Voicenote Vault

This week we are joined by our final guest of the season, Leandra Perrozzi, and WOW what an emotional episode this is.

Leandra joins us to speak about how her motherhood experience went from having a blissful pregnancy to birthing a child with complex medical needs at only 33 weeks, following a placental abruption. Her daughter Alba has OA/TOF, a rare congenital condition of the oesophagus (food pipe) and/or trachea (airway) that a...

This week we are discussing all things holiday and my goodness do we cover it all! From slip free shoes & stroller dupes, double buggies at dinner & unwanted in flight entertainment. We’ve seen what the tiktok influencers say you should pack now we’re spilling the tea on what you really need & may actually use. Not only that but Alexandra shares her thoughts on two very different 5 star experiences and Khadija dishes th...

This week we are joined by our second guest of the series; Katie McGarry, Chartered Accountant, Music Artist Manager and Mum of one! We wanted to get Katie on our Podcast because from the outside it looks like she "has it all" and naturally we wanted all the tea on her life, as a super inspirational Mama!

Specifically, Katie not only works for a company as a Finance Director, she has her own Professional Accounting Services busines...

This week we're talking all things transitioning from one child to two and we're looking straight at Khadija for all the hot tea tips! There certainly isn’t a manual for this and nothing can truly prepare you for the high and lows of this transition, but it definitely gets easier (or not!) as they get older. After all you've given them the greatest gift they'll ever receive each other.

We discuss introducing the new baby, ways to c...

This week we are joined by our first EVER expert guest; Liz Halliday from Private Midwives, who joins us to discuss all things home birth and VBACs (that's a vaginal birth after caesarean) alongside discussing the ever important topic, medical intervention!

Liz has recently retired as a home birth provider after 10 years on call but continues to manage Private Midwives in Ireland, and also works as a Tongue Tie Specialist. She join...

This week we are talking about Alexandra's Birth Plans for Baby No 2...a HBAC (that's a home birth after cesearean!)

As you know by now, Alexandra is super passionate about all things birth and womens rights particularly within the birthing system & in her profession as a Doula. So in this episode she wanted to share how she is personally navigating her considered "High Risk' second pregnancy, after the cesearean birth of Maste...

This week we are discussing all things MUM and how we find time and space for ourselves on this wild journey!

We get right into it and totally admit that we DO NOT have all the answers on how to look after ourselves! We discuss how we try to find time to still work on and develop ourselves whilst raising tiny humans but also admit that at times, we might in fact be the problem and may be limiting ourselves (to some extent!) by our ...

So this week we are discussing all things Expectations vs Reality of parenthood!

We share our personal stories of how we expected motherhood to be vs. what we are experiencing now. We note a lot of hard times but also the really important point, that phases do pass and there is light in each of those stages to most definately enjoy!

Do we have it all figured out? Absolutely not! But are we learning as we go and finding joy in the "...

It's official...we are back for another series; how could we not give the people what they wanted!?

This week, we get quite intense (when do we not!?) talking about all things toddlers because we know a lot of our listeners are also in, or approaching this stage. So, whilst acknowledging that parenting can be terrifying at times, we discuss re-framing the concept of 'terrible twos', how we navigate the tantrums, and how we try to d...

Well, how did we get here so fast? It's our final episode of the series...and to say we are sad about it is an understatement! So, to celebrate the success of the podcast we decided to give you, the listeners, exactly what you asked for... Yes that’s right, we have taken those most pondered questions, post ep thoughts and given you our honest & unfiltered answers, our views, our feelings and of course, some juicy tips! We cove...

This week Alexandra talks us through the birth of her Son, Master J. We hear how her plans of a home birth changed to an "unplanned" (but not an emergency) cesarean birth, what this really involved and how she still managed to have an "amazing cesarean"! Despite this being a positive birth, Alexandra opens up and reflects on how she feels things could have been different if she had been supported by a Doula and shares some learnin...

Are you ready because we think this is our most honest and vulnerable episode so far….Khadija’s birth stories She explains how she felt bullied by the system, gave into multiple interventions in her first birth as a result, and what she learned going into her second birth to have a more positive outcome We hear Alexandra validate Khadijas stories with her perspective as a Doula. She shares how women are being let down and one of ...

Hold onto your stomach's because this week we are back & we're discussing our pregnancy experiences (including some unpleasant symptoms!). We hear about debilitating hyperemesis, working out throughout pregnancy, and why knowing your boundaries when it comes to navigating the UK maternity system is so valuable. We get into the nitty gritty of informed consent, why the language we use around birth is so important and whether we ...

For our very first episode we thought we’d bless your ears with a little bit about - you guessed it - US! How we met each other, which of us got deep between the sheets in lockdown and whether there is ever a right time to give someone your eggs? And no, we’re not talking about the poached kind…

Right, let’s get into it! 

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