First-time Parents

Learn The Y-Buzz & Find Your Voice As A New Parent

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Melissa Hurt is our guest this episode and she offers us an easy and rather fun and funny technique for “finding our voice” as new parents.
This little exercise, known as the Y-Buzz will warm up your vocal chords and open your voice and tickle your face.  But it’s not just for fun– this technique is something you may find empowering as well as spirit-lifting.

First-time Parents , Postpartum Support

How Nethal Abdul-Mu’min Is Helping Muslim Families Find Their Reflection In The Parenting Community

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We are so happy to introduce Nethal Abdul-Mu-Amin to our listeners.  In this episode we also give our listeners an opportunity to learn a bit about Islamic cultural diversity and how Nethal is helping Muslim families find their reflection in the Parenting Community.
We discuss the following and more:
Homebirth Midwifery in the era before legalization and the current state of access
Nethal’s background and what led her to become a Birth and Postpartum Doula and Childbirth Educator
Resources Nethal has helped develop  as a Childbirth Educator, specifically for the Muslim community

First-time Parents

How To Ease The Transition Into Parenting

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On episode 48 of the Fourth Trimester Podcast we speak with Serena Saeed-Winn a Certified Nurse Midwife, Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner and a mother of three (including twins).  
Serena teaches a class to help parents ease the transition into parenting by sharing what to expect and how to prepare for the first few months of being new parents. The class covers everything from postpartum healing, infant CPR and first aid, newborn care and gear, infant feeding, relationship savers and more.