Milk + Motherhood: Recent Episodes
Therese Dansby
Welcome to Milk + Motherhood: a safe place to discuss breastfeeding, postpartum, parenting, the challenges these can present, and the hope we have for growing through it.
In this bonus episode, my friend Stephanie Risinger (@stephanie.hopefulandwhole) and I talk about our personal experiences with the birth control pill and our professional experiences in working with women who are not always seen, heard, and respected in medical settings. In short, medical gaslighting is very common in the perinatal settings in which we see clients. So when the Washington Post came out with an article titled, Women are getting off birth control amid misinformation explosion, I knew we had to talk about it.
In holistic spaces, there's a lot of backlash against this article, referencing medical gaslighting but also calling out media at large and its glaring biases.
We discuss the article with an eye on critical thinking and curiosity more so than making a definitive statement or writing a thesis on birth control or feminism. As I re-listened to our conversation, I realized these are the kinds of discussions we need to be having as the media prepares to tell women how to feel and think and act about their bodies for the next 8 months of this election cycle.
So while I will be back to my postpartum and motherhood content soon, I think this discussion is an important one to have in the larger conversation about women's health and where the authority really lies (hint: the authority lies with you, not your doctor and not with social media and not with poorly-researched "news" articles).
For more on birth control's potential side effects, check out episode 16 on the Are You Menstrual? podcast.
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My allergy e-cookbook: https://bit.ly/nourishedwithnuance
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I am solidly in my toddler breastfeeding era right now, so I figured this was the perfect time to talk about it! In this solo episode, I cover toddler breastfeeding myths, my personal change of heart in this regard, global breastfeeding recommendations and the benefits of breastfeeding, and the benefits of breastfeeding for more than a year. I talk about how your milk changes over time and how the experience of nursing definitely changes.
So many resources cited in this episode:
1.) "What to Expect" Instagram highlights: https://www.instagram.com/stories/highlights/17884745341987178/
2.) KellyMom's article on breastfeeding past infancy: https://kellymom.com/ages/older-infant/ebf-benefits/
3.) Breastfeeding in Mongolia: https://www.naturalchild.org/articles/guest/ruth_kamnitzer.html
4.) Don't Take the Intimacy Out of Breastfeeding: https://www.janetlansbury.com/2010/10/theres-a-person-on-your-breast-dont-take-the-intimacy-out-of-breastfeeding/
5.) The Psychological Effects of Breastfeeding: https://tghncollections.pubpub.org/pub/8-the-psychological-effects-of-breastfeeding/release/2
6.) AAP Breastfeeding Policy Statement: https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article/150/1/e2022057988/188347/Policy-Statement-Breastfeeding-and-the-Use-of?autologincheck=redirected
7.) Lily Nichols on Vitamin A: https://lilynicholsrdn.com/liver-organ-meat/
8.) Lily Nichols on Nutrients in Breastmilk: https://lilynicholsrdn.com/can-we-boost-the-nutrient-levels-breast-milk/
9.) Minerals + Mother's Milk podcast interview with Amanda Montalvo: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4O7bqZcRVHoNsqNXVoRo4V?si=BgV38RnjRiesyTJHp3dE_g
15% off Lactation Lab testing with code HAPPYMAMA: https://lactationlab.com/discount/HAPPYMAMA
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My allergy e-cookbook: https://bit.ly/nourishedwithnuance
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This episode is sponsored by the Nourished Mother Recipe Bundle. Get a 15% discount here with code PODCAST15: https://bit.ly/nourishedmotherbundle
In today's episode, strength coach Adina Rubin (@adinarubin_) and I chat about life with 3 kids, kettlebells, why moms need to be strong, how this looks practically in the postpartum season, why walking isn't always the best postpartum exercise, and how a strength program doesn't have to be complicated or even hard to be effective.
You can find Adina's self-paced kettlebell program here: Strength Straining for Happy Hormones
You can find her podcast with Diane Teall here: Get Your Sh*t Together
Resources we mention:
-Episode 10: discussing retained reflexes and rhythmic movement
-Episode 12: discussing infant sleep
-Adina's podcast episode on weight loss
This podcast is for educational purposes only! The opinions of myself or my guests are never meant to replace individual medical advice. Please practice informed consent with your mom intuition and your care team.
