how many children do you have?
one
how many pregnancies have you had?
1
how old were you when you gave birth?
30
what are your childrens' ages?
1
did any of those end in early release? (miscarriage, still birth or abortion?) if so, can you share a little about those experience?
No
what surprised you about the mushroom journey?
How the help is both immediate and gradual
Protocol & Dosing
with psilocybin, what has been your dosing experience?
microdose (.1 - 1 gram)
how long did you dose for?
three months or more
if microdosing, what size would you have? (.1 - 1gram)
.2g
in what form were you ingesting the mushroom?
capsules
how often did you dose?
protocol -- following a set regimen
if you were on a protocol, what protocol did you follow?
james fadiman - one day on, two days off
did you have any support with dosing?
when did you start ingesting mushrooms?
after i gave birth
After Birth & Breastfeeding
why did you choose to ingest mushrooms after you gave birth?
I chose it because I felt called by them honestly and the knowledge about the supportive healing potential kept finding me. I needed support deep within going through matrescence and isolation and lacking community, I could feel the need for support and guidance deep in my nervous system. And I believe that mushrooms are gentle on my being and secondhand on my baby.
did you ingest mushrooms while breastfeeding?
Yes
did you notice any benefits to a) yourself b) to your baby and what were the benefits when ingesting mushrooms while breastfeeding?
To myself yes, and thereby to my baby who goes through life with me and needs me at my most balanced and surrendered self.
did you notice any challenges to a) yourself b) to your baby and what were the benefits when ingesting mushrooms while breastfeeding?
I was freed of postpartum anxiety almost instantly and felt less reactive in my mothering, less triggered and more spacious inside so that I could sit with the hard emotions of grieving the loss of self. It showed me steady productivity in a non-attached way and I slept much easier and better.
Parenting
what benefits did you notice in your parenting that you attribute to the mushroom?
Less reactivity and more connectedness and non-attachment to outcomes or schedules.
what were the unwanted effects or challenges of ingesting mushrooms while parenting?
I can’t really have a drink while dosing, it messes up my sleep. Sometimes there can be a headache or most often a hard emotion that wil be amplified on a dosing day
what benefits have you noticed about your children that you attribute to the mushroom?
My baby feels better when allowed all the emotions and feelings with a mother that can hold space for him.
