The Unmedicated Girlies | Empowered + Informed Birth Education with Fierce Lizzie

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61: Holding the capacity in motherhood, healing, and entrepreneurship, with Melissa Fernandez May 22, 2023

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Many of us are stepping into motherhood in a way we’ve never experienced before as we learn and strive to parent in a conscious way, heal our nervous systems, all while also wearing the hat of mom entrepreneur. Melissa gives some beautiful encouragement to balancing it all, plus an energetic healing in holding the capacity.

Grab the free resources & meet the Mom 2 Mom Special speakers:⁠⁠⁠fiercelizzie.com/podcast/mom2mom⁠⁠⁠

Find Melissa on IG ⁠⁠⁠@the.atlanta.postpartum.doula⁠

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Even the most dreamy birth has trauma May 21, 2023

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Taking a closer look at the definition of trauma and the more commonly used term birth trauma. Listen to this bonus episode sparked by a question from a listener, "why did you say that birth is always traumatic for the body? Extremely intense, physically overwhelming, emotionally overwhelming, yes all of those things, but it doesn't have to be traumatic in any way"

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The Mom2Mom Series continues tomorrow! Learn more about the guests here.

60: Beware baby containers, with Lindsay Williamson May 20, 2023

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Lindsay Williams, a pediatric occupational therapist, is back to talk about why you might want to ditch baby containers - think the mamaroo. There’s a lot more than that too. Baby containers are on almost every moms baby registry, but at what cost? Dive in to the episode to understand these tools, know the alternative to baby containers and be more intentional with how you use them.

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⁠⁠fiercelizzie.com/podcast/mom2mom⁠⁠

Find Lindsay on IG ⁠⁠@roottoraise

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59: Physiologic changes in postpartum, with Katie Galvin May 19, 2023

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Research shows it can take 5-7 years to balance after having a baby, in this episode Katie, a functional practitioner who specializes in prenatal and postpartum health, shares about nutrient depletion, nervous system changes, digestion changes, hormonal changes, and how this can affect your physical and mental health in postpartum.

Grab the free resources & meet the Mom 2 Mom Special speakers:

⁠⁠fiercelizzie.com/podcast/mom2mom⁠⁠

Find Katie on IG ⁠⁠@katengalvin

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58: Choosing homebirth as "high risk", with Allie Woods May 18, 2023

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Allie, one of our favorite former nurses turned holistic health mentor, is sharing about her three homebirths and how to prevent postpartum hemorrhage. She hemorrhaged with her first and made an informed decision to transfer, she hemorrhaged with her second and made an informed decision to treat it at home, and with her third she was able to prevent postpartum hemorrhage with the holistic remedies she shares.

Grab the resources & meet the Mom 2 Mom Special speakers:

⁠⁠fiercelizzie.com/podcast/mom2mom⁠⁠

Find Allie on IG ⁠⁠@almost.holistic.allie

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57: Breastfeeding doesn't want to ruin your mental health, with Andrea Haskins May 17, 2023

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One common and often widely supported reason moms quit breastfeeding is for the sake of their mental health. However, this isn't always the solution to the problem at hand of needing support and the all consuming task of feeding an infant can still be a big challenge. Lactation counselor Andrea Haskins gives a refreshing take on how breastfeeding is meant to benefit mental health.

Grab the resources & meet the Mom 2 Mom Special speakers:

fiercelizzie.com/podcast/mom2mom

Find Andrea on IG @instinctualmothering

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56: Our babies borrow our nervous systems, with Lindsay Williamson May 16, 2023

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Self-regulation for co-regulation. Lindsay discusses the importance of regulation in ourselves, the power of the question “how am I feeling?” and she shares that the way our children learn to self regulate is by borrowing our nervous system.

Grab the free resources & meet the Mom 2 Mom Special speakers:

⁠fiercelizzie.com/podcast/mom2mom⁠

Find Lindsay on IG ⁠@roottoraise

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55: Intentional Mothering, with Nicole Pasveer May 15, 2023

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Not mothering by default and unsubscribing to the status quo. Instead give yourself time to make the best decisions in your motherhood based on what you think is right and not just because society thinks you should. Nicole Pasveer discusses more about how to mother intentionally, why this is important for both us and our babies and 6 amazing tips for mothering with more intention.

Grab the resources & meet the Mom 2 Mom Special speakers:

⁠⁠fiercelizzie.com/podcast/mom2mom⁠⁠

Find Nicole on IG ⁠⁠@nicolepasveer

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54: Birth as told by my Grandma Jo May 14, 2023

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Sharing the story of my Grandma Jo’s planned unassisted home birth in the 70’s, and how that trickled down to me being your unmedicated birth bestie.

Grab the free resources & meet the Mom 2 Mom Special speakers:

⁠⁠fiercelizzie.com/podcast/mom2mom⁠⁠

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53: From ‘give me the epidural’ to firing her provider, with Tatyana Reisini May 11, 2023

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Tatyana’s birth experience as a first time mom who fired her first provider, who was terrified to get to the hospital too early, who asked for the epidural and had her baby unmedicated.

Show notes: fiercelizzie.com/podcast/53

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