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Host Cynthia Tinajero, Certified New Parent Educator & Creator of Mamistad, welcomes moms to join the conversation about pregnancy, new motherhood & beyond! We celebrate all moms and their countless joys, struggles, challenges, lessons and triumphs! Women are the most incredible creatures on the planet but when we become moms, we're limitless. Let's talk to moms who prove this everyday, and those who don't even realize they do. This podcast is not intended to replace medical advice-always co ...
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Ep.29 BLACK MATERNAL HEALTH WEEK 2025 with Doula Samantha Griffin, Founder of DC Metro Maternity
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#BMHW25 In this episode, we spotlight Black Maternal Health Week. Held annually on April 11-17th, BMHW is a week-long campaign founded and led by the Black Mamas Matter Alliance to build awareness, activism, and community-building to amplify the voices, perspectives and lived experiences of Black Mamas and birthing people. We also welcome back our …
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Ep.28 Newborn Overnight Care with Denise Stern, Founder & CEO of Let Mommy Sleep
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Our esteemed guest, Denise Stern, is a mother of three and Founder and CEO of Let Mommy Sleep - a nationally acclaimed company that offers a simple service: nurturing, overnight care to newborns and evidence-based education to their parents. Let Mommy Sleep has become the country’s leading Baby Nurse and Postpartum Care service by building and main…
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Ep.27 The Power of Connection & the Importance of a New Mom Group w/Lauren Geriak, LPC
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This episodes teaches us why CONNECTION IS KEY. When you feel understood, when you feel seen by someone else, your cortisol levels start to lower, our brain starts to regulate and we become more grounded and able to cope again! This works in all other areas of your life - so, DEFINITELY TRY THIS AT HOME.Today we welcome licensed professional couns…
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Ep.26 My Blended Family - Unanticipated Dreams & Discoveries w/Tiffany Green, Owner of NouNouNanny
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Today's guest is the fabulous Tiffany Green, Founder & Owner, of Nounou Nanny. Childcare has always been her gift and passion. She started babysitting at age 15, and became a professional nanny while in college and continued through grad school. Though she felt compelled to go the corporate route, her heart kept pulling her back to her work as a na…
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Ep.25 Supporting New Parents as They Bring Baby Home w/Doula Ursula Sabia Sukinik
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At long last, we're doing an episode for everyone who cares about and wants to support, new parents! Please share this episode with your friends and family knowing that the things we discuss are important and if dealt with beforehand and with understanding and love, can change a new family's introduction into the world of parenting. I'm joined once…
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Ep.24 Postpartum Possibilities - The Stuff No One Tells Us w/ Ursula Sabia Sukinik
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In this episode our awesome doula friend, Ursula Sabia Sukinik is here to enlighten us on some of the STUFF NO ONE TELLS US about the first few days and weeks postpartum - not our babies, OUR SELVES! Most of us are naturally still in awe...or shock...or both, at the thought of having given birth to another human being who we will forever be in love…
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Ep. 23 Babywearing, Breastfeeding & the Wonders of Skin-to-skin with Laci Tang, IBCLC
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Welcome to Mom Chat! Since 2005 Mamistad has been connecting first-time pregnant and new moms with their mama tribes to help navigate what I feel is the most unsung time in many of our lives - pregnancy and new motherhood. Mom Chat is where we share some of the stories and lessons we're learning along the way. Please rate and subscribe to our podca…
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This is a quick holiday reminder that it's okay to take the good with the bad during the holidays. Whether you're full of cheer or not, give yourself a break - especially if you're a new parent. There are new traditions coming your way with your own family and sometimes it can cause some dissonance - that's normal when big changes happen right? Kee…
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Ep.21 Birth Trauma & Sexual Trauma in Pregnancy & New Motherhood with Jennifer Byrnes, LPC, PMH-C
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NOTICE: We discuss some heavy issues in this episode so I have AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE FOR all of our pregnant Mamas who choose to listen: We hope that you all have smooth pregnancy, labor & delivery and postpartum experiences. This DOES happen! We also know that pregnant and new moms can go through a variety of situations, the outcome of which can va…
