Preggers Can Be Choosers

Show notes: - Song I Can Only Imagine - My Dad Chuck died two weeks ago. They payed this song at his funeral, and I have always loved this song. So much. - Showing my work - I'm sunsetting this podcast, it's been super fun and now I need this time to pursue my next adventure, which looks like a series of books about erotic tarot readings, and licensing intellectual property. Whoo, that&#39...

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I met my gurl Jiva G at the Bhakti recovery group during the pandemic, so if sobriety, punk, black (and orange) wearing devotees and their friends are your people, you have come to the right place to listen in. Longer format, 30 mins. Bhakti Recovery Group https://www.bhaktirecoverygroup.com/ ps Im gonna get a matching lotus flower tattoo underneath my eye.

In this episode, I discuss various topics including my recent birthday, parenting in my fifties, using Riverside to record podcasts, buying softball gloves, a spike in heart rate during pregnancy, the 'gay agenda', the impact of a hurricane, and finding peace in turbulent times. Links and such Song: I can DO IT Show My Work: Services Pregnant individuals may experience a spike in heart rat...

Song: ⁠ The architect by Kacey Musgraves yeah yeah I know I already mentioned her but still this is where it’s at. Local Event of importance Menopause Monthly group Womens Personal Finance Group Hopefully Helping, Rowan ps ⁠⁠⁠⁠Join my love letter. ⁠ pps ⁠ merch bonanza ppss come see me

Dark Energy, or Hormones. Hard to Tell Sometimes. Song: ⁠Deeper Well by Kacey Musgraves. I’ve always liked her a bunch, in fact at one of the lowest points in my life I was sitting in a lawn chair at a dusty music festival with my dog Electra, and she came out on stage and there were like 4 other people in the audience, she was maybe the first band, and she sang “ Woke up on the wrong side of rock...

Song: Fast Car which Tracy remarked, "It's not about a car." which I remember but can't find a citation. Showing my work: Continued to tweak and work over the Birth Prep Prenatal offering. What on your mind, fears, what don’t you understand ex newborn medications Pelvic floor or personal anatomy specifics. Ex do you habitually always cross your legs one way? How has that affected...

Two Tells: When a Community-Based Birth Isn't Gonna Happen Here Song: Been Listening to John Mayor's "Sob Rock" on repeat. Who do you think he wrote all those songs about? Show your work: This week I added more 411 to my collaborative pelvic exams presentation, focused on the need for safety and consent so that the tissues will be optimally responsive. Some content was inspired b...

Pads and Planner Update! Song: Who was that, who was thaaaaat? By Deee-lite Showing My Work: Wrote the outline for the Cervical Scars, Provider Version last week. That content will debut at the ATM conference in May. Register here! Planner Update: My sister got it! And gave it to me cause she didn't like it! Twyla Tharp and the pencil concept Let’s Make Reusable Pads! I was talking to my gurl...

I can quit at any time!!! Planners I have loved before: Moleskine Danielle la Porte Desire Map miGoals Unbound Passion Planner Laurel Denise Y'all, I didn't even mention the writer's planner I have! Magnesium I mention" Natural Calm Magnesium Soak Flewd Big Love, stay well. Rowan PS Join my newsletter

When Enough is Enough and its TIME TO LEAVE. Big Bold Trigger Warning One of our peeps is in a bad scene, so this episode contains domestic violence, alcohol abuse, and in general a feeling of being scared for our girl and her kids. It's enough that Katelin, our current host, asked me (Rowan) to get this up ASAP. So here you go.  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~...

After Birth 2/23/21 "Is This as Good as it Gets?" " Google: What do I do when I feel like shit?" ACTUAL QUESTION from Eli.  When is #postpartumdepression just straight-up #depression? So we put on our thinking hats, and start sharing like a mofo, Bev especially walks us through her journey with medication, and how she thinks waited too long to take them. HINT: #intrusivethoughts talk therapy...

AfterBirth 12/1/20: He Mad. The Birth Control Episode.  Well hello there. #CovidThanksgiving check-in starts us off! And then we are up and rolling when with a bang when Sarita tells us why her MD is refusing her access to a tubal. Also up for discussion are ways to decrease cortisol, Sam plans her birth team and a general convo about birth providers working more effectively together. We revi...

