Pregnancy, Parenting & Politics
By Jeanne M Faulkner
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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.
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#227 What the Covid Relief Bill Means for Families Plus, PPP is Taking A Break
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Apr 27, 2021 |
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#226 How lifting restrictions on midwives could improve pregnancy outcomes
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Apr 19, 2021 |
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#225 Elevating How We Talk About Pregnancy
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Apr 04, 2021 |
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#224 A midwife's focus on wellness
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Mar 20, 2021 |
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#223 A Pregnant ER Nurse Talks About Her work During COVID-19
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Mar 11, 2021 |
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#222 COVID, Pregnancy and Vaccine Updates
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Feb 26, 2021 |
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#221 Revisiting racism, bias and birth with Kimberly Seals Allers
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Feb 18, 2021 |
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#220 Parenting, Resilience and Raising Yourself After a Tough Childhood
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Feb 12, 2021 |
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#219 Raising Money-smart Kids
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Feb 05, 2021 |
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#218 Understanding Fertility, COVID Vaccines & the Pregnancy Bust
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Jan 28, 2021 |
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#217 March of Dimes' Focus on Mothers, Equity and Diversity
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Jan 21, 2021 |
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#216 Pregnancy Loss, Pregnancy Hope and Women of Color
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Jan 13, 2021 |
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#215 Motherhood, Breastfeeding and Real Life
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Jan 06, 2021 |
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#214 How to Nourish your Life as a Mom
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Dec 09, 2020 |
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#213 Covid Update and Doula Care
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Nov 25, 2020 |
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#212 Midwifery School, Disparity and Diversity
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Nov 11, 2020 |
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#211 COVID-19, Pregnancy and the Election with Midwife, Chris Beard, CNM
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Oct 28, 2020 |
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#184 Racism, Bias and Birth with Kimberly Seals Allers
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Oct 21, 2020 |
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#210 Creating strong bonds from babyhood to adulthood
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Oct 14, 2020 |
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#209 Owning your Pregnant and Postpartum Body
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Oct 07, 2020 |
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#208 Pregnancy, Asthma & Pre-pregnancy Medications
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Sep 30, 2020 |
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#207 Telehealth, Pregnancy and Maternal health
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Sep 22, 2020 |
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# 206 Sex, Pregnancy and Bacterial Vaginosis with Shan Boodram
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Sep 15, 2020 |
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#205 How L&D RNs Nurture Parents Through Pregnancy, COVID & Beyond
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Sep 08, 2020 |
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#204 On the COVID 19 frontline with a hospital midwife
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Aug 31, 2020 |
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#203 Breastfeeding & Covid 19
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Aug 11, 2020 |
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#202 Occupational Therapy for Babies & Parents
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Aug 03, 2020 |
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#201 Portland Protests and Wall of Moms with Laura Foster
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Jul 27, 2020 |
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#200 Our 200th episode! Politics and Money with Sandy Fernandez
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Jul 20, 2020 |
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#199 Anxiety, Pregnancy, Parenting & Plants
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Jul 13, 2020 |
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#198 Anxiety, Parenthood and Support with Jodi Aman and Tilleo
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Jul 07, 2020 |
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#197 How to return from maternity leave or COVID 19
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Jun 22, 2020 |
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#196 Isolating in Abidjan, Missing Her Black Son in America
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Jun 07, 2020 |
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#195 Riots, Racism and Bras for All Women
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Jun 01, 2020 |
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#194 Childcare, COVID 19 and Essential Workers
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May 17, 2020 |
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#193 First Birth, Second Birth, Before and During COVID 19
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May 10, 2020 |
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#192 A Pediatrician's Thoughts on Coronavirus, Kids and Home Birth Guidelines
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Apr 25, 2020 |
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#191 The Labor Nurse Episode
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Apr 18, 2020 |
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#190 Comedy, Tragedy and Fertility with Laura Lexx (rebroadcast)
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Apr 11, 2020 |
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#189 Coronavirus and Birth Restrictions with Kimberly Sears Allers
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Apr 05, 2020 |
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#188 Silver Linings and Coronavirus FAQs
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Mar 21, 2020 |
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#187 Coronavirus Plus, Induction versus Home Birth
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Mar 15, 2020 |
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#186 What's Best for Mom, Keeps Babies Healthier
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Feb 29, 2020 |
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#185 Prematurity, Birth Defects and March of Dimes
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Feb 22, 2020 |
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#183 The Good Enough Parent
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Feb 08, 2020 |
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#182 Fertility, Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine
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Feb 01, 2020 |
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#181 The Impeachment Trial and Rosie Acosta's Fertility Journey
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Jan 26, 2020 |
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#180: Talking Politics, Pregnancy, and TV
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Jan 11, 2020 |
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#179: We’re Four Years Old!
