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Postpartum Stories With Steph
by Stephanie O'Brien
Candid conversations with mums and sometimes dads, about the precious yet chaotic time of life after birth.
Episodes
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BMI is Bullsh!t: Prepare for your plus size pregnancy
I’m running an online workshop on July 5 called BMI is Bullshit: Get Prepared for your Plus Size Pregnancy. It’s at 10am on July 5 and will run for 90 minutes. You will also receive a recorded replay after the session if you can’t make it live. Book here:...
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Ep 34: Week 9 - Postpartum Diaries With Steph
I had a baby nine weeks ago and decided I’d like to share a bite size update each week of what postpartum has been like for me. This is real and raw, no editing, no scripts, just me waffling on. Today I share about my Velcro baby who wants to be attached to me 24/7, how babywearing has really...
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Ep 33: Weeks 6, 7, and 8 - Postpartum Diaries with Steph
I had a baby 8 weeks ago and decided I’d like to share a bite size update each week of what postpartum has been like for me. This is real and raw, no editing, no scripts, just me waffling on. Today I’ve combined 3 weeks together as let’s be honest, they all blur together at some point! I’ve…
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Ep 32: Week 5 - Postpartum Diaries with Steph
I had a baby five weeks ago and decided I’d like to share a bite size update each week of what postpartum has been like for me. This is real and raw, no editing, no scripts, just me waffling on. Today I’m talking about the C word… Colic, and how difficult it is to manage because it’s difficult to...
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Ep 31: Week 3&4 - Postpartum Diaries with Steph
I had a baby four weeks ago and decided I’d like to share a bite size update each week of what postpartum has been like for me. This is real and raw, no editing, no scripts, just me waffling on. Today I’ve combined week 3 and 4 and I share about how my c-section recovery is going (it’s one issue...
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Ep 30: Week 2 - Postpartum Diaries With Steph
I had a baby two weeks ago and decided I’d like to share a bite size update each week of what postpartum has been like for me. This is real and raw, no editing, no scripts, just me waffling on. Today I share about how breastfeeding is going, my first outing with the whole family, my c-section...
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Ep 29: Week 1 - Postpartum Diaries with Steph
Steph is back! I don’t know why I wrote that in the third person, lol. It’s me, Steph, hi! I had a baby one week ago and decided I’d like to share a bite size update each week of what postpartum has been like for me. This is real and raw, no editing, no scripts, just me waffling on. Today I share...
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Ep 28: Fighting to breastfeed, with Steph and Clay
Breastfeeding never came easy for me. I feel like I was constantly fighting an uphill battle, wading through misinformation from midwives, stress, and overwhelm. On today’s episode of the podcast I’m joined by my lovely husband Clay, as we remember back to three years ago when our breastfeeding...
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Ep 27: When your breastfeeding experience shapes your career, with Amberley Harris.
How does a breastfeeding expert go breastfeeding her own children? Was it always easy? Did it come naturally? Were there any challenges? These are the questions I've always wanted to ask the amazing Amberley Harris. If you don't know who Amberley is, you are in for a treat. She's a registered and...
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Ep 26: The importance of pelvic floor health, with Kath Baquie
Did you fall into the trap of doing too much too soon after your baby was born? It’s ok if you did, I think we all feel a sense of pressure to return to our “normal” activities in postpartum. But what we often find is that we can’t immediately do all of the things we used to with ease. My guest…
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Ep 25: My baby will love sleeping in the bassinet right!? With Fiona Weaver (Mama Matters)
When your baby arrived did you have all these expectations around sleep, like that they would sleep for hours at a time in their bassinet and easily drift off each night to the land of nod? Yeah me too. Did you feel pressure to have them on a schedule and linking sleep cycles? Samesies. Are you...
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Ep 24: Finding your “no” in motherhood, with Lulu Well
Yay a new podcast episode!! Today I’m joined by the wonderful Lulu Well who shares her very vulnerable and raw postpartum story that was very much influenced by her traumatic birth. Like many of us, Lulu went through a period of pleasing everyone around her except herself, saying yes to…
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Ep 23: YOU GOT THIS SERIES: Nutrition after baby & the pressure to “bounce back” with Jaren Soloff
Welcome to 2021! This is the first new episode I’ve done in a while and I’m pretty excited about it. Today I’m Joined by Jaren Soloff, a registered dietician, and IBCLC based in the US. Jaren combines her expertise as a skilled nutrition therapist and lactation consultant to support individuals...
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Ep 22: Here’s to 2020, with Steph
Just a quick one today to say a big huge thank you to everyone who has listened to the podcast! And to all of the beautiful souls who have volunteered their time to share their stories with me. If you like the cut of my jib you can work with me in 2021! I still have availabilities for postpartum...
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Ep 21: YOU GOT THIS SERIES: You are a good enough mother, with Dr Sophie Brock
Do you struggle with mum guilt? Do you feel like you are always putting yourself and your needs last? Well this is the podcast for you! Today I chat with Dr Sophie Brock, a sociologist and motherhood researcher. She’s also a single mother to her three-year-old daughter (you can hear her…
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Ep 20: Your postpartum questions answered, with Steph
You asked, I answered. Today’s episode is with little ole me, where I answer the questions you sent me via Instagram. I touch on village building, finding support, creating your ideal postpartum and looking after yourself holistically. The tips and ideas I use here are really just scratching the...
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Ep 19: When empowered birth leads to a career change, with Karli Smith
On today’s episode I’m joined by Karli Smith. Karli is a kick-ass doula living in the Mornington Peninsula, and has two children. Her experience of postpartum was overall positive, as she had realistic expectations around sleep, and newborn needs (like how they want to sleep on you all day!!) She...
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Ep 18: Becoming a single mother on the day your baby arrives, with Dr Sophie Brock
In the middle of the night when Sophie was 41.5 weeks pregnant, she had a gut instinct to look in her husband’s phone, something she had never done in the six years they had been together. What she learned in that moment would go on to shape her postpartum experience and the rest of her life. Her...
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Ep 17: Are you having a boy or a girl? Turning the tables on gender stereotypes, with Dr Kyl Myers
Today’s episode is a big one and I’m so excited to bring it to you! I’m joined by Dr Kyl Myers who candidly shares her experience of Gender Creative Parenting. In 2016 Kyl and her husband Brent welcomed Zoomer into the world. They didn’t assign a gender to Zoomer and use they/them pronouns when...
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Ep 16: YOU GOT THIS SERIES: Why am I peeing myself? Pelvic floor health, with Kelly Pendlebury
Here are some stats that might shock you: -1 in 3 women will experience in continence after giving birth -1 in 2 women live with prolapse -90% of women will experience sexual dysfunction in the 12 months after giving birth -30% of women are doing pelvic floor exercises incorrectly If you’re like…
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Ep 15: The pain and pleasure of motherhood, with Regan Figg
This is an exciting one, and listeners can join in a giveaway too! On the podcast today I’m joined by the amazing Regan Figg. With a background in exercise physiology and yoga teaching Regan never believed she would develop postnatal depression and anxiety, as she looked after her mind and body…
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Ep 14: YOU GOT THIS SERIES: Baby brain, isolation and the patriarchy, with Julia Jones
Did you know that back in ‘hunter gatherer’ times our children were cared for by up to 14 adults each day!? Mind blowing right? Today I talk to Julia Jones who runs the postpartum doula training company called Newborn Mothers. We talk a lot about the village; what it used to look like and what it...
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Ep 13: Grief and the fourth trimester, with Nicola Street
In this episode I chat with Nicola Street who is a postpartum doula in Auckland , New Zealand. She’s a single mum of three kids so she has a lot of experience of the early days and months of postpartum. After the birth of her first two children she had amazing support from her mum Bronwyn, who…
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Ep 12: You ate what!? Eating your placenta, breastfeeding, and newborn crying, with Joelle Thom
On today’s episode I’m joined by nutritionist and doula Joelle Thom. Joelle lives in Melbourne with her partner Zephyr and her 10-month-old son Elio. Joelle shares her experience of early postpartum, what it was like to have support from her partner, private midwife and doula. She basically had…
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Ep 11: Beyond the first 40 days - breastfeeding, co-sleeping and casual racism, with Lauren Parr.
On today’s episode I’m joined by Lauren Parr. Lauren is a single mum to her 2.5 year old son Marley. She’s recently moved back to England after living in Australia for a few years. She is a yoga teacher and emerging doula. Lauren talks about how she had plans to sleep train and start formula...
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Ep 10: YOU GOT THIS SERIES: Breastfeeding Like A Boss with Amberley Harris
Today’s episode is the first in my new series called ‘You Got This’ where I talk to industry experts about postpartum care, health and support. In this episode I’m joined by Amberley Harris to talk all things breastfeeding. Amberley is an endorsed midwife and works in private practice in…
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Ep 9: What happens when you are treated like a Queen after birth? With Georgi Fitzpatrick
I know I say this about every episode BUT I love this one! I’m joined by Georgi Fitzpatrick who is originally from Romania but now lives in New Zealand with her two sons and husband. She works in a range of different ways with women and birthing people. She teaches about pelvic floor health and...
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Ep 8: Life after birth trauma, with Anna-Maria Flynn
Today’s episode is with Anna-Maria Flynn. Anna-Maria is a first time mum to Alaska who is 8-months-old. Anna-Maria talks very openly about her experience with early postpartum after experiencing birth trauma. Her plans to have a quiet 40 day postpartum experience were quickly dismantled when she...
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Ep 7: Baby sleep and the pressure to sleep train
Today it’s just me, Steph, chatting about my experience with baby sleep and sleep training. I must admit I was feeling quite angry when I recorded this, so really this is a huge vent from me! This episode stemmed from a post I put up on Instagram about how my dad was left to cry it out when he…
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Ep 6: Motherhood and Martyrdom with Marnie Hillier
Today’s episode is with Marnie Hillier, a New Zealand based business owner, mum, and wife. Her business, Ms Marnie, is a t-shirt and accessories line, but like she says, it’s so much more than that. Through her business she’s created a women’s empowerment movement. Through the slogans and images…
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Ep 5: Life after miscarriage, with Steph
In 2017 I had a miscarriage. I decided that I wanted to talk about it in more depth so on today’s podcast that exactly what I do. I talk about the period of time after pregnancy loss where the world just seems cruel and unfair. Where you go from loving this tiny little baby, to losing everything...
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Ep 4: New baby during a pandemic. With Jess Quain
Today’s episode is a big one! I’m joined by Melbourne based doula Jess Quain, who has three earth babies and one star baby. Her most recent little boy was born five weeks ago so Jess has been navigating postpartum life during a pandemic. She talks about isolation with a newborn and two other...
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Ep 3: Can your first postpartum journey help shape your second? With Rachael Rose
In 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...
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Ep 2: Does postpartum get easier with baby number five? With Nicole Jones
On today’s episode I’m joined by Postpartum Doula Nicole Jones, who has five children! Her first child was born 20 years ago and her youngest is 10 months old, so we have a really good chat about how postpartum has changed for her in that time. We also discuss the challenges of breastfeeding five...
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Ep 1: Having a baby can’t be that hard right? With Steph & Clay
Welcome to my first episode! Today I chat with my husband, Clay, about our postpartum journey as first time parents. Our early days were foggy, sleep deprived and involved breastfeeding challenges, c-section recovery and lots of navigating of new parent life. We also chat about life before baby…
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Candid conversations with mums and sometimes dads about the precious yet chaotic time of life after birth.
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Candid conversations with mums and sometimes dads, about the precious yet chaotic time of life after birth.
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Postpartum Stories With Steph is created and hosted by Stephanie O'Brien.
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