Mum Talk Podcast

On episode three of the Festive Motherhood special we welcome Anna Mathur, psychotherapist, author, best seller, writer, podcaster, mother and founder of The Mothermind Way onto the podcast.

Anna joins me to equip and prepare us with personal tools to avoid overwhelm and burnout over the Christmas period. A lot is demanded of us over the next few weeks, this is a must listen!

You can find Anna's books and offerings here https://www.annamathur.com .

Lots of love 

Emma x

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Welcome back to episode two of the festive special. Today I am joined with Hattie Frank, certified baby and toddler sleep consultant from Not Another Peep. Hattie has joined me today to chat with us about children's sleep over the festive period. Within the podcast she shares advice on how to get over excited children to bed, maintaining a bed-time routine over the festive period, especially if you are travelling or staying away at family or friends. And lets not forget, how to politely respond to sleep related comments from well-meaning family and friends. 

Towards the end of the podcast Hattie also shares some of her top tips for baby sleep. If you follow along on instagram you will see my little boy of 6 months is struggling with his sleep and she shares some tips which may help if you find yourself going through the same, which I know a lot of you are! 

Thank you for tuning in, please do share, rate and review and keep a look out for the two remaining episodes of the series with Anna Mathur and Charlotte Stirling-Reed. 

Lots of love

Emma 

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Well hello! I am back with some fantastic guests for a festive special! Over the next four episodes I will be talking to guests who are going to put our minds at ease about some key parenting stresses over the festive period. A lot is asked of us over Christmas and I for one need to have some tips and tricks in my personal toolbox to come out of the other side. Hattie Frank, certified baby and toddler sleep consultant from Not Another Peep is joining me to talk sleep over the Christmas period, Anna Mathur, psychotherapist is joining me to equip us with tools to mentally get us through the Christmas period and Charlotte Stirling-Reed of SR Nutrition is joining me to discuss feeding through the festivities! We are going to be well prepared!

This week, on this episode, I am catching up with you since I last shared with you all. I share about sleep, well the lack of sleep, Amandine and her progress becoming bilingual, how Amandine behaves with Elwood, our definite threenager stage and life goings on! 

I hope you enjoy and don't forget to keep an eye out for the next episodes in this 4 part festive series! 

Please do share, rate and review, it really helps other mums, dads, carers, parents, find the podcast. Especially at this time I would like the podcast to support as many who may need it! 

Lots of Love

Emma 

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Hello and welcome to this weeks podcast, which brings us to the end of this series!

Today Karen joins us to talk us through the female genitalia and the changes this area may go through during and post pregnancy. 

Karen trained as a midwife at The University of Leeds and during her career has worked at numerous hospitals in West Yorkshire. As well as working in the Delivery Suites, Karen was a founding member of the Leeds Homebirth Team, working to support women and helping to develop midwives’ skills in physiological birth. Her passion lies in homebirths and waterbirths and also supporting women to own their choices in pregnancy and childbirth.

Talking points include:

What do women know about their bits?

What are the parts of the female genitalia called? 

What is vaginal discharge? Pre, during and post pregnancy

Does vaginal discharge change in pregnancy?

What are the signs of abnormal vaginal discharge? UTI’s, cystitis, thrush, self-help remedies and medical treatments.

What other changes can happen during pregnancy to the vagina and vulva area? Swelling of the area, haemorrhoids/piles, vulvar varicosities and why this is more common during pregnancy and postnatally.

What can be done during labour to protect your bits? Positions during birth for active birth and bed/epidural birth, benefits of water/waterbirth, perineal compresses.

Huge thank you to Karen for joining us and the whole My Expert Midwife team for supporting this series of Mum Talk. It has been a dream partnership for me. I hope you have all picked up some goodies for yourselves with the discount within the podcast. 

If you have a moment please do rate and review wherever you listen to your podcasts, it keeps me going and helps others find our podcast and be supported by our community. 

Emma x 

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This week on the podcast we are talking all things toddler behaviour with parent consultant, Harriet Crouch. 

From screaming, hitting, biting, whining to introducing the new baby to sibling and fussy eaters we cover it all. Harriet is a fountain of knowledge, lead by many many years experience in childcare settings and from parenting her own children, Harriet shares with us just how to handle the more challenging times every parent faces with a toddler! 

Please if you have a moment leave a rating and review, it really helps for others to find the podcast and feel supported by our community.

Emma x 

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This week on the podcast I am joined by Dr Cristina Soma to talk all about skincare whilst trying to conceive, during pregnancy and postnatally. 

We talk through the specific products which are unsafe during pregnancy, how to avoid pigmentation, whether you can avoid stretch marks, follow treatment regimens, guidance on skincare when trying to conceive and whilst breastfeeding, plus common pregnancy skin conditions post birth and treatments for these. 

If you sent in a question through mumtalkpodcast instagram we go on to answer those too!

I hope you find our conversation as useful as I did, I wish I had had this convo when I was pregnant, it would have saved hours of googling!

Enjoy, love Emma x

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Hello! This week I could have delayed putting the podcast out because it has been a week, but instead I wanted to chat with you all in the moment.

It has been an emotionally exhausting week with illness, jabs, our toddler really testing the boundaries and a rise in anxious thoughts. This is real motherhood too, and this podcast is the highs and lows...too often on social media and podcasts we hear about the highs, so this podcast is a little more of the challenging times. I am sure a lot of you can relate. 

Please do reach out and connect if you're feeling the same, over on mumtalkpodcast insta. 

Thank you so much for tuning in. Have a lovely rest of your week. 

Xxx

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Hello and welcome to this weeks episode of Mum Talk. Today I am joined by antenatal and postnatal fitness expert, personal trainer, trained baby wearing expert, father of two and founder and creator of CARiFiT, Vern Hill!

Today Vern shares his in-depth knowledge on the incredible benefits of baby wearing for both baby and parent, including what to look for in a carrier, what if baby won’t settle in the carrier, how to dress baby in the carrier. We also chat through postnatal fitness, how to fit this into your new schedule and of course answer all your questions. You can connect with Vern and find out more information on CARiFiT at https://www.carifit.co.uk .

Huge thank you to Vern for joining me on this weeks podcast, and thank you to our series sponsor My Expert Midwife. Be sure to check out their offerings at www.myexpertmidwife.com and make use of the fantastic discount code within the podcast! 

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Hello and thank you for tuning into this weeks podcast. This week I share with you our progress with Elwoods sleep and naps, Amandine’s boundary seeking, what’s coming up over the next week, my love of quarantine and I answer your questions as best I can on on newborn routine, partner and newborn bonding, toddler tantrums and keeping the romance alive (definitely need an expert on for this one)!

If you have a moment please do leave a review and rate, it really helps make the podcast visible to those who may need it. 

Thank you again to our series sponsor My Expert Midwife. If you haven’t yet, be sure to check out their offerings at www.myexpertmidwife.com.

Have a lovely rest of your week. 

Xxx

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Hello and welcome back for episode 4! 

This week on the podcast I am sharing:

• our journey from France back to the UK and our experience so far of COVID test and trace system
• Quarantine
• Elwoods sleep
• Elwoods milestones and moments
• Current thoughts on expressing and introducing the bottle
• Amandine's moments (thats what I'll call them)
• the parenting moments that come with all of the above
• and of course answer your sent in questions!

Don't forget, tomorrow, Thursday 29th 8pm we are hosting a Q&A with Lesley from My Expert Midwife on all things preparing for birth and recovery! Please join us and Lesley will answer all of your questions. 

Thank you so much for tuning in again, I so appreciate you listening and being a part of our community. If you have a moment please rate and review.

Lots of love

Emma x

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