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The Cosmic Co-OpSemi-Autonomous Peasants With Swords ft. Andrea WebbIn this episode, I share some of my thoughts on the gatekeeping of anti-capitalist rhetoric and education, bitch about caffeine withdrawals during Mercury retrograde, and have a ferociously fantastic conversation with Andrea Webb (she/they) of Every Light Wellness.Like most of my guests, Andi has been an internet mutual of mine for several years. The jig is up: this podcast is actually just a way for me to trick my favorite people into talking with me for an hour and letting me brag about them to the world.Andrea is a malefic sorcerer, embodying...2025-02-261h 27
Preggers Can Be ChoosersDark Energy? Hormones? Hard to Tell Sometimes.Dark Energy, or Hormones. Hard to Tell Sometimes.
Song: Deeper Well by Kacey Musgraves. I’ve always liked her a bunch, in fact at one of the lowest points in my life I was sitting in a lawn chair at a dusty music festival with my dog Electra, and she came out on stage and there were like 4 other people in the audience, she was maybe the first band, and she sang “ Woke up on the wrong side of rock bottom,” and my life was forever changed, I had a string, a thread, of someone...2024-03-0611 min
Preggers Can Be ChoosersFast Car, "It's not about a car."Song: Fast Car which Tracy remarked, "It's not about a car." which I remember but can't find a citation.
Showing my work: Continued to tweak and work over the Birth Prep Prenatal offering.
What on your mind, fears, what don’t you understand ex newborn medications
Pelvic floor or personal anatomy specifics. Ex do you habitually always cross your legs one way? How has that affected your body balance?
VBAC Assessment (hit this sooner rather than later)
link to book (H-town peeps or virtual)
Ancestor Shrine: I te...2024-02-2012 min
Preggers Can Be ChoosersTwo Tells: When a Community-Based Birth Isn't Gonna Happen HereTwo Tells: When a Community-Based Birth Isn't Gonna Happen Here
Song: Been Listening to John Mayor's "Sob Rock" on repeat. Who do you think he wrote all those songs about?
Show your work:
This week I added more 411 to my collaborative pelvic exams presentation, focused on the need for safety and consent so that the tissues will be optimally responsive.
Some content was inspired by talking to Ellen Heed, some was inspired by the Spinning Babies Parent Educator training that I hosted in H-Town.
Love Letter is going out...2024-02-0608 min
Preggers Can Be ChoosersPads! And a Planner Update. Pads and Planner Update!
Song: Who was that, who was thaaaaat? By Deee-lite
Showing My Work: Wrote the outline for the Cervical Scars, Provider Version last week. That content will debut at the ATM conference in May. Register here!
Planner Update: My sister got it! And gave it to me cause she didn't like it! Twyla Tharp and the pencil concept
Let’s Make Reusable Pads! I was talking to my gurl D about making reusable chux pads for our midwifery practices. He...2024-01-3007 min
Preggers Can Be ChoosersPlanner Problem!? And Magnesium Soaks. Not in that Order.I can quit at any time!!!
Planners I have loved before:
Moleskine
Danielle la Porte Desire Map
miGoals
Unbound
Passion Planner
Laurel Denise
Y'all, I didn't even mention the writer's planner I have!
Magnesium I mention"
Natural Calm
Magnesium Soak
Flewd
Big Love, stay well.
Rowan
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Doula DiariesThe Low Down on Cervical Scars with Rowan Twosisters, CPM, LM - Midwife/Aware Practitioner/STREAM Pelvic SpecialistSend us a textRowan Twosisters, CPM, LM is a Midwife, Aware Practitioner, and STREAM Pelvic Specialist. Twosisters joined us for an amazing interview to talk all about Cervical Scarring.If you’re someone with a uterus or knows someone with a uterus, this is a fantastic episode to listen to. Cervical scarring can sound big and scary and feel quite overwhelming, but Twosisters breaks the information down for us into simple, educational pieces. Cervical Scar Tissue, A Bigger Deal Than You Think is your guide to increased ease with fertility, labor and birt...2023-05-0559 min
Preggers Can Be ChoosersAfterBirth 9/28/21 When Enough is Enough and its TIME TO LEAVEWhen Enough is Enough and its TIME TO LEAVE.
Big Bold Trigger Warning
One of our peeps is in a bad scene, so this episode contains domestic violence, alcohol abuse, and in general a feeling of being scared for our girl and her kids. It's enough that Katelin, our current host, asked me (Rowan) to get this up ASAP.
So here you go.
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Links Links Links
Houston Domestic Violence Hotline ~ https://www.domesticshelters.org/help/tx/houston
Alanon ~ https://al-anon.org/al-anon-meetings/electronic-meetings
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Preggers Can Be ChoosersAfterBirth 2/23/21 "Is This as Good as it Gets?"After Birth 2/23/21 "Is This as Good as it Gets?"
"Google: What do I do when I feel like shit?" ACTUAL QUESTION from Eli.
When is #postpartumdepression just straight-up #depression?
So we put on our thinking hats, and start sharing like a mofo, Bev especially walks us through her journey with medication, and how she thinks waited too long to take them. HINT: #intrusivethoughts
talk therapy ~ Mental Health Match or Punk Rock Psych Doc
daily fitness ~ outside, walking, 20 minutes
supplements ~ Aviva Romm says this
Your peer su...2021-02-2452 min
Preggers Can Be ChoosersAfterBirth 12/1/20: He Mad. The Birth Control Episode.AfterBirth 12/1/20: He Mad. The Birth Control Episode.
Well hello there.
#CovidThanksgiving check-in starts us off!
And then we are up and rolling when with a bang when Sarita tells us why her MD is refusing her access to a tubal.
Also up for discussion are ways to decrease cortisol, Sam plans her birth team and a general convo about birth providers working more effectively together.
We review who is doing what for birth control, Looking for nonhormonal options.
and Tiff gives a shout out to how she is...2020-12-0147 min
Preggers Can Be ChoosersAfterbirth 11/24/2020 "Take Your Baby to Work" JobsAfterBirth, a Fourth and More Trimester Support Group
Take Your Baby to Work Jobs ~
3 Types of Mom Jobs. Private CNA, Meal Prepper, Preschool Teacher.
What's working, what's not.
'Basically, I'm fucked next paycheck." ~ Bev, and right at the end of the episode she gets terrible news.
Where's Rowan ~ the Lincoln Bomb Shelter
We talked about Equanimity ~ https://www.tenpercent.com/meditationweeklyblog/the-power-of-equanimity Cause being the calmest person in the room makes you the most powerful.
The Preggers Prebiotic Porridge that Rowan wants everyone to try. Recipe...2020-11-281h 02
Preggers Can Be ChoosersAfterBirth 10/27/20: Worse than Labor?!!! Afterbirth Pains!AfterBirth 10/27/20: Worse than Labor?!!! Afterbirth Pains!
Sarita has baby Autumn, tells her birth story.
Rowan chimes in as her provider.
We also talk poop and pushing.
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Links that may help are: Call the PSI HelpLine at 1-800-944-4773(4PPD)
Text Support: send a message to their Helpline at 503-894-9453
AfterParty in the FB group~ https://www.facebook.com/groups/PCBCAfterBirth/
Text reminders so you can join us LIVE, Tuesdays at 11 am central right here https://tapit.us/zeep18
All thin...2020-10-2725 min
Preggers Can Be ChoosersAfterbirth 10/6/20: My Baby's Birthday Makes Me CryAfterbirth 10/6/20: My Baby's Birthday Makes Me Cry
"Instead of being happy with my kid's birthday, it brings up birth trauma and grief for what I didn't get get". ~ this in from new member Lindy
Points of talking were:
Shared decision making
harm reduction
and how this plays out negatively and positively in almost all birth environments.
Miscarriage brings up "the what if spiral" and how the not knowing of why this happened is one of the worst aspects of a rough time for many. Also compa...2020-10-0652 min
Preggers Can Be ChoosersAfterBirth 9/22/20 When BreastFeeding Just Doesn't WorkToday's theme:
"Fuck everyone trying to tell me what do."
"If it doesn't work out in a week, I'm going to let this go" from Bev, "cause, the toll on my health is going to be way bigger than formula on her health."
Resources for Milk Shares
Eats on Feets, http://www.eatsonfeets.org/
Human Milk for Human Babies, http://hm4hb.net/
Houston Milk trade https://www.facebook.com/groups/HoustonAreaMilkSharing/
Formula food delivery in Houston https://www.formula911.com/
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Preggers Can Be ChoosersAfter Birth 9/15/20 It's OverwhelmingAfter Birth 9/15/20 It's Overwhelming.
Afterbirth, the Fourth and more Support Group.
Its overwhelming, why?
kids are sick and needy, and being pregnant is sucking the life out of you in third trimester
And why is asking for help such a bitch?
Pinterest pages, on what to ask for help with day by day, were helpful for Katelin
Not knowing that some things are not as instinctual as they say ~ Katelin
How not to hate yourself when you ask for help and it do...2020-09-1558 min
Preggers Can Be ChoosersAfter Birth 9/1/20: Pretend it's Halloween, Wear a Mask!Afterbirth, the Fourth and more Support Group.
Heavy emphasis on the MORE today. We were all over the map today, chatting Halloween, Drop Dead Fred and Rowan thought she was gonna get canned from North Houston Birth Center (seriously y'all, I would of fired me.)
Halloween! Wear a Mask! and then what?
Dr.B tells how a pt navigated an airport and flight while wearing a (figurative) banana suit.
Sarita's daughter is watching pregs videos on Youtube
Birth Tube on FB, Bevs Baby was born with thousands of people watching.
Growing an appropriate sized baby, what mak...2020-09-011h 03
Preggers Can Be ChoosersAfter Birth 8/25/20: Online School is a B!TCHAfter Birth 8/25/20: Online School is a B!TCH
Comparing notes on school, and how to make any of this work,
Spoiler alert, it doesn't.
Bev talks about kids on the spectrum, trying to be in 5 places in once wth online school.
Tips on doing the best you can with what you have.
Katelin's kid is doing in person mostessori school. She tells us how it its going.
Sarita and Tiff are on the same page of opting out becuase they feel lie there is low ROI for a...2020-08-2659 min
Preggers Can Be ChoosersAfterbirth 8/18/20: Conception w/o ConsentWelcome to AfterBirth, A Fourth, and more Trimester Support Group.
Hey loves, today we cover the gritty topic of Conceiving a Baby without Consent.
Three of the people in group have had or are having that pregnant experience, and so they chat it out. I appreciate their vulnerability, and what that journey has looked like for them, did it impact bonding, at what is a horizontal identity.
We also talked about hair, both curly Black hair, and straight euro hair, and what's the plan when it falls out in chunks. EJOLE!
So...2020-08-181h 00
Preggers Can Be ChoosersAfterBirth 7/28/20; FreeBleeding, Postpartum or Anytime!Welcome to AfterBirth, A Fourth, and more Trimester Support Group.
FreeBleeding, Postpartum or Anytime!
What the heck is this, and why does it matter?
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Links that may help are: Call the PSI HelpLine at 1-800-944-4773(4PPD)
Text Support: send a message to their Helpline at 503-894-9453
AfterParty in the FB group~ https://www.facebook.com/groups/PCBCAfterBirth/
Text reminders so you can join us LIVE, Tuesdays at 11 am central right here https://tapit.us/zeep18
All things P...2020-07-2957 min
Preggers Can Be ChoosersAfterBirth 7/21/20 Mama D Tells her Homebirth StoryAfterBirth 7/21/20
Welcome to AfterBirth, A Fourth, and more Trimester Support Group.
Mama D tells her homebirth story. This is her 4th homebirth, listen in and find out why she almost transfers,
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Links that may help are: Call the PSI HelpLine at 1-800-944-4773(4PPD)
Text Support: send a message to their Helpline at 503-894-9453
AfterParty in the FB group~ https://www.facebook.com/groups/PCBCAfterBirth/
Text reminders so you can join us LIVE, Tuesdays at 11 am central right here https://tapit.us/zeep18...2020-07-291h 00
Preggers Can Be ChoosersAfterBirth 7/13/20 The Postpartum StinksWelcome to AfterBirth, A Fourth, and more Trimester Support Group.
Go the postpartum stinks?
check for
temperature
tenderness of belly or other places
discharge or bleeding, is it smelling different or putrid
if yes probs need to check in with your provider.
Hellooooooo 4 agreements from Don Miguel Ruiz https://www.miguelruiz.com/the-four-agreements
1) always do your best
2) don't take anything personally
3) impeccable with your word
4) don't make any assumptions
Lay this over a disagreement or boundary violation, like a framework to see where y...2020-07-151h 00
Preggers Can Be ChoosersAfter Birth 7-7-20 Birth Stories: Covid, Clots, Surgical Birth and Hiding in a ClosetDude.
What an episode.
Maggie had the baby. Kayisha had her baby, Mama D had her baby.
We got 2 of 3 birth stories.
Everyone was crying. Like ugly crying. I'm glad you can't see it. Only the audio.
Join us.
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Links that may help are: Call the PSI HelpLine at 1-800-944-4773(4PPD)
Text Support: send a message to their Helpline at 503-894-9453
AfterParty in the FB group~ https://www.facebook.com/groups/PCBCAfterBirth/
Text reminders so you can...2020-07-081h 12
Preggers Can Be ChoosersWhen You Don't Look Like a White Girl: Finding a Midwifery Program/PreceptorThis is a follow up to #Mixed, Midwifery & Facial Tattoos.
Our girl Kati has some follow up questions that Rowan asks DeShaun to weigh in on re midwifery programs and apprenticeships. We all agree that "clean and neat" in appearance is subjective, and most likely is code for, as DeShaun says, "Look like a white girl." Ugh.
So it is a real and gritty convo, and we desperately need all the midwives and future midwives to get this show on the road cause we need ya. This is how we can make a dent in the Bl...2020-06-2456 min
Preggers Can Be ChoosersMixed, Midwifery, and Facial Tattoos ~ Convo w/Kati & RowanHow to Become a Midwife ~
Three things are going on in this podcast.
1) facial tattoos, what's "appropriate" on a mixed-race woman, and what's not culturally appropriating on a "Rainbow White" person like myself. We both see ourselves marked as other, and for myself, "healer" (y'all know how I feel about that term) so we chat about navigating that, and decide next time she's in town its happening!
2) midwifery ed, CNM vs CPM, pros and cons and not even knowing if that's a fit cause everyone is white-passing as hell when she looks at he...2020-06-1645 min
Preggers Can Be ChoosersAfterBirth 5/26/2020 Get It OVER With Get It OVER With
AfterBirth is a fourth and more trimester support group, and honestly, it's just anyone show up who needs support, especially BIPOC identifying folks.
Tiff is moving.
Bev wants all this over with.
Dr. B goes Brain Spotting https://brainspotting.com/
Mama Dee is getting a 38 week V steam on to prevent GBS, promote flora, and in general cause it's rad.
She is gonna prep her yoni with cooling herbs, then switch to heating herbs at 41 weeks which are the same as PP week he...2020-06-1255 min
Preggers Can Be ChoosersAfterBirth 5/17/20 Words No Mother Wants to HearAfterbirth: A Fourth and More Postpartum Support Group
y'all.
"My daughter came to me, and told me things that no mother wants to hear."
Sometimes shit goes down. Sometimes all we can do is listen and breathe and be a shoulder while one of us navigates rough water.
Rowan is getting the help of the #zinedoula https://www.instagram.com/zineswithsol
Last weeks gender exploration podcast "Damage Control" https://anchor.fm/pcbc/episodes/AfterBirth-51220-Damage-Control--Otherwise-Known-as-Parenting-edv9tq
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Preggers Can Be ChoosersAfterBirth 5/12/20 Damage Control, Otherwise Known as ParentingAfterBirth, a Fourth and More Trimester Support Group
Today we talked a bunch about parenting, and specifically, boys getting haircuts and not liking pink anymore because of pressure from 6-year-old peers.
How do we even combat that? Our kids conforming to gender roles to be cool or fit in or whatever while parts of ourselves die and we navigate explaining that its ok to be you. Gender Bread Person is a cool tool
From there we flowed into consent and teaching consent and what does that look like when you a...2020-05-1958 min
Preggers Can Be ChoosersAfterBirth 5/5/20 Grief with a Side of TacosAfterBirth, a Fourth and More Trimester Support Group.
No Bev today, so we all wondered how she is doing,
Having some pre mothers day feels, especially around grief, pet loss, and Maggie had some great suggestions from her Death Doula training. https://www.inelda.org/resources-category/grief-and-bereavement-resources/
We are all in it together, join us if you need us!
Links that may help NOW are:
L&D policies in Houston Area Hospitals, What Birth centers are accepting late transfers? Google Doc 411 Link
How Do I...2020-05-1258 min
Preggers Can Be ChoosersAfterBirth 4/28/20 COVID Sick Kid, Now What?!AfterBirth, a Fourth and More Trimester Support Group.
Ground we covered today:
Well shit, Bev's kid is sick with COVID, and she might be too.
Rowan invited folks to group with PPD after an abortion,
Katelin is making masks! You pay the shipping. https://www.facebook.com/Snowflakedoulaservices/
Behavior regression,
Thoughts about socializing,
Who is seeing whom?
Anxiety.
Links that may help NOW are:
L&D policies in Houston Area Hospitals, What Birth centers are accepting late transfers? Google Doc 411 Link
How Do I Know if I'm a fit for a Ho...2020-04-291h 00
Preggers Can Be ChoosersAfterBirth 4/21/20 Where's the Money, Honey?AfterBirth, a Fourth and More Trimester Support Group
In this show were brainstorming money and income ideas, with a sprinkling of life and social distancing norms.
Take the Quiz! Find your tendency! https://quiz.gretchenrubin.com/
Magic Face cream! https://www.mirandacastro.com/shop/miranda-castros/miranda-castros-scars-cream/
Homeopathy! https://www.homeopathyworld.com/
Links that may help NOW are:
L&D policies in Houston Area Hospitals, What Birth centers are accepting late transfers? Google Doc 411 Link
How Do I Know if I'm a fit for a Home Bir...2020-04-2756 min
Preggers Can Be ChoosersAfterBirth 4/4/20 And Now This Shit.AfterBirth, a Fourth and More Trimester Support Group
Show Notes:
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Katelin hosts this week, and after starting with some Good News https://youtu.be/F5pgG1M_h_U!
The group quickly gets real about the grit of postpartum depression, sex, and self-loathing.
Whew.
Your peeps really get the feels out today.
Links that may help NOW are:
L&D policies in Houston Area Hospitals, What Birth centers are accepting late transfers? Google Doc 411 Link
How...2020-04-1550 min
Preggers Can Be ChoosersAfterBirth 4/7/20 Surviving while Keeping the Kids FedAfterBirth, a Fourth and More Trimester Support Group
AfterBirth 4/7/20 Surviving & Keeping the Kids Fed
Show Notes:
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There is a wave of digital products being thrown at you. Join us live if you want, help CREATE the show, we would happy to have you.
Maggie is pregnant and healing from Covid, Bev isn't eating enough, and Lindsey has some homeopathy helpers.
https://remedyseeker.com/
https://www.homeopathyworld.com/
https://homeopathyhelpnow.com/ to get a free consult if you are pregs or PP and need help...2020-04-1359 min
Preggers Can Be ChoosersAfterBirth: 3/30/20 COVID-19, I Shaved My Legs for This?!!AfterBirth, a Fourth and More Trimester Support Group
Show Notes:
L&D policies in Houston Area Hospitals, What Birth centers are accepting late transfers? Google Doc 411 Link
How Do I Know if I'm a fit for a Home Birth or Birth Center? Podcast link
GET THE WAND!!! It might even work on Bev's lice having kids.
