Breaking Mum & Dad: The Podcast

Welcome to Breaking Mum and Dad: The Podcast! This is the podcast that talks all about parental mental health, the highs and lows of parenting and everything in between.On Breaking Mum and Dad this week is the lovely actress Ali Bastian.Ali and Anna chat what it's like to have a baby just days before the pandemic, sleepless nights, thinking you've cracked parenting until another hurdle comes up, anxiety, co-parenting and always having a stash of chocolate in the cupboard.Listen by clicking ‘Play', subscribe on iTunes and please do rate and review to help spread the word. Look out for new episodes every Wednesday and keep the conversation going.@annawilliamsonofficial

Welcome to Breaking Mum and Dad: The Podcast! This is the podcast that talks all about parental mental health, the highs and lows of parenting and everything in between.This week on Breaking Mum and Dad Anna is speaking to Wilbroda Akuro from the brilliant mothers2mothers. Wilbroda talks to Anna all the way from Kenya about finding out she's HIV positive whilst pregnant, the support she found from mothers2mothers' Mentor Mothers, giving birth to an HIV negative son, the tragic baby loss she experienced with her first and how that impacted her mental health, giving birth to a second son, being a single mother as well as shedding light on the brilliant She's Got the Power campaign launching on the 28th September.Visit www.m2m.org/power to find out more. Listen by clicking ‘Play', subscribe on iTunes and please do rate and review to help spread the word. Look out for new episodes every Wednesday and keep the conversation going.@annawilliamsonofficial

Welcome to Breaking Mum and Dad: The Podcast! We're back at home, joined by Anna and her husband Alex. This week the topic of choice is holidays! Anna and Alex sit down to talk all about the anxieties and stresses around travel and holidays with little ones, planes, trains and RVs, the umming and aahing over travel post-lockdown, passport photos, culture differences, tips, stories and more.Listen by clicking ‘Play', subscribe on iTunes and please do rate and review to help spread the word. Look out for new episodes every Wednesday and keep the conversation going.@annawilliamsonofficial

Welcome to Breaking Mum and Dad: The Podcast! This is the podcast that talks all about parental mental health, the highs and lows of parenting and everything in between.On Breaking Mum and Dad this week is the founder of Down Syndrome UK and mum of two, Nicola Enoch. Nicola chats to Anna about her experience with having a child with Down syndrom, the ignorance around Down's, the importance of language, how far things have come for those with Downs, how far there is to go and embracing your child. Listen by clicking ‘Play', subscribe on iTunes and please do rate and review to help spread the word. Look out for new episodes every Wednesday and keep the conversation going.@annawilliamsonofficial

Welcome to Breaking Mum and Dad: The Podcast! This is the podcast that talks all about parental mental health, the highs and lows of parenting and everything in between.On Breaking Mum and Dad this week is show business legend, Arlene Phillips! Arlene and Anna chat about Arlene's Damehood, having a ten day break in filming in which to give birth, being a working mum, the guilt that accompanies it, being an older mother to her second daughter and the stigma and comments that can come with that, whether she's a 'stage mum' or not and the joy in being a grandparent. Listen by clicking ‘Play', subscribe on iTunes and please do rate and review to help spread the word. Look out for new episodes every Wednesday and keep the conversation going.@annawilliamsonofficial

!Trigger Warning! This episode touches on abusive relationships, so please protect your mental health and skip the episode, or seek help if you are affected. Welcome to Breaking Mum and Dad: The Podcast! This is the podcast that talks all about parental mental health, the highs and lows of parenting and everything in between.On Breaking Mum and Dad this week is the fabulous, award winning blogger Hayley McLean!Hayley and Anna touch on three big topics, Hayley's experience in an abusive relationship and how that affected her, coming through that and meeting her partner, having three kids under three, and developing a fear of birth; body positivity and what thin privilege is; and raising her daughter who identifies as trans. Listen by clicking ‘Play', subscribe on iTunes and please do rate and review to help spread the word. Look out for new episodes every Wednesday and keep the conversation going.@annawilliamsonofficial

Welcome to Breaking Mum and Dad: The Podcast! This is the podcast that talks all about parental mental health, the highs and lows of parenting and everything in between.This week Real Housewife Nicole Sealey joins Anna! Nicole talks to Anna about everythng from living on her own by 15, through a cancer diagnosis and IVF and now seeing her kids off to university, menopause and being a kickass business woman. Listen by clicking ‘Play', subscribe on iTunes and please do rate and review to help spread the word. Look out for new episodes every Wednesday and keep the conversation going.@annawilliamsonofficial

Welcome to Breaking Mum and Dad: The Podcast! This is the podcast that talks all about parental mental health, the highs and lows of parenting and everything in between.This week Anna is joined by Rachel Brace, author and psychologist, specialising in support for stepparents and their partners. Rachel and Anna chat the challenges a step family can bring, introducing a new partner to children, dealing with behaviour that may flare up, learning to look beyond words and advice for anyone going through it, plus her new book 'Harriet's Expanding Heart'.Listen by clicking ‘Play', subscribe on iTunes and please do rate and review to help spread the word. Look out for new episodes every Wednesday and keep the conversation going.@annawilliamsonofficial

Welcome to Breaking Mum and Dad: The Podcast! This is the podcast that talks all about parental mental health, the highs and lows of parenting and everything in between.This week Anna is joined by comedian and tv personality Babatunde Aleshe. Baba talks to Anna about acting the part of the dad he didn't have, how hard parenting is, dealing with racial prejudice at his son's school, a hilarious birth story, sticking as a family unit in the weeks after baby arrived and dealing with hard parts in your relationship.Listen by clicking ‘Play', subscribe on iTunes and please do rate and review to help spread the word. Look out for new episodes every Wednesday and keep the conversation going.@annawilliamsonofficial

Welcome to Breaking Mum and Dad: The Podcast! This is the podcast that talks all about parental mental health, the highs and lows of parenting and everything in between.This week is a bit different on Breaking Mum and Dad. Anna invited two guests on the podcast. One, Catherine Hudson, Talent manager for NSPCC and Leanne, a lady who after giving birth to her son in 2016 really struggled with her mental health. The ladies chat about their births, the struggles they faced as parents following those births, feeling a lack of support and the need for it. Plus, the NSPCC's Fight For a Fair Start Campaign, urging the government to prioritise rebuilding the health visiting workforce to make sure that professionals have the time to identify parents experiencing, or at risk of, perinatal mental health problems. If you'd like to support the NSPCC's Fight For a Fair Start campaign you can sign the petition by searching “NSPCC Fight for a Fair Start” on Google, clicking on the Fight for a Fair Start page where you can join the campaign and sign the petition where you live.Listen by clicking ‘Play', subscribe on iTunes and please do rate and review to help spread the word. Look out for new episodes every Wednesday and keep the conversation going.@annawilliamsonofficial

Welcome to Breaking Mum and Dad: The Podcast! This is the podcast that talks all about parental mental health, the highs and lows of parenting and everything in between.This week joining Anna is Financial Adviser and father of four, Emmanuel Asuquo. Emmanuel chats to Anna all about growing up providing for his family as the oldest sibling in an African family, teaching his kids the value of things, the conflict between wanting to give your kids everything you didn't have as a child but still wanting to instil a drive for success into them, and the key to successful family life. Listen by clicking ‘Play', subscribe on iTunes and please do rate and review to help spread the word. Look out for new episodes every Wednesday and keep the conversation going.@annawilliamsonofficial

Welcome to Breaking Mum and Dad: The Podcast! This is the podcast that talks all about parental mental health, the highs and lows of parenting and everything in between.This week joining Anna on Breaking Mum and Dad, is author, ex teacher, podcaster, coach and one of the top parenting experts, Sue Atkins.Sue lets us in on the start of her career, gives some fab tips and insights and opens up about her experience of divorce, as well as chatting about how much kids pick up from parents, some advice on how to encourage a better environment in the home and we get an exclusive. Listen by clicking ‘Play', subscribe on iTunes and please do rate and review to help spread the word. Look out for new episodes every Wednesday and keep the conversation going.@annawilliamsonofficial

Welcome to Breaking Mum and Dad: The Podcast! TRIGGER: This episode contains very candid and open speech about mental health, intrusive thoughts and suicide. Please take care of yourself, reach out if you need help and if the episode become too much, there are plenty of others to choose from instead. This is the podcast that talks all about parental mental health, the highs and lows of parenting and everything in between.This week on Breaking Mum and Dad: The Podcast, is an author, illustrator, poet, podcaster and mum. It's the wonderful Laura Dockrill.Laura had never experienced poor mental health until she became a mum. She talks to Anna about loving her pregnancy, and the lovely period leading up to the birth of her son Jet, that came to an abrupt end with a 'casserole of nonsense' surrounding his birth, the traumatic week she spent on the ward afterwards, feeling like a broken oven, and the paranoia, intrusive thoughts and voices that led her to being hospitalised for psychosis. Listen by clicking ‘Play', subscribe on iTunes and please do rate and review to help spread the word. Look out for new episodes every Wednesday and keep the conversation going.@annawilliamsonofficial

