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The MAMA Podcast
by MAMA Academy
Brought to you by the safer pregnancy charity, MAMA Academy, which aims to save babies lives in the UK. Hosted by Heidi Eldridge, CEO, with various special guests, this bi-weekly podcast empowers parents on how to have a safer pregnancy as well as maternity rights and how to cope with a pregnancy after loss. Full of inspiring conversations on how to navigate the complex world of parenting to being aware of cultural differences with our peers. Packed with practical advice and fascinating facts for healthcare professionals as well as expectant parents, you are guaranteed to learn something new in every episode. Please rate and review if you enjoy it. Together we can help more babies arrive safely. All information we provide is for entertainment and awareness purposes only. Any concerns should be discussed with your GP, Midwife or healthcare professional.
Episodes
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Feeling Baby Move: Bonding & When to Take Action
In this episode of The MAMA Podcast, Heidi Eldridge, Founder and CEO of MAMA Academy, is joined by Esme from Birth with Esme to explore baby movements during pregnancy and how parents can get to know what is normal for their baby. Together, they discuss when to expect your baby’s first movements,...
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The UK Sepsis Trust: Raising Awareness of Maternal Sepsis
In this episode of The MAMA Podcast, Heidi Eldridge, Founder and CEO of MAMA Academy, is joined by Amy Breslin, Maternity Advisor at The UK Sepsis Trust, to explore maternal sepsis and the importance of raising awareness throughout pregnancy, birth and the postnatal period. Together, they discuss...
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Cubbi Collaboration: Discounts for new and expectant parents
Cubbi Collaboration: Discounts for New and Expectant Parents Preparing for a baby is an exciting time, but the costs can quickly begin to add up. In this episode of The MAMA Podcast, Olivia Davson from Cubbi joins us to discuss how the Cubbi app helps new and expectant parents discover useful...
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Partner Power: Building Your Support Team
In this episode of The MAMA Podcast, Heidi Eldridge, Founder and CEO of MAMA Academy, is joined by Sallyann Beresford, The Ultimate Birth Partner, to explore the important role birth partners can play throughout pregnancy, birth and beyond. Together, they discuss how partners can move from simply...
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Mind Matters: Emotional Wellbeing in Pregnancy
In this episode of The MAMA Podcast, Heidi Eldridge, Founder and CEO of MAMA Academy, is joined by Tessa Van Der Vord, The Mental Health Midwife, to explore emotional wellbeing throughout pregnancy and the transition into parenthood. Together, they discuss the emotional changes that can come with...
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The First Trimester: Navigating the Early Days W/ Angie Willis
In this episode of The MAMA Podcast, Heidi Eldridge, Founder and CEO of MAMA Academy, is joined by Angie Willis, The Eco Midwife, for a conversation about navigating the early days of pregnancy. Together, they explore what to expect during the first trimester, the physical and emotional changes...
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Episode 10: Michelle Welsh, MP; A National Vision For Safer Births
In this episode of The MAMA Podcast, Heidi Eldridge, Founder and CEO of MAMA Academy, is joined by Michelle Welsh MP, England's National Maternity Advisor, for a conversation on creating a national vision for safer births. Together, they explore the future of maternity care, the challenges facing...
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Episode 10: Birth-ed & Fund Future Midwives: Building a Safer & Trusted Maternity System
In this episode of The MAMA Podcast, Heidi Eldridge (Founder & CEO of MAMA Academy) is joined by Megan Rossiter, Founder of Birth-ed, and Safia Saad, Founder of Fund Future Midwives, to explore how education, advocacy and collaboration can help build a safer, more trusted maternity system....
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Episode 9: Heard, Not Dismissed; How Action for Accreta Was Born
Episode 9: Heard, Not Dismissed; How Action for Accreta Was Born In this episode of The MAMA Podcast, Heidi Eldridge (Founder & CEO of MAMA Academy) is joined by Nik Adhia, Amisha Adhia, and Miss Chineze Otigbah from Action For Accreta to share the powerful story behind the organisation’s…
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Mum Love; Emotional Wellbeing Whilst Transforming Into A Mum
In this episode of The MAMA Podcast, Heidi Eldridge (Founder & CEO of MAMA Academy) is joined by Georgie Woollams, Founder of Mum Love, to explore the emotional transformation that comes with becoming a mother.Together, they discuss the realities of matrescence, the emotional shifts many women...
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Episode 7: Communication That Builds Trust in Maternity Care
In this episode of The MAMA Podcast, Heidi Eldridge (Founder & CEO of MAMA Academy) is joined by Roobin Jokhi to explore how communication can shape trust, safety, and experiences within maternity care. Drawing on their experience supporting families and healthcare professionals, they discuss the...
