Middee | Pregnancy, Birth & Postpartum Education

Happy Easter to all my amazing Middee Listeners! I'd love your support to help this podcast grow - If you could spare 30 seconds to rate or leave a review of this podcast it will help me continue to support other parents out there :) In today’s episode I speak with Mum & Dad, Beth & Corey about their rollercoaster journey into parenthood. After a quick conception journey Beth found her...

In today’s episode I speak with co-founder of The R Y Cindy Liu about everything to do with compression wear in pregnancy + postpartum. With 10+ years experience in compression Cindy identified that there was a need for higher quality compression products available to pregnant mama’s that were actually convenient, practical & evidence based to best support them and their baby’s health needs. C...

We often hear the word induction and automatically think that our birthing experience will be a negative one, well in this episode I am going to tell you that you can still have a positive birthing experience if you find yourself being induced.  Within this episode I will cover everything to do with inductions from the most common indications we see women being induced for in Australia, what the p...

Introducing our Middee Mini Series - A four part podcast series brought to you by tooshies, GAIA & Milton. With some of Australia’s leading healthcare experts such as Dr Golly, Courtney Garland, Nicole Gleeson & Penny Douglas to bring you this educational mini series. This four part mini series has been designed to provide new & current parents with essential education regarding topics...

Introducing our Middee Mini Series - A four part podcast series brought to you by tooshies, GAIA & Milton. With some of Australia’s leading healthcare experts such as Dr Golly, Courtney Garland, Nicole Gleeson & Penny Douglas to bring you this educational mini series. This four part mini series has been designed to provide new & current parents with essential education regarding topics...

Introducing our Middee Mini Series - A four part podcast series brought to you by tooshies, GAIA & Milton. With some of Australia’s leading healthcare experts such as Dr Golly, Courtney Garland, Nicole Gleeson & Penny Douglas to bring you this educational mini series. This four part mini series has been designed to provide new & current parents with essential education regarding topics...

Introducing our Middee Mini Series - A four part podcast series brought to you by tooshies, GAIA & Milton  I was so lucky to sit down with some of Australia’s leading healthcare experts such as Dr Golly, Courtney Garland, Nicole Gleeson & Penny Douglas to bring you this educational mini series. This four part mini series has been designed to provide new & current parents with essential education r...

In our last episode of 2022 (don't worry we will be back in January) our host Mon shares with you her live recording from ergoPouch's master sleep series on postpartum sleep + parents mental health .  Earlier this year Mon was invited to host an hour live session in collaboration with ergoPouch where she shared her knowledge about how parents can best manage the postpartum period with a big f...

In today's Episode Mon sits down to unpack the different types of models of care available to pregnant women in Australia specifically within the public system. Ranging from standard midwifery based care, one to one midwifery, obstetric led care & GP shared care.  Over the last three years Mon came to the realisation when seeing women antenatally and asking them what type of model of care...

Today's episode is proudly brought to you by Bliss Birth - Australia’s favorite birth & labour tens hire. In today’s Episode our host Mon speaks with Sian Healy, mama and founder of Her Keeper about her two contrast birthing experiences of an emergency caesarean & a vaginal birth after caesarean (VBAC). Sian shares with us how she went into her first pregnancy unprepared and uneducated all...

In today’s episode of Middee our Host Mon speaks with Bliss Birth Founder Ariel Blackman about her motherhood & business journey. Ariel shares her empowering labour and birth story highlighting how intense yet magical birth can be. She compares her two births reflecting on the types of natural pain relief options she used including second labour experience with a TENS machine. This sparked her...

In today’s episode our host Mon speaks with expert women's health physio Jess Kostos aka the.mama.physio about Pelvic Health Postpartum. More specifically pelvic floor and healthy bladder & bowel function. As two health professionals Both Jess and Mon identified that too many women postpartum suffer in silence with urinary incontinence and bladder control. Today they discuss what exactly the p...

Today's episode is proudly brought to you by Her Keeper - an inclusive place to find beautifully curated products to assist you or a muma-to-be’s journey into pregnancy and postpartum care. In today’s Episode our host Mon speaks with Carla Sikes about her motherhood experience. Carla’s son Ethan was diagnosed with Spina Bifida at 20 weeks gestation. Early in pregnancy his spinal cord had failed to...

In Today’s episode I speak with the incredible Midwife Sam Arbidans for part two of Kate & Nathan’s birthing story.  Sam was Kate’s primary midwife during her pregnancy with Angus and when hearing about Nath’s accident she knew she needed to do everything she possibly could to ensure that the remainder of Kate’s pregnancy & birth was everything that their family deserved. Nath sustain...

In today’s episode our host Mon has the pleasure of speaking with Nath and Kate Stapleton about their journey into parenthood. Nath and Kate’s story captured the heart of Australia when it was aired on a current affair a few months ago after Nath sustained a severe spinal cord injury (SCI) on his return to amateur rugby league,  Kate was 7 months pregnant at the time.  Nath was immediate...

In today’s episode our Host Mon speaks with Hannah Bryans about her journey into becoming a Mum.  Hannah had always dreamt of becoming a Mum Ever since she started to learn more about conception and after a trip to bali with her highschool sweetheart, Hannah & her Husband found out they were pregnant  at 24. Working as a Midwife herself, Hannah felt well prepared for labour & bir...

In today's episode I speak with Marketing leader of Ergopouch Amanda Benson all about safe sleepwear & safe sleep when it comes to children. Ergopouch is Australia’s biggest sleepwear company which focuses on empowering parents to feel confident in making safe-sleep decisions for their child and help them navigate their way through the tougher phases of their sleep journey.  As a current...

In today's episode our host Mon speaks with Mum of four & Midwife, Lauren Brenton. Lauren's journey into motherhood began when she was just 19. For Lauren, being pregnant at a young age also came with the fear of being judged by others for being a 'teen Mum'. When it came to attending birthing classes Lauren couldn't face the potential judgement she would receive & rather chose not to atte...

In honour of father’s day this week our host Mon speaks with Dad of four beautiful kids Stuart Bainbridge where he shares with us his journey into becoming a parent. In this episode we discuss some of the emotions that come with finding out you’re going to be a Dad for the first time, how Dad’s can be proactive in preparing & educating themselves for whats to come & ways you can support yo...

In today’s episode our host Mon speak's with Sarah Duncanson about her journey into parenthood.  Sarah is a Mum to 4 beautiful children & a passionate paediatric ICU nurse & educator. Throughout her first pregnancy Sarah was often faced with the term “big baby” requiring multiple growth scans and an Induction of Labour. As a first time Mum this left Sarah feeling very vulnerable &...

In today’s episode our host Mon speaks with Sarah Weller about going into motherhood solo.  After a lengthy fertility & conception journey consisting of 4 stimulation cycles & two failed IUIs baby Hartley was successfully conceived via IVF. Sarah discusses some of the challenges she had to overcome prior to becoming pregnant including the pressure she felt by the always ticking fertil...

In today’s episode our host Mon speak's with Madi Dodd about her unique journey into motherhood. After an emergency caesarean with her first baby, Mads knew she wanted to try for a vaginal birth when pregnant with her second - and that's exactly what she did. However, after an empowering labour and birth Mads found herself in a position she could have never imagined 2 weeks postpartum - her vagina...

In today's episode our host Mon speaks with Jane Nixon about her experience into motherhood. After an intervention free labour that was progressing well Jane found herself in a cold operating theatre at fully dilated preparing for a trial of forceps. After a successful forceps which avoided an emergency caesarean Jane was adjusting to the fourth trimester not really understanding what had just hap...

Today's episode is proudly brought to you by Rhythm First Aid. In today's episode our host Mon speaks with Chantel, more commonly known as the Queen of organising, styling + cleaning tips Mama Mila. Chantel opens up on her motherhood journey including her extremely quick labours + births as well as her struggles with identity loss and the never ending Mum guilt that comes with being a parent. Chan...

Today's episode is proudly brought to you by Sleepy Belly. Remember what it was like to get a restful night's sleep before being pregnant. When you didn't have to worry about falling asleep on your back, fighting your partner for more space in bed or swimming in multiple pillows just to support your growing bump? Well look no further because Sleepy Belly have got you covered with their unique dual...