Moms Off The Record

April West & Katherine Sigblad

April West and Katherine Sigblad examine pregnancy, birth, matrescence, and child rearing through a countercultural and unorthodox lens in their thought-provoking, bi-weekly episodes.

If you are curious or skeptical about the childhood jab schedule, breastfeeding, sovereign birth, elimination communication, big pHarma, and baby-led weaning— just to name a few "controversial" subjects— then you came to the right podcast!

We'll never tell you what to think or what to do— you can leave that up to your favorite TT docs instead. Rather, we unabashedly share our lived experiences and perspectives with a sprinkle of evidence (only when called for), and we always encourage you to make decisions that feel right for your family.
Challenging existing perspectives and thinking critically is what we're all about.

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Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best Moms Off The Record episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to Moms Off The Record for the first time, there's no better place to start than with one of these standout episodes. If you are a fan of the show, vote for your favorite Moms Off The Record episode by adding your comments to the episode page.

#11: Dumb Doctor Dogma and Evidence-Based BS with Dr. Stu Fischbein of Birthing Instincts

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05/05/23 • 113 min

The moms sit down with the one and only Dr. Stu Fischbein of the Birthing Instincts podcast. Like April and Kat, Dr. Stu is 100% unfiltered, uncensored, and unafraid of challenging the establishment. This episode highlights some of our favorite Dr. Stu-isms. We hear his take on:

How and why the obstetrics model of care is broken, stemming all the way from Residency to Peer Reviewed papers
Fully trusting our bodies at every stage of womanhood
Why for the first time in history the powers that be are recommending untested jabs on pregnant women
“Standard of care” and “informed consent”
What the Arrive Trial is and why it’s bogus
Why it’s valid to have a healthy dose of skepticism in regard to ACOG guidelines and medical journal conclusions
Vitamin K shot: relative vs. actual risk, the Vitamin K drops, and more
Why vaginal breech and twin births have been on the decline
How women who desire to have an at-home breech or twin birth can find resources
Why more women are turning to free/wild birth
“Stage 1 thinking”
What makes the OB profession unique (hint: it’s not the ability to perform a c-section)
How fear is the most powerful driver behind decisions
“Cognitive dissonance”
What unethical medical care looks like

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#55: The Bioethical and Medical Risks of Big Fertility: Surrogacy, IVF, and Sperm Donation with Jennifer Lahl

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02/21/25 • 69 min

Today’s guest, Jennifer Lahl, is the founder of The Center for Bioethics and Culture Network. Lahl couples her 25 years of experience as a pediatric critical care nurse, a hospital administrator, and a senior-level nursing manager with a deep passion to speak up for those who have no voice.

Women are often sold on surrogacy, IVF, and sperm donation as either a beautiful way to help a family in need or the best solution to their fertility issues. The problems with the solutions Big Fertility pushes extend beyond a lack of informed consent; there are not only significant medical risks for moms and their future children (which are often downplayed or not mentioned at all) as well as bioethical concerns which many have never even considered until well after consenting to one of these reproduction methods.

If we continue on this transhumanist trajectory, we can expect so see the normalization and encouragement of artificial eggs and wombs.

On the bright side, the tides are turning. Countries are waking up to the harms of some of these practices and setting firm boundaries to protect women and children. Some countries, like America, unfortunately still operate like the Wild West and put the wellbeing of mothers and children last at the expense of the desires of intended parents. Thanks to spreading awareness, women are realizing they have other, more biologically-supportive and ethical options when it comes to starting a family.

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#46: Kat’s Sovereign, Intuitive Homebirth After Cesarean (HBAC): The Birth Story of Baby #2

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10/04/24 • 120 min

Hello, friends! We’re back just the two of us like old times.

Kat kicks off this episode reflecting on how wildly different her first birth with her son was compared to her redemptive, sovereign homebirth outside the medical industrial complex with her daughter just 26 months later.

Kat’s initiation into motherhood in 2022 involved bait-and-switches, homebirth medwifery sabotage, and an unhealthy fixation on blood pressure resulting in fear mongering, a distrust and pathology of birth, an unnecessary hospital transfer, false pre-eclampsia diagnosis, and ultimately a c-section.

Fast forward 17 months when Kat discovered she was pregnant with her second baby after just the first try (thanks Anisa Woodall!)

Kat recounts her journey from deprogramming and unlearning everything she thought she ever knew about birth, to becoming fully embodied, taking radical responsibility for her birth choices, and completely surrendering to and trusting every step of the process.

