The Limitless Pregnancy

She's back! If you're familiar with any of our early days episodes you know Emma... and if you're not familiar, you're about to catch a great birth story. Emma shares with us the details around her November birth to baby Mason. As we all know, nothing in birth goes as planned, and this story is no exception. From onset of labor to nearly five hours of pushing (yes FIVE) we get all the details around the long day's journey into night (and the next morning) that makes up the welcoming of Emma's first babe!

June 27th marked the 365th day of our pandemic postpartum experience. After a quiet day of celebrating (we had to cancel our backyard party due to triple digit weather) we sit down to rehash cliff notes of the last year. Postpartum is not easy. Postpartum in a pandemic is not easy. You can hear the exhaustion in our voices and our stories but our position remains strong- though this has been one of the hardest years of each of our lives is been 100% worth it.

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www.instagram.com/kimberlymcferron/

www.kimberlymcferron.com

This week we hear from Sara Barbosa, integrative mental and sexual health entrepreneur, on birth ritual and cultural traditions throughout Latin America. She shares about her work with indigenous peoples and restoring the sanctity of reproductive care for all people of all ethnicities. A self-described "Women's Sexual Reproductive Rights and Decolonization Advocate", Sara shares some incredible perspective on safeguarding the power of the birthing person. 

Connect with Sara here:

www.instagram.com/saubarbosa/

Her foundation:

https://www.fundacionmujeresbachue.org/

https://www.facebook.com/mujeresbachue

Her school:

https://escuelahuytaca.co/2021/

Her clinic (opening soon):

www.origenesips.com

So much of Health & Wellness is focused on what you put in your body and what you do with your body. But what about the things you use on and around your body? We know that it has become increasingly common for brands to use hot words like "natural" and "eco" but what does that actually mean, and is it enough? Health and fitness coach Tai Taitt joins us for a conversation about what it means to live a non-toxic life, how to start and how to spot greenwashing when you're picking brands. This episode is a great jumping off point for how to implement simple changes into your daily life and habits to make lasting change without having to do a complete overhaul!

Connect with Tai here:

www.fittai.com

www.instagram.com/iamcoach.tai/

www.facebook.com/fittai_wellness/

A good resource to get started (Tai's recommendation):

https://www.simplehomesimplelife.com/blog/the-simple-secret-to-switching-to-a-natural-non-toxic-home

The app Kimberly mentioned:

https://thinkdirtyapp.com/

This week we're chatting with Alison Greenberg, Co-Founder and CEO of Ruth Health on addressing the many layers of challenges in traditional maternal health care as we know it. Alison shares with us about her motivation for starting Ruth Health (and a little sneak peek into a patent-pending invention to make the gynecological exam less invasive!) as well as their plans for at home pregnancy care in the coming year and many other insights into what it's like to start a business for women run by women. We can't wait for all of you to get to witness Ruth Health first hand!

Connect with Alison here:

www.ruthhealth.com

https://twitter.com/ruthwomxn

https://www.linkedin.com/company/ruthhealth/

https://www.instagram.com/ruthwomxn/

https://twitter.com/ALiS0NLAURA

https://www.linkedin.com/in/greenbergalison/

In this week's #realparents episode we chat with Jasmine about their process of self discovery through pregnancy and postpartum. Maternal Identity is becoming a more commonly discussed topic but no two birthing people go through the same journey. We know we learn more about ourselves than we ever knew we would, but what happens when gender identity gets added to the mix? Jasmine's story gives us some great insight into a parenting journey that winds up answering so many questions they never knew they needed answers to!

Connect with Jasmine here:

www.jasminejoshua.com

Jasmine's references:

https://sbearbergman.com/

Stone Butch Blues (free PDF)

My New Gender Workbook by Kate Bornstein

We know what a toll pregnancy and postpartum hormone changes can take on the body, and this week we're getting even deeper with Sophie Shepherd, Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practitioner and Holistic Health Coach. We attempt to tackle quite a lot in this episode from overall health and nutrition to gut issues, hormonal chaos, how these issues can contribute to anxiety and so much more. Sophie opens right up about her own experiences that led her down this path of providing healing for other women and gives us a ton of practical tools to use in each of our lives.

TRIGGER WARNING: In this episode Sophie briefly shares with us about her struggles with suicidal thoughts and attempts.

Connect with Sophie here:

https://shetalkshealth.com/

www.instagram.com/shetalkshealth

www.shetalkshealth.com/podcast

www.sophieandkylene.com/empowerher

We have a very important conversation this week with Joshua Zawadi, Founder of Melanated Daddy and Dad Doula on the necessity of partner support. Joshua shares with us the experience of struggling to get his wife truly supportive care during her pregnancy, and as a result discovering that not only is pregnancy support lacking, but pregnancy partner support is nearly non-existent. Out of this need his businesses were born. Joshua shares with us all about the tangible support tools, mental health support and practical application of birthing partner support and how they can prepare themselves and their birthing partners for pregnancy, birth and parenting. This episode is a must listen for everyone!

Connect with Joshua here:

www.MelanatedDaddy.com

www.instagram.com/melanteddaddy/

www.twitter.com/melanateddaddy/

[email protected]

This week we sit down with Susie Fields Delmar, board certified Family Physician & dual trained Obstetrician on all things birth from the structure of medical education and the birthing industry to shared decision making to birthing environments and so much more. She also shares with us about her company DELIVERED, a live event concept built around sharing reproductive health stories. Susie is a wealth of knowledge with a fascinating perspective on the business of childbirth!

Connect with Susie here:

www.instagram.com/susiefields

www.instagram.com/getreproactive

www.deliveredslam.org

In honor of Mother's Day and mothers everywhere, we got the gang back together for another episode of trivia with my three moms! Join me in quizzing my mother, step mother and mother in law on some outrageous and some completely pointless facts about motherhood and mother's day. Don't worry, there are some good facts in there as well! This is a great one to enjoy with your own mother, or maybe with your mom friends over a cocktail or two. However you choose to do it, we hope you enjoy the madness and HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY from us to you! <3