Sessions With Symba Symba Luna

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Part 2
 
Episode 15 - Find more of Shalimar at shalfierce on Instagram
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Birth journal - If you are a Black birthing person that kept a birth journal and would like to share any parts of it with the podcast for Season 2, email me at journeyspa12@gmail.com
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Episode 16 - Find more of Aye at @the_do_you_doula on Instagram
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Weill Cornell Medicine in New York wrote a letter to expectant parents to discourage the use of birth plans. 
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Conway Medical Center here in Conway, South Carolina has added a new lactation pod for breastfeeding inclusivity on the road to their baby friendly accreditation. 
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Pregnancy Massage for the Supportive Person on 8/25/2022 at 6:00p.m.EST is a 90 minute course I developed to teach partners how to massage and establish a prenatal massage routine for their birthing person. https://journeyspa.as.me/?appointmentType=35382557 
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Stretch With Symba is a 10 week workshop starting in September where I work with my students on how to develop an individual and consistent stretch routine. https://journeyspa.as.me/?appointmentType=35390364 
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Queer Doula Network www.querdoulanetwork.com
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Monique IG @themonishow
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Joela-Aboina IG @missabolition
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Original Podcast Beat Produced Mixed & Engineered By: Info Black
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A Little Juju Podcast by Juju Bae; IG @itsjujubae; www.jujubae.com 
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Episode 11 - You can find more of Khye on Instagram @kulunturjc; Facebook facebook.com/kulunturjc; website www.kuluntu.center and digital resources at www.learn.kuluntu.center; Intro to Reproductive Justice course; Queer and Trans Trying to Conceive quartlery discussion group
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Grandmother Midwives or “Granny Midwives” The granny midwives were well respected Black women from the South who provided care to poor and rural women during pregnancy and labor at a time when hospitals were not accessible to them. They were family counselors, breastfeeding consultants, postpartum doulas, nutritionists, and advocates.
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Episode 12 - Find more of Olivian Bivens on Instagram at Liv.Breathe.Birth. In Olivia’s Linktree on IG you can explore her website and Facebook. She is Olivia Bivens on Facebook.
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Episode 13 has been removed because Kayla Bitten scammed me out with a postpartum class that doesn't exist, as well as scammed my friend by not paying her for the job she did.
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Episode 14 - Find more of Nadine and Birth Revolution on Instagram at birthrevolution and doula4all; www.thebirthrevolution.org www.doula4all.com 
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The Birth Revolution, IG birthrevolution
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Combahee River Collective was a Black feminist lesbian socialist organization active in Boston from 1974 to 1980. The Collective argued that both the white feminist movement and the Civil Rights Movement were not addressing their particular needs as women and, more specifically, as Black lesbians founded by Barbara Smith.
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Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw is an American Civil Rights advocate and a leading scholar of critical race theory. She is a professor at the UCLA School of Law and Columbia Law School, where she specializes in race and gender issues.
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Reproductive justice is a critical, theoretical framework that was invented as a response to United States reproductive politics. The three core values of reproductive justice are the right to have a child, the right to not have a child, and the right to parent a child or children in safe and healthy environments. It is “the human right to maintain personal bodily autonomy, have children, not have children, and parent the children we have in safe and sustainable communities,” according to SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective, the first organization founded to build a reproductive justice movement. www.sistersong.net
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High risk pregnancy is one where a birthing person or the fetus has an increased risk of adverse outcomes compared to uncomplicated pregnancies.
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Preeclampsia is a pregnancy complication where high blood pressure and high levels of protein in urine indicate kidney damage. There can also be weight gain and swelling in the legs due to water retention. It can be managed with oral or IV medications and requires weighing the risks of early delivery versus the risk of continued symptoms.
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Medicaid in the U.S. is a federal and state program that helps with healthcare costs for some people with limited income and resources. Medicaid also offers benefits not normally covered by Medicare, including nursing home care and personal care. www.medicaid.gov 
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WIC is the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children is a federal assistance program of the Food and Nutrition Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture for healthcare and nutrition of low-income pregnant people, chestfeeding, and children under the age of five.
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The Bradley Method of natural childbirth is a method of natural childbirth developed in 1947 by Robert A. Bradley, M.D and popularized by his book, “Husband-Coached Childbirth” first published in 1965. The Bradley Method emphasizes that birth is a natural process. Mothers are encouraged to trust their body, and focus on diet and exercise throughout pregnancy; and it teaches couples to manage labor through deep breathing and the support of a partner or labor coach.
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NICU is a neonatal intensive care unit, also known as an intensive care nursery, is an intensive care unit specializing in the care of ill or premature newborn infants. Neonatal refers to the first 28 days of life.
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Richmond Doula Project is a collective of full spectrum doulas in Richmond, Virginia offering support and education to people through all pregnancy outcomes, centering POC, LGBTQIA, and other underserved communities. www.doulaprojectrva.org 
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Richmond Reproductive Freedom Project is Virginia’s grassroots abortion fund and seeks to further reproductive justice by providing practical and financial support for abortion services in Virgina and surrounding communities. RRFP strives to be a resource to the community by engaging in grassroots advocacy for the full spectrum of reproductive rights. www.rrfp.net 
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Ancient Song Doula Services is an international doula certifying organization founded in the fall of 2008 in Brooklyn, New York with the goal to offer qual

