Life After Bump Diaries
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Weekly conversations with mothers about their lives after having a baby. The motherhood journey can be so different for each individual, yet at the same time, there are so many similarities. By sharing stories and being open, we can connect and learn from each other. This podcast is entertaining, thoughtful and provides insight into the many different layers of motherhood. It's a must-listen,..
Life After Bump Diaries
2y ago
In this week's episode I speak to Natalie, mum to twin boys Toby and Jayden. Natalie and her husband Nathan are Australians and they live in San Francisco. Finding out they were pregnant with twins was a shock - but even more so was watching the Covid-19 pandemic
unfold. The plan had been that Nat's mum would visit and stay with them for a few months, but when international borders started to close, it became clear that this wasn't going to happen. Nat talks about what it's been like for her and Nathan being on their own with no help, no family visits and in a state of almost-permanent l ..read more
Life After Bump Diaries
2y ago
In this week’s episode I speak to Dee, mum to Will. Dee’s husband is a doctor and she shares what happened when he was almost not allowed into the delivery room because of a COVID outbreak. She also shares how she sometimes struggles doing it alone because of her husband’s demanding job. Dee speaks very candidly about her breastfeeding experience and how it didn’t go to plan. She talks about the pressures mums feel to breastfeed and the great lengths she went to to make it work.
“There’s a lot of encouragement in the media for people to breastfeed, which is fantastic but that’s not always the ..read more
Life After Bump Diaries
2y ago
**This episode deals with a baby found not breathing in its cot. If this could be too distressing to hear, you might want to skip this section of the interview.**
In this week's episode I speak to Kate, mum to 11 month old Jessie. Kate is a clinical psychologist and shares how this has influenced her parenting, in that she's going to try to not be a psychologist to her daughter! Kate shares how science can explain some of the phenomenons that parents experience (such as how do we know what our babies need from such a young age?) but also that there are gaps in our understanding. If ..read more
Life After Bump Diaries
2y ago
In this week's episode I speak to Brionny, mum to Laurence. Brionny runs her own business and didn't take any maternity leave when she had her baby. She talks about the challenges this posed, her regrets, and how she changed as a boss after she became a mum. (Plus also how she managed pumping in an open plan office!).
Brionny really struggled with breastfeeding and suffered in agony for months, she talks about why she persisted and how she overcame the pain.
Part of Brionny's journey included seeking counselling post-natally, and she speaks candidly about why she needed the counselling and how ..read more
Life After Bump Diaries
2y ago
In this week's episode I speak to Erika, mum to two year old Jay. Erika is an infant sleep specialist and runs a business called The Sleep Dept. Erika shares so much of her knowledge including everything from how to settle your baby in the middle of the night, how to break a sleep association and introduce a positive one, sleep cycles, what an awake time is, what time to put your baby to sleep, what safe sleeping is and so much more!
Erika also shares her experience of finding out that her son Jay has a disability. She speaks candidly about the emotions she went through, how ..read more
Life After Bump Diaries
2y ago
**This episode deals with a baby born non-responsive. If you think the content in this episode might upset you, I encourage you to skip it.**
In this episode I speak with Kez, mum to Ollie. When Ollie was born, Kez's placenta ruptured and he was born non-responsive. Thankfully he's okay, but he was worked on for 18 minutes by doctors and then spent 2 weeks in the NICU.
For the first time, Kez talks about this experience and bravely shares what she, her husband Paul, and Ollie went through during this time and since.
In addition, Ollie had significant feeding issues. Kez explains how they we ..read more
Life After Bump Diaries
2y ago
Your host, Mel Yudasin talks about her experience as a first time mum. She initially physically struggled to overcome her emergency cesarean birth, which morphed into a mental battle as she came to terms with her new physical limitations. She talked about how tough the newborn sleep deprivation stage is, and how netflix became her BFF. Breastfeeding has been a journey, as it is for most mums, and whilst thankfully she hasn't experienced mastitis, she's had to endure lots of nasty lumps that have taken at times, days to remove.
Between Australia's devastating bushfires, to flash floods an ..read more
Life After Bump Diaries
2y ago
In this week’s episode I speak to Rhiannon, mum to Harper. Rhiannon shares her journey of becoming 'Rhiannon, the mum' including debriefing with the hospital after her delivery. She talks about how she let go of who she was before she had a baby and embrace her new life, . Rhiannon also shares her pre-baby visions that she would find her best friends for life in her mother's group and when that didn't happen, what she did to find her people. Plus - what international story helped her get through the new-mum doubt and trust that she was doing ok? Listen now on all podcast platforms ..read more
Life After Bump Diaries
2y ago
In this week’s episode I speak to Angela, mum to daughter Alara. Angela is routine-driven and before her daughter was born she researched a number of different routines and sleep guides. She settled on wotbaby (and converted me in the process!) and talks about why setting up a routine was important for her and her family – and what she does on the occasions she needs to go off-routine. Angela also discusses how they discovered her daughter has an allergy and shares her experience with this diagnosis. Finally, Angela discusses her breastfeeding journey. When Alara was born she was 2.4kg and str ..read more
Life After Bump Diaries
2y ago
Lara is a mum to two boys under 2. She had her second son in April 2020, during NSW's lockdown period. This meant that after her husband left the hospital, he was unable to return to provide support or visit his new baby. Lara talks about what it was like in the hospital during this time, how different this newborn experience was compared to her first son and how her 2 month old baby reacted when he met people (other than his parents and GP) for the first time.
Like many second-time mums, the things that Lara was consumed by with her first baby she is less so now, because she knows that ..read more