Join us for a journey through the fascinating history of motherhood, media, and medical expertise with professors Bethany Johnson and Margaret Quinlan. Gain insight into the causes and consequences diagnose pregnancy, medicalizing pregnancy and childbirth, and how technology and culture have long created a message that mothers are doing it wrong. Learn why we need to change that message and how we can.

In this episode, we explore the following questions:

· How have different forms of mothering expertise grown over history, and how has that development impacted women’s experience in mothering?

· What are some of the ways that social media proliferates expertise? How does the message of “you’re doing it wrong” impact our experience?

· What is the difference between lay and technical expertise and why does it matter for our mothering experience?

· How has postpartum care evolved over time and what does that means for the modern mothering experience?

· And, what strategies can we employ to combat the messages of “you’re doing it wrong”?

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