Today we are joined by Coleen Monroe-Knight for Part 1 of her story. Coleen met her husband overseas. She knew he was important when she felt ill on a hike and he kept checking on her. Tune in to find out how a huge language barrier and different policies overseas created such a traumatic situation for Coleen.

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In this week’s episode we are back with Victoria D’Antimo for Part 2 of her story. After surviving HELLP syndrome and a long NICU stay, Victoria was diagnosed with cancer just 27 days after her daughter graduated from the NICU. Victoria survived, not only HELLP syndrome and a Cushing's diagnosis, but Chemo with an infant at home. All during a Pandemic! Let's tune in to hear more!

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In this week’s episode we are joined by Victoria D’Antimo for Part 1 of her story. Throughout her pregnancy Victoria did not feel great, but chalked her symptoms up to pregnancy whoes. That is until she bought a blood pressure cuff. Tune in to hear how Victoria's life changed in a matter of minutes.

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Today we are joined by Kaitlin McGreyes of BE HER village. After an unplanned cesarean changed the course of her next two deliveries, she even went on to open a new company. I absolutely love this episode because of Kaitlin’s openness to have hard conversations, even when we don’t agree. Her bravery is quite remarkable! Tune in to hear more!

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This week’s episode hits extra hard, but it feels right closing Maternal Mental Health Awareness Month with Heather's story.  We discuss an often sensitive and taboo topic, maternal suicide. Heather lost her sister to maternal suicide, just weeks after the birth of her niece, and days after leaving inpatient treatment. Heather has turned this awful tragedy into hope and support for other moms. Tune in to hear more.

This week's topic can be very hard to hear. We encourage our listeners to show themselves extra care while listening.

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Today we are joined by my former Occupational Therapist, Kathy. Kathy has several unique birth stories. With her first she became pregnant with her first and 16 years old and was told “she threw her life away!” Spoiler Alert…she went on to receive her master degree! Also, with her first, he had a nuchal cord (a cord wrapped around the baby’s neck). Then went on to have two uneventful deliveries except an uncompassionate triage nurse.

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Today we are joined by Jodi, NICU Mom & HELLP Survivor. During my conversation with Jodi, we dive into how whatever your NICU story is, it is hard! We also discuss delayed bonding, how to better support NICU parents, and how the NICU journey (that no one asked for ) is a marathon not a sprint. Tune in to hear more!

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Today we are back with Lauren & Carolyn for part 2 of their story. Join us as we unpack Lauren’s infertility challenges and discuss Carolyn’s postpartum journey and career change.

The BRAIN acronym: Benefits, Risk, Alternative, Intuition, Nothing

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Today we are joined by Lauren & Carolyn, the founders of Mental Push Plan. Today’s episode will be pt 1. We discuss Lauren’s birth stories and how Carolyn supported Lauren through her birth trauma. Tune in to hear more!

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Today we are joined by a HELLP and Stroke Survivor. This mom went in to have a baby, something millions of women do every day, and woke up 6 months later in a long term care facility. Tune in to find out what caused her brain injury and how her recovery has been.

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