Episodes
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We have the honour of having Adeline on here with us today talking about her experience with postpartum psychosis. She is from the Hunter Valley region of NSW Australia. We will be discussing
Mental health Pregnancy Birth Postpartum ECT based therapyYou can find Adeline on Instagram @adelineatkins if you have any questions for her!
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We have the courageous and brilliant Amanda on the podcast with us today talking about her experience with endometriosis, her pregnancy journey, and the importance of focusing on our pelvic floor! She is a pelvic floor physical therapist based out of Washington and we are so excited to have her on. You can find her on Instagram at @make.manifest
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We have mom Kaelyn from Outerbanks, NC talking to us today about her son Ziggy and dealing with TOFs syndrome. Kaelyn, her husband, and her son live just south of Perth in Australia and today we get to discuss
Her pregnancy journey Dealing with baby loss Giving birth in Australia Tetralogy of Fallot Baby SurgeriesIf you want to reach out to Kaelyn, you can find her on Instagram @kaemusikaa
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I had the honour of talking with sweet Emily May who is from northern NSW, Australia. She talks to us all about giving birth with her son and her daughter and how those experiences differed greatly. From birthing with a midwife at a local hospital, to have appendicitis, to birthing during COVID near the Gold Coast.
It was so lovely to chat with Emily and if you want to reach out to her you can find her on Facebook Emily-May Rahmate
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We are back with one of our doulas, Talia (@indigorisingbirthwork) as she talks to us about her children's allergies. We will be talking about
-epipens
-hospital visits
-dairy allergies
-meat allergies
-egg allergies
-allergies & dealing with schools
We hope you all enjoy this episode!
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Talia (Instagram: indigorisingbirthwork) is a doula based out of Seattle where she also is a mother, partner, friend, and military person. She is talking to us today about her children's allergies, the stress of it, and how she managed to get them properly diagnosed. We are talking about colic & jaundice babies, dairy allergy, egg allergy, meat allergy, epi-pens, breastfeeding, and so much more. We hope you enjoy this episode!
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Today we have Ethel on talking about her birth experience here in Australia. She is Nigerian Canadian and moved to Adelaides, Australia where she gave birth to two daughters. Ethel shares how she dealt with the pressure of doctors in the public health system, lack of supportive midwives, and hearing about more of the black mothers and black birth experience was like in Adelaide.
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El (Instagram: @_totheblue_) is a mom from Perth, WA Australia. She is the sweetest human being and has come on to talk about her birth story. From working with midwives to giving birth during COVID. Having to have a rushed c-section and her son, Atlas, had meconium at birth which led him to the NICU. El is such a lovely mom and has talked to us about her postpartum journey through mental health, mothering during COVID, going to the beach, healing from her c-section scar, and more!
Hope you all enjoy this episode!
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Ellen Barnard from Harmony Hive has come on to talk to us all about her story. She discusses how she originally became a doula after being a hair stylist and listening to what women were going through. Ellen goes on to discuss meeting her husband, living in Hawaii, experiencing pregnancy loss & gas lighting from doctors, and left with little to no answers about infertility. The researcher that she is, left her to researching all about miscarriages, infertility, MTHFR gene mutations, the menstrual cycle & female hormones, and changed her course of life forever.
You can find Ellen Bernard: yourharmoneyhive.com & Instagram: @ellen.r.barnard
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Welcome to the 2nd and last part of Amelia's story where she talks about getting pregnant with her rainbow baby! She tell su about her experiencing of working with a certified nurse midwife (CNM) in her new home at the local hospital. The experience of going through a confident pregnancy, labor, and delivery. Thank you for sharing your birth story Amelia!
Amelia: @protivacreative
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We had the honour of connecting with doula, photographer, website designer, mother, partner, and business owner Amelia (@protivacreative). She came on to talk to us about her experience with pregnancy loss/miscarriage and how she coped with that mental & physically. This is part 1 of her story and she also goes into talking about growing up as a fundamental christian from Oregon to how that has developed who she is now that her and her husband have left the church. Part 2 will come out next week!
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Tahlia gave us the honour of interviewing her on her home birth that she had with her daughter near Byron Bay, Australia. She is a midwife on the Gold Coast and had a birthing center with her first born son. With her knowledge and understanding, she decided to do a home birth with a water tub with the birth of her second child. We had the opportunity to learn about the Australian public healthcare system and what is accessible to women & birthers in terms of Midwifery Continuity Of Care Program.
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I had the amazing opportunity of having Victoria Gloria from CT on with us to talk about her story. We have a fun discussion talking about how her and her husband met (their love story), going to college and discovering she wanted to become a photographer! Victoria is a motherhood photographer and pregnancy photographer who is also expecting a little boy at the end of this month! She talks about her first and second trimester, going through slight morning sickness but feeling amazing now. She will be coming on again in a few months to talk about her birth story with her midwife at the local birth center!
Instagram: @mymotherhoodstory
@victoriagloria
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Check out Kayla's part 2 on her home birth with her son! Kayla's part 1 was published last week of her experience birthing with an OBGYN which lead her to choosing to birth in her home this time around.
We would like to state that Onas Collaborative LLC supports home birth with active licensure midwives.
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Kayla (Instagram: Kayla_d_steinberg) is from North Carolina and is a full time mother raising 3 kids! This is part 1 of her story we she discusses her pregnancy & birth experiences. She talks about postpartum depression, developing cholestasis, and her experience of dealing with OBGYNs and midwives at a birth center for her first 2 pregnancies. Part 2 will be up next week and we hope you all enjoy.
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Check out our new podcast episode with doula Allison (Instagram: doulasforhumanrights) where she talks about the importance of bodily autonomy and explicit consent. Allison also discusses her experience of how she got into this work after giving birth in Scotland and dealing with obstetric violence there. She wants other doulas to know that they do need to work as advocates for their clients and pregnant people to ensure that we can get better birthing outcomes. Thank you for your work Allison.
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Ellen (@ellen_wags) from Alabama is on with us talking about her experience with postpartum anxiety, postpartum depression, and postpartum rage. She talks about her experience of both postnatal experiences with her two daughters and how she finally found the path of getting help from her doctor.
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We have an exciting episode with one of our doulas Talia out of Washington (@indigorisingbirthwork) talking to us about her work as a birth & postpartum doula. She also discusses with us her experience of motherhood and postpartum especially her experience with symptoms of postpartum depression and one of the symptoms, rage. Parenting during COVID is an additional topic that we cover.
You can find doula in our directory at https://www.theonascollaborative.com/find-a-provider/indigo-rising-birthwork.html
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Today, we have on the amazing mama from Alaska, Annie (Instagram: @mrs.anniewhite) talking to us about her birthing center births! She talks about finding a birthing center in Nashville, TN and accidentally giving birth to her first child at a service station. Annie then discusses her quick labor and how she and her husband managed to make it to the birth center with the midwives for his birth. Lastly, Annie does talk about how she recognised her postnatal depression and what she did to get support.
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This week we have one of our massage therapists & doulas, Julieanne Weatherhogge (@vital_flow)! She lives in Seattle with her son and is aimed at providing pregnant & postpartum people with the best care through message therapy but also through postpartum planning. Julieanne talks about the importance of knowing your birth story, how she can best support her clients with meal preparation, listening, talking about mental health, and so much more. You can find Julieanne on Instagram and in our directory under our Massage Therapists!
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