14 NOV 2018 · Second half of PBB Talks: Waterbirth for VBAC, recorded at Gold Coast Univ. Hospital on 10 November 2018. Bethan Townsend speaks with Caroline Jackson about her birth story of VBAC in water, and Annalise again, as well as Dr Kirsten Small, obstetrician/gynaecologist.

14 NOV 2018 · Bethan Townsend presents the evidence regarding VBAC then her research into women's experiences of VBAC in water. Annalise Bradford (at 32 mins in) shares her experience of VBAC in water after 2 c/sections.

29 MAY 2018 · In this part Bec Jenkinson looks at how often clinicians' meet the legal standard for informed consent. In a Queensland study* of the 3500+ women surveyed, only 48% of women who had had a planned caesarean section said they were fully informed and had consented to have their procedure. Seventy percent of women had were fully informed and consented to their epidural anaesthesia and 26% had been informed about or consented to their episiotomies. == Sign up to our newsletter at www.pbbmedia.org for more updates and request to join our private Facebook group to continue the conversation and get support in giving/receiving respectful maternity care by writing to hello@pbbmedia.org. == * Queensland Centre for Mothers and Babies: "Having a Baby in Queensland", 2010 Copyright Bec Jenkinson and PBB Media 2018 All 4 episodes: www.spreaker.com/user/pregnancybirthandbeyond/a-close-look-at-informed-consent-part-1- www.spreaker.com/user/pregnancybirthandbeyond/a-close-look-at-informed-consent-part-2- www.spreaker.com/user/pregnancybirthandbeyond/a-close-look-at-informed-consent-part-3- www.spreaker.com/user/pregnancybirthandbeyond/a-close-look-at-informed-consent-part-4-

29 MAY 2018 · PBB Talks: A Close Look at Informed Consent - for women and clinicians Dr Bec Jenkinson speaking before a live audience at Gold Coast University Hospital, Australia on 21 April 2018 on informed decision making in maternity care. A mother, Cindy, also shares her experience of negotiating within the maternity care system to get the care she wanted. == Sign up to our newsletter at www.pbbmedia.org for more updates and request to join our private Facebook group to continue the conversation and get support in giving/receiving respectful maternity care by writing to hello@pbbmedia.org. == "For consent to be valid, it must be freely given, ie without coercion or inducement... and can't be trumped by hospital policy." Bec Jenkinson Reference: The White Ribbon Alliance - Respectful Maternity Care: https://www.whiteribbonalliance.org/resources/ Copyright Bec Jenkinson and PBB Media 2018 All 4 episodes: www.spreaker.com/user/pregnancybirthandbeyond/a-close-look-at-informed-consent-part-1- www.spreaker.com/user/pregnancybirthandbeyond/a-close-look-at-informed-consent-part-2- www.spreaker.com/user/pregnancybirthandbeyond/a-close-look-at-informed-consent-part-3- www.spreaker.com/user/pregnancybirthandbeyond/a-close-look-at-informed-consent-part-4-

29 MAY 2018 · Bec addresses here the underlying medico-legal and cultural concerns of clinicians (ie their individual "lines in the sand"), and gives tips for women on how to assess recommendations of care. == Sign up to our newsletter at www.pbbmedia.org for more updates and request to join our private Facebook group to continue the conversation and get support in giving/receiving respectful maternity care by writing to hello@pbbmedia.org. == Copyright Bec Jenkinson, PBB Media 2018 Recorded before a live audience at Gold Coast Univ Hospital on 21 April 2018. All 4 episodes: www.spreaker.com/user/pregnancybirthandbeyond/a-close-look-at-informed-consent-part-1- www.spreaker.com/user/pregnancybirthandbeyond/a-close-look-at-informed-consent-part-2- www.spreaker.com/user/pregnancybirthandbeyond/a-close-look-at-informed-consent-part-3- www.spreaker.com/user/pregnancybirthandbeyond/a-close-look-at-informed-consent-part-4-

29 MAY 2018 · In this part, Bec Jenkinson hands over to Helen, a mother seeking a VBAC who "wanted to make sure everything was OK for me and my baby... I just wanted to be heard". A story of two very different responses to her wishes from two different hospitals... Closing remarks given by Griffith University Professor Jennifer Fenwick and Sally Cusack from PBB Media. == Sign up to our newsletter at www.pbbmedia.org for more updates and request to join our private Facebook group to continue the conversation and get support in giving/receiving respectful maternity care by writing to hello@pbbmedia.org. == References: * www.patientopinion.org.au - to check for patients' opinions of hospitals around Australia * http://www.choosingwisely.org.au/resources/consumers/5-questions-to-ask-your-doctor * Standard 2: Partnering with Consumers - all hospitals must consult with their consumers in the design of their health services and for their individual care: http://www.safetyandquality.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Standard2_Oct_2012_WEB.pdf Copyright Bec Jenkinson, PBB Media 2018 Recorded before a live audience at Gold Coast Univ Hospital on 21 April 2018. All 4 episodes: www.spreaker.com/user/pregnancybirthandbeyond/a-close-look-at-informed-consent-part-1- www.spreaker.com/user/pregnancybirthandbeyond/a-close-look-at-informed-consent-part-2- www.spreaker.com/user/pregnancybirthandbeyond/a-close-look-at-informed-consent-part-3- www.spreaker.com/user/pregnancybirthandbeyond/a-close-look-at-informed-consent-part-4-