Our guest today Daisy Pearce, once a midwife, now a Channel 7 media football commentator and also in the coach's box at Geelong Cats but best known for her stella AFLW career, chats to us about how she had to navigate her own way through a high risk pregnancy with twins in the height of her AFLW career. During pregnancy her and her partner Ben, discovered that one twin had heart issues, making her pregnancy in the public eye incredibly difficult, not knowing the fate of one of one twins.  Daisy describes herself as an “open book” as she talks us through her “fast paced” relationship with ..read more

Our co-host (Demi’s) bestie, Emma Hawkins is in the hot seat today and no stone was left unturned in this honest chat! Emma is a Mum of 3 and married to Geelong Cats player Tom Hawkins, a business owner, content creator and marketing genius who has years of experience behind her. She dives into her three pregnancies in which she suffered from hyperemesis gravidarum and talks us through how isolating it really is with this diagnosis. From “bum sweat” to haemorrhoids, you will get to see a glimpse of Emma that we don’t get to see on her social media! We are confident you will love this ..read more

Andrew McQualter, dad of 3 young girls and the recently appointed head coach of the Richmond Football Club sat down with us and opened up about what life was like going through the cancer diagnosis of his first born daughter at just 8 weeks old. He describes the moment he found out about the cancer diagnosis for his newborn, his coping mechanisms plus the feeling of anxiety going into ultrasounds for his future children. This was all going on back in 2017 around the time the Richmond Football club were going through finals and ended up winning the Grand Final for the first time in 40 years. He ..read more

In this weeks episode we dive into our personal identity crisis and losing a sense of style as a mother. We talk about getting out of active wear and trying to get our groove back as Mums of 3. We also discuss the importance of exercise and how it has helped change our wellbeing and moods as a parent. Plus a few funny stories thrown in between, we think you will love this chin wag with us girls ..read more

In this Ep, you feel like you are in the same room, catching up with the girls listening along while they have their Missta Mums chin wag. Demi chats about her failed weekend away with the family and Melinda reveals how she got over her fear of being judged at the gym!  The girls also chat about a few things that have been happing behind the scenes that they hadn’t mentioned publicly before, they touch on the impact their Missta community makes on their business and describe why they think they have such a loyal customer base!  MISSTA - Website ..read more

My goodness we loved recording this episode!! We were lucky enough to sit down with Ash Pollard, aka the Queen of Reality TV.... You may know her from My Kitchen Rules, Dancing with the Stars, I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here or The Traitors. You will leave this episode feeling as though you know Ash on a deep level as she calls it how it is and dives into each topic honestly and openly. We chatted about her career pre kids, her 2 surprise pregnancies, her severe post natal depression that followed, life as a Mum with 2 under 2 (Irish Twins) Ash calls a spade a spade, we loved her animation ..read more

Welcome back!! We thought it would be a great idea to get our husbands on the Pod but we immediately regretted that decision haha Meet Mitch Duncan and Aaron Baxter - the Missta Dads, our other half. Aaron is our Missta Warehouse Manager as well as a stay at home Dad (by choice) and Mitch is a professional athlete. We chat to them about Dad life, their career's and what they find hard about being Dad's of 3. Missta Website Missta IG: @missta_babythermos Missta TT: @missta__ ..read more

In today's mini ep, we touch on the busy time in December leading into Christmas with Christmas parties, school break ups, kinder break ups, organising presents, moving the Elf of the Shelf plus how big of a day Christmas Day is and Demi wanting to start her own family traditions without moving her kids around! We talk about the weird time between Christmas and New Year when we don't know what day it is or what's going on, how parents do it when they work full time over January with kids at home, Demi's family trip to Echuca, Mel losing hair from stress!!A light chin w ..read more

And that's a wrap for 2023! In today's episode we wrap up what has been a big year for us! We answer a couple of our most frequently asked questions, Demi gives an in depth pregnancy update and Mel explains why she is moving house the week before Christmas!  Of course you get a Missta BTS update and we explain the plan for 2024! Our final ep for this year and we cant thank you enough for your support to keep our podcast growing. We have loved our Missta community getting to know us on a deeper level through our pod and look forward to our future in this space! If you have any guests you w ..read more

Today's ep was like a coffee catch up with girlfriends!! Demi and Mel had the pleasure of chatting to Amy Finch, wife to Aussie cricket star, Aaron Finch who has travelled the world playing International Cricket. We learnt about the extended period of time Aaron is away for work and the logistical challenges they face running (and creating) a family around his work extensive work schedule.  Amy disclosed the horrific cyber bullying they can endure with Aaron’s job being in front of a global audience, which included death threats to Aaron’s loved ones.  Amy openly discussed their deci ..read more