Why is coming out so difficult and how to be more confident with your sexuality. As a queer person, coming out never stops. To the doctor, a new colleague, the friendly stranger at your kids swimming lessons. And while over time, it can get easier, it can also still be hard, and scary and awkward. On this weeks episode we delve into just WHY is coming out so hard? and so scary? and so awkward? We chat about:

• Pivotal awkward moment in our early coming out days
• Navigating those difficult conversations when coming out
• What factors contribute to making coming out EVEN harder?
• Why do we crave acceptance so much?
• How to be more confident with your own sexuality
• Fostering support and acceptance in our kids while they're growing up
• What do to if your loved ones don't accept you after you come outFollow at @those.twomums to stay up to date with the pod and their daily queer life x

We answer all of your juicy questions and help you get to know us a little bit better. This is such a fun, light hearted and easy listen. We chat about:

• How did we meet?
• Who wears the pants in the relationship? Is that even a thing with lesbians?
• How do we share and support each other as parents?
• Do we feel comfortable with PDA in public?
• Do we fight? and how often?
• Have we both been with males before? When/how?
• Do we find it "easier" being two females rather than a male/female relationship?
• Plus we discuss a DITL of our jobs as a firefighter and paramedic and do we love or hate shift work??

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This week I chat with Georgia Hinkley who is part of a same sex couple from WA and has two beautiful daughters, that her wife Kayla carried. Georgia is so open and raw in this conversation about the thoughts and real life situations that she has faced being the non-birthing parent.What does it feel like becoming a mum but not actually giving birth?? or not being the one to carry the baby? How on earth do I bond with it? THIS is the episode that I needed going through mine and Maddys own IVF journey and as the "non-birthing" parent, I struggled with how I was going to bond with the baby when Maddy, my fiance', gave birth. Georgia and I discuss:

• How we made the decision who in the relationship was going to carry our children
• What it felt like being the support person of a pregnant woman, from a women's perspective
• Tips that helped us to bond with our babies
• How Kaylas first birth went and why Georgia felt so unheard as a female partner
• Times when we have dismissed as the partner

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We get very vulnerable in this episode, sharing both of our (very different) coming out stories. How did we know we were gay? and when? What do we identify as? We also chat about why representation is SO important in the lgbtqi+ space and share some stories about times we have been assumed straight.This is a safe space and we hope that this conversation helps, educates or speaks to someone.

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In our second episode we get deep and chat about something near and dear to our hearts and that is our IVF journey. We keep saying "this is the episode we needed when we were going through our journey", so if you're planning on starting IVF, currently going through it or just interested in the whole process.. this is the ep for you!

We chat about:

• Why we chose to do reciprocal IVF
• What we did to prepare ourselves mentally, physically, emotionally and financially
• Step by step through the entire process
• Our decision making process behind choosing a donor
• How much the whole thing actually cost us?!

and so much more!

We don't delve into all parts of fertility treatments as we can't speak on that behalf but we hope you find this episode super informative and get a few good tips out of it!

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WE LOVE A GOOD BIRTH STORY!! This week, for our first ep, we are bringing you Maddys birth story with our daughter Macklyn. We talk about:

• Why she chose to have an elective caesarean (spoiler)
• Going through the private hospital system
• The lead up to the day and what we did to prepare
• How her birth day played out
• Recovering from a caesarean

And so much more!!Follow us on instagram to stay up to date with all future episodes at @those.twomums