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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Jun 22, 2020 · 52 min
From career woman to career mama - with Tess Robinson of Smack Bang Designs
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 33rd episode of Beyond the Bump, we chat to Tess Robinson, founder of Smack Bang Designs about the transition from career woman to career working mum. We talk about the juggles of working alongside parenting, any tips she may have and just have a general honest chit chat on what is involved!! Follow Tess on instagram at @tess__robinson Goodies mentioned in this episode: Smack Bang Designs: here Urban Growers: here The Motherhood book: here Follow us on instagram at @beyondthebump.podcast to stay up to date with behind the scenes and future episodes.
Jun 15, 2020 · 47 min
Talking to our kids about sex - with sexologist Juliet Allen
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 32nd episode of Beyond the Bump, we chat to Juliet Allen, one of Australia’s leading sexologists about how we can talk to our kids about sex, porn, masturbation, pregnancy... safe to say this episode had many awkward and cringey moments, but is SUCH an important discussion! Follow Juliet Allen on instagram at @Juliet_allen for more information on ALL things sex! Goodies mentioned in this episode: Juliet Allen - here Juliet pleasure wand - here The Authentic Sex Podcast - here - Podcast episode 54: How to Talk to Kids about Periods and Masturbation - Podcast episode 92: Raising Sex Positive Kids - Podcast episode 94: A Teenager's Guide to Sex Follow us on instagram at @beyondthebump.podcast to stay up to date with behind the scenes and future episodes.
Jun 10, 2020 · 52 min
Educating ourselves and our children about race and racism with Indigenous educator, Jessica Staines
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 31st episode of Beyond the Bump, we chat to Jessica Staines from Koori curriculum. We talk about what racism is, how to discuss racism and race with our children and how to ensure our children are educated and respect Indigenous Australians and their culture. Follow Korri Curriculum on instagram at @korricurriculum for more information on their early childhood consulting. Goodies mentioned: Koori curriculum - here Childhood collective - here Educator Yarns (podcast) - here Vanessa Turnbell Roberts - instagram here Little J and Big Cuz TV show - here Koori Curriculum Educator Community Facebook Page - here Koori Mail - here Fact sheet on Aboriginal labels that we should support - here Clothing the Gap - here Follow us on instagram at @beyondthebump.podcast to stay up to date with behind the scenes and future episodes.
Jun 1, 2020 · 1 hr 15 min
Talking - with lactation consultant, Amberley Harris
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 30th episode of Beyond The Bump, we chat to Amberley Harris, a lactation consultant who answers all your titty and feeding questions!! You sent them in and we got them answered!! Follow Amberley on instagram at @maternalinstinctsbyamerberley for more breastfeeding pearls of wisdom! If you would like to check out Amberley's Breastfeeding Education Video Series, click here. Goodies mentioned: Amberley's nipple butter - here Breast feeding association help line - 1800 mum 2 mum (1800 686 268) La Vie Lactation massagers - here Feed safe app - here "Nursies when the sun shines" book - here Follow us on instagram at @beyondthebump.podcast to stay up to date with behind the scenes and future episodes.
May 25, 2020 · 44 min
Krystal Hipwell - opens up about her experiences with miscarriages and her rainbow babies
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 29th episode of Beyond The Bump, we chat to Krystal Hipwell, who opens up about her experiences with miscarriage. Her emotions going through it, how she got over them and her feelings when she then got pregnant again. Co-host Sophie, also shares her experience having had a miscarriage herself. Follow Krystal on instagram @krystalhipwell for fashion, fitness and all her impossibly cute children, with one more on the way!! Follow us on instagram at @beyondthebump.podcast to stay up to date with behind the scenes and future episodes.
May 18, 2020 · 58 min
”The Fourth Trimester” with Midwife Mandz - Part 2
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 28th episode of Beyond The Bump, we chat to Mandy Goodburn, or Midwife Mandz as we like to call her, all about the Fourth Trimester. In part 2, she answers all your questions on newborn sleep, newborn skin and the postpartum mum! If you haven't listened to part 1 on the dreaded witching hour, newborn feeding and digestion, we recommend you start there! Follow us on instagram at @beyondthebump.podcast to stay up to date with behind the scenes and future episodes.
May 10, 2020 · 1 hr 14 min
Having a baby during a pandemic - with Rebecca, Lizzy and Emmie
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 special Mother’s Day edition of Beyond The Bump, we chat to three mums who have given birth during this pandemic. We wanted to get insight into the emotions around being heavily pregnant during such an unsettling time, any changes to their birth or hospitalisation and how it feel having a newborn during isolation. First up we speak to Rebecca Burrows, a now mother of two who lives in WA. Then we chat to Lizzie, an Aussie first time mum living in NYC. And finally we speak with Emmie Van Dyke a doctor who was previously working in the emergency department before going on maternity leave to give birth to her second child. Goodies mentioned in this episode: Ina May Baskin "Guide to Childbirth" book: here Follow us on instagram at @beyondthebump.podcast to stay up to date with behind the scenes and future episodes.
May 4, 2020 · 57 min
”The Fourth Trimester” with Midwife Mandz - Part 1
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 26th episode of Beyond The Bump, we chat to Mandy Goodburn, or Midwife Mandz as we like to call her, all about the Fourth Trimester. In part 1, she answers all your questions on the dreaded witching hour, newborn feeding and digestion. Join us for part 2 of our chat, where she chats about newborn sleep, newborn skin and the always forgotten mother!! Goodies mentioned in this episode: Haakaa breast pumps: here Follow us on instagram at @beyondthebump.podcast to stay up to date with behind the scenes and future episodes.
Apr 30, 2020 · 39 min
”Learning from home” just got easier with teacher, Amanda Woodrow
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. This bonus episode is our 25th episode of Beyond The Bump. In it we chat to teacher of 10 years Amanda Woodrow, about how we can better facilitate our children's learning from home while they aren't attending school. She has practical tips and tricks to get the most out of this season of our life and ways to take the pressure off!! Amanda has also released a free eBook "A Parent's Guide To Learning From Home" that goes into this even further. To download it head here. You can follow Amanda on instagram at @the_mindset_mentor__ for information on the importance of mindset, wellbeing and mindfulness in our little ones. Follow us on instagram at @beyondthebump.podcast to stay up to date with behind the scenes and future episodes.
Apr 27, 2020 · 50 min
Vanessa Hammond on Slow Living, Homeschooling, having a husband who is FIFO and being a Young Mum!
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 24th episode of Beyond The Bump, we chat to Vanessa Hammond, or you may know her by her maiden name Vanessa Prosser. She tells us about her “slow living” lifestyle, raising her two beautiful children simply, her experiences with a partner who does fly in fly out work and her journey so far homeschooling her daughter. Vanessa also touches on some of the emotions she went through when she found out that she was pregnant at just 19 years of age. Vanessa teaches us not to stress the small stuff and prioritise the things that really matter! You can follow Vanessa on instagram at @vanessahammond for endless beach adventures, delicious smoothies, trips in their Troopie, her two super cute kids and so much more. Goodies mentioned in this episode: The book "Slow”: here Whole beings homeschooling curriculum: here Follow us on instagram at @beyondthebump.podcast to stay up to date with behind the scenes and future episodes.
Apr 20, 2020 · 1 hr 2 min
”Filling Up Your Cup” as a mum with Regan Figg
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 23rd episode of Beyond The Bump, we chat to Regan Figg who is an exercise physiologist, yoga teacher and mama of two who experiecned post natal depression and anxiety after the birth of her first son. Through her struggles with this she started to practice new ways of thinking, connecting with her body and filling up her cup. By implementing these strategies she prevented any post natal depresison or anxiety following the both of her second son and she now shares her learnings with lots of other mums through her Mama Cup Filler courses and we are lucky enough to have her here today to give us some tips on how we can fill up all of our cups too! Goodies mentioned in this episode: Anxiety book that Jayde mentioned: "Living with it" - here To listen to Regan's yoga nidra: here To book into Regan's Mama Cup Filler course: here You can follow Regan on instagram at @regan_figg for more goddess inspiration! Follow us on instagram at @beyondthebump.podcast to stay up to date with behind the scenes and future episodes.
Apr 13, 2020 · 1 hr 4 min
Gentle discipline with parenting specialist, Rachel Bailey
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 22nd episode of Beyond The Bump, we chat to Rachel Bailey who is a parenting specialist all the way in Virginia! She has a masters in clinicial psychology, a certification in positive discipline and a mother of two. We got so much out of this chat with Rachel where we talk about positive and practical discipline techniques, dealing with tantrums, advice around screen time, how to nurture our children with anxiety or attachment and separation issues, how to remain calm while parenting and so so so much more!! You can follow Rachel on instagram at @rachelbaileyparenting for even more parenting tools! Goodies mentioned in this episode: Rachel's website: here Rachel's podcast "Your Parenting Long Game": here Hands On As we Grow: here Follow us on instagram at @beyondthebump.podcast to stay up to date with behind the scenes and future episodes.
Apr 6, 2020 · 49 min
Working from home and being a general mum boss with Sophie Bell (@peppahart)
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 21st episode of Beyond The Bump, we chat to the ever elegant Sophie Bell from Peppa Hart about working from home, starting her own business, running her own business as a mumma and a little bit about her incredibly lust worthy house!!! We felt this episode was timely, as so many mums and dads find themselves suddenly working from home, so we got all the tips on how to be productive!! You can follow Sophie on instagram at @peppahart for incredible home inspo, cocktail recipes, make up must haves and more! Follow us on instagram at @beyondthebump.podcast to stay up to date with behind the scenes and future episodes.
Mar 23, 2020 · 49 min
Food and Supermarket Hacks with Mrs Heemskerk
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 20th episode of Beyond The Bump, we chat to the very clever Kelsie Heemskerk. Kelsey is a family recipe book creator, mother of three little boys and somehow only goes to the supermarket ONCE PER WEEK. We chat to her about how she does it, how to best outs simple ingredients, prevent food waste, budget for food shopping, meal prepping and more!! You can follow Kelsie on instagram at @mrsheemskerk for endless food tips and simple recipes. Follow us on instagram at @beyondthebump.podcast to stay up to date with behind the scenes and future episodes.
Mar 16, 2020 · 1 hr 3 min
Completely unsolicited parenting opinions to lighten your week!
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. Our 19th episode of Beyond The Bump, is a lighthearted banter Q&A with the two of us! You guys sent in parenting questions and we answered them! We talk about sex after birth, post partum body image, getting kids ready for school, our thoughts on daycare and so much more!! We promise there is no mention of the "C" word (thats Corona), so you can tune out from the stressful noise for an hour! Goodies mentioned in this episode: Boob to food post re: post partum hair loss: here "Save Our Sleep" by Tizzie Hall: here Sophie's Airbnb: Grounds of Cabarita Sophie's cooking instagram: @recipearce Haakaa breast pump: here My Big Moments books about starting school and welcoming another baby: here Follow us on instagram at @beyondthebump.podcast to stay up to date with behind the scenes and future episodes.
Mar 12, 2020 · 42 min
Confused by Corona? Get the facts with Dr Morgan Edwards!
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. Our 18th episode of Beyond The Bump, is a bonus episode! We chat to Dr Morgan Edwards, a GP in NZ about all things Corona Virus!! She fills us in on how dangerous the virus is, how it is spread, what we can do to prevent getting the illness and whether the mass hysteria currently is really warranted! Follow us on instagram at @beyondthebump.podcast to stay up to date with behind the scenes and future episodes. You can follow Dr Morgan Edwards on instagram too at @morgancedwards.
Mar 9, 2020 · 1 hr 14 min
Dr Timmy - ENCORE part 2 - Q&A with O&G and infertility 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 17th episode of Beyond The Bump, Dr Timmy (obstetrician, gynaecologist, fertility specialist and most importantly Sophie's dad) is BACK by popular demand!! We once again were overwhelmed with your with the amount of questions you guys sent in so we have had to split the episode into two AGAIN. If you haven’t listened to part 1 and part 2 of our first interview and part 1 of our encore with him then I recommend you start there!! This week, in part 2 of Dr Timmy's encore, he answers your questions about pregnancy, labour, delivery and the post partum period. Follow us on instagram at @beyondthebump.podcast to stay up to date with behind the scenes and future episodes. You can follow Dr Timmy on instagram at @timmychippin - but warning there will be nothing O&G related and just photos of his grandchildren!
Mar 2, 2020 · 1 hr 8 min
Dr Timmy - ENCORE part 1 - Q&A with O&G and infertility specialist
Beyond The Bump is a brand new 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 16th episode of Beyond The Bump, Dr Timmy (obstetrician, gynaecologist, fertility specialist and most importantly Sophie's dad) is BACK by popular demand!! We once again were overwhelmed with your with the amount of questions you guys sent in so we have had to split the episode into two AGAIN. If you haven’t listened to part 1 and part 2 of our first interview with him then I recommend you start there, otherwise in part 1, this week, Dr Timmy answers your questions about infertility, fertility, contraception and preconception. Tune in next week as he answers your questions about pregnancy, labour and delivery and the post partum period. Follow us on instagram at @beyondthebump.podcast to stay up to date with behind the scenes and future episodes. You can follow Dr Timmy on instagram at @timmychippin - but warning there will be nothing O&G related and just photos of his grandchildren!
Feb 24, 2020 · 45 min
Transitioning from ”Boob to Food” with Luka - part 2
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 15th episode of Beyond The Bump, Jayde and Sophie chat to Luka McCabe, midwife, nurse, mother of two and nutrition consultant who runs the amazingly informative instagram and website Boob to Food, about all things infant nutrition. Because we had so many questions for Luka, we split this interview into two parts. If you haven't listened to last week's episode, Part 1, we recommend you start there. We talked about introducing solids, purees vs baby led weaning and the pros and cons of each, developing good eating habits, how much food is enough, what goes in pouches and how to introduce grains. On today's episode, Part 2, we will talk about introducing allergens, tips for raising a child plant based, tips for fussy eaters, weaning off the boob and much more! Follow Luka on instagram at @boobtofood or head to her website here. Follow us on instagram at @beyondthebump.podcast to stay up to date with behind the scenes and future episodes.
Feb 17, 2020 · 1 hr
Transitioning from ”Boob to Food” with Luka - part 1
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 14th episode of Beyond The Bump, Jayde and Sophie chat to Luka McCabe, midwife, nurse, mother of two and nutrition consultant who runs the amazingly informative instagram and website Boob to Food, about all things infant nutrition. Because we had so many questions for Luka, we split this interview into two parts. On today’s episode, we discuss introducing solids, purees vs baby led weaning and the pros and cons of each, developing good eating habits, how much food is enough, what goes in pouches and how to introduce grains. On next week’s episode we will talk about introducing allergens, tips for raising a child plant based, tips for fussy eaters, weaning off the boob and much more! Follow Luka on instagram at @boobtofood or head to her website here. Follow us on instagram at @beyondthebump.podcast to stay up to date with behind the scenes and future episodes.