The boobingit podcast

In this episode, I speak with International Speaker, IBCLC, and Holistic Sleep Coach Lyndsey Hookway . Lyndsey is the author of several publications as well as three books, including 'Let's Talk About Your New Family's Sleep.' Many parents turn to Lyndsey for her evidence-based, gentle, and respectful information on all things relating to infant sleep and breastfeeding. We cover a lot of ground in...

Our special guest on the podcast this week is Natasha Day, a serving medic in the British Army and Chair of The Breastfeeding Defence Network. Natasha won the Inspirational Woman in Defence 2021 title for all the work she has done to support and spread awareness of breastfeeding women within The Services. Natasha talks about how far breastfeeding support within the Armed Forces has come since she...

In the first boobingit podcast episode of 2022, I sit down with Izzy Judd to talk about her three very different breastfeeding experiences. Izzy is a mama of three, author and the wife of Harry Judd from the band McFly. You may also know Izzy as the violinist with the electric string quartet Escala, who took part in Britain’s Got Talent in 2008. Having recently given birth to her third child, Lock...

Since it’s the season of giving I wanted to talk about one of the greatest gifts of all - that of donated breast milk. My special guest on this episode of the boobingit podcast is Dr Natalie Shenker, Cofounder of The Human Milk Foundation . Natalie is an Oxford-trained doctor and researcher, and she co-founded the Hearts Milk Bank in 2016. In 2019 she was awarded a UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship a...

This week on the boobingit guest my special guest is international speaker, campaigner and author Zainab Yate. Zainab is a breastfeeding advocate and infant feeding research ethics specialist. She’s also a specialist on the complex topic of breastfeeding aversion and agitation having suffered from negative emotions whilst breastfeeding her own children. Last year Zainab released her book about ave...

This week on the boobingit podcast we talk all about the importance of eating well when recovering from birth and breastfeeding. My special guest is Registered Dietician and Lactation Consultant Jaren Soloff, who recently brought out her first book  ‘The Postnatal Cookbook: Simple and Nutritional Recipes to Nourish Your Body and Spirit During the Fourth Trimester’. During our chat we discuss...

This week my guest is Rachael Shepard-Ohta, a sleep specialist who has helped families around the world through her business and online community Hey Sleep Baby . On Instagram alone Hey Sleep Baby has over 150K followers. This is all thanks to Rachael’s real-life sleep tips and advice and her down-to-earth take on parenthood and raising well-attached kids. In this episode of the boobingit podcast...

My guest on the podcast this week is Connecticut blogger, YouTuber and mama of two Kallie Branciforte. Kallie runs the popular blog butfirstcoffee.com and is mama to her toddler son Miles and baby girl Finley. In this podcast on combination feeding we talk alot about the benefits that can come from doing a mix of breastfeeding and infant formula feeding. Kallie talks openly about her tough breastf...

Kimberly Seals Allers, the co-founder of Black Breastfeeding Week, is my guest on the podcast this week. Kimberly lives in New York, is a world-renowned speaker, five-time author and host of the Birthright Podcast . Most recently, Kimberly added tech founder to her impressive repertoire having set up the Irth app to address racism and bias in maternity and infant care. Kimberly is on a mission to...

The podcast is back with a World Breastfeeding Week special! My special guest is author and breastfeeding peer supporter Emma Rosen . We talk about how important it is to normalise breastfeeding through everyday personal stories as well as in books. Emma is a mama of three and author of two books - soon to be three books! Emma is a self-confessed ‘breastfeeding geek’. She believes the more we talk...

This week on the podcast I’m joined by mama of two and owner of NINE+QUARTER maternity wear Martina Minarik. Martina discusses her own pregnancy and breastfeeding journey and shares some of her top style tips for what to wear during the postpartum period to make you feel good and also to make life that little bit easier! Martina was inspired to set up her own business NINE+QUARTER maternity wear a...

On the podast this week I am joined by academic and author Professor Amy Brown . Amy has dedicated the last fifteen years to breastfeeding research, specifically looking at the psychological, cultural and societal barriers to breastfeeding. As well as publishing over 100 papers on breastfeeding, she’s also the author of several books including ‘ The Positive Breastfeeding Book ’, ‘ Breastfeeding U...

