May is Preeclampsia Awareness Month. Preeclampsia is near and dear to my heart since I am a preeclampsia survivor. 3 years ago at the end of May is when I gave birth to my daughter early due to preeclampsia. So this month has all kinds of meaning for me. This episode I am sharing the audio of this year's survivor video. If you would like to watch the video, it is over on my YouTube Channel, my Instagram or Facebook pages.    As always follow us on Instagram @knockonparenthoodpodcast or Facebook @knockonparenthoodpodcast. Check out www.knockonmotherhood.com for the blog, and please don't be shy to support us in any way you can. If you would like to be a listener supporter, click here. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/knockonparenthoodpodcast/support

This week Courtney chats with Teela Tomassetti from the Instagram account The Tea on Birth Trauma. Teela is a registered provisional psychologist, doctoral student, and mom. This is a great episode filled with great insight from Teela as she explains with birth trauma is, how to start to heal and shares parts of her story with her own traumatic birth.  As always follow us on Instagram @knockonparenthoodpodcast or Facebook @knockonparenthoodpodcast. Check out www.knockonmotherhood.com for the blog, and please don't be shy to support us in any way you can. If you would like to be a listener supporter, click here. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/knockonparenthoodpodcast/support

This week Courtney chats with Dr. Shahana Alibhai. Dr. Shahana Alibhai is a Professional Speaker, Family Physician, and Mental Health Expert. She has worked with a multitude of national organizations including the University of British Columbia, Scotiabank, and Remax to help the audience gain more clarity into their mental health. As a lead physician at one of British Columbia’s largest youth health centers, much of Dr. Shahana’s career is focused on those struggling with their mental health. As always follow us on Instagram @knockonparenthoodpodcast or Facebook @knockonparenthoodpodcast. Check out www.knockonmotherhood.com for the blog, and please don't be shy to support us in any way you can. If you would like to be a listener supporter, click here. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/knockonparenthoodpodcast/support

This week Courtney and Steven are learning about the PreeMe + You app created by Dr. Yaya Ren.  Dr. Yaya Ren is a medical anthropologist and social entrepreneur passionate about creating systems that nurture meaningful connections in healthcare. As a Fulbright scholar, she conducted fieldwork with NICU families and medical teams in Taiwan and United States--documenting their joys and challenges, and capturing their wisdom to share with others. She is passionate about creating technologies that create and nurture meaningful in-person interactions.  Her work and deep insights have been applied to a wide range of areas including health care, consumer culture, mobile technology applications, education, and community building. Her social science work has been recognized by the Sloan Foundation Award, National Science Foundation, Ford Foundation, National Endowment for the Humanities, and Fulbright-Hayes Foundation. As always follow us on Instagram @knockonparenthoodpodcast or Facebook @knockonparenthoodpodcast. Check out www.knockonmotherhood.com for the blog, and please don't be shy to support us in any way you can. If you would like to be a listener supporter, click here. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/knockonparenthoodpodcast/support

This week Courtney chats with MJ from the Instagram account The Biggest Ask. She shares how her journey with surrogacy started, after losing her son, Luca, after his early birth due to preeclampsia at 25 weeks MJ talks about everything to do with surrogacy, the financial aspect, mental, emotional, and relationships with surrogates and intended parents.  To learn more about MJ and The Biggest Ask follow on Instagram here and the website here. And you can access her free guide here. As always follow us on Instagram @knockonparenthoodpodcast or Facebook @knockonparenthoodpodcast. Check out www.knockonmotherhood.com for the blog, and please don't be shy to support us in any way you can. If you would like to be a listener supporter, click here. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/knockonparenthoodpodcast/support

This week we have a very special guest, and our most requested guest, Jess from Only You Podcast. Courtney and Jess have a lot in common with each other being both preeclampsia survivors and NICU moms and they discuss how experiencing preeclampsia and the NICU changed them as parents. Jess discusses how she knew she was one and done and gives advice for others who are deciding to have another child or not.  You can listen to Jess's podcast Only You wherever you listen to podcasts. You can also follow her Instagram page here.   As always follow us on Instagram @knockonparenthoodpodcast or Facebook @knockonparenthoodpodcast. Check out www.knockonmotherhood.com for the blog, and please don't be shy to support us in any way you can. If you would like to be a listener supporter, click here. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/knockonparenthoodpodcast/support

