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Orgasmic BirthBorn at Home with Amanda BanksEp 134 Description: “The more stories I heard of [birth] trauma, the more angry I became and I wanted to do something.” —Amanda Banks Home birth is a powerful, intimate experience that challenges societal norms and reclaims the natural rhythms of childbirth. For many families, it represents a deeply empowering choice that honors the body's innate wisdom. Yet, misconceptions and lack of education often prevent parents from considering this option. Amanda Banks, an Australian health professional and documentary filmmaker, is on a mission to change that narrative. Her acclaimed film created alongside Eleanor...2025-02-0537 min
The Lamaze Podcast‘Born at Home’: A New Documentary About Home BirthIn this episode, Tanya Cawthorne, LCCE, FACCE, connects with filmmakers Eleanor Currie and Amanda Banks to discuss their new documentary “Born at Home”. The film highlights the factors contributing to a positive and transformative birth experience, focusing on home birth as a key option. Amanda, with a background in health science and maternity advocacy, brings her passion for women's healthcare and informed choices, and Eleanor, a photographer and videographer, brings her passion for storytelling to portray home birth. They discuss what needs to change for home birth to become more accessible to women, advocating for better education and healthcare poli...2024-11-2043 min
The Homebirth Midwife PodcastInterview with Documentary Filmmakers of ‘Born At Home’In today’s episode, midwife Sarah talks with Amanda Banks and Eleanor Currie, two home birth moms who made the new documentary “Born at Home” about home birth in Queensland, Australia. They talk all about the documentary, the process of making it, and what they learned about home birth along the way. Here’s more information on the film and how to watch it: Synopsis. The Born at Home documentary explores and uncovers the empowering journey of homebirth, shedding light on the often overlooked and misunderstood option that has transformed lives. Born at Home dives into real stories of women navigati...2024-07-1653 min
The Road to Wisdom PodcastIs Home-birth Safe? Exploring The Data With Born At Home Filmmakers, Amanda Banks & Eleanor Currie.In episode 59 of The Road to Wisdom Podcast we chat to the ladies behind The Born at Home documentary, friends and homebirth mothers Amanda Banks and Eleanor Currie. After attending one of the screenings of the documentary we decided to chat with the ladies about why they made the film, we touched on some unexpected statistics around home birth and so much more, The film explores and uncovers the empowering journey of homebirth, shedding light on the often overlooked and misunderstood option that has transformed lives. Born at Home dives into real stories of women navigating birth trauma and...2024-07-151h 00The Road to Wisdom PodcastIs Home-birth Safe? Exploring The Data With Born At Home Filmmakers, Amanda Banks & Eleanor CurrieIn episode 59 of The Road to Wisdom Podcast we chat to the ladies behind The Born at Home documentary, friends and homebirth mothers Amanda Banks and Eleanor Currie. After attending one of the screenings of the documentary we decided to chat with the ladies about why they made the film, we touched on some unexpected statistics around home birth and so much more, The film explores and uncovers the empowering journey of homebirth, shedding light on the often overlooked and misunderstood option that has transformed lives. Born at Home dives into real stories of women navigating birth trauma and...2024-07-151h 00
To Birth and BeyondEpisode 347: Advocating for Home Birth Education with ‘Born at Home’ Documentary FilmmakersIn today’s episode, Anita sits down with Amanda Banks and Eleanor Currie, both multi-hyphenates, and the documentary filmmakers behind “Born at Home”. We will be chatting all about home birth, including misconceptions and why our special guests have taken on home birth advocacy and education in their first film. If you are thinking about having a home birth, supporting someone in their homebirth, or you are curious to learn more, this episode is for you!- - - - - - - - -If you liked this episode of To Birth...2024-07-0938 min
Talk Birthy With UsS1 EP30: Born at Home Film with guests Eleanor Currie (filmmaker) & Amanda Banks (producer)This week we’re joined by the incredible (& bloody lovely) guests Eleanor & Amanda - the co creators of the Born At Home Film. We talk about how the idea for the documentary came about, the behind the scenes of how it was created & the incredible impact it’s had on birthing people already. Films like these showing the magic of physiological birth is what we need to balance out the current narrative we have of birth! We also have a great discussion about the ripple effects of birth trauma & equally of positive birth experiences. This has to go down as one...2024-05-201h 05
