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Moms Off The Record

April West & Katherine Sigblad

April West and Katherine Sigblad examine pregnancy, birth, matrescence, and child rearing through a countercultural and unorthodox lens in their thought-provoking, bi-weekly episodes.If you are curious or skeptical about the childhood jab schedule, breastfeeding, sovereign birth, elimination communication, big pHarma, and baby-led weaning— just to name a few "controversial" subjects— then you came to the right podcast!We"ll never tell you what to think or what to do— you can leave that up to your

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#52: Infant Formula is Literally Killing Babies in...

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2025/01/10

Mandolyn Crotts, mom of three and founder of Carry Them Ministries in Nigeria, revealed the horrifying, fatal obstetric practices, fear of breastfeeding and dangerous promotion of infant formula which is responsible for the demise of so many babies.Here in America we often hear trite slogans such as “fed as best!” to make women feel better about formula usage. However in a place like Nigeria, formula feeding is actually killing babies, and breastfeeding saves lives.We learn about the heartbre...

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#51: Our Annual Retrospective on Motherhood - Year 2!

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2024/12/27

In similar fashion to last year, your two favorite moms reminisce and unpack big lessons learned from our second year of motherhood. A couple of big highlights to call out are April’s departure from the corporate world and into her dream role as full-time, stay-at-home mom to Eden and Kat’s transition from one to two children.This reflection is all about humility and recognizing the true fruits of motherhood. Tune in if you want to hear the rawness and realness from our 2nd year as mothe...

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#50: Matrescence: Surrendering to Motherhood with...

Moms Off The Record ·

2024/12/13

Matrescence is defined as the process of becoming a mother, however this is a term that hardly anyone has ever heard of; even women who have recently become mothers. Holly, mother of two, women’s circle leader, and former ICU nurse reflects on the experiences that led to her deep appreciation for and curiosity of matrescence. Our fast-paced, modern, industrial, Western culture tells us to snap back just weeks after giving birth, however brain scans will tell us this is actually physically imp...

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#49: Being Healthy Doesn’t Have To Be Hard with Corey...

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2024/11/29

Corey Dunn is a second-generation homeschooling mom of four, lover of homemade sourdough, and co-host of The Modern Ancestral Mamas podcast. We talk about:The differences between the parent’s role and the child’s role at the dinner table. Who is responsible for what?How to make mealtimes less stressful and more fun.How to handle picky eating among children.Why Corey could care less about veggies and instead prioritizes meat.How to simplify food shopping and meal prepping on any budgetYou...

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#48: Being Versus Doing When Attending Birth with...

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2024/11/15

Kat’s Birthkeeper Ali Coulas joins us today. We learn about her spiritual path to becoming a Labor & Delivery as well as what led her out of the system and into the sovereign birth world, where Kat was her first sovereign birth she attended. We venture to answer questions like: What does it actually mean to “hold space” for women? How can birthkeepers hold just enough space without encroaching to closely on a woman or just being a distant fly on the wall?How do yin (feminine) an...

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#47: Ecstatic Birth and Cervical Orgasms with Lauren...

Moms Off The Record ·

2024/11/01

Lauren Segalla was a Labor & Delivery nurse until one day she had an epiphany after going through the motions of her job numbly on autopilot during the immediate aftermath of fetal demise of a patient. After that wake up call, she knew she was destined for something different; something bigger. Today, Lauren is an expert in guiding women through feeling more in touch with their bodies, literally. As a result, the women Lauren works with not only maximize the relationship with themsel...

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#46: Kat’s Sovereign, Intuitive Homebirth After...

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2024/10/04

Get in touch! Be Sure To Leave Contact Info for a Reply!Hello, friends! We’re back just the two of us like old times.Kat kicks off this episode reflecting on how wildly different her first birth with her son was compared to her redemptive, sovereign homebirth outside the medical industrial complex with her daughter just 26 months later.Kat’s initiation into motherhood in 2022 involved bait-and-switches, homebirth medwifery sabotage, and an unhealthy fixation on blood pressure resulting in fea...

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#45: Embracing Embodiment and Autonomy through Womb...

Moms Off The Record ·

2024/09/20

Get in touch! Be Sure To Leave Contact Info for a Reply!Kristin Hauser is a licensed acupuncturist, herbalist, somatic sex educator, wife and mother to soon-to-be four children. She is currently experiencing her third wild pregnancy and freebirth and about to embark on a move from Kansas to Costa Rica.In this episode, we cover comprehensive ground with Kristin including:When Kristin realized participating in ART (assisted reproductive technology) treatments as a part of her acupuncture practi...

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#44: Dying for Artificial Food Dyes and Greenwashing...

Moms Off The Record ·

2024/09/06

Send us a textMorgan a.k.a. @VeryCrunchyMama unveils some hard truths about the correlations between the consumption of artificial food dyes— which are sadly ubiquitous and hidden in foods you would never suspect— and children's behavior and chronic disease.We discuss the deceptive name changes that recently went into effect with these toxic dyes as well as what each of us would do in a scenario where our children were offered food dyes.Towards the end, Morgan differentiates between "cleanwas...

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#43: Gentle Parenting, Enforcing Boundaries, and...

Moms Off The Record ·

2024/08/23

Send us a Text Message.Gentle Parenting. Permissive Parenting. Authoritative Parenting. The misunderstanding and noise behind parenting styles is confusing and stressing out an entire generation of well-intentioned but misinformed parents.That's where Rebecca Giannini helps! Rebecca is a mother of two, relationship and parent coach, and founder of The Present Parents. In this episode, Rebecca breaks down the four principles for healthy relationships:Everyone deserves to be listened to when th...

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#42: Birth Control, Cycle Syncing and Tracking, FAM,...

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2024/08/09

Lisa Hendrickson-Jack is a certified Fertility Awareness Educator and Holistic Reproductive Health Practitioner who trains women’s health practitioners to use their menstrual cycle as a vital sign in their practices. She is the founder of the Fertility Awareness Mastery Mentorship program. She is the author of three bestselling books: Real Food For Fertility (co-authored with Lily Nichols), The Fifth Vital Sign, and the Fertility Awareness Mastery Charting Workbook.In this episode we discuss:...

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#41: The Choice to Freebirth (Again) After Loss with...

Moms Off The Record ·

2024/07/26

Since we have yet to unravel the profound topic of pregnancy loss, particularly from a sovereign woman's perspective, we invite you to witness Alex's moving story of the loss of her daughter Lila in the moments after birth. Alex chose to experience a wild pregnancy— a pregnancy outside the obstetric industrial complex, devoid of ultrasounds, blood work, measuring, tracking, and testing— and despite the emotional suffering she endured as a result of her tragic loss, she explains why she w...

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#40 "Back Off Bobbie" Campaign and Modern Motherhood...

Moms Off The Record ·

2024/07/12

We were joined by 1/2 of the Radical Moms Union, Andrea Haskins, who gives insight into the impetus behind the recent "Back Off Bobbie" campaign initiated with the help of RMU partner Natasha Vargas-Cooper and backed by heaps of concerned, empowered women. What does it mean to be a "radical" mom nowadays, and what is so radical about the way we mother?What is going on with the nefarious motives of certain formula companies i.e. Bobbie and their infamous marketing campaigns?Low supply see...

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#39: Screen Time is The New Drug | Screens Are...

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2024/06/28

Most holistic-minded moms already know screen time is objectively bad and try to limit it or only rely on it as a brief, last-resort. But, just how bad is it really? Melanie Hempe, mother of four and the founder of the non-profit ScreenStrong, keeps it 100% real with us when divulging the truth about the way screen time is robbing our children of a healthy and happy childhood.What effects do interacting with a device have whether it’s a tablet, iPhone, or television on a child’s developi...

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#38: Fired Into Freedom with Kristen / Awake Nurse...

Moms Off The Record ·

2024/06/14

Kristen is a former NICU nurse of nearly a decade who saw some things she cannot unsee. Her great awakening transpired during the COVID madness, and she does not hold back when we ask her what she witnessed behind the scenes in the NICU and in the hospital setting as a whole, as well as what she bravely endured with her very own children.Kristen walks us through the vaccine injuries she witnessed amongst her three children, and what she wishes she knew as a former NICU nurse prior to becoming...

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#37 Potty Training with Go Diaper Free Expert Nicole...

Moms Off The Record ·

2024/05/31

Since our last episode featuring Nicole Cheever aired nearly a year ago during which we discussed Elimination Communication, we're thrilled to welcome her back to exclusively discuss potty training!This is not your typical potty training pep talk. Nicole breaks down potty training the Go Diaper Free way. This method is aligned with how our wise women ancestors successfully got their babies out of diapers no later than 18 months old without bribes, sticker charts, shame, and coercion.How and w...

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#36: Gestational Diabetes and Hypertension, Hormonal...

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2024/05/17

We sit down with the one and only Lily Nichols, RDN & CDE— author of Real Food for Gestational Diabetes, Real Food for Pregnancy, and her latest work, Real Food for Fertility, to set the record straight and debunk myths about some of the most common preconception and pregnancy routine practices and complications. The nutritional choices we make do have an impact on all of these areas, and the mainstream medical paradigm is slow to adapt, per usual.In this episode we discussed:What i...

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#35: Thriving As a Single, Homeschooling Mom with...

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2024/05/03

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#34: Kat is Pregnant With Baby #2!

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2024/04/19

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#33: Ancestral Living and Nourishing Our Families...

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2024/04/05

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