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Tales From The Fourth Trimester
A podcast dedicated to the beauty and brutality of new parenthood - because giving birth is the beginning, but postpartum is forever. Created by postpartum doula Naomi Chrisoulakis, each week she chats to women about their postpartum experiences and asks experts to share their wisdom.
Episodes
150 episodes
05 | Perfectionism + people-pleasing in postpartum, with Madeline McKenzie
In this episode, Madeline and I chat about how intellectualising, people-pleasing and perfectionism showed up for her in postpartum, parenting and her career - and how it's now shaped how she helps other women.Madeline McKenzie is a men...
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Season 7
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Episode 5
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54:53
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04 | What you really need when you're having a baby, with Em Stone
You all know I'm all about support over stuff, but that doesn't mean that there isn't stuff out there that's incredibly useful! In this episode, I talk to Em Stone, founder of Babybee, about her two postpartums and what she discovered was usefu...
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Season 7
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Episode 4
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39:06
03 | What mothers need, with Amy Carmody
This is part two of my epic chat with Amy Carmody, a yoga teacher, personal trainer, strength coach and pre- and postnatal exercise specialist,In this ep, we talk all about what we can do, as mothers, to help support our mobility, stren...
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Season 7
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Episode 3
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39:25
02 | Amy Carmody: "Postpartum taught me I can do hard things"
For this episode, I'm joined by the amazing Amy Carmody, a yoga teacher, personal trainer, strength coach and pre- and postnatal exercise specialist, for a conversation about her two postpartums, recovery from her caesarean births and regaining...
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Season 7
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Episode 2
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1:04:10
01 | Babywearing 101 - Brooke Maree's top tips
Welcome to a new season! Joining me for this fresh ep is Brooke Maree, a leading babywearing educator and Kangatraining instructor. I found Brooke when I had my first, velcro baby and her knowledge is immense - I hope this gets your babywearing...
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Season 7
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Episode 1
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34:37
13 | #summerseries: Anger, unmet needs and modern mothering, with Yara Heary
This episode is sponsored by Hydramama, a sugar-free hydration support drink that's designed for pregnancy, postpartum and beyond. Chock-a-block with electrolytes, magnesium, methylated folate and vitamins B6 and C, Hydramama helps when ...
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Season 6
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Episode 13
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1:06:26
12 | #summerseries: Top breastfeeding and sleep tips from Dr Eliza Hannam
This episode is sponsored by Addison, the chic and practical clothing label for the modern mum. Addison offers pregnancy and breastfeeding-friendly styles that are super cute, a...
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Season 6
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Episode 12
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1:14:22
11 | #summerseries: Keeping your relationship strong in postpartum, with Elly Taylor
This episode is brought to you by Babybee, Australian-owned and designed prams combining quality, safety and style. Not only does Babybee let you try their prams at home with free returns for nine months, they also offer an industry lead...
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Season 6
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Episode 11
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45:34
10 | #summerseries: What my second first 40 days taught me
I'm six weeks postpartum in this episode (from back in 2020) and I'm chatting about what I've been eating, the amazing meal train organised by friends, the role of my midwife and doulas, my physical recovery, breastfeeding, sleep, how my anxiet...
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Season 6
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Episode 10
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45:06
09 | #summerseries: Lily Nichols' unorthodox nutrition advice
This episode is sponsored by Hydramama, a sugar-free hydration support drink that's designed for pregnancy, postpartum and beyond. Chock-a-block with electrolytes, magnesium, methylated folate and vitamins B6 and C, Hydramama helps when ...
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Season 6
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Episode 9
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46:54
08 | #summerseries: How to prep financially for a baby, with Rebecca Pritchard
Babies cost money - but how much exactly, and whether it will stress you out or you'll sail through, depends on your choices and planning. In this ep, I chat to financial coach Rebecca Pritchard, a mum of two who takes us through what she did a...
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Season 6
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Episode 8
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58:57
07 | #summerseries: Mum rage and going from one to two, with Lael Stone
I'm joined by Lael Stone (https://laelstone.com.au/) on this episode to talk all things Aware Parenting and how it can help us find a happy middle ground between authoritarian and permissive parenting, through holding space, setting loving limi...
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Season 6
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Episode 7
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1:01:04
06 | #summerseries: Creativity and motherhood, with Jessica Chapnik Kahn
Jessica Chapnik Kahn is a singer-songwriter, author and poet. She's also a mum - and an example of how motherhood and creativity don't need to be mutually exclusive. In fact, her experience shows just how becoming a parent can open up a new lay...
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Season 6
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Episode 6
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53:05
05 | #summerseries: Leigh Campbell on perinatal anxiety, relationship changes and heartbreak
Many of you will know Leigh Campbell through her popular podcasts (This Glorious Mess Little Kids and You Beauty), via her work for Mamamia and from Instagram. In this epsiode, originally published in 2019, we dive deep into her fertility strug...
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Season 6
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Episode 5
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55:14
04 | #summerseries: Is bedsharing dangerous? The evidence that might surprise you
In years gone by, the message has been loud and clear: bedsharing kills babies. But what does the science say? And why are big organisations like Unicef and the UK's Lullaby Trust now promoting safe bedsharing? Can you ever be safe when you ...
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Season 6
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Episode 4
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1:18:34
03 | #summerseries: NICU, newborn surgery and new beginnings - Sophie Gleitzman's story
It took four years for Sophie Gleitzman to fall pregnant. It took only moments at her 19 week scan to realise that her much-wanted baby's life might be at risk. As it turned out, her son Jack (now a happy and healthy primary schooler) needed he...
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Season 6
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Episode 3
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1:05:07
02 | #summerseries: Core & Floor Restore's Bernadette on healing your pelvic floor
Bernadette Lack is a midwife, personal trainer, mum and pelvic floor expert--she has helped hundreds of women sort out their post-baby pelvic floors with her Core and Floor Restore programs. Here, she shares her own experience with incontinence...
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Season 6
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Episode 2
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59:59
01 | #summerseries My Story
This episode is brought to you by Babybee, Australian-owned and designed prams combining quality, safety and style. Not only does Babybee let you try their prams at home with free returns for nine months, they also offer an industry lead...
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Season 6
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Episode 1
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48:12
20 | On becoming a mother when you're motherless, with Ali Heppell
What is it like to have you beloved mother pass away before you have children, and ache for her when you do? How do you learn to mother yourself? Tune in to hear Ali Heppell's story. Ali is a circle facilitator, postpartum doula and matrescence...
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Season 5
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Episode 20
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53:06
19 | How a doctor found her own way during postpartum, with traditional Chinese & Western medicine, with Dr Kristal Lau
In this ep, we talk about Kristal's postpartums, including D-MER, postpartum depression and anxiety and military wife life, and how she navigated early motherhood. Find Kristal's book and services here: https://mamaswingwoman.com/
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Season 5
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Episode 19
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1:05:22
18 | Postpartum mental health, with PANDA's Julie Borninkhof
It's Perinatal Mental Health Week! In this conversation with Julie Borninkhof, clinical psychologist and CEO of Perinatal Anxiety & Depression Australia, we talk about my experience with postpartum anxiety, how to protect your mental health...
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Season 5
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Episode 18
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53:13
17 | Supporting loved ones through pregnancy and infant loss, with Rowie Davies
October is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness month, and I hope that the stories shared on this podcast about postpartum after loss help with raising awareness of what that experience can be like. And with this episode, where I'm talking to Ro...
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Season 5
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Episode 17
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48:24
16 | Weaving pleasure into mothering, with Regan Figg
Regan Figg sees motherhood not as a place where you lose yourself, but a place of opportunity. As a former exercise physiologist, yoga and meditation teacher, and health and wellness coach, Regan unexpectedly experienced postnatal depression an...
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Season 5
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Episode 16
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50:14
15 | Complicated & conflicting emotions, and holding them in postpartum, with Mazz Napier
In this episode, postpartum doula and infant massage instructor Mazz Napier joins to me to share her story. We talk about lots, with a focus on learning to get comfortable with the opposing emotions that often coexist in motherhood - for ...
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Season 5
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Episode 15
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1:11:28
14 | Babies and sleep: what is biologically normal? With Dr Amber Hart
It's not what the books say. It's not what the sleep training industry says, or your cousin or the person in your mothers group. Today we're talking about what we know from research and studies into the brain development of babies and how that ...
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Season 5
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Episode 14
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50:11