Episode 9: The download on single mother life, learning the highs and lows with the beautiful Rachel Maksimovic

In this weeks episode we catch up with Rachel Maksimovic; single mama and self employed boss bitch who wrangles two year old Lenny and full-time work SOLO.

Rachel shares her beautiful water birth story and the challenges and joys of being a single mama. We get along so well with Rachel who is such an intuitive and inspiring mother, we just know you'll love her too.

Our chat was interrupted by a family emergency, which was captured during the recording: Celeste's daughter Mazzy was having a low blood sugar and an ambulance had to be called. We kept this in the episode as an opportunity to share a real-life example of the challenges facing some mothers of children with chronic illness.  It's also a chance to explain what Febrile convulsions are, the signs and what to do.

We hope you enjoy this episode, please share with any mama facing the circumstances of single-parenting! Thank you for listening.

SHOW NOTES:
1. Rachel's full birth story can be heard here on Australian Birth Stories .
2. A febrile seizure is a fit or convulsion caused by a sudden change in your child's body temperature, and is usually associated with a fever. Find more details in the fact sheet from the Royal Children's Hospital
3. There is also a lot of helpful information for single-mums on the singlemum.com website, including information on government support, a family-law directory and forums. Also some help available on the raisingchildren government website. 

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Thanks for listening and pls share us with your mother community!
Love, Mel and Cel