Empowered Birth, Love, and Life
Emmy Robbin
I want to educate and empower you to follow your intuition and trust your body and instincts in pregnancy, birth, relationships, breastfeeding, and life.
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EP 51: TALKING NUTRUTION IN PREGNANCY AND BEYOND WITH JEANNE REILLY AND SLYLAR NELSON
Empowered Birth, Love, and Life
10/27/24 • 52 min
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In this episode, I sit down with two incredible dietitians who have created a prenatal and postnatal supplement designed to fully support a healthy pregnancy and postpartum journey. We discuss the high-quality ingredients and the added botanicals that make this supplement not only beneficial for pregnancy but also a great option for anyone looking to improve their overall health. I share my own experience with their product and how it has dramatically improved how I feel, wishing I had known about it during my own pregnancies. As a small company dedicated to maintaining the highest integrity, I’m excited to help them grow and share their mission of supporting women with quality, well-researched supplements. Tune in to learn more about how this product can be a game-changer for your health!
Jeanne Reilly is a mom of 2, Registered Dietitian, and Co-Founder of I Am Nurtured. Becoming a mom was the most rewarding and humbling experience of her life as she realized that despite having all the training & credentials to be a "nutrition expert", she was taught next to nothing about how to take the very best care of her baby & herself from pre-conception through postpartum. She knew enough to see that the products on the shelves were not cutting it and she set out, with her co-founder, to create a solution. Families everywhere deserve to be nurtured from a trusted source. Born out of the lived experience of this mom and years of research, I Am Nurtured proudly supports mamas everywhere with the highest quality, most effective nutrition support for the most important times of their lives.
Skylar Nelson is a dad of 1, Registered Dietitian, and co-founder of I Am Nurtured. His background in nutrition is in metabolic disorders, but he quickly shifted his focus to pre and post natal nutrition as he and I wife were struggling with the challenges of infertility while trying to conceive their son. After the birth of his son, his wife faced more issues with low milk production. Seeing an opportunity to help others facing the same challenges, he and his co- founder and fellow dietitian Jeanne, worked to develop a solution. Enter, I Am Nurtured, a supplement company focused on delivering the best nutrients to mamas and their families.
Link to Prenatal Single https://audenti.city/7k8pg1mmCw
Link to Prenatal 6 month savings https://audenti.city/9J-V8H4sVQ
Link to Prenatal 9 month savings https://audenti.city/aEzPvTcLgg
Link to Single with Postnatal Boost Combo https://audenti.city/vMiH5ALiWQ
For more info visit my website https://www.emmyrobbindoula.com/ or follow me on FB or Instagram @EmmyRobbinDoula
Full Birth Surrender Guided Meditation
Empowered Birth, Love, and Life
10/24/23 • 6 min
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A guided meditation to help you relax and trust your body. Do this meditation anytime you are feeling anxious or need guidance.
If you have any questions or want any more info visit my website https://www.emmyrobbindoula.com/ I have childbirth education as well as a Free Breastfeeding course.
Enoy!
For more info visit my website https://www.emmyrobbindoula.com/ or follow me on FB or Instagram @EmmyRobbinDoula
Ep 28 Yovana's 43.1 Amazing HBAC
Empowered Birth, Love, and Life
02/25/24 • 80 min
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I apologize for all the "likes" and "corrects" I say in this episode as I was just so freaking happy to be finally telling her story! The title says it all. This woman defied all the odds that are put on us as a birthing society from the medical system. Her first birth ending in an "emergency C Section" due to "failure to progress" at the hospital. She started with home birth, but when that 42 week date came and passed her midwife had her try all the "natural induction methods" including that pesky castor oil. Nothing worked. (Because her body and baby weren't ready) So she reluctantly transferred care to the hospital where the induction process began (foley bulb, ripening cream, breaking water.... the waterfall of interventions we talk about) and she labored without pain medication for days (and pitocin contractions are no joke y'all!) before getting the epidural and ultimately being labled as "failure to progress" at 4cm dilated. Her C Section recovery, as well as breastfeeding journey were difficult. So when she got pregnant again, she took the power into her own hands by assembling her team that would support her decisions every step of the way! And we did 10000%. Yovana had the ultimate test of patience, trust, and surrender in this journey. Above all, her faith in the Lord was so strong and she trusted that everything would all be ok. And it was.
With being an HBAC (home birth after a c section), to going past 42 weeks (she went to 43.1), to her baby floating high and doing gymnastics and going from head down to breech to head down at 42 weeks... this mama is the Ultimate inspiration to any woman who was induced at 42 weeks, had a C Section, and wants to do an HBAC! Find a practitioner who supports it, go birth in a state where it is "legal", and trust your body!
Yovana's YouTube page https://www.youtube.com/@YovanaMendozaa
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/yovana/
Website https://www.yovanamendoza.com/
Anya Casteel (Midwife) https://mokoshmidwifery.com/
For more info visit my website https://www.emmyrobbindoula.com/ or follow me on FB or Instagram @EmmyRobbinDoula
Ep 27 Why Are We Messing With God's Design?