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Certified Classical Homeopath Jenna Dodge (@projecthomeopathy) is chatting with us today about how homeopathy can be a helpful tool in your postpartum, breastfeeding, baby-raising era. She explains how she became a homeopath, what homeopathy is, how it works, how it differs from other home remedies like herbal tinctures, and how to find remedies that could work for you.
Resources we discuss:
projecthomeopathy.com
jennadodge.com
Homeopathy with Jenna FB group: https://www.facebook.com/homeopathywithjenna
Avoiding Urgent Care with Homeopathy course: https://www.jennadodge.com/avoiding-urgent-care-with-homeopathy
You can find the books Jenna mentions on my Amazon storefront: https://amzn.to/3KE2FfM
This podcast is for educational purposes only! The opinions of myself or my guests are never meant to replace individual medical advice. Please practice informed consent with your mom intuition and your care team.
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Learn more about my work and schedule an in-person or virtual lactation consult at happymamahealthybaby.co
Our online breastfeeding and postpartum course: https://bit.ly/nourishedbeginningscourse (15% off with code PODCAST15)
Postpartum recipes and resources: https://bit.ly/nourishedmotherbundle
My allergy e-cookbook: https://bit.ly/nourishedwithnuance
Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/milkandmotherhood/support
Pediatric nurse, functional health coach, and mom of 3 Peyton Berg (@pey_lovinghealthllc) and I initially planned to talk about "balancing" work and motherhood but we ended up covering a lot of ground in this conversation:
- how hard means different things to different people and comparison in motherhood isn't helpful
- what it looks like to walk through a season of confusion when you thought you were doing the right thing and you didn't get the outcome you expected
- discernment about alternative healing modalities
- navigating the healthy living space as Christians, and the difference between spiritual and emotional health
- and asking for and accepting help
Peyton's website is here: https://www.lovinghealthfm.com/
Her post on Christianity and healing modalities is here: https://www.instagram.com/p/CrcEokTP0XH/?img_index=1
This podcast is for educational purposes only. The opinions of myself or my guests are never meant to replace individual medical advice. Please practice informed consent with your mama intuition and your care team.
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If you're enjoying this podcast, please subscribe and leave a review in Apple Podcasts to help other people find us! You can also find me on Instagram @happy.mama.healthy.baby for more content.
Sign up for my monthly newsletter and get a free freezer meal download: https://happymamahealthybaby.ck.page
Learn more about my work and schedule an in-person or virtual lactation consult at happymamahealthybaby.co
Our online breastfeeding and postpartum course: https://bit.ly/nourishedbeginningscourse (15% off with code PODCAST15)
Postpartum recipes and resources: https://bit.ly/nourishedmotherbundle
My allergy e-cookbook: https://bit.ly/nourishedwithnuance
Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/milkandmotherhood/support
Cheryl Sew Hoy (@tiny.health) and I dive RIGHT into why mother's microbiome affects baby's gut health, why not all probiotics are helpful, how to improve baby's gut health (and yours), why any amount of breastmilk benefits baby's microbiome, and how the microbiome changes as our babies grow. And, of course, we address the question of whether or not babies need probiotics.
Links to things we talk about in the episode:
- Tiny Health blog posts mentioned in this interview: birth plan, gentle c-sections, pediatric antibiotics, the power of dirt
- Missing Microbes book: amzn.to/3CWD6CI
- My interview with Sally Fallon about living foods and human milk: https://spoti.fi/3reSHuw
- Order a Tiny Health microbiome test here and use code HAPPYMAMA20 for $20 off: https://bit.ly/3XCMqVU
- Get 10% off Smidge Infant probiotic with code HAPPYMAMA10 here: https://bit.ly/3XwkN0x
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If you're enjoying this podcast, please subscribe and leave a review in Apple Podcasts to help other people find us! You can also find me on Instagram @happy.mama.healthy.baby for more content.
Sign up for my monthly newsletter and get a free freezer meal download: https://happymamahealthybaby.ck.page
Learn more about my work and schedule an in-person or virtual lactation consult at happymamahealthybaby.co
Our online breastfeeding and postpartum course: https://bit.ly/nourishedbeginningscourse (15% off with code PODCAST15)
Postpartum recipes and resources: https://bit.ly/nourishedmotherbundle
My allergy e-cookbook: https://bit.ly/nourishedwithnuance
Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/milkandmotherhood/support
This conversation with Cassy Joy Garcia (@fedandfit) was so encouraging to me. Even a professional cookbook author finds dinnertime difficult sometimes! In this interview, we talk about shifting priorities, how to make work time work with young children, asking for help, and our favorite dinner go-tos. Of course, we also talk about Cassy's second and third cookbooks and why they're perfect for this exact season of life that we are both in.
