Beyond the Bump

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BONUS EP - Using an egg donor - with Krystal Elton Oct 21, 2020

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Beyond The Bump is a podcast brought to you by Jayde Couldwell and Sophie Pearce! A podcast targeted at mums, just like you! A place to have real conversations with honest and authentic people.
In our bonus, 48th episode of Beyond the Bump, we chat with Krystal Elton about their journey to conceiving their beautiful little Coco through using an egg donor. We chat about how they made the decision to look for an egg donor, how they found Jess, whether they planned to introduce their bub to their egg donor, and how she wishes there were more stories out there when she was battling with fertility issues.
Follow Krystal on instagram: here
Follow us on instagram at @beyondthebump.podcast to stay up to date with behind the scenes and future episodes.

Misunderstandings of Miscarriage - with Tahyna MacManus Oct 19, 2020

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Beyond The Bump is a podcast brought to you by Jayde Couldwell and Sophie Pearce! A podcast targeted at mums, just like you! A place to have real conversations with honest and authentic people.
In our 47th episode of Beyond the Bump, we chat with Tahyna MacManus all about her new documentary Misunderstandings of Miscarriage. We talk about her rollercoaster journey to have her two beautiful children, including three miscarriages along the way. We discuss how to care for a loved one going through miscarriages, changes we feel could help women feel more supported, what she learnt from making this documentary and so much more!
Follow Tahyna on instagram: here.
Watch Misunderstandings of Miscarriage on Stan: here.
Goodies mentioned in this episode:
Pink Elephant Support: here
Bears of Hope: here
Vitrus health: here

Follow us on instagram at @beyondthebump.podcast to stay up to date with behind the scenes and future episodes.

The First Trimester - with Dr Timmy (Obstetrician, Gynaecologist and Fertility Specialist) Oct 12, 2020

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Beyond The Bump is a podcast brought to you by Jayde Couldwell and Sophie Pearce! A podcast targeted at mums, just like you! A place to have real conversations with honest and authentic people.
In our 46th episode of Beyond the Bump, we chat with Dr Timmy who is an obstetrician, gynaecologist, fertility specialist... oh and Sophie's dad, all about the First Trimester! Yep that time in many women's lives that is equal parts joyous for being pregnant and equal parts utterly crap as they feel perpetually hungover!! We talk about what to do once you find out you're pregnant, what tests and scans to expect, common first trimester symptoms and ways to manage them! What you can and can't eat, if you can eat anything at all. The list goes on! We hope this episode is helpful, especially for those that do not enjoy the first trimester (understatement of the century)!
Follow Dr Timmy on instagram for absolutely nothing Obstetrics related here.

Becoming a mother - with Ellie Bullen from @elsas_wholesomelife Oct 05, 2020

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Beyond The Bump is a podcast brought to you by Jayde Couldwell and Sophie Pearce! A podcast targeted at mums, just like you! A place to have real conversations with honest and authentic people.
In our 45th episode of Beyond the Bump, we chat to Ellie Bullen from @elsa_wholesomelife about Becoming a Mother to her beautiful son Bowie. We dive into how her and her husband Alex knew they were ready for kids, how her pregnancy was and whether as a nutritionist she was able to eat anything other than beige foods (spoiler alert: she's mortal like the rest of us and no, she couldn't). We chat about her birth and feeling some pressure to deliver "naturally", those newborn days, her favourite newborn products, her feelings towards her post party bod, what its like mainly having friends who don't have children and soooo much more!

Goodies mentioned in this episode:

Love to dream suits: here

Haaka pump: here

Snoo: here

Henlee - vegan leather mats: here

Aquaflex: here

Core and floor restore - listen to our episode with B: here

Making an Adult Friendly Kids’ Album (& Becoming a Parent) - with Matt Okine and KLP Sep 28, 2020

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Beyond The Bump is a podcast brought to you by Jayde Couldwell and Sophie Pearce! A podcast targeted at mums, just like you! A place to have real conversations with honest and authentic people.
In our 44th episode of Beyond the Bump, we chat to Matt Okine and Kristy Lee Peters (aka KLP) about launching their kids' album (that doesn't make adults want to throw their phones, radios or children out the window)! We also chat why it was important to them to bring out an album that was all about diversity (and named Diver City) and about both of their transitions into parenthood. Returning to work, working in the entertainment industry with kids and heaps more!
Check out their debut album 'Diver City' - here.
Follow them on instagram at: @DiverCityKids, @MattOkine and @KLPMusic

Becoming a mother - with Eleanor Pendleton, founder of Gritty Pretty Sep 21, 2020

