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Welcome to Our Village Circle, a podcast centered around authentic sharing, honest storytelling, and elevating the voices of parents and professionals alike to demystify the realities of new parenthood.
We understand, on a visceral level, that with the joy of your new human also comes every other emotion under the sun. We want you to feel seen, heard and known in this life-altering stage. We wholeheartedly believe that everyone's story has something powerful to offer others as they navigate their own journey.
Find us on Instagram @ourvillagecircle
Our website is www.ourvillagecircle.com
We understand, on a visceral level, that with the joy of your new human also comes every other emotion under the sun. We want you to feel seen, heard and known in this life-altering stage. We wholeheartedly believe that everyone's story has something powerful to offer others as they navigate their own journey.
Find us on Instagram @ourvillagecircle
Our website is www.ourvillagecircle.com
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Meet Jamie Mossay, who has been serving the San Diego community as a bodyworker and massage therapist for 20 years, specializing in pregnant families. She's the creator of the DANCES approach to prenatal bodywork and Birthing From Within's Touch From Within course, and co-author and illustrator of the book The Breech Release: Opening Pathways for Midwifery and Prenatal Bodywork.
Her approach to birth support and her own spiritual path transformed utterly when she discovered Birthing From Within® in 2013, and started mentoring childbirth classes soon after the introductory training. She has since had advanced training as a Birth Story Listener®, and this is what we will be discussing today - the power and impact of our birth stories, and deep listening as a mode of healing.
This conversation was so impactful for me that immediately after we finished, I signed up to train as a Birth Story Listener myself - this was 6 months ago, and I just finished my training, and WOW. When I tell you this process is transformational, I am in no way exaggerating. I cannot wait for you to hear this discussion.
Today's episode is sponsored by our Signature Webinar: Preparing for a Smooth Postpartum.
Our next class is June 20 @ 7:30pm.
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RESOURCES:
Birthing from Within
Article: How to Mine an Uninvited Birth Story for Gold, by Nikki Shaheed
Book: The Breech Release, by Jamie Mossay
CONNECT WITH JAMIE
https://www.jamiemossay.com/
Instagram @jamiemossay
Meet Roni Zelivinski, an Israeli born Russian Jewish lover of all things local, seasonal, sparkly, and holy. She is a Certified Nurse Midwife with a background in Out of Hospital Birth. She has worked with families, children, and women for over a decade as a doula, yoga teacher, infant massage instructor and nurse. She is committed to helping women reclaim their hormonal, physical, spiritual and sexual wellness through root cause healing and integrative medicine. She believes that every individual has the power to heal themselves and sees her work as a midwife as merely an illumination to that freedom path.
She is currently accepting clients for consults on nutrition, lactation, preconception, sexual wellness, and any other support you feel you might benefit from by working with Roni. She is grateful to her teachers and the healers who inspire her work - Aviva Romm, Lily Nichols, Michel Odent, Esther Perel, Brenda Lane, Miriam, and Whitney Pinger.
In today’s episode, we talk about ALL THE THINGS, with a primary focus on reclaiming our self knowledge from what they taught us in school.
Today's episode is sponsored by Ava Fertility.
RESOURCES:
The Fifth Vital Sign
Taking Charge of your Fertility
The Blood Book
CONNECT WITH RONI:
Instagram @kaphagoddess
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Tracy Donegan is a hospital trained midwife, lactation educator and birth doula, who enjoys working closely with parents to help them have the safest, healthiest positive experience possible no matter what kind of birth they’re planning. She has two boys and resides in Round Rock, TX, but she hails originally from Ireland, where she started the nation’s first professional doula service.
She is the Founder of GentleBirth, the pregnancy brain training App and program for birth, that will build your confidence and reduce your fear as the big day approaches. I used this app and its accompanying contraction timer with my second pregnancy, and it was a godsend.
She’s also the creator of the FertileMind app, the world's first app to support you emotionally on your path to parenthood.
She’s also the author of Mindful Breastfeeding: A Mind-Body Approach to Less Pain, Less Overwhelm and More Milk, and the accompanying Mindful Breastfeeding Program, to simplify the breastfeeding process and bring it back to its purest form. Enter VILLAGECIRCLE at checkout for 20% off the Mindful Breastfeeding Program.
This episode is brought to you by Our Village Circle's signature webinar, Preparing for a Smooth Postpartum.
Join us on February 21 @ 7:30pm!
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RESOURCES:
Gentle Birth App
Fertile Mind App
Tracy's Book : Mindful Breastfeeding: A Mind-Body Approach to Less Pain, Less Overwhelm and More Milk
CONNECT WITH TRACY:
Instagram: @gentlebirthofficial
Visit Tracy's Website
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We are on Instagram: @ourvillagecircle
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Meet Tracy Donegan, a hospital trained midwife, lactation educator and birth doula, who enjoys working closely with parents to help them have the safest, healthiest positive experience possible no matter what kind of birth they’re planning. She has two boys and resides in Round Rock, TX, but she hails originally from Ireland, where she started the nation’s first professional doula service.
She is the Founder of GentleBirth, the pregnancy brain training App and program for birth, that will build your confidence and reduce your fear as the big day approaches. I used this app and its accompanying contraction timer with my second pregnancy, and it was a godsend.
She’s also the creator of the FertileMind app, the world's first app to support you emotionally on your path to parenthood.
She’s also the author of Mindful Breastfeeding: A Mind-Body Approach to Less Pain, Less Overwhelm and More Milk, and the accompanying Mindful Breastfeeding Program, to simplify the breastfeeding process and bring it back to its purest form.
In today’s discussion, part 1 of our 2 part series, we launch into Tracy’s journey to birth work, mindfulness in pregnancy and birth as Trauma Prevention, and resilience training for all stages of life.
Today's episode is sponsored by the Ava Bracelet.
Shop Ava Fertility HERE.
RESOURCES:
Gentle Birth App
Fertile Mind App
Tracy's Book : Mindful Breastfeeding: A Mind-Body Approach to Less Pain, Less Overwhelm and More Milk
CONNECT WITH TRACY:
Instagram: @gentlebirthofficial
Visit Tracy's Website
LIKE WHAT YOU HEAR?
Subscribe and review our podcast, and share with anyone you feel may benefit.
We are on Instagram: @ourvillagecircle
Visit our website: www.ourvillagecircle.com
We made it! Welcome to the final episode of Season 2 of the Our Village Circle Podcast. If you joined us last time, you heard the story of my second pregnancy and early labor, leading up to our arrival at the freestanding birth center we chose to receive our care from. Today, we continue with the birth story of my youngest son Allen (who will be turning one very soon), and our postpartum experience under the care of Midwives.
Today's episode is sponsored by Willow Pump and Kindred Bravely.
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RESOURCES:
Jaely’s First Birth Story Episodes:
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Books:
The Missing Peace in Childbirth, by Deborah Binun
The First Forty Days, by Heng Ou
Other Resources:
Premier Birth Center - Chantilly, VA
Serola Belt for SI Pain in Pregnancy
Positive Birth Company Hypnobirthing Pack
Gentle Birth App
Easy Contraction Timer
Motherboard for Birth Planning
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It’s finally here! Coming up on my youngest son’s first birthday, I’m so excited to finally share with you all the story of my second pregnancy and birth. As most of you know, I was pregnant with him as I recorded the first season of the podcast, and had him shortly after the final episode aired. Now, a year later, you get to hear about my second experience, which was worlds different in many ways. If you’d like some context for this story, you can go back to Season 1 and listen to Episodes 9 through 11 to hear the story of my first pregnancy, birth, and postpartum. Today I’ll begin by talking you through my pregnancy, and the experience of going through my entire pregnancy under the care of midwives, my battle with Symphisis Pubis Dysfunction, some scary blood pressure moments at the end of my pregnancy, and my experience with prodromal labor, setting the stage for our next episode, where I’ll share the story of his birth and my postpartum.
Today's episode is sponsored by Ergobaby - CLICK HERE to take a brief survey to shop for the right baby carrier for you.
RESOURCES:
Jaely’s First Birth Story Episodes:
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Books:
The Missing Peace in Childbirth, by Deborah Binun
The First Forty Days, by Heng Ou
Other Resources:
Premier Birth Center - Chantilly, VA
Serola Belt for SI Pain in Pregnancy
Positive Birth Company Hypnobirthing Pack
Gentle Birth App
Easy Contraction Timer
Motherboard for Birth Planning
LIKE WHAT YOU HEAR?
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We’re on Instagram and Facebook @ourvillagecircle .
Our website is www.ourvillagecircle.com
In today’s episode, we continue our discussion with Jennifer Silliman, mother and co-producer of the award winning documentary film, Dark Side of the Full Moon, which continues to change and save lives. She also hosts a podcast based off the same concept and continuing the conversation about maternal mental heath that’s certainly far from over, giving those who want to share their story a platform to do so, so others know they’re not alone. In this second half of our 2-part collaboration between our podcasts, Jenn and I continue our discussion about the state of Maternal Health Care in the United States as it relates to mental health, and we’ll hear about the process of making the Dark Side of the Full Moon Documentary. We’ll also share some important resources for folks who may be struggling with a Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorder, and how friends and family can help new parents.
Today's episode is sponsored by Kindred Bravely - SHOP HERE for 20% off your first purchase (certain exclusions apply, discount applied at checkout)
RESOURCES:
Postpartum Support International
Warm Line: 800.944.4773
Crisis Text Line
CONTACT JENNIFER:
Stream The Dark Side Of The Full Moon Documentary
Instagram: @ppdfilm
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Meet Jennifer Silliman, mother and co-producer of the award winning documentary film, Dark Side of the Full Moon, which continues to change and save lives. She also hosts a podcast based off the same concept and continuing the conversation about maternal mental heath that’s certainly far from over, giving those who want to share their story a platform to do so, so others know they’re not alone. On today’s episode, Part 1 of a 2-part collaboration between our two podcasts, Jenn and I discuss the state of Maternal Health Care in the United States as it relates to mental health, and I launch into my journey through my first postpartum - parts I have not shared in previous podcast episodes.
Today's episode is sponsored by Willow Pump and Kindred Bravely.
Shop Willow Pump HERE.
Get 20% off your first purchase from Kindred Bravely HERE.
RESOURCES:
Postpartum Support International
Warm Line: 800.944.4773
Crisis Text Line
CONTACT JENNIFER:
Stream The Dark Side Of The Full Moon Documentary
Instagram: @ppdfilm
LIKE WHAT YOU HEAR?
Feel free to follow, like, and share this podcast with anyone you feel may benefit.
We’re on Instagram and Facebook @ourvillagecircle .
Our website is www.ourvillagecircle.com
Meet Emily Geller, an Opera Singer based in Westchester NY and Mom of two. You may recognize her story from Inside Edition, the Today Show, People Magazine, and a whole host of birth podcasts this past summer, when the news became viral of her daughter’s birth in their car on the highway after a 2.5 hour precipitous yet calm and empowering labor.
Today, she sits down and chats with us about how the birth of her first baby - a planned cesarean due to lack of access to a provider comfortable with vaginal breech - drove her to pursue and prepare for her VBAC (Vaginal Birth After Cesarean). She talks us through her birth story, and what the aftermath of the experience was like for her with it becoming so public.
Today's episode is sponsored by Willow Pump and Kindred Bravely.
Shop Willow Pump HERE.
Get 20% off your first purchase from Kindred Bravely HERE.
RESOURCES:
Breech Without Borders
Coalition for Breech Birth
International Cesarean Awareness Network (ICAN)
Connecticut Childbirth and Women’s Center
Spinning Babies Three Sisters of Balance
Ina May Gaskin’s Guide to Childbirth
Lily Nichols: Real Food for Pregnancy
Gentle Birth App
Your Whole Baby
CONTACT EMILY:
Instagram:@ emilygeller
Website: https://www.emilygeller.com/
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Our website is www.ourvillagecircle.com
Meet Loghan Bazan Wright, a classical singer, cycling instructor, and Mom from Pittsburgh, PA. In today’s episode, part 2 of a 2-part series, Loghan shares with us her experience of seeking help for Postpartum Depression and Anxiety, and her climb back up from rock bottom. She reflects on what was most helpful for her, and together, we discuss cultural and societal expectations about postpartum, motherhood, and mental health.
Today's episode is sponsored by Ergobaby - Click HERE to take a short quiz and shop for the right carrier for you!
Resources:
Crisis Text Line
Megan with Empowering Moms (@empowering_mom) • Instagram photos and videos
Contact Loghan:
Instagram: @loghz
http://www.loghanbazan.com/
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Meet Loghan Wright, a classical singer, cycling instructor, and Mom from Pittsburgh, PA. In today’s episode, part 1 of a 2-part series, Loghan shares with us her experience of going through her first pregnancy and birth during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. She shares with us her expectations, how her plans had to change as COVID ripped through the world, and the challenges she faced as a new parent in quarantine.
Today's epsiode is sponsored by Kindred Bravely - shop HERE for 20% off your first purchase (discount applied at checkout, certain exclusions apply)
Resources:
Crisis Text Line
Megan with Empowering Moms (@empowering_mom)
Contact Loghan:
Instagram: @loghz
http://www.loghanbazan.com/
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Feel free to follow, like, and share this podcast with anyone you feel may benefit.
We’re on Instagram and Facebook @ourvillagecircle.
Our website is www.ourvillagecircle.com
Meet Roni Zelivinski, Certified Nurse Midwife and co-owner of Sage Midwifery PLLC, a practice dedicated to holistic and integrative home birth and health care for folks with uteruses and vaginas. In this conversation, Roni shares her background and journey towards becoming a Midwife, how her experiences as a yoga instructor influence her practice, her philosophy and values about integrative well-person care, and how her and her business partner, Samantha Sewell, practice Midwifery.
This episode is sponsored by Kindred Bravely - Shop Here for 20% off your first purchase (applied at checkout, certain exclusions apply)
Resources:
The Fifth Vital Sign, by Alyssa Vitti
Taking Charge of Your Fertility, by Toni Weschler
Hormone Intelligence, by Avviva Romm
Contact Roni:
Instagram: @mystic.midwife
Sage Midwifery
Instagram: @sage_midwifery
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Feel free to follow, like, and share this podcast with anyone you feel may benefit.
We’re on Instagram and Facebook @ourvillagecircle.
Our website is www.ourvillagecircle.com
Meet Laurel and Kipyn Martin, proud mothers to Gabby (17 months). In this episode, they share their fertility journey with IUI using a sperm donor, Laurel’s battle with Hyperemesis Gravidarum throughout her pregnancy, her birth experience, and the lived experience of pregnancy and postpartum during the COVID-19 Pandemic. As with most of my interviews, their daughter was taking her nap during the interview, and shortly into our chat, woke up (as toddlers do) - so we’ll be mostly hearing from Laurel in today’s episode. In addition to her story, she’ll share the resources that were most helpful for her as she suffered through HG, and her advice for those seeking help.
CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains graphic depictions of life with Hyperemesis Gravidarum, which includes descriptions of vomiting episodes. There is also mention of suicidal ideation, disordered eating, termination of pregnancy, and pregnancy loss. Please practice self-compassion and listen/fast forward at your own discretion.
Today's episode is sponsored by the Willow Pump.
RESOURCES:
www.helpher.org
Instagram: @hgmoms
CONTACT KIPYN AND LAUREL:
www.KipynMartin.com
Instagram: @kipynmartin
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Meet Lynden Gehling, Mom of six (including a set of spontaneous triplets) and journey coordinator for Surrogate Steps, an agency for gestational surrogates and intended parents to be matched up and create families. On this episode, Lynden shares her own journey of becoming a gestational surrogate for an international family. She will talk about what the process looked like, how she experienced pregnancy/birth/postpartum, and available resources for anyone who is considering becoming a surrogate, or using a surrogate to grow their family.
This episode is sponsored by LOVEVERY.
RESOURCES:
Facebook Group: Surrogates and Intended Parents
Surrogate Steps
Preemie Milk Bank: Prolacta BioScience
CONTACT LYNDEN:
Instagram Account: @ipeeonsticks
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Feel free to follow, like, and share this podcast with anyone you feel may benefit.
We’re on Instagram and Facebook @ourvillagecircle
Our website is www.ourvillagecircle.com
In today’s conversation with Laura Emanuel, Part 2 of our two-part series, Laura talks us through all the features of her landmark app for new parents, Mothership Rising. The Mothership Rising app, available on iTunes and Google Play, provides support and encouragement to mamas by having their friends and family create a nurturing circle and sign up for days to check in on them via text. Like a meal train of emotional support, their community can create a support circle and the app will handle the signing up process. The app sends a text to the mama and the “daily support” friend with a prompt to start the conversation so that the mama can get encouragement and the kind of support she needs from her network. Mothership Rising is a safe space to support mamas in all the ways a child comes into a mother’s life: adoption, birth, bonus moms, foster care, step-parent, and surrogacy.
Today's Episode is sponsored by Willow Pump
RESOURCES:
Download the Mothership Rising App
Postpartum Support International
Warm Line: 800.944.4773
Cherished Mom
Gyrotonics
Book: The Body Keeps The Score, by Bessel van der Kolk
CONTACT LAURA:
Download the Mothership Rising App
Instagram: @mothershiprising
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Meet Laura Emanuel, founder and CEO of Mothership Rising - an app, available on iTunes and Google Play, that provides support and encouragement to mamas by having their friends and family create a nurturing circle and sign up for days to check in on them via text. Like a meal train of emotional support, their community can create a support circle and the app will handle the signing up process. The app sends a text to the mama and the “daily support” friend with a prompt to start the conversation so that the mama can get encouragement and the kind of support she needs from her network. Mothership Rising is a safe space to support mamas in all the ways a child comes into a mother’s life: adoption, birth, bonus moms, foster care, step-parent, and surrogacy.
In this conversation, Part 1 of a 2-part series, we discuss our postpartum journeys, the expectations we had going into parenthood, intrusive thoughts, physical recovery from childbirth, the mind/body connection, and the importance of community in the childbearing years. Laura shares with us what was most helpful for her, and how her journey led to the creation of her landmark application for new parents.
RESOURCES:
Download the Mothership Rising App
Postpartum Support International
PSI Warm Line: 800.944.4773
Gyrotonics
Book: The Body Keeps The Score, by Bessel van der Kolk
CONTACT LAURA:
Instagram: @mothershiprising
Download the Mothership Rising App
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Today's episode marks the final part of our 3-episode Birth Story series with host Jaely Turner.
In today's story, Jaely shares her experience in the first 48 hours in the Postpartum Wing after the birth of her son, managing Newborn Hypoglycemia amid many disruptions from hospital staff which interfered with feeding, bonding, and much-needed rest. She also talks briefly about the impact this experience had on her early parenthood journey, and how it led to her doula and advocacy work for new parents, and the eventual creation of the Our Village Circle Podcast.
Contact Jaely:
Instagram: @jaelylouise and @ourvillagecircle
Facebook: www.facebook.com/ourvillagecircle
www.ourvillagecircle.com
In today’s episode, Part 2 of our three-part series, you’ll hear from our host Jaely Turner, who shares her birth experience with her first son. After being induced for Gestational Hypertension at 37 weeks and expecting a long, highly interventive process, her water broke immediately sending her into active labor which moved very quickly and was able to advocate for a low-intervention birth.
Contact Jaely:
Instagram: @jaelylouise and @ourvillagecircle
Facebook: www.facebook.com/ourvillagecircle
www.ourvillagecircle.com
In today’s episode, Part 1 of a three-part series, you’ll hear from our host Jaely Turner, who shares her pregnancy journey with her first son. She talks about the care she received over the course of her pregnancy and how it prompted her to make a late-pregnancy switch to a Midwife practice at 33 weeks, right before she developed Gestational Hypertension which unexpectedly led to an early term induction of labor.
Contact Jaely:
Instagram: @jaelylouise and @ourvillagecircle
Facebook: www.facebook.com/ourvillagecircle
www.ourvillagecircle.com
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Meet Susan ‘Susie’ Lewis Kavinski, a mom of two, and Command Advocate for Parenthood and Pregnancy (CAPP) for the United States Navy Band in Washington, DC, where she currently works as a musician. Today, Susie takes us through how the simple act of writing a paper for her Chief Indoctrination led to the construction of a lactation room within her command, and grew into subsequent years of Advocacy within the Navy for new parents. We also discuss the culture surrounding infant feeding, the culture surrounding new parenthood, the changes we’ve seen, and the changes we hope to see in the future.
Links:
MamaVa - Design Solutions for Breastfeeding Moms On The Go
www.MamaVa.com
Contact Susie:
Instagram: @SusieSoprano
Facebook: www.facebook.com/susiesoprano
www.susiesoprano.com
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