Podcast appearances and mentions of emily varnam

What you should know about your hormonal cycle, why it should be considered a fifth vital sign, and the implications of teaching women and girls not to trust their bodies. This week we’re talking with Kelsey Knight and Emily Varnam, founders of The Fifth Vital Sign, an organization they created to help educate anyone with a uterus on their bodies, and the importance of cultivating an awareness of their hormonal health. For a full transcript and more information about this episode check out our website http://underthehoodpodcast.com

Episode 10!! This week I spoke with Kelsey Knight and Emily Varnam, the co-founders of the Fifth Vital Sign. The Fifth Vital Sign refers to the fifth vital sign of health for women- the menstrual cycle. Kelsey and Emily created this project in response to the incredible lack of body literacy and education on female reproductive health. They created a course out of information they compiled and taught it all around the country. They now facilitate trainings for women to educate women using the original course as a framework. They are empowering women to empower themselves and each other. "Conversations in Community" is the name of this platform and I encourage anyone interested to participate. http://www.5thvitalsign.com/ Get in touch with these incredible women, they are so knowledgeable and conscientious. They are doing an incredible job at making this information accessible, approachable, and inclusive. **note that we lost Kelsey at the end, please excuse my technical issues**

“When someone puts a hand on my dry clitoris, I’m like, ‘Who raised you?’” says Emily Varnam on this week’s Manwhore Podcast. F*ckbois beware! This feminist has a social justice test before she lets you anywhere near her period panties. The 5th Vital Sign co-founder shares the joys, delights, and mehs of being a birth doula. She typically coaches people through birth control selection, pregnancy, and raising children. Needless to say, Billy learned a lot about the female body this week! ALSO: Christina Hepburn from the T&A Talk Sex podcast talks about her work as a professional cuddler! PLUS: feminism, obstetrical violence, period sex, body literacy, racism, and babies! Like The Manwhore Podcast on Facebook! Relevant Links: J. Marion Sims (corrected from Marion J. Sims) How Racism May Cause Black Mothers to Suffer the Death of Their Infants Dominique Christina’s “The Period Poem” Nicole Jordan author of Anastasia Follow The Fifth Vital Sign! Website Instagram: @TheFifthVitalSign Emily’s Instagram: @emilymoonbeam Become a member of my fanwhore community on Patreon for just $1. Click here to pledge today! The Manwhore Podcast is sponsored by the Pure Hookup App. Enjoy casual sex tonight by downloading Pure on Google Play or the App Store. Email your comments, questions, and boobie pictures to manwhorepod@gmail.com. www.ManwhorePod.com