AfterBirth, a Fourth and More Trimester Support Group  Take Your Baby to Work Jobs ~  3 Types of Mom Jobs. Private CNA,  Meal Prepper, Preschool Teacher.  What's working, what's not. 'Basically, I'm fucked next paycheck." ~ Bev, and right at the end of the episode she gets terrible news.  Where's Rowan ~ the Lincoln Bomb Shelter  We talked about Equanimity ~ https://w...

AfterBirth 10/27/20: Worse than Labor?!!! Afterbirth Pains! Sarita has baby Autumn, tells her birth story.  Rowan chimes in as her provider.  We also talk poop and pushing.  ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` Links that may help are: Call the PSI HelpLine at 1-800-944-4773(4PPD) Text Support: send a message to their Helpline at 503-...

Afterbirth 10/6/20: My Baby's Birthday Makes Me Cry "Instead of being happy with my kid's birthday, it brings up birth trauma and grief for what I didn't get get".  ~ this in from new member Lindy Points of talking were: Shared decision making  harm reduction and how this plays out negatively and positively in almost all birth environments.  Miscarriage brings up "the what if s...

Today's theme: "Fuck everyone trying to tell me what do." "If it doesn't work out in a week, I'm going to let this go" from Bev ,  "cause, the toll on my health is going to be way bigger than formula on her health." Resources for Milk Shares  Eats on Feets,  http://www.eatsonfeets.org/ Human Milk for Human  Babies,  http://hm4hb.net/ Houston Milk trade https://www.facebook...

After Birth 9/15/20 It's Overwhelming. Afterbirth, the Fourth and more Support Group. Its overwhelming , why? kids are sick and needy, and being pregnant is sucking the life out of you in third trimester And why is asking for help such a bitch?  Pinterest pages, on what to ask for help with day by day, were helpful for Katelin Not knowing that some things are not as instinctual as they s...

Afterbirth, the Fourth and more Support Group. Heavy emphasis on the MORE today. We were all over the map today, chatting Halloween, Drop Dead Fred and Rowan thought she was gonna get canned from North Houston Birth Center (seriously y'all, I would of fired me.) Halloween! Wear a Mask! and then what? Dr. B tells how a pt navigated an airport and flight while wearing a (figurative) banana suit. &nb...

After Birth 8/25/20: Online School is a B!TCH Comparing notes on school, and how to make any of this work, Spoiler alert, it doesn't . Bev talks about kids on the spectrum, trying to be in 5 places in once wth online school. Tips on doing the best you can with what you have. Katelin's kid is doing in person mostessori school.  She tells us how it its going. Sarita and Tiff are on the same pag...

Welcome to AfterBirth, A Fourth, and more Trimester Support Group. Hey loves, today we cover the gritty topic of Conceiving a Baby without Consent.   Three of the people in group have had or are having that pregnant experience, and so they chat it out. I appreciate their vulnerability, and what that journey has looked like for them, did it impact bonding, at what is a horizontal identity.&nbs...

Welcome to AfterBirth, A Fourth, and more Trimester Support Group. FreeBleeding, Postpartum or Anytime! What the heck is this, and why does it matter? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Links that may help are: Call the PSI HelpLine at 1-800-944-4773(4PPD) Text Support: send a message to their Helpline at 503-894-9453 AfterParty in the  FB group~ https://www.face...

AfterBirth 7/21/20 Welcome to AfterBirth, A Fourth, and more Trimester Support Group. Mama D tells her homebirth story. This is her 4th homebirth, listen in and find out why she almost transfers,  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Links that may help are: Call the PSI HelpLine at 1-800-944-4773(4PPD) Text Support: send a message to their H elpline at 503-894-945...

Welcome to AfterBirth, A Fourth, and more Trimester Support Group. Go the postpartum stinks?  check for temperature tenderness of belly or other places discharge or bleeding, is it smelling different or putrid if yes probs need to check in with your provider. Hellooooooo 4 agreements from Don Miguel Ruiz https://www.miguelruiz.com/the-four-agreements 1) always do your best 2) don't take anyth...

Dude. What an episode.  Maggie had the baby. Kayisha had her baby, Mama D had her baby. We got 2 of 3 birth stories. Everyone was crying. Like ugly crying. I'm glad you can't see it. Only the audio.  Join us. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Links that may help are: Call the PSI HelpLine at 1-800-944-4773(4PPD) Text Support: send a...