Pregnancy, Birth and Recovery: FitNest Mama Kath Baquie

Today I chat with Sarah Cleaver, who is a physiotherapist and Australasian distributor for Solidea, importing a range of medical compression and support wear for use during the pregnancy and postpartum period.In this chat today with Sarah, we discuss:How does compression help during pregnancy and postpartum?When to start wearing compression during pregnancy and postpartum.Different types of compression for pregnancy and postpartum.Support wear for vulval varicosities and pelvic floor issues.S...

Charlotte Cushing is no stranger to the social professional and mental pressures of daily life but nothing could possibly prepare her for motherhood. As a clinical nurse of 10 years, she thought she had the edge over being a mum, however she is here today to share her story and explain what a crazy transition its been!As a proud representative of Australia not once, but 3 times on the international stage competing in beauty pageants around the world, she has now dived head first into her grea...

How should exercise look during pre-conception?How should exercise look during pregnancy?And how about after birth?How do we best support our changing body?Whether or not you are a keen exerciser, or perhaps you need to drag yourself out the door for a walk, this episode is for you.Rather than exercise being something we need to tick off the 'to-do' list pre and post birth, how can we re-frame exercise to help support our changing body?In this episode today we discuss pregnancy fitness and in...

If you are a mumma who is feeling tired, unmotivated, sore or weak.... and feeling the effects of the motherhood load, this episode is for you.In this episode I provide some real life strategies to help you invest in your self-care with exercise, and thus invest in your physical and mental health, to help you feel like a stronger, happier mumma.LINKSPreparing for birth Pelvic health checklistFree 7 Day Trial Pregnancy WorkoutsFree 7 Day Trial Postnatal WorkoutsFitNest Mama WebsiteInstagram @f...

Today I chat with Jo Hardie, who is the founder and creator of Spewy, an innovative product born out of necessity. In today's episode we discuss toilet training. In particular we chat about:- the difference between day and night toilet training.- timing - how to know when to start toilet training?- making toilet training a positive experience- how to manage setbacks.Six years ago, after enduring a disastrous road trip with her three children, including an incident of car sickness, ...

In today's episode I chat with Holly who shares her pregnancy journey, birth story and motherhood experience.Becoming a mother didn't quite look how Holly had envisioned. This is her story of an IVF pregnancy, navigating her husbands cancer diagnosis during pregnancy, to a birth and postpartum that looked nothing like she thought it would. Holly describes her breastfeeding difficulties, postpartum rage, sleep deprivation, and more. As Holly describes, motherhood 'has been the most ...