You can find Cassy's Cook Once Eat All Week and Cook Once Dinner Fix cookbooks in my Amazon storefront HERE because I'm constantly telling friends and clients about them! I use one or both of them weekly.
Links to other things we talked about:
-The Lazy Genius Way and the Lazy Genius Kitchen books are great when you're out of newborn mode, and help prepare you for the next chaotic season you may encounter.
-Sign up for weekly emails on FedandFit.com to get free meal plans and recipes in your inbox every Friday
-Get my free postpartum (or any time) freezer meal plan with 14 recipes, a master grocery list, and step-by-step instructions when you sign up for my monthly email newsletter
-And here's the food allergy e-cookbook I was talking about at the top of the episode
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In this episode, Amber (@officialambertrueblood) and I have a really great conversation covering lots of ground:
sensory overwhelm and how to handle it
anxiety styles and how knowing yours can affect your relationships
choosing empathy over comparison
the big impact of small changes
boundaries in motherhood
and more!
Amber's next book, The Unflustered Mom, comes out on June 6! You can preorder and submit your order info on her website to get some pre-order goodies.
links mentioned in this episode:
- Find your anxiety style HERE
- You can also find Amber on YouTube HERE
- I have quick nervous system reset tips in the Nourished Mother Bundle, which you can purchase here HERE
- The Kids' Flag Page Game that I mentioned is HERE
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You can learn more about me and schedule an in-person or virtual lactation consult HERE
You can find my online breastfeeding course HERE (15% off with code PODCAST15)
You can find my allergy e-cookbook HERE
In this episode, physical therapist and CST provider Christina (@tighten.your.tinkler) and I bounce back and forth talking about our own postpartum experiences, how they led us to the work we do, and how you are not alone if your pelvic floor doesn't feel the same postpartum. She answers so many listener questions and also shares hope for addressing your symptoms via the program she and her colleague, Jenn, have developed. Their program, Tighten Your Tinkler, is offered virtually and is backed by three years of academic research.
You can take the quiz HERE to see if Tighten Your Tinkler is a good fit for you.
Tighten Your Tinkler can be found HERE and they graciously offered $50 off for listeners who use the code HAPPYMAMA50 at checkout!
The Decompression Position that she mentioned (to relax back, hips, and pelvic floor) can be found HERE.
Some of their other resources can be accessed for free on their YouTube channel.
For more on the pelvic floor, you can also listen to Milk + Motherhood episode 9.
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You can learn more about me and schedule an in-person or virtual lactation consult HERE
You can find my online breastfeeding course HERE (15% off with code PODCAST15)
You can find postpartum recipes and resources HERE
You can find my allergy e-cookbook HERE
Dr. Molly (@drmollyhayes) and I cover a lot in this conversation:
Cavities in pregnancy, fetal development, how breastfeeding helps form the palate, bottles and pacifiers, cavities and nighttime nursing, airway issues and sleeping positions, and more!
We also talk about what we've had to learn the hard way as moms in terms of oral health, and we are here to potentially help you avoid making the same mistakes! (Of course, this episode is meant for educational purposes and doesn't replace medical advice.)Dr. Molly's website is HERE.
You can find her House Call resource HERE.
Dr. Molly helped us launch our breastfeeding course and references it in our conversation. You can find that course HERE. Use the code PODCAST15 to get a 15% discount!
EFT tapping has been a really helpful resource for me for everything from postpartum panic and birth trauma to mom overwhelm and food allergy fears. In this episode, Theresa (@livingrootswellness) and I talk about what this is and why it helps.
We got on to talk a lot about practicing joy and resilience and why it's a gift to have life circumstances that force us to practice these skills again and again. Throughout the conversation, we also cover re-parenting, co-regulating, and creating safety in the body.
