Natalie Meddings and Jenna Rutherford are mothers talking. We chat babies, birth and bigger motherhood issues. Sometimes it’s us and sometimes it’s another mother (or father) sharing their story. So grab a cuppa, settle in and come be part of the chat.
In honour of Down Syndrome Awareness month, we are so lucky to have Lucinda Lloyd with us to talk about her journey with her son Oli.
'Hello! I’m Lucinda. I’m an award winning actor, artist, theatre-maker, writer, facilitator, founder of ‘connect & create’ - workshops/ exhibitions for mothers of disabled children, daoist flow yoga & qi gong teacher & mother to two young children. I make things, gather people, follow questions and I love following magic trails. I’m drawn to the places where creativity, mysticism and everyday life meet; to wells and lighthouses, pilgrimage and ritual, stories and theatre, the body, the land and mystery. I’m interested in what helps us love more deeply. And in what happens when we do.'
@lululloydeason
https://lucindalloyd.substack.com/
This conversation is in two parts, so make sure you check out the other episode coming soon. In this first part, Natalie chats to Lucinda and Jenna about their boys, their births and what they're learning along the way. Lucinda received Oli's down syndrome diagnosis postnatally and Jenna found out that Jude would be born with down syndrome antenatally, they reflect on their journeys so far.
If you are on a similar journey, for support please visit
https://downsyndromeuk.co.uk/
As always thank you so much for listening, please leave us a review if you can :)
You can reach Jenna and Natalie at
motherstalkingpodcast@gmail.com
www.nataliemeddings.com
@jenna_andjude
2 Jun 2026
Sevgi's story - Self trust is a super power
Sevgi is a Turkish mum who welcomed her first baby, Atlas, into the world last summer. As a pharmacist and an international marketing manager in pharma, you might expect Sevgi to view birth through a purely medical lens. But Sevgi’s true superpower is her intuition.
In this conversation, we listen to how she stepped out of Turkey’s highly medicalised mindset, questioning the absolute authority of the doctor, and how she beautifully navigated the rigid, risk-driven procedures of the UK maternity system.
She made a conscious choice to tune out the medicalised fear and lean into the natural rhythm of her body. The result was a profoundly beautiful, empowering, and positive birth experience. In this episode, Sevgi joins us to talk about the shift from learned fear to biological trust, and how every mother can find the confidence to become the true anchor of her own birth story.
Sevgi is here to remind us of something crucial: a positive birth story is not a matter of luck; it is a matter of self-trust. It is a stunning example of what happens when we marry our intellect with our deepest maternal instincts, showing every mother how to move away from institutional fear and become the true, confident anchor of her own story.
Thank you so much for sharing your story Sevgi.
And as always thanks for listening.
Natalie and Jenna
motherstalkingpodcast@gmail.com
www.nataliemeddings.com
@jenna_andjude
30 Apr 2026
Kate's story - the wisdom of her body
This is part two of the episode, 99 Days in NICU. In this insightful conversation, Natalie chats more to Kate Merrick, psychotherapist and mum to sweet Eliza, about her time at home and onwards after hospital. Kate shows how beautifully connected she became with herself as a mother, her intuition and the body attunement which helped her to know what was best for her daughter. Kate also chats about her farm and her work as a holistic health practitioner which explores the themes of nature being our guide and how the tech age we're living in is actually helping some of us resensitise to the natural world. Thanks so much Kate for sharing your story.
Kate's IG - @rushmead_farm
Kate's websites -
www.rushmeadfarm.com
https://www.katemerrickpsychotherapy.co.uk/
Natalie's website
www.nataliemeddings.com
If you'd like to get in touch with Jenna & Natalie please email motherstalkingpodcast@gmail.com
Thanks as always for listening.
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