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Nov 08, 2019 |
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#178: When Your Doctor Apologizes
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Oct 26, 2019 |
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#177: How the Media and Medical Experts Demean Mothers
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Oct 12, 2019 |
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#176: What Midwives Do
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Oct 05, 2019 |
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#8: Revisiting Feminism, Motherhood, and The Good Mother Myth
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Sep 28, 2019 |
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#175: Defining Feminism and Putting Mothers First
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Sep 21, 2019 |
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#174: Self Care, Mental Health Pregnancy & Parenting
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Sep 13, 2019 |
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#83: Pregnancy, Birth Trauma and Mental Healthcare
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Sep 06, 2019 |
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#173: Pregnancy, Complications and Mental Health
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Aug 30, 2019 |
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#172: Mental Health, Antidepressants, Pregnancy & Breastfeeding
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Aug 26, 2019 |
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#171: The Science and Evolution of Fatherhood
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Aug 17, 2019 |
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#170: On Toni Morrison, Gun Violence, and Your Job As Parents
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Aug 08, 2019 |
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#169: Nutrition, Fertility and A Little Bit of News
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Jul 25, 2019 |
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#168: Yoga, Racism, Prenatal Care and Healing
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Jul 19, 2019 |
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#167: How to Eat if you have Gestational Diabetes
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Jul 11, 2019 |
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#95: Preterm Labor, Shackles, and 4th of July
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Jul 04, 2019 |
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#166: No-fear Pregnancy
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Jun 27, 2019 |
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#165: Comedy, Fertility and Mental Health with Laura Lexx
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Jun 21, 2019 |
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#32: Father’s Day Advice from an Old Dad to the New Ones
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Jun 13, 2019 |
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#164: How To Name That Baby
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Jun 06, 2019 |
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#163: Raising Resilient Kids in an Online World
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May 30, 2019 |
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#162: Kori’s Birth with Placenta Previa
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May 22, 2019 |
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#161: Stats, Data & Parenting from Birth to Preschool
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May 15, 2019 |
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#160: Who’s Charting Your Pregnancy?
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May 08, 2019 |
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#159: Big Announcements at JeanneFaulkner.com
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May 02, 2019 |
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#158: Childhood Trauma and Mothering
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Apr 24, 2019 |
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#81: Jennie Joseph, Midwives & Black Maternal Health
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Apr 16, 2019 |
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#157: Pros and Cons of Prenatal Genetic Testing
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Apr 10, 2019 |
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#156: Women, Conferences & Childcare
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Apr 02, 2019 |
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#155: A Pediatrician's 7 Secrets of Newborns
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Mar 26, 2019 |
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#154: Midwives in Hospitals - Creating the Solution We Need
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Mar 19, 2019 |
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#153: Home Birth, Midwives, and Botanicals
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Mar 12, 2019 |
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#152: International Women’s Day with Pro Mujer
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Mar 05, 2019 |
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#151: Genetic Testing, Downs Syndrome & The Lucky Few
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Feb 26, 2019 |
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#150: Healing C-section Scars and Adhesions
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Feb 21, 2019 |
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#149: Anxiety, Nurses, Infertility & Motherhood.
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Feb 12, 2019 |
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#148: Measles, Vaccines and the Family Medical Leave Act
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Feb 05, 2019 |
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#147: Fertility Awareness, Conception & Contraception.
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Jan 31, 2019 |
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#146: Baby Stuff & Premature Labor
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Jan 22, 2019 |
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#145: Setting Our Intentions for 2019
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Jan 05, 2019 |
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#144: Giving Birth at the Holidays - Plus, More About Placentas!
