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Maybe it’s the postpartum brain but we obviously can’t keep on track today. From mothers’ groups, introversion, bitchy resting face, nasal spray tans, fiction novels, doom scrolling, ugly newborn photos, boobs after birth and scary con artists…this episode covers it all lol. Grab a coffee and strap in, we are all over the place and ready to chat! 

  Episode breakdown:

·       Mothers’ groups have kicked off (join the mother, unrefined below)

·       Baby George and his eyes 

·       So bad they’re good – newborn pics 

·       The seven husbands of Evelyn Hugo – wait, did we actually manage to 

        get the book club thing for the first time

·       Doom scrolling and sexpectations 

·       Boobs after birth

·       Nasal spray tan – not for us

·       Who the eff is Samantha Azzopardi? Do you use babysitters?

·       Making mum friends when you’re an introvert or ambivert

·       Nappy overflow to finish the ep 

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Welcome baby George! Coming into the world at 39 + 1 weeks with a spontaneous and very positive hospital birth, Jess welcomed her second child in early July and it was night & day to the birth of her first child. Listen now to hear her positive birth story and a few of her newborn must-have items. 

  Episode breakdown:

·       Welcome baby George!

·       Stretch & sweeps 

·       Spontaneous water breaking 

·       Contractions, early labour & hair

·       Getting to the hospital & checks

·       Active labour & epidural

·       Recovery

·       Matilda & George and their relationship

·       Strange nurse situation

·       Marginal cords

·       Jess’ newborn essentials Blanqi recovery tights, Baby loungers, Fold   away change table, vagina ice packs, Brillo Beauty

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Welcome back to the pod! Today we are introducing baby George and discussing all the things we wish we knew as a first-time mum – hindsight is 20/20! Also talking about the troubling text from Jonah Hill and a few of our personal experiences with our toxic ex’s. One of our product reviews today gets a bit raunchy but it’s changed Nicola’s life so let us know if it’s changed yours too! As always happy listening and please like, rate or review if you are enjoying our catch ups each week. xx

  Episode breakdown:

·       Welcome baby George!

·       Mother, Unrefined moments

·       Things we wish we knew as first-time parents 

·       The phases, the nursery, postpartum, relationship shifts  

·       Getting toddler fit and drinking wine  

·       Letting go and accepting help (even if it’s from a robot)

·       The power of the shower cry 

·       Jonah Hill and his boundaries – leading us to a convo about our toxic 

        ex’s, manipulation, and jealousy

·       A personal experience from Nicola that has sadly happened to far too 

        many people and was also handled poorly by her ex

·       Nicola and her Clit Sucker

·       Jess’ new fav nail polish – OPI Bare My Soul   

Just a reminder to join our mothers group on facebook here 

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It's finally here! Nicola's birth story. This is a completely different birth to Nicola's first with Leo. It was extremely positive and she feels very fortunate to be able to share it with our listeners. 

  Episode breakdown:

·       Early labour or Braxton Hicks?

·       Mitch plays soccer while Nicola labours in the park

·       Labour massage

·       Shit pre-pregnancy bento

·       Getting primal 

·       Tens machine, hospital birth, placenta delivery and a shower post labour! 

Nicola's birth vlog (for James) - https://youtu.be/tWhUiQwRVLc

 Nicola's previous birth vlog on youtube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJejxXCIxTs&t=40s

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Today felt a bit like a therapy session for us. We dropped a question box on our stories a couple of weeks back and wanted to answer the top 5 on today's episode! A few heavier questions with some light ones thrown in there. We are chatting about the relationship issues after kids, love languages, sex and everyone's fav topic - daycare sickness as well as a bit of fashion, purchases and skincare. Come along for our friend therapy sesh and as always please let us know what you think of today's episode and don't forget to leave us a rating or review. 

  Episode breakdown:

·       39 week update & celebrating over a year of recording Mother, Unrefined 
        podcasts! 

·       Listeners questions - we picked 5

·      1. How is your relationship post baby vs pre baby?

·      2.  Last thing you bought? (NOWAY ATP Collagen bars , Citizens of Humanity Ayla
        Jean and Daphne Jean)

·      3. When do you have sex post baby?

·     4.  Fav skincare and makeup? ( Nic -Sunday Riley CEO,  Rationale Jess - Skinsitut, Dermeze) 

·      5.  What are you doing about daycare sickness with a newborn?

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Today is one of our favourite eps because it seemed like another therapy session... that every toddler mum can relate to! We delve 

  Episode breakdown:

• Gratitute - starting the episode off on a positive note 
• Let's talk toddler behaviour! Anyone else's toddler tell them what to do? Boundaries, funny stories, discipline and how we are dealing with the "threenager" years
• Unsolicited advice from family members & friends 
• Thank you to our beautiful listener, Lara for sending us a beautiful gift box from her brand, Sharing is Caring. If you're looking for an amazing gift idea for a new mum (or anyone for that matter), check out Sharing is Caring . Sharing is Caring Australia curates gift boxes with the love, care and personal touch you want when organising a gift for a loved one.  In the world we live where even the most organised person is time poor, Sharing is Caring is here to help take one thing off your ‘to do list’, your gifting. 
• Product review of the week! Dermeze treatment ointment, Pureology leave-in treatment
• Just a reminder to join our mothers group on facebook here  

