Mom Chat with Mamistad on Pregnancy & Motherhood
Host Cynthia Tinajero, Certified New Parent Educator & Creator of Mamistad, welcomes moms to join the conversation about pregnancy, new motherhood & beyond! We celebrate all moms and their countless joys, struggles, challenges, lessons and triumphs! Women are the most incredible creatures on the planet but when we become moms, we're limitless. Let's talk to moms who prove this everyday, and those who don't even realize they do. List of all episodes: https://www.mamistad.com/mamistadpodcastmomchat This podcast is not intended to replace medical advice-always consult a medical professional.
Episodes
After two decades of connecting first-time pregnant and new mothers through support groups, one truth has become crystal clear: a healthy mama mindset is everything.
That's why I've created the Mamistad Mama Mindset Team (find us at Mamistad.com), and I'm thrilled to introduce our newest team member, Author and Therapist, Becky Morrison Gleed.
As a Certified Perinatal Mental Health Specialist (PMH-C) and Licensed Marriage & Fami...
Perinatal trauma is more common than we realize, and when ignored, it can have a profound effect on our lives as mothers and consequently, on our families.
We welcome Licensed & Certified Trauma and Perinatal Mental Health Therapist,Sultana Karim to discuss trauma and other perinatal struggles. She's a powerhouse who has created a passion out of her pain.
As a mother herself, Sultana struggled in pregnancy with anxiety a...
MOM RAGE!!! It's always been a thing – even when we didn't talk about it, bc it meant we were a bad mom who had no self-control and clearly didn't love our kids or our family for that matter.
The good news is...not only have we named it, we've finally started to normalize it! Our dear friend Megan MacCutcheon, PMHC and co-founder of Be Hive Wellness, is here to change the way we look at Mom Rage.
Megan enlightens ...
In today's episode, we learn that hormones and pregnancy can be fun - when you discuss them with the most entertaining board-certified OBGYN and truthteller I know, Dr. Shweta Patel.
We discuss her books The Book of Hormones , The Book of Pregnancy and soon, The Book of Down Under. They are part of what will be a collection of 4 books she calls The Book Of Her: Series on Women's Health And Wellness.
Dr. Patel was commissioned into t...
In honor of Mother's Day this episode celebrates the beauty of motherhood in all its forms. It also honors those moms who have left this earth, and those of us who revere and cherish them. Gia lost her mom only a few months prior to this recording, and my own precious mom battled Alzheimer's from 2004 to 2012.
If you have a mom, if you have a child, if you nurture and love a child, we celebrate you!
My guest today i...
How you choose to deliver your baby should absolutely be your decision and based on your pregnancy and personal needs.
In this episode, we explore the option of midwifery with Hilary Biesecker, Certified Nurse Midwife, Advanced Practice Registered Nurse & Founder Loudoun Homebirth & Healthcare.
Hilary began her path to midwifery in 1999 as a certified doula. She then earned an undergraduate nursing degree and practiced as a...
#BMHW25
In this episode, we spotlight Black Maternal Health Week. Held annually on April 11-17th, BMHW is a week-long campaign founded and led by the Black Mamas Matter Alliance to build awareness, activism, and community-building to amplify the voices, perspectives and lived experiences of Black Mamas and birthing people.
We also welcome back our dear friend, Samantha Griffin .She's an amazing doula and founder of DC Metro ...
Our esteemed guest, Denise Stern, is a mother of three and Founder and CEO of Let Mommy Sleep - a nationally acclaimed company that offers a simple service: nurturing, overnight care to newborns and evidence-based education to their parents.
Let Mommy Sleep has become the country’s leading Baby Nurse and Postpartum Care service by building and maintaining a team of newborn care experts, baby nurses (RN/LPN) and postpartum doulas ac...
This episodes teaches us why CONNECTION IS KEY. When you feel understood, when you feel seen by someone else, your cortisol levels start to lower, our brain starts to regulate and we become more grounded and able to cope again! This works in all other areas of your life - so, DEFINITELY TRY THIS AT HOME.Today we welcome licensed professional counselor, Lauren Geriak. Lauren owns Geriak Psychotherapy, a private practice in McLean,...
Today's guest is the fabulous Tiffany Green, Founder & Owner, of Nounou Nanny. Childcare has always been her gift and passion. She started babysitting at age 15, and became a professional nanny while in college and continued through grad school. Though she felt compelled to go the corporate route, her heart kept pulling her back to her work as a nanny.
When Tiffany met the love of her life, she knew he had 4 children from a pre...
At long last, we're doing an episode for everyone who cares about and wants to support, new parents!
Please share this episode with your friends and family knowing that the things we discuss are important and if dealt with beforehand and with understanding and love, can change a new family's introduction into the world of parenting.
I'm joined once again by the always amazing Ursula Sabia Sukinik who, as CEO of Birth...
In this episode our awesome doula friend, Ursula Sabia Sukinik is here to enlighten us on some of the STUFF NO ONE TELLS US about the first few days and weeks postpartum - not our babies, OUR SELVES!
Most of us are naturally still in awe...or shock...or both, at the thought of having given birth to another human being who we will forever be in love with, responsible for, etc... but we can be blindsided by some of the things going ...
Welcome to Mom Chat!
Since 2005 Mamistad has been connecting first-time pregnant and new moms with their mama tribes to help navigate what I feel is the most unsung time in many of our lives - pregnancy and new motherhood. Mom Chat is where we share some of the stories and lessons we're learning along the way. Please rate and subscribe to our podcast so we can keep reaching more parents out there!
This episode's guest is Intern...
This is a quick holiday reminder that it's okay to take the good with the bad during the holidays. Whether you're full of cheer or not, give yourself a break - especially if you're a new parent. There are new traditions coming your way with your own family and sometimes it can cause some dissonance - that's normal when big changes happen right? Keep moving forward and embrace the birth of your new life, as a parent.
Happy Holidays...
NOTICE: We discuss some heavy issues in this episode so I have AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE FOR all of our pregnant Mamas who choose to listen: We hope that you all have smooth pregnancy, labor & delivery and postpartum experiences. This DOES happen! We also know that pregnant and new moms can go through a variety of situations, the outcome of which can vary widely based on each individual mama. Our goal in this podcast is to discuss t...
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Meet Ursula Sabia Sukinik, CD, CDT, CMA, CBE, CLC. She is the CEO and Founder of Birth You Desire, which has been offering Doula Services and Birth Classes in the DC Metro Area and Phoenix, AZ. since 1999.Learn how cervical cancer set her on the path to becoming not only a mother of two and a CEO of an award-winning Doula Service, but also an empathetic and...
In this episode, we welcome Meghan Leahy. She is the On Parenting columnist for The Washington Post, a certified parenting coach. and author of an Amazon Editor's Pick titled Parenting Outside the Lines!
Meghan's passion was born out of her epic power struggles with her two-and-a-half-year-old daughter while she was pregnant with her second. She had run out of ideas and felt angry, frustrated, out of control, fatigued, and deep d...
Meet Adriana Lozada! She's an Advanced Certified Doula - there are only 57 advanced certified doulas in the world.
She's also an author, a postpartum educator and a child sleep consultant. And she was named one of CNN in Espanol, 20 Latin American leaders of the internet in 2000. She also hosts the acclaimed podcast BIRTHFUL- one of my favorite resources for everything, pregnancy birth and postpartum - alternating between...
Lets talk about the pelvic floor! We all have one - for women, it's the group of muscles "down below" that play a star role in the birth of our babies, but do any of us really understand it? After this podcast, you'll be on your way, thanks to Pelvic Floor Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT), and Owner of Transition Physical Therapy Katie Bayer! She's also a member of the Mamistad Mami Circle - our curated list ...
This episode is all about Natallia and her long journey to meet her baby girl, Naomi Rose.
As a member of Mamistad144 (M144), Natallia joined us on the fabulous Ep 9: REAL DEAL MAMAHOOD, where she shared a bit of her IVF journey. Now she's back to share more about her painful struggles with IVF to have the daughter she dreamed of, and the pain and realizations she experienced as a result.
Her message to her fellow moms is that on t...
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