Send us a text The journey to becoming a parent is transformative, with every expecting family deserving compassionate, continuous support through pregnancy, birth and beyond. This intimate conversation with Gail Tupin, a certified birth and postpartum doula, unveils how professional birth support dramatically improves outcomes and experiences for new families. When a doula is present at birth, intervention rates including C-sections measurably decrease – not because doulas provide medical care,...
Mar 26, 2025•33 min•Season 3Ep. 2
Send us a text Curious about how the mind-body connection can transform your childbirth experience? Dr. Samantha Vaive, an expert in childbirth psychology, uncovers the secrets of hypnobirthing and its surprising benefits beyond labor. From easing your dental anxiety to unraveling the societal myths of childbirth trauma, this episode promises to reshape your understanding of birth and mental health. Join us as we navigate the terrain of postpartum intimacy, addressing the common pressures new pa...
Oct 07, 2024•52 min•Season 3Ep. 1
Send us a text Did you know that chiropractic care can significantly ease common newborn and pregnancy challenges? On this episode of Spilling the Milk, we welcome Dr. Zora, a chiropractor with 13 years experience in the field and a passion for women's health, pregnancy, and pediatric care. She loves helping people be pain free and feel their best using all natural and holistic means. Since becoming a mother, she has shifted her focus to working with women and kids. She loves bringing awareness ...
Jun 05, 2024•54 min•Season 3Ep. 2
Send us a text My guest, Marie Berwald, has over twenty years as a yoga teacher and childbirth educator. Based on her experience, Marie Berwald has developed a prenatal program to help women reconnect to their innate wisdom in birthing. Weaving together breath, bio-hacks, visualization, relaxation and holistic tools, Marie believes every women deserves to feel empowered in her birthing experience. In this episode we talk about: -skills and practices you can develop during pregnancy that will hel...
Mar 28, 2024•35 min•Season 3Ep. 1
Send us a text Are you feeling overwhelmed about managing holiday gatherings with your breastfeeding baby? Fear not, we're here to help! In this solo episode of Spilling the Milk, Emily addresses the challenges of balancing family traditions with the demands of a young, breastfeeding baby during the festive season. She shares tips on key topics such as alcohol consumption while breastfeeding, sticking to your baby's schedule, and handling unexpected events. Remember, it's okay to prioritize your...
Dec 06, 2023•16 min•Season 2Ep. 11
Send us a text Ever wonder what a doula does and how lactation cookies can provide essential nourishment for new mothers? Tune in for an enlightening conversation with Morgan Everts, a doula, childbirth educator, and the founder of the Postpartum Pantry. Discover how her second pregnancy inspired her journey into the world of doula work and childbirth education and how she found her purpose in supporting new mothers. --- SPECIAL OFFER: Check out all of the great products Morgan describes at The ...
Oct 24, 2023•42 min•Season 2Ep. 10
Send us a text Imagine transforming the breastfeeding journey of millions of mothers worldwide - Eva Nagy-Gannan is on a mission to do exactly that. With a game-changing approach to breast pump technology, Eva shares her personal experience with breasts pumps that use sucking technology and how this ignited her mission to develop a breast pump that mirrors the natural action of a suckling baby. We discuss her revolutionary invention, the Calla wearable manual pump and its potential to empower mo...
Aug 28, 2023•37 min•Season 2Ep. 9
Send us a text How do you navigate the challenges of parenting and breastfeeding while keeping your sanity intact? Join us as we welcome Cara Tyrell, founder of Core 4 Parenting and conscious parenting coach, as she shares her passion for advocating for the "COVID generation" of kids and her unique approach to collaborative parenting. In our heartfelt conversation, we delve into Cara's emotional breastfeeding journey, starting with the heartbreaking experience of managing her mother's milk after...
Jun 14, 2023•54 min•Season 2Ep. 8
Send us a text My guest today is Jenn Lormand, a Orleans mama of three boys living and thriving with Stage 2 prolapse, an Exercise Physiologist and an author. Known together as the “Tinkler ladies”, Jenn and her business partner, Christina Walsh, have a combined 36 years of experience supporting women through prolapse, diastasis recti, and more. The Journal of Women’s Health Physical Therapy featured their holistic protocol that helps women relieve pelvic floor issues (think no more pee leaks, b...
May 10, 2023•41 min•Season 2Ep. 7
Send us a text My guest is Kortney Ross, a mom of two littles who recently left her career as a full-time band director and teacher for freelance instructional design. That's how we met! We are both part of the Instructional Design community at www.idlance.com. Kortney specializes in empowering parents through customized learning solutions and courses. Schedule a free consultation call to discover how she can partner with you to create a course parents will love or to see how she can help your b...
