Ahh the dreaded bedtime battle! Getting your child to go to bed - and stay there - can be a nightly battle that leaves you feeling completely exhausted when you have no energy left.

This week on Parents You’ve Got This - The Expert Guide to Parenthood Podcast we welcome back our Sleep Expert Dr Laura Conway from Infant Sleep Australia to help with those dreaded bedtime battles.

In this episode we discuss:

- How common bedtime battles are

- Why children resist sleep when they need it so much

- What some of the most common causes of bedtime struggles are

- If there is a particular age where bedtime battles are worse than others

- As a sleep expert, the funniest bed time battles Laura has heard about

- How to get your child to stay in bed when they just keep coming out again and again

- How over tiredness and under tiredness affect the bedtime

- How important a bedtime routine is when it comes to bedtime battles

- The important elements of a bedtime routine

- How to help a child who worries at bedtime

- Advice for parents whose child needs you to lie there in order for them to fall asleep

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In this episode of Parents You’ve Got This - The Expert Guide to Parenthood we are talking about Sex and Babies. We discuss the common concerns and questions our community has about this topic. From physical recovery and hormonal changes to body confidence, relationship shifts, and simply finding the energy after sleepless nights, intimacy can look very different after becoming a parent.

So how do you know what’s normal? When should things start feeling better? And what can you do if sex feels uncomfortable, painful, or just completely off the radar? To answer all of your questions we welcome our Women’s Physio Expert Annette Beauchamp.

We discuss:

- How long after having a baby can you return to having sex

- How hormones and birth recovery such as perineal wounds impact returning to sex

- How long do most couples actually wait

- Many women experience pain when returning to sex after having a baby, why does this occur?

- Are there any positions that may be more comfortable returning to sex after having a baby?

- Why limited penetrative depth can help

- Tips to help couples return to sex after having a baby

- Lubricant tips

- Why gentle scar massage can help reduce pain and make sex more comfortable

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Miscarriage affects around one in four pregnancies, but when pregnancy loss occurs repeatedly, the emotional and physical impact can be overwhelming.
This week on Parents You’ve Got This: The Expert Guide to Parenthood, we are talking about recurrent miscarriage with IVF and Fertility Expert Dr Hector Georgiou.

We discuss:

- What is considered recurrent miscarriage or pregnancy loss

- How common a miscarriage is

- How common recurrent miscarriages are

- What the most common causes of a miscarriage is

- If stress can cause a miscarriage

- How age plays a role in recurrent miscarriage

- How genetics can play a role in miscarriage

- If exercise can cause a miscarriage

- Particular medical conditions which increase miscarriage chances

- When someone should seek help from an IVF or Fertility Expert

- The role of male sperm in recurrent miscarriage

- What PGT-A testing is and does it reduce miscarriage risk

- How soon can you try again after a miscarriage

- If the chances of miscarriage increase with each miscarriage

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