A mum with a birth plan, and a baby with a very different idea…

Michelle Battersby’s birth was long, her baby got stuck and she was forced to pivot to a birth she had never considered.

The entrepreneur, marketing guru & founder of Sunroom shared her diary of a birth.

Diary Of A Birth features mums telling their miraculous stories of bringing life into the world, and we have all medical questions and concerns cleared up by one of Australia’s favourite paediatricians, Dr Golly.

If you’d like to share your birth story, we’d love to hear from you at [email protected] or send us a voice note here.

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Host: Ksenija Lukich
Expert: Dr Golly
Executive Producer: Georgie Page
Audio Producer: Scott Stronach and Lu Hill

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No you're not losing it, your emotions have changed and science says that having a child changes your brain forever. 

In latest episode of parenting podcast This Glorious Mess, Dr Golly breaks down the reason you may cry at the news. Or feel overcome by emotions at the smallest things.

It turns out that your amygdala, your brain’s emotional HQ, opens up a whole new range of emotions designed to help you care for your child. But it also starts to influence how you interact with the world around you... and guess what, its forever!  

You can listen to more of This Glorious Mess here. 

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Host: Tegan Natoli, Annaliese Todd

With thanks to Dr Golly & Thom Lion

Producer: Grace Rouvray

Audio Producer: Lu Hill

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Life can get hectic—between chores, work, and managing the mental load, it's easy for connection with your partner to slip down the priority list. Before you know it, you might find yourselves in the "roommate phase."

On a recent episode of our parenting podcast This Glorious Mess we explored the telltale signs of the roommate phase and shared tips on how to reconnect. We also had a dad, bring his own perspective on navigating the roommate dynamic in relationships.

And to wrap things up, we have a song that might just hit you right in the feels.

You can read Bek Day's Mamamia article 'I coach married parents through the "roommate phase". Here's the 2 day experiment I swear by.'

Like what you heard? You can listen to more of This Glorious Mess wherever you get your podcasts.

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Hosts: Tegan Natoli, Annaliese Todd & Sarah Marie Fahd 

With thanks to Thom Lion

Producer: Grace Rouvray

Audio Producer: Lu Hill

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Introducing our new podcast, Restart. If you like what you hear, search Restart wherever you get your podcasts...

Two years ago, Madeleine West hit restart on her life. She packed up her life in Melbourne and moved to Byron Bay, split up with her partner of 15 years and the father of her six kids and she started life again. And now she wants to find out why and how women from across the country are restarting their lives. For 10 weeks, Restart will look into why more and more women are pressing refresh on their lives, and how the hell they’ve done it. From divorce to health, to appearance, to career, to sex. Restart, it’s never too late to change everything.

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Going from one to two, you think it's going to be easy, right? 

But then it happens and it's not at all what you anticipated.

No one tells you that each pregnancy, each birth and each kid is going to be different.

The second time around for Laura Byrne was a completely different ball game. Laura learnt that Marlie-Mae was an 'easy baby', pregnancy and postpartum was a whole lot harder and that adding another kid isn't double the work, it's triple. 

Holly Wainwright sits down with Laura for a very honest conversation about her very busy year, going from one to two. 

CREDITS

Host: Holly Wainwright

Guest: Laura Byrne

Producer: Mikayla Floriano

Audio Producer: Leah Porges

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Just by reading our articles or listening to our podcasts, you’re helping to fund girls in schools in some of the most disadvantaged countries in the world - through our partnership with Room to Read. We’re currently funding 300 girls in school every day and we aim to get to 1,000. Find out more on mamamia.com.au 

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This is the final episode of this season of Me After You and we wanted to leave you with a sense of hope. 

We find hope in the comfort of our shared fears and failures, in the shared joys and tiny wins. Hope for what comes next, for both you and your child.

In this episode, you’ll be hearing from Marcia Leone about how she embraced pregnancy after miscarriage, Alex Nation on the part of parenthood she loves the most, Nama Winston on living her best life after leaving an unhappy marriage, and Ashe Davenport on how, for her, motherhood is all about letting go.

CREDITS
Host: Laura Byrne @ladyandacat

Executive Producer: Elise Cooper @elisejcooper

Producer and Editor: Lama Zakharia 

Head of Audio: Bridget Northeast

Thanks to all the mums who featured in this episode, for sharing their stories to make all mums feel like they’re not alone

• Laura Jackel
• Veronica Milsom- @veronicamilsom
• Marcia Leone- @notsomumsy Not So Mumsy Book https://bit.ly/notsomumsybook 
• Teresa Palmer- @teresapalmer
• Alex Nation- @alexandranation
• Evie Farrell- @mumpacktravel, book Backyard To Backpack https://bit.ly/eviefarrellbook 
• Nama Winston- @namawinston
• Ashe Davenport- Author of "Sad Mum Lady" https://www.booktopia.com.au/sad-mum-lady-ashe-davenport/book/9781760877637.html
• Stephanie Thompson- @bravemumma and a link to her book, The Day My Vagina Broke... https://www.amazon.com.au/Day-My-Vagina-Broke-childbirth-ebook/dp/B0813YLG4X 

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Friendship can be a fraught topic for lots of mums, with feelings of conflict and confusion about how to form new connections and keep old friends close if your lives are now very different. 

In this episode, Laura Jackel tells us how she felt she couldn’t be herself in her mothers’ group, while Emilyeen Filradi reveals her biggest regrets when it comes to friendships and Melanie Dimmitt shares who her true support network was when her son was diagnosed with a disability. 

