Mamas Midwifery

Hi guys, Just another episode catching up about where I am up to and how things are going! Also to any student midwives or aspiring midwives to be to keep going!! You can do this! And please get in my DM's if you need any help or support, I will always reply!  Thank you for all your support as always, it means the world! Lots of love, Liv 

Hey guys! Just a little catch up episode with me, talking all things mindset and being happy! Hope you enjoy! Lots of love, Liv x

On today's episode I talk with the lovely Stevie who is a Hypnobirthing & Positive Birth coach and specialist. She is amazing and has so much knowledge in this area and teaches the most fantastic classes!!  You can find her on instagram @thismumhypnobirthing and her website is www.thismumhypnobirthing.com Hope you enjoy! She is fab! Liv x

Hey guys,   Just a quick little episode to update you all on my 3rd year progress and some top tips for those of you who are student midwives and going through the same! Promise to be back soon with regular episodes once I'm officially done as a student! Thank you for all your support as always!   Liv x

On this episode we continue to talk to Sydney about all things midwifery care and how different it is in Australia to the UK! Hope you enjoy it as much as we did recording it! Lots of love,    Liv xx

Welcome Back to Mamas Midwifery Podcast brand new for 2025!!  This weeks guest is the lovely Sydney from UK Midwife Down Under from instagram and TikTok, in this part 1 we discuss all about how you get the ball rolling to make the move to Australia! Sydney is so helpful and she has so many links on her Instagram page to help you make the move! Be sure to check her out!  Part 2 will be out next week about how different midwifery care is compared to the UK!! Lots of love as always, Liv xx

On this episode, I discuss how hard it can be sometimes being a single parent and how it's important to fill up your own cup! It's so ok to not be ok sometimes, just be kind to yourself in these moments, and do things that make you happy!   Hope you enjoy! Liv x

This weeks episode, I give you a little update on how 3rd year is going for me, and when it's looking like I will qualify! Please follow me over on Instagram if you don't already @mamasmidwiferyuk Thank you for your continued support as always! Enjoy! Liv x

On today's episode, I rope my cousin and bestie Jade in to talk all about being a mum of 3 boys, how she found being a stay at home mum for 12 years, and how she finds life now being back at work! And of course, we hear all about her birth stories! Enjoy, and thank you for the support as always!   Liv x

On this episode of the podcast, I interview my beautiful baby sister Mimi, who had her first baby Gigi at 19 years old. She gives her opinion on how she has found mum life as a younger mum, and Gigi makes a little guest appearance in the background too!    Hope you enjoy!   Liv x

In this episode Liv updates you all about the podcast going forward and why we have been so quiet! As always thank you for all the love and support, please continue to like and subscribe! Our DMs are always open!    Enjoy the episode!   Liv x

Today we discuss reduced fetal movements and the controversial topic of a home doppler! This has been highly requested from many of you so we hope you enjoy and gain some knowledge from this episode!   Vaun & Liv x   Disclaimer: These are our opinions or evidence based information that we have researched. Please do your own research and make your own choices when it comes to your care and your baby. 

In this episode we are giving you some tips and real life thoughts on third year, we do also discuss mental health and it is suicide prevention month so we have dedicated this episode to her lovely dad. Liv talks about her dad on this episode and we wanted to let you know our DM's are always open.   Be kind always, enjoy the ep! Vaun & Liv x   Disclaimer: These are our opinions or evidence based information that we have researched. Please do your own research and make your own choices when it comes to your care and your baby. 

Bear with us, we're a little rough around the edge's with these school holidays just being over with and just about making it!! haha Little catch up with where were up too and of course digressing as per usual!   Enjoy the ep! Vaun & Liv x

We are so excited to have Rachael on who is a lactation consultant and is so passionate about breastfeeding! She is an IBCLC and specialist health visitor which is an amazing achievement to actually receive that title to support women who are breastfeeding and go through all the training and exams to finally get to the role she plays now. She certainly knows her stuff! We talk about tips on how to start a successful breastfeeding journey, what to do if your feeling stuck and ways to overcome this!   Give this a listen or feel free to share with someone you know who is pregnant or struggling with their breastfeeding journey!   Enjoy the episode! Vaun & Liv  x   Disclaimer: These are our opinions or evidence based information that we have researched. Please do your own research and make your own choices when it comes to your care and your baby. 