All of this laid the groundwork for having a mother-led, intuitive, homebirth in the absence of any licensed provider in favor of the unconditional support of her husband and radical birthkeeper Ali. NO cervical checks, membrane sweeps, inductions, doing anything to “get labor going,” ultrasounds, Doppler, suggestions or threats of a hospital transfer, coached pushing, or management of the third stage of labor.

Kat also discusses the process of obtaining a birth certificate when you choose to give birth outside of the system (if that's the route you wish to take) and answers questions you posed about the birth on Instagram.

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#53: No Child Is Born In The Wrong Body with Pamela Garfield-Jaeger, LCSW

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01/24/25 • 92 min

Pamela “came out” as “the truthful therapist” a few years ago on the basis of her simply speaking the truth. Not HER truth, but rather the truth. This of course offended many (unsurprisingly); however, through her commitment to bust myths propagated by the transhumanist agenda which preys upon our vulnerable and impressionable youth, she has successfully forged her own path as a trailblazer for other therapists who are not woke and equally committed to helping children accept the body they were born into rather than affirming a lie.

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#16: Glyphosate's Insidious Effects on Our Health and Its Epigenetic Impacts on Our Lineage

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07/14/23 • 76 min

Since Kat was in Italy, April had the pleasure of sitting down with Dr. Stephanie Seneff, author of the mind-blowing book, Toxic Legacy: How the Weedkiller Glyphosate is Destroying Our Health and Environment.
Even if you think you know everything there is to know about organic and non-GMO food and the impact our food choices have, trust us when we say there is always more to unearth. Dr. Seneff's finding are more than alarming.
In this episode, you will leave with a clearer understanding of:

The difference between organic and non-GMO foods, and why we might be fighting the wrong battle
The role epigenetics plays in our exposure to glyphosate; spoiler alert, we need to be thinking 7 generations ahead!
The ties between glyphosate and the decline in health and the rise of auto-immune and neurological disorders like autism, ADHD, thyroid disease, IBD, cancers, etc.
and so much more!

Check out our website for cited sources from this episode and other helpful resources.

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#27: Navigating Unmedicated Birth In the Hospital and Mompreneurship with Fierce Lizzie

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01/12/24 • 77 min

We kick off season 2 of Moms Off The Record and sit down with our friend and fellow radical mom, Lizzie Bolliger who you probably know as “Fierce Lizzie” to hear about her three births, what inspired her to leave her day job as a teacher and transition into a career as a doula on her terms.

We discuss the difference between “natural” and physiologic birth misnomers, whether any intervention is “natural,” circumventing hospital policies and rules, how we all really feel about the anatomy ultrasound, the truth about placenta previa diagnosis, and the difference between feeling empowered and being empowered.

Lizzie also shares a typical day in her life starting from the crack of dawn when she wakes up until 9pm when she calls it a night. As a business owner, doula, and podcaster who also homeschools her three children; how does she manage to juggle it all? She shares her mom and business woman hacks.

Resources:

Unapologetically Unmedicated podcast
Follow @FierceLizzie on Instagram

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#32: Fun Q&A with Kat & April - Answering Your Questions from Instagram Stories

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03/22/24 • 83 min

In response to welcoming an influx of new followers on our Instagram page (hi!!), we decided it would be fun and informative to see what you wanted us to discuss in an upcoming episode.
So, in this episode we both address as many of the questions you posed as we could. Don’t worry if your question was not addressed; we will address the remaining questions in a Q&A part 2!
As a teaser, some of the questions we transparently answer include:
⁃Thoughts on gentle parenting
⁃Cloth diapering
⁃Red light therapy
⁃Postpartum depletion
⁃How we teach our children about religion
⁃Flathead’s impact on milestones
⁃The comparison trap on social media
-and so much more!
Resources and Discount Codes Mentioned:

Go Diaper Free Resources (code MOTR for 15% off)
Hope & Plum Baby Carriers (code CALLMEMRSWEST for 10% off)
Artipoppe Carriers (DM us @MomsOffTheRecordPod for the discount code)
April's TikTok with babywearing tutorials
Dr. Green Life holistic remedies (code MOMSOFFTHERECORD10 for 10% off)
Anisa Woodall's Resilient Motherhood Course and Recipes (code MOTR for $100 off)
Perfect Supplements for repletion (code MOTR10 for 10% off)
On Track Baby's NOEL Method
Follow Tristan Harris to learn more about the social media algorithms and check out the Center for Humane Technology

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#31: Encouraging Talkative Babies and Toddlers with Speech and Language Pathologist Maria Gianfilippo

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03/08/24 • 68 min

We hear from Speech and Language Pathologist Maria Gianfilippo, Founder of Organic Speech Therapy, about what it takes to raise talkative babies and toddlers.
First, it’s important to know what the milestones and averages are in regard to spoken words by specific age targets. Yes, every child does develop at his or her own pace; however, within *reason*.
We reflect upon the main contributors to a burgeoning vocabulary versus speech delays that should raise red flags.
We learn about optimal environments and lifestyles parents can embody in order to maximize their child’s communication capacity.
We’ll discuss why TV shows are not an appropriate substitute for 1:1 human interaction when it comes to teaching our children. It's a tough pill to swallow, but even the "educational programs" are not ideal. TV is a tool and we need to treat it as such.
You’ll also hear about the “wait and see” approach still recommended by pediatricians and the main reasons why speech delays have been on a significant rise over the last few years.
Learn about the benefits of bi-, tri-, and quadlingualism.
Resources:

10% off Talkative Babies and Talkative Toddlers with our links.
- Note: for the Talkative Toddlers course, the discount code only works if the pay-in-full option is selected.
Talkative Babies Course
Talkative Toddlers Course
Maria’s free book resource
Milestone document resource
Follow Maria at @organicspeechtherapypllc
- If you click Maria's Talkative Toddlers & Babies links in her IG bio, you can also apply code MOTR for the 10% discount.
Unapologetically Unmedicated episode 85: Signs Your Induction is BS
Follow @FierceLizzie on Instagram

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#28: Interpregnancy Intervals / Child Spacing: The Evidence, Your Preferences, & Our Opinions

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01/26/24 • 77 min

Some women want two under two so they can “get the baby phase over with” in one fell swoop. Other women intentionally space their children 3+ years apart for various reasons such as socioeconomic and health.
Whether you are currently considering conscious or unconscious conception, the choice of how far apart to space your babies can impact you in ways beyond what you may have imagined.
So, what is the best interpregnancy interval between children? Is there even such a thing? Is one length more optimal than another? There are both objective and subjective answers behind this enigma.
We polled our loyal followers in our Instagram stories back in November about what the “perfect” age gap is between children, and we share those results along with your reasoning.
We also share the risks, benefits, pros and cons of short and long interpregnancy intervals. Did any of these surprise you?
If you are curious on what the latest evidence says about optimal pregnancy spacing, we read excerpts from the “Pregnancy Spacing” chapter in Lily Nichols’ book “Real Food for Pregnancy.”
The bottom line is- like everything that has to do with motherhood choices- only YOU will know the best interpregnancy interval for your body and your family. There are several factors that need to be considered beyond your and your baby’s physical health and well being- all of which we unpack during this episode.
Resources Referenced:

Unapologetically Unmedicated: Episode 89
PubMed article: Short Interpregnancy Articles in the United States
Mayo Clinic article
Perfect Supplements Replenish your nutrient stories between pregnancies with quality, grass-fed collagen, gelatin, and beef liver supplement (code: MOTR10 gets you 10% off)
Pique Matcha to reduce oxidative stress (MOTR listeners get up to 15% off + a free rechargeable frother & cup on subscriptions of $105+)
Anisa Woodall’s free Resilient Motherhood Masterclass: code MOTR for $100 off!

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#20: How Our Friendships & Relationships Changed Post-Motherhood

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10/06/23 • 65 min

Per your request, we recorded this raw, introspective, humble and at times humorous look into how some of our closest friendships shifted- for better or worse- once we became moms.
We share the awkward, odd, and redemptive friendship renaissances and demises. Friendships aside, we analyze how the relationships with our husbands changed since becoming parents. Do we believe our children “come first” or we as a couple “come first?”
You’ll have to tune in to find out. Lastly, we reflect on how we see our moms differently since becoming moms ourselves.
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Until next time...

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How many episodes does Moms Off The Record have?

Moms Off The Record currently has 62 episodes available.

What topics does Moms Off The Record cover?

The podcast is about Health & Fitness, Intuition, Society & Culture, Alternative Health, Motherhood, Pregnancy, Holistic, Podcasts, Philosophy, Birth, Natural and Alternative.

What is the most popular episode on Moms Off The Record?

The episode title '#31: Encouraging Talkative Babies and Toddlers with Speech and Language Pathologist Maria Gianfilippo' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on Moms Off The Record?

The average episode length on Moms Off The Record is 75 minutes.

How often are episodes of Moms Off The Record released?

Episodes of Moms Off The Record are typically released every 14 days.

When was the first episode of Moms Off The Record?

The first episode of Moms Off The Record was released on Jan 6, 2023.

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