Birth Kweens

Today we're talking about painful sex with Emily Sauer, the creator of Ohnut. Ohnut is a wearable tool that helps solve the problem of painful sex by customizing penetration depth without sacrificing sensation for you or your partner. In this episode we talk about the typical causes of painful sex (both physical and mental), how common it is, and how Ohnut can help. Use code BirthKweens at checkout to get a discount on your purchase (*offer valid until June 5, 2020). And don't forget to check out Ohnut's blog and follow them on Instagram!

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In this episode Karly and Ali explore some natural remedies for prevention and treatment of cold and flu symptoms. Finding safe treatment options while pregnant can be really tough so the kweens share their best tips and tricks to get you through the season of sickness!

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In this episode we're talking to Lindsay McCoy of One Strong Mama about pain during pregnancy and how exercise can be used to mitigate it. Lindsay is an Exercise Physiologist, birth doula, childbirth educator, and co-founder of the online prenatal exercise birth prep and recovery program, One Strong Mama. She is also one of the creators of the Body Ready Method professional training program that helps birth and fitness pros assess and train pregnant clients- specifically for core and pelvic floor optimization. She has helped thousands of pregnant people have more comfortable pregnancies, more efficient births, and smoother recoveries.

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Dominique Richey is back on the show to share the birth story of her third baby, Aminah! You may remember Dominique from episode 70 where she shared about her first two births (an unmedicated hospital birth and a home birth that included a significant shoulder dystocia). Preparing for this birth was different for Dominique because of the shoulder dystocia she experienced while giving birth to her son. She shares about the process of finding supportive care providers (the wonderful team at Bay Area Community Birth Center in Pasadena, TX), how she weighed the risks of a vaginal vs. cesarean delivery when making her birth plan, and how Aminah's birth unfolded. It's a wonderful episode with an awesome repeat guest and we're so excited we get to share her story with you!

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Mary and Ryan Lee join us to share about the exciting birth of their first child, Thea. (You may remember Ryan from episode 8 where he talked with us about healing the scar tissue that remains after a cesarean.) Thea's birth was fast and furious and although Ryan and Mary had planned a hospital birth, Thea decided to come quickly in their bathroom at home one afternoon in April 2019. Ryan and Mary share about the whole experience, including what it was like for Ryan to catch Thea and how Mary has healed after her birth experience. We hope you enjoy this lovely story with our sweet friends!

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This week we're talking with birth doula Annie Kocher about how to provide sensitive, respectful care for queer and trans families. Here's an overview of what we cover as well as the resources Annie mentions in the episode:

• Basics to providing sensitive care for trans, queer, and non-binary people including understanding sex vs. gender, preferred pronouns and names, family/support structure, etc.
• The study about trans people not seeking/receiving care because of systemic barriers and insensitive care providers
• Some of the barriers that trans and queer people may face in accessing quality and sensitive reproductive care
• The intersectionality of queer/trans identity with race, financial resources, disabilities, etc.
• Some of the things that make trans reproduction different from cis reproduction (i.e. conception and lactation after testosterone, lactation after top surgery and for trans women, etc.)
• The study on how testosterone impacts/transmits to an infant receiving breast milk
• How to deal with being called out
• Getting Called Out: How to Apologize
• Resources on trans breast- and chestfeeding and lactation support:
  • KellyMom: https://kellymom.com/bf/got-milk/transgender-parents-chestbreastfeeding/
  • Milk Junkies: http://www.milkjunkies.net/2017/05/jennas-breastfeeding-journey-trans.html?m=1
  • LLL: https://www.llli.org/breastfeeding-info/transgender-non-binary-parents/
• Facebook group Birthing and Breast or Chestfeeding Trans People and Allies
• A book about breastfeeding after reduction surgery by Diana West
• Birthing Beyond the Binary
• Click here to get in touch with Annie!

