Leoni Hess on becoming a mum four weeks after losing her own

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Imagine losing your mum just four weeks before becoming a mum yourself. This was the reality for today’s guest Leoni Hess, and when she wrote to us as a longtime listener, we knew we had to share her story. Not only did she have to navigate this duality of life coming and life going and what that would mean for the start of her motherhood journey, but she also had to handle death admin, working, travelling between states, and preparing for parental leave, too.

Here, we talk about the pressure of being the glue that holds a family together, why she – despite adoring her in-laws – found it difficult to have her mother in law around her new baby when her own mum couldn’t be there, and what it’s been like learning how to be a mother without her own.

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