We have the honour of having Adeline on here with us today talking about her experience with postpartum psychosis. She is from the Hunter Valley region of NSW Australia. We will be discussing

You can find Adeline on Instagram @adelineatkins if you have any questions for her! 

We have the courageous and brilliant Amanda on the podcast with us today talking about her experience with endometriosis, her pregnancy journey, and the importance of focusing on our pelvic floor! She is a pelvic floor physical therapist based out of Washington and we are so excited to have her on. You can find her on Instagram at @make.manifest

We have mom Kaelyn from Outerbanks, NC talking to us today about her son Ziggy and dealing with TOFs syndrome. Kaelyn, her husband, and her son live just south of Perth in Australia and today we get to discuss

If you want to reach out to Kaelyn, you can find her on Instagram @kaemusikaa

I had the honour of talking with sweet Emily May who is from northern NSW, Australia. She talks to us all about giving birth with her son and her daughter and how those experiences differed greatly. From birthing with a midwife at a local hospital, to have appendicitis, to birthing during COVID near the Gold Coast. 

It was so lovely to chat with Emily and if you want to reach out to her you can find her on Facebook Emily-May Rahmate

We are back with one of our doulas, Talia (@indigorisingbirthwork) as she talks to us about her children's allergies. We will be talking about

-epipens

-hospital visits

-dairy allergies

-meat allergies

-egg allergies

-allergies & dealing with schools

We hope you all enjoy this episode!

Talia (Instagram: indigorisingbirthwork) is a doula based out of Seattle where she also is a mother, partner, friend, and military person. She is talking to us today about her children's allergies, the stress of it, and how she managed to get them properly diagnosed. We are talking about colic & jaundice babies, dairy allergy, egg allergy, meat allergy, epi-pens, breastfeeding, and so much more. We hope you enjoy this episode!

Today we have Ethel on talking about her birth experience here in Australia. She is Nigerian Canadian and moved to Adelaides, Australia where she gave birth to two daughters. Ethel shares how she dealt with the pressure of doctors in the public health system, lack of supportive midwives, and hearing about more of the black mothers and black birth experience was like in Adelaide. 

El (Instagram: @_totheblue_) is a mom from Perth, WA Australia. She is the sweetest human being and has come on to talk about her birth story. From working with midwives to giving birth during COVID. Having to have a rushed c-section and her son, Atlas, had meconium at birth which led him to the NICU. El is such a lovely mom and has talked to us about her postpartum journey through mental health, mothering during COVID, going to the beach, healing from her c-section scar, and more!

Hope you all enjoy this episode!

Ellen Barnard from Harmony Hive has come on to talk to us all about her story. She discusses how she originally became a doula after being a hair stylist and listening to what women were going through. Ellen goes on to discuss meeting her husband, living in Hawaii, experiencing pregnancy loss & gas lighting from doctors, and left with little to no answers about infertility. The researcher that she is, left her to researching all about miscarriages, infertility, MTHFR gene mutations, the menstrual cycle & female hormones, and changed her course of life forever. 

You can find Ellen Bernard: yourharmoneyhive.com & Instagram: @ellen.r.barnard

Welcome to the 2nd and last part of Amelia's story where she talks about getting pregnant with her rainbow baby! She tell su about her experiencing of working with a certified nurse midwife (CNM) in her new home at the local hospital. The experience of going through a confident pregnancy, labor, and delivery. Thank you for sharing your birth story Amelia!

Amelia: @protivacreative