228: MANstration: Why Your Partner Should Know about your Menstrual Cycle with Alyx Coble-Frakes

228: MANstration: Why Your Partner Should Know about your Menstrual Cycle with Alyx Coble-Frakes

Author: HeHe Stewart December 20, 2023 Duration: 55:29
  How much does your partner know about your menstrual cycle? How much consideration of your period do you take when planning your monthly schedule? Author of the book, Manstration, Alyx Coble-Frakes is joining me to talk about how to become a 'cycle scientist' to make your cycle work for you! We talk about how to bring your partner into this conversation, using a period planner and how legislation muddles things.    *This episode contains strong language!   Bio: Alyx Coble-Frakes is a passionate social entrepreneur. She has 10 years of experience in business, and 8 years of experience working in health and wellness. When she returned from the Peace Corps in 2015, she felt out of touch with her own health, so she began a path of healing. This led her to launch a health coaching company, and subsequently The Agenda. She has recently authored a book called “Manstruation” which is opening up conversations around periods with men.   The Agenda: https://www.theagendaperiod.com/   Join The Birth Lounge: https://www.thebirthlounge.com/

Hosted by birth and newborn expert HeHe Stewart, The Birth Lounge Podcast creates a thoughtful conversation around the many paths through pregnancy, birth, and early parenthood. This podcast moves beyond simplistic advice to explore the wide spectrum of normal experiences, offering evidence-based insights alongside real stories from parents. HeHe, who founded Tranquility by HeHe Maternity Concierge, guides these discussions with a blend of professional knowledge and deep empathy, aiming to demystify the process and empower your choices. Each episode serves as a gathering place-a safe space where clinical expertise meets lived experience, covering topics that span education, family dynamics, physical fitness, holistic health, and parenting young children. You’ll find a supportive resource here, one that acknowledges the variables and nuances of bringing a child into the world and navigating the postpartum chapter. Tune in for honest dialogues that honor different perspectives, providing companionship and reliable information for your own journey. The goal is to leave you feeling more prepared, less alone, and confident in your unique path through parenthood, all within the supportive community of this podcast.
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Ep. 146: What to know about Inductions with Becca Helie, CNM [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:00:49
Inductions are one of the most common interventions when it comes to birthing a baby. Some people welcome inductions, and some want to avoid it at all cost! Today, I am joined by Certified Nurse Midwife, Becca Helie, to…
Ep. 145: Friday Free Talk: Must-Have Breastfeeding Tools [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 26:31
Today I am sharing the 7 tools that will change your breastfeeding life! Feeding your baby can be tough--cracked nipples, mastitis, clogged ducts, over supply, undersupply! This list goes on and on! The tools I share in…
Ep 144: A Vote for Better Postpartum Care with Skyler Jacobs, CNM [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 50:25
In today's episode, HeHe is joined by Certified Nurse Midwife, Skyler Jacobs, to discuss how the current US postpartum care schedule sorely fails birthing people in getting them appropriate support after having a baby! S…
Ep. 143: Friday Free Talk: The 'Magic Words' in Birth [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 17:32
I recently attended a birth where the provider was forcibly suggesting that my client allow for an IV hep-lock to be placed. The issue arose when my client asked if there was any medical reason to have the IV placed at t…
Ep. 142: The Beginning of Homebirth with Katelyn Fusco [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:09:55
Let’s rewind the clock—and I means AGES— I want to talk about how we used to birth—before we moved it to hospitals. Lets go all the way back to how physiological birth is expected to work. Today, Katelyn Fusco, Host of H…
Ep. 141: Friday Free Talk: The Bishop Score [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 25:12
Today is all about inductions and how to know if you are a 'good candidate' for one. HeHe is diving into a tool that the women's health field uses to rate a a pregnant person’s cervix in order to determine their readines…
Ep. 139: Friday Free Talk: When Nurses Perpetuate the Patriarchy [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 42:43
Inside The Birth Lounge, HeHe does a weekly group prenatal visit with our members! We chat about all things pregnancy, planning for birth, and preparing for postpartum. This week's episode of The Birth Lounge Podcast is…
Ep. 138: The Truth about Exercise in Pregnancy with Kayla Mehr [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 55:55
Today’s guest is a dear friend of mine and a fitness expert specializing in prenatal and postnatal corrective exercise! Kayla Mehr, Founder of Your Fit Mom, is joining HeHe in an episode that is getting down and dirty ab…
Ep 137: Friday Free Talk, When "Checking In" Hinders the Process [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 28:03
When people check in with us, it's generally done with good intention, but sometimes "checking in" can do more harm than good! There are multiple places in women's health and birth work where this rings true! When it com…