Tea with Jodi S2-E4 - Conversation: CEO of Gold Coast Doulas Agency
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2025-TWJ-S2-E4 - Conversation with CEO of Gold Coast Doulas Agency Outline Kristin Revere's Background and Introduction Jodi Graves introduces Kristin Revere, CEO of Gold Coast Doulas, highlighting her education, credentials, and achievements. Kristin's background includes a Bachelor of Science in Journalism from Central Michigan University and a Master of Management and Marketing from Aquinas College. She is the host of the "Ask the Doula" podcast and has been featured in various publications. Kristin was recognized as one of the 50 most influential women in West Michigan by the Grand Rapids...
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Tea with Jodi S2-E3 - Birth Story: Shelby Harshbarger
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2025-TWJ-S002-E003 - Birth Story: Shelby Harshbarger Outline Birth story with Shelby Harshbarger, including early labor symptoms and hospital birth. Shelby Harshbarger shares her birth story, highlighting the challenges she faced in a hospital setting. Pregnant woman experienced smooth pregnancy with early labor symptoms. Labor and delivery experience with a focus on birth plan requests. Speaker 1 experienced front labor pain, which was foreign to them, and was relieved to know it was how it should be. Speaker 1 had a breech baby that flipped and was not a major concern, but was monitored...
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Tea with Jodi S2-E2 - Badass Breastfeeding
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Episode Highlights Breastfeeding challenges, including poor information and hospital policies. Abby and Diane are co-hosts of the "Badass Breastfeeding" podcast, sharing their experiences and advice on breastfeeding and parenting. Abby struggled with breastfeeding after having her 12-year-old son, leading her to become a blogger and social media influencer, while Diane is a lactation consultant with 18 years of experience. Speaker 2: Hospitals have financial relationships with formula companies, leading to conflicting advice. Speaker 3: New parents are getting poor information, leading to...
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Tea with Jodi S2-E1 - Doula Roundtable, Part 3 0f 3
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The conversation centered around the professionalization and integration of doulas in the medical system. Speakers emphasized the importance of doulas in improving birth experiences, lowering cesarean rates, and creating positive trends in the birth industry. They also discussed the economic factors driving the increase in cesarean sections and the need for a comprehensive approach to evidence-based birth practices that balances medical expertise with empowered motherhood. Speakers highlighted the importance of prioritizing birthing persons' autonomy and informed decision-making, and raised...
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Tea with Jodi S2-E1 - Doula Roundtable, Part 2 0f 3
Tea with Jodi
The conversation centered around the professionalization and integration of doulas in the medical system. Speakers emphasized the importance of doulas in improving birth experiences, lowering cesarean rates, and creating positive trends in the birth industry. They also discussed the economic factors driving the increase in cesarean sections and the need for a comprehensive approach to evidence-based birth practices that balances medical expertise with empowered motherhood. Speakers highlighted the importance of prioritizing birthing persons' autonomy and informed decision-making, and raised...
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Tea with Jodi S2-E1 - Doula Roundtable, Part 1 0f 3
Tea with Jodi
The conversation centered around the professionalization and integration of doulas in the medical system. Speakers emphasized the importance of doulas in improving birth experiences, lowering cesarean rates, and creating positive trends in the birth industry. They also discussed the economic factors driving the increase in cesarean sections and the need for a comprehensive approach to evidence-based birth practices that balances medical expertise with empowered motherhood. Speakers highlighted the importance of prioritizing birthing persons' autonomy and informed decision-making, and raised...
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Tea with Jodi S1-E7 - The State of our Health Care System with Mich Rep Laurie Pohutsky
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Introducing Laurie Pohutsky. 0:08 Introducing Laurie Pohutsky, 17th district Michigan House of Representatives. Maternal and infant health. What can the government do to better support parents? 2:54 Doula and birth center expansion in Michigan. The most important issue facing new families. The availability of resources in Michigan. The double standard for private and public insurance. The lack of postpartum support for new parents. 7:32 Lack of postpartum support for families. The six-week gap in health care. How do you see the relationship between maternal health and...
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Tea with Jodi S1-E6 - The Decline of Midwifery Care with Ruth Zielinski
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· Introducing Ruth Solinsky, a certified nurse midwife and University of Michigan nursing professor. 0:08 o Welcome to Ruthsolinsky, a certified nurse midwife and university of Michigan nursing professor. o About Ruth. · What are the differences between midwifery and obstetric care? 2:18 o The differences between midwifery and obstetric care. o Maternity care in the US. o Everyone should receive midwifery care, including high-risk...
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Tea with Jodi S1-E5 - The Vital Role of the Doula with guest Jodi Congdon
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Jodi Congdon show notes Why Jodi transitioned into an agency model and what she does now. Trends that Jodi is noticing in the birth and postpartum industry. The importance of pre-partum education. The importance of postpartum doulas and postpartum depression. The need for postpartum doulas everywhere. Doulas need to bridge the gaps in the healthcare system. The importance of postpartum support for every family. Link: Jodi is the founder of ‘’ which is a full-service concierge agency that provides comprehensive care for women before, during, and after pregnancy. They work...
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Tea with Jodi S1-E4 - Postpartum Mood Disorders with Kelly Rutan
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Kelly Rutan show notes Numbers of people reporting postpartum mood disorders like depression & anxiety are low 5-20% of birthing people report having mental health issues postpartum but those #’s are low, based on what were seeing in the field as birth workers Many things being diagnosed as postpartum depression may, in fact, be something else like anxiety, OCD, rage, PTSD and psychosis. Are we lumping things together? Stigma still attached with admitting that we are having mental health issues-especially something as intrusive as OCD and PTSD or rage. We’re not where we need to be yet in...
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- 380,000 born early each year. 30,000 this month alone. 15million worldwide. 10-15% of live births result in a NICU admission
- Babies born earlier than 32 weeks have to stay in the dark to mimic life in utero in the NICU
- What can doulas do to help families who have had a pre-term baby? -sitting in the middle of things, let families talk and cry and whatever else they need to do in those moments. Provide non-judgemental support. Others get compassion fatigue, doulas don’t do that.
- People don’t show up to support families who don’t bring a baby home from the NICU after delivery.
- Needs to be more education on this topic for the general public so that people understand what help is needed.
- Covid times have changed how doulas can care for families. Make calls/zoom/facetime with people in the NICU sitting with their babies
- Different states get different grades for higher levels of prematurely born infants per the March of Dimes website
- What can we do better? Prenatal care, non-biased evidence-based doula care, emotional support. Overall health & being mindful of social determinants of health.
- Stay tuned for my Between The Lines segment
Jill Mclean is a birth & postpartum doula and a doula trainer with ProDoula. She resides in Oregon with her family and is a busy doula & educator changing birth and early parenting in her community. Jill has personal experience with a premature birth and extended NICU stay.
https://www.marchofdimes.org/report-card
https://www.doulalearningchannel.com/online-courses/ to learn how to support families in the NICU
Transcripts: Tea with Jodi S1-E3 - NICU Stays with Jill McLean