On the podcast this week I am joined by, not one but, two special guests - Pharmacists Sarah Robinson and Dr Wendy Jones MBE . Sarah and Wendy talk to me about the big issue of breastfeeding and medication. The topic is one of the most searched for terms online so we look at what more needs to be done to better inform breastfeeding mothers when they need help the most. Wendy is a founding member o...

On the podcast this week I am joined by Grace who is mama to little Freddie, born at the height of the Covid pandemic in 2020. Grace was actually one of the first mamas to share her breastfeeding story on boobingit.com when we launched last year. Since then she’s become one of boobingit’s founding members and has even become a regular contributor to the platform. Grace talks about what it’s been l...

On the podcast this week I am joined by Miriam Bannan who is a mama of three, a breastfeeding supporter and an opera singer! Miriam is originally from Australia but has been based in the UK for a long time. She is used to juggling family life with performing as a Soprano, often mixing the two! Recently you may have seen Miriam on your tv screen when she sang at Prince Philip’s funeral in April. Mi...

After a short break in recordings, the boobingit podcast is back! This week I am joined by Caitlin who is a mama of three girls. She has twin girls Isla and Mia who are five, and then there is her youngest daughter Skye who is 2. Caitlin was good enough to share her story of breastfeeding twins in the ‘Breastfeeding for Beginners’ ebook (which you can buy here ). Breastfeeding multiples is no easy...

This week on the podcast I am joined by by Linzi who is mummy to Matilda, or ‘ Mighty Matilda ’ as she is known by on Instagram! Matilda is almost 2 years old and she has Down Syndrome. Both Linzi and Matilda do so much to raise awareness of Down Syndrome both online and offline. For those of you who don’t know, Down Syndrome is a condition in which a child is born with an extra copy of their 21st...

On the podcast this week I get to chat to Emma Pickett , a breastfeeding advocate whom I've admired for a long-time. Not only is Emma a breastfeeding counsellor and IBCLC, she's also the Chair of the Association of Breastfeeding Mothers and author of the ‘ The Breast Book: talking to young people about the when, why and how of breasts ’. I wanted to have Emma on as I'd heard she was writing her la...

In this episode of the podcast I am delighted to be joined by Sara, whose breastfeeding story features in the boobingit book ' Breastfeeding for Beginners '. Sara opens up and tells us what it was like giving birth to her little girl Layla and her experience of breastfeeding after a casesarean section. She takes us through the immediate aftermath and the days, weeks, and months that followed. Sara...

This week on the podcast I chat with Tessa about her breastfeeding experience with her son Elliot and what it was like returning to work. Tessa works as a Goldsmith in London's Notting Hill and is fortunate to love her job, but that didn't mean going back was easy! Like a lot of breastfeeding mamas who've been on maternity leave during the Covid pandemic, Tessa spent all her time with her baby and...

This week on the podcast... This week on the podcast I speak with journalist Sheena McStravick about her attempts to breastfeed her son and what happens when breastfeeding doesn't work out. Like so many mamas, she really wanted to give breastfeeding a go and had done some research about breastfeeding to prepare herself. And by all accounts, she and her son Dáire got off to a great start breastfeed...

On the podcast this week, I am joined by special guest Dr Lesley Dornan , who is a Lecturer in Nursing at the University of Ulster. Lesley’s background is in breastfeeding and child and maternal health and she spent ten years overseas in South East Asia studying and working. Her PhD centred on breastfeeding, motivation, and culture. I first came in contact with Lesley when I attended a talk she di...

This week on the podcast I chat with Instagram Influencer Naomi on what it's like breastfeeding with implants and the struggles of returning to work. Known as @naomibouncyblows on Instagram, Naomi has built a huge following thanks to her amazing hair skills and bubbly personality. Her following has grown bigger in the past year as she started to document her life as a new mama to baby boy Sullivan...

In this episode of the podcast, I get to interview mama of two Jennifer, who just had her second baby a few months ago. She reflects on how different it has been breastfeeding her new baby girl Quinn and why she doesn't want to make the same breastfeeding mistakes second-time around. Four years have passed since Jennifer fed her little boy Cooper and their breastfeeding journey wasn't always easy...

This week's guest is Emma from the hugely popular Instagram account @a_mothers_tale .  Emma lives in Scotland, is a mama of three boys, and is known for her real, honest, and often funny accounts of motherhood! Emma is currently breastfeeding her youngest son and would regularly share their journey on her social media accounts. Back in September, she got the shock of her life when a video of...