The 7-Day Work Week Podcast

Episode 3: Giving Voice to Postpartum

In this episode of The 7-Day Work Week, Em and Liz research all things postpartum. They learn that postpartum mood changes are a spectrum rather than one monolithic stereotype and discuss how postpartum healing looks in other parts of the world. Em and Liz share the “icky” parts of postpartum recovery in hopes of reducing the code of silence around it. Finally, they discuss the economic and cultural implications of the Frida Mom line of postpartum recovery products.
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EPISODE REFERENCES
American Psychiatric Association. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th, ed. American Psychiatric Publishing, 2013. https://archive.org/details/DSM5Eng/mode/2up. Accessed 29 Aug. 2020.
“Anxiety During Pregnancy & Postpartum.” Postpartum Support International, 2020, https://www.postpartum.net/learn-more/anxiety-during-pregnancy-postpartum/. Accessed 28 Aug. 2020. 
“Depression During Pregnancy & Postpartum.” Postpartum Support International, 2020, https://www.postpartum.net/learn-more/depression-during-pregnancy-postpartum/. Accessed 28 Aug. 2020. 
“Frida Mom Instant Ice Maxi Pad.” Target.com, https://www.target.com/p/frida-mom-instant-ice-maxi-pad/-/A-76199077. Accessed 29 Aug. 2020. 
“Frida Mom Upside Down Peri Bottle.” Target.com, https://www.target.com/p/frida-mom-upside-down-peri-bottle/-/A-76199073. Accessed 29 Aug. 2020. 
“Frida Mom Postpartum Recovery Essentials Kit.” Target.com, target.com/p/frida-mom-postpartum-recovery-essentials-kit/-/A-76199074.
Gallos, Ioannis, et al. “Uterotonic Drugs for Preventing Postpartum Haemorrhage: New Evidence.” Evidently Cochrane, Cochrane UK, 21 Feb. 2019, https://www.evidentlycochrane.net/uterotonic-drugs-postpartum-haemorrhage/. Accessed 28 Aug. 2020. 
Garvey, Marianne. “My Baby Robbed Me of My Looks.” Good Housekeeping, Hearst Digital Media, 13 Nov. 2018, https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/life/parenting/a23082144/body-image-before-and-after-baby/. Accessed 29 Aug. 2020. 
“Hair Loss in New Moms.” American Academy of Dermatology Association, 2020, https://www.aad.org/public/diseases/hair-loss/insider/new-moms. Accessed 28 Aug. 2020. 
Krause, Jill. “The Good News … It’s Not ‘Crotch Rot.’” Baby Rabies, 19 May 2008, https://www.babyrabies.com/2008/05/the-good-newsits-not-crotch-rot/.
Lascala, Marisa. “Postpartum Underwear Just Got a Huge Upgrade with Frida Mom’s New Post-Birth Recovery Line.” Good Housekeeping, Hearst Digital Media, 10 Feb. 2020, https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/life/parenting/a28552658/postpartum-underwear-maternity-pads-fridamom/#:~:text=Fridababy%2C%20the%20company%20that%20makes,%2C%20Target%2C%20and%20Buybuy%20Baby. Accessed 29 Aug. 2020. 
Ma, Julie. “15 Famous Women on Postpartum Depression.” The Cut, 13 Apr. 2017, https://www.thecut.com/2017/04/quotes-from-15-famous-women-on-postpartum-depression.html. Accessed 29 Aug. 2020. 
“Maternal Mortality.” Unicef.org, Sept. 2019, https://data.unicef.org/topic/maternal-health/maternal-mortality/. Accessed 29 Aug. 2020. 
Moghe, Sonia. “The Oscars Ad That Hits Home for Me is One You Won’t See.”  CNN, 10 Feb. 2020, https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/09/opinions/postpartum-ad-oscars-frida-mom-moghe/index.html. Accessed 29 Aug. 2020. 
Ononge, S., et al. “Excessive Bleeding is a Normal Cleansing Process: A Qualitative Study of Postpartum Haemorrhage Among Rural Uganda Women.” BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, vol. 16, no. 211, 2016, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-016-1014-9. Accessed 28 Aug. 2020. 
“Postpartum Depression in Men.” PostpartumDepression.org, 2020, https://www.postpartumdepression.org/postpartum-depression/men/. Accessed 28 Aug. 2020. 
“Perineal Irrigation Bottle.” HealthyKin.com, https://www.healthykin.com//p-3571-perineal-irrigation-bottle.aspx?gclid=CjwKCAjwnK36BRBVEiwAsMT8WNaueuOR575rb3L2wYFhbTVHfq6PH2_fgmy-x-8l2fJKtWJibyxHxRoCQt4QAvD_BwE. Accessed 29 Aug. 2020. 
Poggi, Jeanine. “The Inside Story of ‘Banned’ TV Commercials.” AdAge, 13 Feb. 2020,  https://adage.com/article/media/inside-story-banned-tv-commercials/2237136. Accessed 29 Aug. 2020. 
“Postpartum Depression.” American Psychological Association, 2008, https://www.apa.org/pi/women/resources/reports/postpartum-depression. Accessed 29 Aug. 2020.
Rosenman, Amy. “Childbirth and Incontinence.” UCLAHealth.org, 2020, https://www.uclahealth.org/womens-pelvic-health/childbirth-incontinence. Accessed 28 Aug. 2020.
Scarff, Jonathan. “Postpartum Depression in Men.” Innovations in Clinical Neuroscience, vol. 16 no. 5-6, 2019, pp. 11-14, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6659987/. Accessed 28 Aug. 2020. 
Sparks, Hannah. Watch the Frida Mom Postpartum Ad Oscars Rejected for Being Too Graphic.” NYPost, 11 Feb. 2020, https://nypost.com/2020/02/11/watch-the-frida-mom-postpartum-ad-oscars-rejected-for-being-too-graphic/. Accessed 29 Aug. 2020. 
“T.N. Dickinson's Witch Hazel Cleansing Cloths - 25ct.” Target.com, https://www.target.com/p/t-n-dickinson-s-witch-hazel-cleansing-cloths-25ct/-/A-50218991. Accessed 29 Aug. 2020. 

