Beyond the Bump

Bumpie Group Chat: Business ideas we don’t have time to start, has mercury landed on the moon & where do you stand on this playground etiquette?

2026-10-29

This Bumpie Group Chat we’re sharing the Mercury in retrograde energy at home (flooded driveways, dead appliances and a laundromat business idea that someone needs to build), plus some big hormone moods and a hot take on playground etiquette. We discuss…

Life on a flooded farm: mould, bin chickens and a very busy roosterPerimenopause and the mood diaryHow Sophie’s 3 year old coped with mum going away for work, and a very wise 8 year old.Budgeting for dinner: the $5 meal challengeHalloween: who loves it, who hates it, Lord Farquaad and Princess Fiona, and why you should keep decorations kid friendlyPlayground etiquette: when do you step in if the other parents aren’t parenting?

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Beyond the Bump is hosted by Jayde Couldwell (@jaydecouldwell) and Sophie Pearce (@svpearce)

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Beyond the Bump is a podcast brought to you by Jayde Couldwell and Sophie Pearce. It began in the baby years and has grown right alongside us, because motherhood keeps evolving long after the baby stage ends.

This is a place for real conversations and honest questions, no matter how hard, about the parts of motherhood that often go unspoken. The mental load that changes shape rather than easing. The identity shifts. The stage where life doesn’t suddenly feel simpler. Wherever you are in it, the aim is the same: to leave you feeling lighter, more understood and a little less alone after every listen.