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Katelin recorded a new intro for us, you can hear that theatre background in her clear work, and she reminds us a...2020-04-0153 min
Preggers Can Be ChoosersElephant in the Womb: COVID Concerns, Am I a Fit for Home Birth or a Birth Center?Elephant in the Womb: Prenatal Education for the Preggers Person.
Critical prenatal education; shiz you should know, shiz we wish EVERY pregnant person knew!
Especially now, good lawd.
If COVID-19 concerns have you questioning where is the right place for you to birth, listen to Labor Doula Amanda Moore chat with midwife Rowan TwoSisters as we discuss the range of options and how to begin exploring the options with the current challenges.
At 20 minutes we talk about Houston Specifics, Rowan works at North Houston Birth Center https://www.nhbirth.com/ which accept...2020-03-2532 min
Preggers Can Be ChoosersAfter Birth 3/24/20 COVID-19, What SCHEDULE HAHHAHAHAHHA.AfterBirth: 3/24/20 COVID-19, What SCHEDULE HAHHAHAHAHHA.
AfterBirth, a Fourth and More Trimester Support Group
Show Notes:
HEB is the best store ever. Dr.B is #HEBPositive https://www.heb.com/
Bev's anxiety is in the front seat with her.
Katelin says that this homeschool curriculum is on sale from Abeka
Schedule Suggestion from Amanda Moore from TLC doula group http://tlcdoulagroup.com/
Breakfast; Walk to park to wander and kick a ball; back for snack; short video; lunch; nap; snack; water play/sidewalk c...2020-03-2556 min
Preggers Can Be ChoosersAfterBirth: 3/17/20 Hitting is Bad......AfterBirth: 3/17/20 Hitting is Bad, Biting is Also a NO*
AftreBirth, a Fourth and More Trimester Support Group
Whelp, toddler time and how to manage the hitting and biting.
Keeping Toddlers Busy? https://www.instagram.com/busytoddler/?
Bev's baby is sick, and she's doing her best with fears around income and doctors and a sick boyfriend.
We talk about addiction management in a time of no live support groups (like 12 step), and coping mechanisms.
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Katelin recorded a...2020-03-211h 04
Preggers Can Be ChoosersAfterbirth 3/10/20 the MOM BOD EpisodeAfterBirth, A Fourth and More Trimester Support Group:
3/10/2020 The Mom Bod Episode
Mentioned in today's show:
Belly binding Mama Dee https://www.ibudoula.com/bengkungbellybinding
Hooping, how Tiff and I met! www.punkrockhoops.com
Power of Habit Book https://www.amazon.com/Power-Habit-What-Life-Business/dp/1400069289/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=
Sunglasses: Mama Dee will not reveal her source. Sorry. I tried.
Lizzo Link ~ https://youtu.be/R-bTXghSP7Y Get the TEMPO
Spinning Babies Aware Practioner https://spinningbabies.com/
Link...2020-03-1049 min
Preggers Can Be ChoosersAfterbirth: 3/3/20 Emotions, Resilience, Role ModelsAfterBirth, A Fourth and More Trimester Support Group:
3/3/20 Emotions, Resilience, Role Models
Today we focused on emotional resiliency. And Tank Girl.
Bev threw it out to the group that her oldest needs help. Rowan had just seen this
https://confidentchildsummit.com which seems chock full of resources.
Bullet journaling as a way to look at feelings
https://www.carrieelle.com/bullet-journal-ideas-for-kids/
The Virus! Are we really DOOMED And why Rowan found this article. helpful
https://medium.com/@amwren/forget-about-the-death-rate-this-is-why-you-should-be-worried-about-the-coronavirus-890fbf9c4de6
Lastly, and appallingly, Rowan was the only pe...2020-03-0454 min
Preggers Can Be ChoosersAfterBirth: 2/25/20 The SAD AF EpisodeAfterBirth, A Fourth and More Trimester Support Group:
2/25/20 The SAD AF Episode
If you need a good cry, skip the Steel Magnolias viewing and listen in with us.
Why?
Sad, we sad. Get yourself a healthy dose of crying and right on the edge of losing our shit right over here. Step right up, no waiting, there is enough for everyone. UGH.
Rowan's beloved cat is missing and presumed dead, Katelin is having a significant anniversary of the day her mother died and can't grieve like she'd like cause h...2020-02-2647 min
Preggers Can Be ChoosersElephant in the Womb: Breech Babies Have Inside Information w/Nicole Morales, CPMAvoiding being traumatized by the Cesarean you haven't had yet.
Birth Story Listening which is how Nicole and I met!
Spinning Babies® Aware Practioner workshop https://spinningbabies.com/spinning-babies-aware-practitioner-workshop/
Spinning Babies® Breech Resources https://spinningbabies.com/product/helping-your-breech-baby-turn/
Nicole Morales, CPM Art of Opening
Sand Diego Breech Resourceshttp://breechbirthsd.com/
Breech Release, a baby that finds its way down by it's own accord, instead of by force.
Nizhoni midwifery education https://www.nizhoniinstitute.edu/about-nizhoni/
Karen Strange, NeoNatal resuscitation, Go if you can cau...2020-02-2045 min
Preggers Can Be ChoosersAfterBirth: 2/11/20 When Self Care is a Locked DoorAfterBirth, A Fourth and More Trimester Support Group:
2/11/20 When Self Care is a Locked Door
Katelin hosts while Rowan is out of town at the Spinning Babies Aware Practioner training, wheeeee.
Sometimes self-care is ten minutes to yourself or hiding upstairs so the kids don't know you are home when their other parent is in charge, or saying no to getting married before you are ready.
And sleep, having someone else hold the baby or toddler or doing whatever.
And lots of "Fuck offs!!!" at the end there, so t...2020-02-1957 min
Preggers Can Be ChoosersAfterBirth: 2/18/20 SEX Series, 3/3AfterBirth, A Fourth and More Trimester Support Group:
2/18/20 MORE SEX TALK!!! With gritty deets and whats up.
Yikes, I sound like I'm repping a hotline. Which I'm not. But have no issue with.
Oh, and body issues, sensitivities, the cycle of yes no yes while being pregnant and postpartum.
Links mentioned in today's show are:
Pussy Massage Video! w/Adina Rivers
BEST EPISODE EVER! The Pleasure is Ours, Episode 3 on GoopLab Netflix with Betty Dodson
And MamaD mentioned a steamer on IG https://www.instagram.com...2020-02-1856 min
Preggers Can Be ChoosersAfterBirth: 2/4/20 SEX 2/3 EpisodeAfterBirth, A Fourth and More Trimester Support Group:
2/4/20 DTF Episode
So.
