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First Time Mum"s Chat

Commencing your parenting journey is a big life changer and in this podcast I share tips and strategies to help and inspire you so you can build confidence in your parenting and forge a magic bond with your little one. Getting started as a mum is often a lonely, daunting journey and many feel alone and unsupported and lack a support network or village. For more than two decades, Helen Thompson has made it her mission to fill this gap and support mums as a childcare educator and more recently as a

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20:53

The Mental Challenges of Returning to Work After...

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2024/04/03

#157 - In this episode of First Time Mum's Chat, I'm chatting with Dr. Emily Guarnotta. Dr. Emily is a licensed clinical psychologist specialising in maternal mental health and will shortly be launching an online practice aiming to reduce the barriers that mums often face when looking for support and therapy in areas such as postpartum anxiety or depression.During our chat you'll hear us talk about the challenges of returning to work after maternity leave, which is often a hard time of

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28:22

Using a Conscious Parenting Approach When Raising...

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2024/03/20

#156 - In this episode, I'm bringing you an amazing woman, ThetaHealer and mother of one, Emily Miotto. Emily helps moms work on themselves to release any limiting beliefs around motherhood and to connect with their inner selves to trust their intuition and heal both themselves and their little ones!During our chat, you'll hear Emily talk about:-Her postpartum depression journey and how understanding why she manifested it, helped break the cycle.Why your little one may be hypersensitive to

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22:44

Why Building a Strong Support Network is so Vital to...

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2024/03/06

#155 - In this episode, I'm chatting with Tessia Watson, the author of the international bestselling book, Rejuvenated Mums Make Happy Kids who shares her journey into parenthood.Tessia is a big advocate for mums to create their support system to ensure they are well supported and to appreciate that "it takes a village to raise a child". The bottom line is that you can't do this journey alone!Check out the show notes here at https://www.mybabymassage.net/podcast/155.If you'd like

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27:06

Holistic Sleep Support - Helping Your Entire Family...

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2024/02/21

#154 - I've spoken with a lot of great women on First Time Mum's who help families with their sleep but what's different about Kim Hawley who I'm chatting with today, is that her focus isn't just on helping your little one.She helps entire families, which is so important because we all need our sleep right!During our chat you'll hear Kim talk about how her holistic sleep support helps entire families optimise their daily routine, daily rhythms and environment to help improve

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28:59

How to Heal Yourself When Western Medicine Fails You

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2024/02/07

#153 - Imagine being pregnant and being sick up to 15 - 20 times per day at times, with what you thought was morning sickness. This was the day to day struggle that physiotherapist and holistic health practitioner Jes Reynolds endured for the first 5 months of her pregnancy!During our chat you'll hear Jes talk about her frustrations with the medical system, feeling unsupported, facing endless appointments with specialists who could offer nothing to help her, finding nothing wrong and telling her

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23:25

Why Is Reading to an Infant Regularly so Vital to...

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2024/01/24

I've always been a big believer in getting into a regular routine of reading to children as soon as possible after they are born. This benefits their future development in many ways, and I've discussed this in a number of earlier episodes with some wonderful guests.Recently, I was fortunate enough to meet a wonderful woman on Instagram whose handle is Nanny Miss Monique. I was intrigued after listening to Miss Monique participate in a live titled 'It's Never Too Early To Start

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21:49

How Can Breastfeeding Enhance or Protect a Mom's...

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2024/01/10

Welcome back to First Time Mum's Chat.I'm kicking off the year with a second chat with Kelly Durbin.Kelly is a mother of 2, lactation consultant, childbirth educator, author, and volunteer breastfeeding counselor and this week we'll be talking about how breastfeeding can enhance or protect a mother's health after giving birth.During the episode, you'll hear Kelly talk about:Why breastfeeding is so important and beneficial in helping heal the uterus after birth and decrease the

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10:32

150th Episode

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2023/12/13

This week, I am thrilled to be bringing you the 150th episode of First Time Mum's Chat. Please help me celebrate reaching this amazing milestone by sharing this episode with other mums. Way back in January 2021, when I started the First Time Mum's Chat podcast, I had a goal to help mums who were about to become parents or who had just entered the daunting world of parenthood by providing a weekly episode with information, tips and tricks and resources to help.I am proud of my track record

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23:59

How Routine Labor Interventions Can Lead to...

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2023/12/06

Recently, I was surprised to learn that in the USA and Australia, that the cesarean rate is in excess of 30%. So more than one third of moms will experience a cesarean! Of course when you add the other routine labor interventions this percentage goes up.I've wanted to talk with someone about how these routine labor interventions can cause problems for breastfeeding for some time and in this week's episode of First Time Mum's Chat I'm delighted to be chatting with mother of 2,

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29:19

Navigating the Expectations & Realities of the...

