – An inspiring journey of IVF, miscarriage and hope.
May 12, 2024 – 01:09:12
S6. Ep1. Uterine Transplant. The medicine behind a miraculous second chance.
Apr 1, 2024 – 51:03
S5. Ep5. Inconceivable. Solo motherhood and donor conception
May 9, 2023 – 41:30
S5. Ep4. Yelling into a void. Why are we still not talking about severe perineal trauma?
Mar 28, 2023 – 50:30
S5. Ep3. Far from home. A farming mum's journey with fetal heart block and long distance care.
Feb 28, 2023 – 48:55
S5. Ep2. Reborn from Tragedy. How stillbirth both breaks and shapes a mother.
Feb 6, 2023 – 38:57
S5. Ep1. 'Childless: A story of freedom and longing'. In conversation with Sian Prior
Jan 16, 2023 – 46:40
S4. Ep 11. Spina Bifida: One family’s heartbreaks, and new hope with intrauterine surgery.
Nov 30, 2022 – 58:45
S4. Ep 10. Birth on the spectrum. One women's experience of Autism, ADHD, and pregnancy.
Nov 6, 2022 – 54:23
S4. Ep 9. Transitioning to fatherhood. One man’s journey of pregnancy and birth.
Sep 6, 2022 – 54:25
S4. Ep 8. Health At Every Size. How weight bias in fertility treatment can harm.
Aug 28, 2022 – 49:50
S4 Ep 7. Finding yourself on the other side of the probe. A sonographer’s unexpected journey.
Aug 10, 2022 – 58:30
S4 Ep 6. Midwifery, motherhood and pregnancy related trauma.
Aug 7, 2022 – 52:54
S4 Ep5. Stuck: A story of invasive placenta accreta and caesarean-hysterectomy
Jul 21, 2022 – 32:15
S4. Ep4. From Home to Hospital. A story of birth hypoxia.
Jul 19, 2022 – 47:54
S4. Ep3. Perfect in our Imperfections. Pregnancy and Parenting with a Chronic Illness.
Jun 29, 2022 – 51:16
S4. Ep2. Against all Odds. Surviving and thriving after a rare diagnosis in pregnancy.
May 20, 2022 – 38:39
S4. Ep 1. ‘Just get pregnant, that will fix you’. Chronic pelvic pain, endometriosis and pregnancy.
May 20, 2022 – 47:43
S3 Episode 10. Changing the Goalposts: Becoming a solo mum by choice.
Apr 4, 2022 – 41:23
S3 Episode 9. Altruistic Surrogacy. When it takes a village to create a child.
Mar 21, 2022 – 51:17
S3 Episode 8. Bleeding, Vaginas, Grief and Loss: Changing the way we approach miscarriage.
Feb 25, 2022 – 52:35
S3 Episode 7. Holding Space for her Sister. Twin-to-Twin; A story of loss and survival.
Feb 15, 2022 – 56:25
S3 Episode 6: If these walls could talk. Postpartum psychosis
Feb 3, 2022 – 56:22
S3 Episode 5. A Mother's Intuition. A story of Love and Loss.
Jan 16, 2022 – 41:30
S3 Episode 4. A Broken Heart. Surviving Peripartum Cardiomyopathy.
Jan 16, 2022 – 37:28
S3 Episode 3. The many faces of birth trauma: Severe pelvic floor birth injury and vaginal prolapse.
Dec 12, 2021 – 49:29
S3 Episode 2: A story of massive post partum haemorrhage. Waking to the loss of your uterus.
Dec 12, 2021 – 35:44
S3 Episode 1: A Mother’s Instinct. Protecting Willow’s memory.
Dec 11, 2021 – 55:08
S2 Episode 10: Behind closed doors. A young mother’s experience of domestic abuse
Oct 30, 2021 – 54:29
S2 Episode 9: The Birth of a Doula. Holding Space for Women.
Oct 4, 2021 – 52:52
S2 Episode 8: The Infertility Trifecta . Queer, single and infertile.
Sep 20, 2021 – 40:40
S2 Episode 7: Keep my body alive for them. An experience of Covid in Pregnancy.
Sep 20, 2021 – 46:57
S2 Episode 6: In Tandem. Premature Twins.
Sep 5, 2021 – 50:04
S2 Episode 5: Not just a cough. A Dad's journey of vaccine preventable loss.
Sep 5, 2021 – 58:19
S2 Episode 4. A personal story of Placenta Praevia and an exploration of racial disparities in maternal health care
Aug 12, 2021 – 55:12
S2 Episode 3. When ginger doesn't cut it: Hyperemesis Gravidarum
Aug 8, 2021 – 49:41
S2 Episode 2. Attached: A breast feeding journey through mastitis.
Aug 8, 2021 – 35:51
S2 Episode 2 - Bonus ep: Expert advice and wisdom from our Lacation Consultant.
Aug 8, 2021 – 32:07
S2. Episode 1. 'A part of me left when she did': Silent cervical dilatation and second trimester baby loss.
Aug 7, 2021 – 45:40
S1 Episode 10. White walls: An Aboriginal birthing journey.
Jul 4, 2021 – 52:12
S1 Episode 9. Unmasked: Pregnancy in the Pandemic
Jul 2, 2021 – 51:50
S1 Episode 8 - Bonus Ep: The pelvic floor. Unzipped
Jun 28, 2021 – 45:59