Informed Pregnancy Podcast

Former Miss USA and Sports Illustrated model Olivia Jordan recently welcomed her first baby. She shares her personal birth journey in hopes of providing future mothers with insight and perspective. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Former Hollywood publicist and mother of three, Amanda Nesbitt shares her three very different birth experiences including unplanned cesarean birth, unplanned VBAC, and an emergency birth during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gestational diabetes affects between 2% to 10% of pregnant women. Maternal Fetal Medicine specialist Dr. Steven Rad discusses what gestational diabetes is, how it is tested for and diagnosed, as well as risk factors and treatment options. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Author, speaker and motivator Danette May is a leading healthy lifestyle expert. In this episode Dannette shares the personal tragedy she experienced that led her to pursue mind and body health and inspire others to do the same with healing foods, healing movement, and a healing mindset. Sponsored Episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Los Angeles birth photographer and labor doula Lauren Guilford joins the podcast just one week after giving birth to her first child at home. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Los Angeles birth photographer and labor doula Lauren Guilford has witnessed and documented a lot of labor and delivery journeys in various settings. Lauren has taken all of that experience into consideration while crafting plans for her own first (imminent!) birth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Anastasiya returns, now a mom of two, to discuss how her plans for a home birth after a cesarean turned out.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Film and TV manager / producer Anastasiya Kukhtareva discusses the physical and emotional evolution that occurred between her first pregnancy and birth and her current pregnancy and how they influenced her to plan for VBAC at home. She is due any day. This podcast has been brought to you in part by STORQ. Storq makes super comfortable daily essentials for pregnancy, nursing, and parenthood in size...

Birth educator, doula, and author Bailey Gaddis is expecting her second child and released her second book 'Asking For a Pregnant Friend.' Bailey talks about her journey to becoming a pregnancy author as well as her personal experiences overcoming miscarrage, pregnancy and plans for her upcoming birth. This podcast has been brought to you in part by STORQ. Storq makes super comfortable daily essen...

Revolve hair and make-up artist Tasha Gonsalves recounts her pregnancy and birth experience including unexpected hurdles from both her baby and her health insurance carrier and how she overcame them. #breech Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this sponsored episode, our guest is a new mama and co-founder of Needed, a nutritional company dedicated to empowering women to understand and meet their nutrition needs before, during, and after pregnancy, Julie Sawaya breaks down the the importance of dosage, sourcing, absorbability and how needed has innovatively redesigned each product. www.thisisneeded.com Learn more about your ad choices...

Advocate, Consultant, and Author of 'The Three Mothers', How the Mothers of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin Shaped a Nation, and Mother of 2, Anna Malaika Tubbs joins the podcast to share her recent home birth story just 12 days after the birth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Advocate, Consultant, and Author of 'The Three Mothers', How the Mothers of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin Shaped a Nation, Anna Malaika Tubbs discusses her background, work, first birth experience and plans for her upcoming second birth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Meaghe Kelleher returns to talk about the unique challenges for women with disabilities regarding conception, pregnancy, birth options, and what it's like to parent with a disability.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this first episode of a two part series, Meaghe Kelleher shares her personal experience with a childhood spinal cord injury and how she picked up the pieces to successfully plow through the various stages of life with her new reality including marriage and motherhood. This podcast has been brought to you in part by Outer Aisle. Use code BERLIN at checkout for a 10% discount. Learn more about yo...

Pelvic health physical therapist and author of 'Sex Without Pain', Dr Heather Jeffcoat discusses Diastasis Recti, the separation of muscles at the midline of the body during and after pregnancy, including how it happens, preventative measures and treatments options.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Neonatologist Dr. Seth Langston talks about the life saving innovation of Neonatal Cooling (AKA Therapeutic Hypothermia) how it works, when doctors use it, and how it has revolutionized the treatment of Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy (HIE) in newborns.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Emergency medicine physician, certified yoga teacher and brand new mother Dr. Negean Afifi shares her adventurous pregnancy journey and unexpected birth experience. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

OBGYN, maternal-fetal medicine specialist and informed choice advocate Dr. Emiliano Chavira breaks down the methods, outcomes, conclusions, flaws and practical applications of the 2018 “ARRIVE” trial and the resulting push to induce routinely at 39 weeks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

OWL Venice Organic Bone Broth founder and new Mom, Lindsey Wilson returns to share her unique home birth experience and postpartum recovery.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

OWL Venice Organic Bone Broth founder and soon-to-be first time Mom, Lindsey Wilson throws down the facts about bone broth, what's in it, how it's prepared and who can benefit from drinking it. Lindsey also shares her captivating pregnancy story and the plans for her upcoming birth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's sponsored episode features, Else Nutrition.  In this #sponsored content episode Dr. Berlin interviews the CEO of, Else Nutrition, a company that has created an alternative to dairy and soy based baby food and formula. Made with 92% whole-food ingredients, Else Nutrition's dairy-free, soy-free, clean-label products are made for babies 12 months and older and give parents more choice when it...

Itrauterine growth restriction, or IUGR, is a condition in which a baby doesn't grow to expected weight during pregnancy.. Dr Steven Rad, OBGYN and maternal-fetal medicine specialist explains how IUGR is measured, what results mean and what actions may be taken (or not taken); he also shares his personal experience with IUGR. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 Strategic consultant, entrepreneur, actress, model and life long environmental advocate Cody Carolin just became a new Mother. Her plans and strong preference for homebirth were looking doubtful with a persistent breech baby in the final weeks of pregnancy. Until she met Dr Stu. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Doula and newborn care specialist Princess Estocia McKinney-Kirk founded 'Bellibind', providing physical and emotional postpartum support through the ancient art of belly binding.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices