This is a BONUS episode focused on labor, delivery and the first weeks postpartum. Full show notes. I talked to Kaela two days before her son, Finn, was born and then again six weeks post-delivery. She generously shares details of her bodily experiences of labor, delivery and postpartum. Get all the information usually not discussed until you are in the proverbial mom's club. If you want to listen to Kaela’s first episode, jump back to Episode 11: Too late to be asking dumb questions.
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Topics discussed:
- Being "overdue" and waiting for delivery
- What labor felt like for Kaela
- Kaela's experience of delivery
- The whirlwind of being in the hospital before/during and after delivery
- Experiencing mastitis (flu like symptoms caused by infection during breast feeding)
- Societal shame around the idea of "breast is best"
- What hemorrhoids are and what to look out for
- Excitement to usher one's friends into the "mom's club"
Poetry and Instagram discussed:
https://www.vickirivard.com/books
@bravenewmama on instagram
Kaela's hospital bag recommendations:
If you stayed after the credits for the Modern Media Menstrual Mention (MMMM) click here and go to minute 34:14 to hear about menstruation in prisons.
Considering a menstrual cup? Check out Lunette (affiliate link) or read my answers to common menstrual cup questions.
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