65: From Teenage Terrorist to Wise, Gentle Midwife with Ash Johnsdottir

The smartest Bledsoe sis, Ash, is BACK to get into all things midwifery, pregnancy, giving birth, and postpartum care. Ash is an absolute wealth of knowledge and as a certified professional midwife, she isn't giving fraudulently uncredentialed, bad advice like Chanler and I do regularly. Ash tells us all about why a home birth is actually safer for women in many cases than a hospital birth and explains the truly shocking statistic that over thirty percent of babies are delivered by C-section in US hospitals. She gets into pregnancy nutrition advice and explains why it is so critical to stay active and eat mindfully during pregnancy. Finally, she tells us about her scariest moment as a midwife and gives some truly phenomenal advice about how to emotionally grapple with not having a good birth experience. Ash is incredible and we are so happy to have her back on the pod. Can't get enough of Pop Apologists?! Join us on Patreon where we release a brand new, additional episode every Friday! Visit patreon.com/popapologists to support the pod and access our weekly bonus episode! Many thanks to this week's sponsors! To learn more about Ash's face serum, visit johnsdottirapothecaries.com Thank you to BetterHelp for sponsoring this ep! Visit Betterhelp.com/popapologists for 10% off your first month As you all know, we love Spade and Sparrows wine. It is absolutely delicious and the bottles are gorge. Visit www.spadeandsparrows.com to find your closest bottle. Enter code POP15 at checkout to get 15% off your first purchase. Finally, thank you to Athena Club for making the most incredible shave kits and sponsoring this episode! Go to athenaclub.com and use code POP for 20% off! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.