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Joining me for this week's episode is Lisa McHugh, an award-winning singer-songwriter and one of the brightest stars in Irish country music. Beyond her music, she’s also an entrepreneur, a proud mam of two, and a voice of positivity and empowerment for women. Her two children, Milo who is two and Hallie who is just five months, are the centre of her world, but her parenting path has thrown up some real challenges for Lisa. After Hallie was born, Lisa spent ten days in hospital with her brand new daughter in the NICU, where she couldn't see Milo and couldn't cuddle her newborn as she was hooked up to a CPAP machine. Hallie's health had another challenge just recently too, and another stint in hospital was required. But through it all, Lisa remains positive, while also being honest about how hard is has been for her and her family. With her own parents in Glasgow, where Lisa was born, she says that having a break or some downtime isn't something she can remember having in recent memory. All of this, and a full-on career as a musician means that Lisa is my new inspiration! I hope you enjoy listening this week, and I'll be back with more next week.

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Before I start this week's guest intro, I just want to flag that this episode is a very emotional one and might not be a comfortable listen for anyone in the early stages of grief, as it deals with the loss of a child.

My amazing and brave guest for this episode is Eileen Loughlin. Eileen is a mother of four gorgeous children, from ages 20 all the way to just two years old. Five and a half years ago, Eileen and her family's life was turned upside down when a tragic accident at their home led to the death of their youngest child at the time Annabel, who was just 3 and a half when she passed away. Eileen talks to me today about Annabel's short but happy life, her grieving process, the support that has seen her through and her hopes for her three living children as they move through their lives. She also tells me that there are plans in motion for a way to remember Annabel and build a legacy through which she can live on in memory. A gut-wrenching listen for me as the mother of a child the same age as Annabel, but for anyone experiencing loss, this could be a really helpful and hopeful episode. I'll be back next week with more.

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Caroline was a guest on our podcast a year ago after she had given birth to her first baby.  Listen Here.

As a bestselling author & host of Owning it the anxiety podcast, Caroline has been a source of huge support for a generation of people trying to understand and live with their anxiety.

Plunged into the most anxious role of her life yet, she motherhood rocked Caroline’s anxiety once more. 

But – time changes everything.

Her baby boy is one. She’s had a year of motherhood – and a year of owning her maternal anxiety.

And so she’s back to share what she has learned, what she wishes she could have told herself then and where she found her sources of confidence. 

As a mental health advocate, Caroline cares about supporting other parents and in her role as brand ambassador for WaterWipes, which are proven to be purer than cotton wool and water, Caroline has helped launch WaterWipes latest resource, ABC of baby Skin, which offers parents practical advice on 26 different baby skin conditions.

And by sharing her experience here with us on everymum the podcast she can also help others going through similar experiences to feel less alone.

This season is kindly supported by WaterWipes, the world’s purest baby wipes.

WaterWipes are purer than cotton wool and water and made with only two ingredients, 99.9% purified water and a drop of fruit extract.

As the number one wipe in Ireland* together we are committed to providing more support for parents with trusted products and this podcast.

WaterWipes are 100% biodegradable**, plastic free and compostable wipes and the winners of three National Parenting Product Awards 2020 including Best Baby Wipes - so you can do what’s best for your baby’s skin and help protect the planet.

*No.1 wipe in Ireland – *Based on value sales L12W. A.C. Nielsen ROI Scantrack sales to 20 June 2021

**Biodegradable - **Within 12 weeks in an industrial setting/plant in accordance with EN13432. Wipe material

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everymum the podcast is back this Saturday Oct 2nd 2021 with Season 6 hosted by Sinead O'Moore and kindly supported by WaterWipes, the world's purest baby wipes.

Join us each Saturday for 10 weeks as we share 10 incredible episodes with 10 incredible guests, each sharing their own unique experiences of motherhood.

If you need a laugh, a cry, a reminder of what's important or to just know you're not alone - press play on each episode, each week.

We hope you enjoy this season - get in touch with us on Instagram @everymum_ie

And don't forget to register for your FREE GIFT BAG on everymum.ie packed full of products including WaterWipes



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How many of you asked yourself if your work was right for you after you had a baby? 

In this last episode of season 5 our host, Sinead O'Moore is joined by Suzie O’Neill because she asked herself that question and the answer was no.

What she was doing didnt make sense anymore and she needed control over her hours and passion to make time away from children worthwhile. 

And now AYU which means very feminine beautiful, her luxurious but affordable irish make up brand is nearly 10 years old, its selling internationally and through Suzie’s it is a growing team with a culture that celebrates women and supports parents. 

We talk about how the fear of staying stuck was greater than the fear of starting her business. 

How there were days she felt like it could all come crumbling down.

How much her partner has evolved his own work/home balance.

And how ultimately, if you need to make a career change, just go for it! 

Believe in yourself. You can do it. 

If you enjoyed it or found this episode supportive then please rate, leave a review or share by tagging everymum on instagram.

everymum the podcast is kindly supported by Waterwipes proven to be purer than cotton wool and water.

WaterWipes the worlds purest baby wipes, are the no1 wipe against nappy rash, proven to be purer than cotton wool and water, they’re ideal for sensitive, newborn and even premature babies’ skin.

As the number wipe in Ireland** WaterWipes are an essential product for every mum from that first nappy change to those messy weaning months. Now 100% biodegradable & compostable and winners of three National Parenting Product Awards 2020, including Best Baby Wipes, they cleanse and instantly hydrate sensitive, newborn and premature babies’ skin. 

WaterWipes are approved by Allergy UK, awarded the National Eczema Association Seal of Acceptance and accredited by the Skin Health Alliance. They’re now 100% biodegradable, plant based and compostable wipes – so you can do what’s best for your baby’s skin and help protect the planet.

*Based on total market, value sales, YTD & L12W. Nielsen read 27th Dec. 

**Within 12 weeks in an industrial setting/plant in accordance with EN13432. Wipe material

No.1 Wipe against Nappy Rash = * Price AD et al., The BaSICS (Baby Skin Integrity Comparison Survey) study. 

No.1 wipe in Ireland - **Based on total market, value sales L12W. Nielsen read 28th March 2021.

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In this week’s episode our host Sinead is joined by Naomi Clarke, or The Style Fairy as you might know her better to talk about becoming a mother to her 3rd baby girl Kaia.

Naomi has been open about her type1 diabetes and how this impacts her pregnancies in the past with all her girls arriving early.

And how her 2nd baby Luna May was in NICU for 2 weeks where she was supported by the incredible teams that care for our tiny heroes.

But despite these 2 high risks pregnancies Naomi could just feel that there was one more baby out there that she just had to bring home to make her family complete. Her baby Kaia.

Here we talk about this maternal instinct, life with 3, reflux, siblings and how in those early baby weeks we are all just in survival mode.

For Naomi that’s wearing something that brightens her mood, managing her energy, her blood sugar and working on meaningful projects that matter.

As a mum of 3 babies born early, Naomi cares about supporting other parents by sharing her experience in her new role as a brand ambassador for WaterWipes the No.1 wipe against nappy rash and with us on everymum the podcast; so other parents going through similar experiences can feel less alone.

If you enjoyed it or found this episode supportive then please rate, leave a review or share by tagging everymum on instagram.

everymum the podcast is kindly supported by Waterwipes proven to be purer than cotton wool and water.

WaterWipes the worlds purest baby wipes, are the no1 wipe against nappy rash, proven to be purer than cotton wool and water, they’re ideal for sensitive, newborn and even premature babies’ skin.

As the number wipe in Ireland** WaterWipes are an essential product for every mum from that first nappy change to those messy weaning months. Now 100% biodegradable & compostable and winners of three National Parenting Product Awards 2020, including Best Baby Wipes, they cleanse and instantly hydrate sensitive, newborn and premature babies’ skin. 

WaterWipes are approved by Allergy UK, awarded the National Eczema Association Seal of Acceptance and accredited by the Skin Health Alliance. They’re now 100% biodegradable, plant based and compostable wipes – so you can do what’s best for your baby’s skin and help protect the planet.

*Based on total market, value sales, YTD & L12W. Nielsen read 27th Dec. 

**Within 12 weeks in an industrial setting/plant in accordance with EN13432. Wipe material

No.1 Wipe against Nappy Rash = * Price AD et al., The BaSICS (Baby Skin Integrity Comparison Survey) study. 

No.1 wipe in Ireland - **Based on total market, value sales L12W. Nielsen read 28th March 2021.

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Whether it’s in the classroom or the football pitch, we tell our children to be kind.

Not to bully.

We also tell them to do what we do.

To see us as their role models.

And yet. As we’ve seen after football games, or in workplaces, or… online anonymously in groups and gossip sites, adults, women, mothers are sharing hate. 

In this episode Sinead talks to Claire Balding best known for sharing her experience of hair loss and creating Trua a clinic supporting hair regrowth, to talk about her experience of online hate, boundaries being crossed and strangers making her feel afraid.

How when she checks their profile they are often mothers themselves and how it was in fact this weight of keeping up with motherhood, the not being able to admit to needing a break, or asking for help or showing the world that it was even a little bit hard which contributed to her alopecia and hair loss in the first place. I understand this fear of being judged or shamed or cancelled or thought of as less. 

But I know we are raising brave.

So we need to do better because hashtag bekind is not enough. 

If not for each other, but because our kids are watching our every step. 

If you enjoyed it or found this episode supportive then please rate, leave a review or share by tagging everymum on instagram.

everymum the podcast is kindly supported by Waterwipes proven to be purer than cotton wool and water.

WaterWipes the worlds purest baby wipes, are the no1 wipe against nappy rash, proven to be purer than cotton wool and water, they’re ideal for sensitive, newborn and even premature babies’ skin.

As the number wipe in Ireland** WaterWipes are an essential product for every mum from that first nappy change to those messy weaning months. Now 100% biodegradable & compostable and winners of three National Parenting Product Awards 2020, including Best Baby Wipes, they cleanse and instantly hydrate sensitive, newborn and premature babies’ skin. 

WaterWipes are approved by Allergy UK, awarded the National Eczema Association Seal of Acceptance and accredited by the Skin Health Alliance. They’re now 100% biodegradable, plant based and compostable wipes – so you can do what’s best for your baby’s skin and help protect the planet.

*Based on total market, value sales, YTD & L12W. Nielsen read 27th Dec. 

**Within 12 weeks in an industrial setting/plant in accordance with EN13432. Wipe material

No.1 Wipe against Nappy Rash = * Price AD et al., The BaSICS (Baby Skin Integrity Comparison Survey) study. 

No.1 wipe in Ireland - **Based on total market, value sales L12W. Nielsen read 28th March 2021.

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At the beginning of this season Sinead spoke to Orla McConnon, who at the time was just a couple of weeks away from the birth of her first baby - it was an episode all about anticipation, excitement & expectation for what was around the corner. 

Orla is back to take us through the reality of the labour, the birth and the first six weeks of motherhood. 

We talk about stitches, boobs, pumps and pain, the unexpected moments and unexpected feelings. 

We talk about the joy but also the sadness in realising that nothing will ever be the same again. 

And we talk about the type of things that every mum should feel safe to talk about… that you can love your baby and the magic and the joy and still find it hard. 

If you enjoyed it or found this episode supportive then please rate, leave a review or share by tagging everymum on instagram.

everymum the podcast is kindly supported by Waterwipes proven to be purer than cotton wool and water.

WaterWipes the worlds purest baby wipes, are the no1 wipe against nappy rash, proven to be purer than cotton wool and water, they’re ideal for sensitive, newborn and even premature babies’ skin.

As the number wipe in Ireland** WaterWipes are an essential product for every mum from that first nappy change to those messy weaning months. Now 100% biodegradable & compostable and winners of three National Parenting Product Awards 2020, including Best Baby Wipes, they cleanse and instantly hydrate sensitive, newborn and premature babies’ skin. 

WaterWipes are approved by Allergy UK, awarded the National Eczema Association Seal of Acceptance and accredited by the Skin Health Alliance. They’re now 100% biodegradable, plant based and compostable wipes – so you can do what’s best for your baby’s skin and help protect the planet.

*Based on total market, value sales, YTD & L12W. Nielsen read 27th Dec. 

**Within 12 weeks in an industrial setting/plant in accordance with EN13432. Wipe material

No.1 Wipe against Nappy Rash = * Price AD et al., The BaSICS (Baby Skin Integrity Comparison Survey) study. 

No.1 wipe in Ireland - **Based on total market, value sales L12W. Nielsen read 28th March 2021.

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In this episode, Editorial Director of Image.ie Dominique McMullan joins Sinead to talk openly about the birth of her first baby Kai.

Her beloved bump was about to be born but her baby’s position led to complications, pain, an instrumental birth, alarms going off and rooms flooded with people.

It was traumatic.  *Trigger Warning*

It impacted her wellbeing. 

It impacted her mental health. 

It is a lived experience. 

But Dominique like many, suppressed and tried to behave as though she was a new mum who had it all under control.

Until a pandemic, covid, a miscarriage and the chance to see her sister for the first time in a long time and it all came to the surface.

Now due her second baby in only a few weeks, Dominique explains how this experience of trauma affected her, how she found help and how she is healing herself and her courage in preparation for the arrival of baby no2 later this summer. 

If you enjoyed it or found this episode supportive then please rate, leave a review or share by tagging everymum on instagram.

everymum the podcast is kindly supported by Waterwipes proven to be purer than cotton wool and water.

WaterWipes the worlds purest baby wipes, are the no1 wipe against nappy rash, proven to be purer than cotton wool and water, they’re ideal for sensitive, newborn and even premature babies’ skin.

As the number wipe in Ireland** WaterWipes are an essential product for every mum from that first nappy change to those messy weaning months. Now 100% biodegradable & compostable and winners of three National Parenting Product Awards 2020, including Best Baby Wipes, they cleanse and instantly hydrate sensitive, newborn and premature babies’ skin. 

WaterWipes are approved by Allergy UK, awarded the National Eczema Association Seal of Acceptance and accredited by the Skin Health Alliance. They’re now 100% biodegradable, plant based and compostable wipes – so you can do what’s best for your baby’s skin and help protect the planet.

*Based on total market, value sales, YTD & L12W. Nielsen read 27th Dec. 

**Within 12 weeks in an industrial setting/plant in accordance with EN13432. Wipe material

No.1 Wipe against Nappy Rash = * Price AD et al., The BaSICS (Baby Skin Integrity Comparison Survey) study. 

No.1 wipe in Ireland - **Based on total market, value sales L12W. Nielsen read 28th March 2021.

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