Beyond The Cot with Eva Beke

This week, I’m stepping out of the host’s chair. Patria Lee from Your Village On Call is taking over the microphone and interviewing me about the parts of my motherhood journey I have shared in pieces, but never all together and never quite this openly. After becoming a mum, I experienced severe sleep deprivation, insomnia, intrusive thoughts, anxiety, depression and mum rage. Behind it all was a...

What started as a healthy, uncomplicated pregnancy quickly became every parent's worst nightmare. In this deeply personal episode of Beyond the Cot with Eva Beke , Eva sits down with her friend of more than 20 years, Chloe, alongside her husband Anthony, to share the birth story they've never publicly told before. After an induction at 38 weeks, Chloe's labour took a devastating turn....

Why don't people talk about what happens to your sex life after having a baby? So many women experience a loss of libido, painful sex, relationship changes and a completely different connection with their partner after childbirth. Yet it's rarely discussed openly. In this episode of Beyond The Cot with Eva Beke , Founder and Head Sleep Consultant at The Sleepy Little Bubs , sits down with...

What does it really take to become a mum on your own? In this episode of Beyond The Cot , I sit down with Jaime, who shares her remarkable journey to becoming a single mum by choice through IVF at 44. From feeling the pressure of the biological clock to choosing a sperm donor, surviving a life threatening surgery, navigating IVF, and finally hearing the words she'd dreamed of for years, Jaime open...

Trigger warning: this episode includes discussion of intrusive thoughts. In this episode of Beyond The Cot, Eva sits down with psychology student Patria Lee to explore some of the most common yet least talked about experiences of parenthood. From postnatal anxiety and mum guilt to maternal rage, identity shifts and the overwhelming mental load many parents carry, this conversation dives into the r...

In the very first episode of Beyond The Cot, Eva Beke shares the personal story behind the podcast. From tongue ties, breastfeeding challenges, reflux, intolerances and Sandifer syndrome to hourly wakes, COVID isolation, postnatal depression, anxiety and mum rage, Eva opens up about the early motherhood journey that changed everything. This episode is an introduction to the heart of Beyond The Cot...