Made by Mammas: The Podcast

Back by popular demand, Speech & Language therapist Emma O'Leary joins Zo & G to answer all your questions. We get into lisps, stutters, stammers, how to help grow your little one's vocabulary, raising in a bilingual househould, plus lots more! Make sure to follow Emma on Instagram for more: @therapywithtinyhumans Zoe & Georgia's Five Favourite Products: Living Proof® | Hair Products &...

With the brand new series of #GBBO round the corner, Zoe & Georgia catch up with one of the show's favourites and a new Mamma - Manon! We hear from Manon about her journey through The Great British Bake Off, the early days of motherhood, creating a bilingual household, the French way of parenting, and so much more. Manon's Favourite Products: SILVERETTE – The Original Silver Nursing Cups (silv...

As the weather gets colder and the evenings get darker, it's time to brush off those boots and beanies and get ready for Autumn & Winter! Zoe & Georgia answer your fashion questions, name some of their favourite brands and tackle staying sustainable. Zo & G's Favourite Brands: Raincoats Barbour Coats @ ASOS Regatta Rains Boots Dune Kurt Geiger Handbags Betsy and Floss Lulu Guiness Aspi...

Zoe & Georgia speak to the incredibly enigmatic Chessie King. Chessie joins us for a no holds barred chat on birth plans not going to "plan", postpartum bodies, body confidence, the newborn bubble, feeding journeys and so (SO!) much more. Chessie's Favourite Products: Baby wraps | Comfortable, Practical & Organic Baby wraps - Coracor Baby Carrier Harmony (Baby Bjorn) Embrace Newborn Carrie...

Feeling overwhelmed by the amount to do for back to school? We feel you! We dive into uniform, crying at drop-off, making mum friends, packed lunches, nursery naps, and wiping bums. Zoe & Georgia's Favourite Products This Week: Easy 2 Name Debenhams (for school shoes) Kickers Ocado (for school uniform) Listen by clicking ‘ Play ’, subscribe or follow on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Acast, and p...

Zo & G are delighted to sit down with a name we all know from our TVs, Laura Hamilton! Laura talks us through her Mum juggle, from filming Channel 4's 'A Place In The Sun' with a young family to guilt, to travelling with kids, and handling judgement from others. Plus, the pressures of maternity leave when self-employed and so much more. Laura's Favourite Products: Doona Car Seat & Pushchai...

One of the really important things that a lot of us forget about when expecting is what will happen once we've given birth. In this Q&A Zoe & Georgia unpack all things postpartum care and planning for that time with reflexologist, mum of two and founder of Postpartum Plan, Meg Murray Jones. They talk about why a postpartum plan is important, hair loss, placenta pills, mental health, that u...

This week Zoe and Georgia get to chat to a lady they've wanted to speak to for ages, the lovely Katie Waissel. Katie chats about what she's been up to since The X Factor, becoming pregnant when she didn't know if she'd be able to, giving birth and raising a kid as a single mum, moving from the US to the UK with a baby, a dog and four suitcases, how her son propels her through life and liking a smo...

We love an Ask us Anything, so here's the August edition! Zoe & Georgia answer questions on how their relationships have changed since having children, the best double buggies, sleep training, favourite things about being a mum and how Zoe's new house is going! Listen by clicking ‘ Play ’, subscribe or follow on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Acast and please do rate and review to help others fin...

This week we're talking about something we've touched on on Made By Mammas, but never in depth...solo parenting, and especially the decision to become a mother alone. So this week Zo and Georgia chat to Liv Thorne a.k.a Livsalone to talk all about her experience. Liv talks about her desire to become a mum, how it affected dating, the process she went through, choosing sperm, people's opinions, the...

It's the summer holidays and we're all dying to get away now that it's getting a bit easier to. So we thought it timely to have a travel and holidays special Q&A, and this week Gi and Zo are accompanied by a lady who knows something about travel with a family in tow, it's Rachael Lalji, otherwise known as luxefamily5. Rachael answers questions on managing jet lag with kids, what to do with car...

Chloe Lewis joins Zoe and Georgia this week! Chloe talks really openly about her struggles with her mental health whilst on TOWIE, learning she was pregnant, dealing with the loss of one twin whilst still carrying the other, the treatment her son Beau was given for his head after birth, reflux and so much more. Listen by clicking ‘ Play ’, subscribe or follow on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Acast a...

Following Tuesday's episode around birth and trauma, we thought we'd do a Q&A around all things birth! G & Zo take this episode to answer all your questions around birth, and hear some of your birth stories, from inductions, to giving birth on the bathroom floor, advice for the early days to hospital bag essentials. Listen by clicking ‘ Play ’, subscribe or follow on Apple Podcasts, Spotif...

On this week's podcast Zo and G chat to midwife, mum, birth debrief facilitator and speaker on all thing birth advocacy and birth trauma, the fabulous Illy Morrison. Illy chats to Zoe and Georgia about how she got involved in the conversation, from her own traumatic birth, how the system can change for the better, how important it is that people know that they can address their birth trauma, the s...

This week it's a Friday without a Q&A! Zoe and Georgia get reflective on a couple of moments that have made them the women they are today and how they have shaped them. Plus some of yours. Listen by clicking ‘ Play ’, subscribe or follow on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Acast and please do rate and review to help others find the podcast. Find a new episode every Tuesday & Friday and in the m...

Never fear Zoe is back with G for this week's guest episode of Made By Mammas, this time with actress soon to be mum, Louisa Lytton! Louisa chats to Zo and G about her pregnancy journey, the impatience waiting for baby to come, not knowing the sex, how she's worked through pregnancy acting out a storyline surrounding miscarriage and how her body image has evolved since becoming pregnant. Listen by...

Money is a topic that is always a bit of a sticky one, but it's such a big factor when it comes to having a family. This week, Georgia chats all things managing money with Family Money Coach Charlotte Lidstone. Charlotte answers your questions around personal pensions, how to afford to go back to work, affording to feed your family well, budgeting, investment and more. You can take your own money...

This week on Made By Mammas, G and Zoe welcome a very timely guest, beauty journalist, diversity advocate and badass twin mama, Ateh Jewel. Ateh, Zoe and Georgia talk about the system failure that can happen between parents, finding out she was having twins, raising pre-teens, talking to her daughters about sex and puberty, and how parenting has prepared her for the hardest challenges. Listen by c...

Now that we can actually go out and celebrate weddings and christenings and hens and all of those lovely occasions, let's chat what to wear! G & Zo answer your questions about breast-feeding friendly occasionwear, what to wear when you're feeling a bit self-conscious, if you'll want to go to a wedding just before you pop and is there a strapless bra that actually works? Listen by clicking ‘ Pl...

This week on Made By Mammas, Zoe and Georgia welcome a mum you'll know from the telly. An ex Blue Peter presenter, Countryfile host, On the Farm presenter and mum of two, it's the brilliant Helen Skelton. Helen talks us through her manic morning meaning she's recording from her car, how she and her husband came to meet and have babies, going into labour alone and giving birth on her kitchen floor...

When Zoe and Georgia met they never dreamed they'd be where they are today, sharing a business, a podcast and building a community. In this episode we dive a bit more into what it's like setting up a business and juggling a family at the same time with Lucy Aylen, from the fabulous Never Fully Dressed. Together, they answer your questions on starting your own business, the guilt around working whe...

This week Zoe and Georgia welcome the brilliant Max Rogers. Max talks candidly about tag-team parenting with his wife Kimberly Wyatt, how communication is key, being called 'daddy day care', the ups and downs of taking the reins parenting wise and childcare admin. Listen by clicking ‘ Play ’, subscribe or follow on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Acast and please do rate and review to help others find...

In this week's Q&A, Zoe & Georgia answer your questions on growing your family from one little one to two little ones! They answer honestly about whether it's really that much harder with two, the decision to have more, guilt around splitting attention, age gaps, the effect on your relationship with your partner, and is there anything Zo & G would do differently? Listen by clicking ‘ P...

Zoe & Georgia are delighted to chat to the gorgeous and upliftingly positive, Portia! Portia joins them to talk about preparing for No.2, motherhood surprises, worrying, induction, terrible twos, and looking towards a second birth. Plus, we throw it back to meeting Ore and Strictly! Listen by clicking ‘ Play ’, subscribe or follow on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Acast and please do rate and rev...

A topic we've wanted to discuss for a while, Zoe & Georgia unpack all things menstrual health and hormones with the fantastic Dr. Harper. Together, they answer your questions on PCOS, menopause, contraception, weeing in the night, vaginal discharge and dryness, hormonal headaches, hair loss, PMT and much more. Get yourself a copy of Dr. Harper's brand new book 'The Perimenopause Solution'. Lis...