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Marcus O'Laoire is best known for his photogenic cooking on social media.
On this episode he opens up about the journey to fatherhood, and discusses the fertility tests he underwent en route to becoming a dad.
He believes male fertility is not spoken about openly, how his friends reacted to hearing he was undergoing fertility tests, and discusses how the immediate suggestion following his sperm analysis results was that the couple try IVF.
And we couldn't have him in the studio without getting some proper, gourmet recipes for baby purée.
Presented by Jen Hogen. Produced by Andrew McNair. Declan Conlon is the series producer.
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Dr Suzanne Crowe doesnât even try to separate being a doctor from being a parent anymore. The president of the Irish medical council is a paediatric intensive care doctor and a busy mother. And she admits that sometimes taking care of extremely sick children has led to her feeling a strong need to check in with her own children. âI have rung home on occasion to just check everyoneâs ok. Theyâre kind of used to thatâ.
âI do sometimes think did medicine shape my parenting, or did parenting shape the brand of medicine that I doâ, she says. âTheyâre inextricableâ.
On the latest episode of the Conversations with Parents podcast Crowe explains what itâs like to parent four very different people and shares whether being a doctor proved a help or a hindrance in raising her family. âThey did get a lot of âitâs grand. Itâs a scrapeâ, she says. âApparently Iâm famous for saying âhave a glass of water and go to bedâ.
In her role as a doctor, Crowe cares for children and families going though extremely difficult times. Sadly sheâs no stranger to this on a personal level, having lost her baby daughter Beatrice while on holiday in France.
âSheâd be 15 nowâ, Crowe explains. âShe was born very premature. She was born at 23 weeks on holidays in France â a nightmare holiday. She lived for 19 days and she passed away in France. Itâs was an absolutely awful experienceâ.
Crowe shares how she keeps the memory of her daughter alive, and explains how the loss of her daughter while away from home has given her an understanding in her professional life, of parents and families living in Ireland whose first language may not be English.
In 2019 Crowe had to deal with the unthinkable again when her husband Barry died. âIt certainly changed my parenting. You never get over it,â she says. âI remember the day he died and at one stage I lay down on the floor in the hall sobbing, and just completely lostâŠat one point I must have stopped and opened my eyes. And I saw the faces of my children and they were terrified. And you know, the one person that was left for them was clearly losing the plot. I just realised I couldnât do that to them. I would have to actually just sort this out and help them.â
She talks about how she coped in the days that followed her husbandâs death and how her children helped her get through the days and weeks that followed.
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Itâs said when someone in the house is sitting the Leaving Cert, the whole house is sitting the Leaving Cert. And with the State exams almost upon thatâs a lot of people feeling the stress.
But fear not because Conversations with Parents is bringing you a special episode with an expert panel to help parents and students navigate the whole experience in the least frazzled way possible. Yes, weâve made our panel publicly relive their own Leaving Cert trauma for the heck of it.
Jen talks about LC survival with guidance counsellor and founder of Find My College Course, Donnchadh OâMahony, psychologist Malie Coyne and former Leaving Cert student Conor Pope, who is now experiencing the fabled exams as a parent for the first time.
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Coleen Nolan has always had a very open relationship with her children.
When it comes to having conversations with them, nothing is off the table, explains the TV personality and member of The Nolan Sisters.
When her son told her he had sex for the first time, it was possibly a more personal sharing of details than many parents are used to when it comes to their teenagersâ lives, but Nolan says her own experiences of growing up, with parents who didnât like to talk about certain things, made her particularly conscious to be a mother whose children could speak to her about anything.
In today's episode, Nolan shares what it was like growing up in the spotlight, navigating being a parent amid marriage separation, and bringing up teenagers under the glare of the British tabloids.
Produced by Andrew McNair. The series producer is Declan Conlon.
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Dec Pierce has had a tough couple of years. The Today FM presenter and creator of Block Rockin Beats â his dance music and live gigs show - had a brain haemorrhage in 2023 and last year was diagnosed with breast cancer.
On the latest episode of the Conversations with Parents podcast he tells host Jen Hogan about the shock of learning he had breast cancer while on holiday with his wife and young daughter.
Fatherhood is something Pierce always hoped to experience but he had thought it wasnât going to happen for him. âMyself and Kate were trying for a whileâ, he explains. âI always wanted to be a dad. But I never thought Iâd be blessedâ. He discusses the surprise of finding out he was going to be a dad when he had given up hope.
Maintaining a presence on social media means Pierce is well aware of its risks. âI know how toxic social media can beâ, he says and he worries about raising a daughter in the social media age. âI think weâll handle that very carefully as she gets older. Weâre so lucky the generation we grew up in where social media wasnât a thingâ.
Pierce was bullied in school and heâs conscious of his hypervigilance to this because of his own experience. âIâm very aware of that. Iâm very aware that might not be the case for her. And I donât want to put my worries, my stresses and my hang ups from those days on her shouldersâ.