May is Preeclampsia Awareness Month! This week Courtney has a conversation with Liz and Victoria after Health after preeclampsia. Liz is a HELLP & Preeclampsia survivor and twin mom who works with the 140 over 90 Run. Victoria is a postpartum preeclampsia survivor who is the founder of the 140 over 90 Run. Victoria also had another pregnancy after preeclampsia (preeclampsia-free!) and shares some insight on how she made that decision and how that pregnancy went. Both Victoria and Liz openly share the struggles of health after preeclampsia.  As always follow us on Instagram @knockonparenthoodpodcast or Facebook @knockonparenthoodpodcast. Check out www.knockonmotherhood.com for the blog, and please don't be shy to support us in any way you can. If you would like to be a listener supporter, click here. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/knockonparenthoodpodcast/support

After four years of infertility, Heather Evans began her motherhood journey in 2013 when her twins, Hannah and Gavin, were born at 24 weeks, 1-day gestation. At just 1.5 pounds each, the twins were immediately intubated and remained on ventilators for seven weeks. They battled brain hemorrhages, infections, constant respiratory distress, feeding dysfunction, and more. They were in the NICU for 122 days, coming home on oxygen and apnea monitors one day before their four-month birthday. In addition to being a special needs parent and a NICU mama veteran, Heather is also a pelvic health physical therapist, focusing on treating women during pregnancy and post-partum. She has written two books" "Learning to Breathe" which describes Hannah and Gavin's NICU journey in order to provide hope to other parents, and "The NICU Mama Survival Guide" which uses her knowledge as a pelvic health physical therapist to guide women through their post-partum journey while caring for a baby in the NICU. Social media: @heatherevansdpt for all things pelvic floor @learningtobreathebook for all things about my family, our NICU stay, and my books! If you would like to purchase Heather's books click the following links to purchase Learning to Breathe The NICU Mama Survival Guide As always follow us on Instagram @knockonparenthoodpodcast or Facebook @knockonparenthoodpodcast. Check out www.knockonmotherhood.com for the blog, and please don't be shy to support us in any way you can. If you would like to be a listener supporter, click here. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/knockonparenthoodpodcast/support

After four years of infertility, Heather Evans began her motherhood journey in 2013 when her twins, Hannah and Gavin, were born at 24 weeks, 1-day gestation. At just 1.5 pounds each, the twins were immediately intubated and remained on ventilators for seven weeks. They battled brain hemorrhages, infections, constant respiratory distress, feeding dysfunction, and more. They were in the NICU for 122 days, coming home on oxygen and apnea monitors one day before their four-month birthday. In addition to being a special needs parent and a NICU mama veteran, Heather is also a pelvic health physical therapist, focusing on treating women during pregnancy and post-partum. She has written two books" "Learning to Breathe" which describes Hannah and Gavin's NICU journey in order to provide hope to other parents, and "The NICU Mama Survival Guide" which uses her knowledge as a pelvic health physical therapist to guide women through their post-partum journey while caring for a baby in the NICU. Social media: @heatherevansdpt for all things pelvic floor @learningtobreathebook for all things about her family, her NICU stay, and her books If you would like to purchase Heather's books click the following links to purchase Learning to Breathe The NICU Mama Survival Guide As always follow us on Instagram @knockonparenthoodpodcast or Facebook @knockonparenthoodpodcast. Check out www.knockonmotherhood.com for the blog, and please don't be shy to support us in any way you can. If you would like to be a listener supporter, click here. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/knockonparenthoodpodcast/support

This week Courtney chats with Ashley Janousek who is a postpartum eclampsia survivor. Ashley shares her story with postpartum eclampsia and how she was diagnosed. She also shares her mental health struggles postpartum she had as a result of having PTSD from her experience.  If you would like to connect with Ashley, she communicates via email. Her email is [email protected]. As always follow us on Instagram @knockonparenthoodpodcast or Facebook @knockonparenthoodpodcast. Check out www.knockonmotherhood.com for the blog, and please don't be shy to support us in any way you can. If you would like to be a listener supporter, click here. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/knockonparenthoodpodcast/support