Empowered Birth, Love, and Life
02/18/24 • 61 min
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From due dates to interventions, we are constantly being made to not trust birth and God's design for us and baby. My entire belief around birth has evolved the longer I have been a doula. I have witnessed abuse and medical gaslighting from hospitals, birth centers, and home birth practitioners, but I have seen the most incredible outcomes with the moms who TRUST and surrender the most. The mothers who really really don't want to mess with anything. You are only able to fully do that when you really believe that God (or Universe depending on what you believe in) designed everything perfectly. Women shouldn't HAVE to resort to free birthing to avoid the BS. We should have a full support system so we can feel relaxed and at ease in our birth. I know many say "that is with just me and my husband"... but I feel that is from the fear of someone messing with your birth. What if you had a team that showed up and just supported you when needed? Hot/Cold Therapy, entertain older siblings, help dad get a much needed break, counter pressure you so you feel amazing each wave, make you something to eat while the partner helps you..... I feel it doesn't have to be free birth to receive the full autonomous birth. It has to be a team of people who TRUST you and have no fear and want to support you to have an amazing birth. I also love having someone who is trained to assist IF it's needed. That's just me. Everything starts with trust. Trust God/Universe's design!
For more info visit my website https://www.emmyrobbindoula.com/ or follow me on FB or Instagram @EmmyRobbinDoula
Ep 25 Q & A
Empowered Birth, Love, and Life
02/04/24 • 33 min
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I love doing these! Send me your questions to my social media @EmmyRobbinDoula or my website https://www.emmyrobbindoula.com/
1. My Toddler won't eat! Help?
2. My baby isn't pooping is this normal? (answered again common question but with some more info)
3. What does labor feel like?
4. What are your thoughts on Bed Sharing?
I only had time for 4 this episode!
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Ep 24 Where does the fear start?
Empowered Birth, Love, and Life
01/28/24 • 35 min
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Maybe you are over 35? Maybe you tested positive for GD? Maybe you had a C Section before? Maybe you tested positive for GBS? WHO CARES!!!! If you are a healthy well informed and empowered mama who takes good care of her body, you should not be treated any different than any other pregnant woman! I am beyond frustrated with the medical bullying and fear mongering that happens based upon the nonsense. I would LOVE to pick some midwives brains on this and truly find licensed practitioners who TRUST a mother and her baby. The unnecessary gaslighting needs to stop. If you are a midwife or practitioner who hears this and would like to discuss this topic with me, PLEASE reach out! I am someone who is always looking to educate myself further, but I think trying to "predict" things that are going to happen with a woman's body is not based upon science and trust. This is based upon unresolved fear and as a practitioner witnessing too many traumas yourself and not fully processing what truly happened and taking this into other births with you. Every body and baby are different and we should not strip a woman's autonomy (I use this word a lot in this episode) away based upon YOUR fears.
If there are signs of distress or an unhealthy lifestyle, this is when intervention is necessary. Until then, trust your body and trust your baby!
If you want to watch my interview with Kristi Leigh on Bait and Switch and how to spot when this is happening to you click here https://americanmediaperiscope.com/counter-narrative-ep-147/
For more info visit my website https://www.emmyrobbindoula.com/ or follow me on FB or Instagram @EmmyRobbinDoula
Ep 23 Adeline's Birth (My C Section)
Empowered Birth, Love, and Life
01/21/24 • 63 min
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This is meant to educate and empower you! Maybe you will hear your own birth trauma in my story and find it healing to feel seen, heard, or validated. I find as a doula and healer of birth trauma in women, many of us have experienced so many similar abuses. I do have to take some accountability for what happened in my labor, and that is why I chose to do this episode. Looking back I could have advocated harder, chosen a better option in practitioner, trusted my body more, worked on my baby's position in pregnancy, practiced more pelvic floor prep and worked on flexibility, and taken better care of myself (covid didn't really leave a lot of options). However, I believe I had the birth I did with Adeline to make me a better doula and go down the path I have. So for that I am grateful to be a warrior for other women and protect them with the intensity that I do. My mission is now focused on preventing birth trauma in as many women as I can as well as healing birth trauma that was experienced. A LOT of trauma is preventable with the proper education and trust in yourself to advocate for what is best for you and your baby. Not every birth is straight forward, and if it isn't "by the book" thats normal too! There are so many things that happen in labor that practitioners use to gas light women all the time. Learning what can be "normal" and trusting and preparing for all the possibilities and how you will navigate them is the best way you can prepare for labor. As always I am here to empower you to trust your instincts and believe your baby is wise and knows what they are doing.
You can do this. You can also have a redemption birth if you had birth trauma. Please reach out if you are looking to work through and prepare for your upcoming birth.
For more info visit my website https://www.emmyrobbindoula.com/ or follow me on FB or Instagram @EmmyRobbinDoula
Ep 22 Induction and Intervention- The Waterfall Effect
Empowered Birth, Love, and Life
01/14/24 • 43 min
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From Castor Oil to Cervical ripening creams, they all have an effect on your labor in some way. There are many women who have inductions or take castor oil (for the "natural" induction) and have successful vaginal births. Is that the true goal? How was the baby affected? Blood Pressure? Length of labor? True experience? Did you feel rushed? On a clock? Gas lit into "progressing your labor" because your prodromal labor was taking too long? Were you doing things to please your practitioner because of THEIR fear? Herbs and tinctures have their time and place, but when you are using them to start or "Promote" labor, you are missing the point of spontaneous labor and the true benefit of BABY deciding when baby is ready to come. A mom can literally be in active labor or transition and contractions can begin to slow to 10-20 minutes apart because the mom is exhausted and the body and baby are telling the mom to SLEEP! Sleep is the greatest tool in birth! Time to take a nap and shut out all that "pressure to progress faster". Every little nap you will wake up with a STRONG contraction. It's incredible what I have learned and witnessed with sleep being the best tool. When a midwife places castor oil in front of mom and tells her she will need to drink, it makes me sad and sick. Don't even get me started on pitocin. You have heard me talk about it plenty and it's dangerous effects. The more we mess with birth the more we will be shown not to. Trust your body, trust your baby, and don't ever do anything that doesn't feel aligned with your instincts.
For more info visit my website https://www.emmyrobbindoula.com/ or follow me on FB or Instagram @EmmyRobbinDoula
Ep 21 Debunking Homeschool Myths
Empowered Birth, Love, and Life
01/07/24 • 43 min
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Have you been considering homeschooling your kid, but you have been receiving a lot of pushback from your friends and family? You are not alone. I wanted to have my sister come on and talk all things homeschooling with me. I hope this podcast episode empowers you to make an informed and confident decision when it comes to how you want to educate your child. Below are some amazing resources she shared with me.
Books Recommended:
Better Late than Early book we discussed and their website: https://www.mooreacademy.org/about/e-books/better-late-than-early
The Well-Adjusted Child: The Social Benefits of Homeschooling by Rachel Gathercole
https://www.amazon.com/Well-Adjusted-Child-Social-Benefits-Homeschooling/dp/1600651070?ref_=ast_author_mpb
Map of the states in the US and their homeschooling regulations: https://www.christopherushomeschool.com/your-questions-answered/homeschooling-101/homeschool-requirements-in-the-us/
Various Homeschool Methods: https://prairierootshomeschool.com/homeschool-methods/
Charlotte Mason Method : https://simplycharlottemason.com/what-is-the-charlotte-mason-method/
Classical Style: https://hellohomestead.com/inside-the-classical-method-of-homeschooling/
Weapons of Mass Instruction: A Schoolteacher's Journey Through the Dark World of Compulsory Schooling - https://www.amazon.com/dp/1926910338?ref_=cm_sw_r_mwn_dp_YK3ZYTSAAAQ7FC5BPDM6&peakEvent=5&dealEvent=1&language=en_US
Dumbing us Down- 25th Anniversary Edition: The Hidden Curriculum of Compulsory Schooling -
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0865718547?ref_=cm_sw_r_apan_dp_3N5RY4T7M7DW0F95RS8V&language=en-US
If you have any questions or want to reach me you can on my website https://www.emmyrobbindoula.com/ or my social media FB and Instagram @EmmyRobbinDoula
For more info visit my website https://www.emmyrobbindoula.com/ or follow me on FB or Instagram @EmmyRobbinDoula
Ep 50 What It Really Means To Be Radical With Davana May
Empowered Birth, Love, and Life
10/20/24 • 55 min
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Davana May embodies the essence of feminine empowerment as a stewardess of the Healing Arts, Wild Birth Keeper, and an Ayurvedic Wellness Guide specializing in Postpartum care. She holds a fervent dedication to advocating for women's autonomy in birth, and serves as a traditional midwife for those who choose to birth sovereign and free.
Drawing from her expertise as a certified herbalist, aromatherapist, yoga and Pilates practitioner, Davana integrates the magic of plant and flower medicine, movement, breath, and nourishing rituals in her practice, guiding women through emotional and spiritual rebirth.
Davana cultivates communities of sisterhood, where women gather in circles of trust, support, expansion, and liberation. Through retreats, mentorships, and intimate gatherings, she fosters spaces for women to connect with their wombs, intuition, inner power, and the divine essence of the Goddess Within.
@divinedavana
@themotherstemple
Complete Guide to Freebirth Course
https://www.freebirthsocietycourses.com/a/24099/3FiPjyiX
Radical Birthkeeper School
https://www.freebirthsocietycourses.com/a/23711/chBaBYfc
Freebirth Society LIVE Podcast recording in Austin
https://www.capcitycomedy.com/shows/282788
For more info visit my website https://www.emmyrobbindoula.com/ or follow me on FB or Instagram @EmmyRobbinDoula
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Empowered Birth, Love, and Life currently has 55 episodes available.
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The podcast is about Relationship, Kids & Family, Pregnancy, Doula, Midwife, Podcasts, Self-Improvement, Newborn, Education and Birth.
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The average episode length on Empowered Birth, Love, and Life is 52 minutes.
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