Laura Choppen | Mother of 2, *traumatic birth* , breastfeeding, attachment led parenting, boundaries, the food doula
Release Date: 06/04/2024
Lucie Bradley | Mother of two, Medical Herbalist, self care, holistic care, boundaries, menopause, pediatric medicine
Pink Flamingo Podcast
Today on the podcast I am talking to Lucie, mother of two girls, Imani, 11 and Bibi, 4 & a cavalier king charles spaniel Cherry Pie who is 9 months old . Lucie is a Medical herbalist living in Glasgow and has specialised more recently in postpartum care and pediatric medicine. We talk about how non-negotiable and essential self care is in motherhood but how this doesn't happen overnight. 11 years into motherhood Lucie says it's still a work in progress for her but she has learnt that the more you look after yourself and tend to yourself, the better everything else will be. She also shares...
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Harry & Lily | Mother & Father, breastfeeding trauma, relationship changes in the postpartum, dad networks, raynauds, 4 day week,
Pink Flamingo Podcast
In today's episode I am joined by my partner Harry as we share some of the highs and lows of our own postpartum journey. 🦩Our first year of parenthood revolved largely around my boobs...and not in a good way. We share a lot about my very painful breastfeeding journey and the endless quest to make it work including lactation consultants, health visitors, midwives, NHS feeding specialists, nipple shields, cranial osteopaths and tongue tie specialists, breast feeding from one breast & combi feeding with formula....it wasnt until about 9 months that I started to feel the pain subside after...
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Tortie Rye- Mother of 3, doula, motherless mothering, grief, age gaps, mothering adolescents alongside a baby, building a family of friends, postpartum care
Pink Flamingo Podcast
In todays episode i chat with Tortie, my own doula and mother to Inigo, 14, Phoebe,11 and Zelda who is nearly 8 months old. Tortie speaks to having a baby whilst mothering adolescents and while she felt nervous about this age gap during her pregnancy, in has turned out to be the biggest blessing and something Tortie feels so grateful for. Emotionally it provided Tortie the time to reflect and learn from her previous experiences and provide a welcome sense of perspective and practically, the children were able to offer help, be independent and bring a grateful sense of energy, playfullnes and...
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Polly Mossman | Mother, unplanned cesarean, physical, emotional and mental recovery in the postpartum, night sweats, sleep deprivation, returning to work, staying in touch with friends.
Pink Flamingo Podcast
Today I speak to Polly, mother of Eben who is nine months old, a yoga facilitator and facial therapist. Polly moved from living on a house boat in London to the Gower in Wales just before Eben was born. Polly loved being pregnant, she felt firmly in her power and was planning a homebirth. Sadly homebirthing wasnt an option at the time of her birth and she got trapped in the cascade of intervention in hospital and after a long labour ended up with an unplanned cesarean two days later. She experienced the scariest night of her life on the postnatal ward, alone, unable to move post Cesarean or...
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Emma Marigold | Single Mother, Medical Herbalist, Bali, Co-parenting, sleep deprviation
Pink Flamingo Podcast
In today's episode I am talking to Emma about her postnatal journey with her son Oska who is 16 months old. Emma is single mother, a Medical Herbalist and currently living out in Bali. Emma had a homebirth with her Doula and best friend present and was looked after by friends and family in the first few weeks by dropping off lots of food to nourish her. She was physically forced to rest as she experienced a small prolapse and had heavy bleeding. As someone who normally finds it hard to stop, this enforced rest was really useful for her to fully embrace and surrender to the mess and chaos of...
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Laura Choppen | Mother of 2, *traumatic birth* , breastfeeding, attachment led parenting, boundaries, the food doula
Pink Flamingo Podcast
In today's episode I am joined by Laura, mother of Forrest who is 3.5 and Tanner who is 1. I just want to add a *TRIGGER WARNING* before i introduce her, as Laura shares a traumatic birth story during this episode around 21 minutes in. Laura shares her radically different births and postpartums first and second time around. Her first birth during covid was very traumatic and left her incredibly crushed, depleted and stressed which negatively affected her start to breastfeeding and left her too low to implement any boundaries to protect herself and her space. After a trip to hospital a week...
