Ask the Doulas Podcast

Send us Fan Mail Kristin Revere & Alyssa Veneklase talk with Amber Shaw, a recent student in The BECOMING a Mother online series of classes, about some fears she had with her second pregnancy and why she took this course. Please leave a review on our podcast if you enjoyed this episode, so we can reach more listeners like you! Subscribe to our newsletter, check out Kristin’s birth and baby boo...

Send us Fan Mail Kristin Revere talks with Megan Michelotti CD (DONA) about manual lymphatic drainage (MLD) and how it can be helpful prenatally as well as postpartum. Please leave a review on our podcast if you enjoyed this episode, so we can reach more listeners like you! Subscribe to our newsletter, check out Kristin’s birth and baby book, and see more about our Doula services & online cour...

Send us Fan Mail Kristin Revere, co-owner of Gold Coast Doulas talks with Cynthia Gabriel, author of Natural Hospital Birth, about her experience as a doula and health care provider for women, supporting natural hospital births. Please leave a review on our podcast if you enjoyed this episode, so we can reach more listeners like you! Subscribe to our newsletter, check out Kristin’s birth and baby...

Send us Fan Mail Alyssa Veneklase talks with Janna VanderBand, an art therapist in West Michigan. We learn what art therapy is and how mothers, in any stage of their journey from fertility and conception to pregnancy and postpartum, can use art therapy to heal. Please leave a review on our podcast if you enjoyed this episode, so we can reach more listeners like you! Subscribe to our newsletter, ch...

Send us Fan Mail Amanda and Katie from Hulst Jepsen Physical Therapy talk with Alyssa Veneklase about women's health pelvic floor rehab with a focus on urinary incontinence. Please leave a review on our podcast if you enjoyed this episode, so we can reach more listeners like you! Subscribe to our newsletter, check out Kristin’s birth and baby book, and see more about our Doula services &...

Send us Fan Mail What is eco postnatal care? Valerie Lynn, author of The Mommy Plan, tells us how to nourish and heal a postpartum body. Please leave a review on our podcast if you enjoyed this episode, so we can reach more listeners like you! Subscribe to our newsletter, check out Kristin’s birth and baby book, and see more about our Doula services & online courses below: https://linktr.ee/go...

Send us Fan Mail Jaren Soloff RD, IBCLC talks to Kristin Revere about her new book The Postnatal Cookbook and the importance of nutrition during pregnancy and especially postpartum. Please leave a review on our podcast if you enjoyed this episode, so we can reach more listeners like you! Subscribe to our newsletter, check out Kristin’s birth and baby book, and see more about our Doula services &am...

Send us Fan Mail Amanda and Katie, women's health physical therapists at Hulst Jepsen Physical Therapy, give us an intro into pelvic floor PT. What is it, what does an internal vs external pelvic floor exam involve, and what kinds of symptoms can pelvic floor PT treat? Please leave a review on our podcast if you enjoyed this episode, so we can reach more listeners like you! Subscribe to our n...

Send us Fan Mail Kristin Revere talks with Dr. Annie of Rise Wellness Chiropractic about how to keep yourself and your family healthy during pregnancy and a pandemic! If you are pregnant, check out our online course! www.thebecomingcourse.com Please leave a review on our podcast if you enjoyed this episode, so we can reach more listeners like you! Subscribe to our newsletter, check out Kristin’s b...

Send us Fan Mail Author Lily Nichols talks to Kristin Revere about gestational diabetes during pregnancy and how eating has such a profound impact on our health and energy levels. If you are pregnant, check out our online course! www.thebecomingcourse.com Please leave a review on our podcast if you enjoyed this episode, so we can reach more listeners like you! Subscribe to our newsletter, check ou...

Send us Fan Mail Today Amber Brant of The Coziness Consultant talks with Alyssa Veneklase about how new moms can create a calm space in their homes in the midst of chaos. If you are pregnant, check out our online course! www.thebecomingcourse.com Please leave a review on our podcast if you enjoyed this episode, so we can reach more listeners like you! Subscribe to our newsletter, check out Kristin...

Send us Fan Mail Today Kristin Revere talks to Jenn Gavin, owner of A Pleasant Dog in Grand Rapids, MI about when to prepare your pets for the arrival of a new baby. If you are pregnant, check out our online course! www.thebecomingcourse.com Please leave a review on our podcast if you enjoyed this episode, so we can reach more listeners like you! Subscribe to our newsletter, check out Kristin’s bi...

