Misseducated

This week, our two favorite lady doctors, Dr. Jenn and Dr. Erica, take to the stage 😍. They host The V Word Podcast, where they deep dive on womxn's health and reproductive policy issues. Check them out! They're amazing. Here, we ask them about their personal journeys becoming gynecologists and getting birth control. What they say will surprise you! Special shoutout to Terilyn for joining us 🤗....

This episode gets real up close and personal. Rosie shares her prologue with us about PCOS (Polycystic ovary syndrome), which she performed at The Pussy Prologues spoken word and poetry event that was hosted at The Center in San Francisco in March 2020. That night, a group of incredible womxn performed their own versions of The Vagina Monologues that they had written, giving the groundbreaking cul...

After almost 2 years of research and development, has Lulu Ge found a natural solution to period cramps? Lulu recently launched her company, Elix Healing, a blend of natural herbs personalized to each girl, to solve the period pain problem that she and so many of her friends have faced. But is the science there to back it up? Let's find out! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/misseducated...

Anne shares with us the most profound story of life, and what it means to have children, that I have ever come across. She delights, entertains and shocks us with her personal experiences going through surgeries to repair her fallopian tubes, IVF, miscarriages, abortion, the eventual birth of her children, and gives us her take on the classic questions of balancing career with family. --- Support...

Tash sits down with Rachel Hobart and Fran Wang, a visual designer and mechanical engineer duo who are redesigning one of the most outdated technologies used on vaginas everywhere: the speculum. Along with their previous team members, Sahanna Kumar and Hailey Stewart, this team has created Yona Care. They're doing amazing work to redesign the speculum, which has a dark history and needs some serio...

Florence (Co-Founder and CEO) and Gideon (Co-Founder and CMO) have launched Cherie, the first totally organic and sustainable tampon subscription company. We talked about what guys can do to be more informed and helpful when it comes to periods 🤣 👏🏽 Cherie's goal is to reduce our planet's plastic menstrual waste and to give back to girls in need. They do this by using entirely compostable packa...

Join me for a conversation with Aagya Mathur, Co-Founder and CEO of Aavia.io . Aavia is a new smart birth control pill case and hormonal health company. I'm giving you early access even though they're still testing in beta because Aavia is going to be a game-changer for anyone taking birth control pills  💕 Check them out at www.aavia.io --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/misseducated/sup...

Erika is unlucky when it comes to trying different kinds of birth control. She experiences all the side effects under the sun. But what will her husband say when she asks him if she can get her implant removed?  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/misseducated/support Get full access to Misseducated by Tash Doherty at misseducated.tashdoherty.com/subscribe

Sarah gives Tash her perspective on the abortion bill that was recently passed in Alabama, and what being pro-life means to her. She shares her thoughts on birth control education, and challenges her politicians on using women's bodies for their own gain. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/misseducated/support Get full access to Misseducated by Tash Doherty at misseducated.tashdoherty.com...

Katy's fertility is put at risk when she is taken to the hospital with acute pain in one of her ovaries. She encourages all girls who are prone to ovarian cysts to think twice before getting a Hormonal IUD (problematic cysts are a risk, but they're very rare). --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/misseducated/support Get full access to Misseducated by Tash Doherty at misseducated.tashdohert...

Emily's dreams of college are almost cut short when her mom refuses to let her get birth control and she has an unplanned pregnancy. If this episode doesn't convince your parents to let you get birth control, I don't know what will! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/misseducated/support Get full access to Misseducated by Tash Doherty at misseducated.tashdoherty.com/subscribe

Alex switches from the pill to the NuvaRing, and she uses the NuvaRing correctly and consistently. Is that enough for her to avoid an unplanned pregnancy in college?  --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/misseducated/support Get full access to Misseducated by Tash Doherty at misseducated.tashdoherty.com/subscribe

AJ shares her birth control story, and how it took her until she was working in a free clinic as a nurse practitioner to see the Hormonal IUD as a legitimate option for her birth control. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/misseducated/support Get full access to Misseducated by Tash Doherty at misseducated.tashdoherty.com/subscribe

Ketnia shares her birth control story with us, coming from a traditional Mexican household. The timing of her education about periods and becoming a woman was never quite right. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/misseducated/support Get full access to Misseducated by Tash Doherty at misseducated.tashdoherty.com/subscribe

Sasha tests her chances using the pullout method with her boyfriends for 3 years. Will she get pregnant? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/misseducated/support Get full access to Misseducated by Tash Doherty at misseducated.tashdoherty.com/subscribe

Jenna tells us her story of finding the Hormonal IUD, planning her baby, and gives words of wisdom for teenage girls

Maya tells us her story of using the implant, waiting to find the right guy to have kids with, and putting herself first for the foreseeable future 👍 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/misseducated/support Get full access to Misseducated by Tash Doherty at misseducated.tashdoherty.com/subscribe

I'm Tash! Here I tell my birth control story, and share why I wish I'd found my perfect birth control method years before :) --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/misseducated/support Get full access to Misseducated by Tash Doherty at misseducated.tashdoherty.com/subscribe