Listing Sarah Rose’s accolades is enough to make anyone feel a little sheepish about their own output into the world, but the Sydney-based disability advocate isn’t here to cover herself in glory. Sarah was born with the most common type of dwarfism, achondroplasia, but her disability has never held her back. Be it competing (three times) in the Paralympic Games, and winning a bronze medal in swimming, becoming a mum (twice now), or transferring the lessons she learnt as an athlete to the wider world of advocacy. 

Sydney-based Rose uses her platforms - social media, a podcast and most recently a children’s book - to promote the visibility of, and understanding around, Australians living with a disability  - which is something that affects one in five Aussies. Here, she shares how disability played into her - and society’s - expectations of fertility, falling pregnant via IVF and becoming a mum-of-two. 

You can follow Saah on Instagram at @sarkaterose and you can find Sarah’s delightful children’s book ABC Disability online here, and in all good book stores.  

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Jesinta Franklin has found a new kind of happiness in the post-baby era of motherhood. The Gold Coast-based mum-of-two has always been open about how challenging she found that newborn stage (also, during Covid!), but here Jesinta also shares the lesser-talked-about positive bits about being a mum. While maintaining her entrepreneur and modelling careers, Jesinta opens up about how her approach to motherhood has changed as her kids approach school-age, and how she tries to chase down joy in the everyday. 

You can follow Jesinta Franklin on Instagram @jesinta_franklin, and find out more about Your Reformer here. 

A big thank you to Your Reformer and Pivotal Conversations for assisting with the audio and video production of this episode with Jesinta, which was recorded in Jesinta’s home on the Gold Coast. 

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Maz Coote is the founder/owner of successful beauty and lifestyle PR firm, Coote Agency, but it was her less-than-ideal experience with her own fertility that inspired her to co-found a new at-home hormone testing company, called When. Not many women start a bio-medical testing company after doing egg freezing, but Maz is anything but average. Here, she shares what she learnt along the way, and why falling pregnant naturally was, surprisingly, always part of her plan. 

You can follow Maz on Instagram at @mazzycoote, her agency at @coote.agency and When at @whenfertility.  

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The information provided is not a substitute for independent medical advice. It is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease or medical condition. You should speak with a medical practitioner if you wish to assess your fertility and before making any decisions about healthcare, including contraception.

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Egg freezing is becoming more popular, and with good reason. Women are delaying starting a family, and the process of egg freezing can seem like a really smart insurance plan for your future fertility. But what does it actually involve? How do you prepare for it? And how does it help your chances of falling pregnant ‘naturally’? 

Sydney-based brand consultant, podcaster, and Substack author Kate Lancaster shares the reality of freezing her own eggs at the age 33—and how she feels about her fertility now, one year on from finalising the process. 

You can follow Kate on Instagram at @katelancaster, subscribe to her Substack The Vanity, and find her on Tiktok at @beautyeditor. 

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We speak to nutritionist, dietitian, body image advocate and author Lyndi Cohen about how to mentally embrace the many (!) and often weird (!!) changes your body undertakes during pregnancy - and also the very real need to properly fuel it. Being a mum of two herself, Lyndi tells it how it is, and isn’t afraid to make fun of herself in the process. 

You can follow Lyndi on Instagram @nude_nutritionist, download her app here, grab her book here or find out more about her services here. 

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Getting yourself, and your partner's bodies ready to conceive has turned into a full-time job for some couples. Registered clinical nutritionist and mum of three - including 6-year old twins, Monique Cormack is all about telling it straight. She runs a telehealth nutrition clinic, based in Sydney and is refreshingly open about her own struggles on social media - as well as the confusion that can surround preconception, prenatal and postnatal nutrition. Chatting to Ali, the ex-corporate lawyer tells it how it really is.

You can follow Monique on Instagram at @moniquecormack.

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Ellidy Pullin famously (or perhaps, infamously) had a baby using her deceased partner (pro surfer 'Chumpy')'s sperm and has gone on to inspire a league of women to solo parent, while paying tribute to his memory. She's now a celebrated podcaster and author, and she shares with us how she made that fateful decision in the grips of the deepest grief, and the bittersweet joy that her little ‘Minnie’ brings her now. 

You can follow Ellidy on Instagram @ellidy_ as well as listen to her podcast Darling, Shine! Which she co-hosts with friend and fellow mum Chloe Fisher. You can check out her body oil here. 

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It's the question that plagues so many millennial and Gen Z women, whether or not they should - or even could - have babies. Charli XCX said the quiet bit out loud on her ‘Brat’ album, admitting “I think about it all the time”. 

Laura Henshaw, co-founder of the KIC app, and co-host of the KIC Pod podcast, speaks to host Ali Izzo about this big life choice, and shares how she navigated the decision making process. She went deep—creating her own seven-part podcast about it. 

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