Conversations with Parents is presented by Jen Hogan.This episode was produced by Andrew McNair.The executive producer is Declan Conlon.
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Oisin McConville was destined to get involved with Gaelic football from a young age growing up in Crossmaglen, Co Armagh in the 1980s.
âThe Troubles is something that played a large part in my life, because bombing, shootings, killings were common place day in day out when I was growing upâ, he says.
His dream was to score the winner for Armagh at Croke Park. And sure enough, he was the star of the county's first Sam Maguire trophy victory in 2002.
Heâs the father of two boys and a girl and for now heâs just about hanging in there on the coolness scale âbut itâs only going one wayâ, he laughs.
Presented by Jen Hogan. Produced by Andrew McNair.
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Colman Noctor is a well-known child and adolescent psychotherapist, so youâd be forgiven for presuming with all this expertise at hand that he always gets it right when it comes to parenting his own three children.
Not so, the father-of-three says on the latest episode, explaining his children âslam doorsâ and face the same âtrials and tribulationsâ as the everyone elseâs children.
He shares the âsoberingâ moment he realised that you can read all the books and have all the theory, âbut in Dundrum Shopping Centre when youâre kid kicks off, itâs a lottery.
Parenting is an act of failure. Itâs just not failing too much.â
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Sarah McInerney is known for her self-assured, cool and calm approach to interviewing politicians, but on the first episode of the brand new season of Conversations with Parents podcast she tells host Jen Hogan, about the anxiety that plagued her second pregnancy.
In a revealing and personal interview, McInerney discusses best laid plans and shares how becoming a mother of two children wasnât as straightforward as she might have hoped.
âMy first pregnancy was a dream,â she says on the podcast. âI absolutely flew through it and thought, âOh, Iâm a natural mother. Iâm just made to do this.â The second pregnancy was the complete opposite.â
Sarah talks to Jen about what surprised her about having boys, the guilt she felt over her heavy Drive Time schedule and more.
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Conversations with Parents from The Irish Times and parenting journalist Jen Hogan is coming back with a new season.
Season three will feature another group of interesting people with new parenting stories to tell.
Find us wherever you get your podcasts - or on irishtimes.com.
Conversations with Parents from The Irish Times is brought to you in association with Avonmore Super Milk.
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Former footballer Richie Sadlier is now better known for his career as a psychotherapist and working with young people in the area of sex education and wellbeing. Knowing what he knows about young people's lives, Andrew Tate and the manosphere, he's well equipped to deal with the thorny issues that many other parents actively avoid discussing. But he admits he might be the last person his young children will want to talk to by the time the teen years roll around. Richie and his wife, Fiona, have had a long and arduous road to parenthood. After eight heart-breaking rounds of IVF followed by a miscarriage, they're now mum and dad to Sam and Molly. In his first appearance on a parenting podcast since their joyous arrival, Richie shares the insights and observations he's made so far about the fatherhood journey so far. And just like he learned to do while in recovery from addiction, he advises anyone couple going through IVF to just take everything one day at a time.
Presented by Jen Hogan. Produced by Aideen Finnegan and Niamh Browne.
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Miriam OâCallaghan says she understands that having eight children is a source of fascination for people. And where once she might have been bothered by the double standards (i.e. how male broadcasters donât seem to be defined by their parental status), she is now as happy to talk about her brood as she is about her TV career. The current affairs presenter has just released her memoir âMiriam: life, work, everythingâ and she delves into all of the above in this enthralling conversation with Jen Hogan. Miriam reveals she had secondary infertility after the birth of her first child, and how her last pregnancy almost had a tragic outcome. She also speaks about her blended family and how close she remains to her former stepdaughter. Miriam also explains how a period of disordered eating in her teens motivated her to build up her daughtersâ confidence before they entered the tricky teen years. And she speaks about the devastating loss of her sister Anne, who she closely shared her early years of mothering with.
Presented by Jen Hogan. Produced by Aideen Finnegan.
Brought to you in association with Avonmore Super Milk
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Sophie Ellis-Bextor wasnât expecting to have a baby so soon into her relationship with her now husband, but she says there was a part of her that felt really good about it. This was in the early 2000s when it was not the done thing for a female pop star to start a family. 21 years and five boys later sheâs managing to juggle family life with a successful singing career, having just released her eighth studio album, Perimenopop. But it hasn't all been smooth sailing. In this episode Sophie speaks about her first-bornâs shaky start after a premature birth, raising five boys and embracing the wisdom that comes with getting older.
Presented by Jen Hogan. Produced by Aideen Finnegan.
Brought to you in association with Avonmore Super Milk
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Chris Hadfield has a granddaughter in China and, as of earlier this year, another granddaughter here in Ireland. But despite the distance, the retired astronaut says they are very much in each others lives. And after all, "I've been around the world in 90 minutes, it's just a little place," he jokes. In this episode, the world's most famous living astronaut sits down with Jen Hogan to talk about how he's managed to juggle such a successful career with parenting. Chris discusses his own upbringing and how it influenced his parenting, how his best intentions may not always have come to pass, and how his now adult children coped with the pressure of having such a famous dad when they were growing up. Plus he discusses his latest career pivot that that of bestselling author. His new book "Final Orbit" is available now in all good bookshops.
