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Simplify Birth & Motherhood: Clarity for Informed decisions in Pregnancy, Childbirth, Postpartum, and Motherhood! Amanda Mejia: Birth Advocate, Childbirth Educator, Private Mom Coach
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Get Clarity for your pregnancy, childbirth, postpartum and motherhood Journey!
Are you a pregnant or postpartum mama? Are you feeling lost as to what options you have for pregnancy, childbirth, postpartum, and in the early years of your motherhood journey? Do you wish all that overwhelming information can be condensed into one place and easy to understand? Are you ready to nurture and build up your mom-gut to help you make informed decisions that best serve you and your family?
In this podcast, you will find the education and tools you need and have been searching for to help you make an informed decision that best fits you and your family’s needs and desires for your pregnancy, childbirth, postpartum, and early years of motherhood. My mission is to educate you on what options are available to you and the fruits of what they can offer so you can be confident and bold in your why as you make informed decisions as a mother.
If you are read to get clarity to empower your pregnancy, childbirth, postpartum season, and motherhood journey- you’re in the right place!
Hey Mama! I am Amanda, I am a wife, truth loving, mama of 4. I have had an unexpected cesarean and 2 successful homebirths. For 3 years I have been advocating, teaching, and rooting for moms in their pregnancy, births, through postpartum and in their motherhood. I was and am a young mom and started off with little to no knowledge on how to have a baby, let alone how to take care of my baby, what to expect in those seasons of my life, and how to advocate for myself and family.
Through education, tools and other wise mothers I was able to know what my mom-gut was leading to me do and I am now able to walk confidently on a path that is best for me and my family, and I am ready to share that with you!
If you are ready to learn the power that comes with knowledge that is easy to understand and fully prepares you for the results that bring confidence, reduce fear, and lets your voice be found and heard- This podcast is for you!
Throw up your unbrushed hair, hike up those high waisted pants, put the baby in the ergo, and let’s start feeding that God given mom-gut!
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E31: HOMEBIRTH and BIRTH CENTER Transfers. 4 Things to Do Help Reduce Your Fear Before Your BIRTH.
Happy New Year and welcome to the Simplify Birth and Motherhood Podcast, where you can receive all the childbirth education and more to help you make an informed decision for your pregnancy, birth, and postpartum. In todays episode, I am talking about homebirth and birth center transfers. I share how you can prepare for one beforehand so that if this were to happen to you at any point in your pregnancy, during your labor & delivery, or in the first few hours of your postpartum you are prepared and help the process be smoother for both you and your baby!
Come learn:
Why homebirth and birth center transfers happen.
The misconceptions of the reasons why they happen.
How often and when they occur.
Why would someone want a homebirth or birth center birth if this is a possible scenario.
4 Ways you can prepare for one.
And so much more!
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Resources:
- Books & Products | My Site (amandamejia1102.wixsite.com)
- Apply to work 1:1 with Amanda here: Services | My Site (amandamejia1102.wixsite.com)
- Having or wanting a natural birth and want to know how? Follow this link Natural Comfort Measures Class | Simplify Birth & Motherhood (teachable.com)
-To join my email list please email: partnerships@simplifybirthandmotherhood.com to receive podcast episode updates, quick tips, and future promotions.
- Are you a birth worker such as a doula, midwife, or OB/GYN and are wanting to provide a well-rounded, full comprehensive, informational Childbirth Education Course to your client? Let me help you do that! For details about this partnership email: partnerships@simplifybirthandmotherhood.com
Connect with Amanda
Instagram: @simplify_birthandmotherhood
Facebook: Simplify Birth & Motherhood: Get Clarity for Birth & Motherhood | Facebook
Email: cbecoaching@simplifybirthandmotherhood.com
Website: https://www.amandamejia1102.wixsite.com/simplifybm
Disclaimer:
*ANY INFORMATION OR REFERENCED EDUCATION SHARED ON THIS PODCAST IS NOT TO BE TAKEN AS MEDICAL ADVICE OR A PERSONAL MEDICAL DIAGNOSES. I AM NOT A MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL. THEREFORE, I DO NOT OFFER ANY MEDICAL ADVICE OR PERFORM ANY MEDICAL PROCEDURES. ALL MATERIAL SHARED IS BASED PUBLIC EVIDENCE AND ON MY OWN PERSONAL OPINION AND RESEARCH AND IS SUBJECTED TO CHANGE TO ANY RECENT RESEARCH AND DATA. IT IS ALSO NOT A ONE SIZE FITS ALL, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS ABOUT ANY INFORMATION THAT IS MENTIONED PLEASE SPEAK WITH YOUR HEALTH CARE PROVIDER FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION. * -
E30: Part 2 - Using Alternatives in Pregnancy, Birth, Postpartum, and for Our Families. Understanding Homeopathy and Birth Transfers
Welcome back to the Simplify Birth & Motherhood Podcast where you can get clarity to empower your informed decision making for your pregnancy, birth, in postpartum, and in motherhood. In this episode, we are talking about part 2 in all things homeopathy and how it is a great alternative for use in pregnancy, during childbirth, postpartum, and with our growing family. I have seasoned mother, homeopathic user, retired midwife, and 10 year Le Leche League leader Jessica Bingaman.
Jessica was often compelled to chart her own course. She chose to birth naturally, nurse longer than the cultural norm, homeschool, and use traditional remedies over Western medicine when possible. Throughout her years she often wished that there was someone to coach her through her alternative choices or just listen while she processed how she would walk through the next stage of her parenting. Jessica turned that desire into a passion to take all that she learned and sometimes struggled to put into practice and use it to support other mamas and their growing families.
Come listen to learn:
What is homeopathy? What does this all include?
For some who hasn’t used it before, how do you use it and how does it work? What are somethings to keep in mind while using it?
What are some common concerns that families have that can cause some hesitation in using homeopathy? Can you use them with other OVC medicine or antibiotics?
How is homeopathy used in pregnancy, birth, postpartum, for infants/young/teen/ children for things like nausea, heartburn, headache, pain, cold and flu, allergies, etc.
Why do we see homeopathic medicine being used more often in birth environments than others? What can we learn from the use of homeopathic medicine and why homebirth/birth center transfers happen?
To connect with Jessica and to receive some tips on remedies and much more, visit her website:
https://bloominggenerations.com/2021/07/13/what-to-expect-when-youre-expecting-natural-remedies-to-work/
Jessica’s online blog page Blooming Generations -
https://bloomonline.blog/
Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/jessica.bingaman/
Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/jbingaman/
Resources:
- Books & Products | My Site (amandamejia1102.wixsite.com)
- Apply to work 1:1 with Amanda here: Services | My Site (amandamejia1102.wixsite.com)
- Having or wanting a natural birth and want to know how? Follow this link Natural Comfort Measures Class | Simplify Birth & Motherhood (teachable.com)
-To join my email list please email: partnerships@simplifybirthandmotherhood.com to receive podcast episode updates, quick tips, and future promotions.
- Are you a birth worker such as a doula, midwife, or OB/GYN and are wanting to provide a well-rounded, full comprehensive, informational Childbirth Education Course to your client? Let me help you do that! For details about this partnership email: partnerships@simplifybirthandmotherhood.com
Connect with Amanda
Instagram: @simplify_birthandmotherhood
Facebook: Simplify Birth & Motherhood: Get Clarity for Birth & Motherhood | Facebook
Email: cbecoaching@simplifybirthandmotherhood.com
Website: https://www.amandamejia1102.wixsite.com/simplifybm
Disclaimer:
*ANY INFORMATION OR REFERENCED EDUCATION SHARED ON THIS PODCAST IS NOT TO BE TAKEN AS MEDICAL ADVICE OR A PERSONAL MEDICAL DIAGNOSES. I AM NOT A MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL. THEREFORE, I DO NOT OFFER ANY MEDICAL ADVICE OR PERFORM ANY MEDICAL PROCEDURES. ALL MATERIAL SHARED IS BASED PUBLIC EVIDENCE AND ON MY OWN PERSONAL OPINION AND RESEARCH AND IS SUBJECTED TO CHANGE TO ANY RECENT RESEARCH AND DATA. IT IS ALSO NOT A ONE SIZE FITS ALL, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS ABOUT ANY INFORMATION THAT IS MENTIONED PLEASE SPEAK WITH YOUR HEALTH CARE PROVIDER FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION. * -
E29: Part 1 - Using Alternatives in Pregnancy, Birth, Postpartum, and for Our Families. Understanding Homeopathy and Birth Transfers
Welcome back to the Simplify Birth & Motherhood Podcast where you can get clarity to empower your informed decision making for your pregnancy, birth, in postpartum, and in motherhood. In this episode, we are talking about part 1 in all things homeopathy and how it is a great alternative for use in pregnancy, during childbirth, postpartum, and with our growing family. I have seasoned mother, homeopathic user, retired midwife, and 10 year Le Leche League leader Jessica Bingaman.
Jessica was often compelled to chart her own course. She chose to birth naturally, nurse longer than the cultural norm, homeschool, and use traditional remedies over Western medicine when possible. Throughout her years she often wished that there was someone to coach her through her alternative choices or just listen while she processed how she would walk through the next stage of her parenting. Jessica turned that desire into a passion to take all that she learned and sometimes struggled to put into practice and use it to support other mamas and their growing families.
Come listen to learn:
What is homeopathy? What does this all include?
For some who hasn’t used it before, how do you use it and how does it work? What are somethings to keep in mind while using it?
What are some common concerns that families have that can cause some hesitation in using homeopathy? Can you use them with other OVC medicine or antibiotics?
How is homeopathy used in pregnancy, birth, postpartum, for infants/young/teen/ children for things like nausea, heartburn, headache, pain, cold and flu, allergies, etc.
Why do we see homeopathic medicine being used more often in birth environments than others? What can we learn from the use of homeopathic medicine and why homebirth/birth center transfers happen?
To connect with Jessica and to receive some tips on remedies and much more, visit her website:
https://bloominggenerations.com/2021/07/13/what-to-expect-when-youre-expecting-natural-remedies-to-work/
Jessica’s online blog page Blooming Generations -
https://bloomonline.blog/
Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/jessica.bingaman/
Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/jbingaman/
Mentioned Book:
Homeopathic Medicine At Home:... by Maesimund B. Panos MD (amazon.com)
Resources:
- Books & Products | My Site (amandamejia1102.wixsite.com)
- Apply to work 1:1 with Amanda here: Services | My Site (amandamejia1102.wixsite.com)
- Having or wanting a natural birth and want to know how? Follow this link Natural Comfort Measures Class | Simplify Birth & Motherhood (teachable.com)
-To join my email list please email: partnerships@simplifybirthandmotherhood.com to receive podcast episode updates, quick tips, and future promotions.
- Are you a birth worker such as a doula, midwife, or OB/GYN and are wanting to provide a well-rounded, full comprehensive, informational Childbirth Education Course to your client? Let me help you do that! For details about this partnership email: partnerships@simplifybirthandmotherhood.com
Connect with Amanda
Instagram: @simplify_birthandmotherhood
Facebook: Simplify Birth & Motherhood: Get Clarity for Birth & Motherhood | Facebook
Email: cbecoaching@simplifybirthandmotherhood.com
Website: https://www.amandamejia1102.wixsite.com/simplifybm
Disclaimer:
*ANY INFORMATION OR REFERENCED EDUCATION SHARED ON THIS PODCAST IS NOT TO BE TAKEN AS MEDICAL ADVICE OR A PERSONAL MEDICAL DIAGNOSES. I AM NOT A MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL. THEREFORE, I DO NOT OFFER ANY MEDICAL ADVICE OR PERFORM ANY MEDICAL PROCEDURES. ALL MATERIAL SHARED IS BASED PUBLIC EVIDENCE AND ON MY OWN PERSONAL OPINION AND RESEARCH AND IS SUBJECTED TO CHANGE TO ANY RECENT RESEARCH AND DATA. IT IS ALSO NOT A ONE SIZE FITS ALL, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS ABOUT ANY INFORMATION THAT IS MENTIONED PLEASE SPEAK WITH YOUR HEALTH CARE PROVIDER FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION. * -
E28: The Fear of Tearing in Childbirth! 4 Tips to Reduce Tearing in Birth, Episiotomy vs. Naturally Tearing
Today’s episode on Simplify Birth & Motherhood Podcast I will talk about one of the main concerns that moms have going into labor and that is the fear of tearing while pushing! Tearing can happen for multiple reasons and the difference between a Perineal tear and an episiotomy can greatly affect your recovery in postpartum with one being more challenging than the other. However, how one happens verses the other can be within our control!
While listening to this episode you will learn:
How fear can affect the progression of your labor.
What an episiotomy is and how to communicate with your provider to prevent one from happening.
The differences between an episiotomy and a perineal tear.
4 tips to help you decrease the chances of tearing while pushing during childbirth.
Do you have questions about your pregnancy, about childbirth, or about postpartum that you wish to get off your chest and would like to receive answers that can bring some clarity and bring more confidence?
Please email cbecoaching@simplifybirthandmotherhood.com for a FREE 1:1 1-hour coaching session and have it featured on the podcast (because chances are someone else is thinking it too 😉). This coaching session will be in a question-and-answer format that are based on your specific needs and desires for your birth. All answered questions will have the education you need to make an informed decisions for your birth! Your questions can range and are not limited to:
How to: Natural hospital birth, homebirth, birth center birth.
Physiological clarity for upcoming birth
Medical inventions
Tools to making informed decisions
Education on the birth process
Postpartum preparation
Birth Partner preparation
Your one or few questions can be anything along these lines! How little or much you share is up to you!
Resources:
- Books & Products | My Site (amandamejia1102.wixsite.com)
- Apply to work 1:1 with Amanda here: Services | My Site (amandamejia1102.wixsite.com)
- Having or wanting a natural birth and want to know how? Follow this link Natural Comfort Measures Class | Simplify Birth & Motherhood (teachable.com)
-To join my email list please email: partnerships@simplifybirthandmotherhood.com to receive podcast episode updates, quick tips, and future promotions.
- Are you a birth worker such as a doula, midwife, or OB/GYN and are wanting to provide a well-rounded, full comprehensive, informational Childbirth Education Course to your client? Let me help you do that! For details about this partnership email: partnerships@simplifybirthandmotherhood.com
Connect with Amanda
Instagram: @simplify_birthandmotherhood
Facebook: Simplify Birth & Motherhood: Get Clarity for Birth & Motherhood | Facebook
Email: cbecoaching@simplifybirthandmotherhood.com
Website: https://www.amandamejia1102.wixsite.com/simplifybm
Disclaimer:
*ANY INFORMATION OR REFERENCED EDUCATION SHARED ON THIS PODCAST IS NOT TO BE TAKEN AS MEDICAL ADVICE OR A PERSONAL MEDICAL DIAGNOSES. I AM NOT A MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL. THEREFORE, I DO NOT OFFER ANY MEDICAL ADVICE OR PERFORM ANY MEDICAL PROCEDURES. ALL MATERIAL SHARED IS BASED PUBLIC EVIDENCE AND ON MY OWN PERSONAL OPINION AND RESEARCH AND IS SUBJECTED TO CHANGE TO ANY RECENT RESEARCH AND DATA. IT IS ALSO NOT A ONE SIZE FITS ALL, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS ABOUT ANY INFORMATION THAT IS MENTIONED PLEASE SPEAK WITH YOUR HEALTH CARE PROVIDER FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION. * -
E27: Is Vaginal Birth After Cesarean (VBAC) still an option with a Classical Incision? PRIVATE Coaching Session with Hannah Tekkle.
Welcome to the Simplify Birth & Motherhood Podcast, where I talk about all thing’s pregnancy, birth, postpartum, and motherhood to help you make an informed decisions for you and your family. In this episode, you will hear me answer a question in a private coaching session with Hannah Tekkle. Hannah is a mother with a previous cesarean and is wondering if she would be a good candidate for Vaginal Birth After Cesarean (VBAC) with an incision that is rare and can pose a higher risk for future pregnancies and births. Come take a listen her questions and my answers that will help her have clarity to make an informed decision for her future pregnancies and births.
Do you have questions about your pregnancy, about childbirth, or about postpartum that you wish to get off your chest and would like to receive answers that can bring some clarity and bring more confidence?
Please email cbecoaching@simplifybirthandmotherhood.com for a FREE 1:1 1-hour coaching session and have it featured on the podcast (because chances are someone else is thinking it too 😉). This coaching session will be in a question-and-answer format that are based on your specific needs and desires for your birth. All answered questions will have the education you need to make an informed decisions for your birth! Your questions can range and are not limited to:
How to: Natural hospital birth, homebirth, birth center birth.
Physiological clarity for upcoming birth
Medical inventions
Tools to making informed decisions
Education on the birth process
Postpartum preparation
Birth Partner preparation
Your one or few questions can be anything along these lines! How little or much you share is up to you!
Resources:
- Books & Products | My Site (amandamejia1102.wixsite.com)
- Apply to work 1:1 with Amanda here: Services | My Site (amandamejia1102.wixsite.com)
- Having or wanting a natural birth and want to know how? Follow this link Natural Comfort Measures Class | Simplify Birth & Motherhood (teachable.com)
-To join my email list please email: partnerships@simplifybirthandmotherhood.com to receive podcast episode updates, quick tips, and future promotions.
- Are you a birth worker such as a doula, midwife, or OB/GYN and are wanting to provide a well-rounded, full comprehensive, informational Childbirth Education Course to your client? Let me help you do that! For details about this partnership email: partnerships@simplifybirthandmotherhood.com
Connect with Amanda
Instagram: @simplify_birthandmotherhood
Facebook: Simplify Birth & Motherhood: Get Clarity for Birth & Motherhood | Facebook
Email: cbecoaching@simplifybirthandmotherhood.com
Website: https://www.amandamejia1102.wixsite.com/simplifybm
Disclaimer:
*ANY INFORMATION OR REFERENCED EDUCATION SHARED ON THIS PODCAST IS NOT TO BE TAKEN AS MEDICAL ADVICE OR A PERSONAL MEDICAL DIAGNOSES. I AM NOT A MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL. THEREFORE, I DO NOT OFFER ANY MEDICAL ADVICE OR PERFORM ANY MEDICAL PROCEDURES. ALL MATERIAL SHARED IS BASED PUBLIC EVIDENCE AND ON MY OWN PERSONAL OPINION AND RESEARCH AND IS SUBJECTED TO CHANGE TO ANY RECENT RESEARCH AND DATA. IT IS ALSO NOT A ONE SIZE FITS ALL, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS ABOUT ANY INFORMATION THAT IS MENTIONED PLEASE SPEAK WITH YOUR HEALTH CARE PROVIDER FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION. * -
E26: Third Trimester WOES, 5 Common Complaints and How to Manage Your Last Stretch of PREGNANCY!
Welcome back to the Simplify Birth & Motherhood podcast, where you can receive education to empower your pregnancy, childbirth, postpartum, and your journey through motherhood to make an informed decision that best fits you and your family. Today, I will be sharing easily one of the most, if not the first but definitely the second, hardest parts of pregnancy and that is the third trimester. Each stage of our pregnancies come with both the joys and the pains, and the third trimester brings us both those things! But sometimes in our final stretch what we are really searching for is some relief from the pains so we can enjoy the last bit of our pregnancy.
Come listen to learn:
What is going on?!? Why is my body doing this to me! What your body and baby are doing in this stage of your pregnancy.
5 Common complaints and simple things you can do get some relief.
Things that are not normal in our third trimester.
Do you have questions about your pregnancy, about childbirth, or about postpartum that you wish to get off your chest and would like to receive answers that can bring some clarity and bring more confidence?
Please email cbecoaching@simplifybirthandmotherhood.com for a FREE 1:1 1-hour coaching session and have it featured on the podcast (because chances are someone else is thinking it too 😉). This coaching session will be in a question-and-answer format that are based on your specific needs and desires for your birth. All answered questions will have the education you need to make an informed decisions for your birth! Your questions can range and are not limited to:
How to: Natural hospital birth, homebirth, birth center birth.
Physiological clarity for upcoming birth
Medical inventions
Tools to making informed decisions
Education on the birth process
Postpartum preparation
Birth Partner preparation
Your one or few questions can be anything along these lines! How little or much you share is up to you!
Resources:
- Books & Products | My Site (amandamejia1102.wixsite.com)
- Apply to work 1:1 with Amanda here: Services | My Site (amandamejia1102.wixsite.com)
- Having or wanting a natural birth and want to know how? Follow this link Natural Comfort Measures Class | Simplify Birth & Motherhood (teachable.com)
-To join my email list please email: partnerships@simplifybirthandmotherhood.com to receive podcast episode updates, quick tips, and future promotions.
- Are you a birth worker such as a doula, midwife, or OB/GYN and are wanting to provide a well-rounded, full comprehensive, informational Childbirth Education Course to your client? Let me help you do that! For details about this partnership email: partnerships@simplifybirthandmotherhood.com
Connect with Amanda
Instagram: @simplify_birthandmotherhood
Facebook: Simplify Birth & Motherhood: Get Clarity for Birth & Motherhood | Facebook
Email: cbecoaching@simplifybirthandmotherhood.com
Website: https://www.amandamejia1102.wixsite.com/simplifybm
Disclaimer:
*ANY INFORMATION OR REFERENCED EDUCATION SHARED ON THIS PODCAST IS NOT TO BE TAKEN AS MEDICAL ADVICE OR A PERSONAL MEDICAL DIAGNOSES. I AM NOT A MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL. THEREFORE, I DO NOT OFFER ANY MEDICAL ADVICE OR PERFORM ANY MEDICAL PROCEDURES. ALL MATERIAL SHARED IS BASED PUBLIC EVIDENCE AND ON MY OWN PERSONAL OPINION AND RESEARCH AND IS SUBJECTED TO CHANGE TO ANY RECENT RESEARCH AND DATA. IT IS ALSO NOT A ONE SIZE FITS ALL, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS ABOUT ANY INFORMATION THAT IS MENTIONED PLEASE SPEAK WITH YOUR HEALTH CARE PROVIDER FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION. *
Customer Reviews
Great podcast for pregnancy, childbirth, postpartum, and motherhood!!
This is a great podcast for any mama who is looking to make decisions about what type of birth they want, when they pregnant, and are going through motherhood with little ones. Amanda is very knowledgeable and her experiences have allowed her to know how to help other mamas! She is the real deal when it comes to childbirth education. You’ll definitely know how to make informed decisions after listening to this podcast!
Must Follow
I just found Amanda’s podcast a few weeks ago and have already shared several episodes with friends. She’s positive and practical at the same time. A must follow!
Loving it!!!
First off, Amanda ROCKS. Secondly, this is a must listen if you’re expecting!! Always encouraging and informative!