The Last Push

In this week's episode, broadcaster, writer, beauty columnist and presenter of Catch Up podcast, Louise McSharry joins our midwife host, the other Louise! Louise talks about experiences becoming Mum to Sam and Ted, her two lovely sons and how she found navigating the maternity system as a woman in a bigger body. The pair speak passionately about how the healthcare system can treat bigger people unfairly and how thin isn’t always good and fat isn’t bad!! Enjoy this informative and lively chat, as we proudly close Season 1 of The Lash Push.

Registered Paediatric Dietician Cathy joins midwife Louise to discuss all things nutrition for babies and kids, from weaning to snacks to the sweet potato myth, the pair demystify feeding your kiddos. Remember kids join us at the table, we don’t join them at the high chair! Light bulb moments all round! Enjoy!

This week, Louise is joined by pal Ali Cunningham from Orlawalshnutrition.ie to talk about all things maternal nutrition, before, during and after baby! What’s the story with all the supplements? What foods should we avoid when breastfeeding?? Can vegan and vegetarian women really be getting everything they need? Tune in for this education packed episode!

On this week’s episode of The Last Push, Louise is joined by comedian Emma Doran, who shares her experiences of becoming a Mum at 18, sitting her leaving cert 13 days after daughter Ella was born. Emma recounts her leap into motherhood, and the world of comedy in this heartwarming hilarious episode. Enjoy!

This week, Pediatric Sleep Consultant, author of The Baby Sleep Solution and All About The Baby Sleep Solution, Mum of Four, Lucy Wolfe chats to Louise about the ultimate hot topic for all parents, SLEEP!In this information filled episode, we talk about how parents can start to plan how they will support their baby to sleep before the little one even arrives! The controversial cry it out method vs Lucy’s “stay and support” tactic and dealing with dummies are just a few of the absolute gems of knowledge shared!Lucy helps us understand baby’s sleep patterns by reading your baby, and shares her top tips on the hot topic of transitioning baby from cot to bed.

This week, Irish property market expert and first time dad Ciarán Mulqueen chats to Louise May on how to best navigate a house renovation whilst expecting and welcoming his first newborn.Ciarán breaks down his top tips for getting mortgage ready whilst speaking in depth about the renting crisis in Ireland and how to best navigate the rental market and what to watch out for.Ciarán opens up about his perspective on supporting his partner Mel through her emergency c-section experience and how he has updated as a new dad.

Claire Fullam, aka Claire Balding lost 85% of her hair in 2016 due to Alopecia Areata. Claire, very publicly, spoke about the effects this had on her life physically, mentally and emotionally via her hugely popular Instagram page. Her following grew over the following years and she was a resource for support, advice and humour for not only people who were experiencing hair loss, but anyone navigating life’s ups and downs.Over time Claire’s hair grew back and thankfully has never completely fallen again since. Claire is studying trichology and is completely committed to making hair loss her life’s work and started her hair care company Trua, the title stemming from the Irish word for compassion, in 2020.Claire joins Louise on this week’s episode talking about hair loss, a topic close to many postnatal women’s hearts! She shares her journey, as well as telling us about her own pregnancies and births in this heartwarming episode

Broadcaster, mental health activist, playwright and Dad of two, Keith Walsh joins Louise in this episode. Keith shares his story of how a career pivot, sent his life in a different direction which ultimately saw him learning to mind his mind.  Keith talks about how his wife Suzanne prompted him to start talk therapy and how he got back to the theatre training of his youth writing, leading to him starring in the one man play Pure Mental which toured nationwide. With Keith’s 2 children now in their teens, he shares all of his golden nuggets to date. So enjoy everyone, and remember to mind your mind. You are more than worth it!

In the weeks episode, Julie B from Julie B Wellness joins Louise this week to chat about her journey to wellness, following a harrowing attack, how she feels yoga saved her and how she found sanctuary on the mat. She describes creating a supportive bubble of wellbeing around her pregnant clients during their pregnancy yoga classes, the challenges of moving her classes online and of course, the challenges of two under two!