We Are Mothers.

About We Are Mothers.

We Are Mothers is a podcast dedicated to real, honest motherhood stories. Chapter One centres on birth. Not to tell you how it should happen, but to honour how it actually did. Hosted by Sarah - mumma and storyteller, this podcast creates a calm, safe space for women to share their birth experiences in all their complexity. Through storytelling, women can heal their own birth experiences while helping others learn, prepare, and trust themselves as they approach birth and motherhood. Every birth matters. Every story belongs.

Publisher

Sarah

Category

kids & family

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

8 Feb 2026

Latest episode

27 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

32 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   27 Sept 2026

   S3 EP 9 | Jessie’s Story: Hyperemesis, Postpartum Depression, CPMI, Reflux, Mother-Baby Mental Health Unit, CMV Diagnosis, Termination for Medical Reasons and Raising Awareness

   This episode discusses severe hyperemesis, postpartum depression requiring inpatient psychiatric care, a CMV diagnosis, and medical termination for medical reasons (TFMR). Please make sure you’re in a good space to listen to Jessie’s story. This week we're joined by Jessie, a photographer and mum of two - her son Jai, and her daughter Matilda, who was stillborn nearly two years ago, who shares two profoundly different pregnancy and birth journeys. Jessie's first pregnancy with Jai was defined by severe hyperemesis gravidarum, a breech baby, and a planned caesarean. The postpartum period that followed was just as hard. A baby with reflux and a cow's milk protein intolerance, virtually no sleep, and a diagnosis of postpartum depression and anxiety that led Jessie to spend several weeks in a mother-baby mental health unit, an experience she says saved her life. Her second pregnancy, with daughter Matilda, started smoothly until a routine growth scan at 32 weeks revealed Matilda had contracted congenital CMV (cytomegalovirus), a common virus that can cause serious harm when caught for the first time in early pregnancy. Jessie shares the whirlwind of scans, an amniocentesis, and the devastating diagnosis that led her and her partner to make the decision to pursue medical termination for medical reasons. Jessie speaks with extraordinary openness about grief that doesn't move in a straight line, memorialising Matilda's short life, and why she's since used social media to raise awareness of CMV, a virus still not routinely screened for in Australian pregnancies. In this episode: Severe hyperemesis and a breech pregnancy with Jai A planned caesarean and a baby who wouldn't sleep or feed easily Postpartum depression and anxiety, and weeks spent in a mother-baby mental health unit Falling pregnant with Matilda and an easier early pregnancy A 32-week growth scan that changed everything Diagnosis of congenital CMV and what that meant for Matilda's prognosis The impossible decision to pursue medical termination for medical reasons Grief, memorialising Matilda, and explaining loss to a toddler Raising awareness of CMV screening in pregnancy What a future pregnancy might look like for Jessie Want more? You can find episode photos over at: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/wearemotherspod/⁠ (https://www.instagram.com/wearemotherspod/) You can find me at: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/iamsarahcusack/⁠ (https://www.instagram.com/iamsarahcusack/) You can find Jessie at: https://www.instagram.com/photographybyjessiemaree/ (https://www.instagram.com/photographybyjessiemaree/) https://www.instagram.com/jessie_garlick/ (https://www.instagram.com/jessie_garlick/) CMV Awareness https://www.cmv.org.au/ (https://www.cmv.org.au/)

2. 

   20 Sept 2026

   S3 EP 8 | Kiani’s Story: Induction, Preeclampsia & an Emergency Caesarean

   This week we're joined by Kiani, a first-time mum living on the mid-north coast of New South Wales, who shares the birth story of her daughter, Isla. Kiani takes us through a pregnancy marked by severe nausea and reflux, and a decision to be induced due to how much the reflux was affecting her mentally. She walks us through the multi-day induction process - from the tape and stretch and sweeps, to a balloon catheter, to having her waters broken and the preeclampsia diagnosis that emerged partway through. After hours of labour and a slow-dilating cervix, Isla's heart rate began dipping, leading to an emergency caesarean Kiani hadn't planned or researched for. She shares what it was like being wheeled to theatre, the surreal moment of hearing Isla's first cry, and the anxious wait to properly hold her daughter after a stint in special care for breathing support. Kiani also opens up about a challenging breastfeeding journey, including latching difficulties, low supply, and the support of one particularly wonderful midwife and how she and her husband adjusted to life as a family of three. This is an honest, grounded conversation about induction, advocating for your baby's safety, and finding beauty in a birth that went nothing like the plan. In this episode: Falling pregnant quickly after a year of marriage Severe nausea and reflux throughout pregnancy Deciding to be induced due to reflux and the toll of uncertainty A multi-day induction: tape, stretch and sweeps, and a balloon catheter A preeclampsia diagnosis midway through labour Slow cervical progress despite Pitocin and a TENS machine Isla's heart rate dipping and the move to an emergency caesarean A stint in special care for breathing support A challenging breastfeeding journey and the midwife who helped turn it around Advice for first-time mums preparing for birth Want more? You can find episode photos over at: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/wearemotherspod/⁠ (https://www.instagram.com/wearemotherspod/) You can find me at: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/iamsarahcusack/⁠ (https://www.instagram.com/iamsarahcusack/) You can find Kiani at: https://www.instagram.com/kiani_macnaughton/ (https://www.instagram.com/hayleyclack_/)

3. 

   13 Sept 2026

   S3 EP 7 | Kellie’s Story: Two Empowering Births - From Private OB to Home Birth and Enjoying Labour

   This week we're joined by Kellie, a mum of two based in Brisbane, who shares two genuinely empowering birth stories, including a wild postpartum twist nobody saw coming. Kellie takes us through the birth of her first daughter, a positive, well-supported private hospital birth guided by a trusted OB. She used hypnobirthing preparation, despite a gestational diabetes diagnosis and a posterior baby that led to days of early labour. She also shares her daughter’s post-birth thyroid diagnosis and the sensitive way the gestational diabetes result was originally delivered to her. For her second birth, Kellie made the leap from private obstetric care to a home birth, navigating the search for the right midwife, a breech baby that flipped just in time, and a fast, intense labour that ended with a peaceful water birth at home with her toddler watching on. Then, just six weeks postpartum, Kellie's story takes an unexpected turn: a misdiagnosed appendix that turned out to be gangrenous and close to rupture, leading to four days in hospital while recovering from birth and relying on her "village" to keep breastfeeding going. This is an uplifting, honest conversation about finding the right care for you, advocating for yourself, and how differently two births and two babies can go. In this episode: Falling pregnant quickly and choosing a private OB and hypnobirthing A gestational diabetes diagnosis delivered without much care A three-day posterior labour and a supported, low-intervention hospital birth Her newborn thyroid diagnosis Deciding to pursue a home birth for baby two Navigating a breech baby and spinning babies techniques A fast, intense, peaceful water birth at home with her toddler present A near-ruptured appendix discovered six weeks postpartum Leaning on her "village" to keep breastfeeding through a hospital stay Advice for first and second-time mums Want more? You can find episode photos over at: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/wearemotherspod/⁠ (https://www.instagram.com/wearemotherspod/) You can find me at: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/iamsarahcusack/⁠ (https://www.instagram.com/iamsarahcusack/) You can find Kellie at: https://www.instagram.com/kellie.bright_/ (https://www.instagram.com/hayleyclack_/)

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