Mom Friends
Two long-time friends; Laura, a pregnancy and postpartum doula and mom of two, and Remi, a first-time mom-to-be, get together to discuss the journey from preconception, through pregnancy, postpartum and beyond. Raw conversations with educative content as well as relatable struggles and challenges on how this life-changing event impacts all areas of live!
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 40 minutes
- Episodes
- 73
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2025
Ep. 53: Remi's First Month Postpartum Experience. Physical, emotional and logistics.
In this episode we recap how Remi has been doing this first month postpartum.
Physically: how did she heal from her 1st degree tear and swelling, favorite postpartum products, how did she feel overall…
Ep. 52: Remi's Birth Q&A! Any regrets? Top pain management tool? Top tip for partners to prepare?
In this episode Remi answers all of your questions to get even more details about her wild birth:
- How would you describe the pain? How painful do you rate it? Was it what you expected?
- Looking back is…
Ep. 51: Remi's birth story Part II: 35h Hospital active labor, 15h Pushing, Immediate Postpartum, Challenges & Lessons
In this episode we continue navigating through Remi's incredible, intense, beautiful (and exhausting, ha) birth story.
From where we left off last episode. We cover from checking into the hospital to…
Ep. 50: Remi's birth story Part I. Natural and spontaneous induction & Early labor
In this episode we tell you all of the natural induction methods Remi tried before going into labor completely spontaneously and naturally at 40w2d, and we also provide you all of the rest of the nat…
Ep. 49: Remi's breastfeeding goals and prep, Laura's experiences, & breastfeeding products!
In a previous episode (44) we brought in a lactation consultant to talk about newborn breastfeeding education and preparation! But in this episode, we dive deeper into our PERSONAL breastfeeding jour…
Ep. 48: Remi's final birth plan! labor goals, after birth goals and plan Bs!
In this episode we go through all of the final birth options and goals as Remi is approaching the big day.
We talk about why she chose each option for every stage of labor, what her plan Bs are, her …
Ep. 47: Third trimester pregnancy symptoms, Remedies, & Red flags!
In this episode we give you a little update on Laura's anatomy scan experience as well as Remi's third trimester aches and pains, and we dive deep into third trimester symptoms, including Braxton hic…
Ep. 46: Q&A! Weirdest pregnancy symptoms? Is Remi planning to breastfeed? Biggest birth anxiety? What does epidural do to the baby? & More!
Another Q&A episode to catch up on both pregnancy journeys as well as to answer all of your personal questions no matter the topics: doula questions, ttc, pregnancy, birth, life, a little bit of ever…
Ep. 45: Big pregnancy journey updates! Remi's week 31-36 and Laura's week 15-20. Pains, new symptoms, challenges & more
In this episode we go through personal journey updates from the last month.
Remi's mid third trimester and Laura's mid second trimester: new symptoms, new aches and pains, new feelings, doctor appoint…
Ep. 44: Newborn Breastfeeding: Colostrum, Frequency, Signs of Hunger, Boosting supply, Mistakes, Challenges & More. With lactation consultant Gina Motsay
Ep. 43: Postpartum Mom Care Prep Tips. Feel at your best physically & emotionally to take care of your newborn
Laura goes through all of the postpartum mom care essentials we need to recover physically, as well as all of the activities and habits we can consider for the postpartum stage to take care of our bo…
Ep. 42: Postpartum Planning. Outsourcing, Delegating, Setting boundaries, And our personal take
In this episode we go through all of the things you can do to PLAN for postpartum ahead. Because although we know there needs to be flexibility, planning, outsourcing and creating is key for everythi…
Ep. 41: Newborn options: Vaccines, Eye ointment, Vitamin K, Schedules, Immune System boosting, Red flags & more with Pediatritian Dr. Joel Warsh
In this episode Dr. Joel Warsh, board-certified pediatrician and father, joins us to chat all about the newborn stage and options that we moms have to get more informed, educated, and have better res…
Ep. 40: Laura's two empowering unmedicated birth stories & Lessons learned
In this episode we dive deep into Laura's two empowering birth stories.
Why she decided on having out-of-hospital, unmedicated, birth center births, the exact details on how they each began and how t…
Ep. 39: Laura's gender reveal! How she "knew", Asking baby for signs, NIPT testing & More
Ep. 38: Remi says goodbye to the 2nd Trimester! Glucose test, Early 3rd Trimester tips, Weight gain & More
Ep. 37: Laura’s Pregnancy Q&A. Due date, Gender guesses, Socially projected fears of having another baby & More
In this episode we find out more on Laura’s first trimester, all of the socially projected fears set in her subconscious that she had to work through and break along exactly how, and future plans. In…
Ep. 36: Surprise, Laura's pregnant! Deciding on having a third baby, Third pregnancy lessons, First trimester symptoms & more
In this episode we finally open up about the secret we have been keeping for a while: Laura is also pregnant!
Laura tells us about the thought process behind deciding on having baby number three (some…
Ep. 35: How your birth partner can support you in all stages of labor
In this episode we go through all of the different possibilities of how a partner (your husband, boyfriend, girlfriend, mom or sister) can help you through all different stages of labor: from early l…
Ep. 34: Birth Plan Part 2. Labor pain relief, Nutrition, Pushing positions, Immediate postpartum options
In this episode we continue going through the birth plan options including pain relief techniques, labor nutrition, labor and pushing positions and all of the immediate postpartum options that we hav…