No Place Like Homb

The demand for egg donors far exceeds the supply, with Monash IVF Group reporting that 20 times more donors are required to meet current needs. As of May 2024, there were 52 hopeful parents waiting for every available egg donor.

Despite its significance, egg donation remains widely misunderstood by the general public.

In this week’s episode of No Place Like Homb, host Larissa welcomes special guest Jess Newton—a registered nurse, paramedic, and egg donor—to shed light on the egg donation process and its impact.

Find out more about becoming an egg donor;

https://monashivf.com/services/donor-surrogacy/become-an-egg-donor/

One of the biggest challenges people face during postpartum is managing nutrition. Whether it’s understanding which foods support recovery and breastfeeding, finding the time to prepare and eat meals, or knowing how many calories are needed to maintain breastmilk supply—it can feel overwhelming.

In this episode of No Place Like Homb, we welcome back nutritionist and naturopath Claire Eden (they/them) to share some simple nutritional information and practical tips for feeding postpartum and making nourishment easier.

No matter how much you plan and prepare for your reproductive journey, unexpected surprises can still arise.

The chances of naturally conceiving triplets in your third pregnancy are rare, but it does happen, and that was the case for this week’s guest on No Place Like Homb, Nurse, midwife, and mum of five, Josephine Heard.

In this episode, Jo sits down with Larissa to share her experience of raising triplets.

Too often in western culture postpartum care is viewed as a luxury with the perception that comprehensive postpartum care is not essential unless medically necessary.

Rates of postpartum depression have doubled in the last decade and Australia is facing a postpartum mental health crisis, with high prevalence of perinatal mood disorders and mental health challenges, significant economic costs, and major gaps in support services with little to no acknowledgement or support from government and policy makers.

In this episode of No Place Like Homb, Larissa and special guest host, Kath discuss the cost of postpartum care and the true and significant ongoing cost to our society and future generations if we do nothing to address the current mental health crisis we find ourselves in.

In this episode of No Place Like Homb, host Larissa introduces us to Kath Taylor, Homb’s Director of Operations and a Registered Nurse.

Kath shares her personal journey through pregnancy and childbirth, reflecting on her contrasting postpartum and recovery experiences. She also discusses her wealth of experience in various aspects of healthcare and what drives her passion for advocating for women and families in the postpartum care space.

Research shows that up to 94% of the general population experience unwanted and intrusive thoughts. For new mothers, these thoughts often feature fears related to causing harm to the baby or inadequacies in parenting abilities.

Importantly, in most cases these thoughts are recognised as unwanted and distressing - But what happens in cases when these thoughts escalate into more severe anxiety or obsessive compulsive symptoms?

In this episode of No Place Like Homb, Larissa welcomes back special guest, Claire Eden to share their personal experience with Perinatal OCD.

If you or someone you know needs support, speak to a trusted healthcare professional. You can also find a directory for national helplines via; pregnancybirthbaby.org.au/pregnancy-helpline-numbers

In this episode of No Place Homb, Larissa speaks with Doula and Naturopath, Claire Eden.

Claire (they/them) is a mum of 2 and has a wealth of experience working in the postpartum space.

Reflecting on their own experiences with maternal healthcare, Claire shares their story of family planning, conception, managing Hyperemesis Gravidarum though pregnancy; as well as their experience with home birth and supporting postpartum.

You can find out more about Claire and their work via claireeden.com.au/about/

This mini series was created by Ready or Not in partnership with Homb, the postpartum hotel where mothers are mothered. Across three episodes, Ready or Not host, Lucinda McKimm and Homb founder Larissa Leone, interrogate what it means to navigate motherhood and matrescence in modern Australia. 

Lu shows so much strength and vulnerability sharing her own experience as a second time mum, talking about all the things mothers may go through that are hard to talk about; moments of sadness, rage, depletion and frustration like you’ve never known before and what seeking support at Homb looked like.

While this series sets to open up the conversation of what the everyday mother goes through, if you think that you might be struggling more than that, there’s help available at https://www.cope.org.au/

This mini series was created by Ready or Not in partnership with Homb, the postpartum hotel where mothers are mothered. Across three episodes, Ready or Not host, Lucinda McKimm and Homb founder Larissa Leone, interrogate what it means to navigate motherhood and matrescence in modern Australia. 

Lu shows so much strength and vulnerability sharing her own experience as a second time mum, talking about all the things mothers may go through that are hard to talk about; moments of sadness, rage, depletion and frustration like you’ve never known before and what seeking support at Homb looked like.

While this series sets to open up the conversation of what the everyday mother goes through, if you think that you might be struggling more than that, there’s help available at https://www.cope.org.au/

Part 1 - Treading water

This mini series was created by Ready or Not in partnership with Homb, the postpartum hotel where mothers are mothered. Across three episodes, Ready or Not host, Lucinda McKimm and Homb founder Larissa Leone, interrogate what it means to navigate motherhood and matrescence in modern Australia. 

Lu shows so much strength and vulnerability sharing her own experience as a second time mum, talking about all the things mothers may go through that are hard to talk about; moments of sadness, rage, depletion and frustration like you’ve never known before and what seeking support at Homb looked like.

While this series sets to open up the conversation of what the everyday mother goes through, if you think that you might be struggling more than that, there’s help available at https://www.cope.org.au/