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Dec 22, 2018 |
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#143: Talking Shop with Dr. Lady Doctor
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Dec 08, 2018 |
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#142: How To Become a Labor & Deliver Nurse
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Dec 01, 2018 |
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#103: Bacterial Vaginosis, Pregnancy & Sex with Shan Boody
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Nov 25, 2018 |
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#102: Bacterial Vaginosis & Pregnancy with Dr. Roshini Raj (Part 1)
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Nov 17, 2018 |
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#141: How C-section Rates Got So High
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Nov 10, 2018 |
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#140: Voting and Raising Emotionally Healthy Kids
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Nov 03, 2018 |
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#138: Cultural Competency & Birthing Change with Shafia Monroe
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Oct 20, 2018 |
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#137: How Sexual Assault Impacts Pregnancy, Birth, and Healthcare
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Oct 06, 2018 |
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#136: The Kavanaugh Hearing, Consent, and Birth Trauma
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Sep 29, 2018 |
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#135: Listener Emails, Miscarriage & the New Induction Study
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Sep 22, 2018 |
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#134: September Baby Booms & Why Am I Still Fat?
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Sep 15, 2018 |
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#133: Formula 101
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Sep 08, 2018 |
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#132: Queer Parenting, Core Strength, and Hospital C-section Rates
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Sep 01, 2018 |
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#73: Insomnia, Anxiety, Pregnancy and Parenting
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Aug 25, 2018 |
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#90: Epidurals and Maternal Justice
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Aug 18, 2018 |
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#7: Karen Parker, Certified Nurse Midwife, Explains Polyhydramnios
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Aug 11, 2018 |
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#5: Jessica Shortall on Workplace Breastfeeding Policies
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Aug 04, 2018 |
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#131: Where I Am In My Life As A Mom
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Jul 28, 2018 |
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#130: Motherhood, Friendship, & Murder
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Jul 21, 2018 |
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#129: US vs. The World on Breastfeeding and the Blueprint for Better Maternal Health.
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Jul 14, 2018 |
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#128: Husbands, Prenatal Care, and What’s Going On At the Border?
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Jul 07, 2018 |
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#127: Worry, the Border, and your Core
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Jun 30, 2018 |
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#126: Pregnancy & Chemicals, Beauty & Skin.
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Jun 23, 2018 |
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#125: Best Advice for Dads, Laura Stanfill Talks Publishing
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Jun 16, 2018 |
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#124: Traveling with Babies and Children at the Border
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Jun 09, 2018 |
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#44: Labor Pains and Epidurals
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Jun 02, 2018 |
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#123: Title X, Emotional Labor, and BeFitMom
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May 26, 2018 |
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#122: Motherhood and Sex
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May 19, 2018 |
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#121: Running for Office With a Baby
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May 12, 2018 |
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#120: Supporting Politics to Support Mothers
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May 05, 2018 |
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#119: What Science Says About Respectful Parenting
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Apr 28, 2018 |
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#118: Debunking Pregnancy Myths with Math
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Apr 21, 2018 |
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#117: Pregnancy, Parenting, and Deportation
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Apr 14, 2018 |
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#116: Why Parents Worry About Vaccines
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Apr 07, 2018 |
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#115: Cherish Lee on Making Music as a Mother
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Mar 31, 2018 |
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#114: What Pregnancy Does to Our Feet
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Mar 24, 2018 |
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#113: Money, Women, Activism, and Parenting
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Mar 17, 2018 |
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#112: International Women’s Day and Communicating with Babies
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Mar 10, 2018 |
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#111: Family Planning and Healthy Mothers
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Mar 03, 2018 |
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#110: Real Food, Gun Reform, and Teens Changing the World
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Feb 24, 2018 |
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#109: Integrative Medicine and Fertility
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Feb 17, 2018 |
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#108: Fistula, Poverty, and Doctors Who Care
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Feb 10, 2018 |
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#107: Parenthood, Loss, Books, and Writing
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Feb 03, 2018 |
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#106: Finding Your Way Into the Birth Industry
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Jan 27, 2018 |
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#105: Naturopathy, Postpartum Health, and the New Mom Scramble
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Jan 13, 2018 |
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#104: Parenting, Good Intentions and Carolin Ricciardi
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Jan 06, 2018 |
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#103: Bacterial Vaginosis, Pregnancy & Sex with Shan Boody
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Dec 16, 2017 |
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#102: Bacterial Vaginosis & Pregnancy with Dr. Roshini Raj (Part 1)
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Dec 08, 2017 |
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#101: Fitness, Intention and Your Pre/Post Pregnancy Body
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Dec 02, 2017 |
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#100: Hundredth Episode!