Welcome to Breaking Mum and Dad: The Podcast! This is the podcast that talks all about parental mental health, the highs and lows of parenting and everything in between.This week joining Anna on the podcast is blogging sensation, author, podcaster and mother of 3, Harriet Shearsmith, known online as tobyandroo!Harriet chats to Anna about haircare hacks for kids, body confidence and growing from having a toxic relationship with food to being more healthy and comfortable in her body than ever, the birth of TobyandRoo, making the move to an online career and a pretty horrible first birth, followed by two much better ones. Listen by clicking ‘Play', subscribe on iTunes and please do rate and review to help spread the word. Look out for new episodes every Wednesday and keep the conversation going.@annawilliamsonofficial

Welcome to Breaking Mum and Dad: The Podcast! This is the podcast that talks all about parental mental health, the highs and lows of parenting and everything in between.This week on we have our first ever returner to Breaking Mum and Dad! Mum blogger and writer Alison Perry joined Anna way back in 2018 for an episode and now she's back for a big catch up, and so much has changed! Alison talks to Anna about going through IVF, the disappointment when a cycle doesn't work, the elation when it does, finding out she was having twins, the logistics that comes with that, the importance of being a team with your partner, childcare implications, and her experience of being perimenopausal. Listen by clicking ‘Play', subscribe on iTunes and please do rate and review to help spread the word. Look out for new episodes every Wednesday and keep the conversation going.@annawilliamsonofficial

Welcome to Breaking Mum and Dad: The Podcast! This is the podcast that talks all about parental mental health, the highs and lows of parenting and everything in between.This week on Breaking Mum and Dad joining Anna is a lady who is an award winning and Sunday Times No 1 best-selling cookery author, and she has a cracking instagram to boot, it's Rebecca Wilson! Rebecca chats to Anna about tips and tricks for fussy eaters, where What Mummy Makes started, finding the confidence to follow her passion, how her daughter has influenced her life, a tricky birth and how it can affect you and her favourite recipes!Listen by clicking ‘Play', subscribe on iTunes and please do rate and review to help spread the word. Look out for new episodes every Wednesday and keep the conversation going.@annawilliamsonofficial

Welcome to Breaking Mum and Dad: The Podcast! We're back at home, joined by Anna and her husband Alex. This week the topic of choice is holidays! Anna and Alex sit down to talk all about the anxieties and stresses around travel and holidays with little ones, planes, trains and RVs, the umming and aahing over travel post-lockdown, passport photos, culture differences, tips, stories and more.Listen by clicking ‘Play', subscribe on iTunes and please do rate and review to help spread the word. Look out for new episodes every Wednesday and keep the conversation going.@annawilliamsonofficial

Welcome to Breaking Mum and Dad: The Podcast! This is the podcast that talks all about parental mental health, the highs and lows of parenting and everything in between.This week on Breaking Mum and Dad, joining Anna is 1/4 of JLS, presenter and farmer, JB Gill!JB talks about life on the farm, becoming a Dad, the importance of working as a team, taking his family on tour and inspiring little people to eat good food.Listen by clicking ‘Play', subscribe on iTunes and please do rate and review to help spread the word. Look out for new episodes every Wednesday and keep the conversation going.@annawilliamsonofficial

Welcome to Breaking Mum and Dad: The Podcast! This is the podcast that talks all about parental mental health, the highs and lows of parenting and everything in between.This week on Breaking Mum and Dad, it's one of the OGs of YouTube, and all round internet sensation, Louise Pentland. Louise chats to Anna about where it all started, loving what she does, recovering from the PTSD surrounding her first birth to go on to have a home birth with her second, her love of hypnobirthing, her experiences in a blended family, the evolution of grief in her life, being a mum without a mum and confronting her past. Listen by clicking ‘Play', subscribe on iTunes and please do rate and review to help spread the word. Look out for new episodes every Wednesday and keep the conversation going.@annawilliamsonofficial

Welcome to Breaking Mum and Dad: The Podcast! This is the podcast that talks all about parental mental health, the highs and lows of parenting and everything in between.This week on Breaking Mum and Dad, it's long time friend of Anna's and the face of CBeeBies Nigel Clarke! Nigel goes back to when his kids were born and talks about how his mum helped birth his son, how the baby came as a surprise early on in his relationship and how they managed, the magic of two cells becoming a human, advice for those in the hazy early days of parenthood, managing his children's presence online, how his heritage and that of his partner affect the way they parent and so much more. Listen by clicking ‘Play', subscribe on iTunes and please do rate and review to help spread the word. Look out for new episodes every Wednesday and keep the conversation going.@annawilliamsonofficial

Welcome to Breaking Mum and Dad: The Podcast! !Trigger Warning! - SuicideThis is the podcast that talks all about parental mental health, the highs and lows of parenting and everything in between.This week on Breaking Mum and Dad, Anna's joined by former TOWIE star, and current Prince (by proxy) of the castle Mario Falcone. Mario speaks openly about his struggles with mental health and the circumstances that led up to him making an attempt on his own life. Luckily Mario came back from the brink and has gone on to open up the conversation around mens mental health and move on with his lovely fiancé Becky and son Parker. He talks about being Giovanna's brother, his favourite pub burning down and learning to live with the bad days.Listen by clicking ‘Play', subscribe on iTunes and please do rate and review to help spread the word. Look out for new episodes every Wednesday and keep the conversation going.@annawilliamsonofficial

Welcome to Breaking Mum and Dad: The Podcast! We're back at home, joined by Anna and her husband Alex. This week Anna and Alex speak about the stress around school, finding out about your child's school placement, whatsapp group dilemmas, buying uniform before the confirmation, how the kids are dealing with getting back into school and managing Enzo's frustration. Plus a little Q&A answering some of your questions. Listen by clicking ‘Play', subscribe on iTunes and please do rate and review to help spread the word. Look out for new episodes every Wednesday and keep the conversation going.@annawilliamsonofficial

Welcome to Breaking Mum and Dad: The Podcast! This is the podcast that talks all about parental mental health, the highs and lows of parenting and everything in between.This week on Breaking Mum and Dad, Anna's joined by presenter, author and podcaster Simon Thomas. Three and a half years ago Simon's life was interrupted suddenly when his wife Gemma, mother to his 8 year old son, Ethan, was diagnosed with leukaemia, and subsequently passed away just three days later. In this episode Simon talks to Anna about what Gemma was like as a mum, the circumstances around her diagnosis and passing, having to continue parenting through immense stress and grief, his own mental health issues at that time, allowing himself to move on, and his life going forwards with his wonderful partner Derrina. He speaks openly about his relationship with Ethan and helping him through grief, and the relationship between his son and his partner. Listen by clicking ‘Play', subscribe on iTunes and please do rate and review to help spread the word. Look out for new episodes every Wednesday and keep the conversation going.@annawilliamsonofficial

Welcome to Breaking Mum and Dad: The Podcast! This is the podcast that talks all about parental mental health, the highs and lows of parenting and everything in between.This week we've replaced Anna's real husband for her on screen husband! Matchmaker, presenter, and entrepreneur Paul C Brunson joins Anna on this week's podcast to chat about his journey to be a dad, how he questioned everything, being away from his family for work, homeschooling his kids, the importance of values and his wife Jill's 'attachment' to Oprah.Listen by clicking ‘Play', subscribe on iTunes and please do rate and review to help spread the word. Look out for new episodes every Wednesday and keep the conversation going.@annawilliamsonofficial

Welcome to Breaking Mum and Dad: The Podcast! In this new series of Breaking Mum and Dad we focus on parental mental health all with the backdrop of a pandemic. As we've all been kept at home at this time, we brought the podcast into Anna's home to be joined by her husband Alex. This week Anna and Alex speak about the amazing reaction to last week's podcast, plus we're talking identity, or losing your identity when you become a parent: not loving being called 'mum', missing work, being flexible with your partner to accommodate your new lives as parents, paternity leave and the importance of communication to get through it all. Plus we review all of our previous homeworks and set some for the future. Listen by clicking ‘Play', subscribe on iTunes and please do rate and review to help spread the word. Look out for new episodes every Wednesday and keep the conversation going.@annawilliamsonofficial

Welcome to Breaking Mum and Dad: The Podcast! In this new series of Breaking Mum and Dad we focus on parental mental health all with the backdrop of a pandemic. As we've all been kept at home at this time, we brought the podcast into Anna's home to be joined by her husband Alex. This week we're talking about grief. Grief is always difficult, both to experience and to talk about, but against the backdrop of a pandemic and when you're a parent, it's all the more tricky. In this episode Anna and Alex talk about their personal experiences with grief, focussing on the loss of Alex‘s dear father Vincenzo. They talk about how grief manifests itself, how grief affects you as a parent, counselling, the importance of keeping memories alive and what to do to support someone who's grieving.Listen by clicking ‘Play', subscribe on iTunes and please do rate and review to help spread the word. Look out for new episodes every Wednesday and keep the conversation going.@annawilliamsonofficial

Welcome to Breaking Mum and Dad: The Podcast! In this new series of Breaking Mum and Dad we focus on parental mental health all with the backdrop of a pandemic. As we've all been kept at home at this time, we brought the podcast into Anna's home to be joined by her husband Alex. This week - social life. It's such an important part of our lives that really does change when you have kids, let alone in lockdown! Anna and Alex chat all about the ups and downs of having a social life with a little one, the anxieties, the first nights out, the compromises, and owing your other half a hungover morning in bed. Plus NCT, know-it-alls and a pause on giving more homework as the others aren't going so well...Listen by clicking ‘Play', subscribe on iTunes and please do rate and review to help spread the word. Look out for new episodes every Wednesday and keep the conversation going.@annawilliamsonofficial

Welcome to Breaking Mum and Dad: The Podcast! In this new series of Breaking Mum and Dad we focus on parental mental health all with the backdrop of a pandemic. As we've all been kept at home at this time, we brought the podcast into Anna's home to be joined by her husband Alex. This week Anna and Alex chat about their up and down days, sleep or lack thereof, Eleanora's new demanding streak, their phantom 3am wakeups, Enzo chomping on water crackers in bed and give tips to handle sleep with little ones. Plus we check in with their homework - have they managed to continue their good work?Listen by clicking ‘Play', subscribe on iTunes and please do rate and review to help spread the word. Look out for new episodes every Wednesday and keep the conversation going.@annawilliamsonofficial

Welcome to Breaking Mum and Dad: The Podcast! In this new series of Breaking Mum and Dad we focus on parental mental health all with the backdrop of a pandemic. As we've all been kept at home at this time, we brought the podcast into Anna's home to be joined by her husband Alex. This week Anna and Alex talk about the bribery parents go to just to get their kids to do something simple, Anna's three day horn, and the anxieties around coming out of lockdown and going back to normality. Plus we check on how the homework has been going and set some more goals for this week.Listen by clicking ‘Play', subscribe on iTunes and please do rate and review to help spread the word. Look out for new episodes every Wednesday and keep the conversation going.@annawilliamsonofficial

Welcome back to Breaking Mum and Dad: The Podcast! Now it's been a while, and since the last episode there's been a new baby, a new pandemic and a whole new set of challenges to overcome, so why not start a new series! Parental Mental Health has always been something close to Anna's heart and now we're bringing the issue and the podcast into her home, joined by Anna's husband, Alex Di Pasquale. Anna and Alex chat about what it was like having Eleanora amidst a global pandemic, Anna's fears of post-natal depression rearing its head again, Alex's struggle to cope with having two kids, the juggle of childcare whilst working and set some constructive homework to work on over the next week. Listen by clicking ‘Play', subscribe on iTunes and please do rate and review to help spread the word. Look out for new episodes every Wednesday and keep the conversation going.@annawilliamsonofficial

