In our season two finale episode, Kelli and Carah talk about evidence-based practices for maintaining your mental health while navigating postpartum. Topics discussed include sleep, mindfulness, and how to tackle division of labor and societal gender norms that could be influencing inequality within the household. Additional Resources:

Paid Parental Leave in the United States - Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

NPR article on daycare in USA

The Lanham Act

Fair Play

Benefits of Meditation

Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)

"Breathing Buddies"

A few of Carah and Kelli's favorite (free) mindfulness exercises:

Guided Self-Compassion Meditations

Greater Good in Action: Simple steps to boost your well being

Insight Timer

Join Carah and Kelli as they talk about how labor and delivery has evolved over the last century and how factors like capitalism, racism, colonization, and (you guessed it) the patriarchy have led us to our less-than-ideal modern day birthing outcomes and practices. We’ll also be talking with Cassie Schemper, the founder and owner of Birthing in Power, to explore how birthing people can set themselves up for an empowering labor and delivery within the current birthing ecosystem.

Additional Resources

Ina May’s Guide To Childbirth by Ina May Gaskin

The Business of Being Born

WHO: C-section rates continue to rise

Five Types of Midwives

Books:

The Birth Partner by Penny Simkin

Instagram:

@birthinginpower

https://linktr.ee/birthinginpower

Abortion is healthcare. Abortion is a human right. Join Kelli and Carah as they unpack the public health implications of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.

Abortion Guides:

• States Likely to Ban Abortion
• Abortion Finder by State

Voting and Political Resources

Find out who is representing you and who’s on the upcoming ballot: https://myreps.datamade.us/

Compare government officials side by side: https://justfacts.votesmart.org/ Donate to: National Birth Equity Collaborative, National Latina Institute for Reproductive Justice, Black Mamas Matters Alliance, In Our Own Voice: National Black Women’s Reproductive Justice Agenda, and Surge Reproductive Justice

Implications of Banning Abortion: Scholarly Articles

Turnaway Study

“Why banning abortion is a public health issue” - University of Washington

Health Implications of Restricting Abortion Access- Harvard University