Healthy Births, Happy Babies
A podcast interviewing experts in the prenatal, natural birth and pediatric care field sharing their wisdom about how to feel safe, supported and empowered during your pregnancy, birth and parenthood. Brought to you by the prenatal and pediatric specialists in acupuncture, chiropractic, massage, yoga, lactation and birth education at the Cap Wellness Center.
Episodes
Around 1 in 4 recognized pregnancies end in miscarriage - and this number most likely is even higher because many women miscarry before they realize they are pregnant. But even though miscarriage or pregnancy loss is so common, it makes it no less painful because it's not common for you.
Dr. Kate White, OB/GYN is on the podcast today to discuss this sensitive subject to bring understanding, compassion and hope to those who have exp...
In this episode, Dr. Martin Rosen and I discuss the importance of developmental milestones for your baby (what they are, when they should hit them, what it means if they're not reaching one). We also discuss some of the reasons why the CDC ...
Guest: Laura Vidal Borrell is the mom of two boys and the founder of HappySneeze, a team dedicated to creating digital solutions that radically increase access to quality pelvic and incontinence care for women.
In this episode, we will cover:
- what "Transitional Incontinence" is and how long the "window to recovery" from it is
- what other c...
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Guest: Deborah Dimare is a wellness & cruelty free interior designer who focuses on design that is non toxic, safe & designed for optimal mental & physical development. Today we'll talk about what chemicals, furniture and decor to look for and to avoid when creating a nursery or kids space.
In this episode, we will cover:
- Safe, non-toxic considerations when choosing a crib mattre...
Guest: Megan Hillukka is a bereaved mother, with 6 children, 5 who are still here. Through her experience of the death of her daughter Aria, she helps parents carry their grief instead of suffering with grief, and to truly learn how to walk side by side with both grief and joy.
In this episode, we will cover:
- Megan's own story of losing her child, Aria, was like for her and how sh...
Guest: Amy Morin, the critically renowned author of 13 Things Mentally Strong People Don’t Do and popular TEDx speaker. On this episode we talk about her newest book, 13 THINGS
STRONG KIDS DO: THINK BIG, FEEL GOOD, ACT BRAVE which empowers tweens, teaching them how to think, feel, and act stronger than ever.
In this episode, we will cover:
- Why it's so important, especially THIS Y...
On today's episode, the mic is getting turned around and Dr. Jay is the one that is going to be interviewed! Care Messer of the Birth Education Center is the guest host and she will sit down with Dr. Jay and pick his brain about perinatal and pediatric care and the work he does as a chiropractor working with pregnant women and infants.
In the episode, we will cover:
- Is chiropractic safe in pregnancy and for infants?
- How the We...
Guest: Care Messer is the founder of The Birth Education Center, which teaches new parents Hypnobirthing, Newborn Care, Infant CPR and Breastfeeding classes amongst many other birth and parenting topics.
In this episode, we cover:
- what is different now for expecting couples now that so much of birth education has moved online - the advantages and disadvantages of it being delivered this way
- what topics Care feels every expecti...
Guest: Dr. Stephanie Dueger is a psychotherapist, parent coach, and educator, who works with expectant and new parents and their little ones. Her first book, Preparing for Parenthood: 55 Essential Conversations for Couples Becoming Families was published in February 2021.
In this episode, we will cover:
- How her work with new families and becoming a mother herself inspired her to write the book that she wishes she’d had for her...
Guest: Lindsey Mathews is a doctor of chiropractic, birth doula, strength and conditioning coach as well as the founder and CEO of Birthfit!, one of the most popular prenatal and postpartum exercise companies in the world.
In this episode, we will cover:
- What the most common misconceptions are about exercising while pregnant.
- Why exercising again at 6 weeks postpartum is much too soon for most new mothers and what a more reali...
Guest: Evie Steinhart is a registered nurse and mother of 6 children, 3 who were born in the hospital and 3 who were born at a planned home birth. She just completed writing her book “Is a Home Birth Right For You?” that helps moms weigh the pros and cons of having a hospital birth versus a home birth.
In this episode, we will cover:
- How Evie's experience as a nurse and as a woman who has birthed 6 babies led her to write a bo...
My guests today are Emily and Chip, a married couple from Toledo, Ohio who are on the podcast today to share their birth story of their second-born, Ingrid. As you will hear, the birth they planned did not go as planned. But strangely, it went more like they had wished it would be. That might not make much sense, but when you hear them explain it, it will.
About Chip and Emily Simon-Straub
Emily and her husband Chip are a marrie...
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Jackie Kelleher is the author of “Nurturing the Family: A Doula’s Guide to Supporting New Families”
In this episode, we will cover:
- What the term “doula” really means and how it applies to helping a new family lay a strong foundation for themselves as they get started
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Drs. James Thompson and Sarah Hogan, chiropractors practicing as a team in Meaford, Ontario who specialize in family care and optimizing early childhood neurological development.
In this episode, we will cover:
- What Primitive Reflexes are and what they are important to y...
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Dr. Pamela Stone is the ICPA instructor who teaches the Webster Technique worldwide to chiropractors specializing in prenatal care.
In this episode, we will cover:
- Discussion of the difference between “normal” vs. “common” labor
- Cau...
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Dr. Tate Gentile, is an upper cervical focused, pediatric and family chiropractor, serv...
Guest: Dr. Tony Carrino is the founder and Clinic Director of the Chiropractic Family Wellness & Nutrition Centre in West Islip, New York and the immediate past President of the International Chiropractic Pediatric Association.
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Guest: Dr. Armand Rossi is a father, grandfather and great-grandfather and is now Dean of Clinical Sciences at Sherman College of Chiropractic in Spartanburg, South Carolina.
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