Katie Manfield

Birth and Baby Podcast

Kids EN ↓ 3 episodes

This is a space for real mums and real stories — the kind of honesty that reminds you you’re not alone. Every week, I sit down with women who’ve travelled all different paths through pregnancy, birth, and motherhood. There are no filters here, no judgement — just truth, connection, and the comfort of hearing someone say, ‘I’ve been there too.’

Author

Katie Manfield

Episodes

Leah Talipeau - Letting Go of the Birth You Imagined: Leah’s Path Through Motherhood 20.05.2026 1:04:19

In this episode, Katie sits down with Leah Talipeau. Leah is a gentle, wise, deeply reflective woman whose motherhood journey has been shaped by unexpected births, profound loss, and years of inner work. Leah’s first birth ended in an emergency caesarean under general anaesthetic after a sudden placental abruption . Her second birth, a hoped‑for VBAC, took another unexpected turn when her son was...

Leesha McGuiness - Surviving the Unthinkable: Pulmonary Embolisms, Birth Trauma & Postpartum Anxiety 05.05.2026 40:05

Leesha’s story is one of birth anxiety, medical trauma and the long road back to herself. At 35 weeks she was diagnosed with pulmonary embolisms, followed by a traumatic birth and postpartum pre‑eclampsia that sent her back to hospital just days after giving birth. What followed were two years of postpartum anxiety, fear, hypervigilance and the emotional fallout of surviving something she never sa...

Episode 1: Danni Whiley - The Twin Mum Rebuild: Mental Health, Identity & the Long Way Back 23.04.2026 43:37

Twin motherhood doesn’t just stretch you — it can completely undo you. In this episode, Danni Whiley opens up about her twin pregnancy, the births, the postpartum crash, and the long, slow rebuild that followed. With raw honesty and zero sugar‑coating, Danni shares what it felt like to lose herself in the chaos, the mental load, the exhaustion, and the identity shift that hit harder than she ever...