The Heavy Flow Podcast

This week I’m talking to Olivia Scobie, a social work therapist who specializes in perinatal mood, birth trauma, and maternal mental health. We get deep into my personal birth trauma story and then Olivia describes the four types of birth trauma, how birth trauma is different from postpartum depression, and how to get help if you’ve experienced trauma in childbirth.

CW: birth trauma, sexual violence.

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Connect with Olivia:

Website Facebook Twitter Instagram Unwanted Parenting Advice YouTube Channel Shame Free Parenting with Olivia Scobie Facebook Group

Resources mentioned in this episode:

Episode 07: Finding the Middle Ground in Childbirth with Care Sinclair My Birth Story The Business of Being Born Ina May Gaskin Homebirth Cesarean Healing from a Homebirth Cesarean Workbook When Survivor’s Give Birth Postpartum Support Toronto

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When it comes to vaginal discharge what's normal? What's it for? And when should you worry?

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Cervical fluid chart Clue: Period and Ovulation Tracker

This week my guest is Care Sinclair from With Care, Registered Midwife, prenatal, CPR and babywearing educator, and mama. We talk about how birth can prepare you for parenting, the importance of choice and support, managing expectations and how to find the middle ground in childbirth.

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Connect with Care:

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Resources mentioned in this episode:

Spiritual Midwifery Vicki Van Wagner Episode 001 with The Fifth Vital Sign

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How can you get more iron in your diet when you're low and have a heavy flow? This week I'm talking about animal and plant-based sources of iron to add to your diet throughout your cycle.

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This week I'm talking to Jessica Murnane of One Part Plant all about endometriosis and her experience with the disease, how a plant-based diet helps her manage her endo, eating well as an act of self-care and how eating to manage symptoms of a disease is different from orthorexia.

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Connect with Jessica:

Website Jessica's Instagram One Part Plant Instagram Twitter One Part Plant Cookbook

Resources mentioned in this episode:

The Doctor Will See You Now: Recognizing and Treating Endometriosis Endometriosis Foundation of America List of Endo Symptoms 'Listen to women': UK doctors issued with first guidance on endometriosis Why Having A Hysterectomy to End Endometriosis Might Not Work The medical research gender gap: how excluding women from clinical trials is hurting our health

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This week a listener is wondering why their period tracking app is asking about the colour of their menstrual blood. Isn't blood just... red?

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TCM menstrual blood colour/texture chart

This week I'm talking with Jessica Ching, Co-Founder and CEO of Eve Medical, all about HPV and cervical cancer screening. We discuss the importance of screening, some of the reasons why people aren't getting screened, STI's and how Eve Kit is changing the game.

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Connect with Jessica + Eve Kit:

Website Instagram Facebook Jessica's Twitter Eve Kit's Twitter

Resources mentioned in this episode:

Sign up for The Period Purse Packing Party Anatomy Quiz  HPV Prevention Week 2017

Today I'm introducing a new, mini-podcast episode series, Question Period. Each week I'll be answering your questions about periods, menstrual cycles and reproductive health because I know you have them.

On this episode I answer a listener question about clotting in period blood; what causes it and when (or if!) it's something to worry about.

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Seed Cycling from Jessica Dixon

This week on the show I’m talking to Gabrielle Lichterman, founder of Hormonology about how hormones change throughout the menstrual cycle, the benefits of syncing your life with your cycle, how birth control and menopause affect your cycles and the best phases of your menstrual cycle for great orgasms.

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Connect with Gabrielle:

Website Facebook  Twitter Instagram

Resources mentioned in this episode:

How to rate or review a podcast from your phone 28 Days: What Your Cycle Reveals about Your Love Life, Moods, and Potential  Ovulation Microscope

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This week I'm talking to Dianne Bondy, yoga teacher, social justice activist and leading voice of the Yoga For All movement. We're taking a break from talking about periods to discuss creating brave spaces, inclusivity and accessibility in the wellness community, how mainstream media and marketing has distorted wellness as something to be bought and sold, body positivity, diet culture and emotional eating.

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Resources mentioned in this episode:

From Safe Spaces to Brave Spaces Virgie Tovar Jess Baker Health at Every Size “Lisa Frank BoPo” and Why It’s Just Not Enough Ultra Spiritual Life Episode 66: Coconut Oil Kills The Beauty Myth Malcolm Gladwell’s Revisionist History Podcast

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