Parents You've Got This - The Expert Guide to Parenthood
The Expert Guide to Parenthood Podcast is brought to you by Parents You’ve Got This. Parenting can be overwhelming but it doesn’t have to be. The Expert Guide to Parenthood podcast is designed to help you prepare for pregnancy, birth, baby and parenthood. Each week Christy Hopwood and Freya Owen interview leading experts who share the essential information you need to know for each stage of the parenting journey. With this podcast you’ll feel you’ve got this parenting gig.
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If you are a parent of a little one transitioning to kinder or school, returning to work after parental leave, becoming a parent for the first time in 2026, or supporting your child through a new transition to childcare or managing anxiety, then we’ve got you covered with our New Year, New You, New Transitions bonus podcast compilation.
We have compiled our best episodes on this topic to help you master this transition:
Episode 116 –...
Happy holidays, friends! 🎄🎙️
We’ve created the ultimate Surviving the Holidays Guide, sharing our best-of podcast episodes to help you get through the silly season as a parent.
Episode 116: Parents You’ve Got This – Surviving the Holidays Special
Travel & Sleep, Screen Time, Parenting Guilt and Childhood Memories
We kick things off with Travel & Sleep with our Sleep Expert Laura Conway, who shares her top tips to hel...
What happens to your skin during pregnancy🤰🏽?
This week on The Expert Guide to Parenthood Podcast we are talking all things pregnancy skin. We cover everything from pregnancy skin changes to breakouts and melasma to skincare ingredients and treatments.
Leading Melbourne Dermatologist Dr Alice Rudd is in the podcast chair to answer all your questions including how to treat common conditions, what’s safe to use, what to avoid, and ho...
Does your baby prefer one parent to another?
Episode 113: Parents You’ve Got This - The Expert Guide to Parenthood Podcast
Parent Preference can be really hurtful if you are the parent who is being constantly rejected. On the flipside, being the preferred parent can feel exhausting and overwhelming. Neither experience is easy! And the good news is, parent preference is likely to change - again and again - as your child gets ...
Want to know the most embarrassing things that can happen in labour?
Listen to E112:Parents You’ve Got This - The Expert Guide to Parenthood Podcast.
Labour and birth are vulnerable times and we welcome back our Obstetrician Dr Peter Jurcevic who has seen and heard it all. The good news is no one is judging you, the birth suite is a safe place. We hope that this episode will help you avoid feeling embarrassed because it’s al...
Perinatal anxiety and depression is something that impacts so many parents. Babies really do turn our lives upside down and bring about huge emotions and changes.
This week on Parents You’ve Hot This - The Expert Guide to Parenthood Podcast we welcome CEO of PANDA Juile Borninkhof to share her insights and advice about perinatal anxiety and depression and to talk about the incredible organisation
PANDA and the support and s...
What does it really mean to have a premature baby? What challenges do these little fighters face and how can parents navigate this unexpected journey? This week on the pod we are talking about premature babies.
November 17 is World Prematurity Day, and we welcome back our Peadiatrician Dr Lexi Frydenberg to share insights into what to expect if you have a premature baby. Christy Hopwood co-host shares a parent’s perspective on wh...
Are you feeling burnt out? You're not alone.
Parenting is one of the most rewarding roles we’ll ever have, but let’s be honest: it’s exhausting, overwhelming, and at times, completely depleting. This week on the podcast Podcast, we’re talking about something many parents experience but few speak openly about, we are talking about Parental Burnout.
In this episode we are joined by Dr Carrie Haywood our Clinical Psychologist Expert...
How do you care for your kids' teeth?
This week's episode of the Podcast is all about kids' teeth, how they come up/down, how they lose their teeth and how to care for their baby and adult teeth. We welcome Dentist Alex Zelmanovich to talk about when to schedule your little one’s first dental visit, what really causes cavities, how to make brushing less of a battle.
Episode 108: Parents You've Got This - Everything y...
Do you know how to look after your child’s feet?
This week's episode of the Podcast is all about feet! We talk with Podiatrist Julie Rovas about how children’s feet grow, how we should care for our children’s feet and when we may need to be concerned.
Episode 107: Parents You've Got This - Everything you need to know about Kids feet
We discuss:
How children's feet develop during the growing years
The common foot issues p...
Why is play so vital in your child’s development?
Play is a vital ingredient to help your child learn about themselves and the world. Children are full of energy but as parents it can be hard to think of different activities for little ones to keep them entertained.
This week on the Podcast we welcome back our Emotion Coach Expert Dr Christiane Kehoe to help us understand the importance of play time for children.
Episode 106: Pare...
Do you want to deliver your own baby?
This week on the podcast we are talking about a birth option which has been growing in popularity, we are talking about a MAC or the Maternal Assisted Caesarean.
We will discuss what a MAC is and why this option might be the right birth choice for you. We have Dr Peter Jurcevic, our OB Expert and one of the Australian Pioneers of the MAC in the podcast studio.
Episode 105: Parents You've Got ...
Is your child not sleeping? Help is here.
Whether you're dealing with bedtime battles, early risers, night terrors, or the mysterious art of getting your child to sleep in their own bed, this week's episode of the Podcast is for you.
We're tackling one of the most common and exhausting parenting concerns out there with our sleep expert Dr Laura Conway from Infant Sleep Australia who will share their solutions on how we ca...
Feel like you are doing the job of 10 people? The to-do lists, the constant planning, the emotional stress, the manual labour and all the things that aren’t always visible, but are deeply felt.
This week we’re diving into something that so many parents feel but rarely talk about openly – the mental load of parenting.
We’re joined by our Psychologist Expert Dr Carrie Haywood to unpack what the mental load is, how it affects us, ...
Does your child have a flat head, or a flat spot on their head?
It is really common and normal for babies to be born with or to develop a flat spot on their heads. This is called Deformational Plagiocephaly or Positional Plagiocephaly.
The good news is that plagiocephaly generally improves over time and does not affect brain development in the future. Treatment is non-invasive and there are many supports available, including the supp...
Wanting to try for a vaginal birth after having a previous C-section?
This week's episode of the podcast is for you.
We interview Dr Peter Jurcevic Obstetrician Expert about TOLAC (Trial of labour after a C-section) / VBC (viginalbirth after C-Section)
Episode 101: Parents You've Got This - The Expert Guide to Parenthood 🎙️- Trial of Labour: Exploring Vaginal Birth After CaesareanWe discuss:
- What a vaginal birth after a ca...
Mic Flip: Parenthood Unfiltered 100 episodes Parents You’ve Got This -The Expert Guide to Parenthood
Welcome to the 100th episode of Parents You’ve Got This - The Expert Guide to Parenthood Podcast!
What a ride it has been – 100 podcast episodes on everything to do with fertility, pregnancy, baby, childhood and parenthood! We hope that you have learnt a lot about what to expect at every stage of the parenting journey.
It has been an absolute joy bringing you the very best experts every week, answering your questions and sharing the...
Need sleep? Help is here with this week's episode oof the Podcast is for you.
Sleep has to be the number one thing all parents crave, and it is probably the number one topic you get asked about when people enquire how your baby is going.
“Is your little one sleeping through the night?’ has become an invisible success indicator which is so unfair and quite cruel when you are in the multiple-night-wake trenches!
We welcome back ou...
Is public or private maternity health care the best option for you?
Congratulations you have found out you are pregnant, what is next? You might be wondering if you should book into a public hospital or if spending the money for a private obstetrician is worth it.
This week on the the podcast we break down the differences between public and private maternity health care systems so you can make the right choice for you.
We welcome bac...
Do you want to get your baby into a sleep schedule or rhythm?
If so, this episode of the Podcast is for you. We talk all about sleep schedules with our Sleep Experts Dr Fallon Cook and Dr Laura Conway, the co-directors of Infant Sleep Australia and the Sombelle Paediatric Sleep Program.
Episode 97: Parents You've Got This - The Expert Guide to Parenthood 🎙️How to get your Baby into a Sleep Rhythm or Routine
We discuss:
- What a ...
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