Midwife Pip Podcast

For the Dad’s- Supporting your partner in the postpartum. With Adam Shaw This is one for the dads out there! Your little one arrives, and life becomes beautifully crazy. Your partner is navigating pregnancy and birth recovery, establishing infant feeding and paternity leave is typically much too short. But how can you optimise the time available to you and support your partner whilst making memori...

How to Be a Better Mum With Izzy Judd Motherhood is the most beautiful, chaotic whirlwind. Some days you feel on top of the world and like you are smashing it and other days feel like they are a month long and full of relentless hurdles. We wouldn’t change it for the world, but that doesn’t mean that it is easy, so how can we mother in a more mindful way to make those rollercoaster days a little e...

Nutrition in pregnancy is a powerful force, not only does the food you eat need to nourish your body but also your growing baby. However, alongside nutrition in pregnancy comes a whole heap of myths and misconceptions. At a time where it is so important to have the facts and to be empowered to nourish your body and baby it is vital we unpick fact from fiction and I cannot think of a better guest t...

Positivity Guided Meditation with Midwife Pip We exist in such a fast paced, demanding world that can erode our positivity and optimism overtime. Ensure you take time during this precious stage of your life to reconnect with your positive mind and to recognise your worth.  If you have enjoyed listening to this podcast, I would be grateful if you could leave a review so I can help support even more...

Grounding Guided Meditation with Midwife Pip Reconnecting with the here and now, feeling grateful for what we have and not allowing those worries and anxieties to take over our minds. If you have enjoyed listening to this podcast, I would be grateful if you could leave a review so I can help support even more women. Have you checked out Midwife Pip's Pregnancy Courses - Antenatal and Hypobirthing...

Birthing Support Guided Meditation with Midwife Pip Take a moment to bring calm and confidence to your ability to birth your baby, know that you are not alone and everything is going to be ok.  If you have enjoyed listening to this podcast, I would be grateful if you could leave a review so I can help support even more women. Have you checked out Midwife Pip's Pregnancy Courses - Antenatal and Hyp...

Body Scan Guided Meditation with Midwife Pip In less than 2 minutes, feel a wave of relaxation and calm through your entire body. If you have enjoyed listening to this podcast, I would be grateful if you could leave a review so I can help support even more women. Have you checked out Midwife Pip's Pregnancy Courses - Antenatal and Hypobirthing Course - Your Pregnancy Journey Course - Breastfeeding...

Birthing Breath Guided Meditation with Midwife Pip A short simple way to practice that all important Birthing Breath, a powerful tool in your labour and birth toolbox.  If you have enjoyed listening to this podcast, I would be grateful if you could leave a review so I can help support even more women. Have you checked out Midwife Pip's Pregnancy Courses - Antenatal and Hypobirthing Course - Your P...

BONUS EPISODE 16: Baby’s skin and Childs Farm with Joanna Jensen, the founder of Child’s Farm For those of you who have been listening to this season’s podcast and all the knowledge bomb packed episodes you will have noticed that Childs Farm has sponsored Season 3 to help me deliver the honest support and information you deserve over the past 15 weeks. This is an extra special bonus episode where...

They come in all shapes and sizes, sometimes celebrated but often considered a taboo. Yes, we are talking boobs, bras and our breast health. Supporting our breast health is something really under discussed so this week we are going to shine a light on our boobs and how to look after them well and the common mistakes we make when it comes to bras. On this week’s episode we are joined by Dr Nicola B...

We concentrate so much time on educating ourselves about pregnancy and birth during this precious time and then ‘boom’ we dive into the world of parenting and caring for a new baby. It is no secret that navigating this new life is challenging and amazing in equal measures. Becoming a parent is such a huge change and there are many heightened or new emotions and behaviours to be navigated. I am sup...

For those who have been following me on social media it will come as no surprise that I am a huge advocate of exercise during pregnancy. The benefits are huge, and it is an area I am super passionate about. But of course, we want to ensure exercise in pregnancy is done safely to support our bodies. With this in mind you can be forgiven for ending up in a rabbit warren of frantic googling when it c...

Mental Health in Pregnancy with Tessa Van Der Vord Pregnancy is a momentous time in a woman’s life, our bodies are dipped into a rollercoaster of hormonal changes and the physical and psychological adaption that takes place is huge. Mental health is thankfully being discussed more in pregnancy than in previous generations but there is still an air of taboo that surrounds this subject and it is so...

You navigate your way through pregnancy, birth your baby like a total warrior and viola you enter the new club of parenthood. A whole new adventure to be explored, with a whole heap of uncertainty. The first few months of your littles one’s life are so precious, and every parent is on a mission to help nurture their new baby in the healthiest way to enable them to develop and thrive. So, what shou...

How to Manage Pelvic Girdle and Back Pain in Pregnancy with Clare Bourne Think of a pregnant woman and I bet most of us recall seeing someone waddling about clutching their lower back looking somewhat less than comfortable. Pelvic girdle and back pain in pregnancy is a hugely common issue, so much so in fact that often we assume it is part and parcel of pregnancy and something we must simply endur...

What is Diastasis Recti? | Grainne Donnelly It is not a surprise to us that our bodies undergo enormous change during pregnancy and childbirth and one of the biggest issue’s women are often faced with is diastasis recti- whereby the abdominal muscles separate, leaving a gap. For many women this can have a huge impact on their physical and psychological wellness, and it is not a condition that is c...

Let’s be honest babies and nappies basically come hand in hand and much of the first few months of parenthood is spent conducting continual nappy changes and a increased supermarket bill each week from the endless supply needed. And with all of this you can que the black bin bags of disposable nappies piling up which will mostly end up in a landfill site somewhere. In fact, it is estimated that a...

As women we seemingly spend half of our lives trying not to get pregnant and the other half trying to or worrying about our abilities to conceive. The journey to motherhood is not always plain sailing and for some parents it’s a full on stormy, dark skies road. Operations, injections, lengthy waits, and baby loss feature in many more parents trying to conceive journeys than most of us are aware. I...

The fourth trimester and motherhood encompass such huge changes in a woman’s life, yet we hardly spend any time planning for some of the challenges. Exercising in the postpartum has a whole heap of physical and psychological benefits but the realities of this with a new baby can be a challenge. Feeding your baby, navigating life as a new parent, sleep deprivation, a recovering body, good old mum g...

The power of our gut. No seriously, our gut and microbiome are incredible! It is not until I begun planning a pregnancy that I really tuned into, and researched gut health and I was literally mind blown! In fact, ensuring a healthy gut and microbiome is one of the ways we can set our children and maternal bodies up for strong, healthier futures. Our gut is connected to so much of our wellness and...

There is arguably no time in our lives that we focus more on our health and wellness then when considering a pregnancy or trying to conceive. But honestly, boosting your female fertility can feel like a mind field, like most things women’s health related there are a lot of myths and misconceptions to navigate before finding the real evidence-based facts. Thankfully, on today’s episode we are joine...

We spend so much time planning for pregnancy, researching birth and focusing on growing the healthiest baby, analysing all our decisions to ensure we are doing what is perceived as best for our babies and throughout motherhood we continue to focus our energies on our little ones ensuring they have all they need to thrive. But who is focusing on the mum? This brand-new person who is born when we bi...

There are so many myths and misconceptions when it comes to exercising in pregnancy but none more so than pregnancy and our core muscles. Unsurprisingly women are left confused, scared, and disempowered to embrace safe, effective core exercises that are fundamental to our wellness, to a healthier pregnancy and smoother postpartum recovery. That is right ladies- we should not ignore our core in pre...

How to Grow Health Babies with Michelle Henning All expectant parents have one main goal in mind- to grow a healthy baby. We have seen such a rise in childhood conditions such as asthma, eczema, allergies and obesity over recent years, all conditions that can be unpleasant, troublesome and affect the quality of a child’s life But what if there was evidence that we could actively adopt some very si...

Hello, I am back with a third season! And wow so much has changed since Season 2- mainly in that I have been on my own journey through pregnancy and have joined this crazy, incredible club of motherhood. For those of you who don’t know me- I am Pip, a practicing NHS midwife and enthusiast of all things women’s wellness. I have a somewhat relentless passion for ensuring women are empowered with rea...