29. From pill problems to pregnancy, motherhood and a new life in France with Amanda Baumann

We spend years being taught to avoid pregnancy, then suddenly expect our bodies and minds to switch seamlessly into trying to conceive. But how much do most of us really understand about our fertility and menstrual cycles?

In this episode, I’m joined by fertility coach and yoga teacher Amanda Baumann. Amanda shares how a difficult experience with the contraceptive pill led her to discover fertility awareness, first as contraception and later as a way to understand and prepare her body for pregnancy.

We talk about fertility awareness, trying to conceive in your thirties and the mind-body connection, as well as the shame and fear many women learn to associate with their periods, bodies and fertility from a young age.

But this conversation goes far beyond conception. Amanda also shares what it was like to become a mum, start a fertility business during maternity leave and move from London to the south of France with her husband and toddler.

We explore the identity shift of motherhood, finding community after moving abroad, the reality of raising a child without your established village, returning to work and finding small, realistic ways to rest when family life never feels completely finished.

An honest conversation about fertility, pregnancy, matrescence and creating a new life after becoming a mum.

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