BIRTH - Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! Plus: A Sneak Preview!

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! Plus: A Sneak Preview!

12/22/20 • 8 min

Merry Christmas and Happy Everything! We are taking the week off to enjoy a holiday break but we will return stronger than ever next week with notable guest: therapist and author Ashley Hanna-Morgan. She is not only a specialist in parental mental health and will be sharing with us some beautiful words of comfort and advice, she will also be sharing with us her TWO birth stories.

Listen to a sneak preview NOW as we discuss "The Myth of Perfection."

Sending you wishes for love, health and peace this holiday season,

Christy

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If you find yourself struggling emotionally and mentally after having a baby, you are not alone. Please visit www.postpartum.net for help. There is someone waiting to talk you through this tough moment. Don't wait, help is only a few clicks away.

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Listen to a sneak preview NOW as we discuss "The Myth of Perfection."

Sending you wishes for love, health and peace this holiday season,

Christy

Visit www.birthshow.com for some great free resources that will help you on your own journey into motherhood.

Follow the Birth Podcast on Instagram:

@birthshow

Follow Christy on Instagram:

@christywill

Special Holiday Music Theme Composed by: Kevin MacLeod

Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/birth.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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undefined - 15. Pain Management Expert: Dr. Jody Thomas PhD (PART 2) Two Incredible Birth Stories! NICU Advice for Parents & Creating Your Empowered Pain Experience.

15. Pain Management Expert: Dr. Jody Thomas PhD (PART 2) Two Incredible Birth Stories! NICU Advice for Parents & Creating Your Empowered Pain Experience.

Dr. Jody Thomas shares her TWO incredible birth stories, her own experience having a baby in the NICU, valuable advice for all you parents who also end up with a baby in the NICU, and we talk about how to prepare for a positive and empowered pain experience. Plus a fun historical fact about the history of anesthesia during childbirth!

LINKS:

Dr. Jody Thomas' Website: https://www.jodythomasphd.com/

Meg Foundation website: https://www.megfoundationforpain.org/

Baby specific pain management: https://www.megfoundationforpain.org/newborns-babies

Comfort Poke Plan chat bot for kids: https://supermeg.comfortquest.io/

Nasal swab comfort plan for kids: https://comfortquest.io/swabplan/

Game plan for nasal swab.

ImaginAction website (free and open use for all): http://imaginaction.stanford.edu/

Audio Guide When Feeling Nauseous: http://imaginaction.stanford.edu/less-nauseous/

BUZZY BEE for Kids Getting Shots.

American Society of Clinical Hypnosis: https://www.asch.net/

Follow THE MEG FOUNDATION on Social Media:

IG: https://www.instagram.com/megfoundationforpain/

FB: https://www.facebook.com/megfoundationforpain

TWITTER: https://twitter.com/megfoundation

ABOUT TODAY'S EXPERT:

Dr. Jody Thomas is a licensed clinical psychologist, and specialist in pediatric medical illness and trauma. A well-known expert in pediatric pain who teaches internationally on the subject, she is also a founder and the former Clinical Director of the Packard Pediatric Pain Rehabilitation Center at Stanford, and a former Assistant Professor at the Stanford University School of Medicine. She still serves as Adjunct Faculty for Stanford and an active consultant for the Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford. Her passion for bringing together the power of medical science, technology and design to transform the way we think about kids and pain led her to her current focus but it's her role as a mom of two that solidified her path in creating the Meg Foundation. Dr. Thomas was recently chosen for the prestigious MayDay Fellowship, which supports pain experts in assuming public leadership roles to help end human suffering from pain through public discourse about research, best practices in care and policy.

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16. "I Hear You, I See You" w/ Perinatal Therapist Ashley Hanna-Morgan LCSW, Plus Her Birth Stories!

Ready for a soothing and eye-opening therapy session? Today's guest is therapist and parental mental health expert Ashley Hanna-Morgan. She tells us her TWO BIRTH STORIES (one with an epidural and one without any pain meds!). And she also shares her own experience with miscarriage, what she learned as a result of her own perinatal mental health struggles and how it changed the trajectory of her career and life.

In this episode Ashley dishes out some truly encouraging and helpful words of advice for all new parents everywhere.

Some topics we discuss include:

Finding a "mom-tribe" and better yet creating a wonderful support group. How to understand and honor ALL of your feelings, no matter what they are. What it's like to navigate ambivalent feelings and intrusive thoughts. Why people tend to grieve privately when they experience miscarriage and loss. Why being a "perfect mother" is a myth. The realities of parenting a toddler and a newborn at the same time. Some reasons your sex drive might take a dive in the postpartum period and why every new mom needs an artistic outlet in their postpartum journey. PLUS in this episode a "Fun Fact" allllll about what you need to know about how Pitocin works and how it's different from Oxytocin.

Ashley Hanna-Morgan's Website:

http://ashleyhannamorgan.com

Ashley's Books:

The Afterglow Support Group Curriculum

I Gave Birth to My Heart: A Collection of Poems about Motherhood, Reimagined

Follow Ashley on Instagram

Resources for Topics Discussed in Today's Episode:

Information about Dysphoric Milk Ejection Reflex (D-MER): https://d-mer.org

Article about How Pitocin is Different from Oxytocin, it's risk factors and why Pitocin might be medically necessary.

Postpartum Support International Website

ABOUT TODAY'S GUEST:

Ashley Hanna-Morgan is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) specializing in Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders, as well as Grief and Loss. Ashley earned her Bachelor’s in English Literature at UCLA. After attending Baylor University for her Master’s in Social Work, Ashley became more aware of and interested in Perinatal Mood and Anxiety disorders after she and her husband both worked through it personally after the birth of their daughter. In 2016, she wrote the Afterglow Curriculum and started the first free Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Mindfulness Therapy based support group in Los Angeles for parents with Postpartum Depression and Anxiety. In 2017, she published a collection of poetry called I Gave Birth to My Heart that she hopes will throw back the curtains and shed some light on what Postpartum Depression and Anxiety actually feel like, as well as, most importantly, what the recovery looked like. She is currently the Postpartum Support International Regional Coordinator for Reno, Nevada, where she now lives with her husband, Jayson, her Shih Tzu, Obi Wan, and her daughters and inspiration, Emerie Violet & Aerelyn Jayne. When Ashley is not advocating for parental mental health, she loves to explore nature, practice yoga, experiment in the kitchen, read with a cup of tea, meditate, and write.

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