Today we have a guest who is a social media influencer!! We talk to Emily all about being a social media influencer as a mum and how she manages to do it all, the ups and downs and what deals she manifested!   You can find Emily on most social media platforms at Emilywolfandwilde. Go and support her social media journey!   Enjoy the ep! Vaun & Liv x    Disclaimer: These are our opinions or evidence based information that we have researched. Please do your own research and make your own choices when it comes to your care and your baby. 

On today's episode were talking about induction of labour, how that can look and the methods that are used. We've included some holistic methods that anyone can try even if you aren't having a planned induction!   As always do your own research and let us know if any of these worked for you!   Enjoy the ep! Vaun & Liv x   Disclaimer: These are our opinions or evidence based information that we have researched. Please do your own research and make your own choices when it comes to your care and your baby. 

We have on the lovely Beth who is now and independent midwife but did use to work in the NHS and still sometimes does! She talks to us about her role, what that includes, how she found working in Dubai and what she loves about being a midwife now!   Please give her a follow on bethanyroseindependentmidwife on instagram, she has loads of informative posts that we love too!   Enjoy the ep! Vaun & Liv x

Today's episode we have a guest on to talk all about the 4th trimester and self care when you become a parent!   The lovely Emma Benyon is a motherhood and self care coach and gives out tips on how to incorporate small actions to give yourself some self care and also even recognition on how your life has now changed.    Go and take a look at her instagram: emmabenyon.coach   Enjoy the ep! Vaun & Liv x   Disclaimer: These are our opinions or evidence based information that we have researched. Please do your own research and make your own choices when it comes to your care and your baby. 

So we planned on doing an about us episode from our instagram poll results but as you will hear we completely went off track and did an honest and raw episode..... still about us just maybe not what we planned!   We hope you enjoy it, feel free to give us a message if your ever struggling and feel like you need some support, were always here to listen and help as much as possible!   Vaun & Liv x   Disclaimer: These are our opinions or evidence based information that we have researched. Please do your own research and make your own choices when it comes to your care and your baby.     

We discuss all about delayed cord clamping, lotus births and obviously digress about videoing your birth as we always do!!  This topic won the poll on our instagram so we thought we'd bring this to the table sooner rather than later!    Enjoy, Vaun & Liv x   Disclaimer: These are our opinions or evidence based information that we have researched. Please do your own research and make your own choices when it comes to your care and your baby. 

On todays episode we talk all about continuity of care and we have secured a date with an independent midwife so you can hear all about how that works! How exciting!   Thanks for all your support, we are so grateful even on the days we are tired recording! #mumlifeandalltherest   Enjoy! Vaun & Liv x   Disclaimer: These are our opinions or evidence based information that we have researched. Please do your own research and make your own choices when it comes to your care and your baby. 

On today's episode we talk through emergency c sections, elective c sections and what to expect. We walk through the process and also some facts you may not know about sections, we also asked for your opinions on how you found your sections and shared some stories on here!    We love hearing from you! If there is a topic you would love for us to discuss feel free to message us on instagram @mamasmidwiferyuk and we will do our best to get this on for you asap.   Enjoy the ep! Vaun & Liv x   Disclaimer: These are our opinions or evidence based information that we have researched. Please do your own research and make your own choices when it comes to your care and your baby. 

We are so excited to have Danielle from Placenta Plus on the pod!!! Danielle talks us through how she found placenta plus through her own journey of postnatal depression, the benefits and we also get the exclusive of where she is opening her next lab very very soon!!   We hope you love this as much as we did, thank you all for your support as always!   Enjoy, Vaun & Liv x

Todays episode is full of ideas to pack in your hospital bag and advice on this topic! It's such an exciting time when your getting this ready and we can all go abit overboard but you really don't need too, we cover the essentials in this episode.    Please share us & keep listening!   Enjoy, Vaun & Liv x   Disclaimer: These are our opinions or evidence based information that we have researched. Please do your own research and make your own choices when it comes to your care and your baby. 

We have the gorgeous Kate from I am Kate living on instagram joining us today talking all things supplement wise!! Kate really aligns with many of our core values and is a wealth of knowledge which after this episode I'm sure you will agree! Kate recommends which supplements to take prenatally, in pregnancy/breastfeeding and also in general as women but also explains the why behind these! We could have listened to her all day.   Thanks so much for listening to another episode, we hope you enjoyed this and please leave us a review and share the pod!   Enjoy, Vaun & Liv x   (this was recorded on zoom so the quality isn't the best in some parts, we apologise for this)   Disclaimer: These are our opinions or evidence based information that we have researched. Please do your own research and make your own choices when it comes to your care and your baby.       

Hi Guys, This episode is talking pain relief and advocating for yourself which is so important!! Please leave us a review if you like and subscribe we appreciate it so much!  If you have any questions feel free to DM us,   Enjoy, Vaun & Liv x   Disclaimer: These are our opinions or evidence based information that we have researched. Please do your own research and make your own choices when it comes to your care and your baby.     

Hi Guys, We have a guest on from Future Health Biobank talking all about stem cell and cord blood banking! Its so interesting on what it's for, how it's done and how you can use the service.   We have been able to partnership with them and get a discount for you all- if you mention Mamas Midwifery you can secure the discount with that!   We hope you enjoy the episode! Vaun & Liv x   Disclaimer: These are our opinions or evidence based information that we have researched. Please do your own research and make your own choices when it comes to your care and your baby. 

On todays episode we are discussing all things student midwife life and what it's really like!   How to get into Uni and then some stats on how competitive it can be..... don't let this put you off though, it never goes away when you really want to be a midwife!   Enjoy, Vaun & Liv x   Disclaimer: These are our opinions or evidence based information that we have researched. Please do your own research and make your own choices when it comes to your care and your baby. 

Today's episode is all about pre conception, looking after your body & getting it in a better place ready for conception. Also we covered some tips and facts around conception!! Who knew some of these! Over the years we've done lots of research and have given a shout out to a company ran by Kate which is called I am Kate living on Instagram who offers vitamins & minerals to support conception. They don't contain loads of bulking agents and are reputable genuine products that we have tried & tested ourselves. We even have a discount code which is "MMW10" if you want to use for 10% off your order!  Please like, review & subscribe when you get a minute, we know you're just as busy as us but we really appreciate it!   Enjoy, Vaun & Liv x   Disclaimer: These are our opinions or evidence based information that we have researched. Please do your own research and make your own choices when it comes to your care and your baby. 

We have our first guest on the pod! It is the lovely Chelsee Healey who is a famous actress and has 2 beautiful girls, we talk all things pregnancy, birth and being in the public eye with children!   Please like, review and subscribe, we really appreciate it!   Enjoy,   Vaun & Liv x  

An episode all about postnatal care, Do you have more questions? Feel free to message us on social media @mamasmidwiferyuk   Please like, subscribe and leave a review if you get a minute, we would really appreciate it!   Enjoy,   Vaun & Liv x

An episode all about antenatal care! Do you have more questions? Feel free to message us on social media @mamasmidwiferyuk   Enjoy,   Vaun & Liv x

An episode all about how we actually ended up starting our Midwifery degree, our pregnancy's, birth and our experiences, Do you have more questions? Feel free to message us on social media @mamasmidwiferyuk   Please like, subscribe and leave a review if you get a minute, we really appreciate it!   Enjoy,   Vaun & Liv x

Hello, Welcome to the Mamas Midwifery Podcast! This is our first episode!   We are two mums and also currently student midwives who have come together with a passion for making maternity care better! We hope you enjoy our podcast and would love for you to subscribe and follow us! We will be posting weekly episodes, feel free to give us a message on social media with any topics you would like us to discuss!   Enjoy, Vaun & Liv x