Episode 2.5: Laboring On

Looking for more 7-Day Work Week? Check out this Episode 2 bonus content where we talk birthing classes and share more personal birth anecdotes!
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Bonus Episode References
“Becoming Mama Online Birth Class.” Motherly, Mar. 2020, https://www.mother.ly/shop/in-response-to-covid-19-were-making-the-becoming-mama-tm-birth-class-free/more-than-20-000-women-have-joined-motherlys-free-online-birth-class. Accessed 8 Jul. 2020. 
“39 Weeks Infographic.” March of Dimes, 2019, https://www.marchofdimes.org/pregnancy/39-weeks-infographic.aspx. Accessed 20 Aug. 2020.

Episode 2: Labor Pains

In the second episode of The 7-Day Work Week, Em and Liz share their labor stories. They discuss the numerical and cultural values of natural births, inductions, c-sections, and epidurals while unpacking the historical and geographic dichotomy between midwives and doctors.
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EPISODE REFERENCES
Baskett, T F, and F Nagele. “Naegele's Rule: A Reappraisal.” BJOG : An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology,  vol. 107, no. 11, 2000, https://obgyn.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1471-0528.2000.tb11661.x. Accessed 23 Aug. 2020. 
Boem, Frank H., et al. “The Effect of Electronic Fetal Monitoring on the Incidence of Cesarean Section.” American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, vol. 140 no. 3, 1981, pp. 295-298, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0002937881902763#!. Accessed 19 Aug. 2020. 
Christensen, Nicole. “I Had An Epidural And I Was Told ‘I Didn’t Actually Go Through Labor.’” Scary Mommy, 12 Apr. 2019, https://www.scarymommy.com/epidural-still-labor/. Accessed 23 Aug. 2020. 
Donaldson-Evans, Catherine. “Inducing Labor: What Happens When You're Induced?.” What to Expect, 26 Apr. 2019, https://www.whattoexpect.com/pregnancy/labor-induction/. Accessed 22 Aug. 2020. 
Doucleff, Michelene. “The Rate of C-Sections is Rising at an ‘Alarming’ Rate, Report Says.”  NPR, 12 Oct. 2018, https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2018/10/12/656198429/rate-of-c-sections-is-rising-at-an-alarming-rate. Accessed 23 Aug. 2020.
“Epidural.” NHS, 11 Mar. 2020, https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/epidural/Risks and side effects of an epidural. Accessed 20 Aug. 2020.
“Epidural Corticosteroid Injections.” Johns Hopkins Medicine, 2020, https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/epidural-corticosteroid-injections. Accessed 22 Aug. 2020. 
Evans, Rhiannon. “Epidurals Scandal: Why Are We Still pain-Shaming Mothers?” Grazia, Bauer Media Group, 27 Jan. 2020, https://graziadaily.co.uk/life/in-the-news/epidural-pain-shaming/. Accessed 23 Aug. 2020. 
CORRECTION: In the podcast, Liz wrongly attributed information that came from this article to Christensen. 
“Fetal Heart Rate Monitoring During Labor.” American College of Obstetrics and Gynecologists, 2020, https://www.acog.org/patient-resources/faqs/labor-delivery-and-postpartum-care/fetal-heart-rate-monitoring-during-labor. Accessed 19 Aug. 2020. 
Fuchs, Lynn M. “What Causes Transient Tachypnea of the Newborn?” Kids Health, Nemours, Aug. 2019, https://kidshealth.org/en/parents/ttn.html. Accessed 22 Aug. 2020. 
