Growing Facts Podcast

9. "Medical" vs "natural", expert vs community

December 20, 2022 Growing Facts Podcast Season 1 Episode 9
9. "Medical" vs "natural", expert vs community
Growing Facts Podcast
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Growing Facts Podcast
9. "Medical" vs "natural", expert vs community
Dec 20, 2022 Season 1 Episode 9
Growing Facts Podcast

In today’s episode, Alyson and Shalaka talk finding out the sex of the babies, chronic pain and some weird old wives’ tales about pregnancy. They also talk about the strange dichotomies that exist in conversations around pregnancy like “natural” vs “medical”, and the respective roles of community vs scientific expertise. They dissect the disproportionate amount of pressure placed on women and mothers, and how to not fall into this trap.

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Prenatal research from Shalaka’s lab and the DREAM BIG consortium:
Dreambigresearch.com
Prenatal Stress and Child Development book (2021):
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-60159-1

Logo design by Dale Byrns
Initial podcast consultation provided by Zoé Gagnon-Paquin
https://www.linkedin.com/in/zoe-g-p/
Sound production consultation by Fox Valley Audio

Photo by Janko Ferlič
https://unsplash.com/@itfeelslikefilm
Music by lemonmusicstudio
https://pixabay.com/users/lemonmusicstudio-14942887/?tab=audio

Show Notes

In today’s episode, Alyson and Shalaka talk finding out the sex of the babies, chronic pain and some weird old wives’ tales about pregnancy. They also talk about the strange dichotomies that exist in conversations around pregnancy like “natural” vs “medical”, and the respective roles of community vs scientific expertise. They dissect the disproportionate amount of pressure placed on women and mothers, and how to not fall into this trap.

www.growingfactspodcast.com
Email: growingfactspodcast@gmail.com
IG: growing_facts_podcast
Facebook: Growing Facts Podcast
Tiktok: growingfactspodcast

Prenatal research from Shalaka’s lab and the DREAM BIG consortium:
Dreambigresearch.com
Prenatal Stress and Child Development book (2021):
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-60159-1

Logo design by Dale Byrns
Initial podcast consultation provided by Zoé Gagnon-Paquin
https://www.linkedin.com/in/zoe-g-p/
Sound production consultation by Fox Valley Audio

Photo by Janko Ferlič
https://unsplash.com/@itfeelslikefilm
Music by lemonmusicstudio
https://pixabay.com/users/lemonmusicstudio-14942887/?tab=audio