Resources:
- Try Tapping for a Lack of Sleep on Theresa's YouTube channel
- You can find Theresa's website and get a 7-day tapping trial HERE
- You can hear more from Theresa on her podcast HERE
- The book about moving through emotions that I couldn't remember the name of is Burnout: The Secret of Unlocking the Stress Cycle by sisters Emily and Amelia Nagowski
- The Place we Find Ourselves podcast with Adam Young
- Postnatal Depression Screening Tool
After sharing my birth stories (episode 14) and a lot of info on infant food allergies (episodes 15 and 16), it seems fitting to talk about postpartum mental health again.
In this interview, I have the hosts of the Hormone Genius podcast (@thehormonegenius) here to talk with us about progesterone and postpartum mental health. Teresa is a Women's Health Nurse Practitioner at Sancta Familia and Jamie is a FertilityCare Practitioner and hormone coach through the Fiat Institute.
In this interview, we talk about hormones (of course), mental health, and the NaPro progesterone protocol for postpartum women.
Links to things we discuss in this conversation:
- NaPro and Postpartum Depression
- Jamie shares more of her PPD story on Episode 20 of the Hormone Genius podcast
- I share more of my own postpartum story in Episode 14 of this podcast
- Progesterone and Mood
- 7 Superpowers of Progesterone
For general overview of postpartum mood and anxiety disorders, check out episode 5 of this podcast!
(As always, this podcast is intended for informational purposes only and isn't meant to replace medical advice.)
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For more, you can find me on Instagram @happy.mama.healthy.baby and on the internet at happymamahealthybaby.co
This is the second half of the interview that I got to do with Dr. Trill from Free to Feed. For the first half, refer back to episode 15! In this episode, we talk through all of YOUR listener questions, including:
-How do I talk to my pediatrician about my allergy concerns?
-Are my baby's allergies my fault?
-What are my allergy testing options?
-How do gut tests and probiotics affect baby's reactivity?
-Why does my baby react to some forms of an allergen but not others?
...and so much more
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My food allergy cookbook, Nourished with Nuance, can be found HERE! Price is $25 through April 22 -- no code needed!
For $20 off a Tiny Health gut test for you and/or your baby, use code HAPPYMAMA20.
If you're enjoying the podcast, don't forget to leave an Apple review by the end of April to be entered into the Instagram giveaway! You can find me on Insta @happy.mama.healthy.baby and you can find my services and resources at happymamahealthybaby.co
Molecular biologist Dr. Trill (@free.to.feed) and I talk about food allergy facts and misinformation. In fact, we talked for so long that I broke the interview into two episodes. This is part one, and it covers the different types of food allergies, how babies can still react to allergens when exposed via breastmilk, how to eliminate potential triggers, why the top 12 infant allergens are different than the top adult allergens, and how allergies differ from intolerances.
Links we mention:
My Nourished with Nuanace food allergy cookbook releases TOMORROW-- get 25% off April with code PODCAST.
Participate in the F2F food allergy survey!
Free to Feed consultations
Food Allergy Support Package for parents
Infant Food Reactivity Master Class for professionals
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If you're looking for holistic prenatal education from the comfort of your own home, look no further than our Nourished Beginnings breastfeeding and postpartum course. Use the code PODCAST15 when purchasing to get 15% off!
You can find me on Instagram @happy.mama.healthy.baby for more content like this <3
I have referenced my own birth stories in several episodes, but I haven't shared them in their entirety on this podcast... until now. I knew I probably needed to share more, to put my experiences in perspective when I share little tidbits here and there, but I was dreading a long monologue. Then I realized, well, I've walked through these stories before with a really fantastic interviewer and unless you found me through @happyhomebirthpodcast you may not have heard this story before. This exact interview was originally published as Happy Homebirth Podcast Episode 193: Preparing for Birth When Plans Change Last Minute.
If you like encouraging birth stories and deep conversations about things that matter in the birth world, I cannot recommend Katelyn's podcast enough, by the way. EVEN IF you have zero desire to have a homebirth (spoiler alert: none of mine ended up being home births, although the third was supposed to be until plans changed at 38 weeks).
Notes on this interview:
These are really three happy stories. However, my third birth experience ends with some unexpected events after delivery that registered as trauma in my body. I give a trigger warning before going into it, so if you're in a sensitive place, go ahead and skip forward 5 minutes or so when you hear that warning.
Katelyn says, "Despite my great love and desire for mothers to know about homebirth as an option, that does NOT automatically mean that home is the best option for everyone. The best option for a mother is for her to give birth where she feels safest and most comfortable. We are asking our bodies to open up and be fully vulnerable. If they are most comfortable doing that in a hospital, there is absolutely no shame in that."
I go into my People Pleaser Tendency here. Katelyn says, "This is very common in pregnancy and birth, and it's something we need to be aware of so that we can prepare ourselves beforehand. Strengthening our boundaries during pregnancy can be incredibly useful."
Finally, birth can be beautiful and still have complications. There can still be traumas after something amazing and lovely, and we can eventually find ways to integrate these experiences and not get stuck in those traumatic moments.
If you're enjoying this podcast, PLEASE leave a review in Apple Podcasts to help other people find us! All reviews entered between January and the end of April 2023 will be entered in the Season 1 giveaway on Instagram prior to the start of Season 2 at the end of April.
If you're looking for holistic breastfeeding education that also talks more about this transition to motherhood, look no further than our Nourished Beginnings breastfeeding and postpartum course. Use the code PODCAST15 when purchasing to get 15% off!
You can find me on Instagram @happy.mama.healthy.baby for more content like this <3
In this interview, Mary Haseltine (@madeforthisbirth) and I talk about what God ACTUALLY told Adam and Eve in the garden, what we can expect from birth and motherhood, when we need to surrender control in this process, and how this surrender is something that will come up again and again in our motherhood journey, as Mary is learning as she launches her oldest child off to college.
Resources we reference in this episode:
Mary's book Made for This: The Catholic Mom's Guide to Birth
Gloria Furman's book Labor with Hope: Gospel Meditations on Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Mothering
Verity podcast: Reframing Pregnancy and Birth
Verity podcast: Motherhood Culture (because while sacrifice is a part of motherhood, it's also important to know we aren't called to suffer for the sake of suffering in our roles as mothers)
Read Aloud Revival #216: How to Teach from Rest (we can expect this to be work, whether we are talking about homeschooling or motherhood)
Pregnancy, Birth, and Beyond podcast: Birth as a Hero's Journey with Pam England
If you're enjoying this podcast, PLEASE leave a review in Apple Podcasts to help other people find us! All reviews entered between January and the end of April 2023 will be entered in the Season 1 giveaway on Instagram prior to the start of Season 2 at the end of April.
If you're looking for holistic breastfeeding education that also talks more about this transition to motherhood, look no further than our Nourished Beginnings breastfeeding and postpartum course. Use the code PODCAST15 when purchasing to get 15% off!
You can find me on Instagram @happy.mama.healthy.baby for more content like this <3
- In this interview, Taylor (@taylorkulik) and I talk about what's normal in regards to infant sleep in the first year and what's not normal. We cover the Safe Sleep 7 and what is and is not recommended in terms of safe sleep environments. If you're dealing with sleep red flags, we talk about what to consider next including things like oral ties, airway issues, breastfeeding problems, and food sensitivities as well as where to look for next steps. Most importantly, we talk about how to function and care for yourself during a season of very little sleep.
- Taylor's website with info on consults and courses can be found HERE.
- Her podcast episode that goes in-depth on sleep red flags is HERE.
- Taylor did a sleep module within the postpartum segment of my breastfeeding course, Nourished Beginnings. You can find that course HERE. (code PODCAST15 will get you 15% off!)
- Use THIS LINK + code "newtoearthley" for 10% the Goodnight (magnesium) Lotion we talk about at one point.
- Dr. Jame's McKenna's books, research, and website are a wealth of sleep information for moms of young children. You can find his safe co-sleeping guidelines HERE.
- This BBC article from 2022 summarizes a lot of what we do know about infant sleep (which isn't as much as we like to think). I found this article to be extremely interesting since it analyzed global trends and reported sleep norms. You can read it for yourself HERE.
- THIS podcast interview with Abigail Dodds on the Journeywomen podcast was so encouraging to me in one of my seasons of sleep deprivation.
- Finally, THESE WORDS from Charles Spurgeon hit me when my first was just 2 months old and, like I mention in the episode, I was just so discouraged that he wasn't sleeping the way I'd expected him to.
I was incredibly honored to interview Sally Fallon Morell (@sallyfallonmorell) about postpartum, early motherhood, and feeding your family. We get to hear some of her early parenthood story, how she came upon the work of Dr. Weston A. Price, where she found inspiration for the incredible number of recipes in Nourishing Traditions, the key to getting your fermented cucumbers to stay crunchy, and more!