What if we were taught..Born at Home with Amanda Banks and Eleanor CurrieIf you have only ever seen birth on TV shows and movies you’ll notice it tends to go for drama and often portrays birth as a medical, painful and dramatic event right? But is this really what birth is like? Most people have never seen what a physiological birth can actually look like- let alone a home birth. If this is so, they have not seen the POWER, the MAGIC and the HEALING ability that birth truly can be. Finally, we have a film that shows us what birth can truly look like. B...2024-04-301h 07
Birthing Instincts#357 "Born At Home", A New DocumentaryToday on the podcast Blyss & Dr. Stu chat with the creators of a new film exploring home birth. The film explores the empowering journey of home birth and combines the wisdom of families, midwives, doulas, and some of our favorite people in the birth world. We also discuss the importance of how babies enter this world and, of course, catch up and reveal some new dumb doctor dogma.About Eleanor Currie:Eleanor Currie is a documentary filmmaker, videographer, photographer and mother of two beautiful children. She has a passion for telling stories about the human...2024-04-171h 30
Positive Birth AustraliaS5 EP147: Born at Home Film with Amanda Banks and Eleanor CurrieIn today's episode, I am delighted to welcome the visionary creators of the Australian documentary, Born at Home, which explores the intimate world of homebirth. Following the empowering experience of her second child's birth, Amanda, with her extensive background in birth advocacy and evidence-based maternity care, felt an undeniable call to create a resource that could educate and empower other women. When she shared her vision with Eleanor, her friend of 15 years, Eleanor was immediately on board despite having no information on what they were creating. As they ventured into the world of documentary filmmaking, Amanda and E...2024-04-161h 11
Birth on FilmSpecial Episode - Born At HomeWelcome to a special episode of the podcast, discussing a brand new documentary about homebirth. Born at Home was made in Queensland, Australia, by Eleanor Currie and Amanda Banks. This movie explores the intricacies of birthing at home and beautifully explains the philosophy that underpins the practice. If you're even a tiny bit curious about homebirth, this is a great place to start.
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The Midwives' CauldronBorn at Home with Amanda Banks and Eleanor CurrieWant to send us a message? Fan mail? Thoughts on the episode?Where and how women choose to birth matters. Born at Home is a stunning documentary film exploring what it takes to have a positive and transformative birth experience. Empowered by the homebirth of her second child in 2020, Amanda Banks together with long term dear friend Eleanor Currie, set out to create a film exploring Homebirth in QLD.With a passion for telling stories about the human experience. Their film 'Born At Home' explores the emotional journey of homebirth. The film interviews birt...2024-01-2650 min
Homebirth Stories AustraliaS2 EP: 1 Eleanor Currie - Born At Home Film, Hospital Birth, Spontaneous Labour, AROM, Breech Presentation, Caesarean, HBAC/VBAC, Homebirth, Hospital Transfer.Send us a textToday we chat to Eleanor Currie, who is the co-producer (with Amanda Banks) of the film, Born At Home. Eleanor chats to us about how she came to producing the film and how it led to her birthing her second baby at home.After going into labour spontaneously with her first baby, Eleanor entered the hospital system with the hope of a vaginal birth. After a midwife suggested to break her membranes (AROM), her baby was discovered to be in the breech position. This intervention led to her environment and hormonal...2024-01-171h 43Homebirth Stories AustraliaS1 EP:16 Amanda Banks - Born At Home Film, Acupuncturist, Homebirth (X2), Miscarriage, HG, Private Midwife, Hospital Transfer, Oesophageal Atresia, NICUSend us a textToday we chat to Amanda Banks who is the co-producer (with Eleanor Currie) of the new film, Born At Home. Amanda chats to us about why she wanted to create a film about homebirth, the benefits of acupuncture in pregnancy and her two homebirth experiences. After having a straightforward birth at home with her first baby, her son was unresponsive and needed to be transferred to hospital. Her son was born with Oesophageal Atresia which meant he needed surgery and a 6 week stay in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). A...2023-12-051h 52