The Post Party

In today’s episode Anna is talking about the post-adoption season with her friend Kate Zerbe. She is an adoptive mom to 5 kids and a step-mom to three more and I’m so happy to share her story with everyone.

In episode 19 we're talking about the things we said we'd never do, that we ended up doing out of necessity. The truth is that a major part of parenthood is flexibility!! So this episode is all about celebrating the family you have instead of the family you imagined you would have. 

On today's episode we're talking about twins with our friend Katie Luong. She is the mom to identical twin boys and shares what her postpartum experience was like. We chatted about support systems and the postpartum traditions of her Chinese-American in-laws and the importance of realizing you don't have to feel emotions just because other people feel them.

In this special edition of the podcast we will be talking with Keriann MacElroy about the Cry It Out method of sleep training. If you haven’t met Keriann yet, she was our guest on Episodes 16 and 17, she is a certified sleep sense sleep consultant and her business is Dream Factory Sleep Solutions. During our interview we spent time talking about the cry it out method and we decided to make a special episode dedicated just to this topic.

In today's episode we are wrapping up the conversation between Anna and Keriann MacElroy, a professional sleep consultant at Dream Factory Sleep Solutions. The discussion includes her certification as a sleep consultant, tips and tricks for helping your baby sleep, and what it was that helped Keriann's son sleep at night.

In today's episode, Anna is talking sleep struggles with Keriann MacElroy, a professional sleep consultant with Dream Factory Sleep Solutions. Keriann was inspired by her family's sleep struggles and successes to develop a career helping families with their own sleep problems. 

In this episode Anna and Rhiannon discuss how the postpartum and post-adoption season brings changes to the division of labor in your home, how you communicate, and your sex life. Using their own stories and wisdom they have gleaned over the years, they discuss the normal changes in your marriage or partnership that can be painful, but healthy. 

On today’s episode we’re chatting with Anna’s friend Emily. She’s a wife and mom to two boys and she works part-time in a big office building downtown which means we inevitably ended up discussing breast pumps and other working mom dilemmas. Emily can see the humor in just about everything and after talking with her I will never hear the word guacamole without thinking of her.

On this episode we're getting a little silly, chatting about knowing when to say no. And as a bonus, we give you ideas about what to say yes to instead. So join us as we chat about stretchy pants, scales, and hot coffee. 

Jaime George is our guest today. She's a friend of Rhiannon and Anna and she's also a registered nurse working on the labor and delivery floor at Dallas County's public hospital, Parkland. In her role she serves a diverse group of patients.

Our body image is a hard place to find peace and health. Most of us have stories beginning in our youth that affect our body image and the postpartum season brings out a lot of those hurts and fears. In episode 11, Rhiannon and Anna share their stories about how their body image was formed and what they struggled with postpartum. Then they turn the conversation to how we can heal and help our friends heal in this tender area.

In today's episode Rhiannon and Anna sit down to chat with Rhiannon's chiropractor, Dr. Robin Shuchman, D.C. of Pavillion Chiropractic in Dallas. Robin specializes in treating babies, children, and women. The conversation covered chiropractic care, nutrition, hormones, and honest friendship with other women.

In today's episode Anna and Rhiannon define self-care and give creative and simple ideas for adding in some self-care to your mom life in four different parts of your life.

Dr. Teri Mitchell shares with Anna and Rhiannon about circumcision and her experiences that led to her becoming an “intactivist” – someone who advocates and educates for keeping baby boys intact. Our goal is to talk about everything new moms are going through, and we do mean everything!!! This is just one of the many sensitive topics we hope to tackle in a series of special episodes.

In today's episode we are sharing the second half of our interview with Dr. Teri Mitchell, CNM, IBCLC. You can listen to the first half in Episode 7. We discuss breastfeeding success and failure, breastfeeding stories, and what Teri thinks about the things her patients worry about.