22 Mar Pregnancy and Birth During the Coronavirus Pandemic
Pregnancy and being a brand new parent inherently carries a fair amount of anxiety and uncertainty. Add in an unprecedented pandemic, and that anxiety is likely to increase. One of...
Podcast
18 Mar Community Birth Story: Strength, Endurance, and Surrender with Hess Kim
What if your birth fell well beyond any preconceived vision of possibility? What if it took so many twists and turns that even a prolific author would struggle to paint such...
11 Mar Transformed by Birth with Britta Bushnell
Birth. Rarely does it unravel as planned or expected. The uncertainty and loss of control can be very challenging for many pregnant people. It can bring up fear, make some...
04 Mar Understanding Postpartum Hormones with Aviva Romm M.D.
Have you ever wondered why postpartum people wake up with night sweats? Or find their hair falling out? Did you know there is a huge hormonal disruption once the placenta...
26 Feb Comfort for Birth with Yiska Obadia
Approximately 60% of pregnant people will receive an epidural. With those receiving epidural analgesia, up to 10% of those people will not receive full pain relief- there may be a...
19 Feb Who’s Responsible: Student or Teacher? with Bec Conant
Is it a fair assumption for pregnant yoga students to assume “If you had a yoga practice prior to pregnancy, you will know how and when to modify.”? Whose responsibility is...
12 Feb Epidurals with Dr. Claire Sandberg
An epidural is a very familiar term for most, but how much knowledge do people have about it? With an average of 60% of birthing people choosing epidural anesthesia, it...
05 Feb Surrogacy: Helping To Create a Family with Anastasia Bartlett
Surrogate Carrier: The act of carrying a baby for an intended family. In my opinion, one of the greatest gifts a person can give to a family that needs assistance...
29 Jan All About Adoption with Rebecca Mendel
The path to creating a family can differ for everyone. For some it may require fertility assistance, others a surrogate, and others no assistance at all however for approximately 135,000...
22 Jan Preparing for Cesarean: A Necessary Conversation with Mary Esther Malloy
Currently in the US, approximately one-third of all babies are born by cesarean. However, it's interesting to note that when I asked my prenatal yoga class of 21 pregnant people...