Stretch Marks

This one is about the stretch of going from baby number 1 to baby number 2 - with Aisling Brennan.

Aisling has a little boy Daibi, she’s a nurse and as she says herself, the pain in Carl Mullans left side.

First time round Aisling’s pregnancy featured a lot of long covid complications. 

What followed was a depleted first time mother mentally and physically.

With baby no2 days/weeks away, we talk about how different it feels going in to have your second.

We talk about her miscarriage last year and how she approached trying again.

And how going from 1 to 2 can be a stretch but a gift as you are doing this again with so much more knowledge, confidence and empowerment.

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Hosted by Sinead O'Moore

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This season is supported by Vitabiotics

Stretch Marks is owned and produced by the brand story - sound editing by Alan Breslin.

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TW: This episode compassionately talks about infant loss. Evie who showed the world her worth and thought us so much in her little lifetime.

It's a stretch that many wont have lived.

But it is one I know many will want to hear as almost 100k people have been following this families journey and have fallen in love and in awe of Evie and her worth. 

Evie’s mum Brana joins me this week and has trusted me with this chapter of her story.

The chapter that includes Evie’s passing & her baby sister's arrival just 3 weeks later.

Evie was born with a life limiting heart defect in 2021. Her prognosis in pregnancy was never secure but her fight and her spirit was never in doubt as her parents cared for her and advocated for her and the Down Syndrome community they were now a part of. 

In January 2023, Evie decided it was time to let go and fly home just before Brana gave birth to Riyah.

I don’t know many women who could have lived this stretch and it is my greatest privilege to sit next to and listen to Brana as she shares her story. 

Hosted by Sinead O'Moore

Get in touch at @stretchmarkspodcast

This season is supported by Vitabiotics who have a supplement for every stretch of family life.

Stretch Marks is owned and produced by the brand story - sound editing by Alan Breslin.

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The stretches keep coming - and so will this podcast. 

Season 4 is back with host Sinead O’Moore - supported by Vitabiotics.

Ep1 and it's a huge stretch - the 4th trimester stretch.

Sinead De Buitleir is in the midst of the 4th Trimester

We talk about the perfect image of pregnancy that was so far from her reality.

We talk about how even as a nurse she felt so vulnerable because of the unknown.

We talk about the emotional toll when breastfeeding didn’t work out and the postpartum body we too often hide. 

Recording this episode i saw me in Sinead, i could feel that lump in her throat and the tears just on the edge of release as she tries to process the love, the exhaustion, the physical repair and the reality of the 4th trimester stretch. 

If this conversation supports you at all please support us back and hit subscribe, rate - or review or share with other listeners tagging stretchmarkspodcast. 

Hosted by Sinead O'Moore

Get in touch at @stretchmarkspodcast

This season is supported by Vitabiotics

Stretch Marks is owned and produced by the brand story - sound editing by Alan Breslin.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Season 4 of Stretch Marks with Sinead O'Moore returns on Wednesday 19th July 2023 - because when it comes to parenting/working/budgeting/living/loving/coping - we are still stretched to f@$*

Joined by inspirational guests, experts and friends Sinead hopes to help us flow with whatever life is throwing at us, calling out the areas of over stretch and leaves us feeling more empowered, proud and confident about the versions of ourselves we are growing in to.

This is the anti-bounce back.

This is celebrating our physical, mental, emotional, intuitive Stretch Marks.

Supported by Vitabiotics who have created a range of supplements to support us throughout every stretch of family life.

Join me each week over on Stretch Marks Podcast Instagram and take part in the polls & questions boxes on the themes discussed in each episode sharing more voices, sharing more experiences, sharing more solutions to every single stretch from the podcast.

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So here we are - episode 10. 

I wanted to leave you with a conversation with a woman who’s pulled me back to balance more times than I can remember. 

Suzy Reading is a Chartered Psychologist specialising in wellbeing, stress management and facilitation of healthy lifestyle change. 

She is an accredited yoga teacher and through her integrated work she supports people feeling frazzled, stressed, reactive tired and overwhelmed - so all of us then! 

The author of 9 books the latest of which REST to RESET The busy person’s guide to pausing with purpose, is exactly what we need as we head towards summer and all it brings. 

If I can leave you with one thing - its this episode. 

It’s the gift, the permission, no the demand that you go and rest to reset because the stretches are going to keep coming. 

Suzy Insta

Suzy Website

Suzy Book

Hosted by Sinead O'Moore

Get in touch at @stretchmarkspodcast

This season is supported by Vitabiotics

Stretch Marks is owned and produced by the brand story - sound editing by Alan Breslin.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I admire Aoibhín Garrihy so much - 3 under 3, projects that fuel her passion and always on the go.

I compare myself (badly) to her and all it seems she can so effortlessly achieve.

But ya know what... we are all the same.

Women trying our best, doubting ourselves, comparing ourselves and feeling oh so stretched in this life we love.

We talk about the stretch of 3 under 3, the road back to finding ourselves, the burden of comparison and the comfort found in creativity, business and collaboration with beo co-founder Sharon Connellan. 

And a whole lot of coming back to trusting ourselves as women and mothers.

Honest, supportive and inspirational - another must listen.

Hosted by Sinead O'Moore

Get in touch at @stretchmarkspodcast

This season is supported by Vitabiotics

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Business // Babies // Boundaries // Backing yourself - it's a stretch.

I'm joined by Jane Asple Keating, founder and creator of Emma by Jane, the luxury Irish jewellery and accessories brand.

With a 19 month old Jane knows the business and baby juggle.

We talk about working in the labour ward, how the pressure of breastfeeding was a stretch too far and how important it is to back yourself, your goals and your dreams while still searching for the unattainable boundaries so many of us struggle with.

Warm, inspiring and supportive - another must listen.

Hosted by Sinead O'Moore

Get in touch at @stretchmarkspodcast

This season is supported by Vitabiotics

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Child behaviour//tantrums//dis-regulation//discipline

This was a really highly requested episode.

So I asked Dr. Claire Conlon, Senior Clinical Psychologist and founder of The Caterpillar Clinic to join me and to answer your questions.

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She holds a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology from Trinity College Dublin & works to support parents as well as children as she understands the pressures we face today without judgement. For us to support positive child behaviour we must also ask ourselves if our own needs are being met.

There’s so much reassurance here with practical advice you can implement today as she answers listeners questions,

For more support check out Dr. Claire's programmes here.

Hosted by Sinead O'Moore

Get in touch at @stretchmarkspodcast

This season is supported by Vitabiotics

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Kin Keeping // The Mental Load // Motherwhelmed

The unseen work that goes on in our head is a very real and fraying stretch.

Join editorial director of Image Magazine Dominique McMullan and I (your host Sinead O'Moore) as we have a bit of a mam-rant about it all being too much.

New to Kin Keeping??

Read Dominique's article here https://www.image.ie/self/kin-keeping-excuse-me-while-i-scream-into-a-pillow-699468

Hosted by Sinead O'Moore

Get in touch at @stretchmarkspodcast

This season is supported by Vitabiotics

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This is an episode for anyone who is navigating the stretch of losing a parent.

Trigger warning // grief // breast cancer

Sarah Mc Ginn host of Life's Too Short podcast, joins me to tell her story of losing her mother and becoming a mother in the same week.

We talk about breast cancer and birth. 

Life and death. 

We talk about her mother Anne and her daughter Annie. 

And we talk about how life is TOO short 

There are lots of really amazing reasons why I wanted to talk to Sarah for this particular episode - which you;ll hear as her story unfolds. 

But also because we both share a specific date - a day in October 2020 when both of our worlds changed but for different reasons. 

I want to extend a huge thank you to Sarah- please check out her podcast life’s too short if you are navigating grief.

Hosted by Sinead O'Moore

Get in touch at @stretchmarkspodcast

This season is supported by Vitabiotics.

With 50 Years of innovation in nutritional science, Vitobiotics has been pushing boundaries to help our families feel at their best.

With products to suit all stages from preconception, pregnancy, postpartum and family life with Pregnacare WellKid, Wellwoman and Wellman, Vitabiotics have created a product to suit every stretch of family life.

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