Mama Bear First

Welcome to Mama Bear First, a podcast for mothers, future mothers, partners, friends, family members, healthcare professionals, and anyone who believes mothers deserve more than survival—they deserve thriving support, belonging, and a village.

Motherhood can be beautiful, overwhelming, joyful, lonely, transformative, and everything in between. Yet too often, mothers are expected to carry the weight of caring for everyone else while their own needs, health, and stories are overlooked.

Mama Bear First is a space where we center the path to being a mama through conversations with parents, advocates, healthcare professionals, researchers, and community leaders, we’ll explore the realities of motherhood, maternal health, relationships, identity, healing, and the systems that shape a mother’s experience. Together, we’ll discuss everything from pregnancy, postpartum, and maternal mortality to loneliness, mental health, community support, healthcare access, advocacy, and what it truly means to build villages where families can thrive.

You’ll hear personal stories, practical tools, evidence-informed insights, and hopeful conversations about how we can create a world where mothers are seen, supported, and empowered to make decisions with confidence.

Because when we tend to mothers, we strengthen families. When we strengthen families, we strengthen communities.

Join us as we learn, advocate, and connect.

Contributors

Host

Save yourself mama

From the author of Save Yourself Mama, Mama Bear First is a podcast dedicated to centering the health, well-being, and stories of mothers.

Hosted by Ivy, healthcare leader, maternal health advocate, and founder of the Mama Bear Village movement, this podcast explores what happens when we choose to place mothers back at the center of the conversation.

Drawing from personal experience, advocacy work, healthcare leadership, research, and conversations with experts, parents, and changemakers, Mama Bear First examines the realities of pregnancy, postpartum life, maternal mental health, healthcare access, loneliness, community support, and the systems that shape a mother’s journey.

Whether you’re a mother, future mother, partner, family member, healthcare professional, or someone who simply wants to better support the mothers in your life, you’ll find stories, tools, and conversations designed to inspire connection, confidence, and action.

Http://www.tendfirst.com