#204 | The Return of Claude Racine-Valinsky From the Depths of Postpartum Depression to "Gangster" Mom Mode

Down to Birth

Cynthia Overgard & Trisha Ludwig

Pregnancy, Childbirth, Postpartum, Midwives, Alternative Health, Home Birth, Society & Culture, Newborn, Documentary, Hypnobirthing, Kids & Family, Health & Fitness, Breastfeeding, Pregnant, Birth, Maternity, Motherhood

4.8 • 586 Ratings

🗓️ 15 March 2023

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Claude Racine Valinsky is a former professional dancer and choreographer in Los Angeles who is now a mother who has recovered from postpartum depression and become a thriving mom-preneur. She returns to the show for the third time to share her "gangster mindset" for turning our most difficult moments in life into our greatest opportunity for growth, expansion, fulfillment and success. Claude joined us in episode #28 to share her home birth story and again in episode #72, where she opened up a...

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0:00.0	We just want to make sure everyone else is happy.
0:05.8	The husband is fed, the kid is fed, the house is clean.
0:09.7	And I'm not even that, I'm not that person, you guys, but I did turn into her after having Nova.
0:15.3	And then I was like, wait a second.
0:17.2	I haven't washed my face in a year.
0:19.2	I don't even brush my teeth every day. What am I doing?
0:21.7	Your eyes open the minute that baby sighs in their sleep, your eyes pop open. Like, that is such a
0:26.8	precious, endearing, beautiful thing to me about women. I'm so happy to be a woman. I'm so happy that
0:32.5	I'm the one who went through that experience in my life. I'm so proud that I kept getting up when my babies needed me. And
0:41.1	like you said, despite how isolating it is, how we're feeling, it's like every woman should be
0:48.6	so moved by herself. Because on that wedding day, you didn't see that you had that in you.
0:56.8	I'm Cynthia Overgard, owner of hypniburthing of Connecticut, childbirth advocate, and postpartum
1:02.0	support specialist. And I'm Tresha Ludwig, certified nurse midwife and international board
1:07.9	certified lactation consultant. And this is the Down to Birth podcast.
1:14.4	Childbirth is something we're made to do,
1:16.8	but how do we have our safest and most satisfying experience in today's medical culture?
1:21.4	Let's dispel the myths and get down to Birth.
1:32.3	Hi, everybody.
1:39.3	My name's Claude Racine Volinsky, and I have been a guest on Down to Birth show twice before,
1:41.4	once to talk about my home birth. I believe that was episode 28.
1:44.0	And then the second time was to talk about my home birth. I believe that was episode 28. And then the second time was to
1:45.9	talk about, I was really like in the thick of postpartum depression and anxiety. That was episode
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