In this episode I speak with Sheridan, who is mum to toddler Elle and  also pregnant with number two. Sheridan shares the challenges she experienced adjusting to becoming a mum and the unrealistic expectations she placed on herself thanks to social media. She shares her experience of breastfeeding including why she exclusively pumped for 13 months and why it didn’t help her mental health when people praised her for the effort. Sheridan offers some insightful advice around what you could do if you see someone pumping like she was and why it’s ok to give yourself permission to stop.

Sheridan also spoke about how being in the health and fitness industry impacted the pressures she felt to ‘bounce back’ and what she expected her experience would look like, vs what it was.

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In this episode I speak to Kath, a mum of three girls and women’s physio. Kath has over 16 years’ experience guiding women through their pregnancy fitness journeys and postnatal rehab, and she specialises in pelvic floor rehabilitation. 

Kath shares her passion and desire for every woman to have access to post natal rehab. She shares her knowledge about pelvic floors, abdominal separation, how to best return to exercise and why it’s so important for us to rest our bodies after birth, including a story about what happened to her when she didn’t rest.  

Finally, Kath shares her tips for prioritising exercise and movement when exercise is the first thing that drops off the ‘me’ list.  Listen now.

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Tess is a vet from Forbes in Central NSW. Being a vet has always been a huge part of her identity and she knew from a very young age that this was her calling – so when she had her daughter Tilly,  Tess was amazed at how differently she looked at the animals she’d spent her whole life working with. From the pain she felt for them as she had to do an episiotomy or caesarean, to having so much empathy when the animal was having trouble breastfeeding or had mastitis. Tess shares how going back to work part time gave her life balance and she’s now the happiest she’s ever been. She also talks about what it’s like living in a country town, from access to doctors to what it’s like breastfeeding in public.

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