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Liberating Motherhood
Title: The Liberating Motherhood Podcast
Challenging the culture around US maternal health and strengthening the family unit.
Whos's this for? Pregnant women, birthing people, birth workers, postpartum mothers and parents
Leah LaHue is a birth doula, speaker, educator and mom of 2. She is a life-long learner and actively challenges the status quo surrounding the "business" of maternal health care in the United States. The Liberating Motherhood podcast features raw, unfiltered personal stories of motherhood and childbirth as well as conversations with experts, wellness practitioners, and heart-to-hearts with women whose stories represent us all. She aims to help women cultivate true embodiment and peace in their birth and motherhood transition through critical thinking and asking questions. This podcast includes evidence based research and also thoughtful opinions. We will laugh, cry, but most importantly we will support each other through the most important journey in the evolution of mankind; birth and parenthood.
Challenging the culture around US maternal health and strengthening the family unit.
Whos's this for? Pregnant women, birthing people, birth workers, postpartum mothers and parents
Leah LaHue is a birth doula, speaker, educator and mom of 2. She is a life-long learner and actively challenges the status quo surrounding the "business" of maternal health care in the United States. The Liberating Motherhood podcast features raw, unfiltered personal stories of motherhood and childbirth as well as conversations with experts, wellness practitioners, and heart-to-hearts with women whose stories represent us all. She aims to help women cultivate true embodiment and peace in their birth and motherhood transition through critical thinking and asking questions. This podcast includes evidence based research and also thoughtful opinions. We will laugh, cry, but most importantly we will support each other through the most important journey in the evolution of mankind; birth and parenthood.
Episodes
11 episodes
Nurturing Developmental Milestones and Gross Motor Skills in Babies and Children with Dr. Amie Dougherty, DPT
Did you know that babies are born with incredible amounts of tension and they need our help to relax, release and feel comfortable? If left untouched, this imbalance can interfere with essential skills like rolling, crawling, walking, bal...
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48:52
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My Struggle With Post Partum OCD and Intrusive Thoughts
Have you ever had an intrusive thought that you just couldn’t shake? I have. It was the scariest time of my life and not even my closest friends have heard this story. If you are struggling with mental health as ...
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30:58
The Spiritual Initiation of Pregnancy and Birth with CPM Jana Johnston
Birth and motherhood should NOT be a root of fear, doubt, nor trauma yet these experiences are often the norm in our culture. In this chat with Jana Johnston, CPM and founder of Global Education of the Midwife, we shed light on the process of r...
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43:26
Quick Tip: When Should I Leave My House in Labor?
Timing your arrival to the hospital or birth center is an art and a science! After attending 50+ births, these are some of my favorite techniques for assessing when it's time to load up and head in. This information is for a m...
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9:58
Unmedicated Hospital Birth Story With Jenice and Robert Houston
What does one do when labor stalls and you are being pressed for an unnecessary epidural/ c-section? Jenice and Robert Houston share their birth story including, how they prepared to stay safe in the country where black women die 3 times more o...
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1:16:07
How to Approach the Solar Eclipse: Big Changes and Big Feelings
Eclipses are powerful transition periods during which doors close on what is familiar, and open to a new existence. Are you feeling the intensity of these "contractions" in your life as big changes arise? ME TOO. As with physi...
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25:43
The United States Maternal Death Rates: What Every Citizen needs know
How can we solve the US maternal death rate which is the HIGHEST among it's peers and increases every year? Whose responsibility is this to change? What are the causes of this systemic failure to support women and what can we do t...
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23:19
Why We Fear Birth In America: Cultivating the Right Mindset
Modern America is vastly uneducated about the reality of birth because the truth of it has been removed from our culture. In this episode we explore cultivating mindset for birth by first becoming aware of cultural influences that encoura...
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Are Your In Laws Coming to Your Birth? Setting Boundaries with DeeDee Moore
Times have changed since your parents had babies! In this chat with DeeDee Moore, we cover how to set your parents (the new grandparents) up with clear boundaries and expectations for the birth and post-partum period without excluding them!&nbs...
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