Common Sense Pregnancy & Parenting

Jeanne talks about podcasting and parenting with Sunny Gault, founder of New Mommy Media and The POD Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeanne and an OB-Gyn coach talks about obstetrics in America, health coaching, how hospitalists are changing maternal healthcare and about what real health really means.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeanne shares Expectful's podcast episode where their host, Anna Gannon, interviews Jeanne about her career, meditation practice and what she thinks we need to do to change the birth industry in America. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeanne talks with certified nurse midwife, Chris Beard about listener emails, current events and why we need family planning for healthy pregnancies and lives.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeanne gets political in this issue where she talks about gun violence in America and with Sophia Patsikas, lead researcher on a new report that compares parenting and work life balance among developed countries and why the US comes in dead last. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeanne talks with midwife, entrepreneur, and ultra marathoner, Rebecca Egbert about why she founded LittleMothersHelper, and why we need to focus healthcare and support on the post partum year .  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeanne talks with Mark Krassner, founder and CEO of Expectful (a guided meditation app specifically designed for expectant parents) about the important changes meditation makes in pregnancy, parenting, work and everyday moments in life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeanne talks with Heather Avis, author of The Lucky Few and mother of three children, two with Downs Syndrome. We talk about her path through infertility and adoption to become the parents of Macyn, Truly and August, her lucky few. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeanne talks with Dr. James Lozada, an anesthesiologist and broadcast journalist with a passion for maternal justice. We talk about epidurals, health journalism, switching careers, finding your mission and what maternal justice means in the labor room and around the world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeanne speaks with a Houston midwife about conditions mothers and birth pros are facing and highlights two organizations - Every Mother Counts and Circle of Health International - about the work they're doing for mothers and families in Texas in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeanne talks with Sarah, who emailed with induction concerns about her birth, baby and prenatal care at 40. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeanne talks with midwife Chris Beard, CNM about a recent article on NPR about maternal deaths and emergencies, about violence in Charlottesville and about fat shaming in maternal health care. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeanne reads listener emails and answers questions about getting pregnant on your period and what to do when your doctor is bullying for an induction. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeanne talks with Jo Saxton about faith, leadership, parenting, finding your spiritual home and whether or not you need religion to raise kids in the 21st century. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeanne talks with Sarah Craven and Rachel Moynihan from the United Nations Population Fund about what they do for women around the world and what happens now that President Trump has eliminated US funding. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeanne is on vacation this week, so we're sharing her conversation about insomnia in your first trimester, and then talks with Romper.com writer, Kelly McWilliams, about how anxiety impacts pregnancy and what the hell to do about it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeanne talks with UK psychiatrist, Dr. Rebecca Moore about how birth trauma impacts mothers, parents and healthcare providers.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeanne talks with Amanda Calhoun, MD, about c-sections, preventing maternal mortality, pain management and racial disparities plus, we answer two reader emails about epidurals and early births.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Commonsense Pregnancy teams up with Commonsense Childbirth's founder and director, midwife Jennie Joseph to talk about healthcare disparities and how to solve them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jeanne continues her conversation with Nikia Lawson about the impact of race on women's pregnancy, prenatal care, birth, post partum period, survival and future as a parent plus the role of doulas, childbirth educators, and birth workers in this critical and global conversation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices