Ep 229: Have an Informed Pregnancy with Dr. Elliot Berlin

What does it mean to be truly informed regarding your pregnancy and birth?   This week, we’re speaking with Dr. Elliot Berlin, who is an award-winning prenatal chiropractor, childbirth educator, labor support bodyworker, and co-founder of Berlin Wellness Group in Los Angeles, California. Dr. Berlin graduated Summa Cum Laude from Life University of Chiropractic in…

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Ep 228: Midline (R)evolution: Evolution of The Lip and Tongue Tie with Michale Chatham, Dr. Molly and Natalie Healy

Tongue and lip ties… are they a nothing-burger, all-important, or perhaps misunderstood?   This week we’re speaking with Michale Chatam, the clinical mystic, Dr. Molly of Living Adjusted and Natalie Healy, IBCLC. This conversation was recorded… a YEAR ago… and was somehow lost… I have searched for it so many times and couldn’t find it,…

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Ep 227: Similar Births Internalized Differently with Lauralee Kirkland

When you have fast, uncomplicated births, does the location really even matter at that point?   This week, we’re speaking with Lauralee Kirkland, a mother to 3 babies earthside and one in heaven. We’ll hear how Lauralee’s decision-making has changed with each new birth, and how she’s been able to step into both labor and…

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Ep 226: Balancing Hormones in our Childbearing Years with Leisha Drews

When it comes to postpartum periods, what can we do to encourage healthy cycles? And… what do our cycles tell us about our health status?   This week, we’re speaking with Leisha Drews, a holistic hormone coach, and host of the podcast Happily Hormonal.   Leisha is going to help us understand how our hormones…

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Ep 225: Supporting Your Body Through Physiological Postpartum With Kela Futrell

We speak a lot about physiological birth around here- but how do we prepare for and experience a physiological postpartum? What does that even entail?   This week, we’re speaking with Kela Futrell, a postpartum wellness doula with three babies of her own. Kela has had one hospital birth and two homebirths, and she’s had…

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Ep 224: A Beautiful Birth and a Stretching Postpartum with Caitlin Cooper

What happens when birth goes well, but postpartum throws you for a loop?   This week, we’re speaking with Caitlin Cooper, a first time mom to her 4 1/2 month old son named Luke. Caitlin and her husband and I have been married for 5 years and they live in Hagerstown, MD about an hour…

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Ep 223: Jacy’s Grief of Stillbirth and the Redemption That Followed

When we’ve experienced tragedy, how do we heal and maintain a positive outlook?   This week, we’re speaking to Jacy, a teacher-turned-homeschooling mom of four living children and a daughter in Heaven.  After four very different hospital births (including a stillbirth), Jacy unexpectedly became a homebirth convert.  Her fifth baby was born healthy at home…

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Ep 222: A Honeymoon Baby and Homebirth with Kelly Benner

When you get pregnant on your wedding night and thrown into prenatal decision-making a little sooner than expected, what kinds of decisions do you make?   And this week we’re speaking with my friend and student, Kelly Benner.    We’ll learn about how Kelly and her husband Ian were thrown straight out of wedding prep…

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Ep 221: Exploring Matrescence with Anisha Patel

What is matrescence and how do we prepare for it?   This week, we’re speaking with Anisha Patel, published author, speaker, postpartum coach and founder of MasalaMommy.com. Anisha has a heart for supporting women in their transition into motherhood, and she’s going to be sharing her understanding of Matrescence and Ayurveda with us today.  …

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