The Lowdown with Bravemumma

45: How birth trauma survivor, April Hagan has come full circle to live a happy and fulfilling life, despite pelvic organ prolapse

DESCRIPTION
Today, April Hagen is bringing you her journey that talks about her birth trauma for about a split second. And the reason why I'm sharing this with you is that she talks a lot about what happened next...
I think it's important to know how women can work through this trauma space, and seek appropriate, help and support to come out the other side to continue living a fulfilling life. 
What I think you're going to love the most is that after her experience and despite living with pelvic organ prolapse, she has still created an amazing business that started as a simple side hustle on something that she just loved doing.
Now she has this amazing business where prolapse is not the center of her universe and her life, and her career are back on track.
So if this is you and you've been through a birthing experience that was traumatic, you've been left with pelvic organ prolapse or other injuries, and you are looking for some hope, for some light at the end of the tunnel, you'll need to listen to this episode with April Hagan. 
This episode is for you if you want to know more about:
pelvic organ prolapse 
maternal mental health 
traumatic birth 
navigating the legal system with birth trauma 
finding support and help to heal
living beyond birth trauma 
living with pelvic organ prolapse 
LINKS FOR YOU
Tips and Tricks eBook - here
Guest - April Hagan
Continence Foundation of Australia
Send a Direct Message to the team on Instagram @bravemumma
Season 1 Episode with Dr. Elizabeth Skinner - listen now
This episode is coming to you thanks to our partners at the Continence Foundation. Call the National Continence Helpline on 1800 33 00 66 and speak to a Nurse Continence Specialist for free confidential advice, Monday to Friday 8am-8pm.
CREDITS
Host - Stephanie Thompson
Executive Producer & Editor - Dave Stokes
Podcast logo artist - Khrystyna lukashchuk
Brand Designer - Brodie-Rose
Original Soundtrack - Steven Robinson

44: LIVE Q&A - Where to From Here

How it started, where we are now, and where we are going in the future. 
Hear a little of our backstory and where we want to take you next on this prolapse journey. 
To celebrate 10K downloads, for the next 10 days you can receive $10 off our new Tips & Tricks for Living with Pelvic Organ Prolapse eBook
Buy here: https://bravemumma-tipsandtricks.mailerpage.io/
Help decide the future directions of our online support group by answering these 10 questions. 
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43: Are you new to prolapse and feeling lost? Start here with Dr Nidhi Sharma

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I know that you are going to get so much from this episode today. I'm chatting with Dr Nidhi Sharma, who is a pelvic floor physiotherapist from New York. 
You'll love her honesty, her knowledge of the pelvic floor, and her clear and actionable steps that you can take right now to start feeling better while living with pelvic organ prolapse.
You will want to tune in if you've ever considered electrical stimulation devices to treat pelvic organ prolapse. Dr. Sharma also shares her wealth of information via her Instagram reels. And this will be especially helpful for those who are new on this pop journey. 
This episode is for you if you want to know more about:
pelvic organ prolapse 
bladder and bowel leakage 
pessaries 
electrical stimulation devices for prolapse treatment 
what changes we need to see to help improve pelvic health outcomes.
LINKS FOR YOU
Leave your review - here
Guest - Dr Nidhi Sharma
Continence Foundation of Australia
Send a Direct Message to the team on Instagram @bravemumma
This episode is coming to you thanks to our partners at the Continence Foundation. Call the National Continence Helpline on 1800 33 00 66 and speak to a Nurse Continence Specialist for free confidential advice, Monday to Friday 8am-8pm.
CREDITS
Host - Stephanie Thompson
Executive Producer & Editor - Dave Stokes
Podcast logo artist - Khrystyna lukashchuk
Brand Designer - Brodie-Rose
Original Soundtrack - Steven Robinson

42: LIVE Q&A - Do We Just Have to Resign Ourselves to the Fact We Feel Broken with Prolapse?

Today we answer the question from one of our community members about how to live with prolapse now. 
 
Join the Tips & Tricks for Women Living with Prolapse Support group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/tipsandtricksforwomenlivingwithpop/
 
NEW Tips & Tricks for Living with Prolapse eBook
https://bravemumma-tipsandtricks.mailerpage.io/
 
Let us know what you think? Was this helpful? Leave a comment at the bottom of this episode. 
 
Join the conversation next week: 
Send your questions to contact@bravemumma and we can answer them each Friday on this short 10-minute LIVE show. 
 

