Mothers talking podcast

Dec 22 2024 31 ep. 53 mins 1

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Natalie Meddings and Jenna Rutherford are mothers talking. We chat babies, birth and bigger motherhood issues. Sometimes it’s us and sometimes it’s another mother (or father) sharing their story. So grab a cuppa, settle in and come be part of the chat.

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Father love with Peter Walker

Dec 22 2024 59 mins

In our last episode of the year, Jenna and Natalie are delighted to welcome back the wonderful Peter Walker. Peter oozes compassion and warmth in his third episode with us as he chats about how fathers can help support their partners through pregnancy and birth but explores so much more than that. Peter talks about how babies are our teachers, not the other way round, how breathing

Mum Interrupted

Nov 21 2024 36 mins

Natalie and Jenna are back together in this month's episode of mothers talking. Natalie joins Jenna in her thoughts on how often we are interrupted as mothers and the impact this has on our minds and bodies. As two mums at different stages in our journeys we discuss the challenges and the gifts of our kids' interruptions and how Natalie reframes this for us all as a super power. If

Acupuncture and fertility with Saumeel Patel

Oct 30 2024 52 mins

In this thought provoking episode of mothers talking, Jenna chats to Saumeel Patel about how acupuncture can support your fertility journey. Saumeel is an incredible acupuncturist and holistic practitioner who explains how simple it can be to prepare the body for pregnancy. Jenna and Saum also discuss how important acupuncture is in treating the whole person and how brilliant it ca

Healing after a traumatic birth with Alex Heath

Sep 15 2024 47 mins

Mothers talking is delighted to chat to Alex Heath, a perinatal trauma therapist and founder of The Birth Republic, in this much needed episode. Alex who is so down to earth and honest about her own journey with anxiety, which inspired her to retrain as a therapist, chats to Jenna about birth trauma, perinatal struggles and what we can do to help ourselves through it. Please be awa

a few thousand words on anxiety

Aug 31 2024 58 mins

Natalie and Jenna are back after the summer break with this honest episode of mothers talking. We are chatting openly about our own experiences with anxiety and sharing our thoughts about this difficult yet common feeling. Do you suffer from anxiety? Is it running your life? Is it even something to cure? We do our best to explore what living with anxiety is like on a personal and w

Parenting for Humans with Dr Emma Svanberg

Jul 08 2024 70 mins

We are so delighted to have this mothers talking chat with the brilliant Dr Emma Svanberg, clinical psychologist for parents, author and campaigner. In this rich episode we discuss Emma's latest book, Parenting for Humans, where Emma allows us to discover why we parent the way we do and uncover more of ourselves in the process. Emma has a way of making us feel relaxed about our par

Baby massage and the power of loving touch with Peter Walker

Jun 12 2024 59 mins

The wonderful Peter Walker is back with us in this enriching episode of mothers talking. Peter Walker, a leader in his field of developmental baby massage, is so wise, knowledgeable and all heart as he chats with Jenna about the wealth of benefits our babies receive from respectful and loving touch. It's a reassuring listen because you definitely can't hold your baby too much. Some

Baby and toddler sleep

Apr 30 2024 65 mins

In this soothing episode of mothers talking, Natalie and Jenna explore the sometimes controversial topic of sleep, in babies, toddlers and beyond. We look at how the decisions we make with sleep have a deep and lasting impact on us and our children and as always how trusting your gut and ignoring the 'shoulds' is always best for you and your baby. This is the blog Jenna mentions du

Susie & Ziggy's story - positive about Down syndrome

Mar 21 2024 48 mins

In this special episode of mothers talking in honour of World Down Syndrome Day, Jenna chats to Susie Baxter whose beautiful son Ziggy has Down syndrome. Ziggy and Jenna's son Jude met in their speech and language class run by the wonderful Down syndrome charity, 21&co. Susie shares her journey with Ziggy as well as exploring what Down syndrome means to her. *We do touch on so

Molly and Tahmina's story - our unicorn births

Mar 05 2024 51 mins

In this curious episode of mothers talking, Natalie and Jenna chat to mums, Molly Russell and Tahmina Pinnington-Mannan, about their unicorn births, in particular the difficulty they have had in sharing their experiences. Have you ever heard of a unicorn birth? Maybe you've had one? Maybe you want one? Come and have a listen and find out what it's all about. If you would like to ge