Episode 13: Life Beyond Birth: Preparing for Parenthood

An interview with Brooklyn Brownstone

In today’s episode, Julianna and Anna talk with Brooklyn Brownstone, a Canadian mama and entrepreneur  living in Amsterdam and the founder of The Labour Dept. We discuss how the Labour Dept’s Prepped to Parent program prepares parents for life beyond birth. We touch on the importance of preparing for the postpartum period and the cultural and societal shifts that need to occur to support families.

Keywords 

parents, postpartum, fourth trimester, new parent, expat parents, preparation

Episode’s main topics

  • Brooklyn discusses the Prepped to Parent program and building community for new parents.

  • She shares her own experience of becoming a parent, which lead her to developing the Prepped to Parent program.

  • We discuss challenges families face in the postpartum period and how cultural perspectives affect postpartum care.

  • We talk about the importance of education and support when navigating birth choices in a new country.

Resources Mentioned in This Episode

The Labour Dept

⁠thelabourdept.com 

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About Our Guest

Brooklyn Brownstone is the founder of The Labour Dept., a community for parents and parents-to-be. The journey through parenthood is changing — and The Labour Dept. believes the support we receive should change too.

⁠https://www.instagram.com/thelabourdept/⁠

⁠thelabourdept.com⁠

Get in Touch

Expecting Together Pregnancy and Postpartum Meetup You can find us each month at our pregnancy and postpartum meetup where we help you build your community, make friends, and answer all of your pregnancy, birth, breastfeeding, and postpartum questions! More info at pregnantineindhoven.com

Julianna Feron

Website: juliannaferon.com

Instagram: @julianna_feron 

Anna Latham 

Website: empoweredbirthservices.nl

Instagram @empowered.birth.services 

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Schedule a FREE call to see how I can best support you at https://calendly.com/empoweredbirthservices/30min

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Episode 12: The Importance of Parental Wellbeing