Pandemic Mama

About Pandemic Mama

The Pandemic Mama podcast is a limited-series podcast that features honest conversations about having a baby during COVID-19 times. Created and hosted by Irina Gonzalez, a journalist, editor, and bisexual Latina mom with ADHD whose work centers on intersectional identity and its impacts on parenting and mental health. For ongoing conversations about raising Gen Alpha kids and nurturing social justice-minded families, sign up for the Parenting in Hard Mode newsletter at https://irinagonzalez.substack.com/ Listen to interviews with Nathalie Walton (co-founder and former CEO of Expectful—now owned by Babylist), Carmen Perez (civil/human rights activist and co-founder of the Women’s March), Hannah Howard (Editor-in-Chief of ParentCo and author of Feast: True Love in and out of the Kitchen and Plenty: A Memoir of Food and Family), Conz Preti (Parenting + Health Senior Editor at Business Insider), Bre Scullark (model and entrepreneur), Jesus Triviño (Latin Pop Culture Expert and Senior Director at TIDAL), Dr. Erin Watson (family medicine and emergency medicine physician and author of Pregnancy During A Pandemic, We Can Survive This Together: A Pregnant Doctor’s COVID-19 Survival Guide), Kelly Fitzgerald Junco (sober writer and therapist-in-training aka @thesobersenorita on Instagram), Blair Briody (journalist and author of The New Wild West: Black Gold, Fracking, and Life in a North Dakota Boomtown), Maria Piedrabuena (award-winning multimedia journalist and publisher at Tu Prensa Local), Amanda McCraken (freelance writer and host of The Longing Lab podcast), Jenn Chowdhury (multi-platfrom journalist and communications specialist), and more. irinagonzalez.substack.com (https://irinagonzalez.substack.com/s/pandemic-mama?utm_medium=podcast)

Publisher

Irina Gonzalez from Parenting in Hard Mode

Category

kids & family · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

30 Sept 2020

Latest episode

16 Mar 2022

Latest episodes

28 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   16 Mar 2022

   Pandemic Mama, Episode 28: Navigating Postpartum Body Acceptance with Kelly Fitzgerald Junco

   Irina Gonzalez (http://irinagonzalez.com/), journalist, toddler mom, and the host talks with three-time return guest Kelly Fitzgerald Junco (https://www.instagram.com/thesobersenorita/). She is a writer and sobriety advocate. In her previous two episodes, she talked with us about pregnancy anxiety and postpartum grief. This time, she comes on to give us an update about what the past year of the pandemic has been like while living in Florida, the difficulty of finding a daycare that fits her family's safety requirements, and what it's like to work on accepting your postpartum body during a pandemic. Please take the Pandemic Parenting in 2022 survey (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf8HQtv5dIFI55EqSPunte70GfW7LQhdibzEl67O_CPbpSuvQ/viewform) to share what's been going on in your life and don't forget to sign up for the Pandemic Mama newsletter (https://msirinagonzalez.substack.com/) for more. Plus, make sure you follow us on Instagram at @pandemicmamapod (https://www.instagram.com/pandemicmamapod/) for updates, join the Pandemic Mama Podcast Facebook group (https://www.facebook.com/groups/pandemicmamapod) to connect with other parents who have had a baby in the past couple of years, and email your questions to pandemicmamapod@gmail.com (mailto:pandemicmamapod@gmail.com). Get full access to Parenting in Hard Mode at irinagonzalez.substack.com/subscribe (https://irinagonzalez.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4) Get full access to Unmasking Therapy (formerly Parenting in Hard Mode) at irinagonzalez.substack.com/subscribe (https://irinagonzalez.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4)

2. 

   26 Mar 2021

   Pandemic Mama, Episode 27: The Grief of Postpartum in the Pandemic with Kelly Fitzgerald Junco

   Our first return guest! Irina talks with Kelly Fitzgerald Junco (https://www.instagram.com/thesobersenorita/), a writer and blogger behind The Sober Señorita (https://sobersenorita.com/), and a new mom who first appeared in Episode 4 (http://irinagonzalez.com/pandemic-mama-episode-4/) of Pandemic Mama. They talked about her birth story, figuring out breastfeeding, and the many forms of grief she is dealing with today. Plus, how she is getting used to her postpartum body after being an athlete for the past several years. Join the Pandemic Mama Podcast Facebook group (https://www.facebook.com/groups/pandemicmamapod) to connect with other parents having babies in 2020 and 2021, follow us on Instagram at @pandemicmamapod (https://www.instagram.com/pandemicmamapod/) for updates, and email your questions to pandemicmamapod@gmail.com (mailto:pandemicmamapod@gmail.com). Get full access to Parenting in Hard Mode at irinagonzalez.substack.com/subscribe (https://irinagonzalez.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4) Get full access to Unmasking Therapy (formerly Parenting in Hard Mode) at irinagonzalez.substack.com/subscribe (https://irinagonzalez.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4)

3. 

   19 Mar 2021

   Pandemic Mama, Episode 26: The Birth of a Pandemic Papa with Adam

   Irina talks with Adam, an engineer, amateur podcast editor, new dad, and her husband! They talked about the stress he felt in the last weeks of pregnancy, what happened during the birth (http://irinagonzalez.com/pandemic-mama-episode-1/) from his perspective, and how this last year has been with their baby Rio. Plus, all of the decision fatigue and how they have conquered baby sleep issues. Sort of. Join the Pandemic Mama Podcast Facebook group (https://www.facebook.com/groups/pandemicmamapod) to connect with other parents having babies in 2020 and 2021, follow us on Instagram at @pandemicmamapod (https://www.instagram.com/pandemicmamapod/) for updates, and email your questions to pandemicmamapod@gmail.com (mailto:pandemicmamapod@gmail.com). Get full access to Parenting in Hard Mode at irinagonzalez.substack.com/subscribe (https://irinagonzalez.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4) Get full access to Unmasking Therapy (formerly Parenting in Hard Mode) at irinagonzalez.substack.com/subscribe (https://irinagonzalez.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4)

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