7 • Renee Watkins : Loving Your Stretch Marks (The Judy Chicago Series)

09/04/18 • 67 min

Renee first noticed she had stretch marks when she was 14 and remembers thinking “Does this mean I’m ugly? Are people going to think I’m ugly?”

After the birth of her children, she was ashamed, embarrassed, and often felt that she had ruined herself because of her loose skin and stretch marks. It was her Auntie Loody and her friends who gave her the courage to accept her baby marks.

Renne and I talked quite a bit over the phone (and please accept my apologies for a sometimes challenging connection) about stretch marks, being a teen mom, yoga and body acceptance.

This is a special edition of Big Birth Junkie that coincides with the artwork of Judy Chicago's Birth Project Born Again Series at the Pasadena Museum and relates to her piece: Birth Garment - Flowering Schrub.

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

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Renee first noticed she had stretch marks when she was 14 and remembers thinking “Does this mean I’m ugly? Are people going to think I’m ugly?”

Renne and I talked quite a bit over the phone (and please accept my apologies for a sometimes challenging connection) about stretch marks, being a teen mom, yoga and body acceptance.

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

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Here are a few other social media resources that might resonate with you about this podcast topic @4thtribodies and Renee’s friend @childishyogini

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6 • Sarranya Chinna: Birthing in India, Csection, Family (The Judy Chicago Series)

Sarranya is from India and lives in a joint family that includes not only her husband and children but also her In-laws and the family elders. There is a lot of community support when a woman gets pregnant in India. On the one hand, it is helpful and on the other, it can be frustrating. We talk about what it is like to birth in India, being induced for low fluids, communal living, the postpartum experience, and breastfeeding.

This is a special edition of Big Birth Junkie that coincides with the artwork of Judy Chicago's Birth Project Born Again Series at the Pasadena Museum and relates to her piece: Mother India.

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

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8 • Faith Hitchon : Being a Single Mother (The Judy Chicago Series)

Faith Hitchon shares with us her pregnancy, labor and postpartum journey. And specifically the day she became a single mama.

Please note, we have a *trigger warning* in this podcast with information on how you can skip over the section that talks about the physical abuse Faith endured.

This is a special edition of Big Birth Junkie that coincides with the artwork of Judy Chicago's Birth Project Born Again Series at the Pasadena Museum and relates to her piece: Creation Scroll.

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

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