Gardham, Duncan. “Women 'Should Go Through Pain' in Childbirth, Says Male Midwife.” The Telegraph, 12 Jul. 2009, https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/health/news/5810342/Women-should-go-through-pain-in-childbirth-says-male-midwife.html. Accessed 23 Aug. 2020. 
“Gestational Hypertension.” Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, 2020, https://www.chop.edu/conditions-diseases/gestational-hypertension. Accessed 22 Aug. 2020. 
Hill, Amelia. “‘I Asked Three Times for an Epidural’: Why are Women Being Denied Pain Relief During Childbirth?” The Guardian, 4 Mar. 2020, https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2020/mar/04/i-asked-three-times-for-an-epidural-why-are-women-being-denied-pain-relief. Accessed 20 Aug. 2020. 
Howell, Charlotte A., et al. “Randomised Study of Long Term Outcome After Epidural Versus Non-epidural Analgesia During Labour.” Birmingham Maternity Journal, vol. 325, 17 Aug. 2002, https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12183305/. Accessed 23 Aug. 2020. 
“Inducing Labor.” March of Dimes, Sept. 2018, https://www.marchofdimes.org/pregnancy/inducing-labor.aspx. Accessed 22 Aug. 2020. 
“Induction of Labor at 39 Weeks.” American College of Obstetrics and Gynecologists, 2020, https://www.acog.org/patient-resources/faqs/labor-delivery-and-postpartum-care/induction-of-labor-at-39-weeks. Accessed 22 Aug. 2020. 
MacArthur, C., et al. “Epidural Anaesthesia and Long Term Backache After Childbirth.” Birmingham Maternity Journal, vol. 301  7 Jul. 1990, pp. 9–12. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1663375/. Accessed 23 Aug. 2020. 
Macdonald, Margaret. “Gender Expectations: Natural Bodies and Natural Births in the New Midwifery in Canada.” Medical Anthropology Quarterly, vol. 20, no. 2, 2006, pp. 235â256. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/3655414. Accessed 24 Aug. 2020.
Oster, Emily and W. Spencer McClelland. “Why the C-Section Rate is So High.” The Atlantic, 17 Oct. 2019. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/10/c-section-rate-high/600172/. Accessed 23 Aug. 2020. 
Souter, Vivienne et al. “Maternal and Newborn Outcomes with Elective Induction of Labor at Term.” American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology,  vol. 220, no. 3, 2019, https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30716284/,  doi:10.1016/j.ajog.2019.01.223. Accessed 22 Aug. 2020. 
The Business of Being Born. Directed by Abby Epstein. Prod. Ricki Lake, Barranca Production, 2008. 
“Vaginal Birth After Cesarean: VBAC.” American Pregnancy Association, 25 Apr. 2012, https://americanpregnancy.org/labor-and-birth/vaginal-birth-after-cesarean-669. Accessed 22 Aug. 2020. 
White, Joanna. “But Isn't It the Baby That Decides When It Will Be Born?': Temporality and Women's Embodied Experiences of Giving Birth.” The Cambridge Journal of Anthropology, vol. 34, no. 1, 2016, pp. 72â86. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/26384611. Accessed 24 Aug. 2020.
White, Tracie. “Epidurals increase in popularity, Stanford study finds.” Scope, Stanford Medicine, 26 June 2018. https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/2018/06/26/epidurals-increase-in-popularity-stanford-study-finds. Accessed 20 Aug. 2020. 
Withiam‐Leitch MD, Matthew, James Shelton, and Emily Fleming. “Central Fetal Monitoring: Effect on Perinatal Outcomes and Cesarean Section Rate.” Birth Issues in Prenatal Care, vol. 33, no. 4, 2006, https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1523-536X.2006.00120.x. Accessed 19 Aug. 2020.

