The Juna Moms Podcast

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The Vagina Chronicles with Aiyana Davison, Midwife Feb 02, 2022

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Sarah talks with Aiyana Davison, a midwife who's goal is to create a safe space for those interested in better understanding their bodies, birth work, and heal through sharing stories and experiences.

Aiyana is a Certified Nurse Midwife (CNM) and Women's Health Nurse Practitioner (WHNP). Aiyana uses her business and social media platforms under the name The Vagina Chronicles to educate, engage, and create safe space for those interested in all things birth work, empowerment, and overall obstetric and gynecologic health. She has been featured on a variety of podcasts and in discussions with companies such as Mama Glow, Peanut, Elive, Black Moms Blog, and more. Aiyana encourages healing through sharing and vocalizing stories (as opposed to the long-standing historical traumatic secrecy) to aid with the advancement and success of vulnerable communities.

Gestational Diabetes with Casey Seiden Jan 25, 2022

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Sarah talks with Casey Seiden, a registered dietitian, certified diabetes care and education specialist, and a mom with a passion for helping women thrive through all stages of life. They discuss a gestational diabetes diagnosis, the do's and dont's, and Casey shares her number 1 tip when it comes to eating during pregnancy.

Holistic Pediatric Medicine with Ana Maria Temple Jan 19, 2022

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In this episode Sarah talks with Ana Maria Temple, a holistic pediatrician from Charlotte, NC. Ana's approach to medicine helps children and families achieve a better quality of life with less missed school days, less doctor visits, and less medications. We talk about what led her to holistic medicine and how it's different than the care you might be used to.

Some tips from Ana:

Skip the sugar at breakfast
Focus on small changes for big results
Whole foods over processed foods
Don't drink your sugar! Gatorade has the equivalent of 11 packets of sugar. Coca-Cola has the equivalent of 18 packets of sugar.
Remove devices from your kid's rooms. Not enough sleep is the source of many issues.
Spend quality time doing quality activities.

5 Tips For Pregnancy and Early Postpartum with Brianne Taggart Jan 05, 2022

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In this episode Sarah talks with Brianne Taggart from Breezy Babies. Brianne has years of experience as an RN and IBCLC and she shares much of her accumulated knowledge with the Juna Moms in this episode.

Simplify Your Parenting with Dr Siggie Cohen PhD Dec 14, 2021

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In this episode Sarah hosts Dr Siggie Cohen who has dedicated her life's work to helping families connect and thrive. Dr. Siggie shares her tried and true techniques for simplifying parenting, helping you remain calm and in charge, feel empowered, and reduce tension in your home.

Epidurals with Dr. Jennifer Gerber Dec 09, 2021

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In this episode Sarah talks with Dr Jenn Gerber, Dr Jenn Gerber, an anesthesiologist and Mom of 2.

We focus the majority of our conversation on Jenn's experience with epidurals, both administering and receiving during her labors and she busts 1 of the biggest myths around epidurals.

Covid Vaccines For 5-11 Year Olds with Dr. Jessica Hochman Nov 22, 2021

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Today Sarah talks with Dr. Jessica Hochman, a pediatrician from Southern California. Here's a note from Sarah about this episode:

"I was nervous for this interview because we talk about topics like vaccines and masks that have become very divisive and political so I want to make a few things clear before you listen.

1. Juna, as a company, does not have a position on this issue and anything that I personally say is not meant to be an endorsement of Juna's position.

2. Our goal with this podcast, and everything we share at Juna is to give you the most accurate and up to date information we can find on pregnancy, postpartum, and motherhood wellness, and empower you to make decisions with that information which work for you and your family.

3. I've seen many influencers and brands appeal to the emotional side of these issues and while emotion may certainly play a role in your decisions, our intention is to provide, statistics and science and leave the emotion out as much as possible.

4. Dr. Jessica's perspective is one of many. If you have someone you would like me to interview for the podcast on this topic, please send me a DM on instagram @juna.moms.

Lastly, parenting is hard. Deciding whether or not to vaccinate your children, especially in this 0-11 age range is hard and we shouldn't judge one another for whatever decision we make because at the end of the day we all want what's best for our kids and will come to different conclusions on what that looks like.

Thanks for listening.

- Sarah

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Thriving During Pregnancy with Marni Wasserman Nov 16, 2021

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In this episode Sarah talks with Marni Wasserman, the host of the Ultimate Baby Podcast and co-host of the Ultimate Health Podcast.
Marni uses her passion and experience to help educate mamas and mamas to be on how thrive during pregnancy. She shares some of her favorite pregnancy foods and her top tip for new moms.

Babies and Brains with Michelle Acerbi Nov 08, 2021

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In this episode Sarah talks with Michelle Acerbi from Babies and Brains. Michelle is a behavioral and mental health specialist who focuses on working with parents who have children from ages 0-5.

Michelle specializes in teaching parents how to read their child's cues and respond to their children in a way that enhances the relationship, supports their needs, and builds healthy brain architecture for future learning, security, happiness, and success.

Gut Health During TTC, Pregnancy, and Postpartum with Ayla Barmmer Nov 02, 2021

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In today's episode Sarah talks with Ayla Barmmer from Full Well.

Ayla is a Registered Dietitian and Mom of Two who created the company Full Well to share the evidence-based, effective, and high-quality prenatal supplement created for her clients available to the rest of the world.

In this episode Sarah and Ayla talk about digestive health during trying to conceive, pregnancy and postpartum. They talk about things like constipation, probiotics, prenatal vitamins, the magic of ginger and nutrition for gut health, and a few key things you want to avoid.

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