 In this episode, Karen Strange shares insight into the transition all humans make when they are born. She takes us through the baby’s journey during labor and birth and describes how each baby shares their story, once mom and baby are back together. Karen gives practical tips to slow ourselves to match the baby’s pace and tools to communicate with newborns. Sometimes births don’t go as planned. That’s part of life. Luckily, integration is embedded in the sequence of birth (or we wouldn’t have survived for millenia). Karen explains how to facilitate integration and repair, especially when things don’t go as planned. Resources:  Link for preview of my Teachable course  resuscitation-of-the-newborn.teachable.com/p/irn-peek https://karenstrange.com BIOS Being one of the longest practicing American Academy of Pediatrics/Neonatal Resuscitation Program instructors, Karen Strange is truly a neonatal resuscitation guru.  Karen Strange became a midwife in 1988 in Texas and a Certified Professional Midwife in 1996. She teaches what birth professionals need to know to help, assist, and respond to a baby who isn’t breathing or breathing well, regardless of equipment and location of birth, while providing care in the least traumatic way.  Having taught over 10,000 learners, worldwide, Karen has been featured at global conferences, courses, lectures and podcasts. She is the creator and instructor of the workshop, and now online course, Integrative Resuscitation of the Newborn. Karen specializes in debriefing with birth professionals after complications, like a resuscitation, giving her a bird’s eye view of what tends to go well and what gets missed when it comes to responding during an emergency.  Karen has a deep passion for sharing the baby’s experience of birth and teaching practical tools to birth professionals and parents that support bonding and connection, before, during and after birth. Karen’s unique ‘baby’s experience lens’ gives practitioners a brand new perspective, and enables them to make quick decisions and take appropriate actions, while providing trauma-free care. 

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049 Transition from the womb to the world, from the baby's perspective

 In this episode, Teddy will be talking with us about  being a Full Spectrum Doula and how he came to be one. He will be discussing his journey so far as a Doula and also any unique challenges he has faced.  BIOS Timothy Gant, also known as Teddy, is a Full Spectrum Doula and Advocate. He recently started his path as a doula but is constantly growing every day. He first found his passion for birth work when his mother told him her birth story. Hearing her experience gave him a different outlook on life. It showed him how complex, yet beautiful pregnancy and birth can be. Every person on earth starts life this way, and he wants to be able to help as many birthers as he can have a safe and successful birth. After hearing everything about his mother’s experience, he felt a calling to dedicate his life to helping birthers have better experiences. Teddy’s passion for helping Birthing People has been there since he can remember.  Birthers bring new life into this world and deserve to be supported throughout the full journey. He can’t personally birth a child, but the next best thing is to help those who can. Birthing people hold a very special place in his heart,and he considers his duty to help each one have a safe, beautiful, and memorable birth experience. 

048 Teddy the Doula

  In this episode Staci discusses the importance of prenatal newborn care education. She describes her Newborn Care class and offers some helpful tips for caring for infants. Listeners will learn about creating a safe environment for growing children, and how and why to respect their baby from the very beginning.  BIOS Staci Knox is a certified Childbirth and Lactation Educator who teaches prenatal education in the Treasure Valley. In addition to teaching classes, which include childbirth and postpartum preparation, breastfeeding, newborn care, and more, she also creates placenta prints, provides postpartum visits, and jars herbal products for moms and babies, which she organically grows at home. Staci has a degree in Child Development with an emphasis on Early Childhood Education, and she is a certified Preschool Teacher. She has been working with children and families for 10 years in multiple settings. Staci’s passion for breastfeeding advocacy has led her to the Idaho Breastfeeding Coalition, which she is an active member of. She strives to normalize breastfeeding, home birth, and gentle attachment parenting. 

047 Positive Newborn Parenting

 In this episode, Holly Lammer, co-host of the podcast, talks about the hormones of birth, how do we define physiologic birth, how do the hormones work from a reproductive physiologic standpoint, and how we can support the hormones no matter what happens during the birth process. References: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4720867/ http://www.childbirthconnection.org/ http://www.childbirthconnection.org/maternity-care/role-of-hormones/ 

046 The Hormones of Birth

  In this episode, Jolene will discuss her experience with infertility, the toll it can take on your mental/physical health and relationships, and what its like to beat it.  Infertility affects 1 in 8 couples in the United States and is still considered taboo.  By sharing her story, Jolene hopes to bring light where there can be so much darkness.  Her experience led her down a lonely, confusing path for many years.  Feeling helpless, not knowing where to turn, left her mentally and physically unwell.  Now experiencing motherhood, she wants to share it all.  The good, the bad, the ugly, the beautiful parts of infertility and what it’s like to be a mom. Resources:  Nancy’s Nook Endometriosis Education:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/NancysNookEndoEd/ Mental Health Hotline:  https://www.mentalhealth.gov/get-help/immediate-help Prenatal Class:  https://www.embryoga.com EnVie Fitness:  https://enviefitnessidaho.com Idaho Stork:  https://www.idahostork.com Idaho Center for Reproductive Medicine:  https://idahoreproductive.com BIOS: Jolene Grizzle is married to her high school sweetheart, a photographer of people, a lover of animals, and a homebody.  After years of pain, frustration, misdiagnosis, and infertility; she is overjoyed to be a new mom to a beautiful baby girl. 