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Happy Tuesday! We are feeling a bit rested and ready to take on the day! Today we are chatting a bit about the adjustment from one to two and how relationships look in that time. We also want to acknowledge the Dads and other partners who do a lot and also need both credit and a break. As always there is also a bit of poo talk (toilet training this time round) and chatting hemorrhoids in pregnancy! We also want to thank everyone for joining our Mother, Unrefined Mothers group on FB, Check the link below if you haven't yet! Happy listening xx

  Episode breakdown:

·       The adjustment of relationships with a newborn 

·       The roles within the household of each parent and the intimacy shift

·       Giving Dad some credit and knowing when the other parent needs a 

        break 

·       Some Facebook love! Join our Mother, Unrefined group via the link 

        Below 

·       Travel with kids and Moffat Beach House https://www.airbnb.com/h/moffat-beach-house

·       Nic and Mitch and have been listening to Two Doting Dads and 

        discussing when the Dads can have some time to themselves 

·       Booking in some time off and knowing when to take it 

·       Organising a Brisbane meet up from our Facebook group

·       Toilet training and where we are with it 

·       Poo goes home to Pooland - app 

·       Hemorrhoids in pregnancy   

·       Off to get some bday pressies for the almost 3 year old, Matilda!

Just a reminder to join our mothers group on facebook here 

If you enjoyed this episode we would really appreciate if you could leave us a rating or review, it means so much to us and it really helps us to be seen (and obviously we will love you forever for it!) 

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We’re back! Jess is on the tail end of a cold and Nicola has a newborn and is sleep deprived so today involves a fair bit of babble! Nicola has had her beautiful boy, James. so today we are chatting all about her adjustment to becoming a mum of two. Her reality so far vs what she expected. We also have one very intense Mother, Unrefined moment from Nicola and one very silly one from Jess’ husband. FYI- all three kids around for this recording so prepare to hear a few extra voices 

  Episode breakdown:

·       The differences in James and Leo

·       Nicola’s Mother, Unrefined moment – a very scary encounter 

·       Jess’ husbands birthday suit 

·       Jess has an apology 

·       All of our kids are involved in todays ep #mumlife 

·       Has the transition from one to two kids been as expected?  

·       Sleep or lack thereof 

·       What’s helped Nic in her postpartum time?

·       Nicolas epic toddler activity idea 

·       Pregnancy update from Jess – currently 36 weeks 

·       Birth snacks  

·       Toy obsession from Nicola - Playmobil

·       Quick break to chat feeling safe as a woman 

·       Product review from Nic- Pico Chocolate & Milkrun 

·       Jess chats about the mum ribbon movement

Just a reminder to join our mothers group on facebook here 

If you enjoyed this episode we would really appreciate if you could leave us a rating or review, it means so much to us and it really helps us to be seen (and obviously we will love you forever for it!) 

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Recording just before Nicola’s due date and now baby James is here! Today we wanted to discuss our favourite toddler activities and compare the ways we keep our kids entertained in the hope that we get some inspiration from each other and with any luck we can pass some of that onto you! There’s nothing too out of the ordinary here (aside from Nicola’s epic tip!) but sometimes we all just need a reminder of a few little things that help with keeping the little people entertained…especially when there is a new baby in the mix! 

 Episode breakdown:

·       Nicola’s ‘lazy uterus’ haha

·       Jess again with the heart palpitations 

·       The old stay at home mum drama

·       Delving into what activities are our kids love

·       Busy books for inside activities 

·       Nicolas new food tricks for Leo 

·       Our fav outdoor activities at home and out 

·       Recycling for toddlers 

·       Nicolas epic toddler activity idea 

·       The alarm trick

·       Getting chores done 

·       The make believe play

·       Kids magazines

·       Bunnings forever!

·       Product review time! Fluid form protein/ Kora Organics noni face oil / Skinstitut facemasks / Kevyn Aucoin Sensual skin enhancer 

Just a reminder to join our mothers group on facebook here 

If you enjoyed this episode we would really appreciate if you could leave us a rating or review, it means so much to us and it really helps us to be seen (and obviously we will love you forever for it!) 

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Welcome to another episode of Mother, Unrefined! If you're new around here the aim of this podcast is to make every woman feel less alone on her journey to and through motherhood (however that may look).

DISCLAIMER: we won't be watching our language so be mindful around little ones. 

Episode breakdown:

• Jess's heart palpitations, Nicola's labour nerve
• Postpartum prep! What are we doing this time?
• Important nutrients postpartum + deficiencies
• Supplementation - what is necessary?
• The 6 week check up and should we be getting a postpartum blood test?
• What foods should we be focussing on postpartum? 
• Nicola's new eBook for postpartum prep. Buy Nicola's postpartum prep eBook, Nourishing New Life HERE! Discount: nicola15
• other recommendations - the epi-no, Blanqi postpartum tights

Nicola's book recommendations:

• The postnatal depletion cure by Oscar Serrallach
• Real food in pregnancy by Lily Nichols
• The first 40 days: the essential art of nourishing the new mother 
  
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