Becoming Parents - Birth Stories and Birthwork Wisdom

Dec 11 2024 352 ep. 50 mins 96

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All about the struggles, surprises, joys, and exhaustion of birth and birthwork. Sharing stories about birth, birthwork, and everything it entails - infertility, miscarriage, pregnancy, labor and delivery, bottle feeding, breastfeeding & relactation, self-care after birth, sex to get pregnant and after kids, birth options, to medicate or not to medicate, adoption, midwife vs hospital, and running a successful birthwork business.

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Domestic Violence, & Cancer while Pregnant with Rebeccah Silence - S7 E49

Dec 11 2024 34 mins

I was in a domestic violence marriage with my oldest and because of her, got us out and reinvented myself so that I could be a mom that she could be proud of. With my youngest I was diagnosed with cancer and given only a 5% chance to live while I was 7 months pregnant. I couldn't be the mom I wanted to be, I couldn't even really hold her let alone take care of her for the first ye

C-Section, Son Needed Craniotomy, Strokes, and Speech Therapy with Jeaneen Tang S7 E48

Dec 04 2024 32 mins

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Unexplained Infertility for 16 Years to Adoption Through Washoe County with Monica Esquerra S7 E47

Nov 29 2024 36 mins

LOCAL EDITION EPISODE! - struggled with unexplained infertility for 16 years ( actively trying) - foster to adopt through Washoe county - adoption placement 6/2021 ( long tedious battle ) - 11/4/22 final adoption day and forever ours - with this adoption journey it took me out of the medical field ( supervisor of medical assistants ) and then home for almost 2 years, starting back

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Nov 27 2024 36 mins

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Too Much Alcohol, Getting Sober After Miscarriage, Speaking, Writing & Coaching Others with Duncan Bhaskaran Brown S7 E44

Nov 20 2024 28 mins

I was drinking too much We tried to start a family My wife had a miscarriage I wasn't much help I stopped drinking Almost nine months to the day after I stopped our daughter was born I'm a speaker and an author. If you want to read my last book, Get Over Indulgence, you can grab it here: https://dl.bookfunnel.com/gd99b9hhj6 . You can also read my latest book,

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Parenting as Post Trauma Recovery Work in Action with Emily Cleghorn S7 E40

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