Mothers talking podcast

Lara’s story - Stubbornly breech

In this insightful episode of Mothers talking, Jenna talks to Lara Vasconcelos, mother of soon to be three and fellow doula, about her journey with her second baby who in her words, was 'stubbornly breech' throughout her pregnancy.
Hearing your baby is breech can bring up all kinds of questions and emotions in pregnancy and navigating the maternity system can be even more challenging.  Listen to Lara's story to gain valuable insight into how she handled this.

Laura & Lonne’s story - Trusting yourself

In this powerful episode of Mothers talking, Natalie chats to not one but two lovely mum guests, Laura Hubbard and Lonne Cannon Brookes, about their birth experiences and how they trusted themselves over and above anything else.
Laura trusted her body and her baby even when the maternity system told her not to, 'we weren't two people, it was all me' and Lonne fought for what she believed in, 'I was the last man standing.'  
 

Friends and ourselves

Natalie and Jenna are back with a conversation about friendship.  What does friendship mean to us?  What makes a good friend?  How do friendships change as you become a Mum?  Join us in this honest chat about our friendship selves.

Pippa’s story - On your voice

In this deep dive conversation, Natalie chats to our first ever mum guest, Pippa Nixon.  Mother of soon to be three and actress, Pippa shares her journey through birth using her voice as a powerful tool.
'Your authentic self is being 'on your voice', you cannot lie from that place.'
A fascinating conversation where sound in birth takes centre stage.

The days are long

In our tenth episode, Jenna goes it alone while Natalie is at a birth and talks about the monotony of motherhood, the mental load we carry and shares how meditation is supporting her through this with a soothing relaxation for you to enjoy at the end.

Growing up

Our conversation around child development concludes in this episode. With so much pressure on mothers these days to be everything for their children, Natalie and Jenna explore how children grow up and what our role is as mothers while they do this.  

Mumsick

Our eighth episode and the second half of our down to birth chat leads us into looking at ourselves as mothers.  We continue to explore the idea of child development and what it means to us.  We reflect on how we mothered first time around to now and we come to realise what it is our babies actually need...

Down to birth

In honour of Down Syndrome Awareness Month, Jenna begins to share her journey with her son, Jude.  This conversation began exploring the theme of child development but in true mothers talking style, it takes on a life of it's own.
Please be aware that we discuss some emotional and sensitive topics in this episode including termination.
Please check out the new campaign, 'you-can't-put-us-down syndrome' at
www.positiveaboutdownsyndrome.co.uk

How to have a baby for second time mums

In the final part of our How to Have a Baby trilogy, Jenna and Natalie discuss second time births.  How they are different, why they are different and how this can help you relax and prepare for your second birth, no matter how your first birth unfolded.
This episode was recorded in 2020 as part of our How to Have a Baby series on youtube.  We released it at the height of the pandemic to try and soothe pregnant mums when maternity care was ever changing. 

How to have a baby and room two

In episode five of Mothers talking, we continue our conversation about Natalie's brilliant concept from her book How to Have a Baby.  Room two, or the more familiar term, established labour, is discussed in great detail...what labour actually is, how it feels, how to manage it and all the benefits of going through it, did you know you'll glitter?  If you're about to have a baby then this episode is for you.
This episode was recorded in 2020 as part of our How to Have a Baby series on youtube.  We released it at the height of the pandemic to try and soothe pregnant mums when maternity care was ever changing.