Tune in to this episode to hear more about the one and only Olivia Spitzer and her business, Doula Olivia. What lead Olivia to becoming a labor doula? What are the hardest parts of doulahood? Why should you consider adding an doula to your parenting squad? (apologies for the child noises in the background, it's just that work from home life!) These answers and more in today's episode of The MixTape!  Links we talked about: www.theparenttrippdx.com 

www.patreon.com/theparenttrippdx 

www.ladoula.org 

https://www.etsy.com/shop/MidwifeOnABike

Join Olivia and Sarah as they share their different tips and tricks on how to help soothe sad babies. They combine their lactation, doula, nanny and parenting experience to bring you their most used ideas. Coping with a new baby is tough, especially if they have a lot to say! Links below to YouTube episodes and local Portland businesses mentioned during the video.  

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Folks we talked about during this episode:
Portland Area Babywearing
Baby Blues Connection
Old Wives' Tales episode

Join Olivia and Sarah as they share ideas of what to do this summer. Lots of outside activities makes for a great way to ease out of Covid life stuck in our houses and back out into the world as we become more and more vaccinated as a community. Thank you for doing your part! What do you like to do in the summer? What are your hot tips for getting through hot hot days with kiddos in tow?

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Join Olivia and Sarah as they talk about some of their favorite books for your parenting journey.  This is one of the first MixTapes every recorded! (You can tell by looking at the color of Sarah's hair)..as well as our pre-upgraded audio and video. The list of books is long, so there will be future Book Club episodes. Drop your favorite pregnancy or parenting books below!  

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This is the first installment of our Growing Our Family series.  Join Sarah as she talks to Kate and Joel about how they grew their family through adoption. They talk about the reasons they pursued adoption, their journey through multiple agencies and countries, the emotional road they walked, and ultimately meeting their daughter.   

"It really is a unique story for every single family. You can't ever make any assumptions about an adoptive family and the way that they're made and how they're put together. Every single family is an extremely unique experience." - Kate

Tune in to this episode to hear more about the one and only Sarah Fuller and her business, Opus Lactation. What lead Sarah to becoming a lactation consultant? What does her practice look like? Why should you consider adding an IBCLC to your parenting squad? If you want to be a lactation consultant, what do you need to know? These answers and more in today's episode of The MixTape!

This episode originally aired on YouTube on May 5th, 2021.

Join Sarah and Olivia as they dive into the topic of Old Wives Tales: which ones we love, which ones we hate, which ones we see often in our respective practices as a lactation consultant and a labor doula.   This a fun topic and definitely get silly with this episode. Watch or listen and then jump in the comments and tell us what Old Wives Tales you firmly believe in, or, alternatively, that drives you totally bonkers.   Do you think we got one of these totally wrong? Tell us in the comments!

This episode originally aired on April 21st, 2021 on YouTube.

Join Olivia and Sarah as they invite Marnellie Bishop and Ali Buchanan on to the show to talk the next Parent Trip even, happening April 17th and 18th LIVE on Facebook and YouTube.   (Register for the event here to get viewing links the morning of, straight to you inbox! https://theparenttrippdx.com/event-registration/)  Listen to us talk about why The Parent Trip events are so incredibly valuable and actually a ton of fun.

This episode originally aired on YouTube on April 7th, 2021.