Midwife Pip® Podcast

This Bitesize Clip is taken from Episode 117... To listen to the full episode go back and listen to Episode 117.

Stages of Labour Explained with Midwife Pip

Labour can be broken down into 4 different stages- latent phase, first stage, second stage and third stage. Understanding what changes are happening during each stage is an important part of preparing your mind for birth.

For more on the physiology of this and to learn how to support your body and baby through each stage check out my Antenatal and Hypnobirthing Course options- live and online at midwifepip.com

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This Bitesize Clip is taken from Episode 127... To listen to the full episode go back and listen to Episode 127

How to optimise your baby’s position for birth With Midwife Pip

A powerful ay to reduce birth complications and help you and your baby to have a more straightforward birth. Pip shares expert tips with you today to help you be expertly informed ahead of your birth. 

For more on the physiology of this and to learn how to support your body and baby through each stage check out my Antenatal and Hypnobirthing Course options- live and online at midwifepip.com

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This Bitesize Clip is taken from Episode 151... To listen to the full episode go back and listen to Episode 151.

Single Motherhood

With Lydia Bright 

Sometimes parenting plans take a twist and single parent families account for 15% of families in the UK. Solo motherhood can bring its own set of unique joys and challenges and this week’s guest found herself navigating single parenthood unexpectedly.

I am super excited to introduce Lydia Bright, perhaps best known for her reality TV career starting in The Only Way is Essex, Lydia is also single mum to her little girl Loretta, a well-loved TV personality, influencer, entrepreneur and most recently author to her new book Mummy and Me. Available here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mummy-Me-celebrating-magical-families/dp/0241605830

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This Bitesize Clip is taken from Episode 145... To listen to the full episode go back and listen to Episode 145.

How to get pregnant with Midwife Pip and Dr Larisa Corda

Planning a pregnancy or trying to conceive can come in so many shapes and sizes, for some it is a relatively smooth journey and for others there can be many twists and turns to navigate. However the path to pregnancy may look for you, exploring ways to optimise your chances of conceiving and to improve the health of your pregnancy and growing baby has huge benefits for all. 

I am super excited for this week’s guest, leading obstetrician and gynaecologist seen on ITV’s This Morning as resident fertility expert Dr Larisa Corda to talk about her 12-week Conception Plan. The Conception Plan is a science backed, holistic plan to overhaul your health and wellbeing to optimise your chances of a successful and healthy pregnancy. Dr Larisa has recently published her book The Conception Plan so if you are on a trying to conceive journey or planning a baby in your future make sure you read her expert information. 

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This Bitesize Clip is taken from Episode 60... To listen to the full episode go back and listen to Episode 60.

The ups and downs of pregnancy with Amy Voce and Midwife Pip

From trying to conceive, miscarriage, pregnancy symptoms and preparing for birth and motherhood pregnancy is one hell of a ride and the ride often has a few bumps along the way let’s be honest!

On this week's episode I welcome the wonderful Amy Voce, a voice you may very well recognise from Virgin Radio shows and podcast 'Two New Mums'. 

Amy was quite literally ready to pop with her first baby when we spoke about some of the real highs and lows of pregnancy because let’s face it some days are rainbows and unicorns and others are ummm not. 

Follow Amy on Instagram @amy_voce and for a giggle check out Two New Mums Podcast. 

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This Bitesize Clip is taken from Episode 47... To listen to the full episode go back and listen to Episode 47.

Why we should adapt exercise for pregnancy

with James Davies

For those who have been following me on social media it will come as no surprise that I am a huge advocate of exercise during pregnancy. The benefits are huge, and it is an area I am super passionate about. But of course, we want to ensure exercise in pregnancy is done safely to support our bodies. With this in mind you can be forgiven for ending up in a rabbit warren of frantic googling when it comes to exercise in pregnancy and finding a confusing tangle of poor quality, outdated, inaccurate information. Unhelpful to say the least but also super disempowering at a time when accurate information is imperative.  

I am really excited to put your questions to this weeks podcast guest and dispel some of the myths and misconceptions around exercising during pregnancy and explore the best way to navigate this precious time. 

I am joined by James Davies, this man has an extensive portfolio from a career in professional support himself, to working with elite athletes in the worlds of premier league football, the commonwealth, and Olympic games. More recently James has begun to focus on the historically neglected area of women in sport, qualified in pregnancy training and shares my relentless passion for empowering women to embrace healthy, active pregnancies safely.

And on a personal note, James has been the voice and expertise behind my own pregnancy journey allowing me to enjoy physical activity throughout and genuinely have the positive, healthy pregnancy I dreamt of.

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This Bitesize Clip is taken from Episode 38... To listen to the full episode go back and listen to Episode 38.

Boosting your fertility health

with Stefanie Valakas

There is arguably no time in our lives that we focus more on our health and wellness then when considering a pregnancy or trying to conceive. 

But honestly, boosting your female fertility can feel like a mind field, like most things women’s health related there are a lot of myths and misconceptions to navigate before finding the real evidence-based facts.

Thankfully, on today’s episode we are joined by a real expert, Stefanie Valaks, founder of the Dietologist. Stefanie is dedicated to providing excellence in reproductive, fertility and pregnancy health and is going to help us understand what we can actually do to boost our fertility health, why it is something we should be considering and what myths we should leave behind.

Stefanie Valakas is an expert fertility dietitian & nutritionist and founder of The Dietologist. Stefanie and her virtual practice are dedicated to excellence in nutrition for reproductive health concerns, fertility & pregnancy. Her passion for nutrition in this space has truly grown from her experience helping her clients online from around the world and also through her own personal experiences of navigating a diagnosis of endometriosis. 

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This Bitesize Clip is taken from Episode 26... To listen to the full episode go back and listen to Episode 26.

How to protect, heal and nurture your body through Motherhood

Emma Brockwell

You are pregnant, and just like that your body starts undertaking huge physiological and psychological change. I think sometimes we, as women, forget that during pregnancy your entire system is adapted as your body focuses on growing a new little human being. Parts become stretched, weakened and shifted as your little one thrives and develops. Then there is the matter of childbirth and regardless of how this may happen for you it is a momentous time and arguably the biggest challenge your body will ever undergo. But you can’t just put your feet up and recover as a new mum, you have a baby to care for and are often sleep deprived. And so all too often the incredible journey your body and mind have been on get forgotten and your nurturing and healing are neglected.

But on this week’s episode I am joined by an amazing guest, specialist women’s health physiotherapist, mum and now author Emma Brockwell. Emma is a woman on a mission to empower and inform women about the changes taking place in pregnant and postpartum bodies and to support them on a journey to recovery in the right way. Women have, for far too many years thought that many embarrassing or unpleasant conditions relating to women’s health were normal and something we should put up with. But the good news is that they are absolutely not, and Emma believes that all women should be informed and empowered with tools to look after and nurture their amazing bodies throughout pregnancy and motherhood. 

Emma Brockwell is a Specialist Pelvic Health Physiotherapist. She treats women of all ages with all women’s health related conditions. She is passionate about pre and postnatal rehabilitation and exercise. She specialises in enabling women back to exercise, particularly running if they have any pelvic health dysfunction or are postnatal. She has co-authored the first ‘Returning to Running Postnatal Guidelines’ and has spoken about this subject at many medical and exercise conferences. Emma has written for many magazines including Women’s Running and Women’s Health magazine and has a book out in February 2021 called ‘Why did no one tell me? how to heal protect and nurture your body through motherhood.’ Emma founded and leads a Walk and Running club, Oxted Ladies Run Club. She is the co-founder of Pelvic Roar a physiotherapy led collaboration aiming to promote and unite all things ‘pelvic health’. She is on the advisory board for The Active Pregnancy Foundation and is an associate member to the Perinatal Physical Activity Research Group. She now works privately in Surrey and London and is the co-presenter of a new podcast called At Your Cervix – the podcast.

Check out Emma’s fantastic Instagram page @physiomumuk 

Linked below is Emma’s book ‘Why did no one tell me?’ A must read for expectant mums: 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Why-Did-One-Tell-motherhood/dp/1785043366/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=why+did+no+one+tell+me&qid=1611576403&sr=8-1

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How to get your newborn to sleep Midwife Pip and Calm and Bright Sleep give you all the answers.

The realities of sleep with a newborn often just don’t quite hit home until your there and if you checked out my most searched terms as a new first time mum they would almost exclusively have been sleep related. So, this episode is here to help save you from some of the pressure and anxiety I put myself under around sleep in first 6 months. 

I am really looking forward to speaking today with two amazing women, Gem and Eve- founders of Calm and Bright Sleep Support who I am honestly so grateful to for these ladies who saved us in the depth of sleep deprivation with our first son and it is something I really wish I had more information on before we hit that place of utter exhaustion. 

Find the wonderful Eve and Gem here:

https://www.calmandbright.co.uk/

@calmandbrightsleepsupport

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This Bitesize Clip is taken from Episode 15... To listen to the full episode go back and listen to Episode 15.

What is Hypnobirthing?

Google anything to do with labour and you will likely hear the term ‘Hypnobirthing’. But it is not about chanting with charms and crystals, in fact that is a huge misconception! At its core, Hypnobirthing aims to help a woman deal with any fear or anxiety around birth and aims to equip you with methods to help you stay calm, relaxed and in control. 

On this week’s episode I am delighted to be joined by Abby @abby_loveyourbirth , an experienced Hypnobirthing teacher and teacher trainer. Abby and I talk about how the practices of hypnobirthing compliment your body’s physiology in labour. By enabling your body and mind to be relaxed, birth can be less painful, quicker and a very positive experience. 

Abby is based in West Yorkshire, with many years’ experience teaching hypnobirthing to expectant parents and also training and mentoring others to become hypnobirthing teachers she is the perfect guest for this weeks podcast chat. Abby helps parents to feel calm and confident about birth, equipping them with the tools to have a positive birth experience however this may happen for them. Abby really does practice what she preaches having given birth to her 4 children all through which she embraced hypnobirthing techniques. 

Abby mirrors my ethos that all women should approach their birth free from fear and I hope this chat helps you to embark on your positive birth journey.

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