41: Get Colour and Joy back into your (prolapsed) life with these positive tips from the host of ’Why Mum’s Don’t Jump’ Podcast, Helen Ledwick

DESCRIPTION
Today we connect to chat with fellow podcaster and prolapsed Mumma, Helen Ledwick. 
She shares her journey with prolapse and how she's been able to move forward by talking with other women and finding connection and community via her podcast 'Why Mum's Don't Jump'. 
We have a serious chat about how prolapse changed our lives as well as finding parts where we can have a laugh and feel joy again.  
This episode is for you if you want to know more about:
pelvic organ prolapse 
c-section birth, breach birth, VBAC
prolapse and motherhood
finding hope living with pelvic organ prolapse
how to find connection with other prolapsed women
LINKS FOR YOU
New eBook - www.bravemumma-tipsandtricks.mailerpage.io/
Guest Helen Ledwick - Why Mum's Don't Jump 
Continence Foundation of Australia
This episode is coming to you thanks to our partners at the Continence Foundation. Call the National Continence Helpline on 1800 33 00 66 and speak to a Nurse Continence Specialist for free confidential advice, Monday to Friday 8am-8pm.
CREDITS
Host - Stephanie Thompson
Executive Producer & Editor - Dave Stokes
Podcast logo artist - Khrystyna lukashchuk
Brand Designer - Brodie-Rose
Original Soundtrack - Steven Robinson 

40: You no longer have to feel alone with incontinence. Find out when and where to get support to stop leaking.

DESCRIPTION
We have been blessed to have a Nurse Continence Specialist join us for World Continence Week 2022. 
Janine is a Nurse Continence Specialist who unpacks what it means to be incontinent and how to move through that journey to becoming continent again.
She shares some practical tips on where to start if you’re experiencing any type of leakage and assures us that no leakage is ‘normal’. Common maybe, but not normal.
So if this is you, tune in today to hear how and where you can start to get the help you deserve
This episode is for you if you want to know more about:
incontinence 
light bladder leakage 
incontinence and intimacy 
support products for urinary incontinence
how and where to get support for incontinence 
LINKS FOR YOU
New Book - Tips & Tricks for Living with Pelvic Organ Prolapse 
Continence Foundation of Australia
This episode is coming to you thanks to our partners at the Continence Foundation. Call the National Continence Helpline on 1800 33 00 66 and speak to a Nurse Continence Specialist for free confidential advice, Monday to Friday 8am-8pm.
CREDITS
A very special thank you to Laura Byrne for stepping in for this sick Mumma this week. You are an absolute gem! 
Host - Stephanie Thompson
Executive Producer & Editor - Dave Stokes
Podcast logo artist - Khrystyna lukashchuk
Brand Designer - Brodie-Rose
Original Soundtrack - Steven Robinson 

39: Everything you ever wanted to know about prolapse and why we currently can’t repair Levator Ani Avulsions, with specialist surgeon Dr. Ray Hodgson.

DESCRIPTION
It's exciting to be bringing you something that we've never done before on the show, we're sharing a conversation I had with our very first male guest.
I know this is women's health. I know this is our pelvic health space
I think after a couple of minutes of listening, you're going to realise why I invited this guest, in particular, to come and talk to us.
His name is Dr. Ray Hodgson. He is a gynecologist. Also a specialist pelvic organ prolapse surgeon, here in Australia and also in Nepal.
He's written a book called Heartbreak In The Himalayas, which shares his journey of how he came to be a volunteer surgeon in Nepal, helping women as young as in their early twenties with prolapse.
This is a long episode and for good reason, there's so much valuable information about prolapse, surgery, and what we can be doing today to manage living with prolapse. 
This episode is for you if you want to know more about:
pelvic organ prolapse 
prolapse surgery 
Levator Ani Avulsions 
prolapse surgery in Australia and Nepal 
prolapse research 
forceps in vaginal childbirth
managing daily life with prolapse 
LINKS FOR YOU
Join the Bravemumma community
Guest website - Dr. Ray Hodgson
Support this wonderful cause and purchase the book Heartbreak in The Himalayas. (this is a 3 part series)  
Continence Foundation of Australia
This episode is coming to you thanks to our partners at the Continence Foundation. Call the National Continence Helpline on 1800 33 00 66 and speak to a Nurse Continence Specialist for free confidential advice. Monday to Friday 8am-8pm.
 
CREDITS
Host - Stephanie Thompson
Executive Producer & Editor - Dave Stokes
Podcast logo artist - Khrystyna lukashchuk
Brand Designer - Brodie-Rose
Original Soundtrack - Steven Robinson 

38: LIVE Q&A - Should I Join a Prolapse Forum?

Today we answer this question from one of our community members, along with some tips and tricks to help manage online support groups. 
Let us know what you think? Was this helpful? Leave a comment at the bottom of this episode. 
 
Join the conversation next week: 
Send your questions to contact@bravemumma and we can answer them each Friday on this short 10-minute LIVE show. 
Request to join the online free support group for women living with prolapse.