Bloom with Body, Birth & Baby

Nov 05 2024 35 ep. 40 mins 5

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Hi I’m Amber, and welcome to my podcast Bloom with Body, Birth & Baby! I’m a midwife, lactation consultant and Mum to a baby girl! Bloom with Body, Birth & Baby is a podcast to bring you holistic education by professionals in the pregnancy, birth and postpartum space to help you bloom into motherhood! I am so excited to teach alongside amazing experts to fill in the gaps of mainstream education to help you nourish your pregnancy, prepare for your birth and turn the spotlight onto postpartum.

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Episode 33: Learning all about prolapse with Kath from Fitnest Mama

Nov 05 2024 41 mins

Kath Baquie is a mum of 3 young girls, a physiotherapist for women, and she has an online community, FitNest Mama. FitNest Mama helps to provide pregnant and new mothers with the exercises & support they need to prepare their bodies for birth and boost their after birth recovery.FitNest is your go-to workout app where you can complete physio-created workouts from the comfort an

Episode 32: Birth and Perinatal Trauma with Helen- Real Life Midwife

Oct 28 2024 27 mins

Helen is an Australian registered nurse, midwife and academic and current PhD Candidate. Following lived experiences with complex pregnancies, baby loss, IVF and preterm birth, Helen has undertaken additional training in perinatal and psychological trauma, and has strong research interests in perinatal mental health/trauma and its impacts. Her combined lived and professional unders

Motherhood Anonymous: HG, positive birth and breastfeeding, sleep challenges, identity shift, the juggle of career and motherhood and so much more!

Oct 14 2024 54 mins

In this episode, I discuss with a mother about her journey with her almost 2 year old, we discuss:- Her incredibly challenging pregnancy with Hyperemesis Gravidarum (HG)- Her positive birth and breastfeeding experience- The challenges she had with her daughters sleep and split nights- Challenges around trying to return to paid work and the challenges of balancing her career and res

Episode 30: Mastitis with Kate from Lactamo

Sep 23 2024 25 mins

Kate Bird, mum of three, registered nurse and IBCLC. Kate is a part of the team at Lactamo, a world first clinically validated solution for common breastfeeding problems. Lactamo uses the combination of temperature, movement and compression to facilitate gentle breast massage and lymphatic drainage. Supporting women through engorgement, blocked ducts, mastitis and low milk supply.

Episode 29: MOTHERHOOD ANONYMOUS 2- Covid baby, difficult first experience- caesarean, feeding and sleep issues, vbac and more positive second experience

Sep 16 2024 51 mins

In this episode I talk to a mother who speaks really vulnerably about her first experience where she had a lot of grief around needing a planned caesarean for a breech baby, where she had a baby in peak covid, with a lack of support. This experience was very challenging, she had a lot challenges with breastfeeding and sleep, and bonding to her first baby took time. She did a lot of

Episode 28: What you need to know about Babywearing with Sarah Marhi

Sep 09 2024 41 mins

Sarah is a single mother to 5 children and is passionate about educating families on babywearing as a practice and tool for connected parenting. She is a certified babywearing consultant with 8 years experience working in community.In this episode, we discuss:The benefits of BabywearingWhat we can do to ensure we are safely baby wearingThe different types of baby carriers…How we

Episode 27: Motherhood Anonymous- Matrescence, Postpartum Support, Breastfeeding, Relationship and Prolapse challenges

Sep 02 2024 51 mins

In this episode I talk to a first time Mum of a 4 month old baby boy. We discuss:- How she planned for motherhood and matrescence- The amazing support she has had professionally and personally - Physiological birth at home followed by many Breastfeeding Challenges- Oxytocin high followed by a hormone crash- Her baby boy being admitted to hospital with a rare infection- The relation

Episode 26: Welcome Back... Weaning and Life Update

Aug 26 2024 34 mins

Welcome back to another series of podcast episodes!This is a solo episode that talks about...Weaning... how I weaned my 18.5 month old toddler, why I did it, my approach and how she coped with the weaning process...Life update- including holidaying with a toddlerWhat's coming up on the podcast!Enjoy!To see more of Amber's content, check out her instagram @bodybirthandbaby Amber has

Episode 25: Low sleep needs babies and societal pressures around sleep

Mar 04 2024 40 mins

Episode 25: Low Sleep Needs Babies & Societal pressures around sleep with Katie from Katie's BabiesAre you feeling overwhelmed with current sleep culture? Do you feel like you just can’t ‘perfect’ the cot day naps? Your baby just doesn’t sleep like the other babies you know and you feel overwhelmed by it all?Then this episode is a MUST!Katie and I talk about…- Low sle

Episode 24: Mother's Groups reimagined with From Day One

Feb 18 2024 33 mins

From Day One is a space for mums navigating pregnancy and postpartum, with a primary focus on parental wellbeing and building community. Their first space is now open in Prahran, with a group space to connect with other parents, Mother's Groups with weekly guest speakers, and casual group sessions with access to specialists such as lactation, sleep, nutritionists, counsellors and p