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Beyond The Bump is a podcast brought to you by Jayde Couldwell and Sophie Pearce! A podcast targeted at mums, just like you! A place to have real conversations with honest and authentic people.
In our 43rd episode of Beyond the Bump, we chat to Eleanor Pendleton, mother of 8 month old Banjo and founder of Gritty Pretty, an online beauty platform and magazine. We chat about some must have pregnancy and post partum beauty products. Eleanor opens up about her miscarriage and the grief she suffered following that pregnancy loss, the effects this had on her initial feelings towards her pregnancy with Banjo. We touch on her pregnancy and birth, and what it was like to have an oversupply of breast milk. Plus we dive into so many other highs and lows of her eight month post partum journey thus far. We also, discuss how Eleanor navigates being a working mum especially during a pandemic!
See more of Eleanor, her beauty recommendations and her gorgeous family on her instagram @eleanorpendleton
Goodies mentioned in this episode:
For pregnancy/post partum beauty:
- Clarins Body Tonic treatment oil: here
- Estée Lauder Advanced Night Repair: here
- Chanel Main Creme: here

For post partum hair loss:
- Nioxin shampoo and conditioner: here
- Bondi Boost treatment growth spray: here
- The Beauty chef: here
- Vida glow: here
- JS health: here
- Nutra Organics collagen: here

Haakaa breast pumps for let down: here

An honest dive into Perinatal Mental Health - with Aliza from @bumpnbub, midwife and perinatal mental health specialist Sep 14, 2020

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Beyond The Bump is a podcast brought to you by Jayde Couldwell and Sophie Pearce! A podcast targeted at mums, just like you! A place to have real conversations with honest and authentic people.
In our 42nd episode of Beyond the Bump, we chat Aliza, who is a midwife and perinatal mental health specialist from @bumpnbub, about all things perinatal mental health. What does perinatal mean you ask? It is the pregnancy and post partum period!
We get pretty honest and raw about mental health issues in this episode so if you find it triggering please contact PANDA, Beyond Blue, Lifeline or the Gidget Foundation (contact details linked below).
We chat about normal fluctuations in mental health, when to seek help, what depression and anxiety can look like in the post partum period, tips to try to help your mental health and so so much more!
Aliza has heaps of amazing information and resources on her instagram @bumpnbub.
Goodies mentioned in this episode:

PANDA (Perinatal Anxiety and Depression Australia): PANDA National Helpline (Mon to Fri, 9am - 7.30pm AEST/AEDT). Call 1300 726 306.

Beyond Blue (Depression, anxiety and suicide prevention): 1300 22 4636 or chat online here.

Gidget foundation: 1300-851-758

Haakaa breast pumps: here

Hypnobirthing? What’s that?! - with midwife and hypnobirthing instructor Lillian Beth Sep 07, 2020

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Beyond The Bump is a podcast brought to you by Jayde Couldwell and Sophie Pearce! A podcast targeted at mums, just like you! A place to have real conversations with honest and authentic people.
In our 41st episode of Beyond the Bump, we chat to midwife and hypnobirthing instructor, Lillian Beth from Woven Women, ALL about hypnobirthing. What it is, how it helps with birth, tips on setting up your birth space, how you can use hypnobirthing even in a planned caesarian and so much more!!
We hope you get lots out of this episode!!
To contact Lillian head to her instagram or her website!

Getting a bit deeper with us - with Sophie and Jayde Aug 31, 2020

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Beyond The Bump is a podcast brought to you by Jayde Couldwell and Sophie Pearce! A podcast targeted at mums, just like you! A place to have real conversations with honest and authentic people.
In our 40th episode of Beyond the Bump, it's just us, Jayde and Sophie. We answer some questions to get to know us a little bit better. We chat about how we keep our shit together (spoiler alert, we don't haha), the biggest jumps in parenting, how we keep the romance alive, what we actually do for a living and heaps more!!

PERIODS and how we can use our cycles to be the best versions of ourselves - with Period Coach, Claire Baker Aug 24, 2020

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Beyond The Bump is a podcast brought to you by Jayde Couldwell and Sophie Pearce! A podcast targeted at mums, just like you! A place to have real conversations with honest and authentic people.
In our 39th episode of Beyond the Bump, we chat to Claire Baker, who is a period coach, author, speaker and natural fertility teacher. We chat about how we can actually use our cycles to be the best versions of ourselves! She also answers all your questions about how our cycle works, why we experience certain symptoms at different points of our cycles, how we can better manage these symptoms, sex while menstruating and so much more!!
Follow Claire on instagram at @_clairebaker_ for all things periods or head to her website!

You can also purchase Claire's book "50 Things You Need to Know About Periods. Know your flow and live in sync with your cycle" here!

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