Bloom with Body, Birth & Baby
Hi I’m Amber, and welcome to my podcast Bloom with Body, Birth & Baby! I’m a midwife, lactation consultant and Mum to a baby girl! Bloom with Body, Birth & Baby is a podcast to bring you holistic education by professionals in the pregnancy, birth and postpartum space to help you bloom into motherhood! I am so excited to teach alongside amazing experts to fill in the gaps of mainstream education to help you nourish your pregnancy, prepare for your birth and turn the spotlight onto postpartum.
Episodes
Kath Baquie is a mum of 3 young girls, a physiotherapist for women, and she has an online community, FitNest Mama.
FitNest Mama helps to provide pregnant and new mothers with the exercises & support they need to prepare their bodies for birth and boost their after birth recovery.
FitNest is your go-to workout app where you can complete physio-created workouts from the comfort and convenience of your home. Helping you to restore...
Helen is an Australian registered nurse, midwife and academic and current PhD Candidate. Following lived experiences with complex pregnancies, baby loss, IVF and preterm birth, Helen has undertaken additional training in perinatal and psychological trauma, and has strong research interests in perinatal mental health/trauma and its impacts. Her combined lived and professional understanding of perinatal trauma provides a strong posit...
In this episode, I discuss with a mother about her journey with her almost 2 year old, we discuss:
- Her incredibly challenging pregnancy with Hyperemesis Gravidarum (HG)
- Her positive birth and breastfeeding experience
- The challenges she had with her daughters sleep and split nights
- Challenges around trying to return to paid work and the challenges of balancing her career and responsive parenting and brea...
Kate Bird, mum of three, registered nurse and IBCLC.
Kate is a part of the team at Lactamo, a world first clinically validated solution for common breastfeeding problems. Lactamo uses the combination of temperature, movement and compression to facilitate gentle breast massage and lymphatic drainage. Supporting women through engorgement, blocked ducts, mastitis and low milk supply.
In this episode we discuss all things Blo...
In this episode I talk to a mother who speaks really vulnerably about her first experience where she had a lot of grief around needing a planned caesarean for a breech baby, where she had a baby in peak covid, with a lack of support. This experience was very challenging, she had a lot challenges with breastfeeding and sleep, and bonding to her first baby took time. She did a lot of work and then had a positive vbac birth with her s...
Sarah is a single mother to 5 children and is passionate about educating families on babywearing as a practice and tool for connected parenting. She is a certified babywearing consultant with 8 years experience working in community.
In this episode, we discuss:
The benefits of Babywearing
What we can do to ensure we are safely baby wearing
The different types of baby carriers…
How we know what is going to be the right baby carrier...
In this episode I talk to a first time Mum of a 4 month old baby boy.
We discuss:
- How she planned for motherhood and matrescence
- The amazing support she has had professionally and personally
- Physiological birth at home followed by many Breastfeeding Challenges
- Oxytocin high followed by a hormone crash
- Her baby boy being admitted to hospital with a rare infection
- The relationship strugg...
Welcome back to another series of podcast episodes!
This is a solo episode that talks about...
Weaning... how I weaned my 18.5 month old toddler, why I did it, my approach and how she coped with the weaning process...
Life update- including holidaying with a toddler
What's coming up on the podcast!
Enjoy!
To see more of Amber's content, check out her instagram @bodybirthandbaby ...
Episode 25: Low Sleep Needs Babies & Societal pressures around sleep with Katie from Katie's Babies
Are you feeling overwhelmed with current sleep culture? Do you feel like you just can’t ‘perfect’ the cot day naps? Your baby just doesn’t sleep like the other babies you know and you feel overwhelmed by it all?
Then this episode is a MUST!
Katie and I talk about…
- Low sleep needs babies
- Strategies for parents with low sleep ...
I...
This episode is a solo episode where I talk you through our night weaning experience so far... the high's, the low's and everything in between
To see more of Amber's content, check out her instagram @bodybirthandbaby
Amber has educational self-paced courses, Womb to World, Prepare for Postpartum and many more. Check out www.bodybirthandbaby.com.au to sign up for her holistic courses that aim to prepare you for bi...
This is a solo episode answering your questions from instagram, in this episode we discuss...
- Low sleep needs baby- what did naps look like for us early on, where are we at today
- How do I balance work with a low sleep needs baby
- How I set boundaries around work etc
- Breastfeeding after 12 months- what does it look like
- How we as a partnership navigate the mental load
- Friendships since becoming a mum
To see more of Am...
Renee is a clinical dietitian who specialises in preconception, pregnancy and postpartum nutrition. She is the author of Nurture the Seed: Your evidenced-based guide to prenatal nutrition. She has a strong research foundation and utilises a ‘wholefood’ approach to pregnancy nutrition. Renee is also the mother of two young children and is a passionate home cook who loves connecting people through food.
In this episode we di...
I this episode I discuss:
- Our first year, month by month overview
- Our sleep journey
- What sleep looks like for us now
- How I have managed to stop doing a contact nap during the day
- Managing a low sleep needs baby
- Our solids journey
- What has made a big difference to our solids journey
- How our breastfeeding journey is going
- What my plans are with breastfeeding
- What I would do differently next time
- What surprised me about myself in mother...
Eliza is a GP who has specialised in womens health and perinatal/ postpartum care, board certified lactation consultant (IBCLC) and Possums Neuroprotective Developmental Care (NDC) accredited practitioner.
She is also a Mum of 3, and her children are 7, 5 and 19 months old.
In this episode, we discuss:
- What a normal amount of crying in babies is...
- How to know when the amount of crying is excessive and needs medical rev...
As a Nurse, Midwife, and Personal Trainer operating out of Malvern East, VIC, Gabrielle’s approach is shaped by a deep concern over the prevalence of unnecessary interventions in the birth space.
Her journey through the medical profession has led her to a profound appreciation for the innate wisdom our bodies and babies showcase in physiological birth, reinforcing her belief in our intrinsic ability to navigate our own labour.
Gabri...
Katie is a registered midwife, a mum of 4, and a certified holistic infant sleep coach who believes in coaxing a love of sleep, through attachment, honesty, respect & fun. Katie balances the value of attachment parenting practices, breastfeeding, baby-wearing and co-sleeping, with mindful respect that each family has their own unique aims, challenges and priorities when it comes to a good night’s rest. Katie has supported count...
In this episode, I answer your questions...
I discuss:
- Positive induction & labour techniques
- How to manage the final weeks of pregnancy
- Why is breastfeeding so hard?
- How to get out with a baby
- Mum hacks/ business hacks
- Our life update...
To see more of Amber's content, check out her instagram @bodybirthandbaby
Amber has educational self-paced courses, Womb to World, ...
Dr Natalie Elphinstone is an Obstetrician working on The Mornington Peninsula. She has witnessed the birth of over 1500 babies and believes in supporting women and families to make individual choices that feel right for them. And if that choice involves a caesarean section, then she’s a keen advocate for making that the best possible version of a caesarean birth it can be!
Her videos of Maternal and Partner Assisted Caesareans have ...
Felicity is a mum of 3 girls, & wife to the wonderful Tom. She leads pre and postnatal yoga classes, and is a qualified Hypnobirthing Australia™ practitioner, teaching the "Positive Birth Program" on the beautiful Mornington Peninsula in Victoria. Felicity is also a qualified yoga instructor, with additional qualifications in both pre and postnatal yoga. She offers classes for women to come together in a safe and inti...
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