Informed Pregnancy Podcast

Sponsored by Naturepedic - the standard for safer, healthier organic baby and children's mattresses. In this 'Before and After' series doula turned lawyer Shannon Maguire returns to share the finals weeks of her pregnancy and walks us through her labor and birth experience.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sponsored by Naturepedic - the standard for safer, healthier organic baby and children's mattresses. In this 'Before and After' series Dr. Berlin's interviews Shannon Maguire; a former doula turned corporate lawyer now in the final weeks of pregnancy and getting ready for her own first birth.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sponsored by: KABRITA naturally easy-to-digest non-GMO goat ilk formula. Lori Bregman, renowned doula, empowerment coach and author of, The Mindful Mom-to-Be shares tips and tools drawn from her unique background in spirituality, intuition, body/mind awareness, herbs/vitamins, aromatherapy oils, the healing power of foods, bodywork and yoga. Lori has also been featured in other magazines such as U...

Sponsored by: KABRITA. Kabrita goat milk foods and formula are naturally easy to digest and non-GMO. To see if Kabrita is right for your family, order you trial kit at KabritaUSA.com Dr. Berlin sits down with Kabrita's Dr. Annie Salsberg, an infant nutrition expert and educator, to break down the nutritional elements found in breast milk and explain what they do.  Learn more about your ad choices....

Sponsored by: KABRITA. Kabrita goat milk foods and formula are naturally easy to digest and non-GMO. To see if Kabrita is right for your family, order you trial kit at KabritaUSA.com Producer of 'When the Bough Breaks' Lindsay Lipton Gerszt, and clinical psychologist and creator of The AfterBirth Plan Dr. Alyssa Berlin join the podcast this week to discuss the vastly important, but unfortunately s...

Sponsored by: THE REAL MIDWIVES. Click here to begin watching our BRAND NEW Journey featuring Taleesha! International supermodel and jewelry designer Nicole Trunfio shares her inspiring and spiritual take on life, pregnancy and childbirth, and gives us some advice on how to approach life more optimistically.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sponsored by Travel Tray. A convenient and safe way to feed your children snacks while in the car. 'Help us save a life by reducing distracted driving!' CEO and founder of Tot Squad and Certified Child Passenger Safety Technician Jennifer Saxton, provides a highly educational discussion on proper selection, installation and safety of car seats. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/...

Sponsored by: KABRITA. Kabrita goat milk foods and formula are naturally easy to digest and non-GMO. To see if Kabrita is right for your family, order you trial kit at KabritaUSA.com Actor Mercedes Mason (Fear The Walking Dead) delivers a fun and candid interview sharing openly about her upbringing, career, marriage, pregnancy and plans for her upcoming birth. Learn more about your ad choices. Vis...

Megan B. is back in Part 2 where she discusses her amazing birth and life after having the baby.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Megan is a Los Angeles based marriage and family therapist, embracing her road to motherhood. She discusses her pregnancy experience and the emotions and choices she made along the way with expert advice from midwives.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sponsored by SleepnFeed. It's the new multi-functional baby nesting system! It's both a nursing pillow and bassinet in one, great for newborns all the way up to one years old. Try it today for at home or on the go! Dr. Emiliano Chavira, an OBGYN and Maternal Fetal Medicine specialist engages in the topic of cesarean birth including how the procedure is done and how women can make the experience mo...

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Sponsored by Thrive Market. Save 25 to 50% on organic groceries delivered right to your door! Special offer - get $60 in free organic groceries + free shipping when you click here. Anesthesiology Dr Mark Zakowski discusses the science, popularity and safety of various options of medicated pain relief during labor.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sponsored by Thrive Market. Save 25 to 50% on organic groceries delivered right to your door! Special offer - get $60 in free organic groceries + free shipping when you click here. Award-winning childbirth educator, celebrated speaker, and specialist in guiding audiences to revolutionary new approaches to childbirth Dr. Britta Bushnell PhD talks about blending her experience in childbirth with her...

Sponsored by Thrive Market. Save 25 to 50% on organic groceries delivered right to your door! Special offer - get $60 in free organic groceries + free shipping when you click here. Prenatal Chinese Medicine practitioner, lecturer and author Laura Erlich MTOM, LAc (FABORM) talks about the various modalities within Chinese Medicine, how they work, and how they are used during and after pregnancy. Le...

Sponsored by PipandGrow.com. Nap your baby safely virtually anywhere in the Next Generation Baby Bassinet.  Click to learn more and use promo code INFORMED to save $10 on the Woodland Smitten. Dr. Emiliano Chavira, an OBGYN and Maternal Fetal Medicine specialist engages in an informative, practical and sensitive conversation about preterm labor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm...

Sponsor: My1stYears - adorable personalized gifts for kids. Save 10% with promo code BERLIN Dr. Jennifer Angell is a chiropractor, doula and now, student midwife. We discuss her journey, her calling to midwifery and what the training is like to become a direct entry midwife. Co-Host Kristin Palase Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Early miscarriage is fairly common but rarely discussed. As a result many women and their partners feeling alone during what can be a sad, painful and difficult experience. October is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month. Dr. Berlin and midwife Blyss Young sit down and open dialogue about early miscarriage with actress and doula Ashley Williams who shares her personal experience with early mi...

Sponsor: My1stYears - adorable personalized gifts for kids. Save 10% with promo code BERLIN Actress and doula Ashley Williams shares her two birth experiences including an episode of shoulder Dystocia - which occurs during childbirth when the head emerges, but the shoulder gets stuck and don't spontaneously come out. Our guests OB/GYN Dr. Allison Hill and Midwife Blyss Young weigh in on how they a...

Sponsor: My1stYears - adorable personalized gifts for kids. Save 10% with promo code BERLIN Could labor and delivery possibly move too quickly? Precipitous labor is when labor and birth occurs with less than three hours of regular contractions. Our guests actor and model Anna Anisimova Schafer and Labor and Delivery Nurse/student midwife Lilit Sarkissian share their super fast birth stories plus i...

Our guest Becca Gordon is a birth and postpartum doula, childbirth and lactation educator, doula mentor, yoga instructor, and the founder of Two Doulas Birth. She specializes in supporting women and families who have previous history of trauma or loss. Becca is a native of Memphis, TN and currently lives in Glendale, CA. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Author and speaker Thais Nye Derich discusses her journey through unexpected cesarean with her first baby and her quest for a natural birth after cesarean with her second. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sponsor: My1stYears - adorable personalized gifts for kids. Save 10% with promo code BERLIN CoHost - Kristin Palase Small but mighty, your pelvic floor muscles play important roles in sexual and reproductive health. Learn about normal pelvic floor structure and function, how to care for your pelvic floor in general and in relation to pregnancy and postpartum and how to recognize when symptoms may...

Sponsor: My1stYears - adorable personalized gifts for kids. Save 10% with promo code BERLIN CoHost - Kristin Palase Guest: Bailey Gaddis, Author of 'Feng Shui Mommy' discusses: Preparing For Birth Feeling safe at birth Hypnosis vs Meditation Hypnobirthing - accessing the subconscious mind  Bradley method Unconscious memory Evolution of Cesarean Section What is Feng Shui Postpartum - Hardest for ma...

Our guest Marisa shares her (even more!) unusual third birth experience: Part II Topics Mouth Dryness in pregnancy Finding out its multiples One baby being “absorbed” Breech - hospital policy; risks; strategies for turning Doctors who deliver breech vaginally Stalling birth Induction Birth audience Applause  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices