When Christine and Alex welcomed their son via VBAC (vaginal birth after cesarean) in June 2024, it marked a powerful moment of healing after a traumatic cesarean during COVID and two pregnancy losses.

“Every birth is a miracle,” Alex said, “but for us, it just seemed like a different kind of miracle.” Their experience highligts how crucial the right support is after birth trauma. When Christine’s midwife group deemed her ineligible...

Ryan Flash, a Twin Cities therapist specializing in working with dads, discusses the unique challenges fathers face in adjusting to parenthood and the importance of seeking support. He highlights the lack of resources for dads compared to moms and emphasizes that men are increasingly seeking therapy to become better fathers and partners.

Ryan's practice, Discovery Mental Health, offers individual therapy and a group program cal...

Aemelia, a Board-Certified Pediatric Nurse Practitioner and International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC), is the owner of Bellflower Lactation in the Twin Cities. Inspired by her own breastfeeding challenges with her three daughters, she founded Bellflower Lactation to provide evidence-based, family-focused lactation care. Amelia's approach is unique in that she emphasizes the importance of mental health in the b...

Can chiropractic care help those babies who seem to struggle no matter what you do? Dr. Chadd Burckhardt shares his journey from treating athletes to focusing on pediatrics and pregnancy after a pivotal experience with a colicky baby. He emphasizes the importance of the nervous system in overall health and explains how stress during pregnancy and birth can impact a child's development.

Dr. Chadd's practice, The Wellery, of...

Are you ready to go from barely surviving to thriving and have the knowledge and personalized support to change your health for good? 

Join me and Autumn Enloe from Autumn Enloe Nutrition as we discuss how blood sugars can affect our energy, metabolism and hormone health. Autumn is a Registered Dietitian who is passionate about helping women with a functional nutrition approach. She won’t promote traditional dietar...

Join me and repeat guest, Sarah as she shares her birth experience with her singleton. Months back Sarah shared her twin birth story (https://mom2mompodcast.buzzsprout.com/2077791/13212755-twin-mama-opts-for-a-surgical-birth-to-bring-her-babies-earth-side-safely) but we had to have her back to share what it was like to go into preterm labor with her first baby, and just how different that experience was. Sarah's birth stories ...

Join me as I interview Michelle who is a pelvic floor physical therapist and owner of Moms in Motion PT. 

Michelle is married to Ryan and has two daughters, ages 2 and 4. She loves being outdoors and has been building a new "kitchen garden" this year, where she hopes to grow many fruits and vegetables. 

She is passionate about helping pregnant and postpartum moms stay healthy, comfortable, and doing all ...

Join me for this exclusive twin mom episode as I chat with mom friend and How2Mom client,  @heyshayla from the  @heyshaylapodcast8898 . If you just found out you're having twins or wonder how in the world twin moms do it this podcast is for you! I share my lived experience and perspective, while dropping some truth bombs for Twin Moms!

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Join me as I interview Sarah Breiner from The Legal Mama (https://www.legalmama.com) about Estate Planning and its importance as parents. She explains how her firm is different from others, especially for parents. She makes the process efficient yet comprehensive, while educating each and every individual family and their needs. Their mission is to create a plan that works to keep your loved ones out of court and out of conflict. L...

Join me and Kendra Olson, MSW, LICSW, PMH-C, Owner of Psychotherapy for Maternal Well-Being (pfmwellbeing.com) as we discuss the Myths of Motherhood.
 
Kendra's practice operates in the Twin Cities area of Minnesota. As a therapist for the last 17 years, and specializing in maternal mental health, she’s found that moms do best with specialized care. Kendra works with moms-to-be and moms who are struggling with getting...

Nikki, a Birth Doula on our team shares her second birth story. I love hearing that she was supported by her provider and doula for a unmedicated hospital water birth ten years ago.

To here Nikki's first birth story, listen here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2077791/episodes/13661204

To learn more about Nikki's and her Birth Services, click here:  https://www.how2mom.com/nikki-esser/

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Join me and Maria Bossert from Happy & Healthy Therapy. We discuss how she focuses on nurturing and empowering birthing parents & babies to be well and flourish in her profession.

Maria is an Occupational Therapist who has been mainly practicing in pediatrics for the past 14 years.  She has experience in both the outpatient clinic and school settings.  And in 2018 she began her training in Craniosacral Therapy.  St...

IUI is a fertility treatment that gives sperm a better chance at fertilizing an egg. This treatment can improve pregnancy chances for some couples and individuals and did just that for us! Learn more about my personal journey conceiving all three of my babies through IUI. I am sharing all the details...the highs, the lows and all the in between!

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Jennifer is a Nationally Board Certified Bodywork Therapist, Abdominal Therapy Practitioner, CranioSacral Therapist, Massage Therapist, Shiatsu Therapist, Birth Worker and Yoga Instructor.  She also uses cupping therapy and moxibustion when applicable.  Jennifer has been in full private practice since 2003 and has also managed various wellness centers in which she created the wellness programs and services and trained the therapist...

Meet Kerry. As a first time mom, I supported Kerry and her husband when they welcomed their first daughter back in 2016. She has since had two more daughters but in a different city. She has birthed at a birth center, her home and at a hospital. Listen to this episode to hear how different each experience was. And to make this episode even more interesting, Kerry is pregnant again! But this time she won't be birthing her own c...

Steph is a mom of three, including twins, and a Certified Pediatric Sleep Consultant. She helps families find the middle ground between "cry it out" and "anything goes". Think of her like your big sister who just happens to be a sleep guru!

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Anna originally hired How2Mom pre-covid times, but then everything changed. The world shut down and we were unsure if I would be able to support her in-person. We continued to plan and educate via virtually. Luckily, Doulas were welcomed back into the hospitals just months before her first babe was born. We have since supported her and her husband through two of their births, masks and all! Learn how her births were similar yet dif...

Join me and Kielyer Luthi, a Licensed Therapist as we discuss Pregnancy and Postpartum Mental Health Disorders. Kielyer is the Owner of Soteria Mental Health and Soteria Coaching and Consulting. Kielyer specializes in perinatal mental health and trauma. As a mother of two who experienced birth in a pandemic, she can relate to a lot of challenges that individuals have gone through, and have seen just how little support exists, curre...

Nikki, a Birth Doula on our team shares her first birth story. I love hearing that she was supported by her provider and doula for a unmedicated hospital birth thirteen years ago. And I believe it is no coincidence that this is episode 13! 

To learn more, check out Nikki's bio here:  https://www.how2mom.com/nikki-esser/

Thank you so much for listening to the Mom2Mom Podcast! This podcast is meant to empower women and b...