Informed Pregnancy Podcast
Los Angeles-based prenatal focused chiropractor Dr. Elliot Berlin searches for unbiased information on the most pressing topics for growing families with interviews from pregnancy and parenting experts, celebrities, and new and expectant parents. Entertaining and informative, new episodes drop weekly every Thursday. Keep up with Dr. Berlin and Informed Pregnancy Media online! informedpregnancy.com @doctorberlin Youtube LinkedIn Facebook X
Episodes
Ep. 511 Identity in Fatherhood with David Arell
Few men are prepared for the identity shifts when becoming a father. Father of two and executive coach David Arell returns to the podcast to explore mindset shifts, unexpected grief, changing relationships, and lessons that only years of parenting can teach.
Connect with the guest:
welcometofatherhood.com
Catalyst for Change
David Arell on IP+
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Ep. 510 Preparation Matters with Nina Spears
Nina Spears is a baby planner, doula, educator, and founder of Baby Chick who works with pregnant and postpartum people. She discusses why preparation matters but control is an illusion, including one of the most important birth skills of all.
Connect with the guest:
baby-chick.com
@thebabychick
Facebook
YouTube
TikTok
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Ep. 509 Therapeutic Movement for Pain and Pregnancy with Jessica Jennings
What if back pain, pelvic pain, disconnection from your body, exhaustion, and anxiety aren't things you just have to live with? Jessica Jennings of MaYoga discusses her philosophy and how therapeutic movement and rehabilitation science can help new and expectant mothers prepare for birth, recovery, and beyond.
Connect with the guest:
@mayoga
MaYoga.com
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Ep. 508 Oral Health During Pregnancy with Dr. Bernard Baseri
LA based dentist and father of four Dr. Bernard Baseri explains the links between oral care and pregnancy and why dental care before, during, and after pregnancy is important.
Connect with the guest:
@drbaseri
smilerecreation.com
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Ep. 507 Connecting Deeply with Kelly Meehan
Kelly Meehan grew up as a highly sensitive child in a household shaped by caregiving and uncertainty. After surviving one traumatic birth, she found healing through a second birth and now works to help people connect deeply with their babies on an intuitional and spiritual level.
Connect with the guest:
@spiritbabymedium
YouTube
newearthchildren.com
The Spirit Baby Collective
Grow with u
Ep. 506 Reliquishing Control with Parul Somani Part 2
In part two of her story, Parul Somani returns to discuss how her life changed dramatically after giving birth for the second time, after a seemingly perfect Cesarean birth.
Connect with the guest:
@pdsomani
LinkedIn
parulsomani.com
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Ep. 505 Relinquishing Control with Parul Somani Part 1
With an elite education and a high powered career, careful planner Parul Somani discusses pregnancy, motherhood, and what happens when control slips out of reach.
Connect with the guest:
@pdsomani
LinkedIn
parulsomani.com
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Ep. 504 Trusting Instincts with Lia Butler
Former nurse Lia Butler found herself fighting to be heard in her own journey to motherhood. She discusses learning a powerful lesson about trusting instincts and advocating for oneself during pregnancy.
Connect with the guest:
LinkedIn
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Ep. 503 No Warning with Zuleyma Santos
What if the biggest threat to your health didn't come with a warning? Mother of two Zuleyma Santos had a pregnancy and postpartum journey that suddenly turned life altering, testing her strength and instincts.
Connect with the guest:
@inspirational.lifecoach
motivationallifecoach.net
Go Red for Women
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Ep. 502: Three Different Births with Emilia Davis
Originally from Sweden, Emilia Davis discusses her three dramatically different birth experiences: a highly medicalized first delivery, a planned home birth with a midwife, and going nearly 42 weeks with her third baby before a last minute decision changed everything.
Connect with the guest:
@emiliapods
@emiliadavisphoto
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Ep. 501: Unexpected Turns with Brisa Mahoney
Los Angeles born naturopathic doctor Brisa Mahoney has a passion for fertility and pregnancy care. Things became deeply personal when her own journey required her to rethink her entire approach as her pregnancy went off course.
Connect with the guest:
@dr.brisamahoney
@carenaturopathics
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Ep. 500 The Unexpected with Dr. Elliot Berlin Part 2
In a special 500th episode, Dr. Berlin opens up personally to discuss a recent unexpected major medical episode with guest host Jenna Pastuszek.
