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Esther Gallagher

San Francisco Bay Area birth and postpartum doula, perinatal educator, and co-host of the Fourth Trimester Podcast with Sarah Trott.

Oct 6, 2026

10:08
Yeah.
10:10
I wish I could hire me to Susanna.
10:13
I just I've just come from caring for elderly parents who are doing pretty darn good.
10:21
But, you know, things get overwhelming.
10:24
And so I show up and.
10:26
And then my grandson had surgery, so I'm showing up to support my daughter a little bit with that.
10:33
And my son's not in a good place personally, and he's struggling right now.

12 MINS LATER

22:29
I'm not around people having babies per se right now until... a little bit, you know, I have friends who are having grandbabies, but, you know, are we doing any better instead of just talking about birth, talking about preparing socially, emotionally, physiologically for having a baby in those birth classes? Has anything changed? Are we just still breathing and panting and what have you?

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