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2023/11/29

Helping expecting and first time mums prepare for what is ahead is my main goal of First Time Mum's Chat. This week's guest, Jessica Dawson is a mum who has been through it all. To help other mums who are about to embark on this journey, she published a book last month called 'Postpartum: The Expectations & Reality of the Fourth Trimester', which focuses on the often-overlooked fourth trimester.Jessica's experience was that there are lots of resources out there for what to

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20:32

Happy Healthy Wealthy and Wise with Jill Wright

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2023/11/22

Jill Wright has recently finished writing a book, Happy Healthy Wealthy and Wise, which launches later this week, which is the culmination of 20 years of work! It is geared towards anyone who wants to create a better life for themselves and is willing to do some work to get there.It is a collection of the most impactful and inspiring quotes, ideas, practices, habits, tactics, and strategies that Jill has come across in the past two decades and is intended to support people in improving their lives

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28:05

Infant Language Development - How to Talk to an Infant

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2023/11/15

In this week's episode of First Time Mum's Chat, I'm talking with certified Academic Language Practitioner, Sarah Scheldt about why it is important to talk to your baby.During our chat you'll hear Sarah talk about:-How you can start creating language development that leads to literacy development as early as the 3rd trimester of your pregnancy instead of waiting until after birth.Why you need to avoid the use of 'baby talk' and instead talk to your baby using your regular

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31:01

Tips For Recognising and Coping Strategies For...

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2023/11/08

In this week's episode, I'm discussing the topic of postnatal depression with Lisa Quinney, a perinatal counsellor located in Melbourne, Australia.Lisa had her baptism of fire when her second daughter was born and she faced a few years of postnatal depression. Lisa now supports families so they don't have to go through what she did and you'll hear her talk about her journey including the importance of:-Being honest with yourself and recognising that you have a problem and not being

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26:34

Tips From a Childbirth Attorney to Help Avoid...

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2023/11/01

I'm sure you will agree that it's always valuable to have all the facts at your fingertips so you are prepared, so why should childbirth be any different? This week I'm discussing this with special guest Gina Mundy. Gina is an attorney that has specialised in childbirth cases for more than two decades. Gina wants to share mistakes that are made during labor and delivery with the world and has authored a book, drawing on her knowledge, to help parents prevent these mistakes and have a

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8:33

The Importance of Sleep For New Mums

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2023/10/25

In this week's episode of First Time Mum's Chat I'm talking about the importance of sleep to you as a parent. Yes, I'm focusing on you instead of your little one because you won't be at your best and able to be there 100% for your child if you are sleep deprived. Don't underestimate the importance of sleep because it refreshes your mind and repairs your body. During this episode I'll be sharing tips and ideas to support yourself to ensure you do not succumb to sleep

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36:11

Holistic Sleep Remedies - Tips to Help Improve Baby's...

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2023/10/18

If you're fighting feelings of misery, hopelessness and despair and your little one is difficult to get to sleep, awake for hours at night, waking frequently or fighting sleep then this episode of First Time Mum's Chat is just for you!I'm chatting with sleep coach, mom-mentor, podcast host and mother of 5, Meredith Brough who shares her expertise on holistic sleep methods. Meredith has taken the best things out of the sleep training world and then totally meshed them in with the holistic

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33:15

Learning to Cope With Celiac Disease in Infants

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2023/10/11

Your journey as a mum is often a stressful one, right! Well imagine to add to the stress and overwhelm of your new parenting journey, discovering that one of your children has Celiac disease! This is what mum of 2, registered nurse and natural health professional, Laura Tate faced in her parenting journey and she quickly needed to find ways to structure a life that met her family's health needs.During our chat, you'll hear Laura talk about her journey and the challenges she and her family

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26:04

Discovering the Many Benefits of Infant Swimming for...

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2023/10/04

When it comes to building a bond with your little one, then a great way for you to do this is by introducing them to the water early on. In this week's episode I'm chatting with Jo Wilson. Jo is the founder of the child-development program in water; Aqua Sensory, and is a Developmental Play Practitioner, Aquatic Tutor and author.Jo is passionate about what she does and during our chat, you'll hear her share some great tips and insights including:-Why you need to ensure that 100% of your

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27:48

How a Paediatric Occupational Therapist Can Help...

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2023/09/27

A lot of the parents that I talk to via my baby massage classes, ask me whether everything is going as it should with their little one's development. I've been on the lookout for an expert to talk to who knows their stuff when it comes to baby development and in this week's episode of First Time Mum's Chat, I'm chatting with Pediatric Occupational Therapist, Munira Adenwalla.Munira talks about how she helps babies to be able to get in and out of positions so they are comfortable

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28:31

Tips For Natural Pain Relief During Birth and Labour

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2023/09/20

This week on First Time Mum's Chat I'm talking about comfort and pain relief in birth with birth and postpartum doula, Janet Purcell.Janet shares some excellent tips from her wealth of experience and if you are pregnant or in the family planning stages, then I highly recommend listening. You'll hear her share:-How devices such as TENS machines, birthing combs and acupressure balls help trigger non-painful stimuli to help distract your brain away from focusing on your uterus.How to use

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