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Hurricane Katrina was a large and destructive Category 5 Atlantic hurricane that caused over 1,800 fatalities and $125 billion in damage in late August 2005, especially in the city of New Orleans and the surrounding areas. August 23, 2005-August 31, 2005
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H.A.N.D.S. Health Access Nurturing Development Services program is a voluntary home visitation program for any new or expectant parents. HANDS supports families as they build healthy, safe environments for the optimal growth and development of children. https://chfs.ky.gov/agencies/dph/dmch/ecdb/Pages/hands.aspx
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Job Corps is the largest nationwide residential career training program in the country and has been operating for more than 50 years. The program helps eligible young people ages 16 through 24 complete their high school education, trains them for meaningful careers, and assists them with obtaining employment. Job Corps has trained and educated over two million individuals since 1964. www.jobcorp.gov 
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Colostrum is the first form of breastmilk that is released by the mammary glands after giving birth. It's nutrient-dense and high in antibodies and antioxidants to build a newborn baby's immune system. It changes to breast milk within two to four days after your baby is born.
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A nipple shield is almost like a second nipple. It goes over your breast and nipple and has tiny holes at the end where milk can transfer from your nipple to your baby's mouth. It helps infants with trouble latching onto the breast by acting like a longer, firmer nipple.
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Find more of Shalimar at shalfierce on Instagram, stay tuned for
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MFA - Master of Fine Arts degree
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www.queerdoulanetwork.com
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www.spajourneys.com
Journeyspa_ on Instagram
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Original Podcast Beat Produced Mixed & Engineered By: Info Black
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DONATIONS:
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Postpartum doulas are professionals trained to give physical and emotional support after the birth of your baby and may include support such as lactation education, newborn care, preparing meals, light housekeeping, and helping the birthing person with post birth comfort healing and measures.
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Lactation educators provide basic chest and breast feeding education to birthing people and their families.
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The Birth Revolution, IG birthrevolution
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Common Sense Childbirth Institute www.commonsensechildbirth.org COPE Program: Community Outreach Perinatal Education - The COPE program uses a culturally-sensitive and trauma-informed curriculum that includes comprehensive training for community-based Doula, Childbirth Education and Breastfeeding Education for peer-supporters, community health workers, para- professionals and home visitors. Participants that complete the program become Certified Perinatal Educators (CPE).
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Fatphobia, also known as anti-fat, is the implicit and explicit bias of overweight individuals that is rooted in a sense of blame and presumed moral failing. Being overweight and/or fat is highly stigmatized in Western culture. Anti-fatness is intrinsically linked to anti-blackness, racism, classism, misogyny, and many other systems of oppression.
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Transphobia, also known as anti-trans, is the fear, hatred, disbelief, or mistrust of people who are transgender, thought to be transgender, or whose gender expression doesn’t conform to traditional gender roles. Transphobia can prevent transgender and gender nonconforming people from living full lives free from harm.
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Postpartum Healing Lodge founded by Raeanne Madison IG postpartumhealinglodge
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Sumi’s Touch Training www.sumistouch.com 
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Grandma’s Hands Pregnancy & Postpartum Herbs & Nutrition in the Southern Tradition online course www.divinebirthwisdom.com/coursesandservices 
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En Caul birth is when the baby comes out still inside an intact amniotic sac (caul). This might make it look like your newborn is completely gift-wrapped in a soft, jello-like bubble. An en caul birth is also called a “veiled birth.” This rare thing of beauty happens in less than 1 in 80,000 births.
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Find more of Nadine and Birth Revolution on Instagram at birthrevolution and doula4all; www.thebirthrevolution.org www.doula4all.com 
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www.queerdoulanetwork.com
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Original Podcast Beat Produced Mixed & Engineered By: Info Black
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DONATIONS:
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Doula Trainings International www.doulatrainingsinternational.com
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A full spectrum doula is a non-medically trained community care worker that offers support to people during the full spectrum of pregnancy - from preconception, to birth, to abortion, to miscarraige, to adoption, to postpartum.
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Carolina Abortion Fund www.carolinabortionfund.org supports individuals who have decide to have an abortion by providing financial, logistical, and emotional support.
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HG - hyperemesis gravidarum is the medical term for severe nausea and vomiting during pregnancy. Dehydration, dizziness, lightheadedness, and weight loss of 10 pounds or more, are all symptoms, as well as vomiting more than 2-4 times a day. Talk to your doctor if you experience any of these symptoms throughout your pregnancy.
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Black Moms of the Triad Group on Facebook started by Brianna Taylor-Powell
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A vendor in a hospital is defined as a person or representative of a company (including independent contractors or subcontractors for a company) that has either a contractual agreement with the hospital or is seeking to provide support, services, and/or maintenance for a company’s product(s) or services at the hospital.
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Cone Health System is a private, not for profit, healthcare delivery system based in Greensboro, North Carolina. It includes Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital, Wesley Long Hospital, Women’s Hospital, and Cone Health Behaioral Health Hospital all located in Greensboro.
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Planned Parenthood www.plannedparenthood.org a nonprofit organization that provides reproductive health care in the United States and globally.
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Evidence Based Birth www.evidencebasedbirth.com is an online pregnancy and childbirth resource founded in 2012 by Rebecca Dekker. It includes classes, blogs, and a podcast.
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IBCLC is the International Board Certified Lactation Consultants function and contribute as members of the maternal-child health team. They provide care in a variety of settings, while making appropriate referrals to other health professionals and community support resources. Working together with mothers, families, policymakers and society, IBCLC certificants provide expert breastfeeding and lactation care, promote changes that support breastfeeding and help reduce the risks of not breastfeeding.
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Find more of Olivian Bivens on Instagram at Liv.Breathe.Birth. In Olivia’s Linktree on IG you can explore her website and Facebook. She is Olivia Bivens on Facebook.
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www.queerdoulanetwork.com
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Original Podcast Beat Produced Mixed & Engineered By: Info Black
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/infoblack_​
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DONATIONS:
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Paypal: journeyspa12@gmail.com
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