EP16: Deborah Claire Bagg on Same Sex Fertility and the Vulnerability of the First Year of Motherhood

EP16: Deborah Claire Bagg on Same Sex Fertility and the Vulnerability of the First Year of Motherhood Today I have a guest who is going to charm you like you haven't been charmed quite yet. She has the best accent and a very warm heart. Deborah Claire Bagg is the owner and founder of the yoga studio, LoveisJuniper in Brooklyn- which is a yoga center, flower shop and has treatment spaces. Deborah is a yoga teacher, yoga teacher trainer, doula, somatic therapist and new mom. I met her online- but we had a lot of worlds in common as she went to Naropa and I lived in Boulder for five years. She came for a session when I was working in Brooklyn and then immediately invited me to teach at her new space that opened this year. She is a wise woman, and has immersed herself in the feminine arts. We are going to talk about the journey of same sex fertility, the road to starting a non-traditional family and the vulnerability of the first year of motherhood.  What Deborah Shares: The wild and epic road of same sex fertility, especially when you find yourself there unexpectedly How yoga practice impacts birth The vulnerability of being a new mother Gems of postpartum wisdom for the journey What You'll Hear: Becoming a same-sex mother by surprise (2:16) Opening a yoga center with a 4-month-old baby (5:00) Preference for a known donor (6:50) The actual "how" of getting pregnant (12:40) Her journey with a miscarriage (14:50) Well woman care with midwives (15:30) Headstanding to get pregnant (18:40) What is fertility beyond sperm and egg? (21:00) IUI at home (22:00) Pregnancy- ecstatic misery (25:50) Asking for reassurance (30:00) Deborah's birth chant (33:35) The surprises of postpartum (36:00) Her old self fed her new self (38:30) In woman-centered yoga practice, motherhood not included (39:00) In any big change in life you have to go through all the seasons (42:00) Audio glitch (45:30) Postpartum time= a lifetime inside of seconds Lessons learned from postpartum from the inside (48:00) It's difficult to mother when you don't have a connection to your body (50:00) All that was born from her journey to motherhood to one year (52:00) Tap into the wider field before crisis. Grander field of wisdom that is waiting. (54:40) www.loveisjuniper.com www.deborahbagg.com