Informed Pregnancy Podcast

Sponsored by Naturepedic - the standard for safer, healthier organic baby and children's mattresses. Ricki Lake joins Dr. Berlin for a very candid conversation about her upbringing and personal life, the tenth anniversary of the 'Business of Being Born' and her brand new documentary film. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sponsored by Naturepedic - the standard for safer, healthier organic baby and children's mattresses. Passionate, award winning doula trainer and current president of DONA International Ana Paul Markel has trained over 1000 labor doulas including Drs. Alyssa and Elliot Berlin. In this episode Ana Paula shares her passion for labor support and wisdom about what labor doulas are (and aren't), how they are trained, their scope of practice and how to go about finding the right labor doula for you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sponsored by Naturepedic - the standard for safer, healthier organic baby and children's mattresses. In this 'Before and After' series doula turned lawyer Shannon Maguire returns to share the finals weeks of her pregnancy and walks us through her labor and birth experience.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sponsored by Naturepedic - the standard for safer, healthier organic baby and children's mattresses. In this 'Before and After' series Dr. Berlin's interviews Shannon Maguire; a former doula turned corporate lawyer now in the final weeks of pregnancy and getting ready for her own first birth.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sponsored by: KABRITA naturally easy-to-digest non-GMO goat ilk formula. Lori Bregman, renowned doula, empowerment coach and author of, The Mindful Mom-to-Be shares tips and tools drawn from her unique background in spirituality, intuition, body/mind awareness, herbs/vitamins, aromatherapy oils, the healing power of foods, bodywork and yoga. Lori has also been featured in other magazines such as US Weekly, Allure, Women’s Health and Cosmopolitan and others. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sponsored by: KABRITA. Kabrita goat milk foods and formula are naturally easy to digest and non-GMO. To see if Kabrita is right for your family, order you trial kit at KabritaUSA.com Dr. Berlin sits down with Kabrita's Dr. Annie Salsberg, an infant nutrition expert and educator, to break down the nutritional elements found in breast milk and explain what they do.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sponsored by: KABRITA. Kabrita goat milk foods and formula are naturally easy to digest and non-GMO. To see if Kabrita is right for your family, order you trial kit at KabritaUSA.com Producer of 'When the Bough Breaks' Lindsay Lipton Gerszt, and clinical psychologist and creator of The AfterBirth Plan Dr. Alyssa Berlin join the podcast this week to discuss the vastly important, but unfortunately stigmatized topic of postpartum depression.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sponsored by: THE REAL MIDWIVES. Click here to begin watching our BRAND NEW Journey featuring Taleesha! International supermodel and jewelry designer Nicole Trunfio shares her inspiring and spiritual take on life, pregnancy and childbirth, and gives us some advice on how to approach life more optimistically.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sponsored by Travel Tray. A convenient and safe way to feed your children snacks while in the car. 'Help us save a life by reducing distracted driving!' CEO and founder of Tot Squad and Certified Child Passenger Safety Technician Jennifer Saxton, provides a highly educational discussion on proper selection, installation and safety of car seats. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sponsored by: KABRITA. Kabrita goat milk foods and formula are naturally easy to digest and non-GMO. To see if Kabrita is right for your family, order you trial kit at KabritaUSA.com Actor Mercedes Mason (Fear The Walking Dead) delivers a fun and candid interview sharing openly about her upbringing, career, marriage, pregnancy and plans for her upcoming birth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices