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All right, Mamas, we were debating on the title for today's podcast episode. And we decided on, you know, you're crunchy if. And we're going to

give you some examples of if you know you've crossed the line of just like birthing mama to girl your granola

but first we're going to start you off with our meme of the week so here we are we all have

mother-in-laws right most of us majority of us here so mother-in-law please don't tell me how to

raise my kids i'm married to one of yours and he still needs some work oh snap for the mother-in-law, please don't tell me how to raise my kids. I'm married to one of yours, and he still needs some work.

Oh, snap.

For the mother-in-law's listening, we love you, but you get it, right?

I thought it was funny.

Fortunately, my mother-in-law, for the most part, has stayed out of things.

Yeah, I have a fabulous mother-in-law as well.

But there are moments where I'm like, I can agree with that meme.

It's awesome.

Okay, you guys, so we have rounded up the craziest birthing practices that we hear of here in the United States.

And I just wanted to share them with you because you

might be watching a birth video or you might see a picture or something and be like, what the

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