HELP for Mothers : Solutions to the maternal health care crisis in America
12 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 3 years ago -A Maternal/Child Health Investigator and an Obstetric Violence Lawyer report on the political, legal, and financial realities of childbirth in the United States.
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Returning To Work After Baby
November 10, 2020 17:12 - 40 minutes - 55.3 MB"What can parents do to make a smooth return to work after having a baby?" Returning to work after having a baby can be a daunting jump to make. In this episode, Augustine Colebrook and Kesha Chiappinelli talk with Lori Mihalich-Levin, JD, the author of Back to Work After Baby: How to Plan and Navigate a Mindful Return from Maternity Leave. They discuss everything from the transition back into working life after having a baby to finding a balance between working and parenting. In L...
Psychology, Astrology, Lineage, And Motherhood
September 29, 2020 14:00 - 49 minutes - 67.5 MB"How can astrology help me take control of my own life?" In the middles ages, the only two people present at a birth, aside from the mother, were a midwife and an astrologer. In this episode, midwife Augustine Colebrook, MA-MCHS, and astrologer Michelle Scarrott discuss how astrology is a blueprint for what you have to work with in this life, as well as how you can use the knowledge of your astrological chart to discover who you are as a person, your "truth", and how to "get out of...
Fluoride vs. Intelligence
August 29, 2020 14:00 - 56 minutes - 78.2 MBHow does fluoride consumption during pregnancy and early infancy impact a child's IQ? More than 70% of drinking water in the United States is fluoridated, while 97% of western European countries have rejected fluoridation. Over 60 studies have now linked fluoride with reduced IQ in children. In this episode, Augustine Colebrook and Kesha Chiappinelli are joined by Paul Connett, Ph.D., and Chris Neurath of the Fluoride Action Network to discuss the impact of fluoridation in water an...
Infant Mental Health
July 14, 2020 19:00 - 1 hour - 87 MBHow do early traumatic experiences affect children? In this episode, Augustine Colebrook, MA-MCHS is joined by Ilse DeKoeyer-Laros, Ph.D., who shares her 20+ years of research and experience in infant mental health and treatment. They discuss how early traumatic experiences have a lasting effect on children, systemic problems, solutions, and what sources mothers can seek to better care for themselves and thus their children. Resources - Help Me Grow Utah: www.helpmegrowutah.org - ...
Maternal Childhood Trauma
July 07, 2020 16:30 - 1 hour - 86.9 MBHow do you prevent trauma in your kids, when you are suffering from trauma yourself? Basically everyone who survives childhood has little ‘t’ traumas, but exactly how much those traumas effect you determines where you have memories or whether you have complex ptsd. In this in-depth episode, Augustine Colebrook and Kesha Chiappinelli speak with Licensed Professional Councelor and psychotherapist specializing in treating trauma to arm parents who have themselves experienced trauma w...
Licensing Midwives
June 30, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 90.2 MBWhat part do you want government to play in regulating birth choice? With 15 states left to create a licensure process for CPM’s, 42 states left to create a licensure Process for CM’s, And 29 states still to create a licensure process for ND-Midwives, well as fully half the states not offering autonomous practice for CNM’s, the legal and autonomous practice of midwives in the United States is a huge barrier to increasing the numbers of the profession. Midwives are trained to provi...
Medical Monopoly
June 18, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 90 MBWhat if obstetrics had no competition? Hear from Hermine Hayes-Kline, JD human rights attorney in Oregon, fighting the medical monopoly that seeks to eliminate midwifery. She joins hosts Augustine Colebrook, MA-MCHS & Kesha Chiappinelli, JD, IBCLC along with Becca Meek, RN, CNM FNP, a midwife in Oregon who once was the owner of a successful birth center as a colleague of Augustine when she too owned a birth center. Together these two midwives and two attorneys tackle the problems ...
Avoiding Toxic Motherhood
May 08, 2020 12:00 - 1 hour - 61.7 MB“What three toxic substances should I avoid in pregnancy and parenting.” Award-winning, investigative journalist, Jennifer Margulis, PhD joins hosts, Augustine Colebrook, MA-MCHS & Kesha Chiappinelli, JD, IBCLC to share her decades worth of research on avoiding toxic exposure for mom and baby, physically, mentally, and emotionally. References and Links Jennifer Margulis’ Blog and books Listen to Dr. Nathan Riley, Dr. Brad Bootstaylor and Lawyer, Hermine Hayes-Klein, JD on OBGYNO ...
Conception, IUI, and Surrogacy
May 04, 2020 15:00 - 49 minutes - 45.5 MB“Do I have to use a reproductive endocrinologist to achieve pregnancy?” Join Augustine Colebrook, MA-MCHS and her special guest, Brittany Thornton, CPM, LM a midwife, mother and traditional surrogate x6 as they discuss alternatives to the high medicalized assisted reproductive process. Some people who want to be pregnant do indeed need all the technology, but as Brittany shares, many especially in the LGBTQIA community do not need high-tech reproductive technologies, they need edu...
Breech Presentation
April 25, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 82.3 MB‘What if my baby is breech?’ Join Augustine Colebrook, MA-MCHS, a midwife & maternal child health investigator, Dr. Caitlin Clarke, DC a Webster-certified chiropractor & doula-advocate and Dr. Anne Lundquist, DC, FICPA, SaBAP a prenatal chiropractic & parent educator as they discuss discuss steps for pregnant people who discover their baby is breech. These birth biomechanics offer home techniques to help prevent and change a breech presentation, as well as resources to help make i...
Public Health vs Personal Autonomy
April 14, 2020 13:25 - 1 hour - 59.4 MB“Where is the societally acceptable line between public health and personal autonomy in life and in labor?” Autonomy, defined as being free from outside intervention is a very important notion in Western culture. And yet, as social distancing and self quarantine sweep the globe, people are voluntarily giving up personal liberty in favor of the ‘greater good’. Over the last several centuries, health and disease changed from curse / chance to something that could be controlled. This...
Obstetric Violence
April 09, 2020 10:00 - 54 minutes - 50.6 MB“What should I do if I am a victim of sexual assault or obstetric violence by my doctor?’ Women routinely report being denied food and drink, being forced to lie in one position during labor, being denied the choice of VBAC, receiving frequent, rough vaginal examinations, having their waters ruptured without consent, being denied the desired number of support people, and being given episiotomies after explicitly refusing during care provided by an Obstetrician in the United States...