Common Sense Pregnancy & Parenting

Jeanne interviews author and fertility coach, Sarah Clark about how couples can increase their chances for a healthy pregnancy with nutrition and lifestyle changes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeanne talks with prenatal yoga specialist and meditation teacher, Constance Hartwell, about how yoga builds community and creates healing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeanne interviews Kali Pearson, of AimtoThriveNutrition.com about the impact nutrition has on healing, why Gestational Diabetes rates are on the rise and how to eat if you have GD. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeanne talks about what’s happening in the US at the border and in DC on 4th of July, shares a NY Times article about women shackled during labor and shares a rebroadcast with Chris Beard, CNM on preterm labor and family planning. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeanne talks with Emily Benet - author of her new book The Pregnancy Diaries - about being pregnant without fear. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeanne talks with comedian Laura Lexx about her nextupcomedy.com special, “Trying,”  about a year spent trying to get through therapy, trying the patience of everyone and trying unsuccessfully for a baby. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeanne shares a good long conversation with her husband about the advice he has for young dads. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeanne interviews sister-entrepreneurs, Jennifer Moss and Mallory Moss Katz about baby names, trends, histories, their podcast and what Game of Throne names we’ll be seeing in preschools everywhere.  Also, Common Sense Pregnancy, Parenting & Politics now has a Patreon page.  Your support matters.  Here’s the link to find out more.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeanne talks with Chris and Holly Santillo, author of the book Raising Resilient Kids about fostering good judgment and self-awareness in children. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeanne gets a follow up letter from Kori, who emailed about placenta previa in episode 144.  This week, she invites Kori on the podcast to tell us how everything turned out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeanne talks about stuff in the news and with bestselling author, Emily Oster about her new book, Cribsheet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeanne talks with Chris Beard, CNM, about the role that charting, documentation and the electronic medical record play in the healthcare dynamic and why women should be writing their own stories and records. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeanne has some new stuff happening over at Common Sense/JeanneFaulkner.com and that’s what we’re talking about this week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeanne interviews Ana Joanes about her film, Wrestling Ghosts, which explores the impact of childhood trauma on one woman’s ability to mother and the resources she used to recover. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeanne rebroadcasts her conversation with midwife and Commonsense Childbirth founder, Jennie Joseph, CPM, about the healthcare disparities that increase poor birth outcomes for women of color and the simple solutions midwives provide to make sure all mothers and babies thrive. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeanne talks about the pros and cons of genetic testing and assigns listener homework to learn more about making your own healthcare decisions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeanne talks with Natalya Shelburne about her New York Times article on what happens when childcare is and isn’t provided at conferences. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeanne talks with Dr. Robert Hamilton, pediatrician, creator of the life-changing “Hamilton hold” and author of 7 Secrets of the Newborn (St. Martin’s Press, 2018). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeanne talks with Chris Beard, CNM in a repeat episode about how midwives are creating better healthcare experiences and outcomes for women who give birth in hospitals. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeanne talks about the home versus hospital debate and interviews Certified Professional Midwife, Maria Chowdhury, CPM about home birth and Birthsong Botanicals.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices