117: What Women Need to Know About Pelvic Floor Health
We all know that the postpartum period brings challenges in physical recovery, but one issue you may not be aware of is pelvic floor...
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Parijat Deshpande
116: Personal Experience of PPROM
Many acronyms that come along with learning the new language of infertility and high-risk pregnancy. One experience that not many go...
115: How Mindset Affects Fertility
One of the most frustrating aspects of building a family is when it takes a struggle to get pregnant. It’s especially exasperating when...
114: Partner's Role in Decreasing Postpartum Depression
We all know how challenging and traumatic a stay in the NICU can be for new parents, but NICU isn’t the most common postpartum difficulty...
113: The Health Benefits of Control
The worst advice anyone can give a woman (or couple) going through infertility, fertility treatment or a high-risk pregnancy is, "You...
112: Why "Don't Lose Hope" is Terrible Advice During Infertility, a High-Risk Pregnanc
"Don't lose hope" sounds like really supportive advice for anyone going through a difficult time in their life, right? It's positive,...
111: For the Type-A Person
There's a negative connotation placed on being Type-A. While there are more health issues that are tied to being Type-A (especially...
110: What Pediatricians Want New Parents to Know with Dr. Jen Trachtenberg
Are you considering which pediatrician you should choose for your child? From personal experience, I know the importance of finding the...
109: What Every Woman Going Through a High-Risk Pregnancy Needs to Hear
For how much I'm supportive of motivational messages and maintaining hope, there is a downside to messages that we say far too often to...
108: How Stress and the Mind-Body Connection Impact Pregnancy Health
The term "mind-body connection" can mean a variety of things to so many people. Some take it to mean mental health, others take it to...
107: It's Ok Not to Be Ok
Have you ever felt SO overwhelmed, exhausted and burned out by all of the challenges you're facing that you end up on the floor of your...
106: When Your Body Needs You to Slow Down But You Like to Go Fast
When you're a Type-A, go-getter person who loves to be busy, it hard to accept when your body needs you to go slow. You feel...
105: Surviving the First Few Weeks of New Motherhood
Having a newborn home is wonderful...but so much harder than mothers expect or prepare themselves for. On this episode, I speak with...
104: Ending Avoidance
We all know avoiding important tasks isn't helpful. And yet we all do it, because, let's face it, it's easier than making that doctor's...
103: Paternal Age and Fertility
When Janet Jackson announced that she was pregnant at the age of 50, the world gasped and threw judgment in every shade at her. She was...
102: Coping With Pregnancy After Loss with Christine McAlister
Experiencing a loss is heartshattering for any parent. Whether it's a chemical pregnancy, miscarriage, due to prematurity, a stillbirth...
101: When You Got What You Wished But You're Still Angry
Ever feel angry to the point when you get a baby shower invitation or hear about a birth announcement? Feel that anger bubbling up when...
100: The Power of Fear
Dealing with a high-risk pregnancy can make you feel terrified, completely helpless and and out of control. The problem is, nobody is...
099: Toxic Chemicals and Infertility
Environmental toxins are all around us in our day to day lives. From what we eat to what we breathe to what we put on our skin and hair,...
098: Why Labels Matter
The words and labels that you use during your family-building challenges matter. They inform what important anchor points define your...
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