Here are the links to the WAPF shopping guide and the restaurant guide that Sally mentions in this interview.
A few times throughout the interview, I referenced different Wise Traditions podcast episodes and you can find that podcast here.
If you're looking for ancestral wisdom for the modern breastfeeding mom, look no further than our Nourished Beginnings breastfeeding and postpartum course. Use the code PODCAST15 when purchasing to get 15% off!
Follow me on Instagram @happy.mama.healthy.baby for more content like this <3
- In this episode, physical therapist Stephanie Novacek (@wellbellybabe) and I talk about infant assessment skills, the vagus nerve, and the importance of co-regulation between mom and baby. She walks us through what a wave of therapeutic tummy time looks like and explains what retained reflexes are and how rhythmic movement can help us integrate them. Finally, she and I talk about how moms often want to be seen and heard, too, when they're struggling to help baby resolve something. We both agree that taking care of the mother is taking care of the baby, and it's important for the mother to mother herself as well.
- Toward the end of the episode, Stephanie mentions an upcoming virtual workshop for reflex integration and that is coming up on February 8, 2023 at 8pm CST. You can sign up HERE and it's free!
- If your infant or older child would benefit from Stephanie's Physical Therapy work via Well Bellies and Babies, you can find her info HERE.
- If you live in the Kansas City area and you're interested in her therapeutic nature play school, Well Wilderness info can be found HERE.
- To find a Tummy Time Method provider in your area, you can search HERE. And THIS is Michelle Emmanuel's parent handout that walks you through tummy time at home.
- Finally, you can always find me on Instagram @happy.mama.healthy.baby and on the internet at happymamahealthybaby.co
- In the spirit of Mothering the Mother, check out the Nourished Mother bundle! Two recipe books, snack and meal planning guides, and quick in-the-moment nervous system regulation hacks for overstimulated moms, all for just $25!
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In this episode, Dr. Cait (@womanlymadeco) and I talk about how we grow with each kid, how we need to apply our maternal mama bear instincts to our own postpartum care as well, and physical and emotional patterns that we can get into that don't serve us. This episode contains such a wealth of encouragement and information!
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You can find the Womanly Made guide HERE.
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You can find my breastfeeding and postpartum course HERE.
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Don't forget to follow along on Instagram @happy.mama.healthy.baby
- Doula, chef, herbalist, and mom Tori Weber (@nettle.honey) and I talk about getting dinner on the table and making sure you're eating enough throughout your breastfeeding journey, but particularly in that first year. She shares her favorite easy meals, how needs shift throughout postpartum, why you shouldn't drink coffee on an empty stomach, and how to get your kids to take cod liver oil.
- Right now, the Mama app (@meetmarma) she talks about is FREE to download and use for recipe inspiration based on where you are in pregnancy or postpartum.
- The Nourished Mother Bundle also contains 38 nourishing, easy, kid-approved recipes and other motherhood resources for just $25.
- Finally, you can find my favorite easy meal cookbooks in my Amazon shop!
