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Hosted by The Motherhood Clinic · health · EN
Real conversations about life after childbirth. Bringing postnatal care into the open - blending expert insight with lived experience. From physical recovery to mental health, identity, and relationships, we explore the messy, beautiful reality of parenting. You’ll hear from clinicians, mothers, and partners on what helped, what hurt, and what they wish they’d known. Feel more informed, less alone, and more confident in your own journey.
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Booking probability
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Guest openness
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Signup to Generate a PitchReal conversations about life after childbirth. Bringing postnatal care into the open - blending expert insight with lived experience. From physical recovery to mental health, identity, and relationships, we explore the messy, beautiful reality of parenting. You’ll hear from clinicians, mothers, and partners on what helped, what hurt, and what they wish they’d known.
A Better Start to Motherhood is hosted by The Motherhood Clinic. The show has published 41 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "The seen and unseen side of maternity care - with Kaida Care" (2 October 2026, 39 minutes), "What is Success? A discussion on business, entrepreneurship and motherhood - with Ahana Banerjee" (24 September 2026, 52 minutes), and "Postpartum Recovery: Preparing for the Things No One Talks About | Hilary Metcalfe" (18 September 2026, 56 minutes).
A Better Start to Motherhood publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 37 minutes across 41 episodes.
Booking probability for A Better Start to Motherhood is 36%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. A Better Start to Motherhood requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. A Better Start to Motherhood's contact route on record: public web form.
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The Motherhood Clinic hosts A Better Start to Motherhood, a health podcast with 41 episodes published.
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Episode #48
So much of maternity care goes into pregnancy and birth, and then most of the attention moves to the baby. In this episode we're joined by Alice and Katie, who are building Kaida Care together, to talk about the seen...
Episode #47
In this episode, Ahana Banerjee shares her journey as a young entrepreneur, her insights on success, and her proactive approach to planning for motherhood while building a thriving business. We explore the influence of...
Postpartum Recovery: Preparing for the Part No One Talks About | Hilary MetcalfeMost parents prepare carefully for birth, but far fewer prepare for the weeks and months that follow.In this episode, Hilary Metcalfe...
In this second conversation with Andrea Ippolito, founder of SimpliFed, we pick up where feeding gets less acute and more logistical: the fourth trimester, and the return to work. Andrea talks about the confidence that...
Breastfeeding gets framed like something you should just instinctively know how to do. The reality? Most new parents are underprepared, overwhelmed, and left trying to decode latching, pain, milk supply, pumping...
Breaking generational trauma is messy, painful, and possible. Kayla Branstetter shares the real stories behind Don't Be an Athena and the turning points that helped women stop passing wounds forward - from teen...
In this episode, we explore societal influences on individual and community judgment, healthcare disparities, and the importance of awareness and empowerment in overcoming systemic challenges. Guest Kayla Branstetter...
Content note: This episode discusses abuse, infertility and postnatal depression. If you're affected, support is available. In this first of three conversations with author, TED speaker and professor Kayla Branstetter...
In part one we looked at why pregnancy loss falls through the gap: medically low priority, personally enormous. In this conversation with Melissa from Sibyl, we look at what can actually be done about it, at three...
Pregnancy loss sits in an awkward place. Medically it is usually low priority: predictable, rarely dangerous, often resolved with minimal intervention. Personally it can shape someone's mental health, work and...
Episode #38
In this follow-up conversation with Professor Liona Poon, we move from problem to solution: the FIGO Pregnancy Passport - a simple tool she co-authored for women and their healthcare providers on health risks following...
In this episode we sit down with Professor Liona Poon, one of the world's leading researchers in maternal and fetal medicine, to ask a deceptively simple question: why does postnatal care matter, and why is it so easily...
In this second conversation with Vanessa Rio, co-founder of Mothering Minds, we move from "is this normal?" to something more practical: how do you actually get help, and why is it worth doing before you reach crisis...
In this first of two conversations with Vanessa Rio, founder of Mothering Minds, we discuss the question every new parent asks themselves: is this normal? We talk about the blind spot in how we prepare for parenthood...
In this episode, we pick up where we left off with Kirstie Sneyd — organisational psychologist, return-to-work specialist, and author of Returning Well — and move from challenges to strategies. We cover how to identify...
Episode #33
In this episode, we sit down with Kirstie Sneyd - organisational psychologist, return-to-work specialist, and author of Returning Well - to map out the challenges that come with going back to work after maternity leave...
In this episode, we pick up where we left off with Dr. Emma Thornton - doctor, former obstetrician, GP specialising in women's health, and founder of Cocoon - and move from understanding birth trauma into what you can...
In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Emma Thornton - doctor, former obstetrician and GP with a specialism in women's health, and founder of Cocoon - to build a clear picture of birth trauma: what it is, how it shows...
Episode #29
In this episode, we sit down with Susie Crowe - consultant obstetrician and one of the most senior voices in UK maternity care - to take an honest look at postnatal care as it stands today. We cover what postnatal care...
In this episode, we pick up where we left off with Susie Powis, founder of HiHo Coaching, and move from recognition into action. We explore Susie's three-pillar framework; Return, Navigate, Accelerate - and what...
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