Big Birth Junkie - 24 • Jenny Silva and her Mother Maria Silva LIVE at PCMA: Judy Chicago Special Series - Intergenerational Birthing, Mexican Traditions, Homebirth, Grandmother’s Perspective and Birthing 11 Children

24 • Jenny Silva and her Mother Maria Silva LIVE at PCMA: Judy Chicago Special Series - Intergenerational Birthing, Mexican Traditions, Homebirth, Grandmother’s Perspective and Birthing 11 Children

12/25/18 • 70 min

Jenny Silva is a local doula who holds within her in the ancient wisdom passed down to her by her ancestors. It was an honor to share sacred space (or what I like to call ceremony) with her and her mother, Maria Silva, inside the Judy Chicago Birth Stories exhibition in Pasadena, CA in September of 2018.

In this episode we go deep into quite a few places around childbirth. We talk about Jenny's 4 births and her mother, Maria's 11 births. They share with us some of their traditional wisdom around herbs (but they don't give away all the secrets :), frustrations with hospital care, the wisdom of the ancestor and the ultimate lesson: Birth is not an illness, the body always tells us what it needs.

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For more information to go: GraceFull or follow us: @gracefullbirth or our guest: @doulajennysilva

__________This episode is sponsored by GraceFull where you can find BBJ's host Elizabeth's free ebook Birth Planning: All the Questions to Ask and all kinds of educational videos including Childbirth Education, Advanced Doula Trainings and Lactation Support. Go to GraceFull to download the ebook for free.If you live in Los Angeles, check out GraceFull's midwives for home births, water birth, and our accredited birthing center. We also have a full wellness facility with NDs, Chiropractic, Therapy, Massage, Lactation and lots of amazing classes.

Also, thank you to our sponsor BEB Organic, a natural, vegan certified, NICU approved line of 5 baby products that do what they say (and I use on my face too!). To get your free gift with purchase go to their website BEB Organic and add "WEEKENDER SET" to your cart and use the code: BBJ at checkout to get the weekender set for free!

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For more information to go: GraceFull or follow us: @gracefullbirth or our guest: @doulajennysilva

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23 • Arista Ilona - Unplanned pregnancy, never wanted children, homebirth transport, cesarean birth and co-parenting

After embracing an unplanned pregnancy Arista Ilona moved forward preparing for her dream homebirth. After she transported to a hospital she had an unexpected c-section. Leading up to motherhood, Arista Ilona endured years of emotional trauma, a lack of self-love, judgment, and depression. Her birthing journey transformed into a profound healing journey in which she shares her wisdom as a mother, mentor and post partum doula.

_________For more information on me or todays guest, to go: GraceFull or follow us: @gracefullbirth and our guest: @aristailona or aristailona.com

__________Thank you to our sponsor BEB Organic, a natural, vegan certified, NICU approved line of 5 baby products that do what they say (and I use on my face too!). To get your free gift with purchase go to their website BEB Organic and add "WEEKENDER SET" to your cart and use the code:BBJ at checkout to get the weekender set for free!

This episode is also sponsored by GraceFull where you can find BBJ's host Elizabeth's free ebook Birth Planning: All the Questions to Ask and all kinds of educational videos including Childbirth Education, Advanced Doula Trainings and Lactation Support. Go to GraceFull to download the ebook for free.If you live in Los Angeles, check out GraceFull's midwives for home births, water birth, and our accredited birthing center. We also have a full wellness facility with NDs, Chiropractic, Therapy, Massage, Lactation and lots of amazing classes.

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25 • Cara, Dawn, Jim & Paul - Modern Day Intentional Family, 2 Dads, 2 Mothers and 1 Child, Conception, HIV, Insemination and Homebirth

A man, a woman, a white picket fence and 2.3 children is the fantasy that I was raised on and has been long gone in many cultures for a while. Families come in all shapes and sizes and this family is one of my favorites. Hudson has 2 moms and 2 dads: Cara his biological mommy, Jim his biological daddy, Dawn his Momma, and Paul his, well, his Paul!

This is a story of conception (and it is quite the interesting one because Jim is HIV positive), birth, communication, mutual respect, family and lots and lots of love for one boy (who is not so little anymore).

Welcome to 2019 and welcome to the new definition of family.

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For more information to go: GraceFull or follow us: @gracefullbirth or our guests: Cara at @holliblu and Jim’s blog ComingCleanDad.This episode is sponsored by GraceFull where you can find BBJ's host Elizabeth's free ebook Birth Planning: All the Questions to Ask and all kinds of educational videos including Childbirth Education, Advanced Doula Trainings and Lactation Support. Go to GraceFull to download the ebook for free.If you live in Los Angeles, check out GraceFull's midwives for home births, water birth, and our accredited birthing center. We also have a full wellness facility with NDs, Chiropractic, Therapy, Massage, Lactation and lots of amazing classes.