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

09/11/18 • 64 min

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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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.

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

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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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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9 • Erin Battles: Birth Center Transport, Breastfeeding Challenges (The Judy Chicago Series_

Before Erin gave birth to her son, she didn’t spend a lot of time worrying about breastfeeding. Once he was born, however, they experienced their share of difficulties. She and her son had a long labor, and her milk took a long time to come in, after days of a mysterious fever. When it did come in, only one side was producing due to leftover scar tissue from a 15-year old piercing, and one bad latch resulted in painful blisters which made breastfeeding impossible for a week. Low supply meant she started supplementing with formula from day 3, and although she had wanted to breastfeed exclusively, she did what she had to, and Erin and her husband were glad to provide their little boy with much-needed sustenance when her body couldn’t.

Despite a rocky start they were able to breastfeed for 9 months, and for some of that time she was able to feed fully from one breast.

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 Amazon.

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For more information to go: GraceFull or follow us: @gracefullbirth or our guest: Erin Battles on Facebook

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