Both Sides of the Bump

Send us Fan Mail It’s day 5 postpartum and I can’t stop crying for no reason. Is something wrong? How do I know? What’s ‘wrong’ with me? Can I do anything about it? In this episode, we are joined by perinatal psychologist, Dr Clare Bellhouse (PhD) to delve into the depths of perinatal mental health issues including baby blues, perinatal depression/anxiety and postpartum psychosis.

Send us Fan Mail What is birth trauma really? How do you know if you have experienced it? Is there anything that can be done to prevent it?  In this episode, we delve into the complexities around the unpredictability and personal/societal expectations around pregnancy, birth and the postpartum period and how this can lead to birth trauma.

Send us Fan Mail If you have a choice, what should you choose? Is a caesarean really the ‘easy way out’? Is the recovery after vaginal birth really ‘much better’? Why do some women absolutely want to have a vaginal birth and others absolutely want a caesarean? In one of our most controversial topics yet, Midwife Stef and Dr Shavi discuss the risks and benefits of both modes of delivery. 

This week we welcome special guest Robynne Klyne- Midwife and Lactation Consultant to answer all our wild questions on breastfeeding. Her take on the Breast/ Fed is best campaigns and much much more jam packed in here. Safe to safe Both Shavi and Stef learnt something in this episode and we hope you will too!

So you’ve peed on a stick - now what? In this episode Shavi and Stef discuss what happens next including an in-depth expose on different models of care - When should you make an appointment to see your GP? What are the differences between private and public? What happens if you want to choose your obstetrician but don’t have insurance? The answers to these questions and more in this episode of Bot...

Today’s episode dives into the fertility journey that is well known by many families across the globe—what it really looks like, what it demands from you, and the moments of hope that keep people moving forward. We’re unpacking the science, the timelines, and the emotional weight of it all.  We are so happy to welcome Dr Luke as our first special guest on the podcast. Dr Luke is an Obstetrician, G...

Continuing on from last episode's big conversation around intervention in labour, we will be talking today about instrumental birth (forceps and vacuum) and dive into all things tears and episiotomy! Hot topics lined up today!

We've all heard it "Oh you are having an induction...so you will probably have an epidural and eventually a caesarean right?". Is this true? In this second episode of Both Sides of the Bump, Shavi and Stef discuss all things intervention in Labour. From induction to epidurals and caesareans with a lead on episode to come with more juicy information...did someone say a big pair of sc...

For as long as women have been giving birth (so forever...), the chosen birth place for some has been in the comfort of their proximity of a doctor, an operating theatre and even an neonnatal intensive care unit.  Why is there such a widespread negative public opinion of homebirth? Why would choose this option if you could be hospital...just in case? Are these our only options and is there a happy...