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Pink Flamingo PodcastLucie Bradley | Mother of two, Medical Herbalist, self care, holistic care, boundaries, menopause, pediatric medicineToday on the podcast I am talking to Lucie, mother of two girls, Imani, 11 and Bibi, 4 & a cavalier king charles spaniel Cherry Pie who is 9 months old . Lucie is a Medical herbalist living in Glasgow and has specialised more recently in postpartum care and pediatric medicine. We talk about how non-negotiable and essential self care is in motherhood but how this doesn't happen overnight. 11 years into motherhood Lucie says it's still a work in progress for her but she has learnt that the more you look after yourself and tend to yourself, the better everything else will...
2024-07-241h 09
Pink Flamingo PodcastHarry & Lily | Mother & Father, breastfeeding trauma, relationship changes in the postpartum, dad networks, raynauds, 4 day week,In today's episode I am joined by my partner Harry as we share some of the highs and lows of our own postpartum journey. 🦩Our first year of parenthood revolved largely around my boobs...and not in a good way. We share a lot about my very painful breastfeeding journey and the endless quest to make it work including lactation consultants, health visitors, midwives, NHS feeding specialists, nipple shields, cranial osteopaths and tongue tie specialists, breast feeding from one breast & combi feeding with formula....it wasnt until about 9 months that I started to feel the pain subside aft...
2024-07-091h 13
Pink Flamingo PodcastTortie Rye- Mother of 3, doula, motherless mothering, grief, age gaps, mothering adolescents alongside a baby, building a family of friends, postpartum careIn todays episode i chat with Tortie, my own doula and mother to Inigo, 14, Phoebe,11 and Zelda who is nearly 8 months old. Tortie speaks to having a baby whilst mothering adolescents and while she felt nervous about this age gap during her pregnancy, in has turned out to be the biggest blessing and something Tortie feels so grateful for. Emotionally it provided Tortie the time to reflect and learn from her previous experiences and provide a welcome sense of perspective and practically, the children were able to offer help, be independent and bring a grateful sense of...
2024-07-021h 19
Pink Flamingo PodcastPolly Mossman | Mother, unplanned cesarean, physical, emotional and mental recovery in the postpartum, night sweats, sleep deprivation, returning to work, staying in touch with friends.Today I speak to Polly, mother of Eben who is nine months old, a yoga facilitator and facial therapist. Polly moved from living on a house boat in London to the Gower in Wales just before Eben was born. Polly loved being pregnant, she felt firmly in her power and was planning a homebirth. Sadly homebirthing wasnt an option at the time of her birth and she got trapped in the cascade of intervention in hospital and after a long labour ended up with an unplanned cesarean two days later. She experienced the scariest night...
2024-06-251h 08
Pink Flamingo PodcastEmma Marigold | Single Mother, Medical Herbalist, Bali, Co-parenting, sleep deprviationIn today's episode I am talking to Emma about her postnatal journey with her son Oska who is 16 months old. Emma is single mother, a Medical Herbalist and currently living out in Bali. Emma had a homebirth with her Doula and best friend present and was looked after by friends and family in the first few weeks by dropping off lots of food to nourish her. She was physically forced to rest as she experienced a small prolapse and had heavy bleeding. As someone who normally finds it hard to stop, this enforced rest was really useful...
2024-06-111h 09
Pink Flamingo PodcastLaura Choppen | Mother of 2, *traumatic birth* , breastfeeding, attachment led parenting, boundaries, the food doulaIn today's episode I am joined by Laura, mother of Forrest who is 3.5 and Tanner who is 1. I just want to add a *TRIGGER WARNING* before i introduce her, as Laura shares a traumatic birth story during this episode around 21 minutes in. Laura shares her radically different births and postpartums first and second time around. Her first birth during covid was very traumatic and left her incredibly crushed, depleted and stressed which negatively affected her start to breastfeeding and left her too low to implement any boundaries to protect herself and her space. After a trip to...
2024-06-041h 14
Pink Flamingo PodcastCatrin Jones | Mother of 5, birthworker, home educator, doula, postpartum food boxes, surrenderIn todays episode I had the joy of speaking with Catrin @mama_lleud, mother of 5 children and many animals all living nestled between the mountains and the sea in Eryri, North Wales. Catrin has raised her children at home, opting to home educate and somehow manages to also have been a birth worker since 2017 and now specialising in postpartum support and providing nutritious food boxes to local women in her community. I learnt so much from this conversation with Catrin as she shares the starkly different accounts of her first birth as a single young mum at 19...
