Shows
Together with Rachael RoseNavigating a plus sized pregnancy, powerful caesarean birth and postpartum care with Steph O-BrienIn this beautiful conversation with Stephanie O'Brien Steph shares about what it's like to enter the maternity system as a plus size person, and the kind of treatment you may or may not receive. We also talk about postpartum care, doula work, business in motherhood, which includes creating an online course.You’ll hear us discuss:Steph's personal experience of navigating her own plus size pregnancies The challenges plus size people may face in the current maternity care systemSteph's birth plan for her elective ceaearean Steph's positive and healing ceasarean and love bubbleHow motherhood and being in bu...2024-03-1848 min
Postpartum Stories With StephEp 3: Can your first postpartum journey help shape your second? With Rachael RoseIn today’s episode I’m joined by Rachael Rose, a mother of one who is pregnant with baby number two. We chat about her first postpartum experience where she navigated breastfeeding challenges and loneliness, and how she has taken the lessons from her first experience to help shape things second time round. She speaks candidly about trusting her gut and shunning strict routines and schedules like ‘feed, play, sleep’. Unlike her first postpartum experience, Rachael has built a community around her to help support her and her family during postpartum. Rachael is a Wollongong based birth and postpartum doula, a heart...2020-05-1749 min