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The First Six Months

Author: Pippa Evans

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Pippa Evans collects stories from people about the first six months of parenthood. 
For anyone in the middle of, about to go into or reminiscing about those wild times.

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Jay Lafferty discusses all things IVF, fear of a C-Section, going back to work almost immediately and how one of the less talked about aftereffects of birth can be blood clots in your vajayjay. Always a pleasure to speak to one of my favourite Edinburgh comedy pals. #bloodclots #firstsixmonths #baby #mum #backtowork #csection #IVF

Love and Anxiety

2025-02-0644:57

Alyssa Kyria is a fantastic comic who performs as The Funny Mummy around the UK. Married to Will with one daughter Lola, Alyssa talks about the ups an downs of her first six months, including her panic at the sudden realisation that children are forever. She also opens up about her depression and the support she received from a Mental Health Midwife. @thefunnymummyuk

Pull A John And Yoko

2025-02-0553:18

Melissa Jacques is one of the UKs West End Royalty and also mum to two girls. She talks about juggling Mamma Mia and a new baby, the kindness of custard creams and how if they are the only person awake, you need to call Mary Poppins. @melissajacques
Ali is the local Sing and Sign leader in Edinburgh, where Pippa lives. Ali is married with three children and talks all things mastitis, PND and deciding to have more children when the first-first six months is so tricky. We also agree that Sleep When The Baby Sleeps is the most annoying advice.
Whilst at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Pippa went to see Good Luck, Cathrine Frost - a brilliant show about pregnancy, miscarriage and motherhood which somehow manages to talk about all these things with a lightness and a seriousness, whilst spanking Socrates on the bottom. Pippa leapt at the chance to interview Cathrine about her First Six Months and to discuss some of the themes of the show. If you have a chance to see her performances at Edinburgh Fringe 2024, you can book tickets ...
Content Warning: Difficult birth Pippa talks to Sophie about a tricky birth, body autonomy and uncovering health issues later in life that may have impacted those first six months.
TW: Miscarriage In this episode, Pippa talks to Gemma about having a baby in a different country, sleep deprivation and the fear that comes when you have experienced multiple losses; how it can feel impossible to believe this pregnancy is going to make it. They also discuss, at length, piles and what to do about them.
CONTENT WARNING: Attempted suicide In this episode, Pippa is talking to Carrie Carlisle about her First Six Months. Carrie’s husband tried to take his own life when she was six months pregnant, which meant her first six months was dominated by trying to get her husband well. She talks about the amazing care she received, the loneliness of people not knowing what to say and how life doesn’t have to be picture perfect to be perfect. It’s your perfect, not everyone else’s. www.clar...
Pippa talks to Clare Bourne (@clarebournephysio), a pelvic health specialist and full time mum. She loved her first six months but her second six months was disrupted by covid, meaning her husband couldn’t come home as a GP in the NHS. Clare talks about navigating loneliness and anxiety but ultimately finding her way through. Being a Pelvic Health Specialist, we also talk A LOT about vaginas. So if you have any crotch concerns, this is the episode for you. We decide, in fact, tha...
Michelle talks to Pippa about her relatively easy pregnancy and birth experience (amazing what we count as easy, that's all I'll say), having a Lockdown Baby and many tales of trying to express milk. #mum #newmum #firstsixmonths #matrescence #express #lockdownbaby #SpritzForBits
"If you've waited so long for this, are you allowed not to enjoy it sometimes?" In this episode, Pippa speaks with Prachi, a mother and sexual health doctor based in Edinburgh about her experiences of the first six months. After a difficult time with IVF, Prachi was determined to make the best of her first and (most likely) only six months. There is a lot of joy in this episode, as well as travel tips alongside the stresses of navigating fertility treatments. #IVF #FirstSixMonths #Newmum #Mo...
Two weeks late, double mastitis and a 27 hour labour. Anything else you want to throw at me? Pippa talks to the delightful Cariad Lloyd about her first Six Months and how she managed to navigate the unbelievable number of challenges sent her way. We had to label this episode 'explicit' because of Cariad's potty mouth. #hipdysplacia #mastitsis #csection #breastfeeding #hormones #brownies #phonescrolling
Pippa talks to the delightful Roddie about becoming a dad for the first time and how he navigated supporting his partner, Natalie, through a difficult birth, in Covid conditions. Content Warning: We discuss the fear of cot death quite a lot, as something that played on our minds hugely for the first six months.
Being a mum in the 80s. Has anything really changed? I got the unusual privilege of interviewing my own mother, Trish Evans, about her four (yes, four) births. It was really lovely to talk about that experience with her and I had no idea of what a struggle it had been for her at times. Great episode if you have multiple children, are feeling blue or overwhelmed or are about to have a 'surprise' baby.
Last episode in this series. Athena talks to Pippa about suspected PTSD, moving in with her mum and how Capitalism is telling us we need things we don't. Had to mark this one EXPLICIT but only for a couple of swears.
Lara talks to Pippa about becoming a mother at 20, buying everything the books tell you to and then regretting it and how hard it can be to maintain friendships when you are the first one of your group to have a baby.
Jen talks to Pippa about being a solo IVF mum, horrific mastitis and an obsession with Bourbon biscuits.
Pippa talks to Victoria about the joys of losing all bodily autonomy, the impact of her child arriving prematurely, particularly on her mental health and now looking back longingly at the excuse to simply enjoy the sofa and watch all those box sets.
Pippa talks to Siva about her memories of the first six months which include drinking garlic milk, an obsession with breastfeeding and perhaps the best way to look at unsolicited advice ever proffered.
Sarah talks about adopting her daughter and the joys of juggling bureaucracy with all the usual first six months. And there's another vote for Tommy Tippee's formula maker.

The First Six Months - Jo

2024-01-0901:02:56

Pippa talks to Jo about having a generally rosy memory of her first six months and what it's like for your contractions to start during a lovely pub roast.
Tess and Maria talk about their comparative experiences during the first six months and what is is like to navigate the world of new motherhood as a same sex couple.
Lucy talks to Pippa about the loneliness she felt during her first six months and the frustrations of trying to pump in a disabled toilet.
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