Me And My Tiny Human

• Was I prepared for the outcome of not having a baby?

  Today I'm answering this question from Anonymous..."I’m currently doing IVF to become a solo mum and while I’m super hopeful and optimistic it will work out, the realities are starting to dawn on me that it may not. And I may have to make peace with that at some point. So I guess my questions are - Did you think about this? Did you have a limit on how many round you would do? How did you handle the IVF rollercoaster once you decided you were ready to be a mum? Do you know anyone who tried without success (because this needs to be normalised as much as solo motherhood imo)?"I was 42 when I had my daughter so if there was one thing I was definitely across and that was the fact that, at my age, becoming a mum was more unlikely than it was likely.Every fertility appointment I went to (and there were a lot of them) I was reminded of the statistics.So I knew, no matter how much I wanted to be a mum, there were absolutely no guarantee it would happen.This podcast was recorded on the lands of the Wangal people, of the Eora Nation. I pay my respects to Elders past and present.EPISODE CREDITS:Host: Rachel CorbettEditing Assistance: Josh NewthLINKS & OTHER IMPORTANT STUFF:Click here to submit a question to the showWant to start your own podcast? Check out my online podcasting course, PodSchool.Email me: [email protected] me: Instagram, Facebook, X, LinkedIn, YouTube, TikTok or check out the website.

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• Have I robbed my daughter of something by going solo?

  Today I'm answering this question from Carly..."Do you ever feel any level of guilt for your daughter that because of your (our) choice, she won’t have a father (one of the good ones - engaged, mature, loving) in her life? Yes it was the right decision for me but i do question myself on that sometimes." - Carly (& my little one, Gracen)Do I ever think about whether I should have gone down a different path? You'll have to listen to find out!This podcast was recorded on the lands of the Wangal people, of the Eora Nation. I pay my respects to Elders past and present.EPISODE CREDITS:Host: Rachel CorbettEditing Assistance: Josh NewthLINKS & OTHER IMPORTANT STUFF:Click here to submit a question to the showWant to start your own podcast? Check out my online podcasting course, PodSchool.Email me: [email protected] me: Instagram, Facebook, X, LinkedIn, YouTube, TikTok or check out the website.

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• Why are people so judgey about breastfeeding?

  Before I became a parent, I had no idea how judgey people could be about parenting.It seems that when there's a baby involved, everyone has an opinion and the biggest thing people seem to have opinions on? Breastfeeding. I've been amazed at the willingness of strangers to share their two cents when they've got no idea about the circumstances of somebodies life.So what's with all the judgement? And why do people care?This podcast was recorded on the lands of the Wangal people, of the Eora Nation. I pay my respects to Elders past and present.EPISODE CREDITS:Host: Rachel CorbettEditing Assistance: LINKS & OTHER IMPORTANT STUFF:Click here to submit a question to the showWant help starting your own podcast? Check out my online podcasting course, PodSchool.Email me: [email protected] me: Instagram, Facebook, X, LinkedIn, YouTube, TikTok or check out the website.

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• Helpful solo mum traits

  Today, I'm answering a question from Samantha: "Do you think there are any qualities that you have that have been helpful in being a solo mum? I'm really disorganised and can be kinda lazy at times and I'm worried those qualities are probably going to suck if I'm thinking about having a baby on my own."Firstly, Samantha, if you do decide to go down the solo mum path, I think you'll surprise yourself.It's amazing what we're a;; capable of getting done when there's a tiny human howling at you and probably sh*tting their pants at the same time 😂Ultimately, the only trait you need to be a great mum, of any description, is the ability to love your kid.Everything outside of that is just logistics but as for traits I've found handy doing it solo, there are a few, and in this episode I'm going to share the qualities I believe have really helped me.This podcast was recorded on the lands of the Wangal people, of the Eora Nation. I pay my respects to Elders past and present.EPISODE CREDITS:Host: Rachel CorbettEditing Assistance: Lize RatliffLINKS & OTHER IMPORTANT STUFF:Click here to submit a question to the showWant to create a podcast of your own? Check out my podcasting course, PodSchoolEmail me: [email protected] me: Instagram, Facebook, X, LinkedIn, YouTube, TikTok or check out the website.

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• Go the f*ck to sleep

  Let me preface this episode by saying this is MY experience and NONE of this is advice.Sleep is a very sensitive topic for parents, mostly because we're getting bugger all of it but I wanted to share my experience so you can take from it what you need and ignore what you don't.Every baby is different so it's likely that none of the stuff that worked for me will work for you and vice versa. Welcome to the punish of teaching your kid to sleep!!In this episode I chat about my experience with sleep training, the Snoo, co-sleeping and the phrase that will haunt you in your dreams: "Drowsy but awake."If I had a list of priorities when I became a parent, sleep was top of the list.Mostly because I had no one else to hand this little person off to so if I was getting no sleep I knew that was a recipe for disaster.So, I did everything I could to create an environment where my daughter had the best possible chance of learning how to do it because that's really all you can do.The rest is up to them and you have no idea how they're going to take to it.But I knew I didn't want to take short cuts early (even though it would have been SO MUCH easier at the time) because I didn't want to be fixing bigger problems later. I wanted to try and tough it out as best I could in the hopes that we could get the hard stuff out of the way early and then course correct later.So this is what worked for me.This podcast was recorded on the lands of the Wangal people, of the Eora Nation. I pay my respects to Elders past and present.EPISODE CREDITS:Host: Rachel CorbettEditing Assistance: Lize Ratliff LINKS & OTHER IMPORTANT STUFF:Click here to submit a question to the showWant to create a podcast of your own? Check out my podcasting course, PodSchoolEmail me: [email protected] me: Instagram, Facebook, X, LinkedIn, YouTube, TikTok or check out the website.

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