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We're back for part two with Dr. Rose Schlaff, DPT, IF, WHC! If you didn't catch her on last week's episode about postpartum sex and intimacy, click here. This week's episode is all about the vadge gadge! That is, all of the different kinds of tools that can be used to help heal postpartum and promote a fulfilling sex life. She reviews what's going on anatomically in the pelvic floor and why dysfunction can exist, especially after pregnancy and birth. In the vadge gadge department, she shares about yoni eggs, kegel apps (such as kGoal and Elvie), vibrators, vaginal moisturizers, lube (such as Good Clean Love and Slippery Stuff), vaginal dilators, pelvic wands, and pessaries. If you'd like to make the spray Dr. Rose mentioned, here's the recipe: 3 drops of lavender EO and 3 drops of geranium EO mixed with 30mL of fractionated coconut oil.

Dr. Rose is a Doctor of Physical Therapy and Women's Sexual Health Coach who believes that intimacy can and should be fun, fearless, and pain-free. In her one-on-one virtual sexual health coaching practice, she specializes in helping women overcome discomfort during sex, reclaim intimacy, and spark pleasure both in and out of the bedroom. In addition to her Women's Sexual Health Coaching practice, Dr. Rose practices as a pelvic floor physical therapist at Comprehensive Therapy Services in San Diego, CA where she specializes in hands-on treatment of bowel, bladder, and sexual dysfunction. To learn more about Dr. Rose, go to https://www.bewellwithrose.com/birth, check her out on instagram @bewellwithrose, or get in touch with her at [email protected].

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This week we're talking postpartum sex and intimacy with Dr. Rose Schlaff, DPT, IF, WHC. Many people struggle with sexual fulfillment and intimacy during pregnancy, birth, and postpartum so we invited Dr. Rose on the show to share some of her valuable insight on how to work through these challenges.

Dr. Rose is a Doctor of Physical Therapy and Women's Sexual Health Coach who believes that intimacy can and should be fun, fearless, and pain-free. In her one-on-one virtual sexual health coaching practice, she specializes in helping women overcome discomfort during sex, reclaim intimacy, and spark pleasure both in and out of the bedroom. In addition to her Women's Sexual Health Coaching practice, Dr. Rose practices as a pelvic floor physical therapist at Comprehensive Therapy Services in San Diego, CA where she specializes in hands-on treatment of bowel, bladder, and sexual dysfunction. To learn more about Dr. Rose, go to https://www.bewellwithrose.com/birth, check her out on instagram @bewellwithrose, or get in touch with her at [email protected].

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Mariane Konstantaras joins us to share about the births of her two sons, Luca and Leo. With Luca, she started off in the care of a doctor with a plan to deliver in the hospital. Midway through pregnancy she transferred her care to midwives at a freestanding birth center. After a long early labor that presented some unexpected challenges, Mariane ended up transferring to the hospital and having an unmedicated birth with her midwives there. For her second pregnancy, she and her husband knew that they wanted to have a home birth. After a few days of prodromal labor, she gave birth to Leo in a tub in her living room. With two very different birth experiences to draw from, Mariane's stories have something for everyone. Enjoy!

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This week's guest is the amazing Rebecca Dekker of Evidence Based Birth! Rebecca is a nurse with her PhD and the founder of Evidence Based Birth! The EBB website receives millions of visitors each year, who come to read the research evidence on childbirth practices—which Rebecca and her team aim to make publicly accessible, so that anyone can access evidence based information. Rebecca is the host of the Evidence Based Birth Podcast and the author of the newly published book, Babies Are Not Pizzas, They're Born, Not Delivered. She lives in Lexington, Kentucky, with her husband Dan and her three children ages 11, 7, and 5.

In this episode, we cover the very important topic of suspected big babies. We discuss the practice of using ultrasounds to measure a baby's size at the end of pregnancy and whether current evidence supports interventions like early inductions and planned cesareans in these cases. Here's a list of some of the resources mentioned in this episode:

• https://evidencebasedbirth.com/evidence-for-induction-or-c-section-for-big-baby/
• https://www.chcf.org/collection/listening-to-mothers-in-california/
• https://evidencebasedbirth.com/friedmans-curve-and-failure-to-progress-a-leading-cause-of-unplanned-c-sections/
• https://opqic.org/acog-practice-bulletin-173-fetal-macrosomia/
• https://evidencebasedbirth.com/evidence-on-induction-for-gestational-diabetes/

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