Pregnancy, Parenting & Politics
Pregnancy, Parenting & Politics, is a breath of fresh air: accessible, authoritative, funny, reassuring and personal. It's chock-full of Jeanne's comprehensive, medically-sound advice and insights plus conversations with women, mothers and experts in pregnancy, parenting and the power to change the world. Women's health expert, labor nurse, feminist, mother of four, Fit Pregnancy.com columnist and author of Common Sense Pregnancy (Random House, 2015), Jeanne Faulkner has been at the bedside for thousands of deliveries. She provides the honest insider advice you need during pregnancy, labor, birth, and parenthood. Jeanne believes that parents have the power to change the world and that's what we're talking about here on Pregnancy, Parenting & Politics.
#227 What the Covid Relief Bill Means for Families Plus, PPP is Taking A Break
#226 How lifting restrictions on midwives could improve pregnancy outcomes
#225 Elevating How We Talk About Pregnancy
#224 A midwife's focus on wellness
#223 A Pregnant ER Nurse Talks About Her work During COVID-19
#222 COVID, Pregnancy and Vaccine Updates
#221 Revisiting racism, bias and birth with Kimberly Seals Allers
#220 Parenting, Resilience and Raising Yourself After a Tough Childhood
#219 Raising Money-smart Kids
#218 Understanding Fertility, COVID Vaccines & the Pregnancy Bust
#217 March of Dimes' Focus on Mothers, Equity and Diversity
#216 Pregnancy Loss, Pregnancy Hope and Women of Color
#215 Motherhood, Breastfeeding and Real Life
#214 How to Nourish your Life as a Mom
#213 Covid Update and Doula Care
#212 Midwifery School, Disparity and Diversity
#211 COVID-19, Pregnancy and the Election with Midwife, Chris Beard, CNM
#184 Racism, Bias and Birth with Kimberly Seals Allers
#210 Creating strong bonds from babyhood to adulthood
#209 Owning your Pregnant and Postpartum Body
#208 Pregnancy, Asthma & Pre-pregnancy Medications
#207 Telehealth, Pregnancy and Maternal health
# 206 Sex, Pregnancy and Bacterial Vaginosis with Shan Boodram
#205 How L&D RNs Nurture Parents Through Pregnancy, COVID & Beyond
#204 On the COVID 19 frontline with a hospital midwife
#203 Breastfeeding & Covid 19
#202 Occupational Therapy for Babies & Parents
#201 Portland Protests and Wall of Moms with Laura Foster
#200 Our 200th episode! Politics and Money with Sandy Fernandez
#199 Anxiety, Pregnancy, Parenting & Plants
#198 Anxiety, Parenthood and Support with Jodi Aman and Tilleo
#197 How to return from maternity leave or COVID 19
#196 Isolating in Abidjan, Missing Her Black Son in America
#195 Riots, Racism and Bras for All Women
#194 Childcare, COVID 19 and Essential Workers
#193 First Birth, Second Birth, Before and During COVID 19
#192 A Pediatrician's Thoughts on Coronavirus, Kids and Home Birth Guidelines
#191 The Labor Nurse Episode
#190 Comedy, Tragedy and Fertility with Laura Lexx (rebroadcast)
#189 Coronavirus and Birth Restrictions with Kimberly Sears Allers
#188 Silver Linings and Coronavirus FAQs
#187 Coronavirus Plus, Induction versus Home Birth
#186 What's Best for Mom, Keeps Babies Healthier
#185 Prematurity, Birth Defects and March of Dimes
#183 The Good Enough Parent
#182 Fertility, Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine
#181 The Impeachment Trial and Rosie Acosta's Fertility Journey
#180: Talking Politics, Pregnancy, and TV
#179: We’re Four Years Old!
#178: When Your Doctor Apologizes
#177: How the Media and Medical Experts Demean Mothers
#176: What Midwives Do
#8: Revisiting Feminism, Motherhood, and The Good Mother Myth
#175: Defining Feminism and Putting Mothers First
#174: Self Care, Mental Health Pregnancy & Parenting
#83: Pregnancy, Birth Trauma and Mental Healthcare
#173: Pregnancy, Complications and Mental Health
#172: Mental Health, Antidepressants, Pregnancy & Breastfeeding
#171: The Science and Evolution of Fatherhood
#170: On Toni Morrison, Gun Violence, and Your Job As Parents
#169: Nutrition, Fertility and A Little Bit of News
#168: Yoga, Racism, Prenatal Care and Healing
#167: How to Eat if you have Gestational Diabetes
#95: Preterm Labor, Shackles, and 4th of July
#166: No-fear Pregnancy
#165: Comedy, Fertility and Mental Health with Laura Lexx
#32: Father’s Day Advice from an Old Dad to the New Ones
#164: How To Name That Baby
#163: Raising Resilient Kids in an Online World
#162: Kori’s Birth with Placenta Previa
#161: Stats, Data & Parenting from Birth to Preschool
#160: Who’s Charting Your Pregnancy?
#159: Big Announcements at JeanneFaulkner.com
#158: Childhood Trauma and Mothering
#81: Jennie Joseph, Midwives & Black Maternal Health
#157: Pros and Cons of Prenatal Genetic Testing
#156: Women, Conferences & Childcare
#155: A Pediatrician's 7 Secrets of Newborns
#154: Midwives in Hospitals - Creating the Solution We Need
#153: Home Birth, Midwives, and Botanicals
#152: International Women’s Day with Pro Mujer
#151: Genetic Testing, Downs Syndrome & The Lucky Few
#150: Healing C-section Scars and Adhesions
#149: Anxiety, Nurses, Infertility & Motherhood.
#148: Measles, Vaccines and the Family Medical Leave Act
#147: Fertility Awareness, Conception & Contraception.
#146: Baby Stuff & Premature Labor
#145: Setting Our Intentions for 2019
#144: Giving Birth at the Holidays - Plus, More About Placentas!
#143: Talking Shop with Dr. Lady Doctor
#142: How To Become a Labor & Deliver Nurse
#103: Bacterial Vaginosis, Pregnancy & Sex with Shan Boody
#102: Bacterial Vaginosis & Pregnancy with Dr. Roshini Raj (Part 1)
#141: How C-section Rates Got So High
#140: Voting and Raising Emotionally Healthy Kids
#138: Cultural Competency & Birthing Change with Shafia Monroe
#137: How Sexual Assault Impacts Pregnancy, Birth, and Healthcare
#136: The Kavanaugh Hearing, Consent, and Birth Trauma
#135: Listener Emails, Miscarriage & the New Induction Study
#134: September Baby Booms & Why Am I Still Fat?
#133: Formula 101
#132: Queer Parenting, Core Strength, and Hospital C-section Rates
#73: Insomnia, Anxiety, Pregnancy and Parenting
#90: Epidurals and Maternal Justice
#7: Karen Parker, Certified Nurse Midwife, Explains Polyhydramnios
#5: Jessica Shortall on Workplace Breastfeeding Policies
#131: Where I Am In My Life As A Mom
#130: Motherhood, Friendship, & Murder
#129: US vs. The World on Breastfeeding and the Blueprint for Better Maternal Health.
#128: Husbands, Prenatal Care, and What’s Going On At the Border?
#127: Worry, the Border, and your Core
#126: Pregnancy & Chemicals, Beauty & Skin.
#125: Best Advice for Dads, Laura Stanfill Talks Publishing
#124: Traveling with Babies and Children at the Border
#44: Labor Pains and Epidurals
#123: Title X, Emotional Labor, and BeFitMom
#122: Motherhood and Sex
#121: Running for Office With a Baby
#120: Supporting Politics to Support Mothers
#119: What Science Says About Respectful Parenting
#118: Debunking Pregnancy Myths with Math
#117: Pregnancy, Parenting, and Deportation
#116: Why Parents Worry About Vaccines
#115: Cherish Lee on Making Music as a Mother
#114: What Pregnancy Does to Our Feet
#113: Money, Women, Activism, and Parenting
#112: International Women’s Day and Communicating with Babies
#111: Family Planning and Healthy Mothers
#110: Real Food, Gun Reform, and Teens Changing the World
#109: Integrative Medicine and Fertility
#108: Fistula, Poverty, and Doctors Who Care
#107: Parenthood, Loss, Books, and Writing
#106: Finding Your Way Into the Birth Industry
#105: Naturopathy, Postpartum Health, and the New Mom Scramble
#104: Parenting, Good Intentions and Carolin Ricciardi
#103: Bacterial Vaginosis, Pregnancy & Sex with Shan Boody
#102: Bacterial Vaginosis & Pregnancy with Dr. Roshini Raj (Part 1)
#101: Fitness, Intention and Your Pre/Post Pregnancy Body
#100: Hundredth Episode!
#99: My Interview with Fit4Mom’s Lisa Druxman
#98: Parenting, Podcasting and Networking
#97: Hospitalists, Health Coaching and Obstetrics today
#96: Me, Meditation, and Expectful
#95: Preterm Labor, Family Planning, and Emails
#94: Politics, Parenting, and How the U.S. Measures Up
#93: Midwifery, Wellness, Post Partum and Putting Ourselves First
#92: Meditation, Pregnancy, and Parenting
#91: Infertility, Adoption and Special Needs - The Lucky Few
#90: Epidurals and Maternal Justice
#89: Hurricane Harvey - How You Can Help
#88: Sarah's Induction
#87: Charlottesville, Maternal Emergencies, and Fat Shaming
#86: Period Sex and Pressure to Induce
#85: A Matter of Faith
#84: Sex, Family Planning, Maternal Health & UNFPA
#73: Women, Writing and Motherhood (Rebroadcast)
#83: Birth Trauma and Mental Healthcare
#82: An Obstetrician's Thoughts on C-Sections, Pain and Disparities.
#81: Midwifery and Mothers with Jennie Joseph
#80: Race, Pregnancy & Healthcare, Part 2
#79: Race and Fatherhood in America
#78: Race, Pregnancy & Healthcare, Part 1
#77: The Feng Shui of Pregnancy & Parenthood
#76: A Labor Nurse Makes Her Birth Plans
#75: Fitness, Wellness, and Motherhood Anxiety
#74: Mother's Day Roots, Gifts and Grief
#73: Women, Writing and Motherhood
#73: Insomnia, Anxiety, Pregnancy and Parenting
#72: Ginger Breedlove and the Mother's March on Washington
#71: UNFPA Cuts, Natural Birth Tips, and C-section Scars
#70: Starting a "Birth" Career
#19: Q&A Grab Bag (Rebroadcast)
#69: Cerclage and Midwives
#68: Nights and Weekends on the Maternity Ward
#67: Backpain, Pregnancy, and Physical Therapy
#66: An ambivalent pregnancy
#65: How Midwives Are Changing Birth Systems
#64: The Maternal Health Lobbyist
#63: Running For Her Life
#62: Herpes, BV, and Doulas
#61: The Women's March
#60: The To-Go Issue (Getting Ready To Go to DC)
#59: The History of Parenting
#57: Mothering On the Other End of Life
#55: Talking Shop With Obstetrician Dr. Neel Shah
#54: Making Your Post-Election Stress Matter
#53: Archaeology and the Election
#52: TMI For Our 1st Anniversary
#51: Just A Couple Of Global Moms
#50: Midwives in the World w/ Robyn Churchill
#49: When Dad's a Rockstar
#48: Teens, Sex, and Parenthood
#47: What Does "Having It All" Mean?
#46: Biz Ellis is One Bad Mother
#45: Why We Need Women in Politics to Lead Women's Health
#44: Labor Pain and Epidurals
#43: Why the US Gets D's and F's in Parenting Laws
#42: When Mom is a Rock Star (Literally)
#41: Q&A With an Obstetrician
#40: Journalism, Women, Motherhood, and Drugs
#39: How Breastfeeding Can Change The World
#38: Your Q's and Jeanne's A's
#37: Tragedy and Comedy with Lauren Weedman
#36: Jane Chen - Beyonce Backed Baby Entrepreneur
#35: The First 1000 Days with Roger Thurow
#34: Aimee's Emails and Adrienne Martini
#33: Kicking Out The Ceiling for Mothers
#32: Advice From An Old Dad to New Dad
#30: Talking Shop with a Hospital Midwife
#30: Why Maternal Healthcare is Better in Europe - One Mama's Experience
#29: High Risk Pregnancy Q's
#28: Raising Boys In America
#27: The Friends You'll Make As Parents
#26: Mother's Day With My Kids
#25: Both Sides of the Adoption Story
#24: More From Labor Nurses
#23: Sending Mama To Jail
#22: Zika Virus
#21: Dream Jobs
#20: Mother of Invention
#19: Q&A Grab Bag
#18: Our Bodies, Ourselves, Our Mothers
#17: Which is Safer? Home or Hospital?
#16: Words That Matter
#11: Foster Care, "Bad Moms" and Community Health - A Love Story
#15: Laughing Gas and Labor Pains
#14: Politics and Motherhood
#12: Khadijah Queen Talks About Single Motherhood
#10: Nan Strauss Talks About Doulas
#9: Frank Talk with The Labor Nurses
#8: Avital Norman Nathman on Feminism and Motherhood
#7: Karen Parker, Certified Nurse Midwife, Explains Polyhydramnios
#6: Jennifer Pastiloff on Pregnancy, Ambivalence & Joy
#5: Jessica Shortall on Workplace Breastfeeding Policies
#4: Michelle Vick and the Baby Box Tradition
#3: Sarah Lynch on CARE, Second Pregnanies, and Twins
#2: Peg Moline on Pregnancy & Media
#1: Sarah Bowen Shea on Exercise