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A once-off 8-part series that covers everything you need to know during pregnancy. Needless to say I am up the duff myself and, as it is my first pregnancy, I was in the dark about an awful lot of stuff, as expected! But when I started looking things up online, whether it was coping mechanisms for morning sickness or what I can and can’t use on my skin during pregnancy, or how to prepare myself for labour, there was just sooo much information and when you find out you’re pregnant, even if it ...
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Hello and welcome to Ready to Pop: The Ultimate Pregnancy Podcast with me, author and journalist, Caroline Foran. If you tuned into the quick intro episode you will have a very clear idea of what to expect from this series and each episode but to recap briefly, I myself am pregnant - at the time of recording this particular episode I am well into m…
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#2 Ready to Pop: Your Pregnancy at a Glance and Surviving the First Trimester with Dr Sarah Murphy
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This episode is sponsored by beauty and lifestyle brand Voya. I have been loving their Mama Oil for helping to keep my skin as supple as possible as my belly grows. For this second episode in the series, we're assuming you are pregnant and we're taking a birds eye view at what to expect from your pregnancy from beginning to end. Here I am joined by…
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For this episode I am joined by a good friend who happens to be the greatest nutritional expert I've ever known, and I just love her for her no frills approach - she says it like it is, Dr Orla Walsh. Orla is a dietician, she's also a mum herself and for this episode we are talking all things nutrition and pregnancy. So what can you eat, what can't…
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This episode is proudly sponsored by Penneys The fourth episode takes a break from the medical experts to hear from an expert in her own right - Grace Mongey , known as Faces by Grace on instagram who sits down with me as our been there momma. Grace shares how pregnancy was for her on both of her children - what differed if anything - what she lear…
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This fifth episode in the 8 part series is where my expertise as a bit of a worrier comes in. Anxiety and pregnancy. For this episode I am joined by clinical psychologist and author Dr Malie Coyne to help reassure listeners about the emotional and mental side of pregnancy which can be just as challenging as the physical symptoms sometimes. It's a p…
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From pigmentation to breakouts, the elusive pregnancy glow to stretch marks, there can be quite a few changes in store for your skin during pregnancy. There are also certain ingredients not recommended for your skin at this time as well. What to use? What to shy away from? How to handle the various sensitivities? For this episode I am joined by The…
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Hello and welcome to episode 7 of ready to pop with me Caroline Foran. This episode is maybe what we'd consider the big one: we're preparing for labour. We're wondering what the hell we're in store for, what all of the variables could be, how we might prepare. I was definitely a lot more anxious about giving birth before I recorded this episode and…
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For the last episode in this 8 part pregnancy series, I am joined by Layla O’Mara, qualified postpartum doula and acupuncturist and founder of NuaNua.com (where she offers an incredible postpartum wellbeing course) to talk about coping with the fourth trimester. Yes there is a fourth. The baby has arrived but you are in recovery mode and everything…
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Hello and welcome to Ready to Pop: The Ultimate Pregnancy Podcast with me, wellbeing author, journalist and podcast host Caroline Foran. You may know me from Owning It The Anxiety Podcast or from my books Owning It or The Confidence Kit. Ready to Pop is a once off 8 part podcast series that takes hopeful and expectant parents from the beginning of …
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