CREDITS
Host: Laura Byrne @ladyandacat

Executive Producer: Elise Cooper @elisejcooper

Producer and Editor: Lama Zakharia 

Head of Audio: Bridget Northeast

Thanks to all the mums who featured in this episode, for sharing their stories to make all mums feel like they’re not alone

• Veronica Milsom- @veronicamilsom
• Laura Jackel- @nareldajacobs
• Narelda Jacobs
• Melanie Dimmitt- book Special: Antidotes to Obsessions That Come With A Child’s Disability  https://bit.ly/melaniedimmittbook 
• Emilyeen Filardi
• Evie Farrell- @mumpacktravel, book Backyard To Backpack https://bit.ly/eviefarrellbook 
• Truan Terrance
• Brittany Noonan- @bybrittanynoonan

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Ahhh travelling with kids. Back in the days when we could actually travel beyond our home suburb, this was a topic that everyone had an opinion about, and no doubt will again. Whether you want to travel overseas or hit the road for a camping trip, going away with your baby can be stressful, complicated and judged by family, friends and even strangers.  

In this episode of Me After You, single mum and writer Evie Farrel tells us how she packed up her entire life and now travels the world with her daughter Emmy. You’ll also be hearing from another solo mum, Nama Winston, about how challenging it can be to travel when you child has allergies. And Melanie Dimmit shares how her life dramatically changed when her son was diagnosed with quadralplegic cerebral palsy, and how the diagnosis transformed travel for the family. 

CREDITS
Host: Laura Byrne @ladyandacat

Executive Producer: Elise Cooper @elisejcooper

Producer and Editor: Lama Zakharia 

Head of Audio: Bridget Northeast

Thanks to all the mums who featured in this episode, for sharing their stories to make all mums feel like they’re not alone

• Nama Winston @namawinston
• Evie Farrell @mumpacktravel, book Backyard To Backpack https://bit.ly/eviefarrellbook 
• Melanie Dimmitt, book Special: Antidotes to Obsessions That Come With A Child’s Disability  https://bit.ly/melaniedimmittbook 
• Marcia Leone - @notsomumsy Not So Mumsy Book https://bit.ly/notsomumsybook 

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What does self-care look like, now you’re a parent? Who has time for meditation, massage and naps when they can't even get a solid six hours sleep at night?

On this episode, you’ll be hearing from mums describing what self-care means to them, including:
-  Ashe Davenport on how other people's expectations made it difficult for her to feel like she was allowed to prioritise herself once she became a mum
- Stephanie Thompson and how her writing time is her ‘wine down’ time
-  Actress Teresa Palmer who finds solace in listening to true crime podcasts.

CREDITS
Host: Laura Byrne @ladyandacat

Executive Producer: Elise Cooper @elisejcooper

Producer and Editor: Lama Zakharia 

Head of Audio: Bridget Northeast

Thanks to all the mums who featured in this episode, for sharing their stories to make all mums feel like they’re not alone

• Grace Bell
• Veronica Milsom- @veronicamilsom
• Ashe Davenport- Author of "Sad Mum Lady" https://www.booktopia.com.au/sad-mum-lady-ashe-davenport/book/9781760877637.html
• Brittany Noonan- @bybrittanynoonan
• Truan Terrance
• Stephanie Thompson- @bravemumma and a link to her book, The Day My Vagina Broke... https://www.amazon.com.au/Day-My-Vagina-Broke-childbirth-ebook/dp/B0813YLG4X 
• Teresa Palmer- @teresapalmer

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Home after you become a parent is more than four walls and a roof. It’s a battleground, and a safe haven. It’s a never ending pile of washing, it’s memories, and it’s tantrums.

On today’s episode of Me After You, you’ll be hearing from Emilyeen Filardi, a self proclaimed “clean freak” who’s on the hunt for a house that’s a bit more family-friendly, Laura Jackal who lived with a housemate  after having her first baby, Ashe Davenport who finds it super helpful to embrace and meditate in mess, and many other mums who share what home life means to them.

So what does home actually mean to new parents? And how do you get past the mess to find the joy? On this episode of Me After You, we find out. 

CREDITS
Host: Laura Byrne @ladyandacat

Executive Producer: Elise Cooper @elisejcooper

Producer and Editor: Lama Zakharia 

Head of Audio: Bridget Northeast

Thanks to all the mums who featured in this episode, for sharing their stories to make all mums feel like they’re not alone

• Truan Terrance
• Teresa Palmer- @teresapalmer
• Melanie Dimmitt, book Special: Antidotes to Obsessions That Come With A Child’s Disability  https://bit.ly/melaniedimmittbook 
• Emilyeen Filardi
• Laura Jackel
• Grace Bell
• Ashe Davenport- Author of "Sad Mum Lady" https://www.booktopia.com.au/sad-mum-lady-ashe-davenport/book/9781760877637.html

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Motherhood doesn’t only change your relationship with yourself. It can also change your connections with those around you. Sometimes it brings you closer. At other times, you might wish you could get just a bit more space.

On this episode of Me After You, Laura speaks to Maria Paz Hartado, who, after moving to Australia from Chile, had to abandon any notion of the familiar when it came to giving birth the Aussie way. Truan Terrance, whose in-laws saved her life when her husband was away for weeks as a FIFO worker. And journalist Narelda Jacobs on how her dad was right there by her side helping her raise her daughter Jade while she studied and worked. 

We share stories about women’s experiences with their own families, and the support networks they did or didn’t have when they became mothers.

CREDITS
Host: Laura Byrne @ladyandacat

Executive Producer: Elise Cooper @elisejcooper

Producer and Editor: Lama Zakharia 

Head of Audio: Bridget Northeast

Thanks to all the mums who featured in this episode, for sharing their stories to make all mums feel like they’re not alone

• Narelda Jacobs- @nareldajacobs
• Veronica Milsom- @veronicamilsom
• Emilyeen Filardi
• Teresa Palmer- @teresapalmer
• Maria Paz Hartado
• Truan Terrance

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