This episode covers: The power and powerlessness of birth, middle school social stigmas, C-sections, band geeks, gut biomes, Kombucha…what don’t we talk about?!
Find Amy at Health Journey Chiropractic in Fitchburg or, for home visits: here.
If you want to jump to the birth story, head to 23:00.
Meet Amy 1:10
How to raise money for schools in non-annoying ways 2:50
The philosophical dilemma of goldfish crackers 5:00
Why don’t we all have hybrid minivans 6:30
How messy cars get with kids 9:35
Middle school hierarchies and misunderstandings 12:30
Amy is a jock brain 15:30
Band geeks are awesome 17:00
Why did girls in our generation feel bad about themselves? 18:00
The female brain and Kris gets distracted by orgasms 21:00
Being simultaneously your most vulnerable and your strongest 23:00
Birth story and letting go of control 24:00
Amy loves Nesalla Kombucha 27:00
When your birth plan changes by necessity in a direction you don’t like 27:00
Amy gets biblical 28:00
Births and miscarriages and life…Do we have control over our fates? 29:45
Is birth and death outside the order of the universe? Does birth give you lessons specific to you? 32:00
Can you turn a breech baby? 35:00
C-section is not a surgery, it’s a birth 37:00
Amy didn’t pump gas while pregnant 40:00
Break: Amy’s info & Postpartum Support International
Why Amy became a lactation consultant 43:00
The necessity having a woman in the room for breastfeeding help 45:00
Support before birth or after….which is more important if you had to choose? 48:00
Kris edits in “overstated” for “understated” because……can’t abide the wrong word 49:20
If your boob is a firehose? 52:45
It’s not a matter of opinion…postpartum facts for the health picture 56:00
Having your shit together is bullshit 1:00
Why are we skeptical of people who have clean houses? 1:02
It’s hard to let your older kids go 1:06
The importance of connections 1:09
Amy’s work 1:11
