Beyond the Bump

Sophie Pearce & Jayde Couldwell

Beyond the Bump is a podcast brought to you by Jayde Couldwell and Sophie Pearce. It began in the baby years and has grown right alongside us, because motherhood keeps evolving long after the baby stage ends.

This is a place for real conversations and honest questions, no matter how hard, about the parts of motherhood that often go unspoken. The mental load that changes shape rather than easing. The identity shifts. The stage where life doesn’t suddenly feel simpler. Wherever you are in it, the aim is the same: to leave you feeling lighter, more understood and a little less alone after every listen.

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Nov 23, 2020 · 1 hr 4 min
Ectopic Pregnancy and Becoming a Mother (in Melbourne) - with Bobby Clark
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 53rd episode of Beyond the Bump, we chat with Bobby Clark, an artist and mother of little James (or Jimmy)! We chat about Bobby's experiences in becoming a mother. She tells us about her ectopic pregnancy before conceiving James and her journey with that. She also goes into detail about how it has been this year becoming a first time mother in Melbourne during strict lockdowns. But mainly you are gonna want to listen to have some laughs about how Bobby got her vagina and perineum ready for birth!! We hope you absolutely love this episode! Follow Bobby Clark on Instagram: here Follow us on instagram at @beyondthebump.podcast to stay up to date with behind the scenes and future episodes.
Nov 16, 2020 · 1 hr 4 min
Bottle Feeding (and the support you can’t seem to find) - with Jordana Shell
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 52nd episode of Beyond the Bump, we chat with Jordana Shell, a mother of two beautiful and bottle fed boys! We try to break down the stigma of bottle feeding and show some much needed support for women who choose not to or cannot breastfeed! We hope you absolutely love this episode! Goodies mentioned in this episode: Best Baby Bottle Box: here Follow Jordana on Instagram: here Follow us on instagram at @beyondthebump.podcast to stay up to date with behind the scenes and future episodes.
Nov 9, 2020 · 45 min
Elimination Communication and Becoming a Mother - with Montana Lower
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 51st episode of Beyond the Bump, we chat with Montana Lower, who is a model and artist and mother to Blue! We chat all about motherhood (while living in a bus!!!!) and focus on Elimination Communication! What is that you might ask? It's when families decide to use cues for their baby to communicate when they need to "eliminate waste" i.e. pee or poo, and take them to a potty, toilet or nature rather than in their nappy! To be honest, Jayde and Sophie weren't completely convinced with this approach, but after hearing Montana speak so openly about it, they fully understand the beautiful connections that can be formed by following this approach. Follow Montana on Instagram: here Follow us on instagram at @beyondthebump.podcast to stay up to date with behind the scenes and future episodes.
Nov 2, 2020 · 46 min
Post Partum Body Image - with Kyla Blacksmith
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 50th episode of Beyond the Bump, we chat with Kyla Blacksmith from That's My Jam Dance, all about post partum body changes! Kyla runs dance classes that aim to boost female body confidence and empower women! We all share our experiences on the changes we went through and how we felt about these. This is in no way a professional chat about how to lose that "stubborn mum tum" but more how we have learnt to embrace our changes! We discuss changes in our weight, stretch marks, vaginas, hair and heaps more! Follow Kyla's dance school: here Follow us on instagram at @beyondthebump.podcast to stay up to date with behind the scenes and future episodes.
Oct 26, 2020 · 1 hr 26 min
Going from 1-2 Kids - with Gemma Peanut
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 49th episode of Beyond the Bump, we chat with Gemma Peanut about the transition from 1 to 2 kids and everything in between! She chats about her less than lovely pregnancies, we all talk about how we found the jump from 1 to 2 kids versus 0 to 1 kid, pros and cons of a small age gap, any tips we have, things we found challenging and things we wish we never worried about! And so much more! We hope you love our chat with Gemma as much as we did, even though we were in the back of Jayde's van sweating our asses off and cursing every truck that drove past! Follow Gemma on instagram: here. Goodies mentioned in this episode: "Baby on the Way" book from My Big Moments: here Follow us on instagram at @beyondthebump.podcast to stay up to date with behind the scenes and future episodes.
Oct 21, 2020 · 24 min
BONUS EP - Using an egg donor - with Krystal Elton
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.
Oct 19, 2020 · 48 min
Misunderstandings of Miscarriage - with Tahyna MacManus
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.
Oct 12, 2020 · 1 hr 29 min
The First Trimester - with Dr Timmy (Obstetrician, Gynaecologist and Fertility Specialist)
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. Follow us on instagram at @beyondthebump.podcast to stay up to date with behind the scenes and future episodes.
Oct 5, 2020 · 53 min
Becoming a mother - with Ellie Bullen from @elsas_wholesomelife
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 Follow us on instagram at @beyondthebump.podcast to stay up to date with behind the scenes and future episodes.
Sep 28, 2020 · 41 min
