Rewrite Motherhood
By Cynthia Schmidt
Rewrite MotherhoodJan 18, 2022
S2 induction
gutteral poetry from the kitchen sink, best listened to with a fruity cab
S2- part time from home
gutteral poetry from the kitchen sink, best listened to with a fruity cab
S2- preschool
gutteral poetry from the kitchen sink, best listened to with a fruity cab
S2- one
gutteral poetry from the kitchen sink, best listened to with a fruity cab
S2- I don't want to write poetry
gutteral poetry from the kitchen sink, best listened to with a fruity cab
S2- homemaker
gutteral poetry from the kitchen sink, best listened to with a fruity cab
S1E7: Andrea De La Torre misses being a teacher but uses Instagram to help other moms.
S1E6: Kate Munhall Weber on intuitive eating and why she no longer remembers or cares what she ate today.
In Episode 6, Cynthia interviews her sister-in-law, Kate Weber, about learning intuitive eating as a breastfeeding mother and how the philosophy of food has freed Kate from a lifelong struggle with body image and disordered eating. Even as a young child with an otherwise happy childhood, Kate was chronically worried about her body size, and began formal dieting as a teenager. But when Kate became a mother, the hormonal gaunlet of pregnacies and breastfeeding tipped her over the edge and set her on a frantic quest looking for answers. One evening while running diet-related google searches, Kate stumbled across an intuitive eating podcast, which kickstarted her journey to heal the relationship between her body and brain. In this topical episode, Kate shares her intuitive eating story, why she decided to change Obstetricians, and how freedom from disordered eating has given her a more peaceful and joyful approach to motherhood.
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Resources recommended by Kate:
What is Intuitive Eating?
https://www.intuitiveeating.org/10-principles-of-intuitive-eating/
What is Health At Every Size?
Health At Every Size Community: https://haescommunity.com/
Kate's favorite intuitive eating podcast:
S1E5: Elizabeth Nava on what it's really like to be a "stay at home mom."
In Episode 5, Cynthia interviews Elizabeth Nava about her decision to "stay at home" with her two sons despite having several elite (and expensive) degrees. Cynthia and Elizabeth talk about the limitations and contradictions of the label "stay at home mom" and how Elizabeth's upbringing contributed to her decision to give up her traditional career. Elizabeth talks about the ways she and her husband (a teacher) make their finances work on a single income, and some of the benefits of being home with her kids all day, such as the chance to observe her children in all situations and the ability to embrace a slower pace of life. Cynthia and Elizabeth also discuss what they think when they hear mothers say they would be a terrible stay at home mom (hint: it has something to do with the assumptions of modern parenting!). The moms finish out the episode by discussing some favorite parenting and motherhood books, and how the end-goal of being a "stay at home mom" is to work yourself out of a job.
S1E4: Chelsea Gibson on the discernment & finding a personal board of directors.
S1E3: Marlise Pierre-Wright on having a baby as a nontraditional medical student.
S1E2: Dr. Trish Rawicki on surviving hyperemesis 4 times in med school & residency
In episode two, Cynthia interviews her friend Dr. Patricia ("Trish") Rawicki, a doctor, mother of four, attorney's wife, and four-time survivor of hyperemesis gravidarum. In each of her pregnacies, Trish has suffered from hyperemesis gravidarum, a serious disorder that has required her to be hospitalized or recieve home health for intravenous fluids and tube feeding. Trish shares what it was like experiencing a "dark night of the soul" during each of her four sicknesses, how she relied on her husband and a beloved nanny to care for her family, the fruits she has seen in her family life as a result of her trial, and why she and her husband have continued to purposefully have more children in spite of it all! Cynthia also grills Trish about why she chose to get pregnant during medical school, how she was able to recieve time off during residency to have two more children, and why she's currently on a break from practicing medicine after the birth of her fourth child.
