Tuning In From Within

View Details

In our season two finale episode, Kelli and Carah talk about evidence-based practices for maintaining your mental health while navigating postpartum. Topics discussed include sleep, mindfulness, and how to tackle division of labor and societal gender norms that could be influencing inequality within the household.

Additional Resources:

Paid Parental Leave in the United States - Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

NPR article on daycare in USA

The Lanham Act

Fair Play

Benefits of Meditation

Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)

"Breathing Buddies"

A few of Carah and Kelli's favorite (free) mindfulness exercises:

Guided Self-Compassion Meditations

Greater Good in Action: Simple steps to boost your well being

Insight Timer

View Details

Join Carah and Kelli as they talk about how labor and delivery has evolved over the last century and how factors like capitalism, racism, colonization, and (you guessed it) the patriarchy have led us to our less-than-ideal modern day birthing outcomes and practices. We’ll also be talking with Cassie Schemper, the founder and owner of Birthing in Power, to explore how birthing people can set themselves up for an empowering labor and delivery within the current birthing ecosystem.

Additional Resources

Ina May’s Guide To Childbirth by Ina May Gaskin

The Business of Being Born

WHO: C-section rates continue to rise

Five Types of Midwives

Books:

The Birth Partner by Penny Simkin

Instagram:

@birthinginpower

https://linktr.ee/birthinginpower

Ina May's Guide to Childbirth "Updated With New Material"

View Details

Abortion is healthcare. Abortion is a human right.

Join Kelli and Carah as they unpack the public health implications of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.

Abortion Guides:

States Likely to Ban Abortion
Abortion Finder by State

Voting and Political Resources

Find out who is representing you and who’s on the upcoming ballot: https://myreps.datamade.us/

Compare government officials side by side: https://justfacts.votesmart.org/

Donate to: National Birth Equity Collaborative, National Latina Institute for Reproductive Justice, Black Mamas Matters Alliance, In Our Own Voice: National Black Women’s Reproductive Justice Agenda, and Surge Reproductive Justice

Implications of Banning Abortion: Scholarly Articles

Turnaway Study

“Why banning abortion is a public health issue” - University of Washington

Health Implications of Restricting Abortion Access- Harvard University

View Details

In the United States, it's common for people giving birth in hospitals to experience a lack of consent and be denied the opportunity to play an active role in their birth experience. Oftentimes, this leads to what is called 'obstetric violence.'

Tune in to listen to a conversation between Carah and her sister, Chelsey Solemsaas, as they discuss how a traumatic birth story led to a reclamation of power.

Additional Resources

https://www.lamaze.org/

Birth Plan Templates:

Giving Birth with Confidence
The Bump: Birth Plan

Books:

The Birth Partner by Penny Simkin

Instagram:

@coffeesarap

@limitlesslittlesco

DONATE:

Birth Center

IrthApp

View Details

Black women are three to four times more likely to die of birth-related causes than white women. How did we get here, and what’s being done to address the underlying issues?

In this episode–a continuation of Disparities in the Delivery Room part one, Demystifying Doulas–we’ll be joined by Joyce Abeng, MPH, who provides her expertise in the field of health policy and administration. Joyce will be helping us unpack how we got to this state of extreme dysfunction and how systemic racism affects the U.S. birthing system today.

Tuning In From Within: Recent Episodes

Carah Solemsaas, Kelli Hirt, and Xernay Aniwar