Being pregnant and giving birth with Type 1 Diabetes takes specific intention, energy, and management of health. In this episode, Dr. Morgan has Dr. Gina Cummins on to tell us how she managed her blood sugar throughout her two pregnancies and homebirths. They discuss how the conventional route of prenatal care and birth for women with Type 1 is different for those that don't have it - including the risk factors and reasoning for why it is this way, and then Dr. Gina goes on to explain how she advocated for herself to walk an alternative path outside the system. She found a supportive midwife and had both babies at home, and as she shares her birth stories, you'll see that she weaves in how she was actively managing her insulin in between contractions. Blood sugar management is a full-time job, and we hope you find this episode as educational as it is impressive.

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Resources From This Episode:

• Dr. Gina Cummin's Website
• Dr. Gina's Cummin's Instagram
• Other Healthy as a Mother Podcast episodes to further your learning:
  • #87: Gestational Diabetes Part 1 with Lily Nichols
  • #88: Gestational Diabetes Part 2 with Lily Nichols
• Natural Birth for Type 1 Diabetics Facebook Group
• Dr. Gina's midwife, Lindsey Meehleis Instagram and Website
• Dr. Drina's OB, Dr. Stuart Fischbein Instagram and Website and Podcast
• Birthing From Within birth class

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When Dr. Morgan's fourth baby was just a few weeks old and started making a sometimes grunty sometimes squeaky noise with each inhale - She didn't know what to think, and she certainly didn't expect the diagnosis her baby would ultimately get. Laryngomalacia is a term that we all became intimately familiar with, and it basically translates to soft or floppy vocal cords. In this episode, Dr. Morgan takes you through all of the information you need to know about laryngomalacia, from the physiology to the symptoms to the levels of severity, and then treatment. She details everything that she can remember from that time and how it affected her daughter's sleeping, feeding, and thus weight gain - significantly. If you're listening to this episode, it might be because you're going through it - and for that, Dr. Morgan gives a big hug.

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Resources From This Episode:

• Ninni pacifier for breastfed babies, use code MORGM10 to save 10%
• Free to Feed website for food reactivity in babies
• Healthy as a Mother podcast: #43: Dr. Morgan's Postpartum: On Sleeping and Resting
• Healthy as a Mother podcast: #46: Dr. Morgan's Postpartum: On Breastfeeding and Nutrition
• Healthy as a Mother Podcast: #57: Pregnancy Nausea + Postpartum Fog: An Update From the Doctors
• Healthy as a Mother Podcast: #34: The First 10 Days Postpartum: Top 5 Tips to Thrive
• Healthy as a Mother Podcast: #07: Postpartum Healing: No More Mothers Left in the Dust

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How do we raise kids so they don't need therapy? Today, Dr. Leah interviews Sadie Ackerman of Finding Home Healing, all about how we heal our own trauma by working with the various parts of ourselves. This is the amazing work that we need, whether we want to conceive, become better parents, or feel better in our lives no matter what season we are in. This is the kind of work that has made all the difference for Dr. Leah along her own healing, fertility, and motherhood journey. Toward the end, Sadie walks us through a specific example about Dr. Leah's daughter, where she taught her how to show up differently so her daughter could potentially have a different experience leading to less dysregulation, and she's so grateful.

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Resources From This Episode:

• Check out Sadie's website!
• Follow Sadie on Instagram!
• Check out Sadie's podcast: Finding Home Healing
• Join the waitlist for Dr. Leah's new Womanhood Wellness membership launching soon!

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Healthy As A Mother: www.healthyasamother.com
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