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

by: Sarah TrottPosted on: September 8, 2018March 11, 2024

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

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How To Ease The Transition Into Parenting

by: Sarah TrottPosted on: December 26, 2017March 11, 2024

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.

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Living Into The Parent You Are

by: Sarah TrottPosted on: May 25, 2017March 11, 2024

Part of what’s difficult about becoming a parent is deciding the parent we want to be.
And once we’ve decided, sometimes the parent we are and the parent we imagined we would be are different.

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The Myths Of Motherhood

by: Sarah TrottPosted on: May 3, 2017March 11, 2024

Our latest episode’s guest is Dr Shoshana Bennett. She helps us bust up some “myths of motherhood.”
Often, when we acknowledge that all those myths are indeed false ideas, the pressure to be perfect is alleviated and some of the feelings of depression dissipate.

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Deciding What Kind Of Parent To Be (Have You Ever Said “I’ll never be like my Mother / Father”?)

by: Sarah TrottPosted on: October 9, 2016March 11, 2024

Sandra Lloyd is a Depth Hypnosis Practitioner. Learn about how becoming a parent brings up emotional issues from our own experience as children. We share thoughts on how to take what you want from your own childhood experiences and how to make conscious decisions about the kind of parent you want to be.