Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Episode 86: Thriving Neighborhoods
Join the Conversation on Tuesday May 21st at 6pm as Ryan and Carmela celebrate thriving neighborhoods. What happens when a neighborhood trusts its children to lead community change? One neighborhood in Sarasota is asking this question and thriving as a result. We welcome Tim Dutton and Allison Pinto to discuss Sarasota Community Studio - a creative space where neighbors come together around the talents of neighborkids. Have questions for our experts? Email us or post to our facebook wall.
Tune into WSLR 96.5 LPFM or online at www.wslr.org tonight, Tuesday, May 21st at 6:00pm ET. The program will also available later in the evening via podcast at maternallyyoursradio.com.
For more information, please contact the hostesses of Maternally Yours at MaternallyYoursRadio@gmail.com, or on our facebook page at facebook.com/maternallyyours.
Maternally Yours,
Cheryl, Carmela, Ryan and Laura
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Episode (Epilogue) 85: Your Pelvic Floor Muscle
Tonight’s show focused on pelvic floor health- a particularly
important subject for those who have given birth. Our first guest tonight was
Tonya Saah. Tonya, a local homeschooling mother of two, shared her story of dealing
with cystocele (herniated bladder) and uterine prolapse with us. She shared
with us how her midwife and her knowledge of her body helped her to deal with
her fear and pain, and shared her story of healing with us. She first shared
her frustrations in trying to get medical care, and how she dealt with these difficulties of seeking
help, and then her decision to avoid surgical care in favor of an internal vaginal support device (or pessary)
and pelvic floor exercises. Finally, Tonya discussed the difficulties of
dealing with her new body, and accepting the changes in what she is able to do.
Our next
guests were Dr. Lennox Hoyte and Jessica McKinney. Dr. Hoyte is a fellowship
trained specialist in Urogynecology and Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive
Surgery. He has specialized in treating women with prolapse, bladder and bowel
incontinence, overactive bladder, childbirth related pelvic floor injury, and
complications related to vaginal mesh surgeries. Jessica McKinney is the
co-found and director of The Center for Women’s Health at Marathon Physical
Therapy & Sports Medicine, as well as the Executive Director of Women’s
Action Initiative, which is adopting the Share Mayflowers as its flagship
project. Dr. Hoyte began with a basic
discussion of anatomy- providing us with a brief 101 on the pelvic floor and its
purpose. He also presented some complications that individuals can face because
of issues with the pelvic floor, such as incontinence, pain, and urinary
frequency.
Next, Jessica
and Dr. Hoyte discussed some steps that women can take to protect their pelvic
floor, including properly performed exercises and maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Jessica gave
us some tips for performing a healthy pelvic floor exercises, including doing a
wider variety of exercises than just Kegels, especially exercises focused on
relaxing the pelvic floor muscle. She also suggested some concrete advice for
going about pelvic floor exercises. Jessica also discussed the transverse abdominis,
which is the pelvic floor and respiratory diaphragm, which Jessica states are hardwired to work together-
a phenomenon which can be utilized to strengthen our pelvic floor, and the
importance of developing a greater understanding of these muscle groups.
Share Mayflowers
will be addressing “very serious pelvic health topics affected women and girls
at every life stage” throught the month of May. Visit their website in the link
for more info!
Hab It Pelvic Floor Exercises
Website for Dr. Lennox Hoyte
Hab It Pelvic Floor Exercises
Website for Dr. Lennox Hoyte
TONIGHT’S RIGHT: Every woman has the right to unrestricted access
to all available records about her pregnancy, labor, birth, postpartum care and
infant; to obtain a full copy of these records; and to receive help in
understanding them, if necessary. To learn more about your rights, please visit
ChildbirthConnection.org.
BIRTH IN THE NEWS:
Episode 85: Your Pelvic Floor
Join The Conversation tonight, May 14th at 6pm, as Laura and Cheryl discuss pelvic floor health and common issues to look out for. They will be joined by local mother Tonya Saah, who will share her story of prolapse and the care regimen she is following, as well as Dr. Lennox Hoyte, fellowship trained specialist in Urogynecology and Female Pelvic Medicine. We will also hear from the folks at Share MayFlowers, a public health and awareness campaign focused primarily on the under-discussed topics of female pelvic and perinatal health.
Tune into WSLR 96.5 LPFM or online at www.wslr.org tonight, Tuesday, May 14th at 6:00pm ET. The program will also available later in the evening via podcast at maternallyyoursradio.com.
