Today we speak with Alex Sinickas - engineer, mother and creator of  Milkdrop breast pump silicone cushions. Alex experienced a traumatic start to motherhood with a stillbirth at 20 weeks and openly shares her dark journey through grief and how it has shaped her today. Becoming a mother to daughter Greta, Alex then struggled with breastfeeding and pumping which led her to create a product to empower breastfeeding women. Alex is super clever and gave us a different perspective on motherhood as she challenges the ‘stay at home’ mother paradigm.

This is a trigger warning - in this episode we discuss sensitive topics such as stillbirth and intrusive thoughts, so please listen mindfully and reach out for support if you need. We’ve put some helpful resources in the show notes.

This episode is sponsored by The Plant Fam, a family owned business on the Mornington Peninsula that offers a wide range of indoor and outdoor plants.

SHOW NOTES:

1. For information or support relating to miscarriage, stillbirth and grief we recommend contacting SANDS.  Sands is a volunteer-based organisation providing individualised care from one bereaved parent to another, giving them support and hope for the future, following the death of a baby. 

2. An ever helpful resource, PANDA - Perinatal Anxiety & Depression Australia supports women, men and families across Australia affected by anxiety and depression during pregnancy and in the first year of parenthood. 

3. For further info on the breast pump silicone cushions, Milkdrop can be contacted on [email protected]

4. Alex mentions author Virginia Woolf and recommends reading on of her books entitled 'A Room Of One's Own'. This is about women that need their own space to able to create things of worth. And back in the 20's, when this was written, they couldn't really do that! 

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Thanks for listening and pls share us with your mother community!
Love, Mel and Cel