In today's episode, we sat down with Demi's good friend Brit Selwood to talk openly, for the first time about her infertility journey and the struggles she went through before finally falling pregnant and giving birth to darling Joey in Feb 2023. It was a very raw ep, Brit gave us her honest thoughts on her own experiences and talked in depth about why she doesn't like to share much about it all online.  We also learnt about who Brit was before she was 'Brit Selwood' and how passionate she...

Our last Ep for the term and yes, we decided to work in school terms, it makes sense to us and also make it easier for us with mum life!  Today's mini Ep is another life and business update - there is always so much to chat about. We recap our first ever hosting gig, Catwalk for Cancer. Nerves were sky high and we spoke SO fast to begin with however it eased as we went back on stage more and more... we are so glad its under our belt now. It was a great night and we raised the $48,000 goal...

Our guest today Daisy Pearce, once a midwife, now a Channel 7 media football commentator and also in the coach's box at Geelong Cats but best known for her stella AFLW career, chats to us about how she had to navigate her own way through a high risk pregnancy with twins in the height of her AFLW career. During pregnancy her and her partner Ben, discovered that one twin had heart issues, making her pregnancy in the public eye incredibly difficult, not knowing the fate of one of one...

Our guest today is (another) friend of Demi’s, Hannah Jenkins who Demi knows through the Geelong Cats. Hannah talks to us about her high risk pregnancy with her twin girls and how her waters ruptured at 23 weeks resulting in weeks of bed rest in a Melbourne hospital, while her toddler and husband were up and down the highway to and from Geelong almost everyday. Her twin girlies Piper and Willa were born at 30 weeks and spent a period of time in NICU before being able to move back to the...

We kept it short and sweet for you in todays Missta Mums ep, even though it may seem like we have SO much to say, this week we didn't! However you can feel our stress levels rising as we give you a little life and business update. Demi is currently feeling stressed and overwhelmed and feeling as though she is “failing” as a wife and mother and in business news, we are facing road blocks as we rejected the first two rounds of sampling with our new manufacturing company while our stock is...

Our co-host (Demi’s) bestie, Emma Hawkins is in the hot seat today and no stone was left unturned in this honest chat! Emma is a Mum of 3 and married to Geelong Cats player Tom Hawkins, a business owner, content creator and marketing genius who has years of experience behind her. She dives into her three pregnancies in which she suffered from hyperemesis gravidarum and talks us through how isolating it really is with this diagnosis. From “bum sweat” to haemorrhoids, you will get to see a...

You asked and we listened!! By popular request, Demi and Melinda dive headfirst into their birth stories and feeding journeys and there's no holding back to ensure they describe every last detail for you!! Demi explains her feelings towards her 3 'elective' caesareans and you will be surprised to find out what happened to Demi the night before her caesar was booked for her second baby, Ollie. And also the fact her body went into natural labour with her 3rd baby 10 days early. Mel...

Andrew McQualter, dad of 3 young girls and the recently appointed head coach of the Richmond Football Club sat down with us and opened up about what life was like going through the cancer diagnosis of his first born daughter at just 8 weeks old. He describes the moment he found out about the cancer diagnosis for his newborn, his coping mechanisms plus the feeling of anxiety going into ultrasounds for his future children. This was all going on back in 2017 around the time the Richmond Football...

In today's ep we sit down with celeb make up artist and business owner Tess Holmes. Tess opens up about her birth story with Hardy for the first time publicly, the struggles with her eldest starting school and her passion towards make up. The birth of her second born is an incredible story that involves her husband catching their baby, in their bed at home while waiting for the ambulance to arrive. Tess also touches on the difficult transition her daughter Lara had this year starting Prep...

In this weeks episode we dive into our personal identity crisis and losing a sense of style as a mother. We talk about getting out of active wear and trying to get our groove back as Mums of 3. We also discuss the importance of exercise and how it has helped change our wellbeing and moods as a parent. Plus a few funny stories thrown in between, we think you will love this chin wag with us girls!

This episode is incredibly close to our hearts!! Nicole Baumann, a 35yo local Geelong girl and a very good friend of Melinda's sits down with the girls and walks them through her cervical cancer battle which left her unable to carry her own children. Nicole is has been on a surrogacy journey with her husband Mark, for around 9 years and today, she shares her update about her current surrogate and all of the hurdles they have jumped along the way. Nicky is a positive, upbeat, larger than...

In this Ep, you feel like you are in the same room, catching up with the girls listening along while they have their Missta Mums chin wag. Demi chats about her failed weekend away with the family and Melinda reveals how she got over her fear of being judged at the gym!  The girls also chat about a few things that have been happing behind the scenes that they hadn’t mentioned publicly before, they touch on the impact their Missta community makes on their business and describe why they think...

What did Sophie Cachia say to us for the first time EVER publicly? If you haven't lived under a rock, you'll know who Sophie Cachia is! Young Mummy blogger turned business woman, entrepreneur, book author, public speaker... the list goes on! You won't want to miss her exclusive chat with us about juggling mum life and work life as a single parent PLUS she discloses something she has never said publicly before! Sophie Cachia IG @sophiecachia_ Book Author of: The There Was Her &...

Welcome back!! We thought it would be a great idea to get our husbands on the Pod but we immediately regretted that decision haha Meet Mitch Duncan and Aaron Baxter - the Missta Dads, our other half. Aaron is our Missta Warehouse Manager as well as a stay at home Dad (by choice) and Mitch is a professional athlete. We chat to them about Dad life, their career's and what they find hard about being Dad's of 3. Missta Website Missta IG: @missta_babythermos Missta TT: @missta__

Meet Demi and Melinda; Missta Mums. We're the founder's of a small business called Missta, we invented the Missta Bottle which helps parents on their formula feeding journey. We both have 3 kids each (2017 babies, 2019 babies and 2021 babies) Topics How we got here Getting to know us Having a growing family while growing our business Mum Life Our business: www.missta.com.au