Informed Pregnancy Podcast

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 doctoral study in mythology and psychology, bringing a fresh approach to an age-old human experience. 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. 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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/adchoices

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 miscarriage. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 are trained to handle shoulder dystoica in the hospital and at home settings respectively. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 insights and tips to get a sense of how fast labor is moving. CoHost: Angelica Ortiz Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 BERLINCoHost - Kristin PalaseSmall 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 be related to your pelvic floor. Our guest, Stephanie A. Prendergast, MPT is a pelvic floor physical therapy expert. She was the first physical therapist to be president of the International Pelvic Pain Society’s Board of Directors and she co-authored the recently published book, 'Pelvic Pain Explained.' You can find Stephanie on Twitter @pelvichealth, on Facebook at facebook/pelvicpainphysicaltherapy and PHRC’s blog at  www.pelvicpainrehab.com/blog.Topics Discussed:What is the pelvic floor?Triggers for pelvic dysfunctionHow to keep your pelvic floor happyCore vs pelvic floorChanges in pelvic floor during pregnancyPerineal massagePelvic floor and core after birthKegels and other pelvic floor exercisesHome techniques for determining pelvic stability and functionPelvic floor muscle rehabilitation for menDiastasis Recti - What it is, how to tell if you have it, how to rehabilitatePelvic Organ Prolapse  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices