Megan Rossiter chats to journalist Rose Stoke about birth stories and navigating an induction of labour with confidence.

Following consultant led care, GBS+, meconium and a previous PPH, this second time mum went on to have the waterbirth of her dreams

“Big” Second baby ‘back to back’, straightforward birth with no tears, following forceps in her first birth

First Time Mum aged 41 years, 42 weeks pregnancy. Home birth in pool.

This episode is essential listening if you’re trying to decide whether to labour in a birth centre or midwife-led unit. Guess Midwife Issy Bourton and I explore what a birth centre/midwife-led unit is, how your experience there can differ from a hospital birth, what you can expect to happen during your labour, how to request a birth centre labour if you are not low risk, and transferring to a labour ward.

Something you have zero concept of before you get pregnant, is that choosing a pushchair is a minefield! With so many options on the market, it can be tricky to know where to start. What should you consider when picking a pram? Use this checklist to narrow down your options, so you don’t end up making a costly mistake!

Many parents feel that they have to pick a side on the feeding debate - breast or bottle. But the reality is that often families find themselves a compromise, whether that is adding an occasional bottle to their routine, or switching to formula during the day, and breastfeeds when mum gets home from work. Despite this, information about how to go about mixed or combination feeding has been scarce, until now. My guest this week, Lucy Ruddle IBCLC, is author of a guide to mixed feeding, Mixed Up, which guides you through all you need to know.

With social media platforms increasingly censoring candid images of birth and women’s bodies, I got together this week with The Naked Doula, Emma Armstrong, to talk about why we need to see real women’s experiences online. Our wide-ranging chat touches on using the correct words for female anatomy in schools, how we set realistic expectations for birth, and how reconnecting with your body through periods, birth and the menopause is truly empowering.

Continuous Foetal Monitoring can be uncomfortable, anxiety-inducing or misleading, but there’s plenty of evidence for its use, right? That’s the question Dr. Kirsten Small set out to answer after her long career in obstetrics. In this episode she shares everything you need to know, and it’s pretty revealing!