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Nov 18, 2017 |
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#99: My Interview with Fit4Mom’s Lisa Druxman
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Nov 11, 2017 |
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#98: Parenting, Podcasting and Networking
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Nov 04, 2017 |
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#97: Hospitalists, Health Coaching and Obstetrics today
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Oct 28, 2017 |
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#96: Me, Meditation, and Expectful
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Oct 21, 2017 |
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#95: Preterm Labor, Family Planning, and Emails
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Oct 18, 2017 |
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#94: Politics, Parenting, and How the U.S. Measures Up
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Oct 07, 2017 |
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#93: Midwifery, Wellness, Post Partum and Putting Ourselves First
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Sep 29, 2017 |
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#92: Meditation, Pregnancy, and Parenting
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Sep 23, 2017 |
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#91: Infertility, Adoption and Special Needs - The Lucky Few
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Sep 16, 2017 |
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#90: Epidurals and Maternal Justice
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Sep 09, 2017 |
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#89: Hurricane Harvey - How You Can Help
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Sep 02, 2017 |
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#88: Sarah's Induction
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Aug 26, 2017 |
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#87: Charlottesville, Maternal Emergencies, and Fat Shaming
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Aug 19, 2017 |
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#86: Period Sex and Pressure to Induce
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Aug 12, 2017 |
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#85: A Matter of Faith
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Aug 05, 2017 |
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#84: Sex, Family Planning, Maternal Health & UNFPA
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Jul 29, 2017 |
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#73: Women, Writing and Motherhood (Rebroadcast)
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Jul 24, 2017 |
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#83: Birth Trauma and Mental Healthcare
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Jul 15, 2017 |
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#82: An Obstetrician's Thoughts on C-Sections, Pain and Disparities.
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Jul 08, 2017 |
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#81: Midwifery and Mothers with Jennie Joseph
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Jul 01, 2017 |
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#80: Race, Pregnancy & Healthcare, Part 2
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Jun 24, 2017 |
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#79: Race and Fatherhood in America
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Jun 17, 2017 |
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#78: Race, Pregnancy & Healthcare, Part 1
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Jun 10, 2017 |
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#77: The Feng Shui of Pregnancy & Parenthood
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Jun 03, 2017 |
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#76: A Labor Nurse Makes Her Birth Plans
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May 27, 2017 |
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#75: Fitness, Wellness, and Motherhood Anxiety
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May 20, 2017 |
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#74: Mother's Day Roots, Gifts and Grief
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May 13, 2017 |
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#73: Women, Writing and Motherhood
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May 06, 2017 |
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#73: Insomnia, Anxiety, Pregnancy and Parenting
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Apr 29, 2017 |
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#72: Ginger Breedlove and the Mother's March on Washington
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Apr 22, 2017 |
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#71: UNFPA Cuts, Natural Birth Tips, and C-section Scars
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Apr 15, 2017 |
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#70: Starting a "Birth" Career
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Apr 08, 2017 |
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#19: Q&A Grab Bag (Rebroadcast)
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Apr 01, 2017 |
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#69: Cerclage and Midwives
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Mar 25, 2017 |
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#68: Nights and Weekends on the Maternity Ward
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Mar 18, 2017 |
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#67: Backpain, Pregnancy, and Physical Therapy
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Mar 11, 2017 |
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#66: An ambivalent pregnancy
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Mar 04, 2017 |
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#65: How Midwives Are Changing Birth Systems
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Feb 25, 2017 |
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#64: The Maternal Health Lobbyist
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Feb 18, 2017 |
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#63: Running For Her Life
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Feb 11, 2017 |
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#62: Herpes, BV, and Doulas
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Feb 04, 2017 |
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#61: The Women's March
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Jan 28, 2017 |
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#60: The To-Go Issue (Getting Ready To Go to DC)
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Jan 14, 2017 |
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#59: The History of Parenting
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Jan 07, 2017 |
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#57: Mothering On the Other End of Life
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Dec 10, 2016 |
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#55: Talking Shop With Obstetrician Dr. Neel Shah
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Nov 26, 2016 |
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#54: Making Your Post-Election Stress Matter
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Nov 19, 2016 |
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#53: Archaeology and the Election
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Nov 12, 2016 |
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#52: TMI For Our 1st Anniversary
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Nov 05, 2016 |
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#51: Just A Couple Of Global Moms
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Oct 29, 2016 |
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#50: Midwives in the World w/ Robyn Churchill
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Oct 22, 2016 |
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#49: When Dad's a Rockstar
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Oct 15, 2016 |
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#48: Teens, Sex, and Parenthood
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Oct 08, 2016 |
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#47: What Does "Having It All" Mean?
