Listen Now

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.  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Links Links Links Houston Domestic Violence Hotline ~ https://www.domesticshelters.org/help/tx/houston Alanon ~ https://al-anon.org/al-anon-meetings/electronic-meetings  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.facebook.com/groups/PCBCAfterBirth/ Text reminders so you can join us LIVE, Tuesdays at 11 am central right here https://tapit.us/zeep18 All things Preggers at https://preggers.rocks/ Alert ~ Be wary, we are a little sweary. Get your earbuds if you are concerned about tender ears and sensibilities. #postartumdepression #houston #love #preggerscanbechoosers #thisiswhathealinglookslike #AfterBirth #4thtrimester #postpartumdoula #love #toddler #pandemic #family #biting #xmidwifex #straightedge #midwife #doula #postpartumsupportgroup #bewell #covid #domesticviolence #alanon  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pcbc/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/pcbc/support

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 ~ Mental Health Match or Punk Rock Psych Doc daily fitness ~ outside, walking, 20 minutes supplements ~ Aviva Romm says this  Your peer support beezies ~ that's us, we your beezies. sign up for text reminders  Rowan mentions that Courtney from Mommastrong.com is an advocate (and by advocate we mean gets on Rowan's ass about it) of #zerotasking, which leads into a hilarious convo on men "relaxing." HAHAHHAHAHHA. Concerned about medications? Mothertobaby.com we never made it to talk about vaccines. Oh well, next Tuesday. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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.facebook.com/groups/PCBCAfterBirth/ Text reminders so you can join us LIVE, Tuesdays at 11 am central right here https://tapit.us/zeep18 All things Preggers at https://preggers.rocks/ Alert ~ Be wary, we are a little sweary. Get your earbuds if you are concerned about tender ears and sensibilities. #postartumdepression #houston #love #preggerscanbechoosers #thisiswhathealinglookslike #AfterBirth #4thtrimester #postpartumdoula #love #toddler #pandemic #family #biting #xmidwifex #straightedge #midwife #doula #postpartumsupportgroup #bewell #covid #autism  #blacklivesmatter #blackmorbitity #surgicalbirth #JJWAY #medicaid #birthcenter #BV #yeastinfections #Marfa #socialmedia #waterbirth #birthcontrol #tubestied #tubal #community --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pcbc/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/pcbc/support

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 review who is doing what for birth control, Looking for nonhormonal options.  and Tiff gives a shout out to how she is dialing back social media, The Social Network. Watch this if you haven't yet. And Rowan wants everyone to try her Preggers Prebiotic Porridge  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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.facebook.com/groups/PCBCAfterBirth/ Text reminders so you can join us LIVE, Tuesdays at 11 am central right here https://tapit.us/zeep18 All things Preggers at https://preggers.rocks/ Alert ~ Be wary, we are a little sweary. Get your earbuds if you are concerned about tender ears and sensibilities. #postartumdepression #houston #love #preggerscanbechoosers #thisiswhathealinglookslike #AfterBirth #4thtrimester #postpartumdoula #love #toddler #pandemic #family #biting #xmidwifex #straightedge #midwife #doula #postpartumsupportgroup #bewell #covid #autism  #blacklivesmatter #blackmorbitity #surgicalbirth #JJWAY #medicaid #birthcenter #BV #yeastinfections #Marfa #socialmedia #waterbirth #birthcontrol #tubestied #tubal #community  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pcbc/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/pcbc/support

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://www.tenpercent.com/meditationweeklyblog/the-power-of-equanimity Cause being the calmest person in the room makes you the most powerful.   The Preggers Prebiotic Porridge that Rowan wants everyone to try. Recipe to try out. WHY? Eliminate breakfast decision fatigue, promote gut health, and its cheap and easy to make. WIN ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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.facebook.com/groups/PCBCAfterBirth/ Text reminders so you can join us LIVE, Tuesdays at 11 am central right here https://tapit.us/zeep18 All things Preggers at https://preggers.rocks/ Alert ~ Be wary, we are a little sweary. Get your earbuds if you are concerned about tender ears and sensibilities. #postartumdepression #houston #love #preggerscanbechoosers #thisiswhathealinglookslike #AfterBirth #4thtrimester #postpartumdoula #love #toddler #pandemic #family #biting #xmidwifex #straightedge #midwife #doula #postpartumsupportgroup #12step #addiction #bewell #covid #autism  #blacklivesmatter #blackmorbitity #surgicalbirth #JJWAY #medicaid #birthcenter #BV #yeastinfections #breastfeeding #breastisbest #fedisbest #momjobs #backtowork #singleparent #covid --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pcbc/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/pcbc/support

