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EPISODE · Sep 11, 2026 · 23 MIN

Season Finale, Episode 9: You Were Never Meant to Do This Alone

from High Risk & Highly Capable · host Avareena Schools-Cropper

Season Finale, Episode 9: You Were Never Meant to Do This AloneIn this season finale of High Risk and Highly Capable, I want to express my gratitude for your trust and engagement over the past few months. What we’ve built together is more than just a podcast; it’s a vital resource grounded in research about what women who become mothers later in life truly want from their care. Not what the system assumes we want, but what we say we want when researchers take the time to ask.The Season 1 finale. Eight episodes, eight tools, and the one thing that holds them together: you were never meant to do this alone.IN THIS EPISODE: the three questions that turn “high-risk” into a plan (Ep. 1) · name it, claim it, document it (Ep. 2) · the sixty-day cliff and the twelve-month fix (Ep. 3) · your care team and a birth plan built to bend (Ep. 4) · the Three Doors (Special Episode) · matrescence and the two-week line (Ep. 6) · the fourth trimester and the warning signs worth memorizing (Ep. 7) · building your village on purpose (Ep. 8).LOOK UP YOUR HOSPITAL: the CMS Birthing-Friendly designation is public and free, with an interactive map of designated hospitals and health systems. Direct link: https://data.cms.gov/provider-data/birthing-friendly-hospitals-and-health-systems.FOR EMPLOYERS, HEALTH PLANS, AND BENEFITS BROKERS: if your advanced-maternal-age members are navigating this alone, ASC Consulting Services builds and scopes maternal health programs for organizations, grounded in more than fifteen years of federal maternal health policy experience. Capabilities sheet and pilot conversations: [email protected] @HRHCpod and subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@avareenaschools-cropper3448.This episode is educational and is not medical advice. Nothing here replaces care from your own provider. High-Risk & Highly Capable is a production of ASC Consulting Services, LLC.JOIN HRHCpod EMAIL LIST. This is where the tools live between episodes: appointment-prep guides, question checklists, and the things that do not fit inside an episode. Subscribers hear first about everything that comes next. Share you comments or questions to [email protected].

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