Happy High-Risk Pregnancy

Final episode of the season… here are 6 tips to stay safe and ENJOY your summer months ahead!!

Let’s chat about the three big birth emergencies and what might happen in those situations.

I know this is a SCARY topic, but it’s so important to be educated & prepared for ALL birth situations. So today we are gonna talk all about postpartum hemorrhage.

Let’s chat about the 5-5-5 rule and ensuring adequate postpartum recovery for high-risk pregnancy moms!

Join me for today's guest interview with OB/GYN, author and mother of 2, Dr. Rachelle Keng. Loved our conversation about faith, pregnancy, birth and postpartum. Check out her brand new book, Woven in the Womb. Connect with Dr. Keng on Instagram or her website for more amazing resources!!

Join me for this week's episode with my guest, Rebekkah Carney as we discuss all things VBAC related! You're not going to want to miss the valuable insights and tips she gives... so so good!!

Let’s talk about simple ways to improve communication with your OB or Midwife to have a better pregnancy and birth!!

Talking about provider bias, the latest research, and tips on how to advocate for yourself as a plus-size mama!

Today we’re going to be discussing all things MFMs and high-risk pregnancy prenatal visits!! I hope it’s helpful and reduces some anxiety if you get referred to an MFM during your high-risk pregnancy!!

Today's guest Victoria Wilson is a wife, mother of 4, birth doula, childbirth educator, and doula mentor. With over 100 supported births under her belt now, you're gonna learn so much from her nuanced approach to birth! Listen in as Victoria shares her own experience of having an ECV with her last pregnancy and choosing to use more interventions than her previous 3 unmedicated births. I LOVED how honest and raw she is in our interview. Victoria's story will encourage you that it's normal to experience a wide variety of emotions about your birth & that birth IS unpredictable for everyone... including VERY experienced doulas & birth workers! Connect with Victoria on her website and follow her on IG!! Doulas & Birthworkers... check out Victoria's Birth Doula Client Workbook & other Canva templates. She makes it easier for you to be a great doula!! I've personally used Victoria's workbook in my doula practice for the last two years and absolutely LOVE it!!

Get ready as I shared my two POSITIVE induction VBAC stories. I bet they will surprise you and I hope they will both encourage you!!

Join me for Part 2 today of this discussion on The Gospel, Pregnancy and Birth as it relates to doulas and other birth workers! Take a listen and share with a friend who may need this extra encouragement too! For more information about the Gospel, check out the book What Is The Gospel by Greg Gilbert!

Join me today as I dive into Part 1 about how the truths of The Gospel affect how we think about pregnancy, birth, and postpartum as PARENTS. Part 2 next week with dive into applying it to doulas & birthworkers. For more info about the Gospel, check out the book What Is The Gospel by Greg Gilbert.

Sit down for a fun interview with identical twin mom, Makayla Lloyd. We talk all about pregnancy, birth and postpartum with TWINS!!

Today’s episode dives into the importance of self-care during your high-risk pregnancy & give 5 very simple self-care tips you can implement this week!! Here are a few links mentioned on today's episode: 1) My FAVORITE prenatal yoga YouTube video. 2) Bilateral Music... my go-to song after tough births! 3) Kysta Dancy: a top expert on birth trauma for parents & birth professionals... she encouraged LOTS of bilateral movement and/or music after hard experiences to prevent trauma. 4) Research on the benefits of Tetris to prevent/lessen PTSD symptoms. FINALLY.... if you'd like to work with me 1:1, check out my virtual doula support package for high-risk pregnancy moms or shoot me an email!

Today we’re going to discuss the high-risk pregnancy condition called Hyperemesis Gravidarum aka HG. It is so much more than normal “morning sickness”. Listen in to learn more about this condition and ways you can get help if you or someone you know is struggling with HG.

Today we’re getting into the background on inductions, elective vs. medically necessary, induction benefits vs. risks, and finishing up with 3 tips to help you ROCK your induction if it is needed!!

Join me for an interview with fellow 2x high-risk mama & Orange County postpartum doula, Elyse Rusaw. Elyse dives deep and gets vulnerable discussing her two very challenging pregnancies and how they both affected her mental health in different ways. She also offers some wonderful tips to prepare ahead of time for a smoother postpartum season after a stressful pregnancy! Trigger Warning: This episode discusses the challenges of a serious fetal diagnosis called encephalocele in one pregnancy and continuous bleeding during another pregnancy due to a chorionic hematoma. Elyse's pregnancy outcomes were all wonderful and positive, but please SKIP this episode if you're pregnant and know this will make you even more anxious or afraid.

Today we are going to get very practical and specific about simple baby steps you can take to get educated and empowered for your high-risk pregnancy!

We’re gonna dive in today about why it’s so hard to feel empowered and some basic steps you can take to change that for your pregnancy and birth… even as a high-risk pregnancy mama!