The Mother Wit Podcast

My guest today is Dr. Christy Lane. She is a global leader of InsurTech and a health scientist with expertise in AI, digital health, and wearable devices. She is the Co-Founder of Flora Fertility and founder of the Stanford Wearable Health Lab.  Dr. Lane has been involved in women’s health research since the 90’s, and is blazing a new path forward to combine critical components of wearable tech to...

My guest today is Kristin Revere is the owner and founder of Gold Coast Doulas in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She is a certified birth and postpartum doula, a newborn care specialist, a childbirth educator. She is the co-author of "Supported: Your Guide to Birth and Baby" and host of Ask the Doulas. She is a mom of two and bonus mom to one.  Guest Resources www.goldcoastdoulas.com   Doula Ag...

Did you know what these two things have in common? Do you have questions about vasectomies, fears, misconceptions? Then stay tuned! Do not stay tuned if you have questions about March Madness - I definitely can't answer these! Today my husband, Pablo Paz joins me to tell the story of what it was like when he got his vasectomy. Hopefully the male perspective is welcome here and makes this an easier...

For the past 20 years, Hali has supported families through their postpartum journeys in hospital, home, and outpatient settings. Growing up alongside her mom, a NICU nurse, she developed a love for nurturing babies and their families. Her journey began as a birth doula which led her to start midwifery training. After realizing that postpartum care often got the backseat, she chose to specialize in...

Dr. Prati Sharma is an American double board certified OB-GYN and Reproductive Endocrinologist and Infertility Specialist (REI), practicing at CReATe Fertility Centre in Toronto. She is also an Assistant Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Toronto and is an active Faculty member at Sunnybrook Health Science Centre and Women’s College Hospital.  Dr Sharma’s...

In today’s episode I am interviewing an attorney that specializes in childbirth cases. At various points in this episode we discuss adverse outcomes that can occur during pregnancy and childbirth for both the birthing person and their fetus or baby. If you are planning a pregnancy, pregnant or postpartum, or in any stage of life where this topic is not what you need to hear at the moment, please t...

My guest today is Rachel Sanders. She is the Founder of Rootine - and in case you are already googling that, it is spelled ROOTINE, a modern wellness brand offering supplements and at-home lab testing. She also provides practical tips to help people better manage their stress, weight, sleep, and productivity. In addition to the articles on her website and her presence on social media, she hosts a...

In this second hour with Stacy, we finally dive into Victress, the women's functional fitness gyms currently located in Nebraska, Idaho and Iowa with plans for further expansion. We talk about why she started Victress, now she navigated the early years while working another full time job and navigating family life. She shared the nuts and bolts of her training methodology with us and we talked her...

In the first of this two part interview, Stacy shares all three of her birth stories. Stacy Orsborn is the Co-Founder and President of Fitness for VICTRESS MVMT. She is the creator of VICTRESS MVMT’s first-of-its-kind training methodology now used in all VICTRESS locations. Stacy has a deep understanding and passion for supporting the ever changing needs of female physiology.  Stacy’s credentials...

My guest today is Kristy Mia. She is a passionate advocate for women's empowerment, drawing from her own experiences as a mother of three boys. She has over two decades of experience as a doula, childbirth educator, and nutritionist. Kristy offers mentorship and coaching enriched by her love for exploration and nature. She guides mothers towards prioritizing self-care, establishing balance, en...

Alexandria DeVito, MS, CNS, is a functional nutritionist who specializes in fertility and preconception health. She is the author of 9 Months Is Not Enough: The Ultimate Pre-pregnancy Checklist to Create a Baby-Ready Body and Build Generational Health. She is also the founder and CEO of Poplin, the first pre-pregnancy wellness company. Prior to founding Poplin, Alexandria worked in management cons...

My guest today is Paul Quinn PhD, CNM  at The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, New Jersey, 5x author, and Professor in Obstetrical Nursing & Nursing Research at Dominican University New York. Dr. Quinn is one of the only US male midwives / a Certified Nurse Midwife for almost three decades. His new book, Pregnant Possibilities, is a blueprint for women and their families during pregnancy. Resourc...

My guest today is Dan Doty. He is a writer, wilderness guide, men's work leader, and somatic meditation teacher. He leads retreats, hosts a podcast called Fatherhood Unlocked, and has given talks around the world on masculinity, fatherhood, and spirituality and has a new program for expectant dads called Fatherhood ready and for those already in it, Father’s Fire. Resources Fatherhood Ready (n...

Holiday newsletter (with all the links mentioned in this episode). Scroll down to the bottom of my https://www.motherwitmaternity.com/ https://www.motherwitmaternity.com/ . Happy New Year all! Stay safe. With Love and Gratitude, Tanya

Emese Parker is a board-certified women’s health nurse practitioner (NP), perinatal mental health specialist, public health geek, and author. After completing bachelor of science degrees in exercise science and nursing, Parker earned her master of science in nursing from Boston College, and master of public health from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She has over twenty years of e...

My guest today is Laura Williams is a Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) and Board-Certified Women’s Health Clinical Specialist. She lives in Salida, CO with her husband, 2 daughters and 2 dogs. Laura founded a practice called Hearth Healing, a pre and postnatal pelvic health consultation service that offers accessible information in a 100% virtual space. Though not a substitute for in-person health...

My guest today is Sarah Holiday, a long time Mother Wit mama. Sarah (and her husband!) did a lot of hard work in our time together as they worked through mental health challenges, some of which stemmed from childhood experiences, others were related to more current circumstances related to a stressful move, the pandemic and pregnancy itself. No matter what was going on for her, she always knew wha...

Florence Ann Romano is the author of Build Your Village: A Guide to Finding Joy and Community in Every Stage of Life.  She was born and raised just outside of Chicago where she spent more than fifteen years as a childcare provider, during which time she was known as the Windy City Nanny. I wanted to have her on the show because I really appreciate the way she translates the idea of needing a villa...

In this brief episode I answer a listeners question about exercise in the postpartum period and dive my thoughts about why I have a slight bias towards strength training. Show notes Physical Activity National guidelines   Understanding exercise intensity (i.e., low, mod, high)   Why strength training ? - EASY READ   The diabetes - Alzheimers connection   Strength training late in life Peter Attia-...

In this lighthearted little episode You will hear from three husbands who have been married to midwives ranging from 6-38 years! You already know two of them, Rachel Mast and Kathy Herron. They bring with them their husbands, Josh and Pete. You will also meet another very special midwife and her hilarious husband, Danielle and Joe Stracci. Joe, a writer and podcaster himself, was kind enough to le...

Lillian Medhus is a Certified Nurse-Midwife and Women's Health Nurse Practitioner with a Doctorate in Nursing Practice. She has specialized training in sexual dysfunction, pelvic pain and pelvic floor rehabilitation. She lives in Dallas, Texas with her husband and 2 dogs,  where she practices at a large hospital based gynecology clinic. She serves female Veterans and uses a trauma informed mod...

My guests today are Heather Bradford and Signey Olson, they are both midwives and researchers who focus much of their energy on the topic of weight bias among healthcare providers. Today's topic is one that many listeners are going to learn a lot from, both healthcare consumers AND providers. I learned so much from them myself. I came to this conversation prepared to challenge my own deeply he...

I look forward to sharing this story in more detail but the Mother Wit Podcast is simply not the appropriate forum. The reasons that I started the Mother Wit Podcast are too near and dear to let this derail me now, so other than an unscheduled break and taking some time for self care and reflection, I hope to be back with your health care stories and expert interviews soon. Resources Cure HHT (Her...

Meghan Garland PhD, CNM has been a Certified Nurse-Midwife since 2002. Her clinical work focused on low-resource and farmworker populations, providing high-quality and respectful care. She also served her community to reduce rates of preterm birth and infant mortality on the board of Healthy Start. In addition to a long clinical career, she has many years’ experience educating nurses to become Nur...

Ashley Brichter is an educator, speaker, consultant, and entrepreneur. Despite her experience with hundreds of families as a doula and birth educator – like so many, her first birth did not “go as planned.” Better for it, she founded Birthsmarter in 2019, which provides unbiased, inclusive, and award-winning practical wisdom and guidance to the next generation of families. Ashley was born and rais...