Welcome to Just Us: Before, Birth, and Beyond. We invite you to tune in for a podcast focused on perinatal and community health. In an effort to raise awareness and start a conversation about perinatal health, our hosts have joined forces with doulas, midwives, nurses, lactation consultants, physicians and more from across North Carolina to share best practices, lived experiences, and lessons learned. Just Us explores real topics and dives into what has happened, what is happening, and what can happen next in the sexual and reproductive health and wellness space. Our goal is to learn and grow together in order to take care of ourselves and each other so that we can all live our healthiest lives. Thank you for being here. Let’s get started! This project was made possible thanks to the funding, guidance and support from North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services - Division of Public Health - Maternal Health Branch-Women, Infant and Community Wellness Section.
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Booking probability
41%
Guest openness
Selective
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80/100
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What is Just Us: Before, Birth, and Beyond about?
Welcome to Just Us: Before, Birth, and Beyond. We invite you to tune in for a podcast focused on perinatal and community health.
Who hosts Just Us: Before, Birth, and Beyond?
Just Us: Before, Birth, and Beyond is hosted by MAHEC. The show has published 75 episodes to date.
What has Just Us: Before, Birth, and Beyond covered recently?
Recent episodes include "Season 5, Episode 9: Advocacy for PSUDs in National and Statewide Systems of Care" (25 September 2026, 64 minutes), "Season 5, Episode 8: PSUDS and Drug Checking: A Discussion with UNC Horizons and the Opioid Data Lab" (18 September 2026, 31 minutes), and "Season 5, Episode 7: Training the Next Generation: The Impact of Learners in PSUD Care" (11 September 2026, 59 minutes).
How often does Just Us: Before, Birth, and Beyond publish?
Just Us: Before, Birth, and Beyond publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 52 minutes across 75 episodes.
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MAHEC hosts Just Us: Before, Birth, and Beyond, a health podcast with 75 episodes published.
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Just Us: Before, Birth, and Beyond
Season 5, Episode 9: Advocacy for PSUDs in National and Statewide Systems of Care
Sep 25, 20261h 4m
The finale of season 5 of Just Us: Before, Birth, and Beyond features two PSUDs extraordinaries, Kimá Joy Taylor, MD, MPH, FAAP; and Melinda Ramage, FNP. Mel and Kimá discuss perinatal substance use disorders at the...
Season 5, Episode 8: PSUDS and Drug Checking: A Discussion with UNC Horizons and the Opioid Data Lab
Sep 18, 202631 min
Season 5, episode 8 of Just Us: Before, Birth, and Beyond highlights two amazing programs at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: UNC Horizons, a substance use disorder treatment program for women including...
Season 5, Episode 7: Training the Next Generation: The Impact of Learners in PSUD Care
Sep 11, 202659 minS5
Season 5, episode 7 of Just Us: Before, Birth, and Beyond emphasizes the necessity of perinatal substance use disorder education in training the next generation of healthcare providers. Mel Ramage, director of the NC...
Season 5, Episode 6: Operationalizing Contingency Management in a Perinatal Setting
Sep 4, 202646 min
Season 5, episode 6 of Just Us: Before, Birth, and Beyond features two members of the Project CARA team who implement and operationalize the contingency management (CM) program at MAHEC in a perinatal setting. This is...
Season 5, Episode 5: Find Stability: Recovery Housing in Western NC
Aug 28, 202653 minS5
Season 5, episode 5 of Just Us: Before, Birth and Beyond features three addiction specialists in Western North Carolina. Erin Bowman, LCAS, LCSW, CCS; Zach White, LCAS, LCSW; and Blake Fagan, MD, discuss the current...
Season 5, Episode 4: Modernizing Methadone: A Perinatal Focus
Aug 21, 20261h 12mS5
Season 5, episode 4 of Just Us: Before, Birth, and Beyond features Dr. Nate Mullins, an Ob/Gyn physician, and Dr. Olivia Caron, PharmD, both providers at project CARA. Drs. Mullins and Caron dive deeply into the nuances...
Season 5, Episode 3: Project CARA: Group Care in Incarceration
Aug 14, 20261h 8m
Season 5, episode 3 of Just Us: Before, Birth, and Beyond features behavioral health therapists Caitlin Hettich and Jen Palin, as well as research associate and social worker Megan Williams. They discuss the importance...
Season 5, Episode 2: Treating Opioid Use Disorder: Adolescent Focus
Aug 7, 202651 minS5
Season 5, episode 2 of the Just Us podcast places an emphasis on the treatment of substance use disorder in adolescents and young adults. Psychiatrist Leeallie Carter and family medicine physician Blake Fagan discuss...
Season 5, Episode 1: Peer Support in Substance Use Disorder Treatment
Jul 31, 20261h 4mS5
We are excited to kick off season 5 of the Just Us: Before, Birth, and Beyond podcast with two peer support extraordinaries, Cassie York and Cassie Burleson. This episode dives deeply into what it means to be a peer...
Season 4, Episode 17: Connecting with Your Provider about Abnormal Periods and Heavy Bleeding
Dec 22, 20251 hourS4
<p>Join Katlyn Moss and Dr. Suzanne Dixon for this special episode created with patients in mind! Sometimes it’s hard for patients to open up and discuss their health care needs and questions with their OB/GYN when it...
<p>In this episode, our host Dr. Suzanne Dixon, talks to Dr. Bhaskari Burra, a MAHEC OB/GYN Fellow, about Sepsis. Sepsis is a leading cause of maternal morbidity and mortality, and in this episode our speakers will...
Season 4, Episode 15: AWHONN Respectful Maternity Care
Nov 25, 202544 minS4
<p>Join some of the Perinatal Nurse Outreach Coordinators from around North Carolina for this lively discussion of AWHONN’s Respectful Maternity Care initiative. You’ll learn what Respectful Maternity Care is, what it...
Season 4, Episode 14: Syphilis and Congenital Syphilis
Nov 11, 202534 minS4
<p>In this episode, Katlyn Moss talks to Shannon Dowler, a Family Medicine physician about the recent increase in syphilis cases and what can be done to treat and prevent it. They will discuss why syphilis often goes...
Season 4, Episode 13: NC Health Information Exchange
Oct 28, 202542 minS4
<p>Everything is connected in the digital age. How can this benefit patients who need to receive care outside of their regular provider network due to an unforeseen circumstance?<b> </b>In this episode, Katlyn Moss...
Season 4, Episode 12: FindMyCare WNC (ITACC) Maternal Mental Health Filter
Oct 14, 202545 minS4
<p>If you have ever used MAHEC’s FindMyCare WNC (aka ITACC) Map or Dashboard, you know what a great source of information it is to find care locations across the 18 westernmost counties. In this episode, Katlyn Moss...
<p>In this episode, Katlyn Moss talks to guest speakers Aimee Feste, CNM and Kiran Sigmon, MD, who will dive into the challenges and treatment options surrounding perimenopause and menopause, offering practical advice...
Season 4, Episode 10: Eating Disorders in Pregnancy
Sep 16, 202557 minS4
<p>In this episode, our guest speaker Leah Donatelli, LCMHCA, explores the profound impact of eating disorders on various aspects of a person’s life, particularly during pregnancy and the postpartum period. We discuss...
<p>Substance Use Disorder can affect anyone at any time, even during pregnancy.. Our friends at Project CARA, Carriedelle Fusco, Nurse Practitioner, and Olivia Caron, Pharmacist Practitioner, sat down with Thomas Baker...
Season 4, Episode 8: Breastfeeding in the Context of Substance Use Disorders
Sep 2, 202558 minS4
<p>Breastfeeding can be an important part of a baby’s health and development. But what about families who are affected by substance use disorder? this episode, a partnership with Project CARA, Dr. Amy Marietta, MD...
<p>Paid family leave is not only good for the health and the wellness of employees and their families, but it also benefits the employers who offer it. Tina Sherman from the national maternal advocacy group MomsRising...
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