Ep 167: What Support Looks Like in the Digital Age with Founder and CEO of Poppy Seed Health Simmone Taitt

Warning: this episode contains discussion of pregnancy loss

Technology is going to increasingly become part of the way we live and the way that we care for ourselves physically and emotionally; smartphones are here to stay and it’s important to figure out how to use that technology to our advantage. And that’s why I’m so excited to chat with Simmone Taitt.

Simmone Taitt is the CEO and Founder of Poppy Seed Health, a telehealth app that offers a unique type of support for pregnant and postpartum people. Taitt comes to this work through the highly personal experience of navigating her own pregnancy loss in an inequitable medical system. Her work has been covered by Fast Company, Vogue, Insider, CBS Mornings with Gayle King, and more.

This episode is being brought you by Ellement Prenatal Supplements.

In this Episode, You’ll Learn About:How Simmone’s personal experience with loss lead her to found Poppy Seed HealthHow the Poppy Seed app worksWhat makes texting a great format for supportWhy the app offers support specifically from doulas, nurses, and midwivesHow equity is incorporated into the appHow Poppy Seed Health makes sure people who don’t have resources have access to the app

 

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