Tune in to this discussion with certified doula Amelia Protiva as we explore what she wishes she know before giving birth. The episode includes:

1️⃣ Embrace the Ever-Changing Journey of Breastfeeding

2️⃣ Nurturing Your Postpartum Mental Health

3️⃣ The Sacred Art of Self-Care and the Power of Rest

4️⃣ The Non-Birthing Parent's Journey

5️⃣ Setting Boundaries with Love

To learn more about Anja Health, order an Anja Health Stem Cell Collection Kit, or find more placenta and umbilical cord blood banking, pregnancy, and birth resources, visit us at https://www.anjahealth.com. Join our free community for new parents: https://anjahealth.com/community

To learn more about Anja Health, order an Anja Health Stem Cell Collection Kit, or find more placenta and umbilical cord blood banking, pregnancy, and birth resources, visit us at https://www.anjahealth.com. Join our free community for new parents: https://anjahealth.com/community

Today, we're reviewing tips to potentially prevent tearing during birth - learn about your perineum and watch our full YouTube video (linked below) to see us walk you through perineal tips!

To learn more about Anja Health, order an Anja Health Stem Cell Collection Kit, or find more placenta and umbilical cord blood banking, pregnancy, and birth resources, visit us at https://www.anjahealth.com. Join our free community for new parents: https://anjahealth.com/community

To learn more about Anja Health, order an Anja Health Stem Cell Collection Kit, or find more placenta and umbilical cord blood banking, pregnancy, and birth resources, visit us at https://www.anjahealth.com. Join our free community for new parents: https://anjahealth.com/community

Explore the possibilities behind cord blood, cord tissue, and placenta banking. We interview two OB/GYNs about their professional and personal experiences with cord blood banking, and we review how it works.

To learn more about Anja Health, order an Anja Health Stem Cell Collection Kit, or find more placenta and umbilical cord blood banking, pregnancy, and birth resources, visit us at https://www.anjahealth.com. Join our free community for new parents: https://anjahealth.com/community

Tune into for this impactful conversation with midwives Katrina George and Jessica Diggs as they offer their experience and perspectives on the essential process of selecting the right healthcare partner for your pregnancy, birth, and postpartum.

Together, we explored:

• The Obstetric and Midwifery Models of Care 

• Strategies you can use to research and find a maternity healthcare provider that best fits your family's unique circumstances

• Navigating the US Healthcare system as a birthing person

• Building a collaborative relationship with your provider

• How to be your best self-advocate

Katrina George is a certified nurse midwife and an international board certified lactation consultant. She is an advisory board member for Mind Body Baby NC and participates in the NC American College of Nurse-Midwives legislative committee. Katrina is an adjunct faculty at Frontier Nursing University, where she obtained her masters and doctorate of nursing practice. She began her career in midwifery in an accredited freestanding birthing center, then began practicing full scope midwifery at a collaborative hospital-based practice. She is now at Quilted Health as the clinical director of a hospital-based, full scope, midwifery-led practice. Katrina is proud to say that she is a guyanese, first generation American, born in NY to a hard-working single mother. She is married to her college sweetheart and has a beautiful 2 year old son. You can connect with her online at QuiltedHealth.com or on LinkedIn.

Jessica Diggs is a Los Angeles-based licensed midwife, educator and co-founder of Centered. She’s been a birthworker and reproductive health educator since 2012. The trainings, her mentors, and ultimately, her first birth as a doula honed her interest in reproductive justice and empowering education. Jessica supports people and families through well-person care, home birth services, and conception support. She recently co-curated a community just for doulas and their businesses. When she’s not talking birth and bodies, she loves hosting dinner parties, eating, traveling and devouring a good book. You can connect with her online on JessicaDiggs.com, on Instagram, and on LinkedIn.

Debunk common pregnancy myths with us!

To learn more about Anja Health, order an Anja Health Stem Cell Collection Kit, or find more placenta and umbilical cord blood banking, pregnancy, and birth resources, visit us at https://www.anjahealth.com. Join our free community for new parents: https://anjahealth.com/community

Molly-Mae Hague has officially opened up about the birth of her first baby, Bambi, with boyfriend Tommy Fury last month in one of her more recent vlogs on YouTube. She described it as intense and painful, but she loved pushing because of her epidural.

In this episode, Amelia Protiva, a certified doula and Anja Health's head of community and Anja Health's founder Kathryn Cross discuss Molly-Mae's birth - recognizing the consequences of slow birth and how her providers helped her advocate for her wishes.

As a healthcare company with the mission of bettering birth, Anja Health is excited to discuss Molly-Mae's birth because it highlights the importance of advocating for parents' wishes during birth and the importance of self-care for new parents.

To learn more about Anja Health, order an Anja Health Stem Cell Collection Kit, or find more placenta and umbilical cord blood banking, pregnancy, and birth resources, visit us at https://www.anjahealth.com.

Join our free community for new parents: https://anjahealth.com/community

Join Certified Doula Amelia Protiva and Anja Founder Kathryn Cross as they explore all things pregnancy, birth, and postpartum with renowned special guests in the perinatal health and wellness industry. In this episode, Amelia talks with Dr. Anthony Porto, Chief Medical Director of Bobbie Labs, infant feeding expert, and the co-author of The Pediatrician’s Guide to Feeding Babies and Toddlers.

In this episode—

You can learn more about Dr. Porto's work at Bobbie Labs at hibobbie.com and labs.hibobbie.com

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Natalie Franke is a benign brain tumor warrior, mama bear for small business, and mom to two after a long, winding road through infertility and IVF. In today's episode of the Better Birth podcast, we kick off our new Journey To Parenthood series where we have honest, unfiltered conversations with modern parents on their true-to-life experiences in growing their families. Natalie brings it all, chatting about infertility and IVF, navigating the healthcare system, learning to be her own biggest advocate, and how community changes everything.

Connect with Natalie on her website, Instagram, and on TikTok. She's open to your DMs!

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