Making an Adult Friendly Kids’ Album (& Becoming a Parent) - with Matt Okine and KLP
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 Follow us on instagram at @beyondthebump.podcast to stay up to date with behind the scenes and future episodes.
Sep 21, 2020 · 1 hr 3 min
Becoming a mother - with Eleanor Pendleton, founder of Gritty Pretty
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 Follow us on instagram at @beyondthebump.podcast to stay up to date with behind the scenes and future episodes.
Sep 14, 2020 · 1 hr 15 min
An honest dive into Perinatal Mental Health - with Aliza from @bumpnbub, midwife and perinatal mental health specialist
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 Follow us on instagram at @beyondthebump.podcast to stay up to date with behind the scenes and future episodes.
Sep 7, 2020 · 1 hr 1 min
Hypnobirthing? What’s that?! - with midwife and hypnobirthing instructor Lillian Beth
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! Follow us on instagram at @beyondthebump.podcast to stay up to date with behind the scenes and future episodes.
Aug 31, 2020 · 53 min
Getting a bit deeper with us - with Sophie and Jayde
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!! Follow us on instagram at @beyondthebump.podcast to stay up to date with behind the scenes and future episodes.
Aug 24, 2020 · 1 hr
PERIODS and how we can use our cycles to be the best versions of ourselves - with Period Coach, Claire Baker
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! Follow us on instagram at @beyondthebump.podcast to stay up to date with behind the scenes and future episodes.
Aug 17, 2020 · 40 min
Parenting & Understanding Autism - with mama, Courtney
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 38th episode of Beyond the Bump, we chat to Courtney about parenting her daughter with Autism. We talk about what lead to Aaylah's diagnosis, the common differences between girls and boys with autism and why this often leads to a delay in diagnosis, what it is like to parent a special needs child and the positive side of having a child with autism. Follow Courtney for more about autism awareness and education on instagram at @theirvoice2020. Follow us on instagram at @beyondthebump.podcast to stay up to date with behind the scenes and future episodes.
Aug 10, 2020 · 1 hr 18 min
All things CONCEPTION - with Dr Timmy (O&G and fertility specialist)
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 37th episode of Beyond the Bump, Dr Timmy (obstetrician, gynaecologist, fertility specialist and dad of Sophie) is back!! This time he is talking all things conception! How conception occurs, how to know when you're ovulating, why PCOS and endometriosis interfere with fertility, and ways to manage that, he explains how IVF works and SO much more!! Follow Dr Timmy on instagram at @timmychipp for pictures entirely of his cute grandkids (not biased at all) Follow us on instagram at @beyondthebump.podcast to stay up to date with behind the scenes and future episodes.
Aug 3, 2020 · 50 min
Finding out you’re pregnant at 30 weeks!! - Cryptic pregnancy with Daisy Leigh
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 36th episode of Beyond the Bump, we chat to Daisy Leigh a 24 year old mother, who last year found out she was pregnant when she was already 30 weeks!!! Jayde and Sophie (being sufferers of hyperemesis) were flabbergasted by this and wanted to know how on earth it is possible to have a "cryptic pregnancy" and what it was like for Daisy. We chat about the diagnosis, telling her loved ones, her birth and what its like being a relatively young mum with so little time to prepare! Follow Daisy on instagram at @daisyaleigh for more about her cryptic pregnancy and seriously cute pics of her nine month old daughter! Follow us on instagram at @beyondthebump.podcast to stay up to date with behind the scenes and future episodes.
Jul 27, 2020 · 1 hr 11 min
All things pelvic floor (and why we shouldn’t put up with pissing ourselves) - with B from Core and Floor Restore
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 35th episode of Beyond the Bump, we chat to B, a midwife and PT from Core + Floor Restore about all things pelvic floor! Orgasms, prolapse, incontinence, diastasis rectus and why we shouldn't be putting up with "ruined" bodies post partum! Follow B on instagram for more endless core and floor information at @coreandfloorrestore B is offering all listeners 20% off her programs if you use the code 'beyond20' when purchasing her programs and packages at coreandfloor.com.au Follow us on instagram at @beyondthebump.podcast to stay up to date with behind the scenes and future episodes.
Jun 29, 2020 · 1 hr 5 min
Anxiety in kids (and unintentionally a bit on anxiety in parents too) - with Dr Jodi Richardson
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 34th episode of Beyond the Bump, we chat to Dr Jodi Richardson, about how we can help children with anxiety, but the chat also unintentionally spans to parents with anxiety and anxiety in general as we felt it was all relevant and impacted on each other. Jodi gives us an outline of some common symptoms, when to get help and how we can implement practical strategies to help them. We hope you find this episode really helpful. Follow Jodi on instagram for more helpful tips @drjodirichardson Goodies mentioned in this episode: Hey Warrior by Karen Young: here Hey Awesome: here Hey Sigmoid website: here Anxious Kids by Michael Grose and Dr Jodi Richardson: here Anxious Mums Beyond Blue: here Reach Out: here Lifeline: here Follow us on instagram at @beyondthebump.podcast to stay up to date with behind the scenes and future episodes.