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Ep.20 DOULAS CHANGE THE WORLD with Ursula Sabia Sukinik
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Please don't forget to rate our podcast to help us reach more listeners! Meet Ursula Sabia Sukinik, CD, CDT, CMA, CBE, CLC. She is the CEO and Founder of Birth You Desire, which has been offering Doula Services and Birth Classes in the DC Metro Area and Phoenix, AZ. since 1999.Learn how cervical cancer set her on the path to becoming not only a mot…
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Ep.19 Parent Coaching with Washington Post Parenting Columnist, Meghan Leahy
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In this episode, we welcome Meghan Leahy. She is the On Parenting columnist for The Washington Post, a certified parenting coach. and author of an Amazon Editor's Pick titled Parenting Outside the Lines! Meghan's passion was born out of her epic power struggles with her two-and-a-half-year-old daughter while she was pregnant with her second. She ha…
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Ep.18 Meet Advanced Certified Doula, Adriana Lozada
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Meet Adriana Lozada! She's an Advanced Certified Doula - there are only 57 advanced certified doulas in the world. She's also an author, a postpartum educator and a child sleep consultant. And she was named one of CNN in Espanol, 20 Latin American leaders of the internet in 2000. She also hosts the acclaimed podcast BIRTHFUL- one of my favorite res…
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Ep.17 Elevating the Pelvic Floor with Katie Bayer, DPT
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Lets talk about the pelvic floor! We all have one - for women, it's the group of muscles "down below" that play a star role in the birth of our babies, but do any of us really understand it? After this podcast, you'll be on your way, thanks to Pelvic Floor Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT), and Owner of Transition Physical Therapy Katie Bayer! She's…
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Ep.16 IVF for a 3rd Baby - The Journey to My Daughter w/Natallia of Mamistad 144
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This episode is all about Natallia and her long journey to meet her baby girl, Naomi Rose. As a member of Mamistad144 (M144), Natallia joined us on the fabulous Ep 9: REAL DEAL MAMAHOOD, where she shared a bit of her IVF journey. Now she's back to share more about her painful struggles with IVF to have the daughter she dreamed of, and the pain and …
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Ep.15 Autism Prt.2 Your True Self is Enough w/Author Susanna Peace Lovell
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This episode is the second of two on Autism. We welcome certified professional life coach and advocate for special needs families, autism expert, speaker, and now author, Susanna Peace Lovell! She is one of the latest members of The Mamistad Mami Circle, our curated list of our favorite providers. She joins us as a life coach dedicated to the healt…
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Ep14 Hypnobirthing & Spinning Babies w/Instructor Caroline O'Neill
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In this episode, we are enlightened to the wonders of HYPNOBIRTHING! No, you won't be hypnotized and miss your labor and delivery, you will be present in a deeper way that will empower beyond what you ever thought you were capable of. I so wish I had done this when I was pregnant! Rather than fear your labor and delivery, arm yourself with the tool…
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Ep13 Breast Cancer & New Motherhood w/Mamistad Mom, Marla
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In this inspiring episode we chat with Mamistad Mom, Marla, who learned she had breast cancer when her second baby was only two weeks old. But don't think this is a sad hopeless story because even though Marla and her loved ones definitely had some trials, Marla has emerged stronger and full of light and happy to help other moms learn the importanc…
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Ep.12 Autism Prt. 1 - Mother & Daughter w/Fabi
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This episode is one of two dedicated to Autism and the importance of understanding and accepting neurodiversity. We meet Mamistad Mami, Fabiola, an Astrophysicist by trade. She and her husband learned that their little girl, Elena was Autistic when she was 18 months old. Fabi wanted to learn as much as she could about Autism, and in the process, sh…
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Ep.11 BREASTFEEDING GOLD w/Susan Howard, IBCLC
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Please don't forget to rate the Mom Chat Podcast so we can reach more listeners! Thank you - YOU are appreciated! THIS IS A BIG ONE! In this episode, we chat with Susan Howard, MSN, RN, IBCLC, mother of three and founder and owner of Arlington Lactation & Feeding Therapy, LLC. Susan is a member of the Mamistad Mami Circle - our list of favorite pro…