Apr 27, 2023•29 min•Season 2Ep. 6
Send us a text My guest is Carolyn LaPan, a Masters level psychologist and Certified Functional Nutrition & Lifestyle Practitioner. Carolyn and I connected in our local Holistic Networking Group and have been collaborating on ways to combine forces in support of women’s health. She is passionate about gut health, hormone health, and longevity, as well as eating for the seasons, with whole food, plant-based recipes. Carolyn has contributed her expertise to Breastfeeding Bootcamp and runs her ...
Apr 07, 2023•33 min•Season 2Ep. 5
Send us a text My guest is Adrian Fear, IBCLC, owner of Huron River Lactation and mom of 5. Her breastfeeding journey started out with round the clock finger feeding(!) that eventually led to successful breastfeeding. And coming full circle she now helps other new moms in the metro Detroit area navigate breastfeeding challenges and set them on a path to meet their breastfeeding goals. If you'd like to see our conversation, and all of the goodies Adrian pulls out of her Mary Poppins bag, head to ...
Mar 15, 2023•48 min•Season 2Ep. 3
Send us a text My guest is Liezl, who has a 3 year old girl and 10 month old boy. She is originally from the Philippines, had her babies in California, and now lives in snowy, cold Michigan. If you’ve ever stayed home with a baby, or a baby and a toddler, much of what she shares will sound familiar. Liezl is very honest as she shares what it feels like to be trapped inside with two little ones while husband is away for work and she cannot drive. Birth She also shares about her two very different...
Mar 07, 2023•29 min•Season 2Ep. 2
Send us a text My guest is Stacie, a wife, mom, and current clinical year Physician Assistant student (who will be certified in August!). She had her daughter, Eleanor, in March 2020 just as the US was going into lockdown. This episode was recorded when her baby was 7 months old. In our conversation we discuss Stacie’s success with Exclusive Pumping, juggling PA school and new parenthood, the isolation of having a newborn during quarantine, storing breastmilk at family and friends’ houses, masti...
May 11, 2021•31 min•Season 2Ep. 1
Send us a text In this episode we focus on a topic intricately tied to breastfeeding and new parenthood -- getting your baby to sleep (and getting enough sleep yourself!) Beth Hawkins is a UK-based BabySleepTheNight qualified child sleep consultant and a Mum who can talk from the heart about struggles with her own family's sleep challenges. For Mums and Dads wanting to make a change, she offers practical advice, bespoke sleep plans, and emotional support. You can learn more about Beth's services...
Nov 23, 2020•36 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Send us a text In this episode we hear from Sarah who says breastfeeding her children is the best thing she's done. We talk about how she flexed her work life to accommodate breastfeeding on demand, her feelings toward pumping (spoiler alert: she's not a fan), how to ignore misguided advice, the revelation that one can treat mastitis without antibiotics (and how the baby can actually save you), her experience nursing in-flight and her overall advice to be patient with yourself. Sarah is a mom of...
Sep 25, 2020•32 min•Season 1Ep. 4
Send us a text Holly is a mom of 3, two boys (8 & 10) and a 4 year old girl who can do just about anything her brothers can…while wearing a princess dress. Holly is passionate about her work through Parents as Teachers , where she visits with families to make sure that all children will learn, grow, and develop to realize their full potential. She is also a “Happier in Hollywood” fan, which is how we connected! We discuss oversupply, cabbage leaves, Baby Led Weaning, tandem nursing, supporti...
Sep 03, 2020•24 min•Season 1Ep. 3
Send us a text My guest is Lauren, a wife and mom of two little girls, Elliana who is 2 ½ and Charlotte who is 7 months old. She is also a social worker who works with adults with developmental disabilities and is trying to balance it all, just like everyone else. We discuss painful nursing in the beginning, the barriers to meeting with a lactation consultant (emotional, mental, and logistics), finding out two years later that baby has a lip tie, comparing baby 2 to baby 1 and the guilt that com...
Aug 27, 2020•26 min•Season 1Ep. 2
Send us a text In this episode we touch on the influence of other people's attitudes and experiences with breastfeeding, the horror of dumping or spilling pumped milk, and how to nicely tell people to "get out of my house; I need to feed my baby." My guest is Dr. Beth Trammell, PhD, HSPP, an author, speaker, psychologist, creator of Make Words Matter, Associate Professor of Psychology at Indiana University East, as well as a mother of four. You can learn more about her work at MakeWordsMatterFor...
Aug 20, 2020•23 min•Season 1Ep. 1
