Evening Tea

When Everything Goes Off Script: Shira’s Two C-Section Stories

Trigger warning: This episode includes medical coercion, birth trauma, and surgical birth. In this conversation, my friend Shira shares the two births that shaped her - an overdue induction where she was told she couldn’t leave the hospital, a C-section that left her feeling defeated, and a second birth that unfolded in a completely different emotional landscape. We talk about the pressure she felt, the parts she forgot until saying them out loud, the healing she found the second time around, and how much courage it takes to revisit a birth that didn’t go the way you hoped. A slow, honest after-bedtime conversation about expectations, shock, recovery, and the ways we process our own stories over time. Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2593516/support]

When You Become the 1%: C-section Stories with Shaina Glick

This is a quiet, personal conversation about being the 1% - the outcome you don’t expect, don’t plan for, and hope won’t be yours. Shaina shares her experience moving through an unexpected C-section, a postpartum infection that became life-threatening, and a second birth where everything pointed toward one outcome… until it didn’t. We talk about what it feels like to try so hard for a certain kind of birth, to carry the voices of what it “should” look like, and to slowly come to terms with a body and a story that unfolds differently. There’s no fixing or reframing here, just sitting with what happened, and holding it together. If this meets you in any way, I hope it feels like a little bit of company. Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2593516/support]

What We Carry Through Birth: A VBAC Journey with Chana Leah

Trigger warning: This episode includes discussion of prenatal suicidal thoughts, birth trauma, and addiction within a family. Please take care while listening. In this episode, I sit with Chana Leah Bleznik for a real and layered conversation about her VBAC journey and everything that surrounded it: the fear, the pressure, the unexpected turns, and the experiences that stayed with her long after birth. We talk about her first birth and the trauma that followed, what it was like going into future pregnancies carrying that with her, and how her relationship to her body and herself shifted over time. Chana Leah also shares about experiencing suicidal thoughts during pregnancy, growing up around addiction, and what it looked like to navigate all of that while becoming a mother. This conversation moves through a lot. Quietly, honestly, and in her own words.  Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2593516/support]

Two Things Can Be True: Trust, Birth, and C-Section Awareness Month

In this episode, we open C-Section Awareness Month with a real and needed conversation about the truth that two things can be true at once. A birth can be beautiful and hard. A mother can feel grateful and still hold pain. You can learn from an experience without forcing yourself to be “fine” about it. Chani joins me to share her birth story. The fear, the loss of control, the trust she had in her providers, and the trust she struggled to find within herself. We talk about judgment between “natural” and “medical” birth communities, the pressure women feel to defend their choices, and what it actually means to trust your own body when the world is loud and your intuition feels quiet. This conversation is honest, gentle, and validating for anyone who has ever felt conflicted about their birth story or unsure how to hold all the layers of it. Two things can be true: and you deserve space for all of it. Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2593516/support]

Feeding Without Fear: A Conversation About Breastfeeding, Pumping, and Support with Tamari Jacobs

Feeding a baby is never just feeding a baby. It’s pressure, hope, instinct, confusion, grief, and connection often all at once. In this episode, Chaya sits with lactation consultant Tamari Jacobs of One With the Pump for a grounded, honest conversation about what mothers are really navigating when it comes to breastfeeding, pumping, supplementing, or stopping. Together, they talk about the myth that breastfeeding “just comes naturally,” the loneliness of finding the right support, why understanding the why behind guidance matters, and the quiet grief that can live inside feeding decisions, even when those choices feel like the right ones. This isn’t a how-to. It’s a steady, human conversation meant to offer comfort, clarity, and permission to trust yourself and reach out when you need to. Grab a warm cup and settle in. You can find and work with Tamari on any social platform  ⁨@onewiththepump⁩ [https://studio.youtube.com/channel/UCnY7pUsNJd5JNj2oI5ZOu7A]  Find her Ultimate Pumping Course here - https://onewiththepump.thrivecart.com/the-ultimate-pumping-course/  Use code 'EVENINGTEA' for 20% off (Thanks Tamari!!)  Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2593516/support]