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Catrin Jones | Mother of 5, birthworker, home educator, doula, postpartum food boxes, surrender
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In todays episode I had the joy of speaking with Catrin @mama_lleud, mother of 5 children and many animals all living nestled between the mountains and the sea in Eryri, North Wales. Catrin has raised her children at home, opting to home educate and somehow manages to also have been a birth worker since 2017 and now specialising in postpartum support and providing nutritious food boxes to local women in her community. I learnt so much from this conversation with Catrin as she shares the starkly different accounts of her first birth as a single young mum at 19 with a practically non existent...
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Deya Swift | Mother, breastfeeding, raynauds, lactation consultant, presence, natural parenting, nature, journaling
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In todays episode I had the honour of chatting with my best friend Deya about the last 6 months of postpartum life with her son, my godson, Woody. Deya had a restful start to motherhood which she credits to her Doula who encouraged her to spend time thinking and preparing for postpartum when she was still pregnant and also reading the book The First Forty Days. As a very outdoorsy active person it was a real change of pace, but she managed to not leave her house for over a week and was fed by friends and family for about 3 weeks which enabled their new family of 3 to spend as much time...
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Sophia Crawford | Mother of two, Doula, postpartum friends, co-sleeping, boundaries
Pink Flamingo Podcast
In todays episode I chatted with the lovely Sophia, a doula and mother to Elba, 9 and Wren, 7. Sophia experienced two very different postpartum with her daughters. As a young mum at 24 years old and the first of her friends to have a baby, she wanted to show the world and herself that this new chapter wouldn't drastically change her life but she quickly learnt that she was lying to herself and there comes a point where you are forced to surrender to it. Once she did surrender and accept this new self and stage she was so immersed in it and happier in her mothering....
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Jessica Ferrow | Mother, Mother Circle, 4th trimester, elimination communication, mastrescence
Pink Flamingo Podcast
In todays episode I am speaking to Jessica about her mothering experience with her daughter River who is now nearly two. Jessica runs Mother Circle in Bristol, which came out of her own postpartum journey and the lonliness Jessica felt spending hours and hours alone with a baby at home each day, she missed the village, didnt understand what was happening to her and wanted a space to talk...and that is exactly what mother circle is- a landing pad for mothers to gather, learn and share their experiences as mothers – physically, sexually, emotionally, spiritually, and archetypally. We also...
info_outlineIn today's episode I am joined by Laura, mother of Forrest who is 3.5 and Tanner who is 1. I just want to add a *TRIGGER WARNING* before i introduce her, as Laura shares a traumatic birth story during this episode around 21 minutes in.
Laura shares her radically different births and postpartums first and second time around. Her first birth during covid was very traumatic and left her incredibly crushed, depleted and stressed which negatively affected her start to breastfeeding and left her too low to implement any boundaries to protect herself and her space. After a trip to hospital a week later, it gave her the kick she needed to priortise herself and her breastfeeding journey which she did by staying in bed all of the second week with her baby and it was the best week ever, allowing her to bond and breastfeed her baby.
Second time around she had a much calmer pregnancy and despite planning for a VBAC, after induction pressure she opted for a elective ceasaren which was an incredibly calm, slow, respectful and honoured birth which in Laura's words "felt like a spa day" and this mirrored her postpartum with Tanner which felt easeful from the very first breastfeed. Laura was very strict with her boundaries second time around, not leaving her bed or having any guests for a week. She also used The Food Doula to ensure she and her family were really well nourished and all of this a year on, has resulted in a very content and calm baby.
Laura and I discuss sleep, her feelings around sleep training, how much kinder to herself and more intuitive and less influenced she has been second time around. We talk about attachment led parenting, the lack of support past the newborn phase and how everyone just assumes you have everyhitng together, we talk about breastfeeding and how it is the proudest things Laura has ever done. We chat about the dangers of mothers covering up how hard they find things and how that really alienates other mums and finally we cover the concept of finding your pink a lot in this episode and the importance of finding your pink within motherhood, in a world that includes them rather than searching for your pink outside of it.
Laura shares so much juicy insight and wisdom on mothering and i cant wait to hear what she has to say. To find out more about Laura please follow her journey on instagram @laurawildlove