Informed Pregnancy Podcast

As we enter the third year of Covid-19, pediatrician and author Dr. Jay Gordon discusses the current state of the pandemic and why this vaccine is different than all other childhood vaccines. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bodybuilder, fitness coach, and new Mom Taryn Slater is back to tell the story of the recent birth of her first child.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Norco California native, fitness coach, and World Beauty Fitness and Fashion (WBFF) Pro Taryn Slater is expecting her first baby any day now. Discussion includes her unique journey to becoming a professional body builder, her experience with pregnancy, and plans for her imminent birth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Former Broadway dancer, singer, and actor Rachel Montez Minor is also now an author of the children's picture book "The Sun, the Moon, and the Stars". It's inspired by her own birth journeys, infectious positive energy, and curiosity for the world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Former Miss USA and Sports Illustrated model Olivia Jordan recently welcomed her first baby. She shares her personal birth journey in hopes of providing future mothers with insight and perspective. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Former Hollywood publicist and mother of three, Amanda Nesbitt shares her three very different birth experiences including unplanned cesarean birth, unplanned VBAC, and an emergency birth during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gestational diabetes affects between 2% to 10% of pregnant women. Maternal Fetal Medicine specialist Dr. Steven Rad discusses what gestational diabetes is, how it is tested for and diagnosed, as well as risk factors and treatment options. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Author, speaker and motivator Danette May is a leading healthy lifestyle expert. In this episode Dannette shares the personal tragedy she experienced that led her to pursue mind and body health and inspire others to do the same with healing foods, healing movement, and a healing mindset. Sponsored Episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Los Angeles birth photographer and labor doula Lauren Guilford joins the podcast just one week after giving birth to her first child at home. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Los Angeles birth photographer and labor doula Lauren Guilford has witnessed and documented a lot of labor and delivery journeys in various settings. Lauren has taken all of that experience into consideration while crafting plans for her own first (imminent!) birth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Anastasiya returns, now a mom of two, to discuss how her plans for a home birth after a cesarean turned out.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Film and TV manager / producer Anastasiya Kukhtareva discusses the physical and emotional evolution that occurred between her first pregnancy and birth and her current pregnancy and how they influenced her to plan for VBAC at home. She is due any day. This podcast has been brought to you in part by STORQ. Storq makes super comfortable daily essentials for pregnancy, nursing, and parenthood in sizes 0 through 4X that feel good without compromising your personal style. Use code BERLIN for a 10% Discount at STORQ.COM Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Birth educator, doula, and author Bailey Gaddis is expecting her second child and released her second book 'Asking For a Pregnant Friend.' Bailey talks about her journey to becoming a pregnancy author as well as her personal experiences overcoming miscarrage, pregnancy and plans for her upcoming birth. This podcast has been brought to you in part by STORQ. Storq makes super comfortable daily essentials for pregnancy, nursing, and parenthood in sizes 0 through 4X that feel good without compromising your personal style. Use code BERLIN for a 10% Discount at STORQ.COM Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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