We're taking a different turn with Breaking Mum and Dad: The Podcast for a little while, as Anna's pregnant!Week 29! Baby girl is the size of a Hawaiian Pineapple, we're talking prep for birth, thinking about breastfeeding and working around the baby coming. Listen by clicking ‘Play', subscribe on iTunes and please do rate and review to help spread the word. Look out for new episodes every Tuesday and keep the conversation going.@BreakingMadPod / @annawilliamsonofficial****BUY NOW 'Breaking Mum and Dad: The Insider's Guide to Parenting Anxiety'  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We're taking a different turn with Breaking Mum and Dad: The Podcast for a little while, as Anna's pregnant!It's week 28 of Anna's pregnancy and she takes a look back at pregnancy number one, what's different this time around, how she's feeling, and how things can change one day to the next. Listen by clicking ‘Play', subscribe on iTunes and please do rate and review to help spread the word. Look out for new episodes every Tuesday and keep the conversation going.@BreakingMadPod / @annawilliamsonofficial****BUY NOW 'Breaking Mum and Dad: The Insider's Guide to Parenting Anxiety'   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Post -partum care for Mums is so vital, but can more often than not be overlooked or cut short. This week, we're focussing on care after baby and the help out there. Jo Bealey is a post-partum doula and wellbeing coach and joins Anna on this week's podcast.Jo and Anna talk about why Jo wanted to go into this area of work, feeling lost after giving birth in a remote aboriginal community, the notion of a village raising a child, breastfeeding, having a v-back, her process of working with mums, being a sounding board, relationship struggles after birth and raising awareness of the people out there to help you once the baby arrives.Jo has also recently decided to put her wealth of knowledge into training post-partum doulas, teaching how to support new mums and their mental health. If you're interested do get in touch with her!Listen by clicking ‘Play', subscribe on iTunes and please do rate and review to help spread the word. Look out for new episodes every Tuesday and keep the conversation going.@BreakingMadPod / @annawilliamsonofficial****BUY NOW 'Breaking Mum and Dad: The Insider's Guide to Parenting Anxiety'  Find Jo:Website: https://thecalmchildcoach.com/Instagram: thecalmmamaandbaby  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week on Breaking Mum and Dad, it's Toddler and Potty training expert, Amanda Jenner. She gives us all the hints and tips to tackle a pretty huge milestone.Amanda and Anna chat how she came to be a potty training expert, inventing the carry potty, why the number of reception children not having been potty trained is on the up, peer pressure, making it fun, advice, tips and tricks.Listen by clicking ‘Play', subscribe on iTunes and please do rate and review to help spread the word. Look out for new episodes every Tuesday and keep the conversation going.@BreakingMadPod / @annawilliamsonofficial****BUY NOW 'Breaking Mum and Dad: The Insider's Guide to Parenting Anxiety'  Find Amanda:Website: https://pottytrainingacademy.co.ukTwitter:@amanda_jen  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week on Breaking Mum and Dad, we have a lady who is not afraid to express herself. Literally.After a great pregnancy, actress and singer Jo Bowis went through a pretty traumatic birth which was followed by the disappointment of not being able to breastfeed exclusively. But, she soldiered on breast-pumping, and decided to document her expressing journey through pictures. She now has a book out about that journey, 'Express Yourself. A Mamoir', and an exhibition showing these photographs.Jo talks Anna through her labour, traumatic birth, thinking her birth was normal, the feeling of seeing her son for the first time, her lack of milk, the importance of getting her baby to latch, feeling judged for not breastfeeding her baby, internal pressures, sharing her pumping with the worlan d getting sent unsolicited dick pics.Listen by clicking ‘Play', subscribe on iTunes and please do rate and review to help spread the word. Look out for new episodes every Tuesday and keep the conversation going.@BreakingMadPod / @annawilliamsonofficial****BUY NOW 'Breaking Mum and Dad: The Insider's Guide to Parenting Anxiety'  Find Jo:Website: https://www.expressyourselfbook.com/Instagram: @boofbooflimoge  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On Breaking Mum and Dad this week we have a lady who wishes she could go back and experience her positive births again. How many of us can say that eh? After a not-so-great birth to her first child at 21, and the year of post-natal anxiety that followed, Siobhan Miller didn't want a repeat for her second child, and found hypnobirthing. She now runs the Positive Birth Company, initially fostering a group of women in the community to support women, and now running hypnobirthing classes around the country. Siobhan talks to Anna about her first birth, stretch and sweeps, waking up every 20 minutes to check that her baby was still breathing, the single mum-young mum stigma, finding hypnobirthing, the euphoria that followed her home birth to her second and getting pregnant 6 months later.Listen by clicking ‘Play', subscribe on iTunes and please do rate and review to help spread the word. Look out for new episodes every Tuesday and keep the conversation going.@BreakingMadPod / @annawilliamsonofficial****BUY NOW 'Breaking Mum and Dad: The Insider's Guide to Parenting Anxiety'  Find Siobhan:Website: thepositivebirthcompany.co.ukInstagram: @thepositivebirthcompany  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week's guest on Breaking Mum and Dad, we have personal organiser, mum of two, blogger and now, author, Nicola Lewis. We all know that as parents, sometimes the clutter can get slightly unbearable, well this lady knows just how to sort you out. Nics chats all about decluttering, where to begin, how you can help others through getting rid of your own stuff and tips and tricks, plus sharing her story of being a mum working in the city, struggling to get support, her PND, big changes in her career, bringing up independent girls, the mind-boggle that are teenagers and needing that little tipple. Listen by clicking ‘Play', subscribe on iTunes and please do rate and review to help spread the word. Look out for new episodes every Tuesday and keep the conversation going.