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Tara Matthews

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The scene:We are in the mini-van, returning to school for the second time this morning to deliver a laptop that was left at home by my oldest nephew. I meant to join them on their first trip to drop my younger nephew off for a week of camp in the redwoods (if I’m being honest, I wanted to hide in his suitcase so I could go too). Join us as we sister-talk about a nurse’s perspective and personal experience of covid, the extreme importance of breastfeeding and baby/parent bonding, and - holy shit - how is my sister turning 50?!?Highlights:+ “Ripping the bra off” - today is the first day school children can opt out of a mask, by choice+ Nurse for 17 years - adults, obstetrics, graveyard shift, 12 hour shifts+ Q: What happens when you tell people to stay home? A: Babies+ Birthing babies for mom’s with covid while wearing full protective gear+ Her own rapid test was negative, TWICE (and she actually had covid)+ If you retest negative, you can come back to work within 5 days - as a hospital employee…+ Breast-feeding was normalized and natural in her upbringing+ Huge supporter of La Leche League and lactation support for new mamas and babies+ Decided against an MPH so she could be more hands-on with actual human care+ She knew at 6 years-old that she wanted to be a labor and delivery nurse+ Breastfeeding babies sets the pace for how a human will eat, for their entire lifetime+ New mothers need A LOT of support after birth+ Why are we separating babies from their parents? (It’s the worst thing you can do for newborn health)+ Going against the grain of archaic hospital thinking+ Humans have made the birth process over-complicated and mechanized+ Elective inductions - chosen by mothers who are just tired of being pregnant (mostly in affluent communities)+ The C-section rate at her hospital is currently 18%. The national average is 40-60%!+ Risks: infection, antibiotics in mom, antibiotic exposure to baby (causing lifelong effects on immune health)+ A blessing of covid: forced waits for patient-elected inductions led to healthy natural births+ Women’s bodies are literally made for birthing babies, and you’re not broken if it doesn’t go smoothly+ Trust your birthing team - they’ve helped a lot of mamas and babies+ Read the room to observe the needs of patients instead of inserting yourself robotically+ Every area of your life affects every other area of your life - be present where you are+ If you do things repetitively, they become your cloth+ Your work ethic is the level at which you choose to function+ When you say “it’s not my job,” you’re harming your own ecosystem. Pay it forward.+ Altruism shouldn’t feel like work, it should be your doctrine - it’s just what you do+ Senior nursing students: take advantage of the preceptorship you’re gifted+ Obstetrics nurses need training in all human health areas+ Life advice: enjoy what you get and you do have a choice about your attitude towards it+ The shit end of the stick is being working moms and just wanting to be with our kids+ All kids find a reason to blame their parents for not being perfect (and they get over it)+ Parents: make time for yourselves apart from your kids - they’ll appreciate a happy, patient parentA taste:“What do you think’s going to happen? You stick a bunch of people at home and they can order a bunch of things to their home online, like virtually anything they wanted, except for toilet paper. […] You look at each other, ‘What do you want to do?’, ‘I don’t know, what do you want to do?’ So here you are 9 months later. It’s been kind-of a baby boom.”Favorite saying:“This too shall pass.”Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/sagewlf)

