Pregnancy, Birth and Recovery: Kath Baquie from FitNest Mama
A podcast dedicated to helping you have a healthy pregnancy, confident childbirth and strong recovery. In this podcast, we will cover the strategies to help you stay healthy and active during pregnancy, and confidently recover after childbirth, so that you can get back to your old (new) self, with a bubba by your side. You will find some amazing interviews with professionals covering breastfeeding with lactation consultants, childbirth with midwives and doctors, as well as birth stories from mamas just like you, designed to help educate and inform. How do I stay active & healthy during pregnancy? How can I look after my pelvic floor & core muscles? How can I feel confident heading into childbirth? How do I get strong again after birth, so that I can get back to doing what I love? This podcast will leave you feeling supported, inspired and ready to tackle this new journey. FitNest Mama is your workout app, which has online workouts and resources, helping women stay healthy during pregnancy, and have a strong postnatal recovery. Disclaimer: The content in this podcast is general in nature and should not replace the advice of your healthcare professional. For freebies and to find out more information head to https://www.fitnestmama.com or Instagram @kathbaquie.physio.
- Update frequency
- every 5 days
- Average duration
- 30 minutes
- Episodes
- 259
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
Compression garments for pregnancy and postpartum
Today I chat with Sarah Cleaver, who is a physiotherapist and Australasian distributor for Solidea, importing a range of medical compression and support wear for use during the pregnanc…
Pregnancy, Birth & Recovery Story with Charlotte Cushing [first time mum, spinal block, vaginal birth]
Charlotte Cushing is no stranger to the social professional and mental pressures of daily life but nothing could possibly prepare her for motherhood. As a clinical nurse of 10 years, sh…
Looking after our body during pregnancy, pregnancy fitness and investing back into our body postpartum
How should exercise look during pre-conception?
How should exercise look during pregnancy?
And how about after birth?
How do we best support our changing body?
Whether or not you are a keen…
Exercise as self-care: investing in your physical and mental health.
If you are a mumma who is feeling tired, unmotivated, sore or weak.... and feeling the effects of the motherhood load, this episode is for you.
In this episode I provide some real life s…
Toilet training with Jo Hardie from Spewy
Today I chat with Jo Hardie, who is the founder and creator of Spewy, an innovative product born out of necessity.
In today's episode we discuss toilet training. In particular we chat …
Birth story with Holly [IVF, navigating cancer diagnosis, postpartum rage, vaginal birth, LGBTIQA]
In today's episode I chat with Holly who shares her pregnancy journey, birth story and motherhood experience.
Becoming a mother didn't quite look how Holly had envisioned. This is her st…
What to do when you think your child has a developmental delay/disability?
Hayley is the heart behind Alee Disability Support Services, bringing a deep understanding and lived experience to support parents of children with a disability.
Hayley's youngest daugh…
What are some steps to follow post c-section for a smoother recovery? [Listener question]
What are the steps to help maximise postpartum recovery after a caesarean birth?
In this solo episode I discuss things to consider during pregnancy as well as the postpartum phase.
In par…
Will I have difficulty birthing with overactive pelvic floor muscles? [Listener question]
In this episode I answer a recent listener question "I’m a runner and have high tone pelvic floor muscles. Will i have difficulty birthing my baby?"
This episode is perfect if you are p…
Elective caesarean, pro dancer, being pelvic floor trauma informed [Birth story with Millie]
In this birth story, Millie, a professional dancer, shares her pregnancy journey, birth story and recovery journey.
She discusses her heavy work commitments whilst pregnant, why her birt…
Birth story with Jo [2nd VBA2C, fourth baby]
Today's birth story is with Jo who is an everyday mama of 4 who shares her story about her 2nd VBA2C and transition to being a mother of 4.
Jo shares the struggle she went through with n…
Supporting your mental health postpartum
Today I chat with Claire, a maternal child health nurse/midwife and founder of Safe Hands Early Parenting about mental health in the months after you welcome your baby.
Claire combines h…
Pelvic floor trauma and birth - let's open up the conversation
Lets open up the conversation about pelvic floor trauma and birth.
In today's episode I discuss the topic of prenatal pelvic floor education and beneficial outcomes post birth.
LINKS:
Prep…
Nutrition for preconception health - beyond fertility!
Today I chat with fertility dietitian Mariam Metwally about nutrition for preconception health and fertility, and the importance of the first 1000 days of nutrition.
Today we discuss:
- Pr…
Picking the right pram for your family
Picking the perfect pram for your growing can be hard.
Join me in this episode as I chat to Emily Stone who is a mother of two young children, and founder of The Babybee Group who talks …
What can I do to help my abdominal separation (DRAM)? [Listener question]
During pregnancy and post birth, abdominal muscle separation is very common.
During this solo episode today, I discuss abdominal muscle separation during both pregnancy and after birth.
I…
C-Section Recovery & Pelvic Floor Health
In this episode I chat with Amberlee from The Power of Birth about caesarean birth recovery.
This episode is initially found on the 'Can we talk about this podcast'. Here we chat about:
- …
Should I avoid certain pilates exercises during pregnancy? [Listener question]
In this episode I answer this listener question:
"I'm hearing some information that it's best to avoid pilates or certain pilates exercises in the first trimester especially abdominal ex…
Preparing for postpartum and the 4th trimester with Postpartum Doula Cocoon by Naomi [Re-run ep #102]
Enjoy this re-run of one of our most popular episodes from 2022.
In this episode with Postpartum Doula Nicole, we discuss strategies to help women who've recently had a baby get the rest…
7 important questions to ask yourself for the year ahead
This one podcast can change the entire trajectory of your health and fitness over the next 12 months.
Before you get into 2024, there are 7 questions that you should ask yourself.
These…