Conceiving with endo, 27-hour posterior birth & balancing motherhood with business - KICBUMP with Rachel Vasicek
KICPOD21 Okt 2025

Conceiving with endo, 27-hour posterior birth & balancing motherhood with business - KICBUMP with Rachel Vasicek

Rachel Vasicek is the Co-Founder of Francesca Jewellery with her sister Hannah. Rachel and Hannah have both been on the KICPOD before and now Rachel is back for KICBUMP!

For this episode Rachel sat down with Steph to share about conceiving in spite of having endometriosis and being warned she might struggle to fall pregnant, her spontaneous labour, her 27 hour posterior birth, and life with baby Raph and her partner Dave. Rachel also shares about how she’s navigating motherhood with her first baby (her business).

FIND OUT MORE

Check out Francesca Jewellery https://www.francesca.com.au/

Hannah Vasicek was on KICBUMP in May 2023. The episode was called ‘Raising your child to be empowered by their disability - KICBUMP with Hannah Vasicek’. You can listen here: https://pod.fo/e/222882

Rachel was on KICPOD in June 2022. The episode was called ‘Staying safe when travelling: how two sisters escaped attempted human trafficking’. You can listen here: https://pod.fo/e/2240a3

FOLLOW US

KICPOD @kicpod on Instagram
Steph Claire Smith @stephclairesmith on Instagram, @steph_claire_smith on TikTok
Join our virtual mothers' group in the the KICBUMP Facebook group. Search 'KICBUMP Community'
Kic @kic.app on Instagram, @kic on TikTok and kicapp.com

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Episoder(531)

Steph: lessons on family & being liked

Steph: lessons on family & being liked

From the podcast 'Inherited' with Ruby Hall. While we're on holidays we'll be sharing episodes of us on other podcasts in case you missed them. This week it's Steph's turn again! Steph was on Inherite...

30 Des 202513min

Our fave Special Shares of 2025!

Our fave Special Shares of 2025!

Every week we share a Special Share: something we’re reading, watching, listening to, cooking, or doing, and this week we’re sharing our top Special Shares from the year! If you’re looking for somethi...

28 Des 202524min

Laura: spotting diet culture red flags

Laura: spotting diet culture red flags

From the podcast 'Big Small Talk' with Sarah Jane Adams & Hannah Ferguson. While we're on holidays we'll be sharing episodes of us on other podcasts in case you missed them. This week it's Laura's tur...

23 Des 202517min

Your most downloaded episodes of 2025!

Your most downloaded episodes of 2025!

We checked the stats and found the Wednesday episodes you guys loved most in 2025. While we're on holidays we thought we'd chuck them all together in the one episode for you to enjoy again (or for th...

21 Des 202528min

Steph: finding out Billie was breech + spontaneous labour

Steph: finding out Billie was breech + spontaneous labour

From the podcast 'Australian Birth Stories' with Sophie Walker. While we're on holidays we'll be sharing episodes of us on other podcasts in case you missed them. This week it's Steph's turn! Steph wa...

16 Des 202522min

Celebrating 10 years of Kic!

Celebrating 10 years of Kic!

Our business - Kic - is 10 years old! To celebrate, we decided to do something a little different this week, and invite three of our community members into the studio to join us for the episode! We sp...

14 Des 202545min

How Melissa Leong defines success (and why Masterchef wasn’t it)

How Melissa Leong defines success (and why Masterchef wasn’t it)

Melissa Leong is a food writer and a former judge on Masterchef Australia. This year Melissa published her memoir ‘Guts’ and we were so excited to finally have her on the pod to talk about it!! In thi...

9 Des 202546min

Steph & Josh have made a decision about having more kids

Steph & Josh have made a decision about having more kids

This week Steph shares about her & Josh’s decision to have more kids and how they made it. Plus! We got a DM from you asking if it’s normal for your mother-in-law to expect payment to babysit and we h...

7 Des 202549min

Populært innen Samfunn

rss-spartsklubben
alt-fortalt
giver-og-gjengen-vg
aftenpodden
aftenpodden-usa
konspirasjonspodden
rss-nesten-hele-uka-med-lepperod
popradet
rss-henlagt-andy-larsgaard
grenselos
wolfgang-wee-uncut
lydartikler-fra-aftenposten
synnve-og-vanessa
fladseth
frokostshowet-pa-p5
rss-dannet-uten-piano
min-barneoppdragelse
rss-dette-ma-aldri-skje-igjen
relasjonspodden-med-dora-thorhallsdottir-kjersti-idem
den-politiske-situasjonen