everymum

Every mum has a story. And this week's guest, Sarah Kelly @speakeasySLT_ie is about love and loss and so kindly comes with a trigger warning. In support of Baby Loss Awareness Week , we share this episode to remember all the babies lost in pregnancy, at or shortly after birth. Especially Josh, Sarah's little boy who was born with his twin brother Ollie at 31 weeks and who sadly passed away the sam...

It’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month and at everymum we are encouraging every one to check their boobs - because it saves lives.  In this episode, host Sinead O'Moore is joined by Laura O’Brien , a nurse, midwife and a mum of 4 young boys who while pregnant knew that something wasn’t right. At 35 with a newborn at home, Laura was diagnosed with breast cancer. Here she shares what saved her life...

everymum the podcast is back with season 6, supported by WaterWipes , the world’s purest baby wipes.  In our first episode our host Sinead O’Moore shares a much requested follow up conversation with Caroline Foran . Caroline was a guest on our podcast a year ago after she had given birth to her first baby.   Listen Here. As a bestselling author & host of Owning it the anxiety po...

everymum the podcast is back this Saturday Oct 2nd 2021 with Season 6 hosted by Sinead O'Moore and kindly supported by WaterWipes , the world's purest baby wipes. Join us each Saturday for 10 weeks as we share 10 incredible episodes with 10 incredible guests, each sharing their own unique experiences of motherhood. If you need a laugh, a cry, a reminder of what's important or to just know you're n...

How many of you asked yourself if your work was right for you after you had a baby?  In this last episode of season 5 our host, Sinead O'Moore is joined by Suzie O’Neill because she asked herself that question and the answer was no . What she was doing didnt make sense anymore and she needed control over her hours and passion to make time away from children worthwhile.  And now AYU which...

In this week’s episode our host Sinead is joined by Naomi Clarke, or The Style Fairy as you might know her better to talk about becoming a mother to her 3rd baby girl Kaia. Naomi has been open about her type1 diabetes and how this impacts her pregnancies in the past with all her girls arriving early. And how her 2nd baby Luna May was in NICU for 2 weeks where she was supported by the incredible te...

Whether it’s in the classroom or the football pitch, we tell our children to be kind. Not to bully. We also tell them to do what we do. To see us as their role models. And yet. As we’ve seen after football games, or in workplaces, or… online anonymously in groups and gossip sites, adults, women, mothers are sharing hate.  In this episode Sinead talks to Claire Balding best known for sharing h...

At the beginning of this season Sinead spoke to Orla McConnon , who at the time was just a couple of weeks away from the birth of her first baby - it was an episode all about anticipation, excitement & expectation for what was around the corner.  Orla is back to take us through the reality of the labour, the birth and the first six weeks of motherhood.  We talk about stitches, boobs,...

In this episode, Editorial Director of Image.ie Dominique McMullan joins Sinead to talk openly about the birth of her first baby Kai. Her beloved bump was about to be born but her baby’s position led to complications, pain, an instrumental birth, alarms going off and rooms flooded with people. It was traumatic.  *Trigger Warning* It impacted her wellbeing.  It impacted her mental health....

Meet Linda, the woman behind Women Ascend and the #bettermaternitycare campaign which has been fighting for the maternity care restrictions in Ireland to be lifted - (once it was safe to do so.) Linda has been pushing for greater rights and equality for decades but when she became a mother she really saw how women can be silenced, disempowered and held back in so many ways through work, through th...

This weekend we celebrate the men in our life, affectionately known as "Dad". And our host Sinéad O'Moore is joined by our first dad on everymum the podcast, Keith Walsh . Keith is a broadcaster, writer, podcaster, Dad of two and mental health advocate as he shares the very many benefits he has experienced as a man and father since starting therapy. In this episode Keith shares his own arrival int...

How it feels when pregnancy makes you ill. In this episode our host Sinead O'Moore is joined by journalist, beauty editor, creator of Private Education podcast and brand new mum Aisling Keenan because after the initial joy of conceiving, hyperemesis kicked in, followed by gestational diabetes and then right at the end, pre-eclampsia for good measure. Her experience took her so far away from loving...

In this episode host Sinéad O'Moore talks to Dr. Vanessa Creaven who pre pandemic was living a fast paced international, business building life with the success of Spotlight , the oral care brand she started with her sister Lisa.  Motherhood was always on the agenda but didn’t seem possible right now. Until the pandemic grounded her like all of us.   But that wasn't the last of...

We are back for season 5 of everymum the podcast, supported by WaterWipes , the no1 wipe against nappy rash*.  To kick off this season we have a very special episode with Orla McConnon @theorlacle who recorded with our host Sinead O’Moore just weeks before Orla gave birth and became a mother for the first time.  We talk about her hopes, fears, excitement and nerves. We talk about how it’...

everymum the podcast is back this Saturday May 29th 2021 with Season 5 hosted by Sinead O'Moore and kindly supported by WaterWipes, the No1 wipe against nappy rash. Join us each Saturday for 10 weeks as we share 10 incredible episodes with 10 incredible women, each sharing their own unique experiences of motherhood. If you need a laugh, a cry, a reminder of what's important or to just know you're...

In this final episode of Season 4 of everymum the podcast supported by WaterWipes , our host Sinead O'Moore is joined by Anna Daly mum of 3 boys, host of Ireland AM and now entrepreneur for an inspiring career, family, life ambition conversation and to hear how she was afraid but ready to step forward and launch her own business  An ethical lifestyle clothing brand Little Bliss We can se...

This is an episode about a daughter, who loves her mother.   3 years ago, Nikki Whelan and her family lost their mum Tina Fitzpatrick to luekemia. Tina was a young woman, still in her 50’s, and was lost all too soon.  And after a listener asked everymum to cover the topic of mothering without your mother everymum asked Nikki a mum of 3, and owner of Little Bow Pip & Backstreet D...

MATRESCENCE Becoming a mother is not just about the birth of a baby. It is also about the rebirth of you. Your Matrescence. A radical identity shift that is so powerful that it can also knock us off balance if we don't understand what’s happening within us.  From experiencing her own transformation after 3 births, fertility challenges, an ectopic pregnancy, early onset of labour and months of...

This is an epic conversation with heavily pregnant drama, a race to A+E, an emergency birth and a journey to diagnosing silent reflux and cows milk protein allergy. This is  Nessa Hurley and baby Florence’s story - full of resilience and love from start to finish.  The first half of this episode talks about Florence’s birth in September and could easily be turned into a movie, The s...

Every single one of our children is different, they each have different talents, different growth spurts, different hair colour.. And they thrive when we focus and celebrate their different abilities instead of seeing the dis-abilities.  To mark World Downs Syndrome Day I’m joined in this very special episode by Melissah Mullins , The Mind of a Mammy - a mum of 3 girls, Evie, Daisy and R...

Whether it’s a different country, county or simply outside your 5km, we are all missing home.  In this episode we catch up with Irish mum Laura, The Glam Shamrock to talk about what it's been like living in the UK this year and missing Ireland.  Dreaming of landing home in Dublin Airport with her son Flynn, Laura shares what thousands of Irish mums who live abroad feel like right now.&nb...

In advance of International Women's Day our host Sinead O'Moore talks to Kim O'Sullivan , mum of three and owner of the award winning brow mecca The Dublin MakeUp Academy As a single mum in her 20’s Kim O’Sullivan was the last at creche to pick up her baby and yet not earning nearly enough.  Kim had a dream, she had a talent and now after the birth of Calum, she had a purpose.  And so sh...

Meet Amanda McGuinness, an incredible women and mother to 4 children - daughter Hayley and three autistic boys Conor, Jack and Max. The arrival of Conor, Amanda's first son has taken her on an an exceptional 11 year journey from struggling to reach a diagnosis for her little baby to herself being diagnosed as autistic as an adult and now has become one of the leading autistic advocates in Ireland...

Out of something bad, must come something good, and sometimes all we need to do is to just go for it.  This week, host Sinead O'Moore talks to Sinead Kavanagh, mum of two and creator of The Beautiful Truth about her positive mental attitude, her family priorities and how after being diagnosed with cervical and then thyroid cancer she found herself motivated to do something for her.  Sett...

everymum the podcast is back and to kick off season 4 supported by WaterWipes we have an amazing giveaway for you - enter here To kick off season 4 our host Sinead O'Moore have a story with a very happy ending as broadcaster and mum of 3 Suzanne Kane talks to us about Sadie, her 2020 Rainbow baby.  In December 2019 Suzanne heard those words she never expected to hear “there is no heartbeat”.&...