Beyond the Boob

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For full access to every episode of Beyond the Boob please subscribe on Apple Podcasts or join us on Patreon! Welcome back! It's now been 6 weeks since baby Marty joined us so let's have our final postpartum visit with Maureen and Heather. Most of you will also be having your final OB visit around this time and then... you're on your own. But we know that 6 weeks is nowhere near enough time to heal from having an entire human exit your body! So today Heather gets real about her postpartum body and Maureen educates us on how long postpartum healing really takes. And we'll continue to be here for you through the entire fourth trimester!

Welcome back to Beyond the Boob, we’re in our Postpartum Era! Join Maureen to check in on Heather for her one week postpartum home-visit. We do a lot of chatting about eating, pooping, and sleeping today! Did you know that midwives can do well-baby care? Maureen is going to continue to care for both Heather and baby for the next 6 weeks as part of her routine postpartum care schedule. Since its a love-child of the Milk Minute we’re going to have a special emphasis on breastfeeding, but these episodes won’t be limited to just that. Make sure to subscribe on Apple Podcasts or directly on our Patreon at www.patreon.com/milkminutepodcast so you don’t miss a single update!

Join us today for a birth announcement! Baby arrived just after 39 weeks and we made a special little birthday recording just for you. If this is your first time listening, here’s a recap. Beyond the Boob is a spin-off from the Milk Minute Podcast where Heather and Maureen go on a pregnancy journey together to birth our newest podcast baby! Nine months ago Heather surprised Maureen by announcing her pregnancy on the Milk Minute and asking Maureen to be her (homebirth) midwife. Since then its been a wild ride of TMI, prenatal education, and so much more. Today we bring you a very anticipated episode where we document the last prenatal and birth of the baby! While this isn’t the full birth story, we kept a mic set up for updates during labor and kept a little captains log just for you. Enjoy some birth deets and raw emotions and get excited for the full story next week!!

Welcome to Week 34! In case you're just catching up: Heather and Maureen from the Milk Minute Podcast embark on a new journey in Beyond the Boob! Maureen guides Heather through her third pregnancy, as her midwife, and they plan for Heather's first homebirth together. Today your hosts begin by chatting about maternity photos (from this pregnancy and previous ones). You can check those out on Patreon! You can also subscribe to hear every single episode of this podcast there, find it here. This episode also touches on incontinence, hair loss, postpartum bonding, nesting, and more! As we enter the final countdown it feels like there's more and more to manage each day. Take a moment to sit down and join your friends on Beyond the Boob to get the best prenatal education sprinkled with relatable anecdotes and plenty of TMI.

Welcome to week 30 of Beyond the Boob! At 30 weeks it might feel like you're running out of time but at the same time like you're going to be pregnant forever. Life is a mess. The anxiety and stress of wanting to organize, nest, and get everything done before baby comes can be overwhelming. Thankfully, Maureen reminds us what we actually need to have a baby, and it's a whole lot less than you might think. Today we share a growth update on Heather's baby and Maureen reviews what to expect as far as provider care in the end of pregnancy. Heather's feeling all of the things, both physically and emotionally. We discuss parenthood and its stresses vs eases and touch on the topic of working moms vs SAHMs. All mothers are different, in fact, you become a new mother every time you have a baby. Who will Heather be with 3 kids? Only time will tell. Want full access to all Beyond the Boob episodes? Subscribe on Apple Podcasts or join our Patreon!

Welcome to wee 26 of Beyond the Boob, the show where Heather and her midwife Maureen share tmi about her third pregnancy to help you feel better about yours! This episode is FREE, but if you want full access you can subscribe on Apple podcasts or join us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/milkminutepodcast Starting off with some silly stories about the older kids, this episode goes through all kinds of important things so make sure you listen through til the end! Heather met with her nutritionist finally and is feeling confident moving forward with some dietary changes. We're hoping she can get more consistent energy in this last part of pregnancy. Heather also had her first big cry in a long, long time and realized she and her husband need to do some emotional work before labor starts, so if you're in that spot too don't panic! You still have time to get to a more comfortable place with your partner too. Maureen and Heather also have some laughs about silly birth stories and chat a bit about preparing for labor.

Join us for week 22 of Heather's pregnancy and a free episode for everyone! For full access to every episode of Beyond the Boob you can subscribe on Apple Podcasts or join the Milk Minute Podcast Patreon! Once again join your friends for the realest pregnancy updates on the internet. This week Heather gives us a boob update, from secretions to side-boob burning, lots of new things are happening in the mammary glands! Let's chat about how to manage exhaustion and having your body turn off without your permission. How do we handle being present but unproductive? How to we deal with the guilt of doing less? Today Maureen teaches us how to start managing hemorrhoids and constipation that are very common in the second trimester. Maureen also checks in with Heather about birth fears and how friends' traumatic birth stories are starting to get to her. This is a good time to take a list of fears to your provider and ask about how emergencies might be managed so there aren't any surprises if something does happen.

Welcome to week 17 of Heather's pregnancy! This week things are still pretty tough, but the number of good days are increasing. It can be hard to predict what each day will look like at this point, so be ready for anything! Let's chat about struggles to connect with baby and just getting through the day while growing a human. We're a little overwhelmed here on Beyond the Boob, and it's hard to find some balance in life. Are you feeling movement yet? Don't freak out if you aren't but tune in to hear what Heather has to say about some little kicks from inside the uterus. Lets chat about boundaries, guilt, unsolicited advice, and more! For full access to every episode of Beyond the Boob you can subscribe on Apple Podcasts or join us on our Patreon!

For full access to every episode of Beyond the Boob you can subscribe on Apple Podcasts or join the Milk Minute Podcast Patreon! Welcome to week 13 of Beyond the Boob! We're on the cusp of the second trimester this week and moving forward at lightning speed. Come chat with us about the struggle to clothe yourself in an ever-changing body and let's check in about prenatal symptoms! Are you having trouble communicating with your partner about your needs? Or your partner having trouble hearing you? Dive into the relationship divide between the pregnant person and their spouse and let's brainstorm how to keep our relationships responsive and dynamic. This week Heather levels about what's helpful and what's not, what things we notice that our partners don't, and how to meet somewhere in the middle.

Welcome back to Beyond the Boob! This is week 9 of Heather's pregnancy and the girls have awoken! Tune in to hear about bra mishaps, perky nipples, breast tenderness and more unfortunate symptoms of pregnancy. This week is full of eating like hobbits, hoarding unhealthy snacks, and eating our feelings. Today Maureen chats about risk assessment in early pregnancy and navigating the long list of "do nots" for pregnancy. Can you drink kombucha? Can you eat brie? What about deli meat and sushi? Your cohosts also chat about medical ethics, medication safety, and changing recommendations. To get full access to every episode of Beyond the Boob you can subscribe on Apple Podcasts or sign up on Patreon! A big thank you to all of our new Patrons who make this little show possible.

Content Warning: this episode discusses bleeding in early pregnancy and miscarriage. If that isn't something you can hear today that's ok! Tune back in next time. Want full access to all Beyond the Boob episodes? Subscribe on Apple Podcasts or join our Patreon! Feeling sick in the first trimester? You're not alone! Week 6 hits Heather hard with a bad case of norovirus that rolls right into first trimester nausea. Come beyond the boob to chat about the realities of walking into urgent or emergent medical care facilities while pregnant. Gain insight on how to manage illness in the first trimester and on the causes and management of bleeding in early pregnancy. Midwife Maureen chats about home remedies for first trimester nausea and methods to manage symptoms and Heather admits to fears surrounding this symptom.

Welcome to Beyond the Boob, the podcast where your hosts from the Milk Minute move beyond breastfeeding to focus in on Heather's new pregnancy. This week we chat about the first month of pregnancy! Heather clues us in on her plans for conception, missing her period, peeing on pregnancy tests, and deciding who to tell and when. Want full access to all Beyond the Boob episodes? Subscribe on Apple Podcasts or join our Patreon! This is when the idea of a pregnancy meets the reality of one, and it doesn't always go how we expected. We do mention miscarriage in these first few episodes and discuss fears surrounding that, so if that's something you don't want to listen to maybe skip ahead a few weeks!

Join the cohosts of the Milk Minute Podcast as they take you Beyond the Boob to embark on another pregnancy journey! That's right, this time it's Heather's turn to overshare about her body for a whole 40 weeks. Listen in for the prenatal education you aren't getting with your provider as Maureen (the midwife!) guides Heather through the adventure of growing a new human and planning a homebirth. This show combines a little science, some midwifery, and a whole lot of hilarious stories as you get to tune in on the TMI side of podcasting with Beyond the Boob.