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Episode 6: Minds Matter; Protecting Perinatal Mental Health
In this episode of The MAMA Podcast, Heidi Eldridge (Founder & CEO of MAMA Academy) is joined by Dr Rebecca Moore, Perinatal Psychiatrist and Co-Founder of Make Birth Better, to explore the vital role of perinatal mental health in protecting both families and healthcare professionals. Drawing on...
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Episode 5: Compassionate Bereavement Care: Love, Loss & Legacy
In this episode of The MAMA Podcast, Heidi Eldridge (Founder & CEO of MAMA Academy) is joined by Grace Nartey, Lead Midwife for a Maternity Trauma and Loss Care Service, to explore what truly compassionate bereavement care looks like in practice and why supporting midwives is essential to...
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Episode 4: Learning Together; Turning Investigations Into Improvement
In this episode of The MAMA Podcast, Heidi Eldridge (Founder & CEO of MAMA Academy) is joined by Amanda Clifton, registered nurse, midwife and maternity governance specialist, and Parbeen Alamgir, Partner and Birth Injury Specialist Solicitor at Fletchers, to explore how learning from...
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Episode 3: Equity In Action; Inclusive, Respectful Maternity Care
In this episode of The MAMA Podcast, Heidi Eldridge (Founder & CEO of MAMA Academy) is joined by Leah Lewin, Co-CEO of White Ribbon Alliance UK, and Keelie Grindley, founder of the Nya birth collective and a midwife specialising in equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI), to explore equity in...
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Episode 2: The Importance of Capturing High-Quality Maternity Data
In this episode of the MAMA Podcast’s series for healthcare professionals, Heidi Eldridge is joined by Georgia Kontosorou, Midwife and Maternity Digital Programme Delivery Manager.With more than 20 years of experience across maternity services and over a decade working in digital maternity…
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Episode 1: Leading Change; How Midwives Are Shaping Governance
Welcome to Episode 1 of our new 10-part MAMA Podcast series created for healthcare professionals working in maternity and neonatal care.In this first episode, our CEO Heidi Eldridge is joined by Dalvir Kandola, Consultant Midwife and Lead for Inclusivity, and Nursing Times Midwife of the Year…
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From Expectation to Reality: NCT’s New Report on Pregnancy, Birth and Early Parenthood
In this bonus episode of The MAMA Podcast, Heidi is joined by Joanna from NCT (National Childbirth Trust) to discuss their newly released report, From Expectation to Reality: Parents’ Experiences of New Life through Pregnancy, Birth and Early Parenthood.Drawing on the voices of 2,000 new and...
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Termination for Medical Reasons (TFMR) with Emma Belle
Content note: this episode discusses baby loss, TFMR, stillbirth and grief. Emma shares her experience of receiving a life-limiting diagnosis, navigating care during Covid, and living with grief while parenting her living daughter. She also discusses the stigma surrounding TFMR and why...
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Listen to staff, save services: leadership lessons from The Happy Midwife
Sophie Eldridge, better known as The Happy Midwife, joins Heidi Eldridge for a frank conversation about what maternity services need to change, and how change actually happens.Sophie is a practising midwife, mum, and perinatal governance professional with a passion for quality improvement....
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Birth Injury, Recovery and the Reality of Life After Birth with Theo Clarke
In this episode of The MAMA Podcast, Heidi is joined by Theo Clarke to talk about her personal experience of birth injury and the long road to recovery that followed. Theo shares what it was like navigating physical recovery, postnatal care, and mental health challenges after a traumatic birth…
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Plus Sized Pregnancy with the Heavyweight Midwife
Dr Alice Keely is a plus size specialist phd midwife with 25 years experience and a passion for helping women of all sizes have calm in control pregnancies. When her PHD research exposed how challenging the plus size pregnancy journey can be, Alice launched the Heavyweight Midwife to help women…
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What Midwives Wish the System Knew w/ Leah Hazard
In this episode, Heidi is joined by midwife, author and maternity advocate Leah Hazard to explore what life on the real frontline of maternity care is like, and what midwives wish the system truly understood. Drawing on almost 12 years as an NHS midwife in a busy urban maternity unit, Leah offers…
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Can Acupuncture Support Fertility? A Deep Dive with Hannah Pearn
In this episode, Heidi sits down with leading fertility acupuncturist Hannah Pearn to explore how acupuncture can support hormone balance, reproductive health, stress levels, and IVF outcomes.Hannah shares over a decade of specialist experience, breaking down what actually happens in a treatment,...
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Understanding Postpartum Psychosis: The Partner’s View with Chris Wasley
When Chris’s wife developed postpartum psychosis after the birth of their first child, life changed overnight. In today’s episode, Chris shares his family’s journey and how their experience inspired him to campaign for greater awareness of this rare but treatable maternal mental illness.He also...
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Culturally Safe Care Matters with Support Me
In this episode of The MAMA Podcast, host Heidi Eldridge chats with Manisha Sheth, co-founder of Support Me, a volunteer-led, birth-inspired group focused on helping minority ethnic people in the UK navigate the maternity system and beyond. If you’d like to learn more about Support ME, you can do...
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Strong Foundations: Pelvic Health for Pregnancy & Postpartum with Clare Bourne
This week on The MAMA Podcast, Heidi speaks with Clare, a pelvic health physiotherapist and mum of two, about what pelvic health really is, and why it matters in pregnancy, birth and beyond. We get practical about bowel health (the unsung hero), simple pelvic floor exercises you can actually do,...
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Pregnancy Loss, Friendship, and Finding Your People with The Worst Girl Gang Ever
This week on The MAMA Podcast, Heidi speaks with Bex and Laura, co-founders of The Worst Girl Gang Ever foundation about pregnancy loss and what it’s like carrying grief when everyone around you expects you to just “be okay.”If you’ve ever felt isolated by loss, or wondered whether your reactions...
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What Can Perinatal Mental Health Support Look Like? With Dr. Kirsty Harris from Northamptonshire Perinatal Mental Health Services
This week on the MAMA Podcast, Heidi chats with Dr. Kirsty Harris from Northamptonshire Perinatal Mental Health Services to discuss the work she and her team are doing to support families. For parents who are pregnant after loss, anxiety and trauma can resurface in powerful ways. Recognising…
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Advocacy in Birth with Midwife Marley
What does it really mean to advocate for yourself in pregnancy and birth? And why is it so important?In this episode of the MAMA Podcast, Heidi sits down with Midwife Marley, independent midwife, educator, author, and mother of five, to talk about advocacy, antenatal education, and the power of...
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What is Pre-Eclampsia? With Action on Pre-Eclampsia
This week, we're joined by Action on Pre-eclampsia to explore everything you need to know about this important condition that can affect pregnancy and postpartum health. Join us as we discuss how to spot the symptoms early, when to seek help, and why advocating for your health (even if you think...
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Support Me - Navigating the UK's Maternity Services as a Migrant
In this episode of The MAMA Podcast, host Heidi Eldridge chats with Anna Rutkowska, co-founder of Support Me, a Volunteer-led, birth-inspired group focused on helping minority ethnic people in the UK navigate the maternity system and beyond. If you’d like to learn more about Support ME, you can…
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Preparing for Parenthood with NCT: The Emotional & Practical Journey
In this episode of The Mama Podcast, host Heidi Eldridge chats with Sally Parkin and Catherine Walker from NCT to explore what today’s parents really need as they prepare for birth and life with a new baby.We go beyond the antenatal basics, from emotional readiness and mental health to practical...
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Human Rights in Pregnancy with Birthrights
This week we talk to the amazing Elif Ege, the Policy and Campaigns Manager at Birthrights. A human rights charity advocating for respectful and equitable maternity care across the UK. Elif and Heidi dive deep into the importance of human rights in childbirth, sharing insights from Birthrights'...
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The Neurodivergent Experience in Pregnancy with The ADHD Midwife
Join us this week as we sit down with the ADHD Midwife Laura Spence, founder of NeuroNatal, to discuss pregnancy and neurodivergence. If you'd like to see more of Laura's work, you can check her out here. If you'd like to see more of our work, you can check us out here.
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Breastfeeding 101 with Dr Sarah Silberstein - The Breastfeeding Doctor!
This week we're joined by the wonderful Dr Sarah Silberstein - the breastfeeding and tongue tie expert. We cover common questions many have while breastfeeding, as well as going into what exactly tongue tie is, and how you tackle it. If you'd like to learn more about Dr Silberstein and her…
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Mummy’s Day Out; Empowering Black Mothers Through Motherhood
Content Warning: Today’s episode has open and frank conversations about miscarriage and other topics some might find upsetting. If you’ve been affected by any of the issues raised, you can find more help here. This week, we're joined by the incredible Rachael, from Mummy’s Day Out! We hear all...
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Antenatal Education with Lily The Midwife! (From Bumps to Babies)
This week, we're joined by the incredible Lily the Midwife! We chat through all things Antenatal education from common questions to things Lily wishes all new parents knew! If you'd learn more about Lily, you can check them out here If you'd like to learn more about MAMA Academy, you can find us...
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Understanding H.I.E: Guidance and Support with Penny from Peeps
This week, we're joined by the incredible Penny from Peeps! We talk all things Hypoxic-Ischaemic Encephalopathy (H.I.E). What it is,the impact, what support you can get and so much more. If you'd learn more about Pepps, you can check them out here. If you'd like to learn more about MAMA Academy,...
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What is Pregnancy Sickness, Really? Featuring Charlotte from Pregnancy Sickness Support
This week, we're joined by the incredible Charlotte from Pregnancy Sickness Support. We talk all things Hyperemesis Gravidarum (HG). What it is, how it is different from morning sickness, what support you can get and so much more. If you'd learn more about Pregnancy Sickness Support, you can…
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Mindfulness After Loss with Ellie's Gift
This week, we're joined by the incredible Lucy from Ellie’s Gift, who shares her powerful journey from working as a nurse to founding a charity in honour of her daughter. Together, we explore how we navigate life after loss, the importance of legacy, and finding purpose in the hardest moments.…
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Safer Births, Stronger Communities: Midwifery & Maternity Care for All with ASAM
In this latest episode of The MAMA Podcast, we had the pleasure of welcoming the incredible Nafiza and Benash from ASAM (Association of South Asian Midwives). We discussed everything from the unique experiences of South Asian women in the healthcare system to the journeys that led them to…
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Navigating Life with a Newborn with Sophie Price
We welcome back the wonderful Sophie Price to see how she's been adjusting to live with a newborn (and a toddler!), we chat about her birth experience, the expectations we put on ourselves when we have our second child and so much more. If you'd like to see more of Sophie, you can follow her…
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Twins and more! with Twins Trust
Join us in this week's episode as we sit down with Shauna Leven, CEO of Twin Trust, for a fascinating discussion on the unique journey of giving birth to twins in the UK. We delve into the challenges that parents may face within the system and highlight the supportive resources Twin Trust offers....
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Empowering Positive Birth Experiences with Nikki Wilson of Make Birth Better
This week on the MAMA Podcast, we’re joined by the incredible Nikki Wilson, CEO of Make Birth Better, an organisation dedicated to improving birth experiences for parents and families. Tune in as Nikki shares her journey from midwife to CEO, and how her personal passion led her to champion better...
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Caring for Mothers and Babies with Laborie
This week we welcome Hazel and Paula, clinical educators from Laborie. Listen in as they share their experiences supporting mothers and babies through challenging pregnancies and beyond. Don’t miss out on their insightful stories and advice for everyone involved in the journey of parenthood! You...
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The MAMA Christmas Break Special
We bring you a very special round up episode of the pod, where we sit down and discuss all the amazing things we've been up to this year! If you'd like to make a one time donation to support everything we do, you can text: 'MAMA05' to 70085 to donate £5 'MAMA10' to 70085 to donate £10 'MAMA50' to...
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Talking Maternal Healthcare with Haddy from TheBlackPregnancy
In this week’s episode we talk to Haddy from TheBlackPregnancy to talk about the black experience in the British healthcare system, as both a healthcare provider and a patient. We talk about the nuances around delivering care for people from different communities, and how you can make a…
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Talking Pram Safety with Ryan Griffith from iCandy!
This week we talk to engineering manager for iCandy, Ryan Griffith! We chat about all the thing to look out for when purchasing a travel system. We talk in depth about what makes a system right (or wrong!) for your lifestyle as well as Ryan sharing all his tips and tricks for what to look for…
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Taking Next Steps After Baby Loss or Birth Trauma w/ Shazia Shah of Irwin Mitchell
If you'd like to talk to Irwin Mitchell about your baby loss or birth trauma, you can contact them here. If you'd like to see more of what we do, you can find us at: Our Website Instagram Facebook X/Twitter TikTok YouTube If you'd like to make a one time donation to support everything we do, you...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Brought to you by the safer pregnancy charity, MAMA Academy, which aims to save babies lives in the UK. Hosted by Heidi Eldridge, CEO, with various special guests, this bi-weekly podcast empowers parents on how to have a safer pregnancy as well as maternity rights and how to cope with a pregnancy after loss. Full of inspiring conversations on how to navigate the complex world of parenting to being aware of cultural differences with our peers. Packed with practical advice and fascinating facts for healthcare professionals as well as expectant parents, you are guaranteed to learn something new in every episode. Please rate and review if you enjoy it. Together we can help more babies arrive safely.
All information we provide is for entertainment and awareness purposes only. Any concerns should be discussed with your GP, Midwife or healthcare professional.
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