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 503-894-9453 AfterParty in the  FB group~ https://www.facebook.com/groups/PCBCAfterBirth/ Text reminders so you can join us LIVE, Tuesdays at 11 am central right here https://tapit.us/zeep18 All things Preggers at https://preggers.rocks/ Alert ~ Be wary, we are a little sweary. Get your earbuds if you are concerned about tender ears and sensibilities. #postartumdepression #houston #love #preggerscanbechoosers #thisiswhathealinglookslike #AfterBirth #4thtrimester #postpartumdoula #love #toddler #pandemic #family #biting #xmidwifex #straightedge #midwife #doula #postpartumsupportgroup #12step #addiction #bewell #covid #autism  #blacklivesmatter #blackmorbitity #surgicalbirth #JJWAY #medicaid #birthcenter #BV #yeastinfections #DropDeadFred #BananaSuit #breastfeeding #breastisbest #fedisbest --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pcbc/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/pcbc/support

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 spiral" and how the not knowing of why this happened is one of the worst aspects of a rough time for many.  Also compassion to Chrissy Tegan and her family during this hard time. I appreciate her sharing her raw AF grief and shining a light on a horrid time that often gets hid.   The grief box ~ https://twitter.com/LaurenHerschel/status/946888649781608448 Tiff and Katelin say schedule time on the reg that is the same time so that you prioritize, and even if you don't have anything to do, hide in your room with a locked door and read a book. Whatever going on outside that door is a plastic ball that will bounce.  Wait, what? Rowan heard a great analogy attributed to Nora Roberts about dropping balls when juggling the work/life balance. When juggling balls, one or more is going to fall, like this is a given. Which ball s plastic, and will bounce and be fine.  Which is glass and won't bounce.  Spoiler alert: Moms and postpartum folx are treated as disposable styrofoam when instead, YOU are the glass. Article link https://twitter.com/jenlynnbarnes/status/1220182162118451200?lang=en This is the song on repeat in my head, our group anthem. https://open.spotify.com/track/79qxwHypONUt3AFq0WPpT9?si=vvCx_FI4SNOZBbjFoUYNcg ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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.facebook.com/groups/PCBCAfterBirth/ Text reminders so you can join us LIVE, Tuesdays at 11 am central right here https://tapit.us/zeep18 All things Preggers at https://preggers.rocks/ Alert ~ Be wary, we are a little sweary. Get your earbuds if you are concerned about tender ears and sensibilities. #postartumdepression #houston #love #preggerscanbechoosers #thisiswhathealinglookslike #AfterBirth #4thtrimester #postpartumdoula #love #toddler #pandemic #family #biting #xmidwifex #straightedge #midwife #doula #postpartumsupportgroup #12step #addiction #bewell #covid #autism  #blacklivesmatter #blackmorbitity #surgicalbirth #JJWAY #medicaid #birthcenter #BV #yeastinfections #DropDeadFred #BananaSuit #breastfeeding #breastisbest #fedisbest --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pcbc/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/pcbc/support

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.com/groups/HoustonAreaMilkSharing/ Formula food delivery in Houston https://www.formula911.com/ Good idea alert! Fundrasing for birth services: This is the link for the "gift registry" for the birth photographer that Sam mentions http://kedocumentary.com/gift-registry When I (Rowan) asked if things felt big, Kayshia talks about being scared of  leaving the baby, Maggie's family is "overspoken" on her breastfeeding, not enough, too much,  and needs more sleep. And there were tears, tips for increasing supply, and camaraderie galore. So, a good day.  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~` 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.facebook.com/groups/PCBCAfterBirth/ Text reminders so you can join us LIVE, Tuesdays at 11 am central right here https://tapit.us/zeep18 All things Preggers at https://preggers.rocks/ Alert ~ Be wary, we are a little sweary. Get your earbuds if you are concerned about tender ears and sensibilities. #postartumdepression #houston #love #preggerscanbechoosers #thisiswhathealinglookslike #AfterBirth #4thtrimester #postpartumdoula #love #toddler #pandemic #family #biting #xmidwifex #straightedge #midwife #doula #postpartumsupportgroup #12step #addiction #bewell #covid #autism  #blacklivesmatter #blackmorbitity #surgicalbirth #JJWAY #medicaid #birthcenter #BV #yeastinfections #DropDeadFred #BananaSuit #breastfeeding #breastisbest #fedisbest  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pcbc/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/pcbc/support

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 say ~ Katelin How not to hate yourself when you ask for help and it doesn't go the way you want it.  Back pain while preggs tips: Tens Unit  cold heat Massage ~ for North Houston Birth center Pts  Fertile Alchemy Magnesium oil   Chiro in Houston who took Tiff's Medicaid ~ Pace Chiro Pt https://pacechiropt.com/  Boric acid capsules get a shout out, used for healing chronic yeast and BV ~ https://preggers.rocks/boric-biz/ to learn more, or order here ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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.facebook.com/groups/PCBCAfterBirth/ Text reminders so you can join us LIVE, Tuesdays at 11 am central right here https://tapit.us/zeep18 All things Preggers at https://preggers.rocks/ Alert ~ Be wary, we are a little sweary. Get your earbuds if you are concerned about tender ears and sensibilities. #postartumdepression #houston #love #preggerscanbechoosers #thisiswhathealinglookslike #AfterBirth #4thtrimester #postpartumdoula #love #toddler #pandemic #family #biting #xmidwifex #straightedge #midwife #doula #SpinningBabies #SpinningBabiesAwarePractitioner #postpartumsupportgroup #12step #addiction #bewell #covid #autism  #blacklivesmatter #blackmorbitity #surgicalbirth #JJWAY #medicaid #birthcenter #BV #yeastinfections #DropDeadFred #BananaSuit --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pcbc/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/pcbc/support

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.   Sarita's daughter is watching pregs videos on Youtube Birth Tube on FB, Bevs Baby was born with thousands of people watching.  Growing an appropriate sized baby, what makes a baby small? What makes a baby big ~ Rowan chats about placenta health.  and I'm sure more I don't remember. Boric acid capsules get a shout out, used for healing chronic yeast and BV ~ https://preggers.rocks/boric-biz/ to learn more, or order here ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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.facebook.com/groups/PCBCAfterBirth/ Text reminders so you can join us LIVE, Tuesdays at 11 am central right here https://tapit.us/zeep18 All things Preggers at https://preggers.rocks/ Alert ~ Be wary, we are a little sweary. Get your earbuds if you are concerned about tender ears and sensibilities. #postartumdepression #houston #love #preggerscanbechoosers #thisiswhathealinglookslike #AfterBirth #4thtrimester #postpartumdoula #love #toddler #pandemic #family #biting #xmidwifex #straightedge #midwife #doula #SpinningBabies #SpinningBabiesAwarePractitioner #postpartumsupportgroup #12step #addiction #bewell #covid #autism  #blacklivesmatter #blackmorbitity #surgicalbirth #JJWAY #medicaid #birthcenter #BV #yeastinfections #DropDeadFred #BananaSuit --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pcbc/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/pcbc/support

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 page of opting out becuase they feel lie there is low ROI for a preschooler.  Maggie weighs in on long term implications for social development, what will this mean in ten years for our kids and society.  Boric acid capsules get a shout out, used for healing chronic yeast and BV ~ https://preggers.rocks/boric-biz/ to learn more, or order here ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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.facebook.com/groups/PCBCAfterBirth/ Text reminders so you can join us LIVE, Tuesdays at 11 am central right here https://tapit.us/zeep18 All things Preggers at https://preggers.rocks/ Alert ~ Be wary, we are a little sweary. Get your earbuds if you are concerned about tender ears and sensibilities. #postartumdepression #houston #love #preggerscanbechoosers #thisiswhathealinglookslike #AfterBirth #4thtrimester #postpartumdoula #love #toddler #pandemic #family #biting #xmidwifex #straightedge #midwife #doula #SpinningBabies #SpinningBabiesAwarePractitioner #postpartumsupportgroup #12step #addiction #bewell #covid #autism  #blacklivesmatter #blackmorbitity #surgicalbirth #JJWAY #medicaid #birthcenter #BV #yeastinfections --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pcbc/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/pcbc/support

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.  We also talked about hair, both curly Black hair, and straight euro hair, and what's the plan when it falls out in chunks. EJOLE! So hop in, love us up as we figure out how to navigate this world, together. Tools for labor after trauma:  Birthing from Within ~ book and DIY Birth Story Medicine ~ guided Advocating for yourself while a minority while in labor:  1) get a doula to help you stay steady 2) Child Birth Education (it keeps your from getting pushed around as much) and this is a free opportunity for my Black and Brown pregnant folx. Please call for details: 817-841-9291. Email: training.birthblessings@gmail.com If you have a posterior baby/sunny side up baby, what did you do about it? Bev: moxa sticks on pinky toe Rowan: Spinning Babies to help turn baby off back Tiff: peppermint on sternum A VBAC story from Katelin, she used therapy and Rowan's online scar course Frances Coleman for a homebirth VBAC in Houston, this is Rowan's top recommendation. Hair Notes:  Color deposit dye that doesn't eat your hair 1) Overtone 2) Irio Irio  Bev the hairstylist gives us the 411 on hair regrowth: Biotin, collagen peptides (her fave is primal kitchen vanilla ) Rowan says: massage with castor oil where hairline is receding to get the follicles growing. But then she loves castor oil for everything.  PS Snaps for Tif, her sober summer is going well! has helped quarantine quite a bit ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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.facebook.com/groups/PCBCAfterBirth/ Text reminders so you can join us LIVE, Tuesdays at 11 am central right here https://tapit.us/zeep18 All things Preggers at https://preggers.rocks/ Alert ~ Be wary, we are a little sweary. Get your earbuds if you are concerned about tender ears and sensibilities. #postartumdepression #houston #love #preggerscanbechoosers #thisiswhathealinglookslike #AfterBirth #4thtrimester #postpartumdoula #love #toddler #pandemic #family #biting #xmidwifex #straightedge #midwife #doula #SpinningBabies #SpinningBabiesAwarePractitioner #postpartumsupportgroup #12step #addiction #bewell #covid #autism  #blacklivesmatter #blackmorbitity #surgicalbirth #JJWAY #medicaid #birthcenter --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pcbc/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/pcbc/support

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.facebook.com/groups/PCBCAfterBirth/ Text reminders so you can join us LIVE, Tuesdays at 11 am central right here https://tapit.us/zeep18 All things Preggers at https://preggers.rocks/ Alert ~ Be wary, we are a little sweary. Get your earbuds if you are concerned about tender ears and sensibilities. #postartumdepression #houston #love #preggerscanbechoosers #thisiswhathealinglookslike #AfterBirth #4thtrimester #postpartumdoula #love #toddler #pandemic #family #biting #xmidwifex #straightedge #midwife #doula #SpinningBabies #SpinningBabiesAwarePractitioner #postpartumsupportgroup #12step #addiction #bewell #covid #autism  #blacklivesmatter #blackmorbitity #surgicalbirth #JJWAY --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pcbc/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/pcbc/support

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 Helpline at 503-894-9453 AfterParty in the  FB group~ https://www.facebook.com/groups/PCBCAfterBirth/ Text reminders so you can join us LIVE, Tuesdays at 11 am central right here https://tapit.us/zeep18 All things Preggers at https://preggers.rocks/ Alert ~ Be wary, we are a little sweary. Get your earbuds if you are concerned about tender ears and sensibilities. #postartumdepression #houston #love #preggerscanbechoosers #thisiswhathealinglookslike #AfterBirth #4thtrimester #postpartumdoula #love #toddler #pandemic #family #biting #xmidwifex #straightedge #midwife #doula #SpinningBabies #SpinningBabiesAwarePractitioner #postpartumsupportgroup #12step #addiction #bewell #covid #autism  #blacklivesmatter #blackmorbitity #surgicalbirth #JJWAY --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pcbc/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/pcbc/support

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 anything personally 3) impeccable with your word 4) don't make any assumptions Lay this over a disagreement or boundary violation, like a framework to see where you can stay in your lane. Another take away from today, its also not my business what other people think of me. So there. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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.facebook.com/groups/PCBCAfterBirth/ Text reminders so you can join us LIVE, Tuesdays at 11 am central right here https://tapit.us/zeep18 Alert ~ Be wary, we are a little sweary. Get your earbuds if you are concerned about tender ears and sensibilities. #postartumdepression #houston #love #preggerscanbechoosers #thisiswhathealinglookslike #AfterBirth #4thtrimester #postpartumdoula #love #toddler #pandemic #family #biting #xmidwifex #straightedge #midwife #doula #SpinningBabies #SpinningBabiesAwarePractitioner #postpartumsupportgroup #12step #addiction #bewell #covid #autism  #blacklivesmatter #blackmorbitity #surgicalbirth #JJWAY --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pcbc/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/pcbc/support

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 message to their Helpline at 503-894-9453 AfterParty in the  FB group~ https://www.facebook.com/groups/PCBCAfterBirth/ Text reminders so you can join us LIVE, Tuesdays at 11 am central right here https://tapit.us/zeep18 Alert ~ Be wary, we are a little sweary. Get your earbuds if you are concerned about tender ears and sensibilities. #postartumdepression #houston #love #preggerscanbechoosers #thisiswhathealinglookslike #AfterBirth #4thtrimester #postpartumdoula #love #toddler #pandemic #family #biting #xmidwifex #straightedge #midwife #doula #SpinningBabies #SpinningBabiesAwarePractitioner #postpartumsupportgroup #12step #addiction #bewell #covid #autism #spectrum #steam #vsteam #yonisteam #gbs #blacklivesmatter #blackmorbitity #surgicalbirth --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pcbc/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/pcbc/support

This is a follow up to #Mixed, Midwifery & Facial Tattoos.    Our girl Kati has some follow up questions that Rowan asks DeShaun to weigh in on re midwifery programs and apprenticeships.  We all agree that "clean and neat" in appearance is subjective, and most likely is code for, as DeShaun says, "Look like a white girl."  Ugh.   So it is a real and gritty convo, and we desperately need all the midwives and future midwives to get this show on the road cause we need ya. This is how we can make a dent in the Black maternal mortality and morbidity rate, which is so APPALLING. #blackmidwivesmatter #MOC #midwiferystudent   Schools mentioned are Southwest Tech where DeShaun is going, they are MEAC accredited and she can use her VA benefits. https://www.swtc.edu/academics/programs/health-occupations/midwife   School I'm looking at that had previously dismissed is Midwives College of Utah. They have a big push for inclusion and student success. https://www.midwifery.edu/   Get Social!  Preggers Can Be Choosers  FB page~ https://www.facebook.com/preggerscanbechoosers IG ~ https://www.instagram.com/preggerscbc/   Kati ~ https://www.instagram.com/katilady0/   DeShaun  Book!  ~ https://www.amazon.com/Home-Birth-Midwife-DeShaun-Desrosiers-ebook/dp/B084BQTD84  Ig ~ https://www.instagram.com/harmoniousbirthing/    As always, you can find us at www.Preggers.rocks in Houston Texas.   Alert ~ Be wary, we are a little sweary. Get your earbuds if you are concerned about tender ears and sensibilities. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pcbc/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/pcbc/support

How to Become a Midwife ~ Three things are going on in this podcast.  1) facial tattoos, what's "appropriate" on a mixed-race woman, and what's not culturally appropriating on a "Rainbow White" person like myself.  We both see ourselves marked as other, and for myself, "healer" (y'all know how I feel about that term) so we chat about navigating that, and decide next time she's in town its happening! 2) midwifery ed, CNM vs CPM, pros and cons and not even knowing if that's a fit cause everyone is white-passing as hell when she looks at her local birth community. And. did I mention she had a homebirth at age 16?  3) #Mixed art project, she gets with amazing photographer Blue Fitzcarraldo and Kati's friends. Go here now to see pics.   https://preggers.rocks/a-mixed-experience-in-the-united-states-of-america/ Being mixed invites comments from every angle.  Being mixed means your appearance makes people just comfortable enough to voice watered down opinions.  Being mixed comes with the weight of choices laced with disappointment. Find Kati here: IG account https://www.instagram.com/katilady0/ Kati and I love each other, and this is a voice amplification action.  #blacklivesmatter #thisiswhathealinglookslike #blackmidwife #biracial --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pcbc/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/pcbc/support

 Get It OVER With AfterBirth is a fourth and more trimester support group, and honestly, it's just anyone show up who needs support, especially BIPOC identifying folks.  Tiff is moving. Bev wants all this over with. Dr. B goes Brain Spotting https://brainspotting.com/ Mama Dee is getting a 38 week V steam on to prevent GBS, promote flora, and in general cause it's rad. She is gonna prep her yoni with cooling herbs, then switch to heating herbs at 41 weeks which are the same as PP week herbs, and then after that is "period at bay" herbs. Not sure what any of this mean? Us either but this person right here does! "Sabrina is who I mostly buy my peri steaming herbal mixes from https://www.sabrinaelizabeth.info But I’m taking consultations on labor steaming from another practitioner friend of mine who also sells whole kit steaming (stool, pot, herbs, blanket) her name is Chantal https://honouredwomb.as.me/schedule.php" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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.facebook.com/groups/PCBCAfterBirth/ Text reminders so you can join us LIVE, Tuesdays at 11 am central right here https://tapit.us/zeep18 Alert ~ Be wary, we are a little sweary. Get your earbuds if you are concerned about tender ears and sensibilities. #postartumdepression #houston #love #preggerscanbechoosers #thisiswhathealinglookslike #AfterBirth #4thtrimester #postpartumdoula #love #toddler #pandemic #family #biting #xmidwifex #straightedge #midwife #doula #SpinningBabies #SpinningBabiesAwarePractitioner #postpartumsupportgroup #12step #addiction #bewell #covid #autism #spectrum #steam #vsteam #yonisteam #gbs --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pcbc/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/pcbc/support

Afterbirth: A Fourth and More Postpartum Support Group y'all. "My daughter came to me, and told me things that no mother wants to hear." Sometimes shit goes down. Sometimes all we can do is listen and breathe and be a shoulder while one of us navigates rough water. Rowan is getting the help of the #zinedoula https://www.instagram.com/zineswithsol Last weeks gender exploration podcast "Damage Control" https://anchor.fm/pcbc/episodes/AfterBirth-51220-Damage-Control--Otherwise-Known-as-Parenting-edv9tq Maggie wants suggestions for resting comfortable while preggers. 01:12:48    Katelin:    pillowing? https://youtu.be/AXNc7KtdA5Y then Mama Dee suggested magnesium oil,  01:16:54    3Amigos:   is the magnesium oil in pills or liquid drops? 01:17:30    Tiffany Joi:    spray oil to ingest? and then we dialed it down to oil to spray on your legs and then massage. Whew, glad we worked that out.   Mama Dee is learning about steaming while pregs, which was a mind-blowing concept to all of us!  She refers to  https://www.sabrinaelizabeth.info and also   Chantal who is teaching her steaming while pregnant specifics she also sells herbs and whole kits (pot/stool/blanket etc) https://honouredwomb.as.me/schedule.php ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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.facebook.com/groups/PCBCAfterBirth/ Text reminders so you can join us LIVE, Tuesdays at 11 am central right here https://tapit.us/jdoa5 Alert ~ Be wary, we are a little sweary. Get your earbuds if you are concerned about tender ears and sensibilities. #postartumdepression #houston #love #preggerscanbechoosers #thisiswhathealinglookslike #AfterBirth #4thtrimester #postpartumdoula #love #toddler #pandemic #family #biting #xmidwifex #straightedge #midwife #doula #SpinningBabies #SpinningBabiesAwarePractitioner #postpartumsupportgroup #12step #addiction #bewell #covid #autism #spectrum #steam #vsteam #yonisteam *This #pandemic is on our minds and hearts. If you are freaking out and need a tribe, join us live by texting the words EZChoosers to 474747 and it will send you a reminder with a link on Tuesday, 30 mins before group starts --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pcbc/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/pcbc/support

AfterBirth, a Fourth and More Trimester Support Group Today we talked a bunch about parenting, and specifically, boys getting haircuts and not liking pink anymore because of pressure from 6-year-old peers. How do we even combat that? Our kids conforming to gender roles to be cool or fit in or whatever while parts of ourselves die and we navigate explaining that its ok to be you. Gender Bread Person is a cool tool  From there we flowed into consent and teaching consent and what does that look like when you are peeling an unconsenting kid off their sibling who did not consent to get crawled all over. Shout out to the Three Minute Game from Betty Martin  Planned parenthood has this offering,  And Rowan is working with the Zine Doula, so she's excited! https://www.instagram.com/zineswithsol Links that may help NOW are: L&D policies in Houston Area Hospitals, What Birth centers are accepting late transfers? Google Doc 411 Link How Do I Know if I'm a fit for a Home Birth or Birth Center? Podcast link ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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.facebook.com/groups/PCBCAfterBirth/ Text reminders so you can join us LIVE, Tuesdays at 11 am central right here https://tapit.us/jdoa5 Alert ~ Be wary, we are a little sweary. Get your earbuds if you are concerned about tender ears and sensibilities. #postartumdepression #houston #love #preggerscanbechoosers #thisiswhathealinglookslike #AfterBirth #4thtrimester #postpartumdoula #love #toddler #pandemic #family #biting #xmidwifex #straightedge #midwife #doula #SpinningBabies #SpinningBabiesAwarePractitioner #postpartumsupportgroup #12step #addiction #bewell #covid *This #pandemic is on our minds and hearts. If you are freaking out and need a tribe, join us live by texting the words EZChoosers to 474747 and it will send you a reminder with a link on Tuesday, 30 mins before group starts. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pcbc/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/pcbc/support