S7 EP191: Bianca Telford: Living with Epilepsy / “High Risk” Label / Hospital Birth / Freebirth at Home

This week on the show I’m joined by Bianca, a Brisbane mum of two whose journey into motherhood is a powerful reflection of intuition, advocacy, and deep self-trust.

After experiencing a missed miscarriage, Bianca consciously prepared her body and mind before conceiving her first daughter, Bliss. Throughout her pregnancy, she immersed herself in birth education and began to question the mainstream narrative around birth, feeling strongly drawn toward a physiological home birth.

However, after being classified as “high risk” due to her epilepsy, Bianca found her options limited and ultimately entered the hospital system, where her plans began to unravel.

Bianca’s second pregnancy became a turning point… because this time she chose to follow the inner knowing she had felt all along. What unfolds is a deeply personal and transformative birth at home, where she sinks into the inner work, meets her fears head-on, and anchors into a level of trust she had always carried within.

In This Episode We Cover

Missed miscarriage and conscious conceptionPreconception detox and preparing the body for pregnancyNavigating pregnancy with epilepsy and being labelled “high risk”Discovering physiological birth and the desire for home birthFeeling limited by the system and shifting birth plansHospital birth experience and cascade of interventionsThe emotional impact of feeling overridden during birthReflecting on giving away power vs reclaiming itChoosing a sovereign/home birth for her second pregnancyInner work, fear release, and fully trusting her body during birth

Resources + Mentions

Instagram

@theblissfulwaters

Books

Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering by Dr Sarah Buckley

Reclaiming Childbirth as a Rite of Passage by Dr Rachel Reed