2024-05-2856 min
Pink Flamingo PodcastDeya Swift | Mother, breastfeeding, raynauds, lactation consultant, presence, natural parenting, nature, journalingIn todays episode I had the honour of chatting with my best friend Deya about the last 6 months of postpartum life with her son, my godson, Woody. Deya had a restful start to motherhood which she credits to her Doula who encouraged her to spend time thinking and preparing for postpartum when she was still pregnant and also reading the book The First Forty Days. As a very outdoorsy active person it was a real change of pace, but she managed to not leave her house for over a week and was fed by friends and family f...
2024-05-2155 min
Pink Flamingo PodcastSophia Crawford | Mother of two, Doula, postpartum friends, co-sleeping, boundaries   In todays episode I chatted with the lovely Sophia, a doula and mother to Elba, 9 and Wren, 7. Sophia experienced two very different postpartum with her daughters. As a young mum at 24 years old and the first of her friends to have a baby, she wanted to show the world and herself that this new chapter wouldn't drastically change her life but she quickly learnt that she was lying to herself and there comes a point where you are forced to surrender to it. Once she did surrender and accept this new self and stage she was so immersed in...
2024-05-1454 min
Pink Flamingo PodcastJessica Ferrow | Mother, Mother Circle, 4th trimester, elimination communication, mastrescenceIn todays episode I am speaking to Jessica about her mothering experience with her daughter River who is now nearly two. Jessica runs Mother Circle in Bristol, which came out of her own postpartum journey and the lonliness Jessica felt spending hours and hours alone with a baby at home each day, she missed the village, didnt understand what was happening to her and wanted a space to talk...and that is exactly what mother circle is- a landing pad for mothers to gather, learn and share their experiences as mothers – physically, sexually, emotionally, spiritually, and archetypally. We...
2024-05-071h 11
Pink Flamingo PodcastSerena Louth | Mother, resilience, surrender, baby loss, sleep training, lactation consultant, placenta encapsulation,In todays episode I am joined by my freind Serena who shares how the last 15 months has been with her son Max. Serena shares how pink she has found postpartum and while not pretending its all been easy breasy she feels more herself that she did before Max. She shares with us 5 amazing reasons why she thinks her experience has been as such and there is so much to learn and take from all 5 of these which she shares on the podcast for us today. Serenas is a story of resilience, acceptance, surrender and perspective...
2024-03-1956 min
Pink Flamingo PodcastKatie Newcombe | Mother, Sleep deprviation, postpartum sex, postpartum depression, parenting in a digital ageIn today's episode I am chatting with Katie about the last 19 months with baby Elliot. We focus on sleep deprivation today and navigating the realities and normality of a baby who continues to wake at night well into the 2nd year of life and beyond. We chat about the socially isolating aspects of this, the feeling of dashed hopes that tonight might be better, the clock watching at night, comparisons and the incredible resilience of anyone in this position. we chat about how quick people are to offer unsolicited advice postpartum when all you really need is...
2024-03-121h 19
Pink Flamingo PodcastMat Woodhouse-Clarke | Father of two, returning to work, co-parenting, dad friends, balancing time with both siblings, MatrescenceIn todays episode I am speaking to Mat, who is our first father on the podcast to Bowie, 3 and River 1. As mat reminds us, it is both flamingos that loose their pink during the early days of postpartum and is why i wanted this space to be about, and for, both mums and dads. Following a homebirth with their first child they had a very slow and cosy early postpartum experience which Mat largely puts down to it being lockdown so they really nested and hunkered down and it helped to really enforce that all important rest. I...
2024-03-051h 01
Pink Flamingo PodcastHolly Webber | Mother of two, reflexology, age gaps, siblings, only children, emergency c-section, elective c-sectionIn this weeks episode I spoke to Holly, mother to Jasper, 5 and Slyvie, 1. Holly had two somewhat similar but very different births of her children and went on to have two very different postpartum experiences too. We talk about why Holly thinks she found the transition from 1-2 childern a lot easier than having just one, why Holly consciously choose to wait and have a 4 year age gap and the pros and cons that come with that. We discuss contemplating having an only child, different childcare decisions and how you navigate and balance career aspiriations and building a self...
2024-02-271h 04
Pink Flamingo PodcastLaura Gwilliam | Mother, homebirth, hyperemesis, sleep deprivation, co-sleeping, breastfeeding, isolation, patriarchy, meditationThis week on the podcast I am talking to Laura Gwilliam, mother to Rui who is nearly 3 years old now and soon to be brother to another baby on the way! Laura describes motherhood as the greatest spiritual journey she has ever be on. She shares how her their family have shifted the lifestyle to the needs of their growing family, birthing Rui in the depths of the Scottish highlands to quieten the noise, connect to nature, slowdown and be free but now as Rui nears 3 wanting to meet his need for more of a social life...
2024-02-131h 01
Pink Flamingo PodcastAnnie Clempner Clarke | Mother, IVF, Emergency C-Section, Skin to skin, Raynauds, Tongue tie, Breastfeeding, Sleep, Business owner, Pregnancy yoga,In todays episode I am speaking with Annie Clempner Clarke about the last 14 months with her son Marlowe. Despite being pretty clued up on the challenges of motherhood, Annie's postpartum experience still took her so far away from what she had anticipated and feeling like herself .Following a medically managed pregnancy and birth, Annie went on to face huge feeding challenges with Marlowe but with incredible determination and grit she navigated a late diagnosis of a tongue tie and treating raynauds in her nipples so that she could breastfeed, something she has continued to do until very recently, which...
2024-02-061h 10
Pink Flamingo PodcastSus Davy | mother, C-section, NICU, panhypopituitarism, breastfeeding, postnatal depression, PTSD, antidepressants, running, sleep deprviationIn today's episode I am talking to Sus Davy about her postpartum experience with her son Rennan who is now 18 months. Sus had a planned C-Section and shortly after the birth, Ren terrifyingly stopped breathing and was admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit where he spent 2 weeks being cared for and was diagnosed with a rare condition called panhypopituitarism. Sus had a really tough start to her breastfeeding journey, pumping for Ren while he was in NICU, syringe feeding and eventually getting him to latch with nipple shields. Despite months of struggle and two tongue tie seperations, they...
2024-01-3057 min
Pink Flamingo PodcastSophia Forrester | Mother, C-section recovery, breastfeeding, pelvic floor health, nourishment, supplements, meal trainIn this weeks episode Sophia Forrester is my guest. Sophia is a fellow medical herbalist and has a 8 month old daughter called Eden. Sophia planned for a homebirth but after a long and hard labour, lacking sleep and fuel and with meconium in her waters she delivered Eden by C-section. Sophia shares how painful her body was in the aftermath of this surgery and how the early days of postpartum at home were really difficult with such imobility. Sophias breastfeeding journey was not a breeze but she shares some of the ways they managed to find a...
2024-01-2351 min
Pink Flamingo PodcastMary Flynn | Mother, Independent Midwife, C-Section, Separation after birth, Physical recovery, Isolation, Yoga, Community, Hypnobirthing Educator, Yoga and movement facilitatorIn today's episode I am speaking to Mary Flynn about her postpartum experience with her daughter Sofie, who is nearly 13. Mary had a wonderful pregnancy and gave birth in Austria where she was living at the time. Despite Mary's birth being far from what she had originally hoped and resulting in an unplanned c-section, it was actually the way she was treated in the early period after her birth that was incredibly challenging. Her daughter was taken away from after the birth and placed in a nursery despite no medical necessity, which was common practice at the time post...
2024-01-1544 min
Pink Flamingo PodcastSarah Malcolm | Mother, C-section recovery, sleep deprivation, breastfeeding, mental health, birth trauma, self-employed motherIn this, the very first episode of the Pink Flamingo Podcast, I am joined by the gorgeous Sarah Malcolm who tells the story of her postpartum experience with her first son, Oscar, who was 15 months at the time of recording. Sarah didn't get the birth experience she wanted but did still describe her emergency C-section as a beautiful way for Oscar to arrive in this world. It was the post birth days, spent on a wild postpartum ward with unkind midwives, that set a foundation for a really tough start to motherhood for Sarah who...
2024-01-0759 min
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Birth Tales002 - Lily | Long labour, hospital birth, doula, mobile epidural, OP baby, spinning babies, perineal massage.In today's episode I'm chatting to Lily Canetty-Clarke as she shares the story of Wren's birth. Lily planned for a homebirth with the support of her wonderful doula but after 2 long days of labouring at home and discovering her baby was positioned back to back, she transferred to hospital for pain relief so she could get some rest. After a difficult start to her time in hospital, things improved when Lily met a kind midwife who really listened to her preferences and she went on to birth her baby with an intact perineum. Find out more about...
2023-09-071h 15
Kitchen ClubHerbs and Holistic Tips for Women's Health with Lily Canetty-ClarkeLily Canetty-Clarke is a medical herbalist and holistic wellness practitioner. She is passionate about education and providing valuable knowledge which will support sustainable solutions, empowering her clients to take control of their health and wellbeing. Her main areas of interest include women’s health and stress management.This episode is sponsored by Sensate. Kitchen club listeners can get £20 off their own Sensate device using code KITCHENCLUB. Find out more about Lily: https://www.instagram.com/lilycanettyclarke/https://www.lilycanettyclarke.com Follow us:@KitchenClubPodcast@Sar...
2022-02-071h 09