Informed Pregnancy Podcast

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. 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, 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 your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 comes to food for their babies. Discussion includes Else Nutrition's mission, current product line and what's ahead for nutrition for children of all ages. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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

Haitian-Swiss fashion model, actress and brand new mom Alizee Gaillard returns to talk about the final weeks of her pregnancy including last minute changes and shares her beautiful labor and birth story.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Haitian-Swiss fashion model, actress and winner of the French version of America's Next Top Model Alizee Gaillard shares her unique fertility and pregnancy journey, changing obstetricians at 37 weeks and her plans for the upcoming birth of her daughter.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

An identical twin herself, TV writer and producer Hollie Overton has just given birth to identical triplets. Hollie shares her fertility journey, triplet pregnancy and birth story, and life as a new mom of three. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For the first time ever we have a birth story that covers the before, DURING, and after birth. New mama Roxanna brings us along on her home-birth journey with audio recordings that put you in the room as she labors and gives birth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices