Mom Chat with Mamistad

In this episode, we meet Dr. Stephanie Waggel, Psychiatrist, MD, MS, PMH-C and Medical Director at Improve Life PLLC. Her special focus is on women, mood, anxiety, ADHD testing AND treatment, depression, OCD, PTSD, bipolar, and more.

She is a mother, author, motivational speaker, teacher, cancer survivor, marathon runner, medical student advisor, martial artist and founder of Improve Medical Culture. My favorite part - she's brilliant, funny and she makes time for SLEEP! Hear what she has to say about:

Mom guilt & work-life balance
-The beauty of SLEEP!
-Treatment of PMADs (Perinatal mood and anxiety disorders)
- Intrusive Thoughts - its not just YOU
- HPA and Epigenetics - it's interesting
-Your UTERUS is NOT TO BLAME!

Episode challenge: can you catch the moment Dr. W. uses my new favorite word Schadenfreude? :)

Learn more about Dr. Waggel and the great things she's doing here:

Website: https://www.improvelifepllc.com/
On Instagram: @improvemedicalculture and @improvelifepllc

Link Tree: https://linktr.ee/improvemedicalculture

Visit us at ⁠Mamistad.com for more info about Mamistad and to learn more about Mamistad groups! As always, if you're a new mom, even if it's not with Mamistad, please find your MAMA TRIBE.
If you're a Mamistad Mom and want to be a guest, you know were to find me! Not in Mamistad but have an idea? I want to hear it!

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Mamistad,

~Cynthia, CNPE

Mami & Founder Mamistad

The New Moms Network

Mamistad.com

~Women are incredible, Moms are limitless, and a Sisterhood of Moms is a force of nature.

This episode is all about Natallia and her long journey to meet her baby girl, Naomi Rose.

As a member of Mamistad144 (M144), Natallia joined us on the fabulous Ep 9: REAL DEAL MAMAHOOD, where she shared a bit of her IVF journey. Now she's back to share more about her painful struggles with IVF to have the daughter she dreamed of, and the pain and realizations she experienced as a result.

Her message to her fellow moms is that on the winding road to your miracle, it will be difficult and it's okay to reach out to other people.

Want to connect with other IVF moms? Visit us at Mamistad.com for more info about Mamistad and to learn more about Mamistad groups! As always, if you're a new mom, even if it's not with Mamistad, please find your MAMA TRIBE.

If you're a Mamistad Mom and want to be a guest on ⁠MOM CHAT⁠, you know where to find me! Not in Mamistad but have an idea? ⁠Let's Chat⁠!

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Take care of each other!

Mamistad,Cynthia

~Women are incredible, Moms are limitless, and a Sisterhood of Moms is a force of nature.

Information on this podcast is for general information purposes only and is not intended as a substitute for medical care, to diagnose medical conditions, or to prescribe treatment for any specific health condition. We encourage anyone to seek help from a qualified medical professional where issues deem it necessary. No liability is assumed.

FINALLY! The world is beginning to understand that becoming a mother comes with SO MUCH MORE than most of us ever realized! Matrescence helps us understand just how "normal" the roller coaster of becoming a mother really is - and in my opinion, why the world needs to give us all one HUGE BREAK!

Megan MacCutcheon LPC, PMH-C joins me as we talk about MATRESCENCE - the process of a woman becoming a mother and all the changes that come with it -

biologically, spiritually, psychologically, socially, existentially, spiritually...

I first learned about it in 2018 in a TED Talk by Dr. Alexandra Sacks. You know, the one I share with all new Mamistad members? :) Since then, I've become fascinated with it!

Join us as we talk about the many ways this concept can help us better understand and respect motherhood and parenthood in general!

Find Megan here: https://www.meganmaccutcheon.com

and here: https://behivewellness.com/ Learn more about her EMDR sessions here: https://www.meganmaccutcheon.com/emdr

Visit us at ⁠Mamistad.com for more info about Mamistad and to learn more about Mamistad groups! As always, if you're a new mom, even if it's not with Mamistad, please find your MAMA TRIBE.

If you're a Mamistad Mom and want to be a guest, you know were to find me! Not in Mamistad but have an idea? I want to hear it!

FINALLY, please don't forget to rate the Mom Chat Podcast on the app so we can be seen by more mamas! Thank you - YOU are appreciated!

Mamistad,

~Cynthia, CNPE

Mami & Founder Mamistad

The New Moms Network

Mamistad.com

~Women are incredible, Moms are limitless, and a Sisterhood of Moms is a force of nature.

Greetings and welcome as we recognize Black maternal Health Week from April 11-17, 2024!

The purpose of #BMHW24 is to highlight efforts led by BlackMamasMatterAlliance (BMMA), and collectively work toward a future where ALL Black Mamas have the rights, respect, and resources to thrive throughout their lives-including in their reproductive years. This year's theme is “Our Bodies STILL Belong to Us: Reproductive Justice NOW!”
In this episode we chat with Samantha Griffin, a Certified Birth & Postpartum Doula and Certified Childbirth Educator. She founded DC Metro Maternity and brought on a team of other passionate certified ​female doulas of color and together, they have been supporting black families in the DC, suburban Maryland, and Northern Virginia areas since 2018.

Samantha shares her profound mission as a black doula working with women of color:What we really try to do as doulas is take away so much of that fear. Make sure that people know that someone is there with them. And that it can be an experience that's really beautiful and valuable and can help you. See new sides of yourself in ways that are so inspiring as opposed to, "Oh my gosh, this is terrifying. I can't do it..." because we can do it. You know, even if it's our first time and no matter what sort of birth you have, whether it's unmedicated or you want an epidural, or even if you need a C section, like there's so much beauty and honor in that.

We also discuss:

-Black Maternal health Week-historical reasons women of color are still "catching up" when it comes to health services

-how doulas can help every mother
-postpartum doulas and the importance of accepting help!

-Samantha's special offer to high risk pregnant black women: Grounded Birth: A Course for High Risk Pregnancy

Visit us at Mamistad.com for more info about Mamistad and to learn more about Mamistad groups! As always, if you're a new mom, even if it's not with Mamistad, please find your MAMA TRIBE.

If you're a Mamistad Mom and want to be a guest, you know where to find me!

Not in Mamistad but have an idea? I want to hear it!

Mamistad,

Cynthia

PS - Please don't forget to rate the Mom Chat Podcast on the app so we can be seen by more mamas! Thank you - YOU are appreciated!

~Women are incredible, Moms are limitless, and a Sisterhood of Moms is a force of nature.

Hi, I'm Cynthia. In 2005, I created Mamistad as a hobby to help first-time moms find their new mama tribes. Now with thousands of Mami members and counting and DC, Austin and Denver, and having welcomed thousands of babies, I realize it's no longer a hobby. It's a necessity.
We are still here growing and expanding to new cities. We're still here celebrating and commiserating because honestly, That's what it's all about. We all face ups and downs and motherhood. I promise, IT'S NOT JUST YOU.
It's time to push the boundaries and see moms for who we really are. Some of the most incredible creatures on the planet. It's time to see new motherhood as more than just having a baby. Having a child touches every aspect of a birthing person's life. Until we acknowledge and respect that moms will continue to approach new motherhood as the time to buy all "the necessities"without realizing that what they need most is to pay attention to their own mental health, and to make sure they acknowledge and make space for their own thoughts and feelings as they prepare to open the amazing Technicolor door of motherhood.Worse without this realization, some new moms will continue to suffer silently and often unnecessarily - not realizing that what they're experiencing is actually kind of normal! With a little knowledge beforehand, we can likely save ourselves a lot of struggle later. So many of us think that we must be doing it wrong without realizing there is not one right way to give birth and care for a baby. We all have our own unique journeys, and this is where we celebrate them!

So, whether you're a Mamistad Mom or not, we want you to be a part of the conversation. We're not experts, we're just a sisterhood of moms going with the flow together. Join Mom Chat as we share our everyday motherhood, joys and struggles, challenges and triumphs. We'll call on some of our expert collaborators here and there too. And remember:

Women are incredible, Moms are limitless, and a sisterhood of moms is a FORCE OF NATURE.

Mamistad...

Let's chat.

Visit us at ⁠Mamistad.com⁠ for more info about Mamistad and to learn more about Mamistad groups! As always, if you're a new mom, even if it's not with Mamistad, please find your MAMA TRIBE.

If you're a Mamistad Mom and want to be a guest, let's chat!

Not in Mamistad but have an idea? Find me on mamistad.com.

Mamistad,

Cynthia Tinajero

Certified New Parent Educator

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