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Held in Motherhood with Hannah Willsmore — 104 episodes

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103. How I'm Currently Preparing for My 2nd Birth as a Midwife

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102. Is Feeding to Sleep a Bad Habit?

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101. ‘I Can’t Do This Anymore’ Navigating Transition in Labour.

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100. Hello 2026 - Pregnancy Updates, Work Goals, Gestational Diabetes and Maternity Leave Plans.

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99. Navigating Christmas with a New Baby - Realistic Tips for the Festive Season

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98. Facing Fear in Birth - Why It’s Normal and How You Can Work With It

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97. Healing Sore Nipples - What Really Helps (and What Doesn’t)

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96. Understanding ADHD and Neurodivergence in Motherhood with Rachel Howe.

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95. What I'll Be Doing Differently in my Next Birth

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94. How to Prepare Your Birth Partner for Labour

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93. Why Awake Windows Can Get in the Bin

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92. The Reality of the First Trimester (from a Midwife Who’s Living It)

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91. My Top 10 Mum Life Hacks

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90. My Weaning Journey: The Emotional and Practical Side of Stopping Breastfeeding.

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89. 5 Essential Questions to Ask at Antenatal Appointments

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88. New Name, New Format, Big Life Updates.

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87. Merry & Bright (But Mostly Tired) - Navigating Christmas with a New Baby.

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86. Breastfeeding Your Toddler - Boundaries, Moving Away From Feeding on Demand, Tandem Feeding, Night Weaning and Managing Outside Opinions.

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85. How I use the Neuroprotective Developmental Care (Possums) Approach with my Baby

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Three Simple Steps to Prepare for a Positive and Empowering Birth

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83. A New Era for Private Midwifery in Australia - Stepping You Through the Exciting New Changes!

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A Life Update plus your Free Access to my Preconception and First Trimester Course.

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Managing Gestational Diabetes

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80. Babywearing 101 - How to Choose the Right Carrier, Safe Babywearing and What to Do If Your Baby Hates the Carrier!

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79. Preparing your Partner to be the Best Birth Support.

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78. Managing Reflux, Starting Solids and Fussy Eating with Paediatric Dietician Anna Ritan.

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77. Q + A - Changing care provider, antenatal expressing, nausea, postpartum haemorrhage, gestational diabetes, homebirth insurance changes, childcare transitions, house hunting, endometriosis, PCOS.

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76. Preparing your Toddler for a New Sibling Part 2.

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75. Preparing your Toddler for a New Sibling Part 1.

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74. My Top 10 Breastfeeding Tips.

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73. How to Protect Breastfeeding if You Are Separated from Your Baby.

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Preparing for a VBAC

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71. Digestive Discomfort in Newborns

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How the Media Negatively Influences Birth and What We Can Do About It.

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Night Weaning Q and A

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The Top Up Trap - How Early Formula Supplementation Affects Breastfeeding.

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What is the difference between a Midwife and Doula?

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The podcast is back! What we've been up to, our huge rebrand and a life update.

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Night Weaning - A honest, unedited conversation.

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Navigating Breastfeeding and Postpartum Life After the First Six Weeks

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63. Three Mistakes I see all too often with Birth Preparation

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62. Emotional Wellbeing in Pregnancy + Postpartum with Clinical Psychologist Dr Kaitlin Harkess

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61. All You Need to Know About Hypnobirthing and How It Can Help You to Have an Empowering Birth

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60. Navigating Christmas with a Baby

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59. How I Balance Work, Exercise, Chores and Self-Care as a Busy Mum

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58. Building your Village with Christie Smith

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57. Three Easy Ways to Support Your Mindset in the First Trimester

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56. Planning a Baby? Five Things to Do Now Before You Conceive.

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55. Lara’s Birth Story - Birth Preparation, Choosing a Supportive Care Provider, and Her Journey to an Empowering Birth After Birth Trauma.

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54. The question I get asked all the time about Homebirth - But isn't it Dangerous?

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53. Our Sleep Journey over the First 12 Months

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Preparing your Pelvic Floor for Birth with Physiotherapist Kath Baquie

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Meet our Midwife team - Nerissa

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Celebrating our 50th Episode- Reflections, Top Episodes and Behind the Scenes of the Podcast

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How to Change Care Provider During Pregnancy

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Three Ways to Prepare for a Physiological Birth

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What to Pack in Your Hospital Bag

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Pregnancy and Postpartum Movement with Exercise Physiologist Erin Parish

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Practical Advice for Making Breastfeeding and Work, Work! Celebrating World Breastfeeding Week 2023

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Answering your Questions - breastfeeding and starting solids, parenting styles, sleep training, breastfeeding an older baby plus lots more!

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Birth Trauma Awareness Week

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Three Breastfeeding Myths I Always Hear and Why They Are Untrue.

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The Top 5 Questions to Ask When Choosing a Childbirth Education Course

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39. My Top 10 Postpartum Must-Haves

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Navigating Matrescence with Kirstie Maddocks

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My Breastfeeding Journey - The First Six Weeks

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36. Supporting your Mental Health with Perinatal Psychologist Stephanie Loielo

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'I want a 'natural' birth but I'm worried about the pain'

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Reflecting on 2022 and Hello 2023!

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Meet our Midwife Team - Kelly

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Your Questions About Our Birth Answered

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The Birth of Archie (My Birth Story!)

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How to Have a Positive Caesarean Birth

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My Top Five Breastfeeding Tips

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My Chat with Naturopath Kasey Willson

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Knowledge Is Power - Why Researching Birth Interventions Is So Important.

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My Top Five Breastfeeding + Postpartum Books

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How a Midwife and Childbirth Educator Prepares for their Own Birth

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My Third Trimester Journey

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Getting My Business Ready for Maternity Leave

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Five Ways to Prepare for Postpartum While You’re Still Pregnant

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How to Get Your Partner on Board With Hypnobirthing.

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Navigating an Induction of Labour

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My Second Trimester Journey

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Antenatal Expressing of Colostrum

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Exercise in Pregnancy with Tammy Obst

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Benefits of Active Birth

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Postpartum Preparation with Caitlin Dyer

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Your Homebirth Questions Answered.

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Doula Support, Prenatal Yoga and Preparing for Postpartum with Amanda Chow

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How I am currently Preparing for my Birth

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Emotional Wellbeing with Clinical Psychologist Dr Kaitlin Harkess

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Three Mistakes I see when Preparing for Birth

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Episode 10 - What exactly does a Midwife do, and and how can they help you on your journey

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Birthing in a Pandemic Part 2- Heading home from hospital and your early postpartum period.

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Birthing in a Pandemic Part 1 - Early Labour, Labouring at home before heading into hospital.

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7. How to Write a Birth Plan

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6. What is Hypnobirthing and how it can help you to have a Positive Birth

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5. My Top Five Pregnancy + Birth Books

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4. Navigating Christmas with a Newborn

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3. My First Trimester Journey

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2. Choosing your Care Provider

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1. Meet Hannah

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