Bumps and Besties Podcast

This week Lexi's husband Ashley (Teddy's dad) joins us for a debrief on dad life. Ash explains what he's learnt from his first year as a father and what he hopes for the future. He shares what his fears are moving forward and the highlights and low lights from Ted's first year. This episode was remote recorded from our hotel in Adelaide while Ted slept so we apologise for the audio, we've done our...

Amy chats to us today about the different milestones & goalposts that have occurred along her journey, where she originally thought her IVF journey would end, & where she now thinks that end point is. What dictates the end of the road? Finances? Age? Physcial health? Mental health? All of the above? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Lexi shares her experiences with mums groups, from her first failed attempt to now being a co admin of a group with over 100 Mumma's in her local area. She shares her real life experience in trying to find her people and a few tips on how to make it an enjoyable experience. Please note there is a cheeky little swear in this episode Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informat...

Emily joins us to chat all things Naturopathy! Long time friend of Amy's, Em, is an amazing Naturopath, & she joins us today to discuss diet, herbs, & all things lifestyle when it comes to pre-conception, pregnancy, & post-birth. If you want to connect with Em, her Instagram is www.instagram.com/emilyjane.naturopathy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We discuss the biggest strains in our own relationships, when it comes to trying to conceive, infertility, pregnancy, & being new parents. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week Amy details her experience overcoming her needle phobia. She explains how she went from needing to be medicated for a blood test to being able to inject herself for her IVF treatments. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

*Trigger Warning: this episode discusses issues of depression and anxiety, if this is triggering for you feel free to skip it or come back to it at a later date.* Lexi opens up about her time weaning Teddy, he was only six months old and after a week of disruption to their feeding schedule Ted decided to wean away from accepting milk from her. Listen to what happened after he weaned to find out th...

* Trigger warning - miscarriage content * Part 2 of Amy's IVF journey to date, talking about her second miscarriage, touching on the failed transfers, & discussing the embryo transfer that has just taken place this week. Getting you completely up to date, ready to follow along with us from here onwards. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

* Trigger warning - miscarriage content * Amy takes us through the beginning of her fertility journey, medicated (ovulation induction) cycles & inital IVF rounds/first transfer. Delving into the highs, lows & uncertainties, all while dealing with an overrun medical system in the peak of a global pandemic. All the mixed emotions, gut feelings & intuition, & wanting to believe you're...

This week Lexi shares the full story of Teddy's birth including his early surprise arrival, a shock diagnosis and all the mixed feelings of lying awake at 3am with a brand new baby in your arms and no one to tell. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our first full episode, welcome to the show. Today we introduce ourselves, delve into who we are and why we decided to create Bumps and Besties, with over ten years of friendship, we've seen it all with each other and now we open up to you about our friendship, our journeys to motherhood and all the bumps along the way. *Warning there is a little swear near the end of the episode so just be mindfu...

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