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Holding Time Featuring Rachel
“I always just assumed that I would give birth and just breastfeed, and that would be it. It would be this natural, straightforward thing.”“It's not just feeding them. If they hurt themselves, you…
Holding Time Featuring Hannah
"I would see people passing the house and I would just daydream and think, ‘I wonder if they breastfed their baby? I wonder if they found it hard?’ And I was thinking that about people I didn’t even…
Holding Time Featuring Sinead
"I researched so much about it, put so much effort into it and it just still wasn't working." "My mum was amazed at how much I knew about it, you know, from what I'd researched and how much I'd been…
Holding Time Featuring Alison
"It’s about having choices, being informed, and feeling in control of my body and birth. That’s what I wanted.""I think it's really lovely to be able to, you know, enjoy breastfeeding, which was…
Holding Time Featuring Rana
"I felt incomplete at times, but I kept going. Because motherhood isn’t about perfection—it’s about perseverance.""It’s not just about feeding; it’s about connection, about learning, and about…
Holding Time Featuring Madeleine
"Breastfeeding isn’t just about feeding—it’s about connection, comfort, and transformation."Maddie, a medical doctor and mother to a three-year-old, describes breastfeeding as a transformative…
S3 Holding Time Featuring Reena
"I wholeheartedly appreciate what my body went through in order to give me two beautiful children. I cherish that.""I think my biggest hurdle after pregnancy was being told, ‘Oh, you’ll just know…
Holding Time Featuring Alexandra
"I was really determined to breastfeed. I just knew I’d power through it no matter what.""The reality of motherhood and birth and all of that is very, like, dirty and it’s grizzly and it’s just very…
Holding Time Featuring Clare
"I 100 percent wanted to breastfeed. I knew about the benefits for mum and baby, and just thought it was something that I would do without question.""I was desperate to know any detail to make me…
Holding Time Featuring Salma
"Throughout my pregnancies, I had Symphysis Pubis Dysfunction… where my hips no longer like each other or any other muscle in my body.""When the baby latches on, if the baby's got a particular…
Holding Time Featuring Ruth
"I think being pregnant was the first time in my life I appreciated my body."Ruth, a mother of three, shares her journey and reflections on breastfeeding, childbirth, and motherhood. Her…
Holding Time Featuring Leanne
“Increasing exposure through the media and making sure that it’s encouraged in cafes and things like that would take the individual responsibility away from the mums a little bit more.”Leanne shares…
Holding Time Featuring Deqa
"If society saw breastfeeding as normal, mothers wouldn’t feel the pressure to hide or change their choices."Deqa, a Community Engagement Lead for the Women's Health and Maternity Programme, shares…
Holding Time Featuring Victoria
"The distance for me of where my baby was, in comparison to where I was... I sort of resented having to express and not be with him."Victoria reflects on her experience of balancing work and…
Holding Time Featuring Kayleigh
"It’s not right and it’s not fair... everywhere should be breastfeeding friendly because it is our right, it is literally legally protected."“I had a lot of guilt and shame that I've had to work…
Holding Time Featuring Mahum
"When I was three weeks postpartum, I reached out to the breastfeeding clinic. I was in tears on the phone, like, I don’t know if I can do this.""It’s about talking to and having that support system…
Holding Time Featuring Stacey
"When COVID hit... I was adamant, I am not going to stop breastfeeding this child because we don’t know what this is."Stacey’s story reflects her resilience in overcoming institutional and personal…
Holding Time Featuring Benash
“There’s definitely some very real fear that… people go in to have babies, that they’re going to be told that they have to breastfeed, and that is it” Benash, a Specialist Cultural Liaison Midwife,…
Holding Time Featuring Frances
"I think a lot of the pressure for me came from myself... Without this being something that I was consciously thinking at the time, I think I wanted to get it right. I wanted to kind of succeed at…
Holding Time Featuring Zoe
"People mean well, don't they? They're like, 'Oh, you know, give yourself a break, give them a bottle.' But when you're really trying to make breastfeeding work, it's kind of not what you want to…
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The Holding Time Podcast has published 52 episodes since November 2022, covering topics in Kids & Family, Parenting.
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