Growing
by Beth Ryan and Lilly Claxton
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About this podcast
Growing is your handbook for birth, babies and beyond brought to you by midwives and mums Beth Ryan and Lilly Claxton. Join us every Wednesday for a solid dose of solidarity as we explore all things motherhood.
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- I Don’t Need To Know, Respectfully | Friendship in motherhood, baffling encounters and rejecting toxic nostalgia · 1 h 4 minThe girls are back, and apparently the world has been providing us with plenty to unpack. Lil is still living her nomadic era, with home well and truly beckoning her back, so…
- Choose Your Own Adventure | Period anxiety, postpartum body pressures and who’s doing 10k steps?? · 47 minThis week, it’s a choose-your-own-adventure of premenstrual anxiety, the post-breastfeeding hormone dive, yet another to do list and the many ways being a woman can feel like a…
- Messy House, Happy Home? | Relationship quandaries, letting go of perfection and the truth behind "I'm good" · 41 minBeth’s back in a new family rhythm with her husband back at work, it’s a fresh round of juggling you know, just four kids, three of which are under two. The biggest pinch point…
- It's A Big Old Glimmer | Deep rest, farm life and a moth take over · 52 minThis week’s growing pains and glimmers include those moth*er flipping moths, suburban chicken negotiations and the radical act of having a minute (or two nights) to yourself…
- The Guilt Trip | Navigating guilt, flying with kids and a pelvic floor breakthrough · 48 minWork trips, Tassie trips and guilt trips — oh my. This week is packed with growing pains and glimmers. Beth is feeling the heavy weight of trying to practise what she preaches as…
- Bodily Fluids Everywhere | A toilet training breakthrough, vomit everywhere and the grief of losing your hair straightener · 41 minBeth’s hit the bodily fluids trifecta this morning - covered in vomit, poo and wee all before 8am. And on this we chat about the many layers that come with loss in identity in…
- Parenthood: Blind Optimism And Naivety | Spring break debrief, pram drama a style crisis and a breastfeeding update · 1 h 1 minWe’re back from spring break, Glimmer Girls and the holiday hangover is real. This week we’re debriefing travelling with kids, the logistics of babies on planes, pram drama, road…
- *THROWBACK* The Transition From 1 -2 | Reflecting On The Last 12 Months · 56 min*SPRING BREAK THROWBACK* The Transition From 1 - 2 Please note this is a throwback episode, the ergoPouch code shared in todays episode is not currently active. This week, Beth…
- *THROWBACK* Unhinged pregnancy Confessions | We're heavily pregnant, cranky and leaning into TMI. Enjoy! · 54 minWelcome to our Summer Break Throwback! This is one of our most popular episodes. Probably because we don't hold back. Enjoy! P.S. As this is a throwback episode, our Ergopouch…
- Did Someone Suggest a Spring Break? | Migraines, teething and a rebuild on the rocks · 41 minThis week Beth has given a little bit of extra and unexpected love to her first baby, PowerBirth which comes heavy with logistics, literal migraines, a lot of moving parts, but…
- This Is Heaps | Hair loss, sleep advice from Reddit and surrendering to parenthood · 41 minBeth stumbled down a Reddit hole - yes, Glimmer Girls, you read that right. Picture this: two babies, breast refusal, broken sleep and all that comes with life with twins at five…
- Are We Growing Or Just Eating Humble Pie? | Toddler trenches, holding boundaries and twin exhaustion hits hard · 42 minLil is deep in the toddler trenches - food refusal, parental preference, running away (quite fast) and the weighty question “am I actually doing any of this right?”. We chat…
- Do I Actually Feel...Done? | Leaving pregnancy behind, brain fog fatigue and a relationship reset · 53 minOkay, this week we're going straight in. Lil’s house nearly went up in flames but actually just went up in fog (brain fog). She’s also navigating the stretch that comes with more…
- It's Giving Slump | A midyear energy dip, sleepless nights and choosing self care even when it's inconvenient · 48 minOkay, so we’re a good four-and-a-bit months into life with our little babies and, truth be told… the tired in us is tired. Beth has been managing naps for the better part of five…
- It’s A Rebuild Not A Bounce Back | Postpartum body image, self confidence and deciding something needs to change · 48 minIt’s all about confidence baby? Or something like that. This week we fall (read: tumble) down the rabbit hole of postpartum body image and a significant loss in confidence. In…
- What A Week Folks | Postpartum, PMS and RSV Hits Hard · 46 minThis week on Growing, we’re deep in the reality of winter with little kids. Beth shares the scary experience of RSV sweeping through the family, the emotional rollercoaster of…
- No One Gets Sicker Than A Husband | Winter Bugs, Mastitis Remedies And A Dummy Fairy Update · 40 minThis week on Growing, Beth has unfortunately had the house guest nobody asked for… mastitis. We chat about just how hard breastfeeding can be, and why getting the right support…
- She's Still In There: Identity shifts, postpartum fatigue and getting out the door with little kids. · 54 minThis week on Growing we’re wondering where our inner girls have disappeared to. We chat about the all-consuming season of motherhood, how many layers of our former selves feel…
- Does The Dummy Fairy Toilet Train? · 49 minThis week on Growing we’re (as usual) deep in the beautiful chaos of motherhood. Lil is currently negotiating with the dummy fairy and wondering if, while she’s collecting…
- Breaking News: This Is Hard · 54 minThis week on Growing we’re discussing a fairly groundbreaking revelation: motherhood is amazing and also, very hard. Possibly the biggest slice of humble pie either of us have…
