Wild Womb

Welcome back to the Wild Womb podcast! Episode 6 features Sarah Frank telling her long and winding birthing tale. Sarah had always planned to have a home birth, then doubled-up on prenatal care with midwives at a birthing center as well as an ob-gyn throughout her pregnancy. She gave birth via c-section due to low fluids and a breech babe! I love her story and loved talking through finding peace and empowerment in the unexpected. Birth is often not at all what we predict or expect and Sarah conquered it all so beautifully. We get to talk a lot about moving past other people’s judgements and opinions that don’t serve us and how it can be so hard (yet so important) to find support. We chat mothering a little babe as well as her experience stepping into the role of mother to her husband’s 11-year old daughter and all the fun that puberty brings. She’s such a great model for self-empowerment and body positivity and I’m so happy her daughters will have her as a role model.

Welcome back to the Wild Womb podcast! Episode 5! This week's episode is so important and I am so psyched I got to have it. We are talking queer and trans inclusivity in the birth sphere with Amanda Hayden! Amanda is a full spectrum doula as well as social worker at The Center here in New York. There are a lot of links and not much space to write so listen to the episode for my shpeel and click below for resources:

Get in touch with Amanda!: https://amanda-hayden-doula.squarespace.com/ as well as [email protected] and @amandahayden.doula on instagram

search engine for TGNC affirming care providers- radremedy.org

Queer/Trans Family building- https://m.facebook.com/queertransfamily/

Philly Trans Health conference- https://www.mazzonicenter.org/trans-wellness

Ancient Song Doula Services- https://www.ancientsongdoulaservices.com/

Morgane Richardson- http://www.morganerichardsondoula.com/

Please reach out with any thoughts, questions, feedback, anything! xoxo

Welcome back to the Wild Womb podcast. Episode 4! Yay! One whole month of magic! This week is a truly lovely and informative chat with Koyuki Smith a childbirth educator and doula as well as THE Birthing From Within facilitator for New York. I knew nothing about Birthing From Within before our conversation, and this was such an educational treat. This childbirth education perspective is truly supportive of all experiences and really helps birthing folk (and professionals!!) navigate the winding, and often messy road that is birth. My favorite part of Birthing from Within is that there really is NO judgment. One of my biggest goals with this podcast is to create an environment that is moving away from judgment and towards honest support of each other. I think Birthing from Within falls so in line with my personal beliefs and goals and I think a lot of you will be happy to hear that it does for you as well.

Welcome back to the Wild Womb Podcast. Episode 3!! This week features Tanya Wills, homebirth midwife and founder of Manhattan Birth. Tanya has an alphabet's worth of credentials (CNM, IBCLC, WHNP) as well as being a mother herself! Tanya is a CHAMPION for women's health and is working tirelessly front and center to change the framework and discourse around reproductive health for women. She is a role model of mine and I am thrilled to have had this conversation. We get to hear all about how she got to this work and all the magic she's creating on the daily. Tanya is reframing how we think about birth with her no-bullshit and "no purple crystals" approach. Working with her has left me feeling informed, completely unjudged, and supported in making my own health choices- which has inspired me to do a better job with the same for my clients. Reach her here: https://www.manhattanbirth.com/ and on social media @manhattanbirth xoxo

Welcome to episode 2! This episode is with Lauren Crigler, one of the first women I got to work with as a doula back in 2015. Lauren gave birth to her daughter Pema Crow in her home in Montague, MA in May 2015. We talk through her birth story and thoughts on parenting and everything that has happened and changed since she became a mom. We talk about taking charge of you and your family's health and choices, respectful parenting, travelling with young ones, mom guilt and so much more. The book regarding vaccines that Lauren mentions is "The Vaccine Book" by Robert W Sears. Reach out with any thoughts or questions you may have. I LOVED this episode and I hope you do too.

Welcome to episode 1 of the wild womb podcast! I am so excited to be kicking this project off with a conversation with Dani Katz, another Brooklyn-based doula/yoga teacher/healer/goddess. Dani is my doula partner. We get into some juicy talking here about what doula work is really like, self care, injustice, and how to start educating yourself on your choices in childbirth. Excuse the muffles and weird noises, I am a tech baby, and Dani's cat was our secret guest. Let me know your feels on this episode and stay tuned for next week!

Welcome to the wild womb podcast!