Beyond the Boob
Beyond the Boob
Heather ONeal
Welcome to Beyond the Boob, the podcast where your friends from the Milk Minute move beyond breastfeeding to focus in on a new pregnancy! What happens when a midwife and lactation consultant finds out she's expecting her third baby? Listen in as Heather chronicles her pregnancy and plans her first homebirth with Maureen as her midwife! Join your favorite podcasters for a week-by-week journey full of unfiltered pregnancy experiences and badass midwifery wisdom.Beyond the Boob is filled with practical prenatal education that you won't get anywhere else! For full access subscribe on Apple Podcasts or join the Milk Minute Podcast Patreon. 
Goodbye from Beyond the Boob
Thank you all so much for listening to our pregnancy podcast. We truly learned so much about ourselves through this project and so enjoyed creating it for you. If you haven't listened to all the episodes yet, you can still subscribe on our Patreon or on Apple podcasts. While we are done creating new content for this show, it will stay posted to help folks during their pregnancies whenever they need it! Again, thank you so much for supporting us, and we'll see you next week back on the M...
Feb 22, 2024
23 min
Week 6 Postpartum
For full access to every episode of Beyond the Boob please subscribe on Apple Podcasts or join us on Patreon! Welcome back! It's now been 6 weeks since baby Marty joined us so let's have our final postpartum visit with Maureen and Heather. Most of you will also be having your final OB visit around this time and then... you're on your own. But we know that 6 weeks is nowhere near enough time to heal from having an entire human exit your body! So today Heather gets real about her postpartum bod...
Jan 16, 2024
19 min
Week 1 Postpartum
Welcome back to Beyond the Boob, we’re in our Postpartum Era! Join Maureen to check in on Heather for her one week postpartum home-visit. We do a lot of chatting about eating, pooping, and sleeping today! Did you know that midwives can do well-baby care? Maureen is going to continue to care for both Heather and baby for the next 6 weeks as part of her routine postpartum care schedule. Since its a love-child of the Milk Minute we’re going to have a special emphasis on breastfeeding, but ...
Dec 19, 2023
14 min
Birthday Announcement!
Join us today for a birth announcement! Baby arrived just after 39 weeks and we made a special little birthday recording just for you. If this is your first time listening, here’s a recap. Beyond the Boob is a spin-off from the Milk Minute Podcast where Heather and Maureen go on a pregnancy journey together to birth our newest podcast baby! Nine months ago Heather surprised Maureen by announcing her pregnancy on the Milk Minute and asking Maureen to be her (homebirth) midwife. Since then its ...
Nov 28, 2023
10 min
Week 34
Welcome to Week 34! In case you're just catching up: Heather and Maureen from the Milk Minute Podcast embark on a new journey in Beyond the Boob! Maureen guides Heather through her third pregnancy, as her midwife, and they plan for Heather's first homebirth together. Today your hosts begin by chatting about maternity photos (from this pregnancy and previous ones). You can check those out on Patreon! You can also subscribe to hear every single episode of this podcast there, find it here. This ...
Oct 17, 2023
24 min
Week 30
Welcome to week 30 of Beyond the Boob! At 30 weeks it might feel like you're running out of time but at the same time like you're going to be pregnant forever. Life is a mess. The anxiety and stress of wanting to organize, nest, and get everything done before baby comes can be overwhelming. Thankfully, Maureen reminds us what we actually need to have a baby, and it's a whole lot less than you might think. Today we share a growth update on Heather's baby and Maureen reviews what to expect as f...
Sep 19, 2023
31 min
Week 26
Welcome to wee 26 of Beyond the Boob, the show where Heather and her midwife Maureen share tmi about her third pregnancy to help you feel better about yours! This episode is FREE, but if you want full access you can subscribe on Apple podcasts or join us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/milkminutepodcast Starting off with some silly stories about the older kids, this episode goes through all kinds of important things so make sure you listen through til the end! Heather met with her nutritionist ...
Aug 22, 2023
26 min
Week 22
Join us for week 22 of Heather's pregnancy and a free episode for everyone! For full access to every episode of Beyond the Boob you can subscribe on Apple Podcasts or join the Milk Minute Podcast Patreon! Once again join your friends for the realest pregnancy updates on the internet. This week Heather gives us a boob update, from secretions to side-boob burning, lots of new things are happening in the mammary glands! Let's chat about how to manage exhaustion and having your body turn ...
Jul 25, 2023
30 min
Week 17
Welcome to week 17 of Heather's pregnancy! This week things are still pretty tough, but the number of good days are increasing. It can be hard to predict what each day will look like at this point, so be ready for anything! Let's chat about struggles to connect with baby and just getting through the day while growing a human. We're a little overwhelmed here on Beyond the Boob, and it's hard to find some balance in life. Are you feeling movement yet? Don't freak out if you aren't but tune in ...
Jun 20, 2023
25 min
Week 13
For full access to every episode of Beyond the Boob you can subscribe on Apple Podcasts or join the Milk Minute Podcast Patreon! Welcome to week 13 of Beyond the Boob! We're on the cusp of the second trimester this week and moving forward at lightning speed. Come chat with us about the struggle to clothe yourself in an ever-changing body and let's check in about prenatal symptoms! Are you having trouble communicating with your partner about your needs? Or your partner having trouble hearing ...
May 23, 2023
27 min
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