Emily's Story - OCD and breastfeeding as a midwife

Emily's Story - OCD and breastfeeding as a midwife

This week, I’m joined by the lovely Emily, a Norfolk midwife and mother to Effie (8 months). We’re talking about breastfeeding alongside significant perinatal mental health challenges. Emily describes exclusively breastfeeding, co-sleeping safely, and introducing solids carefully due to anxiety, then shares how pregnancy and early postpartum intensified OCD, contamination fears, and intrusive thoughts, alongside existing anxiety, depression, PTSD and PMDD. She recounts a planned home birth co...

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Charlotte's story - a mastitis journey

Charlotte's story - a mastitis journey

This week I’m speaking to the lovely Charlotte Bowie from Oxfordshire, mum to nearly three-year-old Felix, about toddler breastfeeding, extreme sleep disruption (including split nights), and her strug...

6 Juli 1h 5min

Jessica's story - inverted nipples, breastfeeding grief and finding solutions

Jessica's story - inverted nipples, breastfeeding grief and finding solutions

This week I’m joined from Sydney in Australia, by midwife Jessica Baker to talk about breastfeeding her two daughters and the grief and mental health impact when feeding doesn’t go to plan. Jessica de...

29 Juni 1h 10min

The Bradford project - poems and stories

The Bradford project - poems and stories

This week we’re celebrating the stories of the Bradford Project, a massive art, poetry and storytelling project led by artist Lisa Creagh in the Bradford area. Alongside Lisa, I’m joined by two partic...

22 Juni 57min

Alice's story - diabetes, feeding in pregnancy and a self-weaning journey

Alice's story - diabetes, feeding in pregnancy and a self-weaning journey

This week I’m talking to Liverpool-based public health doctor Alice Lacey-Campbell about tandem feeding, breastfeeding an older child, and breastfeeding with type 1 diabetes. Alice shares how her near...

15 Juni 58min

Dating and breastfeeding

Dating and breastfeeding

Dating while breastfeeding isn’t often talked about, so this week I’m joined by Frankie (29, Sheffield) and Anna (40, Lancashire) to talk about their experiences. They share candid ‘dating profiles’, ...

1 Juni 1h

Weaning and natural term breastfeeding Q&A with Carly from Seedpod Part 2

Weaning and natural term breastfeeding Q&A with Carly from Seedpod Part 2

This week, we have the return of the brilliant Carly Facius, Midwife, IBCLC, Women's Circle Facilitator and Aware Parenting Mentor. She’s joining me to answer your questions about weaning and natural ...

26 Maj 55min

Weaning and natural term breastfeeding Q&A with Carly from Seedpod Part 1

Weaning and natural term breastfeeding Q&A with Carly from Seedpod Part 1

This week, we have the return of the brilliant Carly Facius, Midwife, IBCLC, Women's Circle Facilitator and Aware Parenting Mentor. She’s joining me to answer your questions about weaning and natural ...

25 Maj 1h 2min

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