Today we had the pleasure of speaking to the lovely Casey Batchelor on her journey to motherhood, and also her journey to Yoga Blitz. https://www.instagram.com/caseybatchelor1/

Eve: Hi Casey, thank you for joining me today. Today we will be talking about all things motherhood. Do you want to start telling me a bit about yourself? (1:00)

Casey: I have 2 little girls with another little girl on the way. A lot of people know me from the love triangle I had in Celebrity Big Brother, and I now have a successful yoga blitz company.

Eve: How has your pregnancy been so far (4:22)

Casey: This has been the best pregnancy out of the three so far. With Florence I was horrendously sick and dry heaved from start to finish. With Sadie, it was the same again, but with this one I forget that I am pregnant sometimes. I feel fine, and that was why I was adamant I was having a boy, but I was wrong!

Eve: That’s lovely. Have you always imagined having a bigger family (5:07)

Casey: Yes, I have done. I’ve got 2 brothers so there is 3 of us and its nice having a bigger family.

Eve: What do you think the hardest thing about motherhood for you is? (6:45)

Casey: I am still a new mum really. As much as I love to work still and be proactive, I love to be a full-time hands-on mum as well. With my work its good as a lot of it is on the phone and I can do it from home and the girls can come with me. It also hard as I can’t just walk out the door to go to work and leave them at home and be able to fully focus on work because they are always with me. I guess most people are either a mum or at work but I’m juggling both at the same time. I can get mum guilt sometimes when they are at work with me.

Eve: You mentioned before that Florence’s labour was quite traumatic for you, could you tell me a bit more about this? (8:50)

Casey: Florence’s heart rate was sporadically going up and down and they didn’t know what was wrong, so they needed me to have more of a rapid birth. They broke my waters but it gave me a rapid birth. I was having contraction after contraction after contraction with no break in between. They say that a contraction at its highest point is the same pain equivalent to breaking 20 bones at the same time. So its pretty painful. My body was going into shock, I was being sick all down myself and I was having fits because it was so painful. I got to about 8.5cm and I physically couldn’t do it anymore. I needed an epidural, but I couldn’t stay still to get it. It took them 6/7 attempts to get it in and whilst doing this they punctured my spine and I had epidural drips and brain fluid leakage down the back of my spine. They then had to cut me and give use forceps to get Florence out. For the first 4 weeks I couldn’t stand properly as I had this epidural drip in.

Eve: How was Sadie’s birth (11:45)

Casey: For Sadie’s birth I chose a C-Section, and it was so much calmer. I know the recovery for a C-Section is bad as you are essentially being cut in half, but I recovered better from that.

Eve: Now going onto your yoga blitz, you have had the most amazing transformation all through yoga. Being in the public eye, did you feel the pressure to go back to your pre baby weight? (12:40)

Casey: I feel like being in the public eye there is always that pressure and there are some people that snap back but they are very far and in between. The majority of the people don’t, and I am one of those people. I find it really important to post that you don’t snap back, and I started my yoga blitz and my transformation, but I did them over time and in a healthy and steady way. It’s important for women to know it takes time and your body changes after having a baby. It’s taken 9 months for your belly to expand its not going to go back down after a week. I think it’s important for me to promote that body image.

Eve: You did get trolled after having Florence, which is disgusting. Did this spur you on? (13:58)

Casey: The trolls make me laugh, they don’t bother me, and it makes me laugh that they take the time to do that. You could read 100 lovely comments and 1 horrible comment but it’s always the horrible ones that stay with you. You have to feel sorry for these people, and they don’t mean anything.

Eve: After being a new mum only 3 years ago, what is your best advice for any new mums listening at the moment? (16:40)

Casey: It’s going to be tough, it’s amazing. I always say to people the first 2-4 months are the toughest as you are going to be very sleep deprived. Once you hit the 4 month mark, the baby starts to sleep more. Take every day as it comes. Don’t feel like you need to be this amazing mum as you are amazing anyway! Being a happy mum will make your baby happy.

Eve: What does motherhood mean to you? (17:59)

Casey: Motherhood means to me creating a lot of magical and amazing memories and filling your house with love.