Being Birthing Humans is Hard

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​Hey Humans! This episode is for all you humans out there who have either birthed, adopted or had to be the full time caregiver to a human bebe at any point in the first, let's say, 0-3 years of their life. Parenting is hard! It is made even harder by Daddy Capitalism, of course, but also by the terrible idea white supremist came up with called, the Nuclear family. My ancestors said, why have a whole community of big humans and small humans working together to support each other when you can have just one dude and one lady care for 2.5 kiddos and a dog/cat?! Face palm emoji here. I invited my friend, neighbor and fellow social worker, Jessie Gutierrez, on to talk all things bringing humans into this world. Jessie is a LIMPH and specializes in perinatal mental health. Jessie and I both identify as humans who birthed humans who like to use the term, mom or mama, for ourselves. Therefore, we do navigate this conversation using the labels we identify with, but want to make sure anyone who listens knows, this label isn't for everyone who birthed a human or adopted or care gives for one. So when you hear the word, mom, mother, mama, in this episode, know we are including anyone who can share these experiences.

Milk Works: https://milkworks.org/
Postpartum Support International (PSI) is a wonderful resource for maternal mental health. PSI has a Nebraska chapter that can help link moms and families with perinatal providers. 

• https://psichapters.com/ne/
  
• PSI also has many free online support groups.
• https://www.postpartum.net/get-help/psi-online-support-meetings/
  

Division of Labor 
The documentary I mentioned is FairPlay by Eve Rodsky. (Also she has a book and podcast). It was streaming on Hulu but here is a link for info.
https://www.fairplaylife.com/documentary