Mom Friends Laura Gimbert & Remi Ishizuka

In this episode we dive deep into Laura's two empowering birth stories. Why she decided on having out-of-hospital, unmedicated, birth center births, the exact details on how they each began and how they progressed, the lessons she learned each time, and what she aims to do differently for her third birth! A great, positive birth episode you'll want to tune into to get into the right birth headspace.FOR REFERENCE. Free standing independent Birth Center in S. Pasadena was former Del ...

In this episode we go into all of the details on Laura's gender reveal: how she found out, how she asked her baby for gender confirmation signs, her reaction, how she told Remi, how she told her family and everyone's reaction. She also goes into detail about the NIPT elective test, tips on how to navigate Natera's platform and find out the results sooner, if she has a name picked and her early 2nd trimester experience.She also answers a lot of doula questions in the Mom Friends Chat section i...

In this episode we go through some updates from Remi's end of the second trimester, including her glucose test and baby shower.Then we move forward with some early third trimester mind and body tips, and discuss our weight gains so far in our pregnancies and how that can fluctuate and vary so much.We end the episode with the NEW Mom Friends Chat, a section of questions from YOU that we will start including at the end of every regular update episode, to make sure we keep responding to your que...

In this episode we find out more on Laura’s first trimester, all of the socially projected fears set in her subconscious that she had to work through and break along exactly how, and future plans. Including:- When is she due?- What age differences will the kids have?- Fears of a bigger age gap?- Is she planning on finding out the gender before birth? What does she think she is having?- What is she, the kids and Nathan all hoping for?- Will Laura still be able to support Remi's labor and deliv...

In this episode we finally open up about the secret we have been keeping for a while: Laura is also pregnant!Laura tells us about the thought process behind deciding on having baby number three (something she had been going back and forth for years), how her third pregnancy first trimester experience has been comparing it to the other two pregnancies, new pregnancy lessons, all of the wild symptoms and much more, including how she told Remi and the kids!Tune in and catch up to speed.Send us a...

In this episode we go through all of the different possibilities of how a partner (your husband, boyfriend, girlfriend, mom or sister) can help you through all different stages of labor: from early labor at home, through the car ride to the hospital or birth center, active labor, pushing and immediate postpartum.A great episode to listen with your partner and be able to have open conversations about options and goals before labor even begins.Remi also explains some lessons she learned from ha...