Identity: Who Am I, Now I’m A Mum?

07/21/20 • 33 min

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No matter how it happens, motherhood changes you forever.
Me After You is the show that asks the question: So, what now?

Each episode, host Laura Byrne guides some very different women through their very different stories of life after birth. In this first episode, we’re talking Identity, and you’ll hear from women like Alex Nation, who got pregnant at 18 and wrestled with being a kid with a baby, Narelda Jacobs, who had a shotgun wedding before coming out as gay to her very conservative family and a blogging mum with a huge following who never thought she wanted to become a mother.

And all of them have struggled with the same thing - who the hell am I, now that I’m a mum?

C REDITS

Host: Laura Byrne @ladyandacat

Executive Producer: Elise Cooper @elisejcooper

Producer and Editor: Lem Zakharia

Head of Audio: Bridget Northeast

Thanks to all the mums who featured in this episode, for sharing their stories to make all mums feel like they’re not alone

Marcia Leone - @notsomumsy Not So Mumsy Book https://www.booktopia.com.au/not-so-mumsy-marcia-leone/book/9781760525071.html
Narelda Jacobs - @nareldajacobs
Maria Paz Hartado
Evie Farrell @mumpacktravel, book Backyard To Backpack https://bit.ly/eviefarrellbook
Grace Bell
Melanie Dimmitt, book Special: Antidotes to Obsessions That Come With A Child’s Disability https://bit.ly/melaniedimmittbook
Alex Nation - @alexandranation
Emilyeen Filardi

Support the show: https://www.mamamia.com.au/mplus/

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No matter how it happens, motherhood changes you forever.
Me After You is the show that asks the question: So, what now?

And all of them have struggled with the same thing - who the hell am I, now that I’m a mum?

C REDITS

Host: Laura Byrne @ladyandacat

Executive Producer: Elise Cooper @elisejcooper

Producer and Editor: Lem Zakharia

Head of Audio: Bridget Northeast

Thanks to all the mums who featured in this episode, for sharing their stories to make all mums feel like they’re not alone

Marcia Leone - @notsomumsy Not So Mumsy Book https://www.booktopia.com.au/not-so-mumsy-marcia-leone/book/9781760525071.html
Narelda Jacobs - @nareldajacobs
Maria Paz Hartado
Evie Farrell @mumpacktravel, book Backyard To Backpack https://bit.ly/eviefarrellbook
Grace Bell
Melanie Dimmitt, book Special: Antidotes to Obsessions That Come With A Child’s Disability https://bit.ly/melaniedimmittbook
Alex Nation - @alexandranation
Emilyeen Filardi

Support the show: https://www.mamamia.com.au/mplus/

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Previous Episode

Introducing Me After You: Exploring Stories Of Motherhood And Identity

Who the hell are you when you become a mum? What happens if you don’t love it? Is it okay to let your career take a back seat? In Me After You Laura Byrne sits down with women from all over Australia to find out what motherhood is like for them; from authors, advocates, actors, journalists, and everyday mums.

In partnership with Huggies: Be Comfortable In Your Skin

CREDITS
Host: Laura Byrne @ladyandacat

Executive Producer: Elise Cooper @elisejcooper

Producer and Editor: Lem Zakharia @lemzakharia

Support the show: https://www.mamamia.com.au/mplus/

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Next Episode

Your Body: Everything has changed

If you're expecting, a new mum, or wrangling a toddler, we have all the best resources for new parents in our free newsletter here.

Ahhh Bodies. It often feels like they are the subject of public debate.

From the post-baby body bounceback, the stretch marks, the dark nipples and all the things our bodies undergo when a fully-formed human is born.

In this episode, you’ll be hearing from comedian Veronica Milsom who realised how confronting it can be when your body changes. Actress Teresa Palmer, who says pregnancy helped “heal” her disordered relationship with food, and more women whose pregnancy have completely changed the way they feel about their bodies and what they’re capable of.

CREDITS

Host: Laura Byrne @ladyandacat

Executive Producer: Elise Cooper @elisejcooper

Producer and Editor: Lama Zakharia

Head of Audio: Bridget Northeast

Thanks to all the mums who featured in this episode, for sharing their stories to make all mums feel like they’re not alone