Presented by Jen Hogan. Produced by Aideen Finnegan,
Brought you in association with Avonmore Super Milk
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Aoibhinn NĂ ShĂșilleabhĂĄin says she and her husband would have had a fourth child, but for her debilitating pregnancies. The scientist and broadcaster says her births went without a hitch, but she was chronically ill with hyperemesis gravidarum on each of her three pregnancies - a complication that causes persistent and extreme vomiting. Her third child, her daughter Doireann, was born at home; something she says she will never forget. Aoibhinn breastfed all three, though she found each experience difficult in their own way. One of her sons was born with a tooth making the process very painful. In this episode, the DCU professor also shares how having children gave her a new perspective on her experience of workplace harassment, and deepened her resolve to advocate for nature restoration. Please note this episode has one or two moments of strong language.
Presented by Jen Hogan. Produced by Aideen Finnegan.
Brought to you in association with Avonmore Super Milk.
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Ciara Kelly was on in a bar on a sun holiday when she found out she was pregnant. 1999 was a time when Ireland was becoming more liberal, but being an unmarried mum "wasn't without some stigma," and no allowances were made on the gruelling 60-hour shifts that were common for junior doctors then. Though motherhood came early she took to it so well that she ended up having a family of four. In 2017 she swapped her medical career for a full-time job in radio. The primetime slot on Newstalk Breakfast means she often gives her take on the events of the day, sometimes drawing opprobrium on social media. "I saw some of the things being said online and realised some of the comments sticking up for me were my son." In this episode, Ciara speaks to host Jen Hogan about managing the backlash, teaching her kids to brush it off and why respecting their agency is so important to her.
Presented by Jen Hogan. Produced by Aideen Finnegan.
Brought to you in association with Avonmore Super Milk.
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Being a hormone doctor wasnât actually much help when it came to parenting three girls, according to Donal OâShea. Heâs an expert in how hormones affect the body but he admits his wife handled âthe talkâ when his three daughters were teenagers. However, he goes on to say he will be advising them âif Iâm around when they are post-menopausal, that they need to be going on HRT.â OâShea is a consultant endocrinologist and one of the most recognisable doctors in Ireland, owing to his work and advocacy for people living with obesity. In this episode, he discusses the pressure on parents when it comes to the influence of junk food marketing on their kids, how to handle picky eaters and how they might approach the tricky puberty years. He also draws on his experience of working with gender-questioning teens and how their parents may also need support. We also get to know another side of O'Shea, including how he once wanted to become a priest.
Presented by Jen Hogan. Produced by Aideen Finnegan.
Brought to you in association with Avonmore Super Milk.
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Do fathers get a raw deal? Are men complicit in the detrimental effect that having children can have on womenâs careers? And what exactly is an afterbirth fridge? In this episode Jen Hogan sits down with renowned political commentator Fintan OâToole to talk about his arrival into fatherhood at a time of profound social change in Ireland. The pair discuss changing nappies, breastfeeding and why he has little time for liberal triumphalism. He has no regrets about choosing his family over a career in the US, but laments that he smacked his first child at time when it was the norm to do so in Ireland. He talks about sending his children to a minority faith school, and how he disagrees with the âmiddle-class thing of helping your kids into certain careers.â
Presented by Jen Hogan. Produced by Aideen Finnegan.
Brought to you in association with Avonmore Super Milk.
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Conversations with Parents from The Irish Times is coming back with a new season.
Last year Jen Hogan spoke to interesting people about the hardest challenge of their lives: raising kids.
Season two will feature eight brilliant guests with new parenting stories to tell. So stay tuned, wherever you get your podcasts - or on irishtimes.com.
Conversations with Parents from The Irish Times is brought to you in association with Avonmore Super Milk.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Conversations with Parents from The Irish Times is coming back with a new season.
Last year Jen Hogan spoke to interesting people about the hardest challenge of their lives: raising kids.
Season two will feature eight brilliant guests with new parenting stories to tell. So stay tuned, wherever you get your podcasts - or on irishtimes.com.
Conversations with Parents from The Irish Times is brought to you in association with Avonmore Super Milk.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Does parenting with the seemingly never-ending juggle of work, home-life, and trying to be everything to everyone, actually get any easier? What about if you have a child struggling with anxiety, where do you begin in the search for meaningful support? Siblings; ready-made friends, or sworn enemies - how do you manage sibling conflict? And does it really matter if parents share pictures of their children online? These are just some of the many questions that came in to us from listeners to our Conversations with Parents podcast. And, in this special episode, Jen Hogan sits down with the podcastâs producer, Aideen Finnegan, to look back over the series, discuss some of the themes and issues that emerged over the course of eight episodes, and answer a selection of your questions.
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