Connect with the host:
@thejennap
jennapastuszek.com
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Ep. 500 The Unexpected with Dr. Elliot Berlin Part 1
In a special 500th episode, Dr. Berlin opens up personally to discuss a recent unexpected major medical episode with guest host Jenna Pastuszek.
Connect with the host:
@thejennap
jennapastuszek.com
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Ep. 499 Double Trouble with Sasha Bessonova
Sasha Bessonova crossed continents, cultures, and different medical systems after growing up in Russia. Finding herself pregnant with identical twins in Los Angeles, her story is one of inherited birth trauma and late pregnancy pressure as her doctors pressed for a scheduled delivery date (but her babies had other plans).
Connect with the guest:
@sashabessonova
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Ep. 498 Reclaiming Agency Through Birth with Jenna Konrady
Adopted at birth, Jenna Konrady grew up with a strong sense of purpose and family. Now she's approaching birth in a way that's informed, intentional, and fully in charge. Her home birth story is a blue print for reclaiming agency through birth.
Connect with the guest:
@jennawysocki
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Ep. 497 Fitness in Pregnancy & Postpartum
What if the way we prepare women for pregnancy, birth, and recovery is fundamentally broken? Alex Redelico and Dara Cook come together from two high performance worlds to challenge fear based narratives around perinatal fitness.
Connect with the guests:
@expectfit
@alexredfit
expect.fit
Expect Fitness Module on IP+
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Ep. 496 The Birth of Informed Pregnancy Media
Today...I'm my own guest, and I wanted to share a bit about my personal story and the inspiration behind my work. Starting out in emergency medicine in New York City, I eventually moved into family centered care. From personal experience and unanswered questions, I have always been driven by a deep discomfort with the lack of choice and context many people are given during pregnancy and birth. Fro
Ep. 495 Postpartum with Amanda Nordelius & John Russell
After an unplanned home breech birth, international songwriting couple Amanda Nordelius and John Russell return to discuss the postpartum experience.
Connect with the guests:
gluten-freemusic.com
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Ep. 494 Navigating Toddler Behavior with Devon Kuntzman
Intense meltdowns are part of the parenthood experience. As toddlers test our limits, our nervous systems activate and we begin wondering if we're terrible parents. Child development and child behavior specialist Devon Kuntzman discusses how parents can better navigate and understand those moments, reframe their child's behavior, and work toward helping them build long term emotional resilience.
Ep. 493 In Conversation with Esther Friedman Schwartz
Globetrotting physician assistant and health tech entrepreneur Esther Friedman Schwartz discusses her rocky pregnancy journey.
Connect with the guest:
LinkedIn
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Ep. 492 Introducing Growing with HeHe
We have a brand new addition to the Informed Pregnancy family! This week on the podcast we have a special holiday audio preview of the first 3 episodes of Growing with HeHe. Or check out the full visual series here!Growing with HeHe is an intimate short-form video series following HeHe Stewart’s real-time first pregnancy journey. You may know her as a doula, educator, and advocate for trauma-infor
Ep. 491 Introducing Growing with Garrett
We have a brand new addition to the Informed Pregnancy family! Here's a special holiday audio preview of the first 3 episodes of Growing with Garrett. Or check out the full visual series here!
Growing with Garrett is an intimate short-form video series following Garrett Kusmierz’s real-time pregnancy journey as she prepares for a more empowered second birth and postpartum experience. The series
Ep. 490 Unexpected Harmony with Amanda Nordelius & John Russell
International songwriting couple Amanda Nordelius and John Russell discuss their creative and home lives, including how they met on stage at Universal Studios and a surprising home breech birth.
Connect with the guests:
gluten-freemusic.com
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Ep. 489 The Journey to Pregnancy with Carli Roth and Joshua Katz
Carli Roth and Joshua Katz are expecting their first baby after a successful pregnancy with eggs retrieved before they even met. They discuss their journey to pregnancy and what inspired them to create a company based on an often uncomfortable topic - hemorrhoids.
