Season Finale Part 2
Sessions With Symba
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO READ ALONG WITH THE EPISODE CLICK THIS LINK: . . . Part 2 Episode 15 - Find more of Shalimar at shalfierce on Instagram . . Birth journal - If you are a Black birthing person that kept a birth journal and would like to share any parts of it with the podcast for Season 2, email me at [email protected] . . Episode 16 - Find more of Aye at @the_do_you_doula on Instagram . . Weill Cornell Medicine in New York wrote a letter to expectant parents to discourage the use of birth plans. . . Conway Medical Center here in Conway, South Carolina has added a new...
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Season Finale Part 1
Sessions With Symba
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO READ ALONG WITH THE EPISODE CLICK THIS LINK: . . . A Little Juju Podcast by Juju Bae; IG @itsjujubae; . . Episode 11 - You can find more of Khye on Instagram @kulunturjc; Facebook facebook.com/kulunturjc; website and digital resources at ; Intro to Reproductive Justice course; Queer and Trans Trying to Conceive quartlery discussion group . . Grandmother Midwives or “Granny Midwives” The granny midwives were well respected Black women from the South who provided care to poor and rural women during pregnancy and labor at a time when hospitals were not accessible...
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Episode 16: Ayé J
Sessions With Symba
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO READ ALONG WITH THE SHOW, YOU CAN ACCESS THIS EPISODES TRANSCRIPTION BY CLICKING THIS LINK: . . . Combahee River Collective was a Black feminist lesbian socialist organization active in Boston from 1974 to 1980. The Collective argued that both the white feminist movement and the Civil Rights Movement were not addressing their particular needs as women and, more specifically, as Black lesbians founded by Barbara Smith. . . Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw is an American Civil Rights advocate and a leading scholar of critical race theory. She is a professor at the UCLA School of...
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Episode 15: Shalimar
Sessions With Symba
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO READ ALONG WITH THE SHOW, YOU CAN ACCESS THIS EPISODES TRANSCRIPTION BY CLICKING THIS LINK: . . . Hurricane Katrina was a large and destructive Category 5 Atlantic hurricane that caused over 1,800 fatalities and $125 billion in damage in late August 2005, especially in the city of New Orleans and the surrounding areas. August 23, 2005-August 31, 2005 . . H.A.N.D.S. Health Access Nurturing Development Services program is a voluntary home visitation program for any new or expectant parents. HANDS supports families as they build healthy, safe environments for the optimal...
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Episode 14: Nadine Ashby
Sessions With Symba
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO READ ALONG WITH THE SHOW, YOU CAN ACCESS THIS EPISODES TRANSCRIPTION BY CLICKING THIS LINK: . . . . Postpartum doulas are professionals trained to give physical and emotional support after the birth of your baby and may include support such as lactation education, newborn care, preparing meals, light housekeeping, and helping the birthing person with post birth comfort healing and measures. . . Lactation educators provide basic chest and breast feeding education to birthing people and their families. . . The Birth Revolution, IG birthrevolution . . Common Sense Childbirth...
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Episode 12: Olivia Bivens
Sessions With Symba
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO READ ALONG WITH THE SHOW, YOU CAN ACCESS THIS EPISODE’S TRANSCRIPTION BY CLICKING THIS LINK: . . . Doula Trainings International . . A full spectrum doula is a non-medically trained community care worker that offers support to people during the full spectrum of pregnancy - from preconception, to birth, to abortion, to miscarraige, to adoption, to postpartum. . . Carolina Abortion Fund supports individuals who have decide to have an abortion by providing financial, logistical, and emotional support. . . HG - hyperemesis gravidarum is the medical term for severe nausea...
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Episode 11: Khye Tyson
Sessions With Symba
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO READ ALONG WITH THE SHOW, YOU CAN ACCESS THIS EPISODES TRANSCRIPTION BY CLICKING THIS LINK: . . . . Our prayer at Sessions With Symba is that we are honoring the ancestral birthworkers that have come before us, and the paths they've laid out for each and everyone of us individually and collectively. . . Sista Midwife Productions in New Orleans, Louisiana . . Schlossberg Transition Theory is an adult development theory focused on the transitions that adults experience throughout life and the means by which they cope and adjust. . . Keep Birth Sacred by Khye Tyson . . A...
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Episode 10: Relevant Ramblings
Sessions With Symba
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO READ ALONG WITH THIS RECORDING, CLICK THE LINK BELOW: . . . . Ufulu Child - Plant Based Wellness, Meditation, & Kemetic Yoga . . Lies My Teacher Told Me by James W. Loewen . . OperationStopCPS on Instagram: Amanda Wallace & Tafarra Austin Co-Founders . . Henrietta Lacks is a Black woman whose stem cells were stolen by John Hopkins and used for cancer research in 1951. . . Man In the Mirror song by Michael Jackson . . VBAC is a Vaginal Birth After Cesarean. Consult your doctor, and consult 2 to 3 additional doctors for confirmation on if you are eligible. . . . ....
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Episode 9: Dorothy
Sessions With Symba
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO READ ALONG WITH THE SHOW, YOU CAN ACCESS THIS EPISODE'S TRANSCRIPTION BY CLICKING THIS LINK: . . . . Intro audio from Isaac Frere from TikTok & @thesameroom on Instagram . . Today’s guest is a dear friend from my time in college in Atlanta, Georgia. I’m very happy to introduce to you all Dorothy, also lovingly known as Dotty. Dotty is a wife, mother, and interior designer located in Atlanta, Georgia. For more on her interior design company, you can find her on Instagram @_tilemeaboutit. She also enjoys local music and art festivals with her family, and you can find...
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Episode 8: Symba’s Pride
Sessions With Symba
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO READ ALONG WITH THE SHOW, YOU CAN ACCESS THIS EPISODES TRANSCRIPTION BY CLICKING THIS LINK: . . . intro from tiktok content creator @beleafinfatherhood . Postpartum Care in Morocco: . . . . Original Podcast Beat Produced Mixed & Engineered By: Info Black Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/infoblack_ Twitter: https://twitter.com/infoblack_ . . DONATIONS: . Patreon.com/symbaluna Paypal: [email protected] Cashapp: $symbaluna Venmo: @symbaluna . Instagram: journeyspa_
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https://docs.google.com/document/d/11xcAJ18bhK9CdWPtzc5LEprMV4GuZ-br_KK7_pFArCA/edit
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Combahee River Collective was a Black feminist lesbian socialist organization active in Boston from 1974 to 1980. The Collective argued that both the white feminist movement and the Civil Rights Movement were not addressing their particular needs as women and, more specifically, as Black lesbians founded by Barbara Smith.
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Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw is an American Civil Rights advocate and a leading scholar of critical race theory. She is a professor at the UCLA School of Law and Columbia Law School, where she specializes in race and gender issues.
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Reproductive justice is a critical, theoretical framework that was invented as a response to United States reproductive politics. The three core values of reproductive justice are the right to have a child, the right to not have a child, and the right to parent a child or children in safe and healthy environments. It is “the human right to maintain personal bodily autonomy, have children, not have children, and parent the children we have in safe and sustainable communities,” according to SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective, the first organization founded to build a reproductive justice movement. www.sistersong.net
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High risk pregnancy is one where a birthing person or the fetus has an increased risk of adverse outcomes compared to uncomplicated pregnancies.
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Preeclampsia is a pregnancy complication where high blood pressure and high levels of protein in urine indicate kidney damage. There can also be weight gain and swelling in the legs due to water retention. It can be managed with oral or IV medications and requires weighing the risks of early delivery versus the risk of continued symptoms.
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Medicaid in the U.S. is a federal and state program that helps with healthcare costs for some people with limited income and resources. Medicaid also offers benefits not normally covered by Medicare, including nursing home care and personal care. www.medicaid.gov
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WIC is the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children is a federal assistance program of the Food and Nutrition Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture for healthcare and nutrition of low-income pregnant people, chestfeeding, and children under the age of five.
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The Bradley Method of natural childbirth is a method of natural childbirth developed in 1947 by Robert A. Bradley, M.D and popularized by his book, “Husband-Coached Childbirth” first published in 1965. The Bradley Method emphasizes that birth is a natural process. Mothers are encouraged to trust their body, and focus on diet and exercise throughout pregnancy; and it teaches couples to manage labor through deep breathing and the support of a partner or labor coach.
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NICU is a neonatal intensive care unit, also known as an intensive care nursery, is an intensive care unit specializing in the care of ill or premature newborn infants. Neonatal refers to the first 28 days of life.
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Richmond Doula Project is a collective of full spectrum doulas in Richmond, Virginia offering support and education to people through all pregnancy outcomes, centering POC, LGBTQIA, and other underserved communities. www.doulaprojectrva.org
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Richmond Reproductive Freedom Project is Virginia’s grassroots abortion fund and seeks to further reproductive justice by providing practical and financial support for abortion services in Virgina and surrounding communities. RRFP strives to be a resource to the community by engaging in grassroots advocacy for the full spectrum of reproductive rights. www.rrfp.net
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Ancient Song Doula Services is an international doula certifying organization founded in the fall of 2008 in Brooklyn, New York with the goal to offer quality doula services to women of color and low income families who otherwise would not be able to afford doula care and training a workforce of full spectrum doula to address health inequities within the communities they want to serve. www.ancientsongdoulaservices.com
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Maven Clinic is a privately held New York, NY company that offers a telemedicine-based virtual clinic for women’s and family health. www.mavenclinic.com
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Gofundme is an American for profit crowdfunding platform that allows people to raise money for events ranging from life events such as celebrations and graduations to challenging circumstances like accidents and illnesses. www.gofundme.com
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Chestfeeding is feeding your baby milk from your chest. It’s often used as away for transgender and nonbinary parents to describe how they feed and nurture their babies.
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Lactation Happens is the first genderless chestfeeding class in Virginia created and taught by Aye J.
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The Afiya Center was established in response to the increasing disparities between HIV incidences worldwide and the extraordinary prevalence of HIV among Black womxn and girls in Texas. TAC is transforming the lives, health, and overall wellbeing of Black womxn and girls by providing refuge, education, and resources to ignite the communal voices of Black womxn resulting in our full achievement of reproductive freedom. www.theafiyacenter.org
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Sister Song is a national activist organization dedicated to reproductive justice for women of color. www.sistersong.net
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Black Mamas Matter Alliance is a Black women-led cross-sectoral alliance that centers Black mama and birthing people to advocate, drive research, build power, and shift culture for Black maternal health, rights, and justice. www.blackmamasmatter.org
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Find more of Aye J, find them at @the_do_you_doula on Instagram
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Original Podcast Beat Produced Mixed & Engineered By: Info Black
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