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Alexandra & Khadija

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Welcome to Voicenote Vault, your ‘safe’ space for all things motherhood! We are Alexandra and Khadija, two regular mums navigating the highs and lows of this magical (yet mental) journey and we thought we’d bring you along too. We’ll be bringing you the realest of real motherhood vibes; the good, the bad and the send help it’s only 9am! We might cause you to laugh, we might cause you to cry and everything in between but our biggest goal is to normalise talking about things, we don’t think ar ...
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This week on the podcast we’re serving a solo scoop of motherhood magic with a little update on all things, well, Alexandra & Khadija. We’re bringing big brother energy, some mind blowing results and as always a sprinkling, or two, of realness. Here is the link for our exclusive WhatsApp VIP Room: https://chat.whatsapp.com/FSrkR0TAIC91kHiEbuAJyw Ri…
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This week we are joined by our final guest of the season, Leandra Perrozzi, and WOW what an emotional episode this is. Leandra joins us to speak about how her motherhood experience went from having a blissful pregnancy to birthing a child with complex medical needs at only 33 weeks, following a placental abruption. Her daughter Alba has OA/TOF, a r…
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This week we are discussing all things holiday and my goodness do we cover it all! From slip free shoes & stroller dupes, double buggies at dinner & unwanted in flight entertainment. We’ve seen what the tiktok influencers say you should pack now we’re spilling the tea on what you really need & may actually use. Not only that but Alexandra shares he…
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This week we are joined by our second guest of the series; Katie McGarry, Chartered Accountant, Music Artist Manager and Mum of one! We wanted to get Katie on our Podcast because from the outside it looks like she "has it all" and naturally we wanted all the tea on her life, as a super inspirational Mama! Specifically, Katie not only works for a co…
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This week we're talking all things transitioning from one child to two and we're looking straight at Khadija for all the hot tea tips! There certainly isn’t a manual for this and nothing can truly prepare you for the high and lows of this transition, but it definitely gets easier (or not!) as they get older. After all you've given them the greatest…
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This week we are joined by our first EVER expert guest; Liz Halliday from Private Midwives, who joins us to discuss all things home birth and VBACs (that's a vaginal birth after caesarean) alongside discussing the ever important topic, medical intervention! Liz has recently retired as a home birth provider after 10 years on call but continues to ma…
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This week we are talking about Alexandra's Birth Plans for Baby No 2...a HBAC (that's a home birth after cesearean!) As you know by now, Alexandra is super passionate about all things birth and womens rights particularly within the birthing system & in her profession as a Doula. So in this episode she wanted to share how she is personally navigatin…
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This week we are discussing all things MUM and how we find time and space for ourselves on this wild journey! We get right into it and totally admit that we DO NOT have all the answers on how to look after ourselves! We discuss how we try to find time to still work on and develop ourselves whilst raising tiny humans but also admit that at times, we…
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So this week we are discussing all things Expectations vs Reality of parenthood! We share our personal stories of how we expected motherhood to be vs. what we are experiencing now. We note a lot of hard times but also the really important point, that phases do pass and there is light in each of those stages to most definately enjoy! Do we have it a…
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It's official...we are back for another series; how could we not give the people what they wanted!? This week, we get quite intense (when do we not!?) talking about all things toddlers because we know a lot of our listeners are also in, or approaching this stage. So, whilst acknowledging that parenting can be terrifying at times, we discuss re-fram…
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WE’RE BACK! 👋🏾 - SERIES 2: AUGUST 14th!! Have you missed us? You asked, we planned & birthed! Voicenote Vault Series 2 returning this WEDNESDAY! & the trailer is OUT NOW Don’t forget to give us a follow and maybe even a rating, if you listen on Spotify & maybe even join us over on Instagram for all the hot tea gossip @voicenotevaultpodcast Right, l…
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SURPRISE! So, it turns out, we aren’t quiiiite done yet! We are back this week with our first bonus episode and dang does Alexandra completely hijack the mic, but let us tell you, she spills the whole damn teapot! Offft that’s all we’re saying on that! So tune in to hear Khadija absolutely speechless (for the first time this series!) and we hope yo…
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Well, how did we get here so fast? It's our final episode of the series...and to say we are sad about it is an understatement! So, to celebrate the success of the podcast we decided to give you, the listeners, exactly what you asked for... Yes that’s right, we have taken those most pondered questions, post ep thoughts and given you our honest & unf…
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This week we bring you the thoughts and feelings of over 2000 women about how relationships in their lives have changed after have a child. Yes, that's right, we surveyed 2284 women to be exact using our favourite app PEANUT!Taking a slightly different format to our usual weekly dose of motherhood honesty, we get into detail about friends, parents …
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DISCLAIMER: This week we faced some audio technical difficulties but we couldn’t not bring you another slice of the realness, after all this is a real & honest podcast (& we are just two mum learning, IT ALL, as we go!) So if you’re here for the tea, thanks for listening, if it’s not for you this week, we hope you’ll still join us next week!Right, …
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Now that you've heard our birth experiences, naturally that takes us into our Postpartum Era and boy, let’s just say, we get into it! We talk about the emotions, the confusion, the pressure, the feelings, the moments we can't remember and those we definitely won't forget! We could have spoken for hours on this topic, as that period of your life, th…
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This week Alexandra talks us through the birth of her Son, Master J. We hear how her plans of a home birth changed to an "unplanned" (but not an emergency) cesarean birth, what this really involved and how she still managed to have an "amazing cesarean"! Despite this being a positive birth, Alexandra opens up and reflects on how she feels things co…
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Are you ready because we think this is our most honest and vulnerable episode so far….Khadija’s birth stories She explains how she felt bullied by the system, gave into multiple interventions in her first birth as a result, and what she learned going into her second birth to have a more positive outcome We hear Alexandra validate Khadijas stories w…
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Hold onto your stomach's because this week we are back & we're discussing our pregnancy experiences (including some unpleasant symptoms!). We hear about debilitating hyperemesis, working out throughout pregnancy, and why knowing your boundaries when it comes to navigating the UK maternity system is so valuable. We get into the nitty gritty of infor…
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For our very first episode we thought we’d bless your ears with a little bit about - you guessed it - US! How we met each other, which of us got deep between the sheets in lockdown and whether there is ever a right time to give someone your eggs? And no, we’re not talking about the poached kind… Right, let’s get into it! — If you would like to shar…
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