What does it take to get you DTF?* What if you just wanna touch and be snuggly, does that have to lead to more? Which one of us finally got to take a bath, perhaps thinking about using a special bathtub toy, only to have their 6 years old open all the locked doors to come tell them something.
OOF, relatable.
Also, Elderberry syrup recipe. Tiff adds in Tumeric, buys her supplies from here. Mountain Rose Herbal would also be a...2020-02-0458 min
Preggers Can Be ChoosersAfterBirth: 1/28/20 Let's Talk About SEX 1/3AfterBirth, A Fourth and More Trimester Support Group:
1/28/20 Let's Talk About SEX
"It's like I've been touched all day as a mom, and I need a transition in touch/emotion to get to sexy person."
CAN YOU RELATE?
Hop in here and give us a listen or even better join us next week cause we are gonna keep talking about this.
Quick, order this toy so you can report in if it is as fun as this review. Learn more: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07GZHJ3NL/ref=cm...2020-01-2952 min
Preggers Can Be ChoosersAfterBirth: 1/21/20 Losing Our Sh!z w/Our KidsAfterBirth, A Fourth and More Trimester Support Group:
1/21/20 Losing Our Sh!z w/Our Kids
"I get so angry at myself for not controlling my own emotions while being upset at him for not controlling his emotions."
Talking over guilt, kids flipping out, the neighbor calling the police, kids saying mean things, transcending the urge to snarkily say, "Whelp, ask your new mom for that then," and how to create a calm soothing space (for the kids) to learn emotions and make decisions before acting.
Exploring the differences between how the othe...2020-01-2849 min
Preggers Can Be ChoosersAfterBirth: 1/14/20 Clearing the Birth Room, Setting BoundariesAfterBirth, a Fourth and more Trimester Support Group
My husband came into the bedroom, while the midwife was stitching me up, " They want to see the baby....."
Actual quote from today's group. ACTUAL QUOTE.
This shaped how MamaD planned every subsequent postpartum period, and how she managed people and visitors. Some wins, some not so much, but always fine-tuning the plan.
We also talked about how folks may be pissed if they can't run over and see your new baby, but as a recent client pointed out, its better if they are...2020-01-1545 min
Preggers Can Be ChoosersAfterBirth: 1/7/20 Holiday Recap and Morning RitualsAfterBirth, A Fourth and More Trimester Support Group
1/7/9 Holidays and Rituals*
AfterBirth is an online support group we record and document for the masses. Feeling lonely? No worries, we got ya.
Today we talked about holiday shenanigans, reviewed the Friend Making Exercise that Katelin, Dr.B and Rowan attended, and brainstormed ideas on what other fun classes for date nite, anniversary, or doing something fun for ourselves might be.
Mama Dee is a little down, Bev has mastitis.
We all had rituals that helped us be more "us" before o...2020-01-0748 min
Preggers Can Be ChoosersHow To Become a Midwife: DeShaun and Rowan talk Birthcenters and MedicaidMy people, DeShaun is serious about all this. Listen as we talk funding, opening a birth center, and what's up with Medicaid.
Harmonious Birthing ~ https://www.facebook.com/Harmoniousbirthing2/
Article ~ Pregnant and Uninsured in Texas https://www.propublica.org/article/the-extraordinary-danger-of-being-pregnant-and-uninsured-in-texas
Chat With Milea re cultural competency ~ https://youtu.be/URwXqZPTVTY
Medicaid and Birth centers in Texas ~ http://public.tmhp.com/FeeSchedules/Default.aspx
Birth Centers Make Midwifery Scaleable
You don't have to be a midwife to own a birth center (state-dependent)
AABC ~ How to St...2020-01-0651 min
Preggers Can Be ChoosersElephant in the Womb: Meet MaryElephant in the Womb: Practical Prenatal Ed
Meet Mary!
Y'all, I want you to meet Mary. She is special to me cause she's my practice partner and i think shes the bees knees, but what she can do for you (esp if you are preggers or seeking to become pregnant) is pretty well-captured bu this quickie interview.
She's also here to rep for the postpartum peeps who need the help getting back to homeostasis.
So listen up, and see if you need her. Pro Tip: Use the Book Now button to sch...2019-12-2703 min
Preggers Can Be ChoosersElephant in the Womb: 12/16/19 Labor Whispering, What that?!!Elephant in the Womb: 12/16/19 Labor Whispering, What that?!!
Elephant in the Womb: Practical Prenatal Ed
Mary and Rowan chat about one of their service options, Labor Whispering Massage, and WHY folks don't go into labor. Or if they do, what starts slowing the roll.
There are 4 basic reasons why labor doesn't start or progress, and our gig is to help which it is, and come up with a plan and some homework to get it going.
So listen up, and see if you need us.
FYI This is a g...2019-12-1825 min
Preggers Can Be ChoosersAfterbirth: 12/10/19 MYOB about MY Family SizeAfterBirth, A Fourth and More Trimester Support Group:
AfterBirth: 12/10/19 MYOB about the Size of my Family
Topic: Unslolicitated Opinions about our Family Size
Ever wanted to shriek "MIND YOUR OWN BIZZZZNASSSSSS" like Mary Catherine Gallagher when you get an unsolicited comment like these?!!!
"Don't y'all know how to watch television?"
"When are you going to try for a boy?"
"You have your hands full!"
So we talk this out, esp cause Mama D shared her big secret.
...2019-12-111h 02
Preggers Can Be ChoosersHow to Become a Midwife: 11/25/19 Cultural Competency with a side of Cervical Scar TissueHow to Become a Midwife: 11/25/19 Cultural Competency with a side of Cervical Scar Tissue
My fellow newbie Houston midwife Malea and I chat out competency for different cultures interspersed with Cervical Scar Tissue remediation thoughts.
So here you go! A list of what we chatted about as we went through the video (video version found on Youtube)
Also, I don't know what happened here but my language is salty as a sailor, so if that's not for you just peruse the links.
Preggers Can Be Choosers www.preggers.rocks
Th...2019-12-111h 42
Preggers Can Be ChoosersAfterBirth: 11/12/19, Friend Making Exercise, What Be That?AfterBirth, A Fourth and More Trimester Support Group:
Topic: Making Friends, Batteling Anxiety
I (Rowan) used to have a nutbar therapist that I ADORE named Patty Hewlitt, and she helped me come up with something we called the "friend-making exercise" which is essentially flexing the social muscle without drowning in anxiety and getting chewed up by the "what if monsters" as defined Tiff.
I tell a pretty funny story about an early nineties friend making exercise that went down at a Halloween Party in Montrose, with a plot twist!
Dr.B t...2019-11-1357 min
Preggers Can Be ChoosersAfter Birth: 10/29/19 It's the End of the World as We Know It, and I Feel FineAfterBirth, A Fourth and More Trimester Support Group:
AfterBirth: 10/29/19, It's the End of the World as We Know It, And I Feel Fine.
Topic: What prepares you for Parenthood?*
We read an email from the rad folks at www.mommastrong.com
I never would have imagined how unprepared I would feel when I became a mother. Having the actual baby, that I was prepared for, or so I thought. I had the baby showers, I took the baby classes, I read all the books and followed all the social media accounts. But being...2019-10-3054 min
Preggers Can Be ChoosersAfterBirth: 10/15/19 What Would You Tell Your Past Self About PPDAfterBirth, A Fourth and More Trimester Support Group:
AfterBirth: 10/15/19, Time Travel Edition
What Would You Tell Your Past Self About PPD?
What are the things you would tell your past pregnant self if you could, what are the things to let go of, and what could be done differently?
ZINGERS~ something that grabs you from nowhere and reroutes you, mostly in the negative direction. Term coined by Lisa Sacaris, who interestingly is known by 2/3 of the group in different capacities. https://www.instagram.com/lisasacaristextiles/
Katelin talks about the...2019-10-1755 min
Preggers Can Be ChoosersElephant in the Womb: Practical Prenatal Ed 10/9/19 Arvigo Therapy Maya Abdominal MassageElephant in the Womb: Practical Prenatal Ed
10/9/19 Arvigo Therapy Maya Abdominal Massage
Mary and Rowan chat about one of their service options, Arvigo Therapy, and then it rolls into a chat about consent, privacy, and how we want you to have the safest most healing opportunity possible, our goal is to help your body find homeostasis. We want to teach you how to heal your body.
FYI This is a good session to watch/listen too if you are considering hiring Mary and Rowan for your midwifery care, our personalities and how we pr...2019-10-0951 min
Preggers Can Be ChoosersAfterBirth: 10/1/19 Critical Turning Points in PPD RecoveryAfterBirth, A Fourth and More Trimester Support Group:
10/1/19 Critical Turning Points in PPD Recovery
I wanted to ask the folx in the group, what were turning points or events that were most critical for you on moving through postpartum depression.
Both Tiff and Katelin had baller insight, and I threw out and Dr.B verified that research confirms that hormone drops can bring on depression and anxiety, so the birthing person may feel like they were out of the woods with the timeline of developing a mood disorder, but in fact there are...2019-10-0243 min
Preggers Can Be ChoosersElephant in the Womb: 10/1/19 PostPartum Depression after a Perfect HomeBirthElephant in the Womb: Practical Prenatal Ed
10/1/19 PostPartum Depression after a Perfect HomeBirth
Talking to our girl Wren about how she had two pretty idyllic homebirths, and still battled the mother of all postpartum periods, with depression, anxiety, agoraphobia and everything that rolls into that.
Hear the tools that worked for her and those that didn't in this candid chat.
I think this is important to look at because folks often assume (birth professionals included) that if you have an untraumatic and groovy overall birth, that everything is set
A...2019-10-0145 min
Preggers Can Be ChoosersElephant in the Womb 9/24/19: Talking Birth Photography w/Stephanie ShirleyElephant in the Womb: Practical Prenatal Ed
9/24/19 Talking Birth Photography w/Stephanie Shirley
Talking to Shirley about getting the most out of your labor and birth photos. Yay or Nay on ~
flash
lighting
birth team cohesion
makeup
labor wants and needs
when to call the photographer (whoops)
and the power of how birth photography is changing the landscape of birth.
We also like each other a bunch, so you can see how we goof off together. And on a side note, Shirley was there when I decided to pursue midwifery. Like I couldn't st...2019-09-2643 min
Preggers Can Be ChoosersAfterBirth: 9/16/19 Relationships, Change and TOUCHED OUT AFAfterBirth: 9/16/19 Relationships, Change and TOUCHED OUT AF
AfterBirth is a fourth and more postpartum support group.
Amazing host Katelin led the group in talking about sex, how Touched Out means also the spouse, Martha asked her hubs if he wanted her to just lay there, Tiff told her spouse that alone time meant no one asking her anything and that included him.
Tiff also wondered where all her friends went after she had the kids, and how moving has been a good step so far. (Like we miss her locally, but notice how m...2019-09-1948 min
Preggers Can Be ChoosersAfterBirth: 9/03/19 Kids and the InternetAfterBirth: 9/03/19 Kids and the Internet
AfterBirth, a Fourth and More Trimester Support Group
Lawd, like how are you going to make decisions around this, especially when your husband's brother lets their same age daughter watch "butts jiggling and women dancing on cars" and you don't want your four-year-old daughter in on that yet.
Join us while we navigate the hard stuff, the funny stuff and everything in between. Together. #solidarity
Join us in our FB group~ https://www.facebook.com/groups/PCBCAfterBirth/
Text reminders so you can join us LI...2019-09-0452 min
Preggers Can Be ChoosersAfterBirth: 8/20/19 Fear, Gun Violence and Kids in SchoolAfterBirth, a Fourth and More Trimester Support Group
AfterBirth: 8/20/19 Fear, Gun Violence and Kids in School
Whelp, after the last couple of weeks and of course the last 20 years, fear for our children's safety is on our minds. Solidarity, know your local gun laws, and let's figure out together how to be brave and scared and good parents all at the same time.
Join us in our FB group~ https://www.facebook.com/groups/PCBCAfterBirth/
Text reminders so you can join us LIVE, alternating Tuesdays at 11 central right here https://tapit...2019-08-2146 min
Preggers Can Be ChoosersChoosers 8/18/19 Talkin Vasectomy w/SharfetterChoosers 8/18/19 Talkin Vasectomy w/Sharfetter
Choosers, where we explore different pregnancy outcomes and birth and fertilty choices.
Adrian and I were co-workers at Houston Community College somewhere in the vicinity of 2004-2007, and we weren't especially close but have stayed in touch via social media. I noticed a post he had a few weeks ago and wanted to ask him about it. Like besides my brother, I don't know of any cis-gendered dudes that have gotten a vasectomy because they did not want to have children, and didn't want to lay that responsibility on their pa...2019-08-1821 min
Preggers Can Be ChoosersChoosers: 8/13/19 IVF to Adoption w/JoliChoosers: 8/13/19 IVF to Adoption w/Joli
Choosers, where we explore different pregnancy outcomes and birth choices.
Joli and I are buddies, in the same TLC Doula Group, and in general love each other. When she was going through her IVF journey I wasn't really hip to what all that entailed, so if you aren't either this might be to much deets.
She's got two little ones now, and she feels like they were always meant to be part of her family. So layers of emotions there!
Joli doula deets ~ https://thepainteddoula.co...2019-08-1436 min
Preggers Can Be ChoosersChoosers: 8/12/19 Abortion, A Mental Health DecisionChoosers: 8/12/19 Abortion, A Mental Health Decision
Choosers, where we explore different fertilty, pregnancy outcomes and birth choices.
I meet Lacey years ago when she was pregnant and suicidal. Her dr, her husband and even I had no idea what to do, except I knew she wasn't going to survive the pregnancy. SO this is what happened, and how she feels about it 5 years later.
If you are wanting similar services, use the keywords Full Spectrum Doula in your search.
Lacey deets on IG ~ https://www.instagram.com/lacerazor/
Join us...2019-08-1334 min
Preggers Can Be ChoosersAfterBirth: 8/6/19 Post-Adoption DepressionAfterBirth: 8/6/19 Post-Adoption Depression
AfterBirth, a Fourth and More Trimester Support Group
Yall, this is pure goldy gold GOLD
Mama D starts by telling us what's up with parenting a newly promoted middle child after the birth of her third baby and navigating being the mean mom.
New friend Martha tells us how she is wading through postpartum depression that has hit like a ton of bricks after she adopted her son. And this isn't talked about much. But WE ARE TALKING NOW. So Good. Major snaps to Martha for opening her heart, like it was everything. Same feels, with a...2019-08-0748 minPreggers Can Be ChoosersElephant in the Womb: 7/30/19 The #1 Must Have to get the Birth You Want, Camellia May #RealTalkElephant in the Womb: Prenatal Education for the Preggers Person. Period.
EIW: 7/30/19 The #1 Must Have to get the Birth You Want, w/ Camellia May, old school midwife who started practice in the '80s.
Camellia says the way to stack the odds for getting the birth you want is to get the magical CBE, otherwise known as Child Birth Education. We also talk about the value of doulas, and how they can really facilitate a positive birth experience.
Also gave the 411 on the length of a typical first time birthing person, and shared abou...2019-07-3132 minPreggers Can Be ChoosersAfterBirth: 7/23/19 Pj Tells her Birth Story, PP AnxietyAfterBirth: 7/23/19 Pj Tells her Birth Story, and talks about Post Partum Anxiety
AfterBirth is an online support group that happens alternating Tuesdays, and we use the audio for this podcast. Why? So if you miss an episode with your beezies you can listen when you are up doing that middle of night feeding, or when you are lonely for us, or need some company. OR OR OR WHATEVER, we are here.
Pj had her baby after having the shittiest of pregnancies, and got her tubes tied. And then got post partum anxiety. So we listen a...2019-07-2451 minPreggers Can Be ChoosersAfterBirth: 7/6/19 Mama D tells her Birth Story!AfterBirth: 7/6/19 Mama D tells her Birth Story!
AfterBirth, a fourth and more postpartum support group.
Mama D got that homebirth, so we hear all the deets about that butterbirth, and then we talk about traveling, moving and returning to work postpartum!
Join us in our FB group~ https://www.facebook.com/groups/PCBCAfterBirth/
Text reminders so you can join us LIVE, alternating Tuesdays at 11 central right here https://tapit.us/jdoa5
As always, you can find us at www.Preggers.rocks in Houston Texas.
Alert ~ Be wary, w...2019-07-1954 minPreggers Can Be ChoosersChoosers: 7/16/19 Miscarriage, At Home w/Andrea LewisChoosers: 7/16/19 Miscarriage, At Home w/Andrea Lewis
Choosers, where we explore different pregnancy and birth choices.
I met Andrea at her sister's birth where she was the doula, and I was the midwife. Later on, she reached out to me, I supported her as she miscarried, and we met up virtually to chat out resources, options, and what we are doing now as a result of that experience.
Andrea's doula deets ~ https://www.facebook.com/BirthReclaimed/
Join us in our FB group~ https://www.facebook.com/groups/PCBCAfterBirth/
Text rem...2019-07-1845 minPreggers Can Be ChoosersElephant in the Womb 7/2/19 Planning PostPartum w/Dr.BlytheElephant in the Womb: Prenatal Education for the Preggers Person.
7/2/19 Planning PostPartum w/Dr.Blythe
Y'all, planning your postpartum, and by that I mean from right after birth till 6 months, is the key to making it through. We have Dr.Blythe talk to us about how to anticipate if you will get a PPD, or PPA or allll the things.
Hope on and lets chat!
Join us in our FB group~ https://www.facebook.com/groups/PCBCAfterBirth/
T...2019-07-0533 minPreggers Can Be ChoosersElephant in the Womb: 6/4/19 Safety First! for the Preggers BodyElephant in the Womb: Prental Education for the Preggers Person.
6/4/19 Safety First! for the Preggers Body
This topic was brought up because Mary Bratcher, EMT, LMT and aspiring midwife and she is speaking about information gathered at the Red Duke Trauma Symposium.
Injury breakdown by percentage:
55% Motor Vehicle Collisions
25% Falls
20% Abuse - but falls oftentimes are grouped into this category, just be aware of questions care providers/health care workers/EMS may pose. It is in no way personal.
National Abuse Hotline 1-800-799-safe
...2019-06-0425 minPreggers Can Be ChoosersAfterBirth: 5/28/19 Best PostPartum Practices with some Real Talk about PP DepressionAfterBirth: 5/28/19 Best PostPartum Practices
AfterBirth: A 4th and more Postpartum Support group
Katelin hits the Penis Museum in Iceland.
MamaD shares about her postpartum care kits at that she designed according to the Malay traditions, gives us a walkthrough. Found at
ibudoula.com
Tiff talks about her #momcation, and how it felt when she came home.
Big feels and frank conversation about postpartum depression creeping up.
Surprise reveal to Tiff about a major motivator of why this support group was formed.
Liver and health...2019-05-2855 minPreggers Can Be ChoosersAfterBirth 5/14/2019 Conflict and Sleep TransitionsAfterBirth 5/14/2019 Conflict and Sleep Transitions
AfterBirth, a Fourth And More Support Group!
First thing Mama Dee tells us about water guns and getting into it with other parents. We have a chat about gun safety, and guns in homes, and raising kids around guns. (Hey, this is Texas.)
Dr.Blythe rises to the occasion when the neighbors come looking for a fight, and PJ role models some chill funeral director style when shiz goes sideways with her neighbors.
Also featured is the Cry Out Method, which sucked but worked, and the secret guilt harbored for using...2019-05-1449 minPreggers Can Be ChoosersAfterBirth 5/25/18 The JJ Way, and Improving Outcomes
AfterBirth 4th and more Trimester support group
5/25/18 The JJ WAY
Katelin is having a week. Pumping while traveling.