The scene: We are in the mini-van, returning to school for the second time this morning to deliver a laptop that was left at home by my oldest nephew. I meant to join them on their first trip to drop my younger nephew off for a week of camp in the redwoods (if I’m being honest, I wanted to hide in his suitcase so I could go too). Join us as we sister-talk about a nurse’s perspective and personal experience of covid, the extreme importance of breastfeeding and baby/parent bonding, and - holy shit - how is my sister turning 50?!? Highlights: + “Ripping the bra off” - today is the first day school children can opt out of a mask, by choice + Nurse for 17 years - adults, obstetrics, graveyard shift, 12 hour shifts + Q: What happens when you tell people to stay home? A: Babies + Birthing babies for mom’s with covid while wearing full protective gear + Her own rapid test was negative, TWICE (and she actually had covid) + If you retest negative, you can come back to work within 5 days - as a hospital employee… + Breast-feeding was normalized and natural in her upbringing + Huge supporter of La Leche League and lactation support for new mamas and babies + Decided against an MPH so she could be more hands-on with actual human care + She knew at 6 years-old that she wanted to be a labor and delivery nurse + Breastfeeding babies sets the pace for how a human will eat, for their entire lifetime + New mothers need A LOT of support after birth + Why are we separating babies from their parents? (It’s the worst thing you can do for newborn health) + Going against the grain of archaic hospital thinking + Humans have made the birth process over-complicated and mechanized + Elective inductions - chosen by mothers who are just tired of being pregnant (mostly in affluent communities) + The C-section rate at her hospital is currently 18%. The national average is 40-60%! + Risks: infection, antibiotics in mom, antibiotic exposure to baby (causing lifelong effects on immune health) + A blessing of covid: forced waits for patient-elected inductions led to healthy natural births + Women’s bodies are literally made for birthing babies, and you’re not broken if it doesn’t go smoothly + Trust your birthing team - they’ve helped a lot of mamas and babies + Read the room to observe the needs of patients instead of inserting yourself robotically + Every area of your life affects every other area of your life - be present where you are + If you do things repetitively, they become your cloth + Your work ethic is the level at which you choose to function + When you say “it’s not my job,” you’re harming your own ecosystem. Pay it forward. + Altruism shouldn’t feel like work, it should be your doctrine - it’s just what you do + Senior nursing students: take advantage of the preceptorship you’re gifted + Obstetrics nurses need training in all human health areas + Life advice: enjoy what you get and you do have a choice about your attitude towards it + The shit end of the stick is being working moms and just wanting to be with our kids + All kids find a reason to blame their parents for not being perfect (and they get over it) + Parents: make time for yourselves apart from your kids - they’ll appreciate a happy, patient parent A taste: “What do you think’s going to happen? You stick a bunch of people at home and they can order a bunch of things to their home online, like virtually anything they wanted, except for toilet paper. […] You look at each other, ‘What do you want to do?’, ‘I don’t know, what do you want to do?’ So here you are 9 months later. It’s been kind-of a baby boom.” Favorite saying: “This too shall pass.”<a href="https://www.patreon.com/sagewlf" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support the show</a> (<a href="https://www.patreon.com/sagewlf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/sagewlf</a>)

Tara Stern a.k.a. Tara Matthews a.k.a. T: Labor and Delivery Nurse / Sister from Another Mother / #1 Mom / Roller Skate Queen