Episode 1: Why We Chose To Stay Home

In the inaugural episode of The 7-Day Work Week, Em and Liz chat about their decisions to become stay-at-home moms (SAHMs). They talk the economics of nannies, daycare, and leaving the workforce while also touching on mom-shaming, COVID-19 parenting, and how feminism intersects with staying home to raise children.
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EPISODE REFERENCES
Bettinger, Eric, Torbjørn Hægeland and Mari Rege. “Home with Mom: The Effects of Stay-at-Home Parents on Children’s Long-Run Educational Outcomes.” Journal of Labor Economics , July 2014, Vol. 32, No. 3 (July 2014), pp. 443-467. 
Gay, Roxanne. “Confessions of a Bad Feminist.” Ted Talk. May 2015. https://www.ted.com/talks/roxane_gay_confessions_of_a_bad_feminist?language=en. Accessed 3 Aug. 2020. 
Landrum, Sarah. “More Millennial Women Are Becoming Stay-At-Home Moms -- Here's Why.” Forbes. PARS International Corp, 9 Feb. 2018, https://www.forbes.com/sites/sarahlandrum/2018/02/09/more-millennial-women-are-becoming-stay-at-home-moms-heres-why/#192d90e26a2b. Accessed 4 Aug. 2020. 
Madowitz, Michael, Alex Rowell, and Katie Hamm. “Calculating the Hidden Cost of Interrupting a Career for Child Care.” Center for American Progress. June 2016. https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/early-childhood/reports/2016/06/21/139731/calculating-the-hidden-cost-of-interrupting-a-career-for-child-care/. Accessed 5 Aug. 2020. 
 “Nanny Salary in Illinois.” Career Explorer. Sokanu, 2020, https://www.careerexplorer.com/careers/nanny/salary/illinois/#:~:text=Illinois-,Nanny%20salary%20in%20Illinois,is%20around%20%2411.66%20per%20hour. Accessed 5 Aug. 2020. 
Peskowitz, Miriam. The Truth Behind the Mommy Wars: Who Decides What Makes a Good Mother. Seal Press, 2005. 
Stone, Pamela. Opting Out?: Why Women Really Quit Careers and Head Home. University of California Press, 2007. 
“The Cost of Childcare in Illinois.” Economic Policy Institute, July 2019, https://www.epi.org/child-care-costs-in-the-united-states/#/IL. Accessed 4 Aug. 2020. 
Walker Burke, Cassie. “In Illinois, child care costs eclipse rent, making it one of least affordable states.” Chalkbeat.org. 23 October 2018, https://chicago.chalkbeat.org/2018/10/23/21105965/in-illinois-child-care-costs-eclipse-rent-making-it-one-of-least-affordable-states. Accessed 5 Aug. 2020. 
Whitebrook, Marcy, Deborah Phillips, and Carolee Howes. “Worthy Work, STILL Unlivable Wages: The Early Childhood Workforce 25 Years after the National Child Care Staffing Study https://cscce.berkeley.edu/files/2014/ReportFINAL.pdf. Accessed 5 Aug. 2020.
 

The Trailer

Hello and welcome to The 7-day Work Week Podcast.
Join Liz and Em starting August 21st as they engage in a balanced and civil dialogue around polarizing topics regarding stay-at-home moms. Depending on who you talk to, stay-at-home moms are either lazy freeloaders or noble self-sacrificers. They don’t feel either of these archetypes is quite true. 
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