Megan talks about her breastfeeding journey and Hanna talks donation plans. We share pumping reviews and talk about latching, nipple shields, low waste milk storage and the glorious Haakaa! If you want to skip our chat and get right to the topic, go to minute 2:48. Disclaimer: We both say Read more…
More about Megan’s postpartum experience! All about the ups and downs of having a baby during a pandemic, about finding your voice through having to advocate for your baby, community support, intimate time after birth and so much more. You can listen to the episode here: Note: Not all platforms Read more…
In this episode Megan talks about loss of time, lack of sleep, learning to breastfeed, healing from birth, bonding and how quarantine affected her postpartum. And about the amazing support from her mom – hence the title. You can listen to the episode here: Note: Not all platforms manage to Read more…
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…
Megan talks about her birth preparation, why she loves hypnobirthing and wants to preach the calm birth gospel for all kinds of births! Links we mentioned in the episode: Hannah Mickalak’s birth video Louise Pentland’s birth video The Positive Birth Company The Positive Birth Company’s YouTube channel Hypnobirthing US – Read more…
In this episode, we talk about how many “rules” and opinions there are out there about what a pregnant person should or shouldn’t do. Megan talks about how she dealt with it during her pregnancy and throws in some juicy stories. Hanna explains how she plans to go about it Read more…
This episode is all about names. We discuss how we got our ‘married names’ and how we feel about them, and the ways we navigate choosing baby names. Plus why does Hanna have a whole secret life where she’s called Charlotte??? Find out in this episode! Edit March 2021: The Read more…