We discuss why pregnant people and mothers are often called “mama” instead of their name! (AHHH) There’s elements of power, identity, socialization, and just a lack of time and consideration in it. And also a whole slice of folks who love it. Turns out different people have different reactions to Read more…
Megan talks about how she ended up switching from planning a hospital birth to having her baby in a birth center with a midwife and doula, how she feels about those decisions in retrospect and what she might do differently the next time around.Hanna talks about her process from fearing Read more…
Megan describes delivering the placenta, the ‘golden hour,’ newborn exam and taking home their brand new human! She talks about her and her partner’s first decisions as new parents and what it felt like to hold their little one for the first time. If you are squeamish and don’t want Read more…
Megan had a positive, peaceful, and powerful water birth at a free-standing birth center with a midwife (CLM), and talks all about her birth from being in denial, to chilled out laboring at home, using hypnobirthing techniques, and the AWESOME support she had from her birth partner and birth team. Read more…