The New Mamas Podcast

By Lina Forrestal

Host Lina Forrestal brings you the New Mamas Podcast, a space created to give first time moms a voice and to have honest and raw conversations about motherhood. Lina and her guests are normalizing

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The New Mamas Podcast episodes:

March 15, 2023Getting Pregnant While In College, Surviving the Newborn Stage, and Going Back to School as a Mom with Ellie Hocker
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Ellie is the mom of a five month old baby girl and a full-time college student! In this episode, she talks about balancing motherhood with school, how the newborn phase was challenging but rewarding, and how she took care of her mental health through it all.

In this episode, Ellie and Lina talk about:
Timeline of being pregnant, giving birth, and going back for her Bachelor's
Surviving the newborn stage
The reality of bonding with your newborn and misconceptions on social media
How Ellie asked for her help and what her support system looked like
The best thing about being a mom
Biggest lesson that motherhood has taught Ellie
Connect with Ellie on Instagram: @ellie_hocker_
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56min
March 08, 2023Getting Your Newborn to Sleep Without Cry It Out Method with Kim West, MSW
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Best-selling author and sleep expert, Kim West, also-known-as The Sleep Lady, joins us with me today to share her advice specifically for newborn sleep. Spoiler alert, we are talking about alternatives to “cry-it-out”. In this episode and Kim walks us through a more gentle approach. You’re going to hear us reference her book, The Sleep Lady’s Gentle Newborn Sleep Guide.

In this episode, we talk about:
Why cry-it-out is NOT recommended for newborns
The four main factors of sleep: Feeding, Attachment, Soothing, and Temperament
Best tips for soothing newborns and infants
How to transition from the hospital to those first few days at home
How long do newborns typically sleep?
Should we wake our babies to feed?
How to recognize baby's hunger cues
How to not get "nap trapped"
How can moms lower the risk of SIDS
Taking care of mom's mental and physical health
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KIM WEST, MSW, is a mother of two daughters and a Clinical Social Worker (which is a child and family therapist) for over 25 years. Known as The Sleep Lady® by her clients, she has personally helped over 20,000 tired parents all over the world get a good night’s sleep without letting their children cry it out alone.
Kim has appeared on the Dr. Phil, Today Show, NBC Nightly News, Good Morning America, TLC’s Bringing Home Baby and CNN, and has been written about in a number of publications including The Wall Street Journal, Associated Press, Baby Talk, Parenting, The Baltimore Sun, USA Today, The Telegraph, The Irish Independent and the Washington Post.

Kim is the author of three books: The Sleep Lady’s Good Night, Sleep Tight: Gentle Proven Solutions to Help Your Child Sleep Well and Wake Up Happy, The Good Night, Sleep Tight Workbook and The Good Night, Sleep Tight Workbook for Children with Special Needs. Her first book The Sleep Lady’s Good Night, Sleep Tight is in its third edition and has sold over 140,000 paperback copies.

Dedicated to providing tired parents with excellent sleep advice and coaching while knowing Kim could not help everyone herself, she started the Gentle Sleep Coach® Training and Certification program in 2010—the first and most comprehensive training program in the world. This program was the start to what is now a global industry: Baby and Child Sleep Consultants. To date, the Gentle Sleep Coach Training and Certification program is available in 2 languages.

You can find her free sleep guides and resources at sleeplady.com.
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54min
March 01, 2023 Twin Mom Newborn Life, Intrusive Thoughts, and Body Image with Engrid Latina from Gal Pals
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Strength trainer Engrid Latina is a twin mom! Her twins are 7 months now and she recaps her journey in navigating twin newborns: everything from tandem breastfeeding to sleep training. In this episode, Engrid also shares her experience with postpartum anxiety (PPA), intrusive thoughts, and as-needed medication. Lina and Engrid share stories about how their relationships with their bodies have also changed: talking about eating disorder history, eating disorder recovery, and body image through the postpartum stage.

Engrid Latina is a non-diet personal trainer and strength coach (CSCS). She has been a trainer for nearly a decade! She has spent years training clients in-person, but added online training program options when the pandemic started.
Engrid’s personal history with an eating disorder and exercise addiction, has helped her to develop a training model that invites a deep appreciation and respect of the body.
Additionally her experiences with chronic pain due to trauma, has given her immense compassion for her clients and an ability to hold space for others.
Engrid's degree in Biology, her love of life-long learning, and passion to understand human movement allow her to excel as a trainer. She provides strategies that allow clients cultivate deeper body awareness & move in a sustainable and joy-filled way.
Additionally she is the cohost for the podcast Gal Pals. The show is for anyone who likes warm laid back chats with their besties, about navigating life!
On the show they address topics like diet culture, perfectionism, body image, jealousy, addiction, and their experiences with therapy.
Referenced in this episode: Taking Cara Babies Sleep Course

Listen to Engrid's Birth Story here.
Listen to when Engrid found out she was pregnant with twins here.
Listen to Engrid's podcast here.

Connect with Engrid on Instagram @livengproof
Follow Gal Pals on Instagram @galpalspodcast
Listen to the Gal Pals Podcast
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1h 4min
February 22, 2023A Successful Breech Birth, Advocating For Yourself in Pregnancy, and Newborn Life with Jackie Milani
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Massachusetts mom Jackie Milani wasn't sure what her options were when she learned her daughter was breech. When babies are breech, providers will typically perform C-sections. Jackie knew that wasn't right for her and started to seek alternative care. In advocating for herself, she found a provider that worked with her to have the natural birth that she knew was right for her family!

In this episode we talk about:
Newborn life
How Jackie had a successful breech birth
Jackie's ECV procedure
How Jackie advocated for herself during her pregnancy
Connect with Jackie on Instagram: @jackamilani
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Read Lina's Blog: www.linaforrestal.com
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1h 1min
February 15, 2023Solo Ep: I'm Back from My Business Trip to Amsterdam! Working mom life, my anxiety leaving Archie, and how I enjoyed Amsterdam
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I am back from my business trip to Amsterdam and wanted to talk about how it went! In my last solo episode, I talked a bit about how my anxiety (PPA) was really bad when I first started traveling for work again after being a mom and how I used exposure therapy and medication to improve.

A little context if you’re new here: I’m a working mom and work for a big tech company called Cisco Systems doing marketing and video work. I’ve been a working mom since Archie was a newborn.

In this episode I talk about:
My anxiety, is it still postpartum anxiety? Or just generalised anxiety disorder?
The medication I'm on for panic disorder
Managing intrusive thoughts while I was away
How I managed my emotions and anxiety while away
How I enjoyed Amsterdam
How I MC'd an event for the first time
My sister's YouTube Channel: Gabi Belle
The collaboration video I filmed with my sister: Ruining Your Love Lives
Support the show
Connect with Lina on @linaforrestal on Instagram
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Read Lina's Blog: www.linaforrestal.com
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31min
February 09, 2023 Practical Tips for Newborn and Infant Sleep with Carly Ely
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Carly Ely is a certified sleep consultant and mom of two. In this episode, we chat everything sleep training as it pertains to newborns and infants.

Learn more about Carly here: https://goodnightguide.com/
Support the show
Connect with Lina on @linaforrestal on Instagram
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Read Lina's Blog: www.linaforrestal.com
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43min
February 01, 2023Solo Ep: I'm Still Not Pregnant (Ugh) and How I’m Getting Ready for My Business Trip
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Hey everyone, this is your host Lina and I'm back with a cute little solo episode talking about:
(00:30) An epiphany I had recently, that putting myself first is putting my family first.
(02:25) Archie update! All things toddlerhood: meltdowns and how he says he's my best friend
(05:36) I loved reading Prince Harry's memoir, Spare. 10/10 Recommend.
(08:26) I'm still not pregnant and it really sucks.
(12:59) I'm going to Amsterdam for a week for work! How traveling for work gave me horrible anxiety (PPA) but after exposure therapy I'm doing much better. I walk through the things I do to help my husband John out while I'm gone and give myself some sense of sanity.
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29min
January 27, 2023Divorce, Step Moms, and Getting Along for Your Kids with Bio-Mom Abi and Step-Mom Katy
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Biological mom Abi and step-mom Katy are choosing to "family" for the sake of their children. Katy met Will on a dating app and learned that he had 4 kids (ages 8, 8, 5, and 3). There can be a lot of stigmas around divorce and the relationship between the biological mom and the biological father's new partner.

Abi talks about meeting her ex-husbands new parter, Katy, for the first time and how she instantly felt a connection and how they were able to build trust.

During the episode, Abi reads a letter she wrote to her ex-husbands new partner when she first got divorced.

Abi and Katy discuss their relationship and how they choose to co-parent.

In this episode, Katy and Abi get practical about:
Being a united front in both households
How Katy asked really great questions about parenting styles
Expectations around screen time and discipline
Communication and how Abi doesn't mind being the "bad guy" when it comes to discipline
Involving grandparents and in-laws
Katy owns a farm called Sticky Holler Farm in Arkansas. She's on Instagram as @stickyhollerfarm.
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1h 12min
January 19, 2023Money Moves New Moms Should Make in 2023 with Alli Williams
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In this episode, Lina and Alli chat about easy financial moves new moms can make in the near year to take control of their finances.

In this episode they break down:
How to open an HYSA (High-yield savings account)
Reviewing retirement contributions
How to check your credit score
How to pull a credit report
How to start a money audit
Reviewing and cancelling subcsriptions
Check out Alli's "Make Money Moves" private podcast: https://www.financiallifocused.com/makingmoneymoves/ Making Money Moves is for you if you’re ready to finally start seeing results and you are sick of being stuck. You want to become debt-free, save for your future, increase your income, build wealth and have a life free of money stress.

Connect with Alli:
Flourish FinanciALLI: www.joinflourishnow.com
Instagram: www.instagram.com/financiallifocused
Website: www.financiallifocused.com
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Connect with Lina on @linaforrestal on Instagram
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Read Lina's Blog: www.linaforrestal.com
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59min
January 11, 2023Toddlers! How to Teach Social and Emotional Learning at Home with Cara Zelas
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TODDLERS! From Byron Bay, Australia to Connecticut: Cara Zelas is an early childhood educator and parent. In this episode, Lina and Cara talk all things toddlers when it comes to behavior and emotional development.

Topics covered:
What is a toddler?
What is going on in toddler brains?
How parents can best support their toddlers
How parents can help toddlers regulate their emotions
Methods of discipline
Screen time
Encouraging independent play
Big World of Little Dude
Big World of Little Dude has great free activities for caretakers to do in the classroom, homeschool, or kitchen table.

Connect with Cara on Instagram: @worldoflittledude
Cara Zelas is an early childhood educator, who received a Bachelor of Media Communications and Bachelor of Elementary Education Degrees (Macquarie University, Sydney) as well as an Early Childhood Montessori Certification (West Side Montessori School, New York). Cara is in the process of completing a Master of Education (Charles Sturt University, Sydney). Cara is a parent of two children, Grace and Theodore. Little Dude has taught Cara and countless children that being kind to others is contagious.
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Read Lina's Blog: www.linaforrestal.com
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53min

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