First Time Parents Podcast

This EP is a must-listen for BOTH parents.
Dr Preeya Alexander answers all your questions about sex after delivery, post vaginal and c-section.
The most common reason women struggle to have sex post-birth is because of pain, we discuss this and how you can help this.
All topics affecting postpartum sex are covered including mood disorders, exhaustion, being stuck in your head, importance of pelvic floor and the males perspective.

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What a year.

We all survived.

In this ep we reflect on the first year of being parents - the highs, lows, hardships and challenges we all faced as a First Time family. This episode is full of LOVE and advice for new parents.

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Deciding to send your child to day care for our First Time Parents was a tough an emotional decision, ok that's a lie, maybe just for Heidi.

In this ep, Heidi shares everything you need to know about making this decision - how she came to this decision, what questions she asked, how she found the daycare and WHY she chose them.

Heidi was overcome with emotion and mum guilt for his orientation, whilst Memphis had the best time ever and was super chilled and happy.

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First time parents Heidi and Griffo love a routine...they also have baby Memphis on  a strict sleep schedule, so road trips and holidays can cause anxiety. 

Holiday anxiety was in full force prior to the trip but the FTP came up with a plan to survive the road trip with a car seat screamer (since Memphy was 7 months old, he screams every time he gets put in the car seat.)

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In this ep, Griffo gets REAL about his connection with Memphis. There are days, he finds it super hard as a Dad and he struggles to connect.

If you know a Dad who feels the same, this ep is for them.

Heidi and Griffo have been fighting recently about his efforts with their son, they both get passionate and very honest about his parenting.

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First time in the history of the podcast, we stopped & had to delete the first ep and start again. There was too much tension & anxiety around the topic of COVID 19.

A hugely emotional ep around planning their son's 1st birthday, the bog question to organise one? When Heidi's family are stuck on the other side of the country because of COVID 19 border restrictions.

The couple delve into planning a first birthday during COVID, should they even have a party to celebrate this huge milestone, who to invite, should you go all out and how much do you spend on their baby? 

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Pregnancy was tough on Heidi & Griff's relationship and in this ep the couple dive into why they saw their psych, his drinking and partying in the lead up to being a Dad & how Heidi became very primal and wouldn't take any BULLSHIT from anyone.

Pregnancy was a rollercoaster of high and lows - including Heidi's breakthrough moment surrounding her body, hypnobirthing and how it changed their perspective on birth & Heidi's Gestational diabetes diagnosis at 26 weeks.

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Heidi found out she was pregnant on their honeymoon after being told she wouldn't fall pregnant naturally. (It happened the very first time they tried)
Heidi faced enormous challenges around accepting her pregnancy, and in this ep, they talk about her anxiety, identity crisis, body image issues and the fear around losing the baby. 
The first few months of pregnancy, Heidi didn't let anyone talk about it because she was processing the HUGE changes in her relationship to come, her career and her identity as well as feeling sick 24/7.

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Shut down your search on DR Google NOW, we have all YOUR medical questions answered with DR Preeya Alexander (The Wholesome Doctor)

WE COVER EVERYTHING from "Why does my baby grunt" to why sex shouldn't hurt post birth.

• Skin care
• Teething
• Baby poo 
• Nappy rash
• Baby brain
• Cleaning foreskin on boys 
• Postpartum hairloss
• Anxiety
• Choking and starting solids
• Sunscreen on newborns

Heidi spent many days and nights googling all of this stuff, today Dr Preeya answered it all, sometimes you just need reassurance as a new parent that this is normal.

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In this ep we celebrate our baby boy finally cracking a couple of teeth at 10 months.

We have had many sleepless nights and all the symptoms were there so we were pumped to finally see some teeth.

WAHOOOO

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