The UK Babies's Podcast

Parenting as a partner

Join us as we talk to one of our dads all about parenting as a partner and get his perspective on what its like to be the "other half". 

Post Natal Recovery and Diastasis Recti

Here from Mel and Women's Health Physio Helen Forth all about post natal recovery and exercise to support healing from common post natal issues such as pelvic floor dysfunction and diastasis.  

UK Babies Podcast - Women's Health Focus on Pelvic Girdle Pain

We chat to Pelvic Health Physiotherapist Helen Forth all about Pelvic Girdle Pain in the perinatal period.  

Episode 15 - parenting in a pandemic

This episode gives some first hand accounts of how we have coped with parenting during the Covid-19 pandemic, and how amidst all the negatives we can gleam some positives from the whole experience. 

Episode 14 - how to cope with your child growing up

Watching your child grow from baby, to infant, to toddler and beyond can be both a joyful but also sad development.  We discuss our own experiences and some tips on how we cope.  

Episode 13 - Step parenting: how do you get it right?

Join us as we talk through the challenges and positives of being a step parent and give some top tips on how to navigate being a new figure in the lives of your partner's children.  

Episode 12 - The parenting preparation tips I wish I'd had

This episode covers some of the common challenges we hear so very often from our community that they just didn't know would happen, or be how they expected things would play out when they became parents.  

Episode 11 Breastfeeding myths - are they fact or fiction?

In this podcast we talk to Dora, Suffolk Babies' infant feeding specialist, about some common breastfeeding 'myths' and discuss if they are fact or fiction and what that means for those of us who are or want to breastfeed at any point in our child's early weeks, months and years.  

Episode 10 - Knowing your stress triggers for positive mental health

In this episode we talk through our key fundamental physical and mental 'needs' that are recognised as needing to be met to reduce stress in our lives, and discuss why when we have children this can be difficult to achieve and find balance.  

Episode 9 - The Mother's Mental Load

In this Suffolk Babies podcast episode we discuss the idea, and reality, of the Mother's mental load and offer our thoughts on how to cope.