Strong Mamas
This is the podcast for the mums and women who want MORE. More for themselves, their children, their relationships and their day-to-day lives.In this podcast, your host, Rachel Giampietro will go deep, real & raw on all things close to her heart and happening in her world, drawing from her every-growing experience in this lifetime as a mother, business owner and pre & post natal women's coach.From solo chats to guest speakers covering tops like fitness to nutrition, pregnancy, to birth, parenting to relationships, self development to spirituality - plus -so much more, Rachel is willing to have the uncomfortable discussions and won't hold back on getting to the juice of each conversation so you walk away educated & inspired every time !Rachel's mission is to raise herself up and inspire those around her to do the same so we can all live our must fully aligned and purposeful life! Let's get Strong Mamas!
Strong Mamas
24. An Honest IVF Pregnancy Journey & Initiation Into Motherhood - with my sister Victoria Bartley (Sister Series #1)
Ok so my sister and I talk ALOT of juicy content each day/week of our normal lives and we've been meaning to actually sit down for a podcast to start sharing more of it with you guys - so here is the first episode of what we are going to call the "SISTER SERIES" episode series!!
In this podcast we dive deep into my sister's journey into becoming a mother in the last few years cause holy shit it's been a wild ride and I know so many people can learn from her story/insight/resilience.
We chat about:
- Her struggle to fall pregnant 'naturally' and the process of having to turn to and use IVF
- Sharing more awareness around the IVF process and all the feelings / setbacks/ emotions
- How to actually support women during their infertility struggles
- Her pregnancy :
- How she felt after trying for so long,
- Navigating a potential “birth defect” diagnosis
- Trying to find a care provider issue during the pandemic and having a December due date
- Navigated being induced because of growth concerns
- Her fully empowered and “on herr terms” hospital birth during Covid 2.0
- The first few months (the struggles/ comparisons/ all the things about his sleep / MATRESCENCE etc)
- Leaning into the initiation of motherhood and what to fully SURRENDER actually means
****TRIGGER WARNING ⚠️ We do discuss / mention pregnancy loss, stillborn and the raw deep traumatic depths of infertility so please know this before choosing to listen.
Also - for those women wanting to reach out to Victoria please do so here