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Oct 01, 2016 |
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#46: Biz Ellis is One Bad Mother
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Sep 24, 2016 |
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#45: Why We Need Women in Politics to Lead Women's Health
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Sep 18, 2016 |
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#44: Labor Pain and Epidurals
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Sep 10, 2016 |
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#43: Why the US Gets D's and F's in Parenting Laws
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Sep 03, 2016 |
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#42: When Mom is a Rock Star (Literally)
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Aug 27, 2016 |
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#41: Q&A With an Obstetrician
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Aug 20, 2016 |
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#40: Journalism, Women, Motherhood, and Drugs
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Aug 13, 2016 |
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#39: How Breastfeeding Can Change The World
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Aug 06, 2016 |
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#38: Your Q's and Jeanne's A's
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Jul 30, 2016 |
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#37: Tragedy and Comedy with Lauren Weedman
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Jul 23, 2016 |
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#36: Jane Chen - Beyonce Backed Baby Entrepreneur
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Jul 16, 2016 |
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#35: The First 1000 Days with Roger Thurow
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Jul 09, 2016 |
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#34: Aimee's Emails and Adrienne Martini
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Jul 02, 2016 |
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#33: Kicking Out The Ceiling for Mothers
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Jun 27, 2016 |
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#32: Advice From An Old Dad to New Dad
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Jun 18, 2016 |
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#30: Talking Shop with a Hospital Midwife
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Jun 11, 2016 |
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#30: Why Maternal Healthcare is Better in Europe - One Mama's Experience
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Jun 04, 2016 |
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#29: High Risk Pregnancy Q's
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May 28, 2016 |
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#28: Raising Boys In America
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May 21, 2016 |
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#27: The Friends You'll Make As Parents
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May 14, 2016 |
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#26: Mother's Day With My Kids
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May 07, 2016 |
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#25: Both Sides of the Adoption Story
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Apr 30, 2016 |
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#24: More From Labor Nurses
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Apr 23, 2016 |
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#23: Sending Mama To Jail
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Apr 16, 2016 |
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#22: Zika Virus
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Apr 09, 2016 |
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#21: Dream Jobs
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Apr 02, 2016 |
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#20: Mother of Invention
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Mar 26, 2016 |
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#19: Q&A Grab Bag
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Mar 19, 2016 |
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#18: Our Bodies, Ourselves, Our Mothers
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Mar 12, 2016 |
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#17: Which is Safer? Home or Hospital?
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Mar 05, 2016 |
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#16: Words That Matter
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Feb 27, 2016 |
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#11: Foster Care, "Bad Moms" and Community Health - A Love Story
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Feb 23, 2016 |
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#15: Laughing Gas and Labor Pains
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Feb 20, 2016 |
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#14: Politics and Motherhood
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Feb 13, 2016 |
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#12: Khadijah Queen Talks About Single Motherhood
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Jan 30, 2016 |
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#10: Nan Strauss Talks About Doulas
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Jan 16, 2016 |
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#9: Frank Talk with The Labor Nurses
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Jan 09, 2016 |
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#8: Avital Norman Nathman on Feminism and Motherhood
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Jan 02, 2016 |
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#7: Karen Parker, Certified Nurse Midwife, Explains Polyhydramnios
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Dec 19, 2015 |
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#6: Jennifer Pastiloff on Pregnancy, Ambivalence & Joy
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Dec 12, 2015 |
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#5: Jessica Shortall on Workplace Breastfeeding Policies
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Dec 05, 2015 |
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#4: Michelle Vick and the Baby Box Tradition
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Nov 28, 2015 |
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#3: Sarah Lynch on CARE, Second Pregnanies, and Twins
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Nov 22, 2015 |
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#2: Peg Moline on Pregnancy & Media
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Nov 14, 2015 |
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#1: Sarah Bowen Shea on Exercise
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Nov 06, 2015 |
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Introducing Common Sense Pregnancy & Parenting, the Podcast
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Nov 05, 2015 |