Missta Mums Demi Duncan and Melinda Baxter

Todays episode is proudly brought to you by Womb Nutrition and The Beauty Company
Demi and Mel catch up to chat about their previous week in parenting!
Demi speaks about her *nearly* 7 year old daughters nervous traits and fear towards going to bed! Scarlet goes to the toilet 8 times before bed and makes up every excuse as to why she cant go to bed.
Mel talks about her weekend away camping in a tent with her family of 5! What was originally a holiday Melinda didn't want to go on, turned out to be wholesome and relaxing.
You will feel like you have joined in on their convo as the girls chat and catch up!

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Womb Nutrition: MISSTA30 (discount value up to $125)
LINKS:
Missta Instagram: @missta_babythermos
Missta Website: Shop Missta

Todays episode is proudly brought to you by Womb Nutrition, The Beauty Company and Hella Mellow



You will be able to feel Lorinska's upbeat energy through your speakers! She is so fun and we loved having her in the studio!

Lorinska is a mum of 3, Penelope, Florence and Edward.

Lorinska famously leads a glamorous life but chats to us about how her perfect world flipped upside down after giving birth to her 3rd child, Edward! All her parenting tricks and techniques that worked for her older two "perfectly behaved" girls, doesn't work on her darling son! She chats about how she could never relate to sleep deprived parents and has since drastically changed the way she speaks about parenting.

We chat about her "overnight" fame with the hit series, Yummy Mummies and how life changed from it's debut to Netflix!

Life is chaotic for Lorinska but she bares all to her loyal followers and loves every second of her the challenges!



You will leave this chat feeling so uplifted after a good giggle, like we did!



DISCOUNT CODES:

Womb Nutrition: MISSTA30 (discount value up to $125)

Hella Mellow: use code MISSTAMUMS on min $20 order



LINKS:

Lorinskas Instagram: @lorinska

Missta Instagram: @missta_babythermos

Missta website: Shop Missta

Todays episode is proudly brought to you by Womb Nutrition , The Beauty Company and Fauve and Co

We have stepped out of hospital and are back in Demi's living room for a catch up about life post Parker's arrival and how Demi is settling in at home as a family of 6!
Demi tells us her list of "must have" hospital items and her most used baby products since arriving home!
We disclose the silent struggle we have been facing the last few months with our business along with some BIG changes that have happened behind the scenes!
We love catching up with our Missta Fam and being as transparent as possible with you all!

LINKS:
Shop Missta: missta.com.au
Missta Instagram: @missta_babythermos
Demi Instagram: @demiduncan_

This episode is proudly brought to you by Womb Nutrition, Fauve and Co and The Beauty Company.



We sit down with (another) one of Demi's friends, Candice Smith. Wife to Isaac Smith, mother of 2, (Isla and Emmett) and co-owner of Home At Heart.

Candice, for the first time speaks openly about the traumatic period in their life when their son, Emmett, was diagnosed with CMV (Cytomegalovirus). What started with a failed hearing test at birth which was assumed to be fluid in the ears lead to a much more serious diagnosis.

Candice then speaks honestly about her miscarriage after Emmett, in which she felt "relieved" as she was beginning to recover from the trauma of her sons diagnosis. She acknowledges this may be hard to hear for many women. After time passed, the pair tried for another baby in an attempt to grow their family which unfortunately resulted in another miscarriage.

They still hope to grow their family and Candice shares her mental strength as she endures the pain of miscarriage.



LINKS:

Aged Care Business: Home At Heart

CMV Information: What is CMV?

Miscarriage Support: Pink Elephants

Candice Smith Instagram: @cequinlan

Isaac Smith Instagram: @issy16

This episode is proudly brought to you by Womb Nutrition, The Beauty Company and Fauve and Co!
Part 2: Post Baby
Today we visit Demi in hospital with husband Mitch to get all the details from Demi's emergency c-section of her son, Parker James Duncan.
What Demi once thought was going to be a "boring planned c-section" turned into baby #4 arriving two weeks early and Mitch missing a game of footy to make a mad rush home from Adelaide in time for the birth!
Topics covered:
- Maternal-assisted cesarean
- Water breaking early + risk of infection
- Mitch making the call to miss his game of football
- Instant guilt at birth for not giving Scarlet (Demi's daughter) a sister after having her 3rd son
- Spinal blocks and the perpetration before c-sections
- Difficulty deciding on a name for Parker

LINKS:
Demi's Obstetrician in Geelong: Berth
Demi's Insta: @demiduncan_
Mitch's Insta: @mitchduncan22
CREDITS:
Hosts of todays show: Demi Duncan, Mitch Duncan and Melinda Baxter

This episode is proudly brought to you by Womb Nutrition, Eco Kiddos and Fauve and Co!

PART 1: Pre baby
Demi and Mitch answer questions from our beloved Missta community as they eagerly await the arrival of their 4th baby!
We her about their day to day life and how they manage their time, a small argument about who does what jobs around the house plus the ins and outs of life building up to the arrival of their 4th baby!
Baby Duncan #4 was due to arrive early April, however after recording this episode only days ago, bubba Duncan was quite keen to enter the world and made an early arrival!
PART 2 of this episode will be released with alllll the insider gossip about baby Duncan's early arrival!!

LINKS
- Demi Duncan IG: @demiduncan_
- Mitch Duncan IG: @mitchduncan22
- Follow MISSTA on IG: @missta_babythermos
CREDITS
Hosts of todays show: Demi Duncan and Mitch Duncan