For more information, please contact the hostesses of Maternally Yours at MaternallyYoursRadio@gmail.com, or on our facebook page at facebook.com/maternallyyours.
Maternally Yours,
Cheryl, Carmela, Ryan and Laura
Labels:
bladder,
childbirth,
cystocele,
health,
incontinence,
pelvic floor,
prolapse,
uterus
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Episode 84: Mothers' Day Music and Mantras
Join the Conversation tonight, May 7th at 6pm, as Carmela and our resident doula Rob Demperio celebrate Mothers' Day with music and mantras devoted to moms everywhere. Have questions for or hosts? Email us or post to our facebook wall.
Tune into WSLR 96.5 LPFM or online at www.wslr.org tonight, Tuesday, May 7th at 6:00pm ET. The program will also available later in the evening via podcast at maternallyyoursradio.com.
For more information, please contact the hostesses of Maternally Yours at MaternallyYoursRadio@gmail.com, or on our facebook page at facebook.com/maternallyyours.
Maternally Yours,
Cheryl, Carmela, Ryan and Laura
Labels:
mantras,
moms,
mother music,
mother's day,
motherhood,
mothers
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Episode 83 (Epilogue): Vaginal Birth After Cesarean Part II
We
started the show tonight by talking to our intern, Lauren Brenzel, about her
thesis research, which focused on control and empowerment in both the hospital
and out-of-hospital birth setting. She shared a bit of her findings with us on
air.
On tonight’s show, Laura and
Carmela revisited the subject of vaginal births after Cesarean sections (or
VBAC). Tonight, we delved a bit deeper into the experience of women who seek
VBAC care. Our first guest tonight was Lisl Liang. Lisl is the the cofounder,
President and Editor in Chief of SRQ Magazine, and the mother of two
children--Griffin, her almost three year old son and Piper who celebrated her two
month birthday last Friday. She is also the Chair Elect of the Sarasota Chamber
of Commerce and recent keynote speaker for the Women's Leadership Council of
the Boys and Girls Clubs of Sarasota County. Lisl shared both of her birth
stories with us, and the learning and growing she did after her C-section with
her first child, Griffin. In particular,
Lisl shared with us the lessons she learned in following her intuition and
letting go of the idea of a perfectly planned birth, stating that “preconceived
notions of what we want… can override instinct.” Lisl also highlighted the
importance of self-advocacy, and learning to communicate needs with care
providers.
Our next guest was Sharon Lytle.
Sharon was introduced to midwifery in 1991 while working in a small community
in Illinois. She followed in the footsteps of other local nurse by attending
the University of Illinois at Chicago's midwifery program, earning a Master of
Science in Maternal/Child Nursing with a Midwifery focus in 1999. Since that
time, she has served women in both private practice as well as public health
settings. A resident of Sarasota for two years, Sharon is happy to have
recently joined Dr Sullivan, Dr Cohen, and nurse practitioners Marge Thiron,
and Beth Hinkleman at Associates
in Gynecology and Obstetrics. While interviewing with Dr's Sullivan and
Cohen, one of the first questions on Sharon's agenda was "Do you offer
VBAC?" Sharon discussed with us how individuals within her practice come
to be informed about their options concerning VBAC, and also discussed issues
of informed consent and active dialogue with patients on the subject of VBAC. Sharon
encouraged individuals seeking VBAC care to ask lots of questions. Sharon also
discussed some potential steps that could be taken in a general sense to
increase VBAC numbers.
Our final guest tonight was Roanna
Rosewood. Roanna is an award-winning international speaker, successful
restaurateur, accomplished real estate investor, co-founder of BirthPlan Radio , executive action
chair for Human Rights in
Childbirth , and author of the new memoir, Cut Stapled and Mended: When one
Woman Reclaimed Her Body and Gave Birth on Her Own Terms After Cesarean. She
shared her motivations for writing her memoir.
TONIGHT’S RIGHT: Every woman has the right to be informed if
her caregivers wish to enroll her or her infant in a research study. She should
receive full information about all known and possible benefits and risks of
participation; and she has the right to decide whether to participate, free
from coercion and without negative consequences. To learn more about your
rights, please visit ChildbirthConnection.org.
Birth in the News:
Episode 83: VBAC Revisited
Join
the Conversation tonight, Tuesday April 30th as Laura and Cheryl
revisit the subject of Vaginal Birth After Cesarean (VBAC) and the
patient-provider relationship. We will be joined by the Editor and CEO
of SRQ Magazine,
Lisl Liang, who will share her VBAC story, as well as CNM Sharon Lytle
who has just joined our maternity care community. We will also hear from
Roanna Rosewood, author of the hot-off-the-presses new VBA2C memoir "Cut, Stapled, & Mended: When One Woman Reclaimed Her Body and Gave Birth on Her Own Terms After Cesarean." Have questions for our experts? Email us or post to our facebook wall.
Tune into WSLR 96.5 LPFM or online at www.wslr.org tonight, Tuesday, April 30th at 6:00pm ET. The program will also available later in the evening via podcast at maternallyyoursradio.com.
For more information, please contact the hostesses of Maternally Yours at MaternallyYoursRadio@gmail.com, or on our facebook page at facebook.com/maternallyyours.
Maternally Yours,
Tune into WSLR 96.5 LPFM or online at www.wslr.org tonight, Tuesday, April 30th at 6:00pm ET. The program will also available later in the evening via podcast at maternallyyoursradio.com.
For more information, please contact the hostesses of Maternally Yours at MaternallyYoursRadio@gmail.com, or on our facebook page at facebook.com/maternallyyours.
Maternally Yours,
Cheryl, Carmela, Ryan and Laura
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Episode 82 (Epilogue): Tandem Nursing
Tandem Nursing refers to a mom who
nurses multiple babies or children at the same time. Sometimes these children
are the same age, such as twins, but sometimes these individuals are different
ages, such as siblings. Cheryl, and tandem nurser herself, and Carmela
discussed tandem nursing, with a focus on nursing siblings of different ages.
They started by noting that each tandem nursing mother is different, just as
their individual nursing relationship with each child is different
Our guest tonight was Jeanie DeLa. Jeanie
is a parenting enthusiast, Certified Lactation Counselor, Certified Childbirth
Educator, Car Seat Safety Technician, Infant Mental Health Specialist, and
Licensed Mental Health Counselor. But her greatest achievement is being mother
to Justin age 11 and fraternal twins Jason and Jamie age 8. Jeanie tandem
nursed her twins, and walked us through some of the struggles she had when she
first started nursing, and how she came through this difficult time to a
successful tandem nursing experience. Jeanie and Cheryl discussed concerns that
individuals may have about milk supply, and assured listeners that bodies can
make enough milk to nurse multiple children.
The also stressed the importance of reaching out for help if individuals
are struggling with nursing. Jeanie also
dispelled the myth that women cannot nurse when they’re pregnant, and noted
that for the vast majority of individuals, nursing during pregnancy is safe. We also discussed shifts in breast milk during
pregnancy and after birth, and what this means for tandem nursing.
Cheryl then moved to a discussion
of some of the potential frustrations that can be associated with tandem
nursing, in particular a need for space that mothers may feel when nursing both
a baby and a toddler. Jeanie suggested some steps to take in order to develop
new nursing patterns with the older child to best meet the needs of everyone
involved. Cheryl and Jeanie also
discussed “momma guilt” in nursing relationship, and how mothers can best
manage by paying particular attention to the specific needs of each child,
instead of just general ideas of what being the “best” mother is.
Next, Carmela and Jeanie discussed
potential for germ and illness sharing in tandem nursing household, focusing on
the fact that breast milk is a good boost for the immune system. Finally,
Jeanie discussed how individuals with chronic low supply can best attempt
tandem nursing, focusing in particular on releasing guilt associated with
supplementation and cherishing beautiful breastfeeding moments that do happen
as more than just filling bellies. We closed our show tonight with some
listener statements on tandem nursing.
Breast Beginnings: Every Friday at 11:30 at the First
Presbyterian Church (2050 Oak St, Sarasota)
Phone Number: 941-266-415
TONIGHT’S RIGHT; Tonight we want to share with you that Every woman has the right to accept or refuse procedures, drugs, tests and treatments, and to have her choices honored. She has the right to change her mind.* (Please note that this established legal right has been challenged in a number of recent cases. To learn more about your rights, please visit ChildbirthConnection.org.
TONIGHT’S RIGHT; Tonight we want to share with you that Every woman has the right to accept or refuse procedures, drugs, tests and treatments, and to have her choices honored. She has the right to change her mind.* (Please note that this established legal right has been challenged in a number of recent cases. To learn more about your rights, please visit ChildbirthConnection.org.
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