:: Meet Tara Matthews ::   Tara Matthews is an Application Specialist at the Allegheny County Department of Human Services. Prior to this role, she worked for the City of Pittsburgh as a Digital Services Analyst. During her time working for the City of Pittsburgh, Tara worked on the city’s open data initiative.  Tara was named  one of Pittsburgh Magazine’s 40 Under 40 in 2019.    Tara’s favorite bridges:    Liberty Bridge Smithfield Street Bridge Homestead Grays Bridge    :: What is open data? :: Definition of  open data from the Open Data Handbook: Open data is data that can be freely used, re-used and redistributed by anyone - subject only, at most, to the requirement to attribute and sharealike.   Interested in learning more about open data and local government? Check out some of the Code for Pittsburgh meetups.   :: Burgh’s Eye View - an easy way to look at Pittsburgh data ::   Burgh’s Eye View is a website where you can see several different data sets on a map of Pittsburgh.   Burgh’s Eye View allows you to see the following data on a map of Pittsburgh:   311 Requests Police Blotter Arrests Non-traffic Citations Fire Incidents Code Violations Capital Projects  Right of Way Permits Traffic Collisions    :: The Western Pennsylvania Regional Data Center (WPRDC) :: The Western Pennsylvania Regional Data Center is a partnership between the City of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County and the University of Pittsburgh. The WPRDC website has over 100 open data sets from the city and county.   You can follow the WPRDC on Twitter @WPRDC.   Using open data to research your neighborhood In this episode, Aadam and Tara discuss how to use open data in the homebuying process.     Start with the Property Dashboard on the WPRDC website. The Property Dashboard will tell you about...   The past owners of the property If there are any tax liens  If there are blighted properties in the neighborhood   Recent accidents Recent crime History of the police blotter   Then go to Burgh’s Eye View     :: Pittsburgh Data Fun Fact :: There are over 450 different breeds of trees in the City of Pittsburgh. Check out the Pittsburgh tree data here.   :: The Best of Bloomfield :: Some of Tara’s favorite places in Bloomfield include:   First Fridays on Penn Ave Irma Freeman Center for Imagination Boom Concepts True T Pittsburgh Workshop PGH Green Market Azorean Cafe Bitter Ends Luncheonette  Thai Gourmet Pho Minh    :: COLLABORATION: Thunderbird Bluegrass Sessions :: Thunderbird Bluegrass Sessions  Every Tuesday night, free to attend 8 pm - 11 pm  Thunderbird Cafe &amp; Music Hall, Lawrenceville Beer specials (at the time of recording): $4 pounders of Founders All Day IPA or Founders Gold Lager     It’s a rotating cast of some of the most talented bluegrass musicians in Pittsburgh area, who come together to jam including    Sweaty Already String Band Shelf Life String Band Danny Rectenwald from the Bastard Bearded Irishmen Steve Ludwig from The Casual Hobos    :: EVENT: Sunny Side Up Brunch on Saturday, February 22 ::   Very Local Pittsburgh hosts a monthly brunch with Pittsburgh Sandwich Society.   For our February Brunch, we’ll be at the Hitchhiker Brewing Pop-up in the Allentown neighborhood.   Facebook event  Tickets    Subscribe to The Slaw: Staying on Top of Pittsburgh podcast   The Slaw Podcast is available on:   iTunes Spotify    Follow Very Local for more Pittsburgh updates:  Very Local Pittsburgh Website Twitter @VeryLocalPGH Facebook Instagram   YouTube 

:: Meet Tara Matthews :: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/taramatthews/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tara Matthews</a> is an Application Specialist at the Allegheny County Department of Human Services. Prior to this role, she worked for the City of Pittsburgh as a Digital Services Analyst. During her time working for the City of Pittsburgh, Tara worked on the city’s open data initiative. Tara was named <a href="https://www.pittsburghmagazine.com/meet-pittsburghs-new-class-of-40-under-40-honorees/#Tara_Matthews_28_Senior_Digital_Services_Analyst_Department_of_Innovation_and_Performance_City_of_Pittsburgh_Principal_Nonius_Consulting" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> one of Pittsburgh Magazine’s 40 Under 40</a> in 2019.  Tara’s favorite bridges: <ul> <li>Liberty Bridge</li> <li>Smithfield Street Bridge</li> <li>Homestead Grays Bridge</li> </ul> :: What is open data? :: Definition of <a href="https://opendatahandbook.org/guide/en/what-is-open-data/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> open data from the Open Data Handbook</a>: Open data is data that can be freely used, re-used and redistributed by anyone - subject only, at most, to the requirement to attribute and sharealike. Interested in learning more about open data and local government? Check out some of the <a href="https://www.meetup.com/codeforpgh/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Code for Pittsburgh meetups</a>. :: Burgh’s Eye View - an easy way to look at Pittsburgh data :: <a href="https://pittsburghpa.shinyapps.io/BurghsEyeView/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Burgh’s Eye View</a> is a website where you can see several different data sets on a map of Pittsburgh. Burgh’s Eye View allows you to see the following data on a map of Pittsburgh:  <ul> <li>311 Requests</li> <li>Police Blotter</li> <li>Arrests</li> <li>Non-traffic Citations</li> <li>Fire Incidents</li> <li>Code Violations</li> <li>Capital Projects </li> <li>Right of Way Permits</li> <li>Traffic Collisions</li> </ul> :: The Western Pennsylvania Regional Data Center (WPRDC) :: The Western Pennsylvania Regional Data Center is a partnership between the City of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County and the University of Pittsburgh. The WPRDC website has over 100 open data sets from the city and county. You can follow the WPRDC on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/wprdc" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@WPRDC</a>. Using open data to research your neighborhood In this episode, Aadam and Tara discuss how to use open data in the homebuying process.  <ol> <li>Start with the <a href="http://tools.wprdc.org/property-dashboard/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Property Dashboard</a> on the WPRDC website. The Property Dashboard will tell you about...</li> <li> <ol> <li>The past owners of the property</li> <li>If there are any tax liens </li> <li>If there are blighted properties in the neighborhood</li> </ol> <ol> <li>Recent accidents</li> <li>Recent crime</li> <li>History of the police blotter</li> </ol> </li> <li>Then go to <a href="https://pittsburghpa.shinyapps.io/BurghsEyeView/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Burgh’s Eye View</a> </li> </ol> :: Pittsburgh Data Fun Fact :: There are over 450 different breeds of trees in the City of Pittsburgh. Check out the Pittsburgh tree data <a href="https://data.wprdc.org/dataset/city-trees" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>. :: The Best of Bloomfield :: Some of Tara’s favorite places in Bloomfield include:  <ul> <li><a href="https://www.pennavenue.org/unblurred" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">First Fridays on Penn Ave</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.irmafreeman.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Irma Freeman Center for Imagination</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.boomuniverse.co/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Boom Concepts</a></li> <li><a href="https://truetpgh.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">True T Pittsburgh</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.workshoppgh.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Workshop PGH</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/lineaverdegreenmarket/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Green Market</a></li> <li><a href="https://azoreancafe.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Azorean Cafe</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.tillthebitterends.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bitter Ends Luncheonette</a> </li> <li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/ThaiGourmetPittsburgh/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Thai Gourmet</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/PhoMinhRestaurant/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pho Minh</a></li> </ul> :: COLLABORATION: Thunderbird Bluegrass Sessions :: Thunderbird Bluegrass Sessions <ul> <li>Every Tuesday night, free to attend</li> <li>8 pm - 11 pm </li> <li>Thunderbird Cafe &amp; Music Hall, Lawrenceville</li> <li>Beer specials (at the time of recording): $4 pounders of Founders All Day IPA or Founders Gold Lager </li> </ul> It’s a rotating cast of some of the most talented bluegrass musicians in Pittsburgh area, who come together to jam including <ul> <li>Sweaty Already String Band</li> <li>Shelf Life String Band</li> <li>Danny Rectenwald from the Bastard Bearded Irishmen</li> <li>Steve Ludwig from The Casual Hobos</li> </ul> :: EVENT: Sunny Side Up Brunch on Saturday, February 22 :: Very Local Pittsburgh hosts a monthly brunch with Pittsburgh Sandwich Society. For our February Brunch, we’ll be at the Hitchhiker Brewing Pop-up in the Allentown neighborhood.  <ul> <li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/603718537073952/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook event</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sunny-side-up-brunch-at-hitchhiker-allentown-pop-up-tickets-92758155139?aff=podcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Tickets</a></li> </ul>   Subscribe to The Slaw: Staying on Top of Pittsburgh podcast The Slaw Podcast is available on: <ul> <li><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-slaw-staying-on-top-of-pittsburgh/id1484425843" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> iTunes</a></li> <li><a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/7vQnAyRG3DQAS3jhujrFad" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Spotify</a></li> </ul>   Follow Very Local for more Pittsburgh updates: <ul> <li><a href="https://pittsburgh.verylocal.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Very Local Pittsburgh</a> Website</li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/VeryLocalPGH" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter @VeryLocalPGH</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/VeryLocalPGH/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/verylocalpgh/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram </a></li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbKTFt859Y4q62GGKL_i_lw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> YouTube</a></li> </ul>

16 - Open Data with Tara Matthews // Thunderbird Bluegrass Sessions 

Missionary Tara Matthews shares her story and her call this week at our youth group! Awesome hearing someone local from NJ answer the call to missions. Wrapping up our Just Do It Series. Q&amp;A starts at 17:00.

Missionary Tara Matthews shares her story and her call this week at our youth group! Awesome hearing someone local from NJ answer the call to missions. Wrapping up our Just Do It Series. Q&amp;A starts at 17:00.

GUEST SPEAKER | Tara Matthews