045 Jolene Grizzle: an Infertility Birth Story

 Today Soraya will be talking to us about the options for postpartum support in your neighborhood. As a society, we have lost our "villages" where we would receive the care and guidance from the matriarchs who were there to help us heal after birth. Postpartum doulas have grown in popularity as the emphasis has started to encompass not only birth, but that transformative period after birth as the family grows and strives to find their new normal. Postpartum doulas serve families in so many ways and provide the individualized care and attention that is so critical in the days, weeks and months following birth. Resources: First Forty Days:  https://www.amazon.com/First-Forty-Days-Essential-Nourishing/dp/1617691836/ref=sr_1_1?crid=30FK3419POL87&keywords=first+forty+days&qid=1583095007&sprefix=first+forty%2Caps%2C225&sr=8-1 The Wonder Weeks: https://www.amazon.com/Wonder-Weeks-Stress-Free-Guide-Behavior/dp/168268427X/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=the+wonder+weeks&qid=1583095151&sr=8-1 The Happiest Baby on the Block:  https://www.amazon.com/Happiest-Block-Revised-Updated-Second/dp/0553393235/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=the+happiest+baby+on+the+block&qid=1583095196&sr=8-1 Soraya Mazloomi is a certified labor and postpartum doula, placenta encapsulator and childbirth and postpartum educator. She is the owner of Boise Birth Services, a full spectrum doula agency that serves the Treasure Valley and surrounding areas. She is the Director of Education for Idaho Doula Associates and has been involved in and around the birth community for 8 years. She believes deeply that families deserve unconditional, unbiased support and works in her community both professionally and legislatively to protect and promote the rights of ALL families. 

044 Postpartum Doula Support

 In this episode we talk to Dr. Sayida Pepra. She discusses  how studies have identified implicit bias and lack of culturally appropriate care as a contributor to maternal health disparities as well as share how to  construct support strategies and interventions for pregnant, birthing and postpartum individuals with a history of transgenerational trauma.  We also spend quite a bit of time sharing about how you can identify and assess personal implicit biases.  Resources: Sayida's Website: www.DrSayidaPeprah.com (http://sayidapeprah.synthasite.com)   Diversity Uplifts Website: www.DiversityUplifts.org (https://diversityuplifts.yolasite.com)   Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrSayida   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drsayida/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/drsayida.uplifts.3 Dr. Sayida Peprah is a licensed clinical psychologist and birth doula, with over 10 years of experience in both fields. She specializes in multicultural psychology, trauma, suicide prevention and maternal mental health. Dr. Sayida has a multi-faced career as a psychologist, diversity and cross-cultural educator, and community-based doula program director. Dr. Sayida is also the Founder and Executive Director of the non-profit organization Diversity Uplifts, Inc., who's mission is “fostering diversity and supporting communities and the providers who serve them.”  An advocate for human rights in childbirth, Dr. Sayida is a member of the Black Women Birthing Justice Collective and a Collaborator with the Black Mamas Matter Alliance, promoting research, education and community-based services to positively transform the birthing experiences of black families. Dr. Sayida has served and continues to serve on advisory committees to improve maternal health including Perinatal Equity Initiative Committees, and formerly the California Maternal Suicide Review Committee and others aimed at identifying key risks and opportunities for quality improvement and prevention around disparities.  

043 Addressing Systematic Racism and Implicit Bias in Maternal/Child Healthcare

 In this episode, Tamara Rolan, a CNM discusses how she became interested in birthwork, the journey that brought her to Idaho, her philosophy and way of practicing with birthing families, and her experiences as a person of color in a predominantly white community.  Resources: https://www.stlukesonline.org/communities-and-locations/facilities/clinics/st-lukes-clinic-obstetrics-and-gynecology-meridian BIO: Tamara Rolan, CNM began her journey to midwifery as a volunteer doula at UNC hospitals in Chapel Hill, NC. Up until that point, she had no idea that midwives existed in the hospital setting. After a beautiful birth with a nurse-midwife, Tamara decided to pursue a career in midwifery. She attended nursing school at Winston Salem State University in North Carolina, and then midwifery school at Frontier Nursing University in Kentucky. A lifelong East Coast native, Tamara fell in love with Idaho and moved shortly afterwards to begin her midwifery career.  She currently attends births at a local hospital. Tamara believes that women should always be at the center of their own care, making informed decisions about their birth experiences. 

041 How families can navigate birth during these uncertain times and still have a positive birth experience.

 In this episode, Dr. Jay Warren talks with us about  the vital role that dads play in pregnancy, the birth experience, and in parenting and postpartum support.  He gives practical advice and  tools on how they can bond with baby starting in pregnancy and continuing on through the early newborn period. He also discusses the importance of self care for dad during this time, and how differences in parenting styles between partners can enhance the family experience and how to deal with the changes that come with the transformative journey to fatherhood. Resources:  Website: www.DrJayWarren.com Podcasts: Healthy Births, Happy Babies The Dadhood Journey Free pdf eBook "40 Ways to Connect to Your Baby During Pregnancy": www.drjaywarren.com/40ways Online course for Pregnant women, "Connecting with Baby": www.drjaywarren.com/cwb BIO: Dr. Jay Warren has been a prenatal and pediatric chiropractor for 19 years. He is also the Wellness Care Coordinator at the CAP Wellness Center in San Diego, CA where 90% of his practice is pregnant or postpartum women and babies under one year old. Dr. Jay now serves as an instructor for the ICPA teaching an online course called “Prenatal Care: Baby Centered Birth”. Dr. Jay is the host of 2 popular podcasts “Healthy Births, Happy Babies”, interviewing experts on perinatal care issues and “The Dadhood Journey”, where he shares real-life lessons and practical tools to support new dads in navigating their parenthood experience.  Dr. Jay has also created an online program, “Connecting with Baby” which guides pregnant women through processes to strengthen maternal bonding in-utero so that she is more confident as a parent and better able to soothe and connect with baby when they arrive. 

042 The Importance of Dads in Pregnancy, Birth and Postpartum

 In this episode, Amy Haderer, founder of [M]otherboard Birth talks to us about how we can use technology to streamline childbirth education and informed choice, and how it can help families and providers build relationships.  She will be discussing the importance of autonomy, agency, support, and education during birth and how to avoid trauma by treating families with dignity and respect.  We will also be chatting about the pros and cons of building birth plans, new ways to look at communication and collaboration, and how to use birthplans as a framework for education and communication. BIO: Amy Haderer is a childbirth assistant (doula), artist, birth activist, mother of six, and founder of Motherboard Birth. Ever since the birth of her first daughter, Amy has been passionate about guiding families through the challenging landscape of their birth experience.For over a decade, Amy has provided hands-on support to hundreds of families during the childbearing year. Amy saw a need for better education and better communication between parents and their care team. She is passionate about helping parents understand their options and make decisions based on the best available information. Amy is passionate about creating environments where families feel respected and heard, and providers understand what’s most important to the families they serve. www.motherboardbirth.com 

040 Using Technology as a Communication Tool: Birth Preferences and Informed Choice for a Better Birth Experience.

 In this episode, Lynelle King, a Lactation Consultant and Cranio-Sacral therapist who will be speaking with us about breastfeeding relationships and how we each have an opportunity to play an influential role in supporting, promoting and protecting those relationships.  As current chair of the Idaho Breastfeeding Coalition, she will be telling us about their 5 focus areas for the next couple of years to help increase breastfeeding in our state.  She will talk about the annual summit and how to get involved.  She will also tell us about her own private practice as a lactation consultant. BIO Lynnelle King is a private practice IBCLC and works out of her office in the Treasure Valley where she sees all ages of infants struggling with challenging breastfeeding concerns. Lynnelle also practices Craniosacral Therapy and regularly sees pediatric patients with a wide range of concerns including therapy for tongue and lip tie pre and post revision, plagiocephaly and torticollis.  Lynnelle holds a BS in Maternal Child Health, IBCLC, CLC, ALC, CLEC, CD(DONA) and is the mother of 8 children who were all breastfed.  She is serving as the Idaho Breastfeeding Coalition (IBC) Chair for the 2019-2020 term and her vision for families is reflected in the statement, 'There are no obstacles to Breastfeeding in Idaho'. She would love to encourage Idaho families and professionals who support breastfeeding to get involved as members of the Idaho Breastfeeding Coalition. There are 5 main focus areas of the coalition for the next 2 years and Lynnelle would love to add your perspective, experience and support to this exciting work.  RESOURCES:  https://www.facebook.com/idahobreastfeedingcoalition/ https://www.instagram.com/idahobreastfeeding/ Please join our breastfeeding photo shoots for the IBC by searching for the private FB group called:  IBC Summit Breastfeeding Project 

039 Supporting Breastfeeding: A Community Effort

038 Supporting Breastfeeding: A Community Effort

 Today Trista will be talking with us about paternal mental health and the importance of addressing the mental health of fathers during pregnancy and the postpartum time. Fathers are often left out of the perinatal process, yet they are one half of the parenting relationship. Trista will be talking about the prevalence of paternal mental health issues, risk factors, causes, symptoms and treatments, hormone implication gender bias and how children can be affected. Resources:  Saint Alphonsus Perinatal Mental Health Services   www.saintalphonsus.org/specialty/family-center Postpartum Support International  www.postpartum.net First Monday of the Month Call in for Dads Postpartum Stress Center www.postpartumstress.com Postpartum Progress  www.postpartumprogress.com Postpartum Men  www.postpartummen.comPostpartum Dads www.postpartumdads.org Bio: Trista Kovach, LCPC, is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor specializing in perinatal mood and anxiety disorders. After specializing in perinatal mood and anxiety disorders in private practice for over 11 years, Trista joined Saint Alphonsus in Boise in 2019 and developed a perinatal mental health program to support women and families struggling with pregnancy/postpartum adjustment. Trista graduated from Boise State University in 2006 with a Master's degree in counseling and received her undergraduate degree from Michigan State University in 1993. Trista also has advanced clinical training from the Postpartum Stress Center in Philadelphia and through Postpartum Support International. 

037 Paternal Mental Health

 In this episode, Manasi and Poorak Mody talk with us about why a large percentage of couples report a decline in their relationship satisfaction after having  a baby. They will be talking with us about how postpartum does not make your relationship weaker or harder to connect but highlights the weaknesses that already existed. Being aware of these weaknesses and acquiring the right relationship skills and mindset, couples can go from surviving to thriving during the postpartum period. Having a postpartum relationship plan is critical not just for harmony and joy in the postpartum period but for long term stability and fulfillment, family stability and emotional health of children. Resources: http://www.themodys.com/ http://www.facebook.com/themodys/ https://www.instagram.com/connected_couples/ BIOS Manasi & Poorak Mody are Certified Empowered Couples Coaches, Parents, Speakers, and Entrepreneurs. They have been  together for 17 years and married for 10. They are blessed to be parents to two amazing boys. They experienced a major upheaval in their personal identities, reality, and especially in their relationship after the birth of their first son. Their first pregnancy was spent in so much elation and anticipation but nothing prepared them for the emotional labor, sleepless nights, a constant crying colicky infant, lack of physical and emotional intimacy that created immense distance between them postpartum. There were little to no resources present that talked or discussed the identity shifts partners go through and nothing prepares partners to transition smoothly to parenthood. Manasi and Poorak, are out to make it the norm for couples to seek out empowering relationship skills. Rather than the current norm and wait to seek out “help” re-actively. 

036 Empowered Relationships: How To Keep Your Relationship Thriving After Baby

 Our discussion with Leslie Gunnerson, RN and perinatal loss specialist, focuses on pregnancy loss and infant death.  While sidestepping difficult conversations about death may often seem like a kindness, avoidance contributes to feelings of isolation, depression, and unresolved grief.  The loss of a baby at any gestation, or during the newborn period still includes a delivery experience and it is important to remember that this birth experience will remain with a family forever. We will discuss how a family can be supported in forming connections and cultivating healing and how to nurture the family unit even during times of intense emotional pain and into the days that follow. BIO:  Leslie Gunnerson, BSN-RN, CAPM has worked as an RN in Maternal-Child Health in the hospital setting since 1992.  She was a bedside nurse in the NICU for 22 years, and also worked providing maternal care and support in the outpatient setting with a focus on infant nutrition, staff and provider lactation education, family lactation support, and support of the refugee population.  Since 2018 Leslie has taken on the role of program manager for perinatal pailliative care, working to improve staff education, parent support, and alignment of services for families experiencing a life-threatening or life-limiting diagnosis during the perinatal period.  Leslie would love to have people join her private FB page, “St. Luke’s SHARE perinatal loss group.” gunnersl@slhs.org https://www.postpartum.net/get-help/loss-grief-in-prenancy-postpartum/ https://www.compassionatefriends.org/ https://www.marchofdimes.org/compications/loss-and-grief.aspx http://www.grieveoutloud.org/resources.html Video links: “How to Help a Grieving Friend” https://www.refugeingrief.com/2018/07/19/help-a-friend-video/ We don’t move on from grief . . . we move forward with it.  Ted talk by Nora Mcinerny. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khkJkR-ipfw 

034 Mindful Care During Perinatal Loss

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