In this episode of “Yoga | Birth | Babies,” I speak with 5th Vital Sign’s co-founders, Emily Varnam and Kelsey Knight.  This conversation is circling around the importance of understanding your body to understanding your fertility.  We dive deep into reproductive health and signs of peak fertility and meet up on the other side with postpartum fertility.  Hope you enjoy! In this episode:  What drew Kelsey and Emily to this line of work. What is the 5th vital sign and how they originated the idea? The reproductive health climate Emily and Kelsey are seeing in their classes and at speaking events. The base of knowledge the average person already has about their own reproductive health. When to start to look for their “normal.” Important observations people can start to look for and learn about their body in preparing for trying to conceive. Lifestyle changes to consider when trying to conceive. Signs of Prime fertility. Paper or app- what is the best way to chart basil body temperature. How conscious breathing can benefit the whole body including fertility. Breastfeeding as birth control. What the 5th vital sign up to now and where can people find Emily and Kelsey A resource for people who are experiencing infertility: https://www.fruitfulfertility.org/. “Your Best Fertility Ally, Fellow Fertility Warriors:” http://www.5thvitalsign.com/blog/2017/8/24/your-best-fertility-ally-fellow-fertility-warriors. About Emily and Kelsey: Emily Varnam is a birth and postpartum doula, midwive’s assistant, birth control doula, placenta encapsulation specialist, and holds a degree in counseling and mentoring. She has been working with newborns and families since age seven and her goal is to be able to take people’s hands during puberty and walk with them through every stage of reproductive health. Kelsey Knight is a registered nurse specializing in labor and delivery, a childbirth educator, and lactation consultant in New York City. In college, she worked as a birth doula, which opened her eyes to the imperatives of informed consent and health as a human right. She co-founded The Fifth Vital Sign to address systems’ wide gaps in reproductive health education.   Connect with Emily & Kelsey:  Facebook: @5thvitalsign Instagram: @thefifthvitalsign website: 5thvitalsign.com   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's here! The VERY FIRST episode of The Heavy Flow Podcast and I am so excited to be chatting with Emily Varnam and Kelsey Knight of The Fifth Vital Sign. We talk about the role menstrual cycles play in our overall health and wellness, teaching kids about reproductive health, how to start tuning into your body, informed consent and navigating the medical system, and of course Kelsey and Emily's 1,500-mile tour through 43 states! Listen now Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Stitcher | Email | RSS Connect with Emily and Kelsey: Website Instagram Conversations in Community thefifthvitalsign at gmail dot com Resources mentioned in this episode: Rachel Laird Julia and Bradley of Home Studios Nicole Jardim Cycle Savvy, Toni Weschler Tell Me About Sex Grandma, Anastasia Higginbotham Samantha Zipporah + Ovulation Awareness Laura Wershler + Body Literacy Hail to the V Podcast Sweetening the Pill, Holly Grigg-Spall Informed Choice for Amerika Dianne Bondy Cristen Pascucci + Birth Monolopy Warning: This Drug May Kill You Scarleteen Fertility Awareness Red Tent Sisters I receive an affiliate commission from some of the links above.

Emily is a trained birth and postpartum doula, midwife assistant, birth control doula, placenta encapsulation specialist, and holds a degree in counseling and mentoring. She has been working with newborns and families since age seven and her goal is to be able to take women's hands during puberty and walk with them through every stage of reproductive health. She has been tracking her cycle for the past 3 years! Kelsey is a labor and delivery registered nurse in New York City. She pursued a nursing career in inpatient obstetrics and is certified as a lactation counselor (CLC) and childbirth educator. She’s also interested in documenting women’s stories. She completed a 12-week certification in filmmaking at New York Film Academy. In today's episode, we talk about Kelsey & Emily's recent trip across the United States! Kelsey and Emily recently took a 3-month tour of the States where they offered free reproductive health classes in over 60 locations. They funded their trip through a successful Kickstarter campaign, and I can’t wait to hear more about their travels! Topics discussed in today's episode What inspired Kelsey and Emily to pack up and travel across the United States to teach reproductive health classes? What was their experience like connecting with so many women in so many different communities sharing reproductive health information? Why they continued their quest even after being robbed and left with nothing but the clothes on their back The incredible kindness they experienced along their journey Why is it important for women to have access to information about their reproductive health? How to reconcile the joy of learning this amazing information with the grief of not having learned it earlier What is a birth control doula? Why isn't menstrual pain taken that seriously by the medical community? The issue of access that many women face when seeking important services and information Understanding and advocating for your rights Connect with Kelsey & Emily You can connect with Kelsey & Emily on their website and on Facebook & Twitter Resources mentioned 5th Vital Sign | Kelsey Knight & Emily Varnam FFP 021 | What Hormonal Contraceptives Really do to Women | Sweetening the Pill | Holly Grigg-Spall Join the community! Find us on the Fertility Friday Facebook Fan Page Subscribe to the Fertility Friday Podcast on iTunes! Music Credit: Intro/Outro music Produced by J-Gantic

What are the many ways that your body communicates fertility? What do your cervix and breasts want you to know? How is your menstrual cycle affected by sleep or nutrition? What’s YOUR normal? Emily Varnam and Kelsey Knight tell us more about this 5th vital sign of health.

On this episode of The BIRTHFIT Podcast Kelsey Knight and Emily Varnam from The Fifth Vital Sign sit in to talk about unbiased reproductive health information.