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The Tortoise with Brooke McAlary

Jojo Hogan on why the Slow Postpartum movement is so important

The Tortoise with Brooke McAlary

Brooke McAlary

Education, Personal Journals, Society & Culture, Self-improvement

4.6525 Ratings

🗓️ 20 February 2019

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Is it possible to adapt slow living philosophies to new parenthood? Jojo Hogan is the founder of the Slow Postpartum movement and believes it's not only possible, but vital that we do.

Transcript

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0:00.0

And what they found was that over that 24-hour period, 14 people held the baby.

0:06.3

So the mother held the baby about 40% of the time, probably when she was feeding it, right?

0:11.7

It was sleeping.

0:12.6

And that was like a light bulb moment for me when I was doing my Doola training because I thought,

0:17.3

oh, that's okay that I didn't want to hold the baby all the time.

0:22.8

You're not meant to hold your baby all the time.

0:25.6

To me, so I always say that to my class.

0:27.4

You know, no wonder you're feeling tired and exhausted.

0:29.1

Where are your other 14 people that are living in your house to hold the baby?

0:36.9

Music Hello and welcome to the slow home podcast.

0:46.9

This is the podcast all about slow living in a fast-paced world.

0:50.8

My name is Brooke McCallory.

0:52.1

And my name is Ben McCallory.

0:53.8

Welcome to episode three McCallory. And my name is Ben McCallory. Welcome to episode three of

0:56.3

season two. And in today's episode, you speak to Jojo. I do speak to Jojo. Jojo. Not Jojo Siwa.

1:07.7

Back in the USSR, you know, Beatles song, Jojo was, okay.

1:12.9

Sure.

1:13.5

So I went like teeny bobo, you went Beatles.

1:15.7

Yeah.

1:16.0

Okay.

1:16.5

But neither of those is true.

1:17.7

True.

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