Cuppa with a doula

Thanks for tuning into today’s conversation with the incredible Shanice In this episode we chat all about  ✔️discovering she had a uterine septum during laparoscopic surgery for endometriosis and getting that removed before trying to conceiving  ✔️her husband working FIFO which made it hard to line up ovulation with his work schedule  ✔️going down the path of obstetrician led care as Shanice felt...

Thanks for tuning into today’s conversation with the amazing Rachel  In this episode we chat all about  ✔️trying to conceive and knowing that something wasn’t right - going on letrozol for 6 cycles and only ovulating twice  ✔️deciding to go on IVF and deciding between light and regular IVF  ✔️collecting 22 eggs from her IVF cycle but having none fertilize due to egg-sp*rm interaction problem  ✔️do...

Thanks for tuning into today’s conversation with the amazing Ann, all the way from the USA who shares with us the story of her motherhood journey and in particular the birth and death and her baby Elijah who passed away at term due to a small placenta size. Since then, Ann has created an amazing organisation in the USA called measure the placenta, backed by research showing that the detection of s...

Hey hey,  Welcome back to another episode of Cuppa with a pro where I interview professionals that work within the pregnancy, birthing or parenting space to chat about their expertise.  In today’s episode, I am chatting with Shantelle whose little boy Bowie was born at 24 weeks of gestation and spent 8 months in the NICU. Shantelle has already shared her story on the podcast (link below) and agree...

Thanks for tuning into today’s conversation with the amazing Grace who is a mum to baby North and quite a strong minded woman as you will hear in this interview!  In this episode we chat all about  ✔️not knowing what her options are, going to her GP to confirm pregnancy and being told she will do shared care  ✔️going to antenatal appointments at public hospitals and feeling so unsupported, not hea...

Thanks for tuning into today’s conversation with the amazing Sarah, who is a special ed teacher, mum to 2 and now an author of her very own book “Little Harvey’s big feelings”, which you will hear more about on the podcast very soon!  In this episode we chat all about  ✔️tossing between birthing at a birth centre or having a home birth with a private midwife, based on her sister’s two births and t...

Thanks for tuning into today’s conversation with the amazing Kellie, mum to 2 living in Brisbane and who has made it her mission to share motherhood as it is on instagram @naturallykellie_  In this episode we chat all about  ✔️falling pregnant first go when trying for their first baby, which Kellie was not expecting at all  ✔️interviewing her OB to ensure that they would be supportive of Kellie ha...

Hey hey,  Welcome back to another episode of Cuppa with a pro where I interview professionals that work within the pregnancy, birthing or parenting space to chat about their expertise.  Before we dive into the episode, let me introduce you to this week’s sponsor: Executive Alice, taking care of all the behind the scenes of your business so you can do what you do best Find Steph and get in touch wi...

Thanks for tuning into today’s conversation with the amazing Cobi, actually on the day of this episode being released is Cobi’s boy’s Sidney’s 2nd birthday, so happy birthday to you little Sidney In this episode we chat all about  ✔️initially going through an OB-led model of care, thinking she would get the highest possible care for herself and baby  ✔️having a friend tell her about home birth and...

Thanks for tuning into today’s conversation with the amazing Mel who at the time of this recording is a mum to her daughter Alaska and has since welcomed into the world her baby boy Lakai  In this episode we chat all about  ✔️knowing she wanted to be a mum at a young age and having her daughter Alaska at 22  ✔️finding out about home birth by total chance and just knowing instantly that this was th...

Thanks for tuning into today’s conversation with the extremely funny Katherine, I had an absolute blast recording the 3 incredible births of Katherine, who gave birth to her 2 children and was a surrogate for a couple in Australia !  In this episode we chat all about  ✔️having difficult access to birth education 14 years ago, but doing calm birth to help her prepare for a physiological birth  ✔️bi...

Thanks for tuning into today’s conversation focused on the three pillars of birth, what they mean and how they apply to the environment in which you will be birthing. This is something I found I have mentioned in a few birth story but that I feel really needs its own episode to really discuss the depth of it, so here it is!  In this episode I chat about  ✔️how the mothers and babies report 2021 re...

Thanks for tuning into today’s conversation. Today I chat with Alyssa, a busy mum to 3 children In this conversation we chat about  ✔️having a long conception to conceive her first daughter due to an undiagnosed thyroid condition  ✔️Having her waters break or leak around 37 weeks and having an ultrasound later in the pregnancy showing low fluid levels and a “small baby” ✔️agreeing to be induced du...

Hey hey,  Welcome back to another episode of Cuppa with a pro where I interview professionals that work within the pregnancy, birthing or parenting space to chat about their expertise.  In today’s episode, I am chatting with the Sally Cusack, secretary from Maternity Choices Australia (MCA). MCA advocates to improves women’s birthing options state wide. In today’s conversation we chat about the fo...

Thanks for tuning into today’s conversation. What I wanted to address today was something that I have seen around “the price of freebirth” piece written by the ABC and add more to the conversation as I feel some very important points were not discussed.  In this episode I chat about  ✔️why freebirth isn’t on the rise but rather we are able to share it more easily and freely these days  ✔️looking i...

Thanks for tuning into part 2 of the amazing conversation I had with Brittany. After taking us through her first 2 birth, one heavily medicalised and one where she almost accidentally birthed her baby at home, Brittany reflected and decided to take a different path for the birth of her third son   In this episode we chat all about  ✔️how Brittany’s second birth and postpartum influenced her to do...

Thanks for tuning into today’s conversation with the amazing Brittany who, at the time of the recording was living on a remote cattle station and is now traveling around Australia in their camper trailer with her husband and three beautiful boys.  In this episode we chat all about  ✔️sharing the fertility load with the partner and not it only being the responsibility of the women  ✔️choosing to ha...

In today’s episode I am bringing you a very special guest, Brittany, who at the time of the recording was living on a cattle station with her husband and 3 boys and is now traveling full-time around Australia in their camper trailer  I had some technical issues during the edit of this episode, it was actually edited twice because it didn't save properly and once I reedited it, it wouldn't...

Thanks for tuning into today’s conversation with the incredible Kirsty, Australia’s first woman to receive a uterus transplant and subsequently fall pregnant. This is a story of hope for women out there who have had to have a hysterectomy or were born with a genetic defect meaning that they can’t carry a pregnancy.  In this episode we chat all about  ✔️falling pregnant the first time very quickly...

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Hey hey,  Thanks for tuning into today’s conversation. In today’s episode I am finally giving you a quick update on my 3rd trimester (a bit late as baby has obviously been born now 🤣), but more importantly, I am telling you the story of our second girl’s birth  In this conversation I am telling you about  ✔️model of care we decided to go through after changing our birthing plan in the 2nd trimest...

Hey hey,  Welcome back to another episode of Cuppa with a pro where I interview professionals that work within the pregnancy, birthing or parenting space to chat about their expertise.  In today’s episode, I am chatting with the lovely Beth who is a birth photographer in the Hawkesbury region, NSW.  In this episode we chat all about  ✔️what is a birth photographer and how does Beth try to get the...

Hey hey,  Thanks for tuning into today’s conversation. Today I am chatting with the lovely Hannah, who shares with us 2 pregnancies and births. TRIGGER WARNING, in this episode, Hannah talks about the pregnancy and birth of her baby girl Olive who unfortunately passed away hours after being born.  ✔️getting pregnant with her first daughter Billie and experiencing anxiety (both due to her knowledge...