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Ep.10 The Working Mom Conference w/Christa Bright
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"You can be a good mom and a working mom. You are allowed to be both." In this episode we chat with mother, veteran, entrepreneur and founder of the Working Mom Conference, Christa Bright. She is a visionary with the knowledge, energy and connections to make big things happen! As we all know, life and often motherhood, happen when you're making (ot…
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Ep.9 Real Deal Mamahood with Mamistad 144
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Mamistad 144 (M144) an Arlington VA group born in 2017, joins us to share their real deal struggles, realizations and discoveries with and about motherhood. Their humble and honest truth telling reminds us that Women are incredible, Moms are limitless, and a Sisterhood of Moms is literally a force of nature. Join us as we discuss: Dropping judgment…
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Ep.8 MATRESCENCE with Megan MacCutcheon, LPC, PMH-C
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FINALLY! The world is beginning to understand that becoming a mother comes with SO MUCH MORE than most of us ever realized! Matrescence helps us understand just how "normal" the roller coaster of becoming a mother really is - and in my opinion, why the world needs to give us all one HUGE BREAK! Megan MacCutcheon LPC, PMH-C joins me as we talk about…
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In this episode, we meet Dr. Stephanie Waggel, Psychiatrist, MD, MS, PMH-C and Medical Director at Improve Life PLLC. Her special focus is on women, mood, anxiety, ADHD testing AND treatment, depression, OCD, PTSD, bipolar, and more. She is a mother, author, motivational speaker, teacher, cancer survivor, marathon runner, medical student advisor, m…
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Ep.6 Black Maternal Health Week with Doula Samantha of DC Metro Maternity
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Greetings and welcome as we recognize Black maternal Health Week from April 11-17, 2024! The purpose of #BMHW24 is to highlight efforts led by BlackMamasMatterAlliance (BMMA), and collectively work toward a future where ALL Black Mamas have the rights, respect, and resources to thrive throughout their lives-including in their reproductive years. Th…
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Ep.5 The Mama Tribe Vibe with Mamistad 176
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When one of us wins, we ALL win! In this episode you'll meet Molly, Megan and Monica of the phenomenal M176 - an Arlington VA area Mamistad group first connected in the Fall of 2019. The consummate Mama Tribe, they have weathered many storms and fiercely protected each other and their families with lots of tears, laughter and amazing memories to sh…
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Ep.4 Heather's NICU Experience & Expert Advice from NEOwell NICU Nurses
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Was I wrong to want a home birth? Mamistad Mom Heather answers this question w/incredible honesty & wisdom after a difficult stay in the NICU. Her introspection will inspire you. NEOwell’s expertise will empower you. Denver Mama Heather shares the story of her baby girl, Jocelyn's birth and their time in the NICU as a result of little Jocelyn's com…
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Greetings Lovelies! The 2024 International Women's Day Campaign theme is 'Inspire Inclusion'. As moms, I hope we can inspire inclusion amongst ourselves - let's judge each other less, and appreciate each other more. The struggle to raise children in this increasingly dynamic world is real. The sooner we realize we're all in it together and pushing …
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Ep.2 Car Babies & Clarity with Mamistad Denver 21
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In this episode you'll meet Lara and Molly of Mamistad Denver 21. Theirs is the 21st Mamistad Group created in Denver. They were connected as first-time pregnant mamas back in 2019 and have done more than just share their new Mama journey together - they survived it during a major pandemic. Maybe that's why they're still so close today. Their group…
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Ep.1 An Introduction to Mom Chat & Mamistad
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In our first episode of Mom Chat, my dear friend and Mamistad Mom, Jacie, joins me, Cynthia, in an introduction to Mamistad. We recorded this as a practice but decided to go with it when the conversation flowed so well! Unfortunately, the audio is not the best, but I promise we'll get better as we move along! We're launching this episode on Valenti…
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Hi, I'm Cynthia. In 2005, I created Mamistad as a hobby to help first-time moms find their new mama tribes. Now with thousands of Mami members and counting and DC, Austin and Denver, and having welcomed thousands of babies, I realize it's no longer a hobby. It's a necessity. We are still here growing and expanding to new cities. We're still here ce…
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