Send us Fan Mail Today Alyssa Veneklase, a sleep consultant at Gold Coast Doulas, speaks with Lisa, a Building Biologist at Well Abode, and Brian, an engineer at Bebcare. Bebcare has the lowest EMF baby monitors on the market. The conversation gets a little technical but it's really interesting, and you may learn a thing or two about creating a safer home for you and your family! Listen until...

Send us Fan Mail Alyssa Veneklase talks with Kelsey, a dietician at Root Farmacy, about convenient ways to eat healthy and promote healing after having a baby. If you are pregnant, check out our online course! www.thebecomingcourse.com Please leave a review on our podcast if you enjoyed this episode, so we can reach more listeners like you! Subscribe to our newsletter, check out Kristin’s birth an...

Send us Fan Mail Alyssa Veneklase and Jessica Kupres of Gold Coast Doulas talk with Dr. Walker Ladd, author of Transformed by Postpartum Depression: Women's Stories of Trauma and Growth. They talk about the stigma behind depression and how hard it is for mothers to admit they need help. They also discuss the fact that motherhood just sucks sometimes, and that's okay. Listen and then cont...

Send us Fan Mail Kristin Revere talks with Jennifer Hoekstra, one of the owners of Secure Quest, about car seat safety for our babies and toddlers. You'll be astonished at how many of us install our car seats incorrectly! If you are pregnant, check out our online course! www.thebecomingcourse.com Please leave a review on our podcast if you enjoyed this episode, so we can reach more listeners...

Send us Fan Mail Today Kristin Revere and Alyssa Veneklase talk about some interesting, funny, and gross things that happened to their bodies during pregnancy and birth that were a bit unexpected! Please leave a review on our podcast if you enjoyed this episode, so we can reach more listeners like you! Subscribe to our newsletter, check out Kristin’s birth and baby book, and see more about our Dou...

Send us Fan Mail Kristin Revere and Alyssa Veneklase talk about the struggle to get kids to sleep during virtual school at home. Is it important to have a set bedtime? Can kids stay up late? We answer these questions and more! Please leave a review on our podcast if you enjoyed this episode, so we can reach more listeners like you! Subscribe to our newsletter, check out Kristin’s birth and baby bo...

Send us Fan Mail Audra Geyer, Gold Coast's newest birth doula, shares her birth story and how birth support from her doula was a game changer. She also took HypnoBirthing classes and transitioned from being afraid of labor to looking forward to it! Her transformative experience with Gold Coast inspired her to become a doula herself! Please leave a review on our podcast if you enjoyed this epi...

Send us Fan Mail Kristin Revere, Co-Owner of Gold Coast Doulas talks with Vikki Nestico of Grand Wellness about acupuncture to help relieve stress, tension, and anxiety. Please leave a review on our podcast if you enjoyed this episode, so we can reach more listeners like you! Subscribe to our newsletter, check out Kristin’s birth and baby book, and see more about our Doula services & online co...

Send us Fan Mail Kristin Revere and Alyssa Veneklase of Gold Coast Doulas, talk about the things they wish they had known before having a baby. Listen to this fun episode packed with lots of little gold nuggets of information for new parents! Please leave a review on our podcast if you enjoyed this episode, so we can reach more listeners like you! Subscribe to our newsletter, check out Kristin’s b...

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Carrie Dennie, ND speaks with Alyssa Veneklase about the benefits of acupuncture during pregnancy and postpartum. Please leave a review on our podcast if you enjoyed this episode, so we can reach more listeners like you! Subscribe to our newsletter, check out Kristin’s birth and baby book, and see more about our Doula services & online courses below: https://linktr.ee/gold...

Send us Fan Mail Kristin Revere, Kelly Emery, and Alyssa Veneklase of Gold Coast Doulas talk about their Saturday Series of Classes offered through Gold Coast Doulas. Each goes in to detail about what their classes cover including Comfort Measures for Labor, Breastfeeding, and Newborn Survival. Please leave a review on our podcast if you enjoyed this episode, so we can reach more listeners like yo...

Send us Fan Mail Today Kristin Revere talks to Vikki Nestico, R.Ac of Grand Wellness Acupuncture. We learn alot about fertility and how acupuncture supports the nervous system, reduces stress, and increases blood flow to the reproductive organs. Please leave a review on our podcast if you enjoyed this episode, so we can reach more listeners like you! Subscribe to our newsletter, check out Kristin’...

Send us Fan Mail It's the 100th episode! Alyssa Veneklase and Kristin Revere talk about what the past 2 1/2 years of podcasting has looked like, how the podcast has changed, how the business has changed, how services have pivoted in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, and how they are playing their part in supporting other local businesses. Please leave a review on our podcast if you enjoyed...