Hey everyone, welcome back to the Maracas Momas Podcast. I'm your host,

Elizabeth Joy and we believe in empowering people through storytelling and

education. And I know last week at the beginning of the episode I was telling you

how my household has been hit with sickness. Tula is still so congested. Oh my

gosh, it's so hard to deal with. I just really have a heart for all the moms out

there who have sick babies because it's like you just feel so helpless and we

didn't really go through that. I mean, Jovi was in the NICU, which we're gonna

talk about the NICU on today's podcast. But there was also nurses caring for

her. There was nothing in my control or anything I could have done to help.

But with Tula, she was just at home like last night. I slept three hours

total because she was so congested that it was so loud and then every time I

tried to nurse her, she couldn't nurse because she was so congested and we've

been to the pediatrician three times in the last two weeks and it's just like, oh

my gosh. And they say that babies can't have allergies either, which I don't know

if that's true or not. But allergies are going around crazy here right now. So I

just want to say if your kids are sick, I feel for you. I'm in it with you and it

sucks. But we will get through it. I just keep telling myself that she's

building her little immune system and that she's getting stronger. So I guess

how we just get through it. I'm excited about today's episode. We have on Dr.

Heather Evans and I'll let her tell you all about herself. But she has a

interesting story from a pelvic floor therapist but also a twin story. She

had premature twins and just learned a lot with her babies and the NICU and

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