#Twinning with Nicole Banwell
The WoMed
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4.4 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 3 November 2023
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
When D’s away, the twins will play! On this very special episode, Jac’s identical twin sister Nicole is sitting in for Dani while she’s in New York, and the twins are #twinning. They reflect on their journey as twins, the challenges and benefits, how Nicole, who is currently pregnant, almost had twins herself, and why they would actually be truly terrified to have their own set. Nicole then shares her story of transitioning from an ICU nurse to a certified nurse midwife and the “come to Jesus” moments that led her down that path. They also debunk misconceptions about midwifery, providing a glimpse into the demanding yet rewarding life of a midwife and why it’s never too late to make a career shift, especially in healthcare. After majorly pumping Nicole’s tires throughout the episode, Jac decides to bring in her husband Mason for a rapid-fire pregnancy Q&A to get his take on how the pregnancy journey has really been with her twin sister (spoiler alert: she's glowing). This convo is a must-listen for the twins out there, pregnant peeps, or anyone working in healthcare and beyond looking to make a career shift. Enjoy!
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| 0:20.8 | So I'm really proud of myself for not sneaking out of my yoga class and going to your prenatal yoga class this morning. |
| 0:28.4 | I knew you wanted to come in mind. |
| 0:30.0 | I really did. And like my fucking ass is like so sore already. I just like don't work out anymore. |
| 0:35.1 | And I really at this rate like I should have just |
| 0:37.7 | pretended to be pregnant and gone into the prenatal class. Yeah. I mean, there's only eight |
| 0:41.6 | people. You probably could have come on in. We're welcoming group. What is prenatal yoga like? |
| 0:47.3 | It's amazing. I recommend it. I mean, for anyone that's pregnant, it really is. Well, it's a little |
| 0:54.1 | more chill. I think we can't do hot yoga, obviously, when you's pregnant. It really is, well, it's a little more chill, I think. We can't do |
| 0:56.0 | hot yoga, obviously, when you're pregnant, the dehydration. Oh, yeah, obviously, I guess. |
| 1:01.6 | But there's a lot more modifications than you would think, right? Because you can't do anything |
| 1:07.2 | where you're like on your belly. So what's it called like the chaturangas? You can't do |
| 1:12.6 | that when you like load up a really hard thing where you lower down really slowly. Wait, do you do |
| 1:17.6 | happy baby pose? Yeah. And like we all like I just I laugh every time. You're like racking back and |
| 1:23.2 | forth with your big belly. Yeah. That's why it's called that that pose happy baby. And then a lot of just like changing positions really slowly so you don't get orthostatic hypotension. So you have to just kind of change. I saw like a lot of like you had a lot of modification like supplies like the little the boxes and like blankets and like cushions and stuff. I was like I want cush cushions in my class. What the fuck? I think it's great. Like, we really can connect with your breath work. And I think it's going to help prep for labor. I've heard it really helps prep your body for labor and learning how to soften your pelvic floor. And like, it's not so much about being like as strong as it is about learning how to control your muscles and breathe. |
| 2:01.7 | Well, there you go. |
| 2:02.9 | I mean, and if you don't know enough already about being pregnant and what to expect as midwife, |
| 2:08.6 | then, I mean, maybe this will help too. |
| 2:11.6 | So if you haven't noticed, we are here for a very special episode of the WOMAD this week. |
| 2:18.8 | Danny is traveling out of town. She's in New York. We will catch her next week. We are coming live from Chicago. |
| 2:24.0 | It is a special episode of the WOMED with me and my identical twin sister, Nicole. Nicole, |
| 2:30.9 | welcome to the Wemad. Thanks for having me. You know, when you asked me to be on the podcast, I thought Danielle was going to be here. So I'm actually kind of sad because I have not talked to her in a bit. And so when I just found out it was just me and you, I was kind of bummed. Yeah, she's got some spicy updates. So yeah, I know, I need to talk to her. Yeah, you're just stuck with me. Sorry. But no, I'm really excited because I think this will be a really great conversation for a lot of our nursing students, a lot of our nurses, any of our pregnant listeners. And just anyone, also maybe any of any one of our listeners, a twin. So yeah, Nicole and I are identical twins. |
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