Pregnancy, Parenting & Politics: Recent Episodes
Jeanne M Faulkner
Pregnancy, Parenting & Politics, is a breath of fresh air: accessible, authoritative, funny, reassuring and personal. It's chock-full of Jeanne's comprehensive, medically-sound advice and insights plus conversations with women, mothers and experts in pregnancy, parenting and the power to change the world. Women's health expert, labor nurse, feminist, mother of four, Fit Pregnancy.com columnist and author of Common Sense Pregnancy (Random House, 2015), Jeanne Faulkner has been at the bedside for thousands of deliveries. She provides the honest insider advice you need during pregnancy, labor, birth, and parenthood. Jeanne believes that parents have the power to change the world and that's what we're talking about here on Pregnancy, Parenting & Politics.
Jeanne talks with Your Political Playlist host and Democratic strategist, Emily Tisch Sussman about what the Covid Relief Bill means for families, beyond the stimulus checks. Jeanne also talks about taking a break and putting Pregnancy, Parenting and Politics on hiatus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks withNew Orleans Maternal Health Coalition members Demetrice Smith, CNM, FNP and Clare Daniel, Assistant Professor of Women’s Leadership at Tulane University about how lifting practice restrictions on midwives could improve maternal health outcomes for black women and solve widespread health care access problems. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks with Julie Gonzalez, a longtime listener about her email asking how to talk to her dismissive family about her interest in studying pregnancy and parenting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks about Marie Mongon, founder of Hypnobirthing, the Violence Against Women Act, home birth and chats with Tanya Tringali, a certified nurse midwife and founder of Motherwit Maternity about wellness, the postpartum year and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks about what the passage of the American Rescue Plan means for postpartum women, about marking our 1-year anniversary living with COVID-19 and then talks with Lauren Franke Hawk, a registered nurse who works in the emergency department with COVID-19 patients and is pregnant with her first baby. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks with CNM, Chris Beard about COVID-19 updates, vaccination information and pregnancy and COVID. Chris also talks about patient care and PPE, now that she's vaccinated. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks about the Momnibus Bill and revisits last February's interview about racism, bias and birth with author, journalist, speaker and activitist, Kimberly Seals Allers, host of the newly launched Birthright--a podcast about joy and healing in Black birth. . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks about two bills introduced in Congress and interviews author, creative director, Samantha Hart about running away, raising herself, her career as creative director for rock stars and Oscar winning movies and about her new memoir, Blind Pony. We talk about parenting, grandparenting, writing and building a creative career as a parent. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks with Benny Nachman, CEO of Jassby, about raising money smart kids in a cashless world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne discusses ACOG's statement on the COVID vaccine and pregnant persons , about the COVID baby bust and chats about fertility with Afton Vechery, CEO of Modern Fertility. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks with March of Dimes' Senior Vice President and Chief Medical and Health Office, Dr. Rahul Gupta, about the March of Dimes focus on women to improve women's and babies' health. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks with March of Dimes ambassador, Danielle Kilgore, about her experiences with pregnancy loss and the March of Dimes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks with Aeroflow's Jennifer Jordan about how to make motherhood, breastfeeding, pumping, maternity leave and your job work in real life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks with Amy Hudgens, founder of The Nourished Girls Project about her work to help girls and women live their joy, know their strengths, dream big dreams and fulfill their potential. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne gets COVID updates from midwife, Chris Beard and then talks with Ronsha Dickerson and Raquel Jeffers about their work to make sure doulas are available for women who need them in New Jersey, especially in African American communities. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks with Yale School of Nursing midwifery student, Ashleigh Evans about what it means that her school no longer has a dean of diversity and how racism and disparity contribute to poor maternal health outcomes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne catches up with certified nurse midwife, Chris Beard about what it's like to deliver babies during COVID-19, eight months into the pandemic, and about why it's important to vote. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks with author, journalist and maternal health advocate, Kimberly Seals Allers about racism and bias in hospitals and healthcare and about her upcoming app that will help women find high-quality care. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks with relationship researcher and tech entrepreneur, Matt Larson, about how to create strong family bonds and why that's the most important thing parents can do. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks with prenatal and postpartum yoga and fitness instructor, Kelly Bryant about using fitness and movement to reclaim your body. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks with certified nurse midwife, Chris Beard, about Covid 19, wildfire evacuations, and taking care of pregnant women in Portland during the world's worst air quality. Chris also discusses asthma during pregnancy and offers great advice about whether or not to take your regular medications when you find out you're pregnant. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne honors Ruth Bader Ginsburg and then speaks with Juan-Pablo Segura, co-founder of Babyscripts, about how telehealth can be a game changer for improving maternal health outcomes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne airs a rebroadcast of her episode with clinical sexologist, author and host of Quibi's daily show, Sexology with Shan Boodram. We talk about sex, pregnancy, bacterial vaginosis and having important conversations about sex as one of the most important part of women's lives. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks with RN, Jamie O'Day about her business, Nurture by NAPS, that helps pregnant women and new parents thrive and survive during COVID 19 and beyond. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks with Certified Nurse Midwife, Chris Beard, CNM about what it's like to deliver babies during COVID 19 and about the state of politics after the Democratic and Republican National Conventions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks with pediatrician and neonatologist Jessica Madden, MD about world breastfeeding week, policies and systems that make breastfeeding possible and new standards for breastfeeding and COVID 19. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks with occupational therapist, Dr. Shelli Dry, about helping parents work with their babies to overcome developmental challenges. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks with author, Laura O Foster, about what's really happening with the Portland Black Lives Matter protests and the Wall of Moms. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks about reaching our 200th episode, the protests and Federal Agents in Portland, John Lewis and then talks with Sandy Fernandez, author of Karmic Currency, about women, money, parenting and spirituality. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks with environmental educator and author, Rachael Cohen, owner of InfiniteSucculent.com, about how her relationship with nature and plants helped her overcome anxiety during pregnancy and parenting and launched a whole new career. Also, urgent call to action about asylum rules. Go to Procedures for Asylum and Withholding of Removal; Credible Fear and Reasonable Fear Review and leave your comments before July 15, 2020. Thanks to our new sponsor, GreenChef.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks with psychotherapist, Jodi Aman, about how parents can adapt and deal with the anxiety of parenthood about her Tilleo.com program for parents looking for support, encouragement and guidance. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks with lawyer, mother and entrepreneur, Lori Mihalich-Levin, JD, of MindfulReturn.com about how to return to work after maternity leave (or COVID leave) mindfully, organized and well. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks with Jacqueline Sibanda about raising Black men in America and about what she's learned about herself while isolating in Cote d'Ivoire during COVID 19. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks about the death of George Floyd, the riots happening in response to rampant racism and then talks with Bree McKeen, CEO of Evelyn & Bobbie, about intimate apparel made for all women. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks about the impact COVID 19 is having on the childcare industry and families' ability to work and with with Dr. Amy Heger, owner and CEO of The Nightwatch Childcare Center about her business that's providing overnight childcare for essential workers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne sends Mother's Day wishes and talks with middle school teacher, Lua Rodriguez, about how her first pregnancy compares with her second pregnancy and about planning for birth during COVID19. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Pediatrician, Dr. Jennifer Variste, talks about how kids are doing during the coronavirus, how to answer their concerns and new guidelines for home birth by the American Academy of Pediatrics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In honor of front line healthcare workers during the coronavirus, we're rebroadcasting an April 2016 episode about the job of labor nursing, the hours, shifts and family life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks with comedian, Laura Lexx, about mental health, fertility issues and being OK with not being OK. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks with author, speaker, journalist Kimberly Sears Allers about the way hospitals are treating women during the coronavirus and how black and brown women are suffering the most. Plus...here's the information you need to register for our creative writing and yoga webinar with me and Rosie Acosta. April 11, 2020 10 AM PST - Register here: How to Get Your Message On The Page: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_fx9PZXx1SiK6t7J2ex2MfA Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks about what pregnancy, birth and having a new baby might be like during the coronavirus and adds some silver linings about life right now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks with certified nurse midwife, Chris Beard about what's going on with the coronavirus and answers a listener's email about home birth versus induction. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks with Dr. Lisa Waddell, March of Dimes' SVP & Maternal Child Health Impact Deputy Medical Officer about the things women, families and caregivers can do to help women and babies be healthy during pregnancy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks with two women about their experiences having babies who were born prematurely and face lifelong health challenges. One of two special episodes with the March of Dimes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks through this week's political headlines and interviews Dr. Ivy Ge, pharmacist and author of THE ART OF GOOD ENOUGH: The Working Mom’s Guilt-Free Guide to Thriving While Being Perfectly Imperfect Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne introduces the podcast's new name, Pregnancy, Parenting & Politics and talks with fertility acupuncturist Heidi Brockmyre about improving conception odds with Chinese medicine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks about what's going on with the Impeachment Trial and then talks with Rosie Acosta about yoga, Radical Love and her fertility jorney. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne starts the New Year with Emily Tisch Sussman, political strategist, TV commentator and host of the podcast, Your Primary Playlist Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne celebrates four years of podcasting and interviews psychotherapist Val Jones about eating disorders, pregnancy, and being an older mom. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne interviews Dr. Kate McLean, board certified OB-GYN about how a mistake and an apology changed her practice. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks with author and professor Margaret Quinlan about her book, “You’re Doing It Wrong.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks with Chris Beard, CNM about what midwives do and why every woman should have one. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne makes an apology and re-releases an old favorite interview with Avital Norman Nathman, editor of The Good Mother Myth and Grok Nation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne interviews nutritionist and female energy expert, Dorit Palvanov of @HealthBeginsWithMom about creating a life where mothers come first and where her health is prioritized. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks with teacher and author Michelle Gano about her new book, Look Beyond the Clouds about self-care techniques for teachers, parents and anyone needing tools for positive thinking. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks with UK psychiatrist, Dr. Rebecca Moore about how birth trauma impacts mothers, parents and healthcare providers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks with Certified Nurse Midwife, Chris Beard about the impact conditions like morning sickness, Hyperemesis Gravidarum, Gestational Diabetes and Hypertension can have on our mental health and wellbeing during pregnancy and post-partum. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks with Certified Nurse Midwife, Chris Beard, CNM about how women’s mental health needs change during pregnancy and how anxiety and depression can be treated safely both with and without antidepressants and antianxiety medications. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne interviews Dr. Anna Machin about how and why dad’s bodies change during pregnancy and parenting to prepare them for fatherhood. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne discusses a heavy week in America. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne interviews author and fertility coach, Sarah Clark about how couples can increase their chances for a healthy pregnancy with nutrition and lifestyle changes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks with prenatal yoga specialist and meditation teacher, Constance Hartwell, about how yoga builds community and creates healing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne interviews Kali Pearson, of AimtoThriveNutrition.com about the impact nutrition has on healing, why Gestational Diabetes rates are on the rise and how to eat if you have GD. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks about what’s happening in the US at the border and in DC on 4th of July, shares a NY Times article about women shackled during labor and shares a rebroadcast with Chris Beard, CNM on preterm labor and family planning. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks with Emily Benet - author of her new book The Pregnancy Diaries - about being pregnant without fear. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks with comedian Laura Lexx about her nextupcomedy.com special, “Trying,” about a year spent trying to get through therapy, trying the patience of everyone and trying unsuccessfully for a baby. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne shares a good long conversation with her husband about the advice he has for young dads. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne interviews sister-entrepreneurs, Jennifer Moss and Mallory Moss Katz about baby names, trends, histories, their podcast and what Game of Throne names we’ll be seeing in preschools everywhere. Also, Common Sense Pregnancy, Parenting & Politics now has a Patreon page. Your support matters. Here’s the link to find out more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks with Chris and Holly Santillo, author of the book Raising Resilient Kids about fostering good judgment and self-awareness in children. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne gets a follow up letter from Kori, who emailed about placenta previa in episode 144. This week, she invites Kori on the podcast to tell us how everything turned out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks about stuff in the news and with bestselling author, Emily Oster about her new book, Cribsheet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks with Chris Beard, CNM, about the role that charting, documentation and the electronic medical record play in the healthcare dynamic and why women should be writing their own stories and records. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne has some new stuff happening over at Common Sense/JeanneFaulkner.com and that’s what we’re talking about this week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne interviews Ana Joanes about her film, Wrestling Ghosts, which explores the impact of childhood trauma on one woman’s ability to mother and the resources she used to recover. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne rebroadcasts her conversation with midwife and Commonsense Childbirth founder, Jennie Joseph, CPM, about the healthcare disparities that increase poor birth outcomes for women of color and the simple solutions midwives provide to make sure all mothers and babies thrive. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks about the pros and cons of genetic testing and assigns listener homework to learn more about making your own healthcare decisions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks with Natalya Shelburne about her New York Times article on what happens when childcare is and isn’t provided at conferences. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks with Dr. Robert Hamilton, pediatrician, creator of the life-changing “Hamilton hold” and author of 7 Secrets of the Newborn (St. Martin’s Press, 2018). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks with Chris Beard, CNM in a repeat episode about how midwives are creating better healthcare experiences and outcomes for women who give birth in hospitals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks about the home versus hospital debate and interviews Certified Professional Midwife, Maria Chowdhury, CPM about home birth and Birthsong Botanicals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks about International Women’s Day & Women’s History Month and interviews Maria Cavalcanti, President and CEO of Pro Mujer about how women and mothers throughout Latin America are making change happen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne, Heather Avis (author of The Lucky Few - https://www.heatheravis.com/) and certified nurse midwife Chris Beard answer Kate’s email about genetic testing and finding out her baby may have Downs Syndrome. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks with Licensed Massage Therapist Isabel Spradlin about how scar tissue affects women’s pelvis and abdomen after c-sections and how massage therapy and self-care promotes healing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne interviews Risa Kerslake (RisaKerslakeWrites.com) about switching careers from nursing to writing and about her journey through infertility to motherhood. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks about the measles outbreak hitting unvaccinated kids and interviews Jessica Mason with the National Partnership for Women & Families about the 26th anniversary of the FMLA. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne interviews Lisa Hendrickson Jacks about her new book The Fifth Vital Sign and about the signs our bodies give that show when we’re fertile. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks about how much stuff babies really need and with midwife Chris Beard about premature contractions, premature labor, premature rupture of membranes and premature birth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne asks listeners to help start the conversations we’ll have about pregnancy, parenting and politics in 2019. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne answers q’s about who staffs the labor unit on holidays and about placental complications. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks with Dr. Kelly Cullwell about women’s health, her pregnancy and power dynamics in hospitals. Plus, Dr. Lady Doctor and Chris Beard, CNM, each answer Whitney’s email. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks with student nurse, Anu Bhullar, about finding her way into women’s health and the birth profession. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In part two of all-about-BV podcast, Jeanne interviews author, clinical sexologist and outspoken women’s health advocate, Shan Boody about bacterial vaginosis, it’s impact on women’s sex lives and self esteem and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne interviews Dr. Roshini Raj, Board-Certified Physician, Women’s Health Advocate, Author and Medical Correspondent about what BV is, what a new study says about its impact on women’s well-being and what women can do to get rid of it. This is part one of a two-parter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks with author, historian, Jacqueline Wolf about her book, Cesarean Section: An American History of Risk, Technology, and Consequence Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne interviews author, Maureen Healey about her new book and talks about why your vote matters in this historic election. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne interviews midwife, doula trainer, cultural competency trainer, Shafia Monroe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks with Certified Nurse Midwife, Chris Beard, about sexual assaults impact on women’s health, healthcare and birth experiences plus what Kavinaugh’s Supreme Court confirmation means for women. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne makes the connection between the supreme court hearing for Bret Kavinaugh and birth trauma in the delivery room. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne answers listener emails and talks with Certified Nurse Midwife, Chris Beard, CNM about the new August, 2018 NIH study recommendations about 39 week inductions for first time mothers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne interviews registered dietitian, Cassie Bjork, author of best-seller, Why Am I Still Fat, about metabolism, pregnancy, and postpartum women. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks with Dr. Annie Salsberg with Kabritausa.com about the products families use when breastfeeding doesn’t work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks with queer parent and pre/post natal fitness expert Kristy Ware, about being the “other mother” and why core strength is key after birth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne answers an email about insomnia during pregnancy and talks with Romper.com writer, Kelly McWiliams, about how anxiety impacts pregnancy and what the hell to do about it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks with Dr. James Lozada, an anesthesiologist and broadcast journalist with a passion for maternal justice. We talk about epidurals, health journalism, switching careers, finding your mission and what maternal justice means in the labor room and around the world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne gets emails from people all around the world who have questions about a worrisome, late-pregnancy condition: polyhydramnios, AKA "too much amniotic fluid." Jeanne talks with certified nurse midwife, Karen Parker about what it means when mom has more fluid than average and how it can change late-pregnancy and birth plans. They also talk about how the patient-provider relationship can empower a woman's ability to make her own healthcare decisions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks with author and TED speaker, Jessica Shortall about her new book, Work, Pump, Repeat and about why maternity leave policies in the U.S. are among the worst in the world. We also talk about how guaranteed paid maternity leave for all mothers could provide huge economic and public health benefits. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne answers her own interview question as she gets ready to send kids out in the world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne interviews journalist and author Nancy Rommelmann about forming friendships as mothers and about her new book, To The Bridge, about a mother who throws her children off a Portland bridge. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks with GrokNation’s Avital Norman Nathman about U.S.’ bullying tactics to block a global breastfeeding resolution and then, talks with Carol Sakala from the National Partnership for Women and Families about their 6-points blueprint to improve maternal health. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne answers listener emails and talks with Sera Bonds from Circle of Health International about what’s happening to families on the US/Mexico border. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks about what to do with all our worry, especially during pregnancy and interviews Lauren Ohayan about yoga, pilates, and core and pelvic floor fitness. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne answers a question about pregnancy after smoking, drinking and normal living and talks with Nadine Artemis, author of Renegade Beauty and co-founder of LivingLibations about why the stuff we put on our skin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne chats with Laura Stanfilll about publishing, breastfeeding and telling her own story. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne interviews FlyBabyApp.com’s co-founder, Morgan Robart about why travel is important for women, mothers and parents and how to make travel with children easier. Plus, Jeanne talks about the forced separation that’s happening to families at the border and how you can help. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne’s taking this week off so give a listen to an old favorite episode! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks about this week’s current events and interviews Helene Byrne, founder of BeFitMom.com about her mission to educate, support, and motivate women to have the healthiest pregnancy and baby and to lead their entire families to better health and wellness. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks with Dana B Meyers, owner of Booty Parlor and author of Your Mommy Mojo about sex, motherhood, and business. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks with Maryland gubernatorial candidate and former policy director for Michelle Obama, Krish Vignarajah about why she’s running and about campaigning with a baby in her arms. Happy Mother’s Day! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks with director of Childbirth Connection programs at the National Partnership for Women and Families about The Quality Care for Moms and Babies Act and the March for Moms. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks with Jen Lumanian, host of the podcast Your Parenting Mojo, about Respectful Parenting and using science to make parenting decisions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks with Daphne Adler, mathematician and author of the new book, Debunking the Bump about sushi, coffee and common pregnancy risks and myths. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks with Jodi Berger Cardoso, University of Houston assistant professor and lead researcher of a new study on Parenting in the Context of Deportation Risk. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks with Karen Ernst, co-host of the podcast VaxTalk and executive director of VoicesForVaccines.org along with co-host and pediatrician, Dr. Nathan Boonstra. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks about polarizing topics in the news and then sits down for a long chat with American music singer, songwriter Cherish Lee. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks with MommySteps insoles co-founders about the changes our feet go through during pregnancy that give us achy feet, knees, hips and back and the simple solutions that can make it better. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks with financial advisor Charlene Quaresma, who works with Northwestern Mutual and has a special focus on helping women manage their money. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks about what you can do to support women, about new legislation to send maternal healthcare providers to rural communities and then interviews speech pathologist/educator Ayelet Marinovich about communicating with babies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne interviews Niamh Cahill, whose research at UMASS Amherst is monitoring a global initiative called Family Planning 2020. We also talk about Niamh’s new motherhood and stark contrasts between prenatal and maternity care in Ireland and the US. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks about gun reform and the Parkland high school shooting survivors who are taking on the gun lobby. Then, she interviews Lily Nichols, Registered Nutritionist and Dietician about her new book, Real Food for Pregnancy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks with Oregon Reproductive Medicine’s, Dr. Carmelo Sgarlata about why acupuncture, nutrition, herbs and other complementary practices are a natural part of reproductive medicine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks with Dr. Lauri Romanzi about obstructed labor and fistula, which are no longer common problems for women in the US and most developed countries but which continue to disable women in many poor countries. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne Talks with author Deborah Reed about her new book, The Days The Birds Come Back and about writing, motherhood and literature. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks with Deb Flashenberg, founder of Prenatal Yoga Center about how she found her way from musical theater to the yoga studio to the birth world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks with naturopath and new mom, Dr. Angela Potter, ND about why she focuses on postpartum health, how naturopathy supports women’s health and how she manages the back-to-work/baby-at-home scramble. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks with fellow mother-of many, Carolin Ricciardi about her businesses, parenting tips and how to set intentions and live on purpose. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In part two of all-about-BV podcast, Jeanne interviews author, clinical sexologist and outspoken women’s health advocate, Shan Boody about bacterial vaginosis, it’s impact on women’s sex lives and self esteem and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne interviews Dr. Roshini Raj, Board-Certified Physician, Women’s Health Advocate, Author and Medical Correspondent about what BV is, what a new study says about its impact on women’s wellbeing and what women can do to get rid of it. This is part one of a two-parter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne interviews Lisa Druxman, creator of FIT4MOM®. and author of the new book, The Empowered Mama and answers listener email about how to get your body back. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne celebrates Thanksgiving and 100 great conversations about pregnancy, prenatal care, politics, parenting, healthcare and then some. Plus, She also answers listener emails with Chris Beard, CNM Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
For this episode, we’re crossposting Fit4Mom founder Lisa Druxman’s interview with Jeanne for her podcast, Motivating Mom. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks about podcasting and parenting with Sunny Gault, founder of New Mommy Media and The POD Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne and an OB-Gyn coach talks about obstetrics in America, health coaching, how hospitalists are changing maternal healthcare and about what real health really means. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne shares Expectful's podcast episode where their host, Anna Gannon, interviews Jeanne about her career, meditation practice and what she thinks we need to do to change the birth industry in America. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks with certified nurse midwife, Chris Beard about listener emails, current events and why we need family planning for healthy pregnancies and lives. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne gets political in this issue where she talks about gun violence in America and with Sophia Patsikas, lead researcher on a new report that compares parenting and work life balance among developed countries and why the US comes in dead last. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks with midwife, entrepreneur, and ultra marathoner, Rebecca Egbert about why she founded LittleMothersHelper, and why we need to focus healthcare and support on the post partum year . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks with Mark Krassner, founder and CEO of Expectful (a guided meditation app specifically designed for expectant parents) about the important changes meditation makes in pregnancy, parenting, work and everyday moments in life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks with Heather Avis, author of The Lucky Few and mother of three children, two with Downs Syndrome. We talk about her path through infertility and adoption to become the parents of Macyn, Truly and August, her lucky few. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks with Dr. James Lozada, an anesthesiologist and broadcast journalist with a passion for maternal justice. We talk about epidurals, health journalism, switching careers, finding your mission and what maternal justice means in the labor room and around the world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne speaks with a Houston midwife about conditions mothers and birth pros are facing and highlights two organizations - Every Mother Counts and Circle of Health International - about the work they're doing for mothers and families in Texas in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks with Sarah, who emailed with induction concerns about her birth, baby and prenatal care at 40. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks with midwife Chris Beard, CNM about a recent article on NPR about maternal deaths and emergencies, about violence in Charlottesville and about fat shaming in maternal health care. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne reads listener emails and answers questions about getting pregnant on your period and what to do when your doctor is bullying for an induction. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks with Jo Saxton about faith, leadership, parenting, finding your spiritual home and whether or not you need religion to raise kids in the 21st century. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks with Sarah Craven and Rachel Moynihan from the United Nations Population Fund about what they do for women around the world and what happens now that President Trump has eliminated US funding. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne is on vacation this week, so we're sharing her conversation about insomnia in your first trimester, and then talks with Romper.com writer, Kelly McWilliams, about how anxiety impacts pregnancy and what the hell to do about it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks with UK psychiatrist, Dr. Rebecca Moore about how birth trauma impacts mothers, parents and healthcare providers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks with Amanda Calhoun, MD, about c-sections, preventing maternal mortality, pain management and racial disparities plus, we answer two reader emails about epidurals and early births. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Commonsense Pregnancy teams up with Commonsense Childbirth's founder and director, midwife Jennie Joseph to talk about healthcare disparities and how to solve them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne continues her conversation with Nikia Lawson about the impact of race on women's pregnancy, prenatal care, birth, post partum period, survival and future as a parent plus the role of doulas, childbirth educators, and birth workers in this critical and global conversation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks with Marque Robinson about breaking stereotypes, work as a humanitarian, and what it takes to raise African American children in the U.S. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks with Nikia Lawson about the impact of race on women's pregnancy, prenatal care, birth, post partum period, survival and future as a parent plus the role of doulas, childbirth educators, and birth workers in this critical and global conversation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks about our national stress level and interviews author Bailey Gaddis about her new book, Feng Shui Mommy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks with Rachael, a labor and delivery nurse who is expecting her second child, about midwifery care versus OB care, birth center versus hospital birth and about the pregnancy complications she had with her first birth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks with fitness pro Melissa DiLeonardo about pregnancy and parenting, postpartum anxiety and depression and how practicing her own fitness and wellness advice helped her heal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks about how Mother's Day started, this year's political focus, what Dads and partners should do for Mother's Day and answers a motherless listener's email about raising her own baby and missing her Mom. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks with writer Sarah Menkedick about her new book, Homing Instincts and about why women's literature and books about motherhood aren't taken seriously and how books like Sarah's and Common Sense Pregnancy are changing the narrative. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne answers listener email about insomnia in your first trimester and talks with Romper.com writer, Kelly McWiliams, about how anxiety impacts pregnancy and what the hell to do about it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks with Dr. Ginger Breedlove about how her 40 year career as a nurse, midwife, birth center founder and advocate for mothers and families has led to where she is now - co-founder of the Mother's March on Washington and VP at Baby+Co. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne explains the State Departments announcement to cut funding for UNFPA and answers listeners questions about best tips for having a natural birth and what it means when your c-section scar hurts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks with Sara, a graduating student nurse who's just starting her career in the birth world, about labor and delivery nursing, whether or not to become a midwife and how to plug motherhood into your career plans. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne answers reader emails about inductions, gestational diabetes, bacterial vaginosis, and one grandmother's concern about her daughter's healing c-section scar. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne answers listener emails about how to achieve a vaginal birth after having a cerclage and about how to pay for a midwife if your insurance won't cover it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks with Dr. Brett Einerson, a high-risk obstetrician who studied why risks go up with night shift and weekend births. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks with physical therapists, Bill Reif and Joanna Mullett, about why so many women get back pain during and after pregnancy and what the heck they should do about it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne answers listener emails about what to do when you're not happy you're pregnant with a revisit of our conversation with Jennifer Pastiloff, author, yoga instructor and life-changing workshop leader. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks with certified nurse midwife, Chris Beard, CNM about how midwives manage 80% of Kaiser Permanente births in Portland with an 8.6% C-section rate. Then we rant about how new ACOG guidelines are just like age-old Midwifery guidelines and about political activism among nurses. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne reads email from a labor nurse who wants to change her hospital's culture and talks with Ben Weingrod - the dude who lobbies on Capitol Hill for global maternal health policies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks with Keysha Lleras about how running helped this single mom survive domestic violence and depression and turned her into a magazine cover model and triathlete. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne answers emails about birth and herpes and alternative approaches for bacterial vaginosis when the whole nine yards doesn't work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne goes to D.C. for the march and brings you with her. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne is taking Common Sense Pregnancy & Parenting on the road, or more accurately, she's walking over to Another Mother Runner Co-founder, Sarah Bowen Shea's house to talk about running, parenting, sanity, resolutions, and so much more. Fair warning - Jeanne's using portable equipment for the first time and this episode's a bit of an experiment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne starts out 2017 by taking a look back at the history of American parenthood from the 19th century to today with UC Berkley Historian, Paula Fass. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks about late-stage parenting, how hospitals staff their labor units for the holidays, and answers a listener's email about early contractions and inductions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne and Dr. Shah talk about obstetrics today, new fatherhood, cesarean sections, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks with CARE's VP David Ray and CARE Action's! Rachael Lehman about what the election means to humanitarian assistance for girls, women, parents and families living in the poorest countries on earth. Spoiler alert - They're more reassuring than you'd expect. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne challenges listeners to dig in and commit to active citizenry and chats with Dr. Pamela Stone, an archaeologist, anthropologist and expert on the intersection of culture, birth, death and gender-based oppression. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Common Sense Pregnancy & Parenting is ONE! Jeanne answers a reader's Q about how to start labor naturally with a reading from the book. Plus, Jeanne talks with Child Fund International's Suzanne Berman about how brand new motherhood measures up to the hype. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks with Chrysula Winegar about how she connects mothers and solutions to global challenges all women face. We also talk about raising big families, sons versus daughters, nature versus nurture, laundry...all of it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks with renowned midwife, Robyn Churchill about how midwives work to improve global maternal health, including in the U.S and how taking care of midwives is essential. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne rants about sexual assault and consent and then talks with Hans Eberbach, lead singer of Joy & Madness and Hans & the Hot Mess about music, parenting, depression and creativity. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne covers current events on why maternal mortality in the U.S. is on the rise, plus International Day of the Girl (10/10). This week's guest is John Santelli, MD, a pediatrician and adolescent medicine specialist at the School of Public Health at Columbia University. Jeanne and Dr. Santelli talk about what the most recent statistics tell us about teens, sex, and pregnancy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne answers a listener email about skin color and scars and also talks with writer, Rachel Kramer Bussel about her Salon essay, "Having it all” is impossible: What women really need is balance, fairness and respect." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks with Biz Ellis, co-host of the podcast, One Bad Mother, about life after giving life and how unnatural motherhood can be. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks with Emily's List's Alyssa Franke about why this campaign is critical for women's and maternal health and all our lives as parents. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne answers listener's email questions about what contractions feel like and FAQs about epidurals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks with Sarah Fleisch Fink at the National Partnership for Women and Children about parenting, paid leave and pregnancy laws state-by-state. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks with Dirty Revival's lead singer, Sarah Clarke about how becoming a mother 5 years ago motivated her to become a professional musician and how she's integrating motherhood with life on the road. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks with obstetrician, Heather Weldon, MD about how birth is different in different countries and answers a few reader questions about c-sections, early births and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks with NPR reporter Rae Ell Bichell about how journalists report on women's health, pregnancy, drug trials and women. We also talk about the huge information and research gaps pregnant women face when the need medication. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks with Amal Omer-Salim, co-Executive Director of the World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA) about World Breastfeeding Week and this year's theme of global sustainability and poverty eradication. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne and midwife Chris Beard, CNM answer listener questions about spotting, cramping, sex, epidurals and a whole lot more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks about the tragedy of stillbirth before shifting gears to talk with actress, author and performer, Lauren Weedman (one of the stars from HBO's show, Looking and author of Miss Fortune – Fresh Perspectives On Having It All From Someone Who Is Not Okay! (Penguin Random House, March, 2016) about parenting during and after divorce and bring motherhood on to the stage. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks about Black Lives Matter and chats with Jane Chen, founder of Embrace Innovations and Little Lotus Baby about the miraculous, portable, inexpensive and no-electricity-needed incubator that's saving babies lives in some of the poorest communities in the world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks with author, journalist Roger Thurow about how hunger and malnutrition robs mothers and children of their chance to reach their full potential. He writes about women in the U.S. as well as developing country to tell the stories of how hunger affects women all over the world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne gets more email from Aimee about her 37 week c-section plans and she talks to Adrienne Martini about post partum mental health issues. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks with Terri McCullough, director of the No Ceilings: The Full Participation Project, an initiative started by Hillary and Chelsea Clinton and The Clinton Foundation. We talk about feminism, adolescent daughters, how women support each other and the work she does to break ceilings for all girls and women. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks about fatherhood, pregnancy, birth, co-parenting, changing times and changing diapers with her favorite Dad on earth - her husband. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks with Chris Beard, certified nurse midwife, solo mom to adopted daughters, avid camper and outdoor enthusiast about mothering adolescent girls and about how midwifery has changed over her career and why it's the solution to improving maternal health. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks with writer, translator, Olga Mecking in the Netherlands about maternal healthcare in Europe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
What exactly does it mean to be high risk during pregnancy and why are so many women being treated that way? Jeanne answers emails about risk factors, inductions, c-sections and late pregnancy curve balls. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks with Jacqueline Sibanda about issues mothers face all over the world, especially when raising boys to be men. We also talk about the extra challenges mothers face in America where race, intolerance and gun culture put some teenagers at high risk. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks with a nurse/friend in Germany about hyperemesis, finding your tribe, pregnancy #4 and how parenting differs in Europe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks with her own kids about growing up in a big family, with a labor nurse for a mom and about gender, reproductive health,and what feminism, birth and parenthood look like for young adults today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks with a brand new mom of an adopted baby girl about her journey to motherhood, the bond she's created with her baby and about being adopted herself. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks with fellow-labor nurse, Amie, about the long hours, working weekends and holidays and taking care of patients when you're missing your own kids. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
No parent is perfect, but in some states, like Tennessee, pregnant women who need and want treatment for addiction are being prosecuted instead of receiving the help they need. Jeanne talks with Allison Glass from Health & Free Tennessee, a coalition of groups working to protect women's reproductive rights, about The Pregnancy Criminalization Act. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks with Harvard public health researcher, Gillian SteelFisher about what people do know and what they need to know about the virus that's been linked with severe birth defects. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks with Kristen Kirkland of Every Mother Counts about their dream jobs, how to make working motherhood possible and how Kristen took her passion for improving maternal health and ran with it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks about the creative force that drives pregnancy, motherhood and parenting and how that sometimes turns into truly creative career, business, personal and artistic solutions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne answers reader emails about inductions, gestational diabetes, bacterial vaginosis and one grandmother's concern about her daughter's healing c-section scar. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks with co-author and co-founder of Our Bodies, OurSelves, Judy Norsigian about her role in changing women's health and her thoughts on the issues women face today in reproductive and maternal healthcare. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks with researchers, a midwife and an epidemiologist at Oregon Health and Sciences University, about a new study on the safety of home birth versus hospital birth for mothers and babies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks with doula, poet, feminist and freelance writer, Carrie Murphy, about why the words we use when we talk about birth and motherhood matter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Kathy, a community health nurse, talks with Jeanne about both sides of the foster care equation - what it's like for the biological and foster parents and what she does for babies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne answers reader emails about pain management during labor and talks with Wendy Berger, CNM who works at Legacy Emanuel Hospital - one of a growing number of hospitals offering nitrous oxide (aka laughing gas or gas and air) to their patients in labor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks about government's role in our parenthood and the power of active citizenry. She also talks with Karleen Basch about why her second pregnancy and birth shoved her into the political stream. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne answers listeners emails and author and poet Khadijah Queen shares her insights about single motherhood, raising a black son in America and her essay, Mothering Solo. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks with Nan Strauss, Choices in Childbirth's director of policy and research about doulas, insurance and the research-proven benefits doulas provide for maternal health outcomes and healthcare cost reduction. Considering how important doula care can be, why don't more women use them? It all comes down to cost. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks shop with two labor nurses who've spent decades working with mothers from all walks of life. What makes them even more special is they're mother and daughter. This episode gives you an inside peek at what labor nurses do all day and the challenges and frustrations we face when all we really want to do is provide great patient care. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks with The Good Mother Myth author, Avital Norman Nathman about the ways gender inequity and feminism impact all aspects of motherhood from long before women become pregnant, throughout their pregnancies and prenatal care experiences, to the labor room, operating room and postpartum room and on into their lives as mothers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne gets emails from people all around the world who have questions about a worrisome, late-pregnancy condition: polyhydramnios, AKA "too much amniotic fluid." Jeanne talks with certified nurse midwife, Karen Parker about what it means when mom has more fluid than average and how it can change late-pregnancy and birth plans. They also talk about how the patient-provider relationship can empower a woman's ability to make her own healthcare decisions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Pregnancy is among the most emotionally tumultuous times in any woman’s life and it’s normal for your feelings to run wild. Nobody knows better about that right now than Jen Pastiloff. She’s a writer, motivator and public speaker who uses yoga, dance and writing to lead workshops and retreats all over the world. She’s outspoken about depression and anxiety and shares her experiences honestly with her “tribe” of followers. In today’s episode Jeanne and Jen talk about her work, her new pregnancy and the full range of feelings women have during pregnant and mothering. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks with author and TED speaker, Jessica Shortall about her new book, Work, Pump, Repeat and about why maternity leave policies in the U.S. are among the worst in the world. We also talk about how guaranteed paid maternity leave for all mothers could provide huge economic and public health benefits. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks about the latest stats on maternal health, about what you really need in terms of stuff and about what it takes to fully support mothers to thrive. She talks with co-founder of the Baby Box Company, Michelle Vick about why she modeled her company after Finland's tradition to provide essential baby supplies to every mom, about sleep safety and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks about second pregnancies, twins and global maternal health with Sarah Lynch, Senior Director of Global Policy Initiatives for CARE’s policy and advocacy unit. Sarah is pregnant for the second time and carrying twins, which made for a great chat about her personal, professional and global perspective. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks about birth industry history and chats with Peg Moline, founding editor-in-chief of Fit Pregnancy Magazine, Natural Health and Shape magazines on how magazines and advertising have portrayed pregnancy over the last 20-something years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jeanne talks with Sarah Bowen Shea, author of the three books about running and motherhood and founder of the online running community - Another Mother Runner, about why exercise is essential for moms before, during and after pregnancy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices