This episode includes mentions of miscarriage.

As a second-time mum, there’s a lot that Steph has figured out. But a second child also introduces a whole bunch of new worries & anxieties into the mix too.

In this episode, Steph sits down with friend Nicole Maycroft to share about how anxiety & worry shows up in their lives and how they handle it. Plus - how they’ve both navigated going from one to two, moving house (and state) during pregnancy, and trying again after loss.

This episode was supported by Elevit.

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One of us is starting to have sex again and one of us isn’t interested. This week we share what our sex lives look like right now for Steph (11 weeks postpartum) and Laura (7 months pregnant).

Plus we speak with our wonderful community member Jess about her running journey <3 

TRIGGER WARNING: our conversation with Jess references suicide & suicidal ideation. Please take care while listening, and if you do need support, Lifeline is available 24 hours a day. Their free phone service can be reached on 13 11 14.

SPECIAL SHARES

• Steph: Better Late Than Never (ADHD at 37) - Self Help(ed) podcast
• https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/better-late-than-never-adhd-at-37/id1832706603?i=100072594
• Laura: IN CONVERSATION: Jamie Laing - Shameless https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/in-conversation-jamie-laing/id1352875216?i=1000726290258 

Kic UPDATE

The Kicrun Challenge starts today!!!! With New Balance, the Kicrun challenge isn't about hitting a certain pace or overhauling your entire routine, it's about celebrating every step and knowing that we all have different reasons to run. It's not too late to enrol, find the Kicrun Challenge in the Kic app today.

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Dementia is the leading cause of death in Australia. Over 433,300 Australians are living with dementia and an estimated 1.7 million people are involved in caring for someone with dementia. Dementia doesn’t discriminate. This year around 29,000 Australians are estimated to be living with younger-onset dementia, including people in their 30s, 40s and 50s. 

Tully Smyth lost her mum to younger-onset dementia in 2019 and now Tully is an ambassador for Dementia Australia. 

In this very important episode, we speak with Tully about her mum. Tully shares about her memories with her mum before her diagnosis, the small things Tully and her family started to notice in her mum’s behaviour, and slowly losing her mum over 17 years. Plus Tully shares about her own risk of developing dementia, how that risk changes the way she lives and thinks about her future with her partner, Ned.

FIND OUT MORE

You can find our more about dementia via the Dementia Australia website https://www.dementia.org.au/ 

Dementia Australia has a 24/7 helpline. Call 1800 100 500

Follow Tully on Instagram @tee_smyth

Listen to Tully’s podcast Self Help(ed) https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/self-help-ed/id1832706603 

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This week Steph checks in about her ADHD, including what she’s struggling with at home, and seeing a psychiatrist about medication.

Then - we discuss a recent journal article that “strongly discouraged” using the AMH test to predict a woman’s fertility. Laura shares about her experience getting an AHM test herself, and we look back at a conversation Laura had for the Do I Want Kids miniseries, where she spoke with Dr Karin Hammarberg, a Senior Research Fellow in the Monash University School of Public Health, about the notion that women’s fertility falls off a cliff at 35. 

SPECIAL SHARES

• Steph: the Annie musical https://anniemusical.com.au/tickets/melbourne/ 
• Laura: not getting caught up in the hype of a movie without watching the trailer!
• Laura: The Naked Gun (an anti Special Share!)

Kic UPDATE

Enrolments for the next Kicrun Challenge open today!!!!

From mindfulness to making friends - whatever your reason, run your way with the Kicrun 8 Week Challenge.

With New Balance, join us and run towards your goal of 3, 5, 10 or 21km with our guided Kicrun programs in the app.

The challenge starts September 22nd.

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Madeleine Edwards is a skincare creator, beauty therapist and first-time mum to baby Carmine. 

In this week’s KICBUMP, Madeline sits down with Steph to talk through her pregnancy, birth story and the complications that resulted from her episiotomy.

Maddie also shares about how her relationship to her body has changed due to the post-birth complications she experienced and how pregnancy, birth & having a baby girl is shifting her body image.

Plus! Living at home with her mum, three sisters, partner and baby under one roof and why it’s the best thing for them.

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Serena Williams is the latest ambassador for Ro - a telehealth company that sells GLP1 medications - and we need to talk about it.

WE MENTIONED

This is the hype dad TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@hypegirlbree/video/7542062348291296519?_r=1&_t=ZS-8zBNJVpDc5I

This is the video from Alex Light that we played https://www.instagram.com/p/DNv_vZE2Iw3/

And this is the second video from Alex Light we mentioned https://www.instagram.com/p/DN3WFkW2E2G/

This is the Cheek Media Substack we mentioned https://cheekmedia.substack.com/p/serena-williams-ozempic-and-the-push  

SPECIAL SHARES

• Steph: Shrinking https://tv.apple.com/au/show/shrinking/umc.cmc.apzybj6eqf6pzccd97kev7bs 
• Laura: Hostage https://www.netflix.com/au/title/81696688?source=35&fromWatch=true 

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Savannah is back on the podcast!!! We had Savannah on the KICPOD for the first time in 2023 when we were in London and you guys LOVED it so we HAD to have her back on the podcast when she was in Australia to run the Sydney Marathon.

In this episode, Savannah sits down to Laura to catch up on her running streak, how she’s prepping for the Sydney Marathon, her non-nuclear family, why she moved out of her house with her partner, and the impact of weight loss medication use on her body image.

WE MENTIONED

Our last episode with Savannah was called ‘Being open about sex in a conservative family & overcoming social anxiety, with Savannah Sachdev’. You can listen here: https://pod.fo/e/202c1e 

Follow Savannah on Instagram @savannahsachdev and @confusedindiangirl on TikTok

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This week we share your tips for what has ACTUALLY helped you get off your phone! A few weeks ago Steph shared that she’s been spending too much time on her phone, and we asked for your tips to try and break our phone addictions. This week we share all of your tips and commit to doing one thing for three weeks.

We’ll check back in on Monday September 22 to see how we’re going!

Then - we got such a huge response from our segment about hysteria we had to talk about it again. 

And Laura had an...interesting massage.

WE PLAYED

This is the first video we played about hysteria: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DMrgrj7pY50/?igsh=MW43dnJ2ZzI1Zm1heg%3D%3D 

And this is the second video: ttps://www.tiktok.com/@history_with_amy/video/7504342844413447446?_r=1&_t=ZS-8z9un4rHdeq 

SPECIAL SHARES

• Steph: The Family Next Door (TV SERIES!) https://iview.abc.net.au/show/family-next-door? 
• Laura: Ted Lasso https://tv.apple.com/au/show/ted-lasso/umc.cmc.vtoh0mn0xn7t3c643xqonfzy 

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Happy Saturday!

When we were in London in 2023 we had the privilege of sitting down with Savannah Sachdev. You might know Savannah for her impressive 1500+ day run streak!

You guys loved this episode the first time around so we decided to put it at the top of your feeds before we have Savannah back on the podcast on Wednesday.

In this conversation with Savannah we talk about sex, growing up in a conservative family, social anxiety, and her running streak.

Come back on Wednesday to hear our new episode with Savannah where we speak about her prep for the Sydney Marathon (which she is running tomorrow!), her relationship, and celebrating non-traditional life milestones.

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A few months ago we asked for your pregnancy questions for an episode with Laura & Dalton, and we got soooo many questions that we had to do a second episode. This time, with Steph!

You asked: how are you feeling about work? Have you experienced “pregnancy brain”? Do you have a birth plan? Have you & Dalton been having sex!? And lots more…

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