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Aligned Birth — 203 episodes

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Ep 202: Breaking the Cycle of Mom Shaming in the Birth Space

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Ep 201: The Essential Role of Chiropractic Care in Pregnancy

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Ep 200: Rethinking Birth Plans: A Value-Centered Approach

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Ep 199: Pregnancy Myths Busted: Part 2

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Ep 198: Pregnancy Myths Busted: What’s True and What’s Not - Part 1

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Ep 197: Ask These Questions Before Hiring a Doula

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Ep 196: How Seasons of Rest Fuel Personal Growth - check in with Dr. Shannon and Doula Rachael

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Ep 195: Reflecting on Our Podcast Journey, 2025 Wrap up and Check-In

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Ep 194: Empowering Birth Choices in Georgia - interview with Lainey Stancil founder of Peach State Birth Coalition

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Ep 193: Understanding Parenting Styles and Their Impact - interview with Kristin Mize, LCSW

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Ep 192: The Journey of Emotional Regulation in Motherhood - interview with Kristin Mize, LCSW

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Ep 191: Postpartum Preparation: More Than Just Surviving

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Ep 190: Transforming Motherhood: Simple Habits for Moms, interview with Kori OTR/L (part 2/2)

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Ep 189: Navigating Maternal Health with Occupational Therapy, interview with Kori Nuzum OTR/L (part 1/2)

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Ep 188: Creating a Comfortable Birth Environment

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Ep 187: Why every pregnant woman deserves chiropractic care

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Ep 186: Life Updates with Your Hosts

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Ep 185: Navigating Postpartum: Heather's Journey (Part 2)

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Ep 184: How Pelvic Floor PT and Prenatal Chiropractic Care Can Impact Birth, interview with Dr. Kari Roberts

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Ep 183: Holistic Health Coaching for Pregnancy and Postpartum with Katie Dudley

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Ep 182: The Power of Doula Support

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EP 181: Catch Up & Check In: Life, Kids, Business & Big Feelings

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Ep 180: The Importance of Advocacy in Birth: Birth Stories with Heather Fasano

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EP 179: Empowering Parents and Birth Workers through Advocacy with Meredith and Alicia of Intentional Birth

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Ep 178: The Power of Personalized Prenatal Care, interview with CNM Carson Ragan of OB2me

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Ep 177: The Secret to a Stress-Free Birth: Building Your Ultimate Birth Team

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Ep 176: Preconception Health with Crystal Bailey: CNM, Naturopath, Embodiment Coach

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Ep 175: You're Pregnant - Now What? Essential First Steps for a Healthy Pregnancy

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Ep 174: Preparing for Conception

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Ep 173: We're Back! Life Updates + What's New with the Podcast

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Ep 172: Evolving Together: The Aligned Birth Podcast's New Journey

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Ep 171: Rest & Resilience: Thriving Through Motherhood

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Ep 170: Taking a Holistic Approach to Postpartum Care: Interview with CPM Brenda Parrish

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Ep 169: Strength in Motherhood: Resilience Through Pregnancy and Birth

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Ep 168: Postpartum Preparation

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Ep 167: Birth Expectations: Bridging the Gap

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Ep 166: How to Labor at Home as Long as Possible

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Ep 165: Pushing Positions: Empowering Choices in Childbirth

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Ep 164: How to Process Fear and Doubt During Birth

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Ep 163: Birthing Bliss: Nurturing Your Ideal Labor Environment

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Ep 162: Can Pregnancy and Birth Impact Infant Development?

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Ep 161: Asking Questions Isn't Questioning Your Care

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Ep 160: Haven Miscarriage Clinic - interview with founder Hannah Meurer, CNM

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Ep 159: Surrogacy Birth Story with Dr. Lotem

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Ep 158: Myth-Busting Prenatal and Pediatric Chiropractic Care

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Ep 157: Connection Between Your Jaw and Your Pelvis

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Ep 156: How to Push - Interview with Pelvic Floor PT Dr. Amanda Shipley

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Ep 155: Embracing Your Feminine Cycle

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Ep 154: The Importance of Processing Your Birth Story - Interview with full spectrum doula and therapist Imani Byers-Quarterman

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Ep 153: Spinning Babies Activities for a Smoother Pregnancy and Birth

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Ep 152: Birth Stories and Postpartum Support with Caitlin (prenatal and postpartum fitness specialist)

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Ep 151: Hug Your Hormones: Key players in pregnancy and birth

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Ep 150: Birth Stories and Newborn Chiro Care with Dr. Twila

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Ep 149: How to Time Contractions and Why it is Helpful

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Ep 148: Matrescence (the process of becoming a mother) - Interview with counselor Kristina Tucker

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Ep 147: Types of Doulas

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Ep 146: How Pregnancy and Birth Can Impact Infant Development

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Ep 145: Push It Real Good

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Ep 144: Birthing From Within (CBE) and Postpartum Support with Amanda Gorman

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Ep 143: Planning for Postpartum

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Ep 142: Preparing the Pelvic Floor for Postpartum - interview with Pelvic Floor PT Dr. Brandie Freeman

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Ep 141: Childbirth Education - Lamaze 6 Healthy Birth Practices

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Ep 140: Word of the Year - finding a mantra

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Ep 139: In-depth Review of Episodes You Might Have Missed

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Ep 138: Perinatal Mental Health with counselor Shannon Weist (rebroadcast)

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Ep 137: Pediatric Chiropractic Care and Cranial Adjustments - Interview with Dr. Martin Rosen

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Ep 136: Interview with The Lamaze Doula and The Birth Impact founder, LaToya Murray-Johnson (part1) (rebroadcast)

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Ep 135: Building Your Birth Support Team

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Ep 134: Visualization Techniques for Birth and Life (rebroadcast)

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Ep 133: Preventing and Treating the Common Cold During Pregnancy

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Ep 132: Navigating Motherhood and Friendships with Mazi Robinson, MS, LPC, CPCS, NCC

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Ep 131: Due Dates and The Holidays (rebroadcast)

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Ep 130: Using Birth Affirmations and Gratitude as Journal Prompts During Pregnancy

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Ep 129: All About Lactation Consultants with Jana Birdseye

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Ep 128: Finding Movement in Pregnancy

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Ep 127: Golden Hour: First moments with your new baby

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Ep 126: Tapping Into Your Mental Strength During Labor and Birth

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Ep 125: Setting Up Your Birth Cave

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Ep 124: Laboring at home as long as possible

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Ep 123: Birth Brain: Bringing power to the birthing community with Dr. Danielle Drobbin

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Ep 122: HOT TAKE: Chiropractors are only for neck pain and fetal mal-position

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Ep 121: The Healing Power of Birth Photography - birth story interview with psychotherapist Emma and doula Maegan

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Ep 120: Questions to ask your provider - how to find alignment with your birth support team

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Ep 119: Hypnobabies Childbirth Education with Milène Miller

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Ep 118: Partner Tips: 8 ways to show your support during pregnancy, labor, and birth

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Ep 117: Navigating Postpartum: Physical Healing

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Ep 116: The Power of Knowledge: Informed and Shared Decision-Making

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Ep 115: Supporting Birth and Capturing Memories with Maegan Hall

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Ep 114: The Midwifery Model of Care with Homebirth Midwife Paige Beckett

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Ep 113: Interview with Full Spectrum Doula and Perinatal Mental Health Counselor Imani Byers-Quarterman

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Ep 112: Life Updates with Dr. Shannon and Doula Rachael

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Ep 111: From cesarean to unassisted homebirth: four birth stories with Jessica

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Ep 110: Building Resiliency in Pregnancy, Birth, and Postpartum

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Ep 109: Pediatric Physical Therapy with Dr. Brittany Zis, founder of Mother and Baby Wellness Collective

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Ep 108: Lamaze Methods with Doula Rachael (Interview with Gigi Vincent)

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Ep 107: Managing Birth Expectations: Bridging the Gap

