Melonie Wells is a 35 year old single mum, who is also a Gestational Surrogate living in Tasmania, Australia. Together with an egg donor in Victoria, two intended parents in NSW and the fertility clinic in QLD her first adventure as a surrogate was a nationwide effort! Today we'll chat about surrogacy in Australia, the process, the legalities and considerations future parents to be might need to make on their path to becoming parents.

For more information on Surrogacy in Australia, see the below links:

Australian Surrogacy Community https://www.facebook.com/groups/ftsaust
Sarah Jefford - www.sarahjefford.com
Fertility Connections - www.fertilityconnections.com.au
Families Through Surrogacy - https://www.familiesthrusurrogacy.com
Surrogacy Australia - www.surrogacyaustralia.org

#realmumtalk Surrogacy in Australia with Melonie Wells

Helping first-time mums, mums-to-be and mums-who-want-to-be feel supported with real, honest and vulnerable information throughout their conception, pregnancy + motherhood journeys. From IVF and morning sickness to sleep habits and hypno-birthing, this is a resource for women (and their partners!)Find out more at www.nicolejoyinspire.com

Kids & Family

Feminine energy doesn't just belong to women and masculine energies don't just belong to men. Tune in this week to understand the important balance between the two and how they may be playing out in your own life. This one's not just for the mamas!

Find out more about Alanna here: https://www.instagram.com/iam.alannajane/

How feminine and masculine energies are playing out in your life with Alanna Jane

This episode contains dialogue around child sexual abuse, which may be triggering for some.

I get that most of you listening to this podcast come here for pre and postnatal advice and while I strive to cover a wide range of topics on the show, I've never spoken about anything as dark or as serious as this. But this is not something we can stick our heads in the sand over and we can start by having conversations in our own homes and with the children in our lives. The internet has it's pros - we all know that - but along with our tech advancements come the cons. And the cons we are going to cover today are things that every parent needs to confront, it's inevitable with the way technology is moving. Today's guest is Adam Whittington, the founder of non profit organization PRC - Project Rescue Children, which exists to abolish child trafficking, exploitation, slavery & child sexual abuse. It's heavy I know. But it's a conversation we all need to start having. Because it's happening, everywhere and sometimes right under our noses. And the link between your child's internet habits and this horrific crime will shock you.

Support PRC here: https://www.projectrescuechildren.org/
Follow PRC on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/projectrescuechildren/
And on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/ProjectRescueChildren/

Protecting your child online and the reality of child exploitation with Adam Whittington

Making a return to the podcast this week is the principal psychologist of the Women's Psychology Clinic, Dr Libby Quinn. With extensive training and clinical practice, Dr Libby is hands down the best therapist I have ever seen (and why I continue to see her regularly) She just gets us ladies! Dr Libby is across all the evidence based tools used to enhance our psychological wellbeing and today we get into understanding how our core beliefs can run our worlds (and what we can do to stop that from happening!) and the process involved in rewriting the 'I'm not good enough' story. After this chat you'll learn that it is just a story - and all stories can be rewritten!

Listen to her previous interview here: https://apple.co/3gggYWw

Follow Dr Libby on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/thewomenspsychologist/

Rewriting the 'I'm not good enough' story with Dr Libby Quinn

Returning to the podcast this week is Dr Nat Kringoudis, doctor of Chinese medicine, Acupuncturist, Author, Speaker, co-host of the Period Party podcast and the Wellness Collective podcast, put simply -  an all-round natural fertility expert! This episode is a recording taken from my Becoming Mum Live Virtual Event series and in today's episode we chat about:

 •understanding our unique hormonal imbalances,
 •endometriosis + painful periods, and 
 •why it's so important to get to the root cause of these conditions.

Follow Nat on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/natkringoudis/

Hormone imbalances, endometriosis and the importance of finding the root cause with Dr Nat Kringoudis

Solo mama to her little girl, Leila Stead, a talented writer and photographer, is the incredible woman behind the blog Ever the Daring and podcast We are the Daring. She's passionate, authentic, brave, vulnerable and she's not afraid to talk about controversial topics. Today we dive into life as a solo mama, how it happened, how she moved through it, starting to date again, parenting, the lessons she's learned along the way, how important it is to take care of you first and standing in your truth and speaking it (even if it makes people uncomfortable), dealing with online trolls and the process of caring for her terminally ill mama.  This is one jam packed episode!

Follow Leila on Instagram here
Check out her photography here
Listen to her podcast here

#realmumtalk Surrogacy in Australia with Melonie Wells

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