Beyond the Bump

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.

Episodes

Aug 30, 2021

1hr 11 min

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 90th episode of Beyond the Bump, we chat with sexologist, Juliet Allen. We ask her all of your sex questions with a specific focus on past partum sex: 
What are some tips to keep the spark alive when you are trying for a baby?
How can we enjoy sex while pregnant? Will having sex for the first time post partum hurt no matter what?
Is it “normal” to have no sex drive post partum and is this greater if the mum is breastfeeding?
What is vaginismus?
Is it normal for your orgasms to change after having a baby?
Should you fake it if you’re not feeling it, but your partner is?
Is it bad if you’re needing a vibrator to orgasm? Tips for getting an orgasm through penetrative sex.
And so much MORE!
We hope you absolutely LOVE this episode!
 
Goodies mentioned:
What’s Your Love Language™? Quiz
Juliet’s Pleasure School
 
Follow us on Instagram at @beyondthebump.podcast to stay up to date with behind the scenes and future episodes. 

Aug 23, 2021

56 min

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 89th episode of Beyond the Bump, we chat with Kristy, The Sleep Teacher and ask her all of your toddler sleep questions:
How to transition from 2 to 1 naps? How to deal with an early-riser toddler? Do rewards charts work? When do you know it’s the right time to transition from a cot to a big bed? When should you start using blankets at pillows? How to overcome bedtime stalling? Is snoring normal? And MORE!
We hope you absolutely LOVE this episode!
 
Follow us on Instagram at @beyondthebump.podcast to stay up to date with behind the scenes and future episodes. 

Aug 16, 2021

1hr 10 sec

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 88th episode of Beyond the Bump, we chat with Montarna Pitt - we chat all about her decision to choose to have a caesarian section and to formula feed her babies as well as everything in between. 
Montarna is a businesswoman powerhouse, so we also talk a bit about that mum-work juggle.
We hope you absolutely LOVE this episode!
 
Follow us on Instagram at @beyondthebump.podcast to stay up to date with behind the scenes and future episodes. 

Aug 9, 2021

1hr 11 min

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 e87th episode of Beyond the Bump, we chat with Jonica, the beautiful lady behind @the.wandertwins. Jonica talks about her journey with having biological children, adopted children and foster children -- is the love any different between children? What is the adoption process in Vanuatu vs. Australia? Adoption vs. fostering and more!
Jonica is such an inspiration and we hope you absolutely love this episode!
  
Follow Jonica on Instagram @the.wandertwins
 
Follow us on Instagram at @beyondthebump.podcast to stay up to date with behind the scenes and future episodes. 

Aug 2, 2021

59 min

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 86th episode of Beyond the Bump, we chat with parent coach, Alex Emms from Kids Flourish all about getting your family ready for a new little member!  
We talk all about what can we do to get a toddler or child ready before a newborn arrives? Expectations about how our toddlers ‘should’ react when meeting a newborn for the first time. What is a somewhat manageable age gap between kids? How to deal with jealousy? Tips on your child having parent preferences and SO MUCH MORE!
We hope you absolutely love this episode!
 
Follow Alex on Instagram @kidsflourish
 
Goodies mentioned:
To learn more about Alex’s workshops head to kidsflourish.net/workshops 
Alex’s Freebie – Managing Behaviours Respectfully Script
Baby on the Way 
 
Follow us on Instagram at @beyondthebump.podcast to stay up to date with behind the scenes and future episodes. 

Jul 30, 2021

1hr 5 min

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, 85th episode of Beyond the Bump, we are coming to you with an unfiltered Q + A that we have been promising for such a long time. You guys sent in your questions and we answered them - some were a bit more get to know us and others were a bit juicier! 
We even play a round of Never Have I Ever (Mum Edition!) So, pour yourself some bubbles or a cup of tea and ENJOY! 
 
Follow us on Instagram at @beyondthebump.podcast to stay up to date with behind the scenes and future episodes. 

Jul 26, 2021

53 min

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 84th episode of Beyond the Bump, we chat with the beautiful Teigan McKinnon. She is the wife of Alex McKinnon and the mama of toddler, Harriet, and fresh newborn twins. 
We talk all about what it's like to have a partner who has a spinal cord injury and the challenges that arise because of that. We also chat about the realities of having twins, which is a whole other topic in itself.
We absolutely loved chatting with Tiegan and we hope you guys enjoy it as much as we did.
 
Follow us on Instagram at @beyondthebump.podcast to stay up to date with behind the scenes and future episodes.

Jul 19, 2021

51 min

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 83rd episode of Beyond the Bump, we have midwife Mandz back on the poddy. We are talking all about VBACs -- there's a little bit of evidence, a little bit of anecdote, a little bit of birth story, a little bit of questioning and we hope you enjoy it!
 
Follow us on Instagram at @beyondthebump.podcast to stay up to date with behind the scenes and future episodes. 

Jul 12, 2021

1hr 45 min

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 82nd episode of Beyond the Bump, we chat with a friend of Jayde's, Lakshmi. She takes us on her journey behind motherhood which involved several miscarriages. She also touches on her separation with one of her partners. 
We genuinely feel like this is one of our biggest, most powerful episodes we've had so far, and we really hope everyone enjoy!
We do want to say that we speak about miscarriage and infant loss in this episode; we also semi touch on themes of self-harm. So, trigger warning if you would like to continue listening or not.
 
Follow us on Instagram at @beyondthebump.podcast to stay up to date with behind the scenes and future episodes. 

Jul 5, 2021

1hr 16 min

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 81st episode of Beyond the Bump, we chat with a mate of Sophie’s, Kyle. We thought it was time to get a dad back on the podcast, but we were bored of our own husbands and whatever they had to say. So, we've brought in some fresh dad meat.
We ask Kyle your questions -- things that maybe you want your partner to hear, how a dad/partner can be helpful, or ways to communicate things to your partner. 
We hope you absolutely LOVE this episode! 
 
Follow us on Instagram at @beyondthebump.podcast to stay up to date with behind the scenes and future episodes. 

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