@BreakingMadPod / @annawilliamsonofficial****BUY NOW 'Breaking Mum and Dad: The Insider's Guide to Parenting Anxiety'  Find Nicola:Website: http://www.thisgirlcanorganise.com/Instagram: @_thisgirlcanorganise  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On this week's Breaking Mum and Dad: The Podcast, it's Clio Wood, founder of And Breathe, running post-natal retreats and events for frazzled new parents. Clio talks very openly about a huge range of subjects: hating pregnancy, birth fear, struggling to breastfeed, having therapy, having sex after birth, a too tight pelvic floor, birth trauma and post-partum rage.Listen by clicking ‘Play', subscribe on iTunes and please do rate and review to help spread the word. Look out for new episodes every Tuesday and keep the conversation going.@BreakingMadPod / @annawilliamsonofficial****BUY NOW 'Breaking Mum and Dad: The Insider's Guide to Parenting Anxiety'  Find Clio:Website: andbreathepostnatal.comInstagram: @andbreathepostnatalTwitter: @andBreathePost  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week on Breaking Mum and Dad: The Podcast, it's a biggie. We have Clemmie Hooper, aka Mother of Daughters, joining Anna in the studio. Clemmie is mother of four, author, blogger, instamum and a practicing midiwife. Anna sat down with her to pick her brains on birth intervention, post-natal mental health, elective c-sections and birth reflections, as well as finding out how Mother of Daughters and Gas and Air Blog started, and being a shouty mum.Listen by clicking ‘Play', subscribe on iTunes and please do rate and review to help spread the word. Look out for new episodes every Tuesday and keep the conversation going.@BreakingMadPod / @annawilliamsonofficial****BUY NOW 'Breaking Mum and Dad: The Insider's Guide to Parenting Anxiety'  Find Clemmie:Website: gasandairblog.comInstagram: @mother_of_daughters  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We're back after a break to bring you more Breaking Mum and Dad: The Podcast, talking all things paternal mental health. This week we have co-founder of Hoop, Max Jennings on the podcast to chat all about how the app was started, the importance of finding activities to do with your kids, finding the confidence to find new events and friends, helping parents to get out the house, and advice on the work/life balance.Listen by clicking ‘Play', subscribe on iTunes and please do rate and review to help spread the word. Look out for new episodes every Tuesday and keep the conversation going.@BreakingMadPod / @annawilliamsonofficial****BUY NOW 'Breaking Mum and Dad: The Insider's Guide to Parenting Anxiety' https://hoop.co.uk/  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We're back! Yes, Breaking Mum and Dad: The Podcast is back for a new series full of more brilliant stories from incredible Mums and Dads.We'll be covering everything from juggling work and kids, to breastfeeding; birth, to the baby blues - everything that comes hand in hand with having a little one and the thoughts and feelings it brings. Grab that cup of tea and get ready to share in the tears, laughter and honesty.Season 2 coming soon.A Create Production.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week Hannah Barrett, blogger and yoga teacher and enthusiast, joins Anna for Breaking Mum and Dad.Hannah speaks to Anna about her two-page birth plan, good births, PND, trying to hypnobirth with an anti-hypnobirthing midwife, having a baby in intensive care, therapy, pre and post-baby yoga and loneliness.Listen by clicking ‘Play', subscribe on iTunes and please do rate and review to help spread the word. Look out for new episodes every Tuesday and Friday and keep the conversation going.@BreakingMadPod. ****BUY NOW 'Breaking Mum and Dad: The Insider's Guide to Parenting Anxiety' Find Hannah:Website: yogagirllondon.comInstagram: @yoga_girl_london  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week on Breaking Mum and Dad: The Podcast, we have journalist, broadcaster, podcaster, vlogger and the original mummy blogger, Anna Whitehouse a.k.a Mother Pukka with us this week.Anna talks to Anna about responsibilities on social media, finding out she was having a miscarriage whilst with her daughter at nursery, sitting in the hole with someone, the start of Motherpukka, nearly burning a flap off pre-birth, gusset support and flex appeal.Listen by clicking ‘Play', subscribe on iTunes and please do rate and review to help spread the word. Look out for new episodes every Tuesday and Friday and keep the conversation going.@BreakingMadPod. ****BUY NOW 'Breaking Mum and Dad: The Insider's Guide to Parenting Anxiety' Find Anna:Website: motherpukka.co.ukInstagram: @mother_pukkaTwitter: @mother_pukka  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week we welcome Sergei Urban to Breaking Mum and Dad: The Podcast. Otherwise known as 'the Dad Lab', Sergei built his huge insta following by showing kids and parents fun activities and experiments to try out at home. Sergei chats to Anna about how the Dad Lab started, having two kids born on the same day but two years apart, supporting his wife, the technology debate, safety of kids on social media and raising bilingual children. Listen by clicking ‘Play', subscribe on iTunes and please do rate and review to help spread the word.Look out for new episodes every Tuesday and keep the conversation going @BreakingMadPod.A Create Production..****BUY NOW  'Breaking Mum and Dad: The Insider's Guide to Parenting Anxiety'Find Sergei:Instagram: @thedadlab  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

