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

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