Today, Loren (@innate_fertility) and I discuss postpartum nutrition, progesterone and mood disorders, how to prioritize your grocery budget, and so much more! If you want to work with Loren, you can find all that she offers on her website innatefertility.org. If you want to learn more about postpartum and breastfeeding, you can always find me on Instagram @happy.mama.healthy.baby or at my website happymamahealthybaby.co. Finally, you can find more postpartum nutrition resources including my virtual breastfeeding and postpartum course and postpartum cookbook bundle here: https://nourished-beginnings1.teachable.com
Amanda and I talk about how mother's mineral intake does (or doesn't) affect the mineral content of her milk. We also talk about how to nourish yourself without adding stress in the postpartum season, when you might consider an HTMA test or Full Monty Iron panel, and what to do with the results. You can find Amanda on Instagram @hormonehealingrd and you can find her Master Your Minerals course and 1:1 testing options at hormonehealingrd.com Links to a few of the things we talk about:adrenal cocktails: https://www.hormonehealingrd.com/blog/adrenal-cocktail-recipesovulatory and period pain: https://www.hormonehealingrd.com/blog/S1E10my postpartum and breastfeeding course and cookbooks: https://nourished-beginnings1.teachable.comLactation Lab breastmilk testing: https://lactationlab.com/discount/HAPPYMAMA (15% off with code HAPPYMAMA) My Season 3 Episode 3 interview on breastfeeding on Amanda's Are You Menstrual podcast: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3XvNBEDgzaAbwAhHmInKZr?si=EFRkVssARt2iBLvv7xvGRA
In this episode, perinatal counselor Stephanie Risinger (@hopefulandwhole) and I go through a broad overview of the various ways in which you may not feel like yourself during pregnancy and postpartum. We cover dashed expectations, lack of support, the spectrum of perinatal mood and anxiety disorders, and when to know you might need some additional help. This is a great episode to have your partner listen to, as well! As always, you can find me on Instagram @happy.mama.heathy.baby or check out my website happymamahealthybaby.co if you’re wanting to schedule a lactation consultation. My virtual, self-led breastfeeding and postpartum class goes in-depth on mental health and support as well, and you can find that at http://nourished-beginnings1.teachable.com
- In this episode, my colleague and fellow IBCLC Cortney and I talk about how meeting our own breastfeeding struggles propelled us into new careers, the importance of prenatal breastfeeding prep (shoutout to the Nourished Beginnings breastfeeding course we poured our hearts into and released recently... see link below), the importance of giving dads the grace they need to transition as well, and how motherhood is heavy, but it's a privilege to carry it.
- African Peanut Soup : https://themodernproper.com/african-peanut-soup
- Real Food for Pregnancy, Nourishing Traditions, Cook Once Eat All Week, and more in our Amazon storefront : https://www.amazon.com/shop/happy.mama.healthy.baby
- Where you can find Cortney : https://gwtflactation.com @growwiththe.flow
- Where you can find me: happymamahealthybaby.co @happy.mama.healthy.baby
- Our prenatal breastfeeding and postpartum course Nourished Beginnings : https://nourished-beginnings1.teachable.com/p/nourished-beginnings
- The Nourished Mother Bundle for mamas who are already postpartum : https://nourished-beginnings1.teachable.com/p/the-nourished-mother-bundle
In this episode, Katelyn and I talk about how birth can set you up for postpartum and breastfeeding, but it's also not the end of the world if it doesn't go the way you planned. We talk through postpartum planning, the hormones of birth and breastfeeding, nervous system healing, and how to take ownership of changes that happen along the way.
Ep. 193 Preparing for Birth When Plans Change (my 3 birth stories on Happy Homebirth, which I reference in this discussion) : https://www.myhappyhomebirth.com/episode-193/
The Breast Crawl : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YW72pFFEIUo
Where you can find Katelyn : myhappyhomebirth.com @happyhomebirthpodcast
Apply for the next round of Katelyn's Homebirth Collective here https://www.happyhomebirthacademy.com/the-hbc-waitlist
Where you can find me: happymamahealthybaby.co @happy.mama.healthy.baby
My prenatal breastfeeding and postpartum course Nourished Beginnings : https://nourished-beginnings1.teachable.com/p/nourished-beginnings
The Nourished Mother Recipe Bundle for mamas who are already postpartum : https://nourished-beginnings1.teachable.com/p/the-nourished-mother-bundle
In this jam-packed episode, Amanda and I discuss: colicky firstborns, the concept of matrescence (think adolescence, but for moms), how to prepare for postpartum, and what foods and herbs to have on hand before baby arrives.
Intro to matrescence, as coined by Dana Raphael, the PhD in 1973 : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dana_Raphael
Amanda's matrescence interview with Susie Fishleder : https://open.spotify.com/episode/7cA9Hvk8gl5zTk9nLJaZMX
Where you can find Amanda: treemamaherbals.com @treemamaherbals
Where you can find me: happymamahealthybaby.co @happy.mama.healthy.baby
My prenatal breastfeeding and postpartum course Nourished Beginnings : https://nourished-beginnings1.teachable.com/p/nourished-beginnings
The Nourished Mother Recipe Bundle for mamas who are already postpartum : https://nourished-beginnings1.teachable.com/p/the-nourished-mother-bundle
Learn more about your host, Therese, and what she hopes this podcast can offer you. Plus, this episode closes with a guest essay sharing a new perspective on the sacrifices of motherhood that you won’t want to miss!