Connect with the guest:
@getnorms
@carli_ar
@joshuadanielkatz
getnorms.com
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Ep. 488 All About Vaccines with Dr. Joel Warsh
Dr. Joel Warsh is a Los Angeles based integrative pediatrician, speaker, and advocate for balanced discussions around children's health and vaccination. Combining conventional and holistic approaches, he recently authored a forthcoming book exploring nuanced, evidence based conversations about this complex topic.
Connect with the guest:
@drjoelgator
theshotbook.com
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Ep. 487 Love & Loss with Kristin Mundy
Kristin Mundy is a doula and childbirth specialist with a focus on birth after loss. She's the host of the Rainbow Connection, a podcast for mothers who have experienced. This episode discusses topics that may be uncomfortable for some listeners, including pregnancy loss, miscarriage, stillbirth, infant loss. Please listen with care.
Connect with the guest:
@therainbowconnectionpodcast
thedo
Ep. 486 Care for the Modern Mother with Margot Del Rey
Margot Del Rey is a French born fashion veteran turned holistic postpartum and lactation specialist. After a transformative move to California, she founded Sisterhood, an integrative postpartum and motherhood support practice combining Ayurvedic care and yoga based healing.
Connect with the guest:
@with.sisterhood
withsisterhood.com
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Ep. 485 Catching Up with Jenna Pastuszek
Los Angeles based actor, singer, and mom of two Jenna Pastuszek discusses her experience with birth, motherhood, rehearsals, and what "break a leg" means to her.
Connect with the guest:
@thejennap
jennapastuszek.com
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Ep. 484 Transformative Postpartum with Francesca Fondevila
Francesca Fondevila is a postpartum care provider and the founder of Mother Bones, a boutique in home practice offering nourishment, bodywork, and ritual support for new moms. She discusses postpartum as not only a recovery period but as a transformative passage of becoming.
Connect with the guest:
@_mother_bones_
mother-bones.com
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Ep. 483 Empowering Education in Childbirth with Sarah Lavonne
Sarah Lavonne discusses her work as a registered nurse, childbirth educator, and the founder of BundleBirth , a global education company training nurses in physiological birth.
Connect with the guest:
@BundleBirth
@BundleBirthNurses
bundlebirth.com
YouTube
BundleBirth on IP+
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Ep. 482 Hormones and Perimenopause with Emilie McLain
Nurse practitioner Emilie McLain joins the podcast to discuss her path to practicing midlife gynecology including how to understand and navigate the hormone shifts of perimenopause and beyond.
Connect with the guest:
@emcstoj
LinkedIn
The Top 34 Symptoms of Menopause
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Ep. 481 Genetics in Pregnancy Care with Dr. Dallas Reed
Double board certified OBGYN and medical geneticist Dr. Dallas Reed joins the podcast to discuss a deeply personal family experience, how she's bridging obstetrics, pediatrics, and genetics, and what every parent to be should know.
Connect with the guest:
@MyriadGenetics
prenatalscreening.com
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Ep. 480 Twins with Lauren Gaba Flanagan
Lauren Gaba Flanagan discusses the road to motherhood, how she learned more from TikTok than her doctor, and a surprise of twins for her second pregnancy.
Connect with the guest:
lgflanagan.com
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Ep. 479 NICU Nutrition with Dr. Melinda Elliott
Neonatologist and Chief Medical Officer of Prolacta Bioscience Dr. Melinda Elliott discusses nutritional care in the NICU, the high stakes decisions parents have to face, the differences between potential outcomes for fragile babies, and her own personal high risk pregnancy experiences.
Prolacta Bioscience is a privately held life sciences company that has touched the lives of more than 100,000
Ep. 478 Collaborative Care with Sally Hayes
What if your perinatal care team truly worked together? Prenatal bodyworker turned community builder Sally Hayes discusses Matrikas, a national network that she founded in order to connect birth community providers and brands with the goal of collaborative care becoming the norm.
Connect with the guest:
@we.are.matrikas
wearematrikas.com
Sally Hayes on LinkedIn
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Ep. 477 Aimee Carrero Returns
A month after giving birth, actress Aimee Carrero reflects after allowing time to process the experience and she discusses what it's been like settling into motherhood.
Start with the first of her three part pregnancy and birth journey here.
