Content warning: divorce, fertility issues, high risk pregnancy, hectic birth & cancer. In this episode I chat to Sharlie Wise of Sharlie Designs, a communications manager turned pot painter. We talked about start up businesses, the difficulty of pricing your items and how she works while having to care for a baby. We also chat about having both her partner and a support person during the birth of Lulu and having retained placenta afterwards. Sharlie would also like to make a note that Lulu’s head was NOT 52cm when she came out! Check out Sharlie's work here: @sharlie.designs / sharliedesigns.com instagram: @birthingbabespodcast / website: birthingbabespodcast.com.au / email: [email protected]

After a long break, I am back to chatting births with all the Babes! In this episode, Yiying Lee, a potter with a psychology degree chats about confinement after birth, work life with a toddler & in-laws and how raising a toddler is a different ballgame to raising a baby. Check out Yiying's work here: @byyiyingle / yiyinglee.com instagram: @birthingbabespodcast / website: birthingbabespodcast.com.au / email: [email protected]

Just a note this is a bit of a TMI episode (probably more on my part!) Penny of Min Pin chat about dealing with panic attacks & anxiety during labour & birth, body image issues post birth and how it’s important to keep tabs on your mental health once the baby comes. Grab some of Penny's cute stuff here: @minpindesign / minpindesign.com instagram: @birthingbabespodcast / website: birthingbabespodcast.com.au / email: [email protected]

Josh talks about being a Kiwi tattoo artist during the COVID-19 pandemic, the naming of their babies, how the hospital they went to for the births uncomfortably pushed for natural births and how he was left in the birthing suite for 3 hours alone with his son Bobby, along with the mess he helped made. Check out Josh's work here: @joshuaw.thomas / collectables.bigcartel.com instagram: @birthingbabespodcast / website: birthingbabespodcast.com.au / email: [email protected]

Babe 8teen is Julie of Aacute, who gave birth to her daughter Lyra at the start of the pandemic when things were super unorganized and confusing. We chat about how her partner Tom wasn’t able to be with Julie during Lyra’s birth, nor was he able to depend the first night with them at the hospital; but also how lovely it was when they finally get to spend the first night together as a family of 3. A little note, with me being super scared of needles, Julie got me a bit sweaty when she recalls the process of getting an epidural; and even sweatier with how the midwife explained c-section to her.  Check out Julie's brand Aacute here: @aacute_j / aacute.com.au/ instagram: @birthingbabespodcast / website: birthingbabespodcast.com.au / email: [email protected]

In this episode we chat to the lovely couple James, drummer of Catholic Guilt and his beautiful partner Jess about being pregnant during the COVID-19 lockdown and how their dream birth was going so well according to the birth plan, but everything went a bit balls up. *positive outcome* Also apologies for the audio in this episode! My audio is overwhelming compared to Jess & James'. Grab yourself a set of jumbo jenga from James, and check out his band Catholic Guilt here: @jimmysjumbojenga / @catholicguiltmusic instagram: @birthingbabespodcast / website: birthingbabespodcast.com.au / email: [email protected]

Babe Sixteen is Sarah of The Witch Apprentice. We chat about toilet training (again!), toddler tantrums and how we deal (or don’t) with them. How different her two daughters are, right down to labour pains. How we’d say we wouldn’t change our babies for the world but at the same time, okay maybe a little bit. Lastly, we chat the selling of Sarah’s old business to become a full time witch. Follow Sarah and grab your self some potions here: @thewitchapprentice / thewitchapprentice.com.au instagram: @birthingbabespodcast / website: birthingbabespodcast.com.au / email: [email protected]

Hello! It's me, Waan, your host. It has been a while since the last episode and a thousand apologies but I got pretttty comfortable having Dan and Akira home all the time during iso. In this episode we're talking to Babe Fifteen Jess Scherini: an artist, tattoo artist and mum to little Bonnie. Listen to us chat about toilet training, weaning off the boobs, how important it is to have great mum friends and of course, Bonnie's birth. You'll also be able to hear our two little ladies playing in the background here and there (mostly Akira - that girl is LOUD) in this episode. Check out Jess' work on instagram here: @jessscheriniart instagram: @birthingbabespodcast / website: birthingbabespodcast.com.au / email: [email protected]

In the second part of Patience’s episode, she’ll tell us all about the home birth of her second daughter Fade, which is totally the opposite of Soda’s. Listen on to hear Patience tell us in full details of Fade’s free water birth at home but please note of talks to termination at around 7 - 9 minutes and stillbirths at 17 - 21 minutes. There are also lots of free birthing resources in this episode, so make sure you get your pens and paper out! Follow Patience on instagram here: @paehoddy instagram: @birthingbabespodcast / website: birthingbabespodcast.com.au / email: [email protected]

Babe Fourteen is Patience Hodgson of the Aussie band The Grates. Patience's episode is split into two parts as we have over 2 hours of A+ content. In part one, we chat about her and her family’s mindful self isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic, her and her husband John’s lives post babies; how, for Patience, breastfeeding was a wonderful antidote to anxiety and the birth of her first daughter Soda. Follow Patience on instagram here: @paehoddy instagram: @birthingbabespodcast / website: birthingbabespodcast.com.au / email: [email protected]