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136: Doulas and Birth Trauma Recovery

Birth Trauma, Birthing Support, Podcast, Pregnancy, pregnancy lossJanuary 28, 2018989Views 0Likes 0Comments

Many people still may not be clear about the role of a doula in prenatal, birth, and postpartum support. On today’s show, we’re focusing specifically on how a doula can help with trauma for the mother and reduce overall risks during the entire pregnancy and birth process. Courtney Butts is a Licensed Master Social…

83: Postpartum Attachment & Bonding

Podcast, Postpartum, PregnancyJanuary 21, 20181KViews 0Likes 0Comments

We are getting into some good stuff today about attachment and bonding in new parenthood. We are talking again with Dr. Juli Fraga about what all of this means and what it means for you and your baby. In particular, what might be going on for a mother experiencing a perinatal mood change. *We will be touching on the…

79: Stress Less – Mindful Perinatal Coping

Podcast, Pregnancy, Stress/ Burnout / PerfectionismDecember 4, 2017461Views 0Likes 0Comments

Dr. Diane Sanford is talking with us about coping skills for wellness! Pregnancy and postpartum mental health changes can really take you by surprise and leave you feeling disoriented. When we have skills for coping that we can rely on, it really helps us heal. Our guest, Dr. Dianed, has been supporting perinatal mothers for…

75: Expectful – Guided Meditation for Pregnancy Loss & Beyond

Podcast, Pregnancy, pregnancy lossOctober 30, 20171KViews 0Likes 0Comments

Expectful offers guided meditations for all of the transitions through motherhood from fertility, pregnancy, postpartum and motherhood. They heard feedback that many mothers who experienced pregnancy loss, didn’t have guided meditation support they needed. So, they teamed up with Dr. Jessica Zucker, who is well known for her strong advocacy through the #ihadamiscarriage campaign. Together, they made a beautiful…

74: Resilience building in pregnancy & postpartum

Podcast, Pregnancy, pregnancy lossOctober 21, 2017825Views 0Likes 0Comments

When you can really start to understand how stress and trauma affects you on a physiological level and emotional level, you can hold more compassion and understanding for yourself. Nkem Ndefo is on with us today, teaching, informing, shedding light on how to think realistically, holistically about stress. This is totally necessary to understand for pregnancy…

73: Perfection in new motherhood

Podcast, Pregnancy, Pressure / Myths of Motherhood, Stress/ Burnout / PerfectionismOctober 17, 2017773Views 0Likes 0Comments

Do you identify as a perfectionist? Do you feel like things need to be a certain way and if they aren’t, you feel unsettled? How did that affect you when you were trying to conceive, during pregnancy, birthing or postpartum? This is one of those things that really impacts the early stages of motherhood and parenthood…

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136: Doulas and Birth Trauma Recovery

83: Postpartum Attachment & Bonding

79: Stress Less – Mindful Perinatal Coping

75: Expectful – Guided Meditation for Pregnancy Loss & Beyond

74: Resilience building in pregnancy & postpartum

73: Perfection in new motherhood

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