The Bump Room Podcast
This Podcast aims to reassure, support, validate and empower women on their Pregnancy and Postnatal journeys. Through Ailish’s career as a Physiotherapist, teaching pregnancy classes for years, completion of Motherhood Certification and being a mother to 3 girls she has delved deep into this area and wants to empower women on their journeys.
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Episodes
Monday Nov 28, 2022
Monday Nov 28, 2022
Lisa is a businesswoman and coach
We chat about:• How we default into our gender roles when baby arrives.• The unseen care work and it’s value in Irish society.• “The best gift you can give your child is a happy mother” we unpacked what this looks like in real life. • How maternal gatekeeping can disable men and set the tone for early parenthood.• We discussed recent research about gender roles
Enjoy!
Sunday Nov 20, 2022
Sunday Nov 20, 2022
Dr Sophie Brock @drsophiebrock
We touch on many areas including: • What is motherhood studies • How to talk about our motherhood experience. • The distinctions of being a mother• The concept of the ‘fish tank of motherhood’.• The perfect mother myth.• The impact of the pandemic on mothers. • The second shift of working mothers.
Hope you enjoy!
Sunday Nov 13, 2022
Sunday Nov 13, 2022
Lorraine is a perinatal coach @globebabydoula. We spoke about what she does; “there to support you, emotionally, physically, and informationally. There to hold space, listening.”We discussed the reservations women have about using a doula and Lorraine explained everything about how to find your doula with real partnership and connection. Lorraine advises that connection takes precedence over cost and location of doula.Hope you enjoy!
Sunday Nov 06, 2022
Sunday Nov 06, 2022
Tara Whelan @resilientemotions is a nurse and perinatal emotional well-being and havening techniques practitioner. Tara has a beautiful way of explaining how trauma triggers work with very real examples. She also outlines how she works with people: Emotional debriefing, reprocessing memory into long-term memory, and a solution-focused approach. One resource we spoke about is Sophie Burch’s book: Beyond birth, a mindful guide to early parenting (available on Amazon).
Monday Oct 31, 2022
Monday Oct 31, 2022
Ali is a perinatal therapist @goodenoughmamas, and an absolute joy to talk to, she is a gifted communicator.We chatted about the concept of matrescence; the whole body-mind experience of transitioning into motherhood. We spoke about what the future would look like if the transition into motherhood was acknowledged and accepted in society. We explored why interdependence, connection, and community are so important.
Hope you enjoy!
Monday Oct 17, 2022
Monday Oct 17, 2022
We pack a lot into these 30-minutes! Jacqueline is a life coach who specialises in working with mothers who feel like they have lost themselves in motherhood. This conversation will offer you insights into the versions of motherhood we have been exposed to and the concept of the self-sacrificing mother in the Irish context.
We speak about the career-care conundrum that exists and mother-centered feminism.
I hope you gain some useful insights from this podcast.
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