Connect with the guest
@aimeecarrero
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Ep. 476 Both Sides of Birth with Stephanie Entin
Oklahoma City native Stephanie Entin has spent over 20 years in the birth space. She joins the podcast to discuss her work as a doula, dietician, prenatal yoga and meditation teacher, and birth photographer as well as two of her own very different births.
Connect with the guest:
@littleplumphoto
littleplumphoto.com
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Ep. 475 An Empowered Birth in Lockdown with Natalie Richeimer
Former science teacher turned genetic counselor Natalie Richeimer joins the podcast to discuss her journey through IVF and a VBAC after a traumatic first birth. She set her sights on a more informed, empowered birth for her second child, seeking autonomy and healing as a Covid lockdown birth was imminent.
Connect with the guest:
@lotsofbracha
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Ep. 474 Prenatal Coaching with Kelly Hof
Influenced by experiences with both traumatic and empowering births, labor and delivery nurse and prenatal coach Kelly Hof joins the podcast to discuss her medical journey both personally and professionally, including information and guidance on prenatal coaching.
Connect with the guest:
@kellychof
Facebook
LinkedIn
kellyhof.com/empowered
The Birth Journey Podcast
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Ep. 473 Home Birth with Katelyn Fusco
Podcast host, birth educator, and midwife trained mother Katelyn Fusco returns to the podcast to discuss all things home birth, including her own third experience.
Connect with the guest:
@happyhomebirthpodcast
myhappyhomebirth.com
Happy Home Birth Academy on IP+
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Ep. 472 Infant Massage with Khyati Desai-Seltzer
After becoming a mother, Khyati rediscovered the traditional Indian practice of infant massage. As the practice turned from a personal healing tool to her life's work, she had no idea how things would change after her daughter woke up screaming in pain the very same night she finished her training. From aiding in sleep and digestion to newborn bonding, infant massage might just be the tool you did
Ep. 471 Understanding & Preventing Food Allergies with Dr. Carina Venter
Leading pediatric allergy dietician and researcher Dr. Carina Venter joins the podcast to discuss how to better understand and prevent food allergies through early nutrition. Topics include how diet during pregnancy and infancy can help reduce allergy risk, which foods to focus on, and why diversity matters more than restriction.
Connect with the guest:
@letsgrowhappy
letsgrowhappy.com
Ep. 470 Carlson Young: After Birth
Actress and filmmaker Carlson Young returns to discuss her birth plan, labor, and delivery in this after birth story.
Connect with the guest:
@carlsonyoung
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Ep. 469 Carlson Young: Before Birth
Actress and filmmaker Carlson Young is 39 weeks pregnant. In this before birth story, she joins the podcast to discuss her pregnancy and her plans to juggle production work in Spain about 5 weeks after giving birth.
Connect with the guest:
@carlsonyoung
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Ep. 468 Transformative Prenatal Care with Carrie Haverty
What if you could understand your pregnancy risks before you face them? Carrie Haverty is a mother and maternal health pioneer who has worked in high-risk OB clinics, exploring reproductive genetics and technology that's transforming prenatal care. She discusses Mirvie's offerings to improve outcomes for families, including one that can detect preeclampsia months before symptoms present.
Connec
Ep. 467 A Before & After Birth Story with Aimee Carrero: Part Three
Aimee Carrero returns for the final episode of her three part birth story. It’s been a journey through IVF, pregnancy loss, a surprise diagnosis, and major career demands in the third trimester. Approaching the end, she was hoping for an unmedicated birth experience.
Part One
Part Two
Connect with the guest:
@aimeecarrero
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Ep. 466 A Before & After Birth Story with Aimee Carrero: Part Two
Aimee Carrero returns for part two of her before and after birth story. She delves into her pregnancy, filming in NYC with weeks to go before the birth, and her hopes for the delivery including a wish list.
Connect with the guest:
@aimeecarrero
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Ep. 465 A Before & After Birth Story with Aimee Carrero: Part One
Acclaimed actress Aimee Carrero grew up in Miami and found success in Los Angeles. In part one of her story, she begins her most important role yet as an expectant mother, including an IVF experience.
Connect with the guest:
@aimeecarrero
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Ep. 464 Redefining Fitness and the Perinatal Period with Dr. Carrie Pagliano
Dr. Carrie Pagliano is a pelvic health physical therapist, fitness professional, and mother of two. She discusses her own pregnancies, her own rocky return to running, and the perinatal period with a focus on physical rehabilitation and performance.
Connect with the guest:
@carriepagliano
carriepagliano.com
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Ep. 463 Postpartum Medicine with Dr. Sonal Patel
Dr. Sonal Patel is a pediatrician, NICU fellow, lactation consultant, and is the founder of a home health service focused on postpartum care. She experienced 4 births herself along with postpartum depression, and is now focused on bringing evidence based support into postpartum medicine.
Connect with Dr. Patel:
@nayacare
Naya Care on Facebook
nayacare.org
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Ep. 462 In Conversation with Dadicated Joe
Neurodiverse dad and entrepeneur Joe Carr joins the podcast to discuss everything from food quality to redefining masculinity through the lens of parenthood. His personal experience with fertility challenges and a surprise cesarean came all while launching his company Serenity Kids, but what he learned after becoming a father changed him the most.
Connect with Joe:
@dadicatedjoe
dadicatedjoe.
Ep. 461 In Conversation with Brooke Glazer
From navigating disordered eating to feeling fit and strong, registered dietician and new mom Brooke Glazer discusses perinatal fitness, labor induction with a sunny side up baby, and her birth and postpartum experience.
Connect with the guest:
@brookeglazer_rdn
brookeglazer.com
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Ep. 460 Skin with Dr. Gaby Newman
Beverly Hills based cosmetic dermatologist Dr. Gaby Newman is a specialist in anti aging medicine and dermatological surgery. She just had her first baby and joins the podcast to talk all things skin during pregnancy and postpartum.
Connect with the guest:
newmandermatology.com
@newmandermatology
@drnewmanx2
@dermatologymafia on Tiktok
Newman Dermatology on Facebook
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Ep. 459 New Fatherhood with John Pearce
New dad John Pearce got his start on Australia's Got Talent. The Sydney-born dancer and performer best known as the Purple Wiggle joins the podcast to discuss his latest role: the adventure of fatherhood.
Connect with the guest:
@johnpearce
@john_wiggle
thewiggles.com
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Ep. 458 In Conversation with Julie Sawaya
Nutrition junkie Julie Sawaya returns to the podcast to talk about her third home birth, exciting scientific updates from her company Needed, and losing her home in the Los Angeles fires.
Connect with the guest:
@juliesawaya
@needed
thisisneeded.com
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Ep. 457 Liberté Chan: After Birth
Meteorologist and digital creator Liberté Chan returns to tell the birth story of her first child.
Connect with the guest:
@libertechan
Life of Liberté on Youtube
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Ep. 456 Liberté Chan: Before Birth
Liberté Chan is a former meteorologist and television reporter who’s preparing for the arrival of her first child via IVF. Now as a digital creator with a focus on fashion, travel, and wellness, she reflects on her work and her hopes and dreams for her new baby.
Connect with the guest:
@libertechan
Life of Liberté on Youtube
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Ep. 455 In Conversation with Jaime Lipsky Garcia
Jaime Lipsky Garcia was first trained as a lactation consultant and postpartum doula after becoming a mother herself. She shares about motherhood and her female owned and operated equine charity, an organization focusing on rehabbing and rehoming offtrack thoroughbred horses.
Connect with Jamie:
@jaimelipsgarcia
@winplacehome
winplacehome.org
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Ep. 454 How to Have an Empowered Hospital Birth with Hehe Stewart
Hehe Stewart is a doula, educator, and the founder of one of the most engaging birth communities online. In short, her goal is to empower women in medical settings. Today's conversation will help you feel more confident about advocating for your own preferences, reducing the risk of unnecessary interventions, and switching off people pleasing so you can own your birth space.
Connect with Hehe:
@t
Ep. 453 We have a brand new podcast!
One Way or a Mother is a new narrative podcast from Dr. Elliot Berlin, DC, host of The Informed Pregnancy Podcast. Each season is an intimate story of one woman, one pregnancy, and all of the preparations, emotions, and personal history leading up to the birth. Episodes feature the expectant mother along with her family, doctors, and birth work team.
