Pulling Curls Podcast: Pregnancy & Parenting Untangled

While there are routine ultrasounds that almost every pregnant person gets. There are specific ultrasound that are ordered if there is an issue seen. Today we're going to go through those issues and what they might be interested in.

Today’s guest is Marybeth. She picked up an ultrasound probe for the first time in 1998 and has really enjoyed every minute of it. She has a Bachelor’s of Science degree from Southern Illinois University, and has worked in Hospitals, Outpatient imaging centers, OBGYN offices, and now in a private Perinatology office. She started in general ultrasound and slowly found her way into high-risk OB. Marybeth is certified in Ob/GYN, Fetal Echocardiography, Nuchal translucency screening, Nasal bone, Uterine artery Doppler, and CLEAR. She is a huge advocate for patient education and teaching new sonographers tips and tricks of optimizing their scanning.

Big thanks to our sponsor The Online Prenatal Class for Couples — if you’re looking understand more about pregnancy and labor, this is the class for you. I’ll take you and your partner through each step, both explaining and simplifying it — so you can have the confident birth you’re hoping for!

Don't miss out on my Free Birth Prep Kit that gives you a FREE lesson on this testing and what to expect during it.

What type of testing we are talking about, and what they are for.

• BPP
• NST
• AFI
• Fetal Size

My other episode on routine ultrasounds.

There are a few routine ultrasounds that are indicated during pregnancy. They give us important facts about our pregnancy, and today we have a maternal fetal medicine stenographer who's going to tell us what they're for, and what to expect!

Today's guest is Marybeth. She picked up an ultrasound probe for the first time in 1998 and has really enjoyed every minute of it. She has a Bachelor's of Science degree from Southern Illinois University, and has worked in Hospitals, Outpatient imaging centers, OBGYN offices, and now in a private Perinatology office. She started in general ultrasound and slowly found her way into high-risk OB. Marybeth is certified in Ob/GYN, Fetal Echocardiography, Nuchal translucency screening, Nasal bone, Uterine artery Doppler, and CLEAR. She is a huge advocate for patient education and teaching new sonographers tips and tricks of optimizing their scanning.

Big thanks to our sponsor The Online Prenatal Class for Couples -- if you're looking understand more about pregnancy and labor, this is the class for you. I'll take you and your partner through each step, both explaining and simplifying it -- so you can have the confident birth you're hoping for!

What an stonographer does.

The difference between a regular stonographer vs one who does high risk OB ultrasound

When people have routine ultraounds

How they create a due date for the baby.

Why your due date matters

What the nuchal translucency test shows

What they're looking for at the 20'ish week anatomy scan

Why you might end up getting another ultrasound to see a specific part better.

Producer: Drew Erickson

What do you do when you're just SO mad as a parent? It's going to happen.... but what can you do when you're just STEAMING inside.

Today's guest is Susie Lindberg. Susie is a marriage and parenting coach who specializes in helping parents whose children have DMDD, ADHD, or ODD. She has been married for 23 years and has six children, including three with ADHD and one with DMDD. Susie is certified in life and health coaching by The Life Coach School. She also has a degree in communications from Brigham Young University and numerous health and fitness certifications. You can read her blog and find out how to work with her at www.susielindberg.com.

Big thanks to our sponsor Family Routines -- by having a routine you can really handle those times when you're SUPER mad.

What to do when you're super mad:

Slow down.

Remember your kids can't MAKE you have a specific emotion.

"your kid is under warranty"

Remember teaching can be really frustrating.

You can even get mad with newborns!

Producer: Drew Erickson

Let's talk about basic economic principles that affect each of us and our lives with a world-famous economist.

Today's guest is my dad Clayne Pope. He was an economic historian by trade (and worked on research with a nobel price winning economist). You can also read his BYU devotional here.

This episode was inspired by

Big thanks to our sponsor Family Routines. When everything seems scarce -- sticking to routines can be a big win for you and your family.

Scarcity, and how it affects our home life

What opportunity cost is and how it works in regular life.

Are you still getting the same benefit from the first dollar you spent?

How much do need for retirement?

Mitigating risk.

My family finances posts.

Producer: Drew Erickson

How do you navigate the tricky path of kids and cell phones. I'm grateful to have parenting expert Katherin Sellery with me today to talk about what to consider as you decide if a cell phone is right for YOUR child/teen.

Today's guest is

Katherine Sellery, CEO and Founder of Conscious Parenting Revolution, helps individuals minimize misunderstandings and melt-downs in order to communicate with more collaboration, cooperation, and consideration.

A creator of the Guidance Approach to Parenting, a program that applies conflict resolution skills to communicating more effectively with children, Katherine has positively influenced relationships for generations and brought about healing and reconciliation in families that were suffering from disconnection. For over 20 years, she has taught and coached thousands of parents, educators, social workers, and medical professionals in half a dozen countries through her popular workshops, coaching programs, TEDx talks, and her books. Katherine is also a trained mediator, attended Law School, has certifications in different trauma models, teaches a breathing meditation modality with the Art of Living Foundation, and ran her own commodities-trading business in Hong Kong for 30 years.

Katherine is a 3x TEDx Speaker and has released a FREE ebook “7 Strategies to Keep Your Relationship With Your Kids from Hitting the Boiling Point.” For her expertise she has been featured on Good Morning Texas, Atlanta & Co, Fox31 Denver, 4CBS Denver, CBS8 San Diego, The Donny Walker Morning Show and has been a guest on over 20 podcasts.

Find her free e-book here.

This episode was inspired by my post on kids and cell phones.

Big thanks to our sponsor Family Routines -- I actually have a whole section on making a routine around cell phones.

What to consider before giving your child a cell phone.

What age is appropriate for a cell phone.

What needs a cell phone meets

What your options are

Teaching your kids to learn to "be" with it.

What the REAL issues with cell phones are (for you and your family).

Consequences for Teens

Preventing porn addiction in teens

Getting teens to read

Producer: Drew Erickson