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Ep 106: Vaginal Birth to Unplanned Cesarean Birth with Ashley Lingerfelt

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Ep 105: Playtime Therapy and Perinatal Mental Health with Ashley Lingerfelt, LPC

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Ep 104: Home Birth Story with April

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Ep 103: Processing the Emotions of Pregnancy and Birth through Chiropractic Care, with Dr. Pamela Stone-McCoy, DC, DACCP

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Ep 102: Newborn Terms to be Familiar With (Part 4/4)

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Ep 101: Postpartum Terms to be Familiar with (Part 3/4)

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Ep 100: Celebrating our 100th Episode

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Ep 99: Birth Terms to be Familiar with (Part 2/4)

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Ep 98: Prenatal Terms To Be Familiar With (Part 1/4)

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Ep 97: The Ripple Effect of Our Birth Experience

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Ep 96: Give Back To Your Body - Prenatal + Postpartum Yoga with Julie Hawkins

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Ep 95: How the Birthing Process can Impact Infant Feeding

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Ep 94: Gentle Transitions - New Baby with Siblings

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Ep 93: Postpartum support - guest interview what Gigi (postpartum doula) from Ready for Baby

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Ep 92: All About Epidurals

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Ep 91: Interview with Casey McMinn Howard: Atlanta newborn and maternity photographer

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Ep 90: Holding Two Truths

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Ep 89: Ultramarathons and Birth

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Ep 88: 2022 Year In Review

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Ep 87: Maternal Stress and Posture - what's the connection?

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Ep 86: Important Things to Consider When Choosing Your Care Provider

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Ep 85: Visualization Techniques for Birth and Life

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Ep 84: A Tale of 2 Home Births with Prenatal Chiropractor Dr. Baley White

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Ep 83: Chiropractic Prenatal Exam Questions

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Ep 82: Hot Take: Birth Doulas are only for Unmedicated Birth

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Ep 81: Immunity Boosters + Cold Remedies During Pregnancy

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Ep 80: Flipping the Script on Baby Gift Registries with Owner and Founder of BeHerVillage Kaitlin McGreyes

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Ep 79: Embracing the Imperfections of Motherhood - turning anxiety into awakening with Dr. Meghan Toups, LPC

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Ep 78: Due Dates and the Holidays

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Ep 77: Informed and Shared Decision Making

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Ep. 76 Five Benefits of Labor Doula Support

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Ep 75: The importance of tummy time with TUMMYTIME! Method creator and founder Michelle Emanuel

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Ep 74: 10 Ways to Increase Vaginal Birth Rates

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Ep 73: Five Benefits of Prenatal Chiropractic Care

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Ep 72: Releasing Tension During Labor

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Ep 71: All About Prenatal Massage Therapy with Tara Thompson

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Ep 70: Tips for Exercising During Pregnancy

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Ep 69: Benefits of Pediatric Chiropractic Care

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Ep 68: Dr. Shannon's 5 Favorite Pregnancy Tips

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Ep 67: Life Updates: Parenting, Business, and Self-care with Dr. Shannon and Doula Rachael

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Ep 66: Prenatal and Postpartum Pelvic Floor PT with Dr. Brandie Freeman

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Ep 65: How to Have a Gentle Induction

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Ep 64: You're Not Allowed to Not Allow Me - Pathways Article Review

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Ep 63: Breastfeeding Tips and Resources

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Ep 62: Signs of Labor + How Labor Progresses

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Ep 61: Finding Your Breath: 5 breathing exercises for pregnancy and postpartum

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Ep 60: The Role of Pain and Hormones During Labor

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Ep 59: Choosing a Care Provider For Your Birth (Rebroadcast)

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Ep 58: Eating and Drinking During Labor

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Ep 57: Pediatric Chiropractic Care and Cranial Adjustments - Interview with Dr. Martin Rosen

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Ep 56: Who to Invite Into Your Birth Space

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Ep 55: Tips for Optimal Fetal Positioning

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Ep 54 Navigating the Final Weeks of Pregnancy

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Ep 53: Happy FIRST Birthday Aligned Birth Podcast: Year In Review

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Ep 52: What happens in Vagus: guest interview on the Magic of Mamahood Podcast

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Ep 51: How to Support Someone Who Just Gave Birth

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Ep 50: Hospital Based vs Independent Childbirth Class (Pathways Article Review)

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Ep 49: Common Pregnancy Discomforts + Remedies

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Ep 48: What to Pack In Your Hospital Bag

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Ep 47: Empowering Birth Stories with Jessica

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Ep 46: Role of Chiropractic in Childbirth Education (Pathways Article Review)

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Ep 45. Top Reasons to Seek Chiropractic Care During Pregnancy

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Ep 44: "You're not alone" with Shannon Weist, Perinatal Mental Health Counselor

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Ep 43: Life Updates: Sharing Our Highs and Lows of Work, Motherhood, and Self-care

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Ep 42: Dr. Ashley Harper’s Birth Stories (hospital birth to home birth) and the impact of BIRTHFIT

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Ep 41 BIRTHFIT Prenatal Chiropractor and Leader Dr. Ashley Harper

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Ep 40 Lamaze 6 Healthy Birth Practices

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Ep 39 Birth Story with Sarah: Navigating perinatal anxiety, an unmedicated birth, and postpartum preeclampsia

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Ep 38 Heart-Centered Work: Building a Sustainable Doula Business

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Ep 37 Doulaing the Doula: The Birth Story of Parker with Hannah Atterberry

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Ep 36 Tips for the Fourth Trimester

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Ep 35 Essential Oils for Pregnancy, Labor, and Birth

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Ep 34 Gentle Family-Centered Cesarean Birth

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Ep 33 Building Your Birth Support Team (Rebroadcast)

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Ep 32 Creating a Birth Plan (Rebroadcast)

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Ep 31 Why is nursing posture important?

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Ep 30 Favorite Resources: Women's Health, Pregnancy, Childbirth, Postpartum

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Ep 29 Creating a Vision Board for life and for birth

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Ep. 28 Perinatal Specialist of Competent Heart: Dr. Tina Harris Part 2

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Ep 27: Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy with Dr. Tina Harris Part 1

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Ep 26 Due Dates and the Holidays

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Ep 25 All About Vaginal Birth after Cesarean (VBAC)

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Ep 24. Comfort During Labor

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Ep. 23 Postpartum Fitness - Return to Running Part 2

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Ep. 22 Prenatal Fitness - Running during Pregnancy

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Ep. 21 Interview with LaToya Murray-Johnson: Passion-led Doula Mentor

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Ep 20. Interview with LaToya Murray-Johnson owner/founder of Doula View and The Birth Impact

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Ep. 19 All About Prenatal Chiropractic Care with Dr. Shannon

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Ep. 18 What to Look for in a Childbirth Prep Class

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Ep. 17 All About Birth Doulas with Rachael Hutchins

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Ep. 16 Redefining Self-Centered with Rachel Hart, owner Re-Connected to Life

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Ep. 15 Inside Look With Home Birth Midwife Rachel Hart

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Ep 14 Choosing a care provider for your birth

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Ep. 13 Dr. Tijana's Birth Story Part 2/2

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Ep. 12 Interview with chiropractor and doula Dr. Tijana Sefic Eby (Part 1/2)

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Ep. 11 Creating a Birth Plan

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Ep. 10 Budgeting for Baby

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Ep. 9 Identifying and Understanding Birth Perceptions

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Ep. 8 Our "Favorite Things to Purchase" for the Postpartum (Part 3/3)

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Ep. 7 Building Your Village for the Postpartum (Part 2/3)

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Ep. 6 Non-Monetary Essentials for the Postpartum (Part 1/3)

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Ep. 5 Pillars of a Healthy Pregnancy

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Ep. 4 Interview with Raye the Doula

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Ep. 3 Building Your Birth Support Team

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Ep. 2 Full Circle

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Ep. 1 Meet Your Hosts

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