Preggers Can Be Choosers

Show notes:- Song I Can Only Imagine - My Dad Chuck died two weeks ago. They payed this song at his funeral, and I have always loved this song. So much. - Showing my work - I'm sunsetting this podcast, it's been super fun and now I need this time to pursue my next adventure, which looks like a series of books about erotic tarot readings, and licensing intellectual property. Whoo, that's a combo. - From the doing things outside dept, fruits trees are planted, and layering the biodiversity by way of chickens and bees. - Also grabbed a Library card, and checked out a book. My Hair is a Garden, we are doing our own Black History Month at our house. At the end of the book, it had a section on how to care for black hair and spiked great conversations about differences, and why it important to know, have knowledge base beyond our own personal care. With a five year old. I'm feeling good about my parenting here. Anyway, revelations happen at the library. Micheal Moore once said, you never want to piss

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I met my gurl Jiva G at the Bhakti recovery group during the pandemic, so if sobriety, punk, black (and orange) wearing devotees and their friends are your people, you have come to the right place to listen in. Longer format, 30 mins. Bhakti Recovery Group https://www.bhaktirecoverygroup.com/ ps Im gonna get a matching lotus flower tattoo underneath my eye. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pcbc/support

In this episode, I discuss various topics including my recent birthday, parenting in my fifties, using Riverside to record podcasts, buying softball gloves, a spike in heart rate during pregnancy, the 'gay agenda', the impact of a hurricane, and finding peace in turbulent times. Links and such Song: I can DO IT Show My Work: Services Pregnant individuals may experience a spike in heart rate around 33-34 weeks. The 'gay agenda' is a humorous concept explained by Ray on TikTok. Climate events like hurricanes can have a significant impact on mental well-being. Finding stillness and relaxation is important for regulating the nervous system. Wrap-up: As always, you know you best. Get your learn on from me and other teacher guides and community, and make the best decisions for you. Hopefully Helping, Rowan PS ⁠⁠⁠⁠Join my love letter recipients. ⁠ PPS ⁠merch --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pcbc/support

Song: ⁠ The architect by Kacey Musgraves yeah yeah I know I already mentioned her but still this is where it’s at. Local Event of importance Menopause Monthly group Womens Personal Finance Group Hopefully Helping, Rowan ps ⁠⁠⁠⁠Join my love letter. ⁠ pps ⁠merch bonanza ppss come see me --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pcbc/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pcbc/support

Dark Energy, or Hormones. Hard to Tell Sometimes. Song: ⁠Deeper Well by Kacey Musgraves. I’ve always liked her a bunch, in fact at one of the lowest points in my life I was sitting in a lawn chair at a dusty music festival with my dog Electra, and she came out on stage and there were like 4 other people in the audience, she was maybe the first band, and she sang “ Woke up on the wrong side of rock bottom,” and my life was forever changed, I had a string, a thread, of someone who could feel where I was at, and had climbed their way back to the other side. Deeper Well, "Saying goodbye to people who are wasting my time." Showing my work: Writing-wise, I started loading my presentation into Canva, the Collaborative Pelvic Exam that I’m sharing at ATM conf in May. After I present, I’ll record that onto Vimeo and host on the back page of my website, so if you can’t attend and that topic has punch for you, join my newsletter and that will let you know when it goes live. What she said: Eleanor share

Song: Fast Car which Tracy remarked, "It's not about a car." which I remember but can't find a citation. Showing my work: Continued to tweak and work over the Birth Prep Prenatal offering. What on your mind, fears, what don’t you understand ex newborn medications Pelvic floor or personal anatomy specifics. Ex do you habitually always cross your legs one way? How has that affected your body balance? VBAC Assessment (hit this sooner rather than later) link to book (H-town peeps or virtual) Ancestor Shrine: I tend to use altar and shrine interchangeably, and while they aren’t exactly the same, for me it’s close enough. Growing up in El Paso, Ofrendas were a thing, and part of daily life both around 11/2 and all year around I've been super blessed with many teachers, and those who taught me the most about ancestor work have been Elena Avila, Woman Who Glows in the Dark, a curandera from my hometown. My Dutch grandmother Annekae, a professional wise woman. Afua H

Two Tells: When a Community-Based Birth Isn't Gonna Happen Here Song: Been Listening to John Mayor's "Sob Rock" on repeat. Who do you think he wrote all those songs about? Show your work: This week I added more 411 to my collaborative pelvic exams presentation, focused on the need for safety and consent so that the tissues will be optimally responsive. Some content was inspired by talking to Ellen Heed, some was inspired by the Spinning Babies Parent Educator training that I hosted in H-Town. Love Letter is going out this week, opt in here. Planner updates: I’ve been using the Laurel Denise and Passion Planner, slowly migrating into the LD as I grieve all the artwork and groovy stickers that went into the Passion Planner. I’ve temporarily moved into a backpack (my sister's Vera Bradly Black quilted with cherry lining, thank you very much.) My sister, who is an undated planner hater, just caved and bought the mini undated planner that has just been released and will

Pads and Planner Update! Song: Who was that, who was thaaaaat? By Deee-lite Showing My Work: Wrote the outline for the Cervical Scars, Provider Version last week. That content will debut at the ATM conference in May. Register here! Planner Update: My sister got it! And gave it to me cause she didn't like it! Twyla Tharp and the pencil concept Let’s Make Reusable Pads! I was talking to my gurl D about making reusable chux pads for our midwifery practices. Head over to the Preggers Can Be Choosers IG account for pics. cut/pinn 2 t-shirts. stitch in an X down the middle serge the sides. I like the punk rock look, but you could do a rolled hem or even fancy a French hem. Hopefully Helping, Rowan PS ⁠Join my newsletter --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pcbc/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pcbc/support

I can quit at any time!!! Planners I have loved before: Moleskine Danielle la Porte Desire Map miGoals Unbound Passion Planner Laurel Denise Y'all, I didn't even mention the writer's planner I have! Magnesium I mention" Natural Calm Magnesium Soak Flewd Big Love, stay well. Rowan PS Join my newsletter --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pcbc/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pcbc/support

When Enough is Enough and its TIME TO LEAVE. Big Bold Trigger Warning One of our peeps is in a bad scene, so this episode contains domestic violence, alcohol abuse, and in general a feeling of being scared for our girl and her kids. It's enough that Katelin, our current host, asked me (Rowan) to get this up ASAP. So here you go.  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Links Links Links Houston Domestic Violence Hotline ~ https://www.domesticshelters.org/help/tx/houston Alanon ~ https://al-anon.org/al-anon-meetings/electronic-meetings  Call the PSI HelpLine at 1-800-944-4773(4PPD) Text Support: send a message to their Helpline at 503-894-9453 AfterParty in the  FB group~ https://www.facebook.com/groups/PCBCAfterBirth/ Text reminders so you can join us LIVE, Tuesdays at 11 am central right here https://tapit.us/zeep18 All things Preggers at https://preggers.rocks/ Alert ~ Be wary, we are a little sweary. Get your earbuds if you are concerned about t

After Birth 2/23/21 "Is This as Good as it Gets?" "Google: What do I do when I feel like shit?" ACTUAL QUESTION from Eli.  When is #postpartumdepression just straight-up #depression? So we put on our thinking hats, and start sharing like a mofo, Bev especially walks us through her journey with medication, and how she thinks waited too long to take them. HINT: #intrusivethoughts talk therapy ~ Mental Health Match or Punk Rock Psych Doc daily fitness ~ outside, walking, 20 minutes supplements ~ Aviva Romm says this  Your peer support beezies ~ that's us, we your beezies. sign up for text reminders  Rowan mentions that Courtney from Mommastrong.com is an advocate (and by advocate we mean gets on Rowan's ass about it) of #zerotasking, which leads into a hilarious convo on men "relaxing." HAHAHHAHAHHA. Concerned about medications? Mothertobaby.com we never made it to talk about vaccines. Oh well, next Tuesday. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Links t

AfterBirth 12/1/20: He Mad. The Birth Control Episode.  Well hello there. #CovidThanksgiving check-in starts us off! And then we are up and rolling when with a bang when Sarita tells us why her MD is refusing her access to a tubal. Also up for discussion are ways to decrease cortisol, Sam plans her birth team and a general convo about birth providers working more effectively together. We review who is doing what for birth control, Looking for nonhormonal options.  and Tiff gives a shout out to how she is dialing back social media, The Social Network. Watch this if you haven't yet. And Rowan wants everyone to try her Preggers Prebiotic Porridge  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Links that may help are: Call the PSI HelpLine at 1-800-944-4773(4PPD) Text Support: send a message to their Helpline at 503-894-9453 AfterParty in the  FB group~ https://www.facebook.com/groups/PCBCAfterBirth/ Text reminders so you can join us LIVE, Tuesdays at 11 am cen

AfterBirth, a Fourth and More Trimester Support Group  Take Your Baby to Work Jobs ~  3 Types of Mom Jobs. Private CNA,  Meal Prepper, Preschool Teacher.  What's working, what's not. 'Basically, I'm fucked next paycheck." ~ Bev, and right at the end of the episode she gets terrible news.  Where's Rowan ~ the Lincoln Bomb Shelter  We talked about Equanimity ~ https://www.tenpercent.com/meditationweeklyblog/the-power-of-equanimity Cause being the calmest person in the room makes you the most powerful.   The Preggers Prebiotic Porridge that Rowan wants everyone to try. Recipe to try out. WHY? Eliminate breakfast decision fatigue, promote gut health, and its cheap and easy to make. WIN ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Links that may help are: Call the PSI HelpLine at 1-800-944-4773(4PPD) Text Support: send a message to their Helpline at 503-894-9453 AfterParty in the  FB group~ https://www.facebook.com/groups/PCBCAfterBirth/ Text