As it's Christmas, Anna is taking some time out to be with family, so this week, we have a best of special!Here are five of our lovely Mums from the year of Breaking Mum and Dad: Susie Verrill, Sarah Turner, Erin Smithers, Candice Brathwaite and Steph Douglas.Listen by clicking ‘Play', subscribe on iTunes and please do rate and review to help spread the word. Look out for new episodes every Tuesday and keep the conversation going.@BreakingMadPod. ****BUY NOW 'Breaking Mum and Dad: The Insider's Guide to Parenting Anxiety'  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, Apprentice star and mum of four, Jessica Cunningham joins us down the line!Jess chats to Anna all about handling 4 children, a tricky last year, teaching her kids to speak openly about their emotions, miscarriage and the guilt attached to it, having her fourth, but husband's first baby and rationing loo roll. Listen by clicking ‘Play', subscribe on iTunes and please do rate and review to help spread the word. Look out for new episodes every Tuesday and Friday and keep the conversation going.@BreakingMadPod. ****BUY NOW 'Breaking Mum and Dad: The Insider's Guide to Parenting Anxiety' Find Paul:Instagram:@themultidad  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We're multiples mad at the mo, and this week, having left the kids with Grandma for a well deserved break, Chris and Katie Payne a.k.a Triplet mum and dad of 4, join Anna down the line.Katie and Christ chat infertility struggles, the IVF postcode lottery, coming home with baby for the first time, not feeling an instant connection, knockbacks in their parenting journey, finding out they were having triplets, spending time in NICU, and the realities of heading home with three premature babies and a toddler. Listen by clicking ‘Play', subscribe on iTunes and please do rate and review to help spread the word. Look out for new episodes every Tuesday and Friday and keep the conversation going.@BreakingMadPod. ****BUY NOW 'Breaking Mum and Dad: The Insider's Guide to Parenting Anxiety' Find Chris and Katie:Instagram: @triplet_dad_of_4 / @triplet_mum_of_4  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week it's another daddy! Alex Lewis and his wife Charlotte are the proud parents of four beautiful children - but three of them share a birthday! Yes this week, we're diving into the world of triplets! Alex lets Anna in on everything about embracing the situation, people's curiosity with multiples, the pressure of forced 'ovulation day' sex, trying to get pregnant, his sperm MOT, IVF, life with triplets and having another?Listen by clicking ‘Play', subscribe on iTunes and please do rate and review to help spread the word.Look out for new episodes every Tuesday and Friday and keep the conversation going @BreakingMadPod.A Create Production.****BUY NOW  'Breaking Mum and Dad: The Insider's Guide to Parenting Anxiety'Find Alex:Instagram: @daddy_to_triplet_girls  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Jamie Day is a freelance writer, award winning blogger, fellow podcaster and Dad of two.Jamie joins Anna to chat mental health struggles, talking openly about depression, panic attacks and anxiety, his 'Man talk' podcast, meeting other dads and making the jump to go freelance and being the parent at home. Listen by clicking ‘Play', subscribe on iTunes and please do rate and review to help spread the word. Look out for new episodes every Tuesday and Friday and keep the conversation going.@BreakingMadPod. ****BUY NOW 'Breaking Mum and Dad: The Insider's Guide to Parenting Anxiety' Find Jamie:Instagram: @adayinthelifedadBlog: www.adayinthelifedad.com  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Matt Farquharson is a best-selling author of 'Parenting the sh*t out of life', father of two, husband to Mother Pukka (Anna), and best known as Papa Pukka! Matt chats to Anna about how Papa Pukka came about, Flex appeal- his campaign to make people aware of flexible working possibilities and advantages, his experience with miscarriage, the three kinds of dad, and the time his dog's butthole was fingered by a toddler, Listen by clicking ‘Play', subscribe on iTunes and please do rate and review to help spread the word. Look out for new episodes every Tuesday and Friday and keep the conversation going.@BreakingMadPod. ****BUY NOW 'Breaking Mum and Dad: The Insider's Guide to Parenting Anxiety' Find Matt:Instagram: @papa_pukka  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, we have Danielle Lloyd on the phone!Danielle talks us through her PND and how she turned to drink, how anti-depressants helped, wanting a girl after her four boys and her choice to undertake gender selection and getting laser treatment to help her incontinence following child-birth!  Listen by clicking ‘Play', subscribe on iTunes and please do rate and review to help spread the word. Look out for new episodes every Tuesday and Friday and keep the conversation going.@BreakingMadPod. ****BUY NOW 'Breaking Mum and Dad: The Insider's Guide to Parenting Anxiety' Find Danielle:Instagram:@missdlloydTwitter: @missdlloyd  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.