The Australian Mothers Group

Gabrielle is Mum to a 3 year old girl, Nellie and 9 month old girl, Maeve. Gabby fell pregnant unexpectedly when she was 25, which made that first pregnancy a huge life changer for both herself and her partner, Rhett. Isolation and anxiety led to Gabby struggling to find her confidence in her role as Mum. We talk about intrusive thoughts and the importance of having   a community of support around...

On todays episode I speak to Jacqui who is Mum to 6 month old, Collins. With both Jacqui and her husband, Reece being semi-pro athletes, Jacqui shares how they balanced their commitment to sport and returning to the hockey scene post baby. We talk about the dynamics of establishing feeding and the great balance that they achieved with mixed feeding, which also allowed her husband to bond with baby...

On todays episode I speak to Hannah, who is Mum to 19 month old Tessa. Hannah's pregnancy was cut short when she was air lifted to Melbourne for an emergency c-section at 28 weeks due to severe pre-eclampsia which developed into HELLP syndrome - a rare but life threatening condition in pregnancy. It causes red cells in the blood to break down. It also causes problems with the liver, bleeding, and...

On todays episode I speak to Kirsty, who is Mum to 2 beautiful little girls named Linley who is 15months and Asha who is 3 months old. We talk about Kirsty having pain and difficultly establishing breastfeeding with Linley but also how she is an absolute legend of a sleeper. Kirsty shares how she felt a massive sense of Loss of her identity - which is something I can really relate to. We then go o...

On todays episode I speak to Cassandra, who is mum to 20 month old, Sire. Cassandra shares her difficult birth experience, which included a lot of interventions across 5 painful days and resulted in significant birth trauma that has taken a long time to process. Her birth experience set Cassandra up for big hurdles for establishing breastfeeding, and with Sire being allergic to Dairy and Goats mil...

On today’s episode, I speak to Emily who is Mum to 3 1/2 year old Daisy, and almost 2 year old, Polly. Emily shares how her relationship broke down shortly after the birth of Daisy so she had to come to terms with being a solo parent. Not long after Daisy was born, Emily felt so passionately about giving Daisy a sibling, she successfully found a sperm donor resulting in her second daughter being b...

On todays episode I talk with Fiona who is mum to a 16 year old, 11 year old and an almost 9 year old. Fiona shares how her first birth experience left her disconnected from her baby and set her up for a really challenging feeding journey and first year of motherhood.  After multiple pregnancy losses, she went on to have a much more positive birth experience with her second and third. The journey...

On todays episode I speak to Maddi who is Mum to Alby (almost 2!) and William (2 months). We talk in depth about losing control of decision making during her first pregancy and birth, as it became micromanaged by the medical system. This ended in an emergency cesarean and birth trauma for both herself and her husband. Maddi then tried to have a VBAC (vaginal birth after cesarean) with her second b...

On todays episode I speak to Beth, who is Mum to Belle (2.5) and Issac (5 months old). We speak about our positive birth experiences, including Beth's life-changing homebirth with Issac. Beth shares the difficulty she faced with managing her firstborns emotions when it came to introducing her to the new baby. We speak about postpartum rage, intrusive thoughts and the anxiety that occurs with mothe...

On todays episode I speak to Kat, who is a gorgeous first time Mum to 1 year old, Bodhi. Kat shares the story of her home birth which was a beautiful experience and fairly uncomplicated for both her and baby.  Kat is a Naturopath who specialises in sleep and anxiety, so we talk about Bodhi's sleeping journey and the challenges they have faced. Kat shares about her increased levels of anxiety and t...

On today’s episode, I interview Mandywho is Mum to Libby who is four and Tigs who is 2. Mandy shares her slow recovery after the birth of her first born, and the challenges of compromising herself and her baby in order to please other people. We talk a lot about anxiety and mental load and the importance of communicating your needs, along with prioritising your health and well-being especially dur...

On today’s episode, I speak to Camille, who is a first time Mum to 17 month old, Jack. Camille lives on a remote cattle station in in the Kimberley, and is a four hour drive from the nearest town. When Jack was only about a month old, Camille‘s mum was diagnosed with late stage pancreatic cancer. We speak about how this and her isolated location has impacted her motherhood journey - including her...

On todays episode I talk with Holly, who is a first time Mum to 13 month old, Allegra. Holly's motherhood journey started with a carefully managed pregnancy and birth, due to being a type 1 diabetic. She went on to have a really beautiful breastfeeding journey and we talk about the benefits of breastfeeding in regards to diabetes. Holly shares the grief and added complexities that occured during h...

On todays episode I talk to Alex who is a fabuous first time Mum to 7 month old, Remy. Alex's motherhood journey has included a blissful 4th trimester, navigating sleeping while feeling external pressures of creating good habits, the adventures of introducing solids, experiencing the overwhelming mental load that comes with motherhood and balancing relationships and work. Alex had anorexia when sh...

On todays episode I talk with Elka who is originally from Austria and is Mum to 6 month old, William. We talk about Elka's pregnancy while living in Sydney during Covid and the implications that then had on her breastfeeding journey and access to support which was less available to her during this time. Elka shares her proactivness for finding Mothers Group support and how her identity and priorit...

On todays episode I interview Sam, who is a third time mum to 3 girls - Jamie who is almost 4, Pia who is 2 and a half and brand new baby Steph, who is 6 weeks old. Sam is a Doula in WA and also the host of a podcast called Stories from the Birth Sweet, where she shares birth stories from the partners perspective. We talk about her different birth preparations, including the differences that the p...

On todays episode I interview Georgia, who is a first time mum to a gorgeous 10 month old boy named Acre.  Her first year of motherhood has seen Georgia face a challenging journey to pregnancy, significant birth trauma leading Georgia to have PTSD and baby being taken straight to the NICU. The birth circumstances contributed to months of challenges with establishing breastfeeding, in addition to G...

On todays episode I talk to Bex who is a fabulous first time mum to now 3 year old, Hunter. Bex's first year of motherhood included bringing her baby into the worls after recently separating from her husband, baby getting a serious infection during labour which resulted in a NICU stay and a really steep mental load being piled on a new single Mum. We talk about her identity shift, challenging brea...

On todays episode I interview Silvana who is a first time mum to 11 month old, Lola. Her first year of motherhood has seen Sil manage difficulties with establishing breastfeeding, work through post partum anxiety, establish expectations in her relationship, build a community of mums in a new place and the joys of starting solids. Core & Floor - Free Online Antenatal Classes Birth Mapping Play Matt...

On todays episode I talk to Jen, who is a fabulous first time mum to 8 month old, Luca. Jen’s first year of motherhood has included difficulty establishing  feeding and creating a sleeping routine that would work.  Jen also shares her journey of becoming pregnant and the added complexities of parenting with her husband who has multiple sclerosis. On maternity leave, Jen has created a wonderful new...

Todays episode is a little bit different.  In addition to being the season finale, my husband Ryan and I sat down to record this episode together to mark the first birthday of our son. We talk about our birth experience and the challenge of becoming new parents while setting boundaries with your own parents. We chat about the difficulties of ensuring a work/life balance within our family and the i...

On todays episode I interview Geri who is Mum to 4 year old, Oscar and just turned 1 year old, Matilda. Matilda’s entrance to the world started with a c-section ending in her being taken to the NICU.   Geri had another series of hurdles to overcome in her feeding journey as multiple issues presented with Tilly, including weight loss, breast refusal, cows milk protein intolerance  and tongue tie. G...

On todays episode I interview Kate, who is a first time mum to 13 month old, Xavier. Kate started having heart issues during labour and has since been diagnosed with Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome ( Also called: POTS.) We talk about endometriosis and gestational diabetes in pregnancy. Kate shares a story of Xavier getting a secondary degree sunburn at 2 months old. She also dealt with s...

On todays episode I interview Lindsey, who is first time mum to 13 month old Hudson. Her first year of motherhood has seen Lindsey navigating a colicky baby and difficulty establishing feeding with an undiagnosed tongue tie.  In addition to this they had ongoing difficulties with sleeping and shortly after Hudson turned 1 he had a couple of febrile seizures. We talk about not having her village ar...

On todays episode I interview Denelle who is first time mum to 16 month old, Hunter. Her first year of motherhood has seen Denelle have to overcome the disappointment of not being able to successfully establish breastfeeding, and implement sleep training to limited success. We talk about how it felt when Hunter turned 1, returning to work and putting her baby into daycare.  In amongst this convers...