AfterBirth 10/27/20: Worse than Labor?!!! Afterbirth Pains! Sarita has baby Autumn, tells her birth story.  Rowan chimes in as her provider.  We also talk poop and pushing.  ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` Links that may help are: Call the PSI HelpLine at 1-800-944-4773(4PPD) Text Support: send a message to their Helpline at 503-894-9453 AfterParty in the  FB group~ https://www.facebook.com/groups/PCBCAfterBirth/ Text reminders so you can join us LIVE, Tuesdays at 11 am central right here https://tapit.us/zeep18 All things Preggers at https://preggers.rocks/ Alert ~ Be wary, we are a little sweary. Get your earbuds if you are concerned about tender ears and sensibilities. #postartumdepression #houston #love #preggerscanbechoosers #thisiswhathealinglookslike #AfterBirth #4thtrimester #postpartumdoula #love #toddler #pandemic #family #biting #xmidwifex #straightedge #midwife #doula #postpartumsupportgroup #12step #addiction #bewell #covid

Afterbirth 10/6/20: My Baby's Birthday Makes Me Cry "Instead of being happy with my kid's birthday, it brings up birth trauma and grief for what I didn't get get".  ~ this in from new member Lindy Points of talking were: Shared decision making  harm reduction and how this plays out negatively and positively in almost all birth environments.  Miscarriage brings up "the what if spiral" and how the not knowing of why this happened is one of the worst aspects of a rough time for many.  Also compassion to Chrissy Tegan and her family during this hard time. I appreciate her sharing her raw AF grief and shining a light on a horrid time that often gets hid.   The grief box ~ https://twitter.com/LaurenHerschel/status/946888649781608448 Tiff and Katelin say schedule time on the reg that is the same time so that you prioritize, and even if you don't have anything to do, hide in your room with a locked door and read a book. Whatever going on outside that door is a plastic b

Today's theme: "Fuck everyone trying to tell me what do." "If it doesn't work out in a week, I'm going to let this go" from Bev,  "cause, the toll on my health is going to be way bigger than formula on her health." Resources for Milk Shares  Eats on Feets, http://www.eatsonfeets.org/ Human Milk for Human  Babies, http://hm4hb.net/ Houston Milk trade https://www.facebook.com/groups/HoustonAreaMilkSharing/ Formula food delivery in Houston https://www.formula911.com/ Good idea alert! Fundrasing for birth services: This is the link for the "gift registry" for the birth photographer that Sam mentions http://kedocumentary.com/gift-registry When I (Rowan) asked if things felt big, Kayshia talks about being scared of  leaving the baby, Maggie's family is "overspoken" on her breastfeeding, not enough, too much,  and needs more sleep. And there were tears, tips for increasing supply, and camaraderie galore. So, a good day.  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

After Birth 9/15/20 It's Overwhelming. Afterbirth, the Fourth and more Support Group. Its overwhelming, why? kids are sick and needy, and being pregnant is sucking the life out of you in third trimester And why is asking for help such a bitch?  Pinterest pages, on what to ask for help with day by day, were helpful for Katelin Not knowing that some things are not as instinctual as they say ~ Katelin How not to hate yourself when you ask for help and it doesn't go the way you want it.  Back pain while preggs tips: Tens Unit  cold heat Massage ~ for North Houston Birth center Pts  Fertile Alchemy Magnesium oil   Chiro in Houston who took Tiff's Medicaid ~ Pace Chiro Pt https://pacechiropt.com/  Boric acid capsules get a shout out, used for healing chronic yeast and BV ~ https://preggers.rocks/boric-biz/ to learn more, or order here ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Links that may help are: Call the PSI HelpLine at 1-800-944-4773(4PPD) Text Su

Afterbirth, the Fourth and more Support Group. Heavy emphasis on the MORE today. We were all over the map today, chatting Halloween, Drop Dead Fred and Rowan thought she was gonna get canned from North Houston Birth Center (seriously y'all, I would of fired me.) Halloween! Wear a Mask! and then what? Dr.B tells how a pt navigated an airport and flight while wearing a (figurative) banana suit.   Sarita's daughter is watching pregs videos on Youtube Birth Tube on FB, Bevs Baby was born with thousands of people watching.  Growing an appropriate sized baby, what makes a baby small? What makes a baby big ~ Rowan chats about placenta health.  and I'm sure more I don't remember. Boric acid capsules get a shout out, used for healing chronic yeast and BV ~ https://preggers.rocks/boric-biz/ to learn more, or order here ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Links that may help are: Call the PSI HelpLine at 1-800-944-4773(4PPD) Text Support: send a message to th

After Birth 8/25/20: Online School is a B!TCH Comparing notes on school, and how to make any of this work, Spoiler alert, it doesn't. Bev talks about kids on the spectrum, trying to be in 5 places in once wth online school. Tips on doing the best you can with what you have. Katelin's kid is doing in person mostessori school.  She tells us how it its going. Sarita and Tiff are on the same page of opting out becuase they feel lie there is low ROI for a preschooler.  Maggie weighs in on long term implications for social development, what will this mean in ten years for our kids and society.  Boric acid capsules get a shout out, used for healing chronic yeast and BV ~ https://preggers.rocks/boric-biz/ to learn more, or order here ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Links that may help are: Call the PSI HelpLine at 1-800-944-4773(4PPD) Text Support: send a message to their Helpline at 503-894-9453 AfterParty in the  FB group~ https://www.facebook.com/groups/PCBCAfte