Talking about the JJ Way, a cool model of care. Designed to reduce poor maternal and infant outcomes. How to do something instead of nothing. Created by the amazing Jennie Joseph! https://www.commonsensechildbirth.org/jjway/
We spent a long time talking birth and birth centers.
Rowan gets all excited about the diversity of the group.
Shout out to Midwife in...2019-05-1058 minPreggers Can Be ChoosersAfterBirth: 3/21/18 HomeSchooling and Whatever Else is on Your Mind
AfterBirth, a 4th and more Support Group
3/21/18 HomeSchooling and Whatever Else is on Your Mind
Bullying while in public school, keeping our kids safe.
The pressure of when and where to get kids in school.
Katelin shares a new term, "Screen sitter."
Dr.Blythe updated her postpartum resource list.
Pat Greer's Kitchen for being our sponsors!
Wanna join the FB group? htt...2019-05-1051 minPreggers Can Be ChoosersAfterBirth: 4/1/18 Teething! And Black Maternal HealthAfterBirth: 4/1/18 Teething! And Black Maternal Health
AfterBirth, A Fourth and More Trimester Support Group
My cat Vetiver bites me in the beginning, sorry about that.
Desiree joins us! From Baltimore! Cel is at work, Terhea is at the washeteria and is starting birth workers of color group in Houston! Black Maternal Health week is coming up! Shades of Blue Project gets a shout out
We have a major side chat about black maternal health, and even though the volume gets variable its important to here what Desiree and Terhea are up t...2019-05-1047 minPreggers Can Be ChoosersAfterBirth: 5/19/18 Boundaries and Pumping on a Plane
AfterBirth: A 4th and more Postpartum Support group
5/19/18 Boundaries and Pumping on a Plane
Boundaries while postpartum, carving out personal time. laying it DOWN.
Pumping while traveling. And guess what? A breast pump does not count against your carry one numbers!
Shout out to Midwife in the Heights and Pat Greer's Kitchen for being our sponsors!
Wanna join the FB group?
Text reminders right here. https://bit.ly/2CLXsRd
As always, you can find us at ww...2019-05-0758 minPreggers Can Be ChoosersAfterBirth: 1/09/19 Holiday ShenanigansAfterBirth: 1/09/19 Holiday Shenanigans
Mama D's baby projectile vomits, and then everybody gets the crud, kinda like that episode of the Office. So it wasn't the fireworks that kept everyone up, it was the vomiting.
Also processing grief while in a hunting blind (hey this is Texas). We get a Muslim cultural lesson on rituals of death, which helped us to support Mama D better.
Paige is 4 weeks postpartum! Nipples are adjusting to "hungry fiend" Willow. Katelin tries to talk her through joining the group and navigating tech. And she had a birth center birth with local midwife Jackie Gr...2019-05-0750 minPreggers Can Be ChoosersAfterBirth: 1/22/19 New Years Resolutions? NOPE.AfterBirth: 1/22/19 New Years Resolutions? NOPE.
Stella lays all over Rowan's clean massage sheets.
Rowan and Paige talk about the birth of Willow, and how labor is a transformative journey.
We talk about personal development, addiction and alcoholism, and how to track what are the touchstones of crafting our best days.
Dr.B eats a (vegan) taco from El Rey in front of a pt. cause she's been vegan for two days.
Katelin is struggling with overwhelm and doesn't see a way to navigate the neediness.
As always, yo...2019-05-0655 minPreggers Can Be ChoosersAfterBirth: 3/5/19 What Ya the MOST Proud of?AfterBirth: 3/5/19 What Ya the Proudest of?
Because who you are goes beyond parenting, yes? Fill us in on your most hell yeah moments and achievements.
Also, PJ has some news!
Adilah gets feedback on some Arabic names, and here is her birth crush, Angela Gallo. https://www.instagram.com/the_angela_gallo
Dr.B and Rowan talk about their mother Susan because today is her birthday.
Alert ~ Be wary, we are a little sweary. Get your earbuds if you are concerned about tender ears and sensibilities.
As alw...2019-05-0657 minPreggers Can Be ChoosersAfterBirth 3/19/19 Kids, Candy, and Food ChoicesAfterBirth: 4th and More Trimester Support Group 03/19/19
Candy and Kids, welcome to Hell. Oh wait, what other food tips do you have?
Well, that was fun. We talked about letting our kids eat candy till they puked. Only one of us has done it though. Tune in to see who!
Midwife and overall badass Pati joined us from Trinidad, and we went over some of the more technical aspects of how and why this group is crafted. Check out the birth center where Pati works! http://mamatoto.net/
Alert ~ Be wary...2019-05-0548 minPreggers Can Be ChoosersAfterBirth 4/02/19 Moving w/ Children.AfterBirth: 4th and More Trimester Support Group 04/02/19
Moving w/ Children
It's a drag, and has to happen sometimes. So here are some hot tips to success and burmese tiger traps to avoid.
We had some crying, some hearts and some epic pissed off ness. And we are here for all of it. #solidarity
Alert ~ Be wary, we are a little sweary. Get your earbuds if you are concerned about tender ears and sensibilities.
www.preggers.rocks
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Self Care.
Sometimes it sucks, sometimes it is divine. Either way, we gotta do it to maintain the body and the mind. We talk about the good, the glamorous and why self-care is beyond what is easy. You gotta fight, for your right, to (self-care) PAAAAARRRRTTTTTYYYYYY. The Beasties were right.
Shout out to Katelin for showing some salty self care and setting the boundaries, and Mama Dee for her vulnerability over Notre Dame burning.
Alert ~ Be wary, we are a little sweary. Get your earb...2019-05-0154 minPreggers Can Be ChoosersAfterBirth: 04/30/19 ~ Weaning ~Afterbirth: 4th and More Trimester Support Group 04/30/19
WEANING!
Y'all! This has all the makings of a tele novella. The drama, the guilt, and the second guessing! Too soon, too early, too late and everything in between. Ultimately we came up with a strategy for Katelin, how weaning is the beginnings of teaching consent and body boundaries. Shout out to cabbage leaves!
Mama D reveals her new postpartum offering. Lindsey brought new baby Elle, and Tiff wrote in afterward on the FB group that her kids were being brats and she missed it and she...2019-04-3040 minPreggers Can Be ChoosersAfterBirth: Documentary - “Death by Delivery” reviewToday we talked about how shook up Rowan and Dr. Blythe were after attending "Death By Delivery," a documentary at the extreme statistic that ALL Black women in the US pretty much receive substandard care, and are 3-12 times more likely to die. Pj shared her rough AF postpartum journey, and the crew chimed in with never-ending laundry piles and time management overwhelm.
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Hang out with us while we idea bounce and commiserate about calling poison control.
*asking for a friend
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