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Pregnancy, Parenting & Politics

Jeanne M Faulknerwww.jeannefaulkner.com
Pregnancy, Parenting & Politics, is a breath of fresh air: accessible, authoritative, funny, reassuring and personal. It's chock-full of Jeanne's comprehensive, medically-sound advice and insights plus conversations with women, mothers and experts in pregnancy, parenting and the power to change the world. Women's health expert, labor nurse, feminist, mother of four, Fit Pregnancy.com columnist and author of Common Sense Pregnancy (Random House, 2015), Jeanne Faulkner has been at the bedside for thousands of deliveries. She provides the honest insider advice you need during pregnancy, labor, birth, and parenthood. Jeanne believes that parents have the power to change the world and that's what we're talking about here on Pregnancy, Parenting & Politics.
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Episodes

#227 What the Covid Relief Bill Means for Families Plus, PPP is Taking A Break

Jeanne talks with Your Political Playlist host and Democratic strategist, Emily Tisch Sussman about what the Covid Relief Bill means for families, beyond the stimulus checks. Jeanne also talks about taking a break and putting Pregnancy, Parenting and Politics on hiatus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 27, 202147 min

#226 How lifting restrictions on midwives could improve pregnancy outcomes

Jeanne talks withNew Orleans Maternal Health Coalition members Demetrice Smith, CNM, FNP and Clare Daniel, Assistant Professor of Women’s Leadership at Tulane University about how lifting practice restrictions on midwives could improve maternal health outcomes for black women and solve widespread health care access problems. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 19, 202156 min

#225 Elevating How We Talk About Pregnancy

Jeanne talks with Julie Gonzalez, a longtime listener about her email asking how to talk to her dismissive family about her interest in studying pregnancy and parenting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 04, 202134 min

#224 A midwife's focus on wellness

Jeanne talks about Marie Mongon, founder of Hypnobirthing, the Violence Against Women Act, home birth and chats with Tanya Tringali, a certified nurse midwife and founder of Motherwit Maternity about wellness, the postpartum year and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 20, 202139 min

#223 A Pregnant ER Nurse Talks About Her work During COVID-19

Jeanne talks about what the passage of the American Rescue Plan means for postpartum women, about marking our 1-year anniversary living with COVID-19 and then talks with Lauren Franke Hawk, a registered nurse who works in the emergency department with COVID-19 patients and is pregnant with her first baby. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 11, 202141 min

#222 COVID, Pregnancy and Vaccine Updates

Jeanne talks with CNM, Chris Beard about COVID-19 updates, vaccination information and pregnancy and COVID. Chris also talks about patient care and PPE, now that she's vaccinated. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 26, 202136 min

#221 Revisiting racism, bias and birth with Kimberly Seals Allers

Jeanne talks about the Momnibus Bill and revisits last February's interview about racism, bias and birth with author, journalist, speaker and activitist, Kimberly Seals Allers, host of the newly launched Birthright--a podcast about joy and healing in Black birth. . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 18, 202139 min

#220 Parenting, Resilience and Raising Yourself After a Tough Childhood

Jeanne talks about two bills introduced in Congress and interviews author, creative director, Samantha Hart about running away, raising herself, her career as creative director for rock stars and Oscar winning movies and about her new memoir, Blind Pony. We talk about parenting, grandparenting, writing and building a creative career as a parent. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 12, 202152 min

#219 Raising Money-smart Kids

Jeanne talks with Benny Nachman, CEO of Jassby, about raising money smart kids in a cashless world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 05, 202141 min

#217 March of Dimes' Focus on Mothers, Equity and Diversity

Jeanne talks with March of Dimes' Senior Vice President and Chief Medical and Health Office, Dr. Rahul Gupta, about the March of Dimes focus on women to improve women's and babies' health. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jan 21, 202136 min

#215 Motherhood, Breastfeeding and Real Life

Jeanne talks with Aeroflow's Jennifer Jordan about how to make motherhood, breastfeeding, pumping, maternity leave and your job work in real life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jan 06, 202144 min

#214 How to Nourish your Life as a Mom

Jeanne talks with Amy Hudgens, founder of The Nourished Girls Project about her work to help girls and women live their joy, know their strengths, dream big dreams and fulfill their potential. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dec 09, 202048 min

#213 Covid Update and Doula Care

Jeanne gets COVID updates from midwife, Chris Beard and then talks with Ronsha Dickerson and Raquel Jeffers about their work to make sure doulas are available for women who need them in New Jersey, especially in African American communities. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nov 25, 20201 hr 19 min

#212 Midwifery School, Disparity and Diversity

Jeanne talks with Yale School of Nursing midwifery student, Ashleigh Evans about what it means that her school no longer has a dean of diversity and how racism and disparity contribute to poor maternal health outcomes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nov 11, 202049 min

#184 Racism, Bias and Birth with Kimberly Seals Allers

Jeanne talks with author, journalist and maternal health advocate, Kimberly Seals Allers about racism and bias in hospitals and healthcare and about her upcoming app that will help women find high-quality care. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oct 21, 202040 min

#210 Creating strong bonds from babyhood to adulthood

Jeanne talks with relationship researcher and tech entrepreneur, Matt Larson, about how to create strong family bonds and why that's the most important thing parents can do. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oct 14, 202043 min

#209 Owning your Pregnant and Postpartum Body

Jeanne talks with prenatal and postpartum yoga and fitness instructor, Kelly Bryant about using fitness and movement to reclaim your body. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oct 07, 202038 min

#208 Pregnancy, Asthma & Pre-pregnancy Medications

Jeanne talks with certified nurse midwife, Chris Beard, about Covid 19, wildfire evacuations, and taking care of pregnant women in Portland during the world's worst air quality. Chris also discusses asthma during pregnancy and offers great advice about whether or not to take your regular medications when you find out you're pregnant. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sep 30, 202046 min

#207 Telehealth, Pregnancy and Maternal health

Jeanne honors Ruth Bader Ginsburg and then speaks with Juan-Pablo Segura, co-founder of Babyscripts, about how telehealth can be a game changer for improving maternal health outcomes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sep 22, 202046 min

# 206 Sex, Pregnancy and Bacterial Vaginosis with Shan Boodram

Jeanne airs a rebroadcast of her episode with clinical sexologist, author and host of Quibi's daily show, Sexology with Shan Boodram. We talk about sex, pregnancy, bacterial vaginosis and having important conversations about sex as one of the most important part of women's lives. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sep 15, 202032 min

#204 On the COVID 19 frontline with a hospital midwife

Jeanne talks with Certified Nurse Midwife, Chris Beard, CNM about what it's like to deliver babies during COVID 19 and about the state of politics after the Democratic and Republican National Conventions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aug 31, 202046 min

#203 Breastfeeding & Covid 19

Jeanne talks with pediatrician and neonatologist Jessica Madden, MD about world breastfeeding week, policies and systems that make breastfeeding possible and new standards for breastfeeding and COVID 19. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aug 11, 202047 min

#202 Occupational Therapy for Babies & Parents

Jeanne talks with occupational therapist, Dr. Shelli Dry, about helping parents work with their babies to overcome developmental challenges. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aug 03, 202039 min

#200 Our 200th episode! Politics and Money with Sandy Fernandez

Jeanne talks about reaching our 200th episode, the protests and Federal Agents in Portland, John Lewis and then talks with Sandy Fernandez, author of Karmic Currency, about women, money, parenting and spirituality. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 20, 202054 min

#199 Anxiety, Pregnancy, Parenting & Plants

Jeanne talks with environmental educator and author, Rachael Cohen, owner of InfiniteSucculent.com, about how her relationship with nature and plants helped her overcome anxiety during pregnancy and parenting and launched a whole new career. Also, urgent call to action about asylum rules. Go to Procedures for Asylum and Withholding of Removal; Credible Fear and Reasonable Fear Review and leave your comments before July 15, 2020. Thanks to our new sponsor, GreenChef.com. Learn more about your ad ...

Jul 13, 202053 min
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