In season one of OWAM, we meet Arianna who i
Ep. 452 Obstetric Care: Behind the Curtain with Dr. Melissa Drake, MD
Dr. Melissa Drake, MD pulls the curtain back on obstetric care and take us behind the scenes, discussing commonalities about the typical patient experience. Why do appointments feel rushed? Why do doctors seem burnt out? She discusses how she found herself drained by the demands of the modern medical system and decided to transform her practice model. She stepped away from the larger insurance dri
Ep. 451 Innovation & Motherhood with Garrett Kusmierz
Garrett Kusmierz conceived on her first try but it led to a challenging postpartum journey. Her experience inspired her to change careers and create innovative products for new parents, like a biodegradable postpartum bra. What comes next for this momtrepeneur?
Connect with Garrett:
@garrettnwood
@kozekozemama
@kozekozemama on TikTok
kozekoze.com
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Ep. 450 Navigating Stress with Dr. Alyssa Berlin, PsyD
Dr. B is joined by special guest Dr. Alyssa Berlin, a perinatal psychologist, self trained chef, and his partner in parenthood as a mother of four. They discuss why stress, anxiety, and feelings of overwhelm are skyrocketing, especially for new parents, including clinical and non-clinical ways to reset and reclaim balance like culinary therapy and EMDR.
Connect with Dr. Alyssa:
@dralyssadberlin
Ep. 449 Birthwork & Motherhood with Jennifer Campbell
Jennifer Campbell, a mother of eighteen (18!), might have the most unique background in birthwork. She discusses her work as a certified birth, bereavement, adoption, and surrogacy doula, childbirth educator, certified lactation educator, including how she's currently pursuing her IBCLC.
Connect with the guest:
@doulainreno, Facebook, doulainreno.com
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Ep. 448 Somersaults and a VBAC with Isabelle Kosciusko
Creative director and product designer Isabelle Kosciusko discusses her recent pregnancy and birth when, despite aiming for a VBAC (vaginal birth after cesarean), her baby wouldn't stop doing somersaults.
Connect with the guest: @isabellekm and isabellek.design
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Ep. 447 Navigating Hyperemesis Gravidarum with Dr. Arielle Mitton
Dr. Arielle Mitton is an internal medicine physician and board member of The HER Foundation (Hyperemesis Education and Research). She discusses the unexpected hurdles in her own pregnancy, including secondary infertility, which led her to a deep desire help others navigate hyperemesis gravidarum.
Connect with the guest:
@rainbowsurrobaby
The HER Foundation
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Ep. 446 Perinatal Exercise with Sarah Zahab
Registered kinesiologist, clinical exercise physiologist, and mother of two Sarah Zahab joins the podcast to talk exercise, motherhood, and her postnatal strength workouts, now streaming on Informed Pregnancy Plus.
Connect with the guest:
@continuumfit
Facebook
ContinuumFitness.ca
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Ep. 445 Motherhood and Business with Sarah O'Leary
Sarah O'Leary is a mother of two and the CEO of the wearable breast pump company Willow Innovations. She joins Dr. B in conversation about life in motherhood and business, two worlds that can sometimes be a challenging mix.
Connect with the guest:
Sarah O'Leary
@willowpump
Willow Pump on Facebook
onewillow.com
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Ep. 444 Motherhood from 15 to 40 with Natalie Parlett
Natalie Parlett is a functional nutritional therapy practitioner, personal trainer, gym owner, mother, and grandmother. She joins the podcast to discuss her motherhood journey which began when she had twins after becoming pregnant at age 15.
Connect with Natalie: @natalieparlett and natalieparlett.com
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Ep. 443 Jessica Zadeh: After Birth
Functional prenatal and postpartum nutritionist Jessica Zadeh returns to share the birth story of her first child. Jessica's nutrition masterclass is now streaming on Informed Pregnancy Plus.
Connect with the guest: @holistic.mama.nutrition and wholisticmethodnutrition.com
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Ep. 442 Jessica Zadeh: Before Birth
Functional prenatal and postpartum nutritionist Jessica Zadeh joins the podcast to discuss the third trimester of her first pregnancy in this before birth story. Jessica's nutrition masterclass is now streaming on Informed Pregnancy Plus.
Connect with the guest: @holistic.mama.nutrition and wholisticmethodnutrition.com
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Ep. 441 Twins with Marianna Burelli
Marianna Burelli is a Mexico City based actress, producer, and entrepreneur. She first joined us in episode 143 to discuss her first birth and how her baby moved out of the breech position. She returns to the podcast to share about the path of ups and downs leading up to her most recent pregnancy and birth.
Connect with the guest:
@mariannaburelli
@amainatural
amainatural.shop
amainatural.mx
Wan
Ep. 440 Holiday Top 10 Countdown: Part II
In Part II of our holiday countdown, Dr. Berlin discusses numbers 5 through 1 of the top 10 most popular episodes of the Informed Pregnancy Podcast in 2024.
Links to the Informed Pregnancy Podcast and other media mentioned in today's episode:
#5 Ep. 418: Exploring Freebirth with Catalina Clark
#4 Ep. 390: Dr. Nathan Riley and Low Intervention Birth
#3 Ep. 413: Aly Michalka: Before Birth and Ep.
Ep. 439 Holiday Top 10 Countdown: Part I
Kick off our holiday countdown with Part I. Dr. Berlin discusses numbers 10 through 6 of the top 10 most popular episodes of the Informed Pregnancy Podcast in 2024.
Links to the Informed Pregnancy Podcast and other media mentioned in today's episode:
#10 Ep. 391: Surrogacy with Joyce Wheeler
#9 Ep. 396: First Baby After 40 with Rachel Gerrol & Episode 397: Rachel Gerrol: After Birth
#8 Ep. 399:
Ep. 438 Postpartum Preeclampsia with Dr. Jamie Barstein and Dr. Nathan Fox
Preeclampsia, and specifically postpartum preeclampsia, is a serious and often misunderstood condition. We welcome two guests to discuss symptoms, treatments, and guidance about navigating the condition. Psychologist and mother Dr. Jamie Barstein shares about her personal experience with preeclampsia after her first baby and Dr. Nathan Fox, OBGYN and maternal fetal medicine specialist provides med
Ep. 437 Preparing the Body for Birth & Postpartum with Gina Conley
Birth doula, exercise scientist, founder of Mamaste Fit, and mother of four Gina Conley joins the podcast to talk about perinatal wellness and preparing the body for birth and postpartum.
Connect with Gina: @mamastefit and mamastefit.com
Gina's book Training for Two
Start with a free trial and gain access to Mamaste Fit courses on IP+:
The VBAC Preparation Course
Condensed Childbirth Education
Ep. 436 Rachel Kenney: Pregnancy, Birth, and Breastfeeding with Bipolar I
Aerospace engineer Rachel Kenney builds and tests space instruments at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory - and she just had her first baby. As someone living with Bipolar I disorder, she discusses her pregnancy, birth, and postpartum period, including why she chose not to breastfeed at all because of her diagnosis.
Want more pregnancy + parenting? Informed Pregnancy Plus is a new streaming platf
Ep. 435 Jackie Amézquita: After Birth
Multidisciplinary artist Jackie Amézquita returns to discuss the birth of her baby in this "after birth" story.
Connect with Jackie: jackieamezquita.com and @jackieamezquita
Want more pregnancy + parenting? Informed Pregnancy Plus is a new streaming platform by pregnancy focused chiropractor Dr. Elliot Berlin. Dedicated to pregnancy, parenting, and everything in between, IP+ offers everything fr
Ep. 434 Jackie Amézquita: Before Birth
Guatemalan born Jackie Amézquita is a talented multidisciplinary artist who's work merges pre-Colombian cultural elements with contemporary community engagement. With past exhibits at The Hammer and The Museum of Art and Design in New York, she joins the podcast to discuss her pregnancy journey and life as an artist in this before birth story.
Connect with Jackie: jackieamezquita.com and @jackiea
Ep. 433 Birth As We Know It with Elena Tonetti
Siberian-born author, filmmaker, and creator of the Birth Into Being movement Elena Tonetti discusses her classic film Birth As We Know It, now streaming exclusively on Informed Pregnancy+.
Birth Into Being, as a community of seekers and healers, is dedicated to conscious evolution and the creation of a thriving social structure based on love, compassion and common sense.
Connect with Elena on
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