Actress and filmmaker Carlson Young is 39 weeks pregnant. In this before birth story, she joins the podcast to discuss her pregnancy and her plans to juggle production work in Spain about 5 weeks after giving birth. Connect with the guest: @carlsonyoung Informed Pregnancy Media and Mahmee present an all new podcast! One Way or a Mother is a new narrative podcast from Dr. Elliot Berlin, DC. Each season is an intimate story of one woman, one pregnancy, and all of the preparations, emotions...
Jul 24, 2025•40 min•Ep. 469
What if you could understand your pregnancy risks before you face them? Carrie Haverty is a mother and maternal health pioneer who has worked in high-risk OB clinics, exploring reproductive genetics and technology that's transforming prenatal care. She discusses Mirvie 's offerings to improve outcomes for families, including one that can detect preeclampsia months before symptoms present. Connect with the guest: @carriehaverty @encompasstest @mirviedx encompasstest.com Informed Pregnancy Media a...
Jul 17, 2025•53 min•Ep. 468
Aimee Carrero returns for the final episode of her three part birth story. It’s been a journey through IVF, pregnancy loss, a surprise diagnosis, and major career demands in the third trimester. Approaching the end, she was hoping for an unmedicated birth experience. Part One Part Two Connect with the guest: @aimeecarrero Informed Pregnancy Media and Mahmee present an all new podcast! One Way or a Mother is a new narrative podcast from Dr. Elliot Berlin, DC. Each season is an intimate s...
Jul 09, 2025•59 min•Ep. 467
Aimee Carrero returns for part two of her before and after birth story. She delves into her pregnancy, filming in NYC with weeks to go before the birth, and her hopes for the delivery including a wish list. Connect with the guest: @aimeecarrero Informed Pregnancy Media and Mahmee present an all new podcast! One Way or a Mother is a new narrative podcast from Dr. Elliot Berlin, DC. Each season is an intimate story of one woman, one pregnancy, and all of the preparations, emotions, and per...
Jul 03, 2025•51 min•Ep. 466
Acclaimed actress Aimee Carrero grew up in Miami and found success in Los Angeles. In part one of her story, she begins her most important role yet as an expectant mother, including an IVF experience. Connect with the guest: @aimeecarrero Informed Pregnancy Media and Mahmee present an all new podcast! One Way or a Mother is a new narrative podcast from Dr. Elliot Berlin, DC. Each season is an intimate story of one woman, one pregnancy, and all of the preparations, emotions, and personal ...
Jun 25, 2025•43 min•Ep. 462
Dr. Carrie Pagliano is a pelvic health physical therapist, fitness professional, and mother of two. She discusses her own pregnancies, her own rocky return to running, and the perinatal period with a focus on physical rehabilitation and performance. Connect with the guest: @carriepagliano carriepagliano.com Carrie's Active Mom Podcast Informed Pregnancy Media and Mahmee present an all new podcast! One Way or a Mother is a new narrative podcast from Dr. Elliot Berlin, DC. Each season is an ...
Jun 19, 2025•37 min•Ep. 464
Dr. Sonal Patel is a pediatrician, NICU fellow, lactation consultant, and is the founder of a home health service focused on postpartum care. She experienced 4 births herself along with postpartum depression, and is now focused on bringing evidence based support into postpartum medicine. Connect with Dr. Patel: @nayacare Naya Care on Facebook nayacare.org Informed Pregnancy Media and Mahmee present an all new podcast! One Way or a Mother is a new narrative podcast from Dr. Elliot Berlin, D...
Jun 12, 2025•52 min•Ep. 463
Neurodiverse dad and entrepeneur Joe Carr joins the podcast to discuss everything from food quality to redefining masculinity through the lens of parenthood. His personal experience with fertility challenges and a surprise cesarean came all while launching his company Serenity Kids, but what he learned after becoming a father changed him the most. Connect with Joe: @dadicatedjoe dadicatedjoe.com Informed Pregnancy Media and Mahmee present an all new podcast! One Way or a Mother is a new na...
Jun 05, 2025•58 min•Ep. 462
From navigating disordered eating to feeling fit and strong, registered dietician and new mom Brooke Glazer discusses perinatal fitness, labor induction with a sunny side up baby, and her birth and postpartum experience. Connect with the guest: @brookeglazer_rdn brookeglazer.com Informed Pregnancy Media and Mahmee present an all new podcast! One Way or a Mother is a new narrative podcast from Dr. Elliot Berlin, DC. Each season is an intimate story of one woman, one pregnancy, and all of th...
May 29, 2025•48 min•Ep. 459
Beverly Hills based cosmetic dermatologist Dr. Gaby Newman is a specialist in anti aging medicine and dermatological surgery. She just had her first baby and joins the podcast to talk all things skin during pregnancy and postpartum. Connect with the guest: newmandermatology.com @newmandermatology @drnewmanx2 @dermatologymafia on Tiktok Newman Dermatology on Facebook Informed Pregnancy Media and Mahmee present an all new podcast! One Way or a Mother is a new narrative podcast from Dr. Ell...
May 22, 2025•43 min•Ep. 460
New dad John Pearce got his start on Australia's Got Talent. The Sydney-born dancer and performer best known as the Purple Wiggle joins the podcast to discuss his latest role: the adventure of fatherhood. Connect with the guest: @johnpearce @john_wiggle thewiggles.com Informed Pregnancy Media and Mahmee present an all new podcast! One Way or a Mother is a new narrative podcast from Dr. Elliot Berlin, DC. Each season is an intimate story of one woman, one pregnancy, and all of the preparati...
May 15, 2025•41 min•Ep. 459
Nutrition junkie Julie Sawaya returns to the podcast to talk about her third home birth, exciting scientific updates from her company Needed , and losing her home in the Los Angeles fires. Connect with the guest: @juliesawaya @needed thisisneeded.com Informed Pregnancy Media and Mahmee present an all new podcast! One Way or a Mother is a new narrative podcast from Dr. Elliot Berlin, DC. Each season is an intimate story of one woman, one pregnancy, and all of the preparations, emotions, and...
May 08, 2025•58 min•Ep. 458
Meteorologist and digital creator Liberté Chan returns to tell the birth story of her first child. Connect with the guest: @libertechan Life of Liberté on Youtube Want more pregnancy + parenting? Informed Pregnancy Media and Mahmee present an all new podcast by Dr. Elliot Berlin. One Way or a Mother is a new narrative podcast from Dr. Elliot Berlin, DC. Each season is an intimate story of one woman, one pregnancy, and all of the preparations, emotions, and personal history leading up to the birt...
May 01, 2025•39 min•Ep. 457
Liberté Chan is a former meteorologist and television reporter who’s preparing for the arrival of her first child via IVF. Now as a digital creator with a focus on fashion, travel, and wellness, she reflects on her work and her hopes and dreams for her new baby. Connect with the guest: @libertechan Life of Liberté on Youtube Want more pregnancy + parenting? Informed Pregnancy Media and Mahmee present an all new podcast by Dr. Elliot Berlin. One Way or a Mother is a new narrative podcast from Dr....
Apr 24, 2025•51 min•Ep. 456
Jaime Lipsky Garcia was first trained as a lactation consultant and postpartum doula after becoming a mother herself. She shares about motherhood and her female owned and operated equine charity, an organization focusing on rehabbing and rehoming offtrack thoroughbred horses. Connect with Jamie: @jaimelipsgarcia @winplacehome winplacehome.org Want more pregnancy + parenting? Informed Pregnancy Media and Mahmee present an all new podcast by Dr. Elliot Berlin. One Way or a Mother is a new narrativ...
Apr 17, 2025•41 min•Ep. 455
Hehe Stewart is a doula, educator, and the founder of one of the most engaging birth communities online. In short, her goal is to empower women in medical settings. Today's conversation will help you feel more confident about advocating for your own preferences, reducing the risk of unnecessary interventions, and switching off people pleasing so you can own your birth space. Connect with Hehe: @tranquilitybyhehe The Birth Lounge Podcast Work with Hehe Want more pregnancy + parenting? Informed Pr...
Apr 10, 2025•53 min•Ep. 454
One Way or a Mother is a new narrative podcast from Dr. Elliot Berlin, DC , host of The Informed Pregnancy Podcast. Each season is an intimate story of one woman, one pregnancy, and all of the preparations, emotions, and personal history leading up to the birth. Episodes feature the expectant mother along with her family, doctors, and birth work team. In season one of OWAM, we meet Arianna who is pregnant with her second baby after a traumatic first birth experience. Follow along over 10 episode...
Apr 03, 2025•31 min•Ep. 450
Dr. Melissa Drake, MD pulls the curtain back on obstetric care and take us behind the scenes, discussing commonalities about the typical patient experience. Why do appointments feel rushed? Why do doctors seem burnt out? She discusses how she found herself drained by the demands of the modern medical system and decided to transform her practice model. She stepped away from the larger insurance driven system, seeking a new offering of personalized, patient focused care. Connect with Dr. Drake: @d...
Mar 27, 2025•45 min•Ep. 452
Garrett Kusmierz conceived on her first try but it led to a challenging postpartum journey. Her experience inspired her to change careers and create innovative products for new parents, like a biodegradable postpartum bra. What comes next for this momtrepeneur? Connect with Garrett: @garrettnwood @kozekozemama @kozekozemama on TikTok kozekoze.com Want more pregnancy + parenting? Informed Pregnancy Plus is a new streaming platform by pregnancy focused chiropractor Dr. Elliot Berlin. Dedicated to ...
Mar 20, 2025•48 min•Ep. 451
Dr. B is joined by special guest Dr. Alyssa Berlin, a perinatal psychologist, self trained chef, and his partner in parenthood as a mother of four. They discuss why stress, anxiety, and feelings of overwhelm are skyrocketing, especially for new parents, including clinical and non-clinical ways to reset and reclaim balance like culinary therapy and EMDR. Connect with Dr. Alyssa: @dralyssadberlin Berlin Wellness Clinic Dr. Alyssa's course The AfterBirth Plan on IP+ Dr. Alyssa's cookbook Plated on ...
Mar 13, 2025•44 min•Ep. 450
Jennifer Campbell, a mother of eighteen (18!), might have the most unique background in birthwork. She discusses her work as a certified birth, bereavement, adoption, and surrogacy doula, childbirth educator, certified lactation educator, including how she's currently pursuing her IBCLC. Connect with the guest: @doulainreno , Facebook , doulainreno.com Want more pregnancy + parenting? Informed Pregnancy Plus is a new streaming platform by pregnancy focused chiropractor Dr. Elliot Berlin. Dedicat...
Mar 06, 2025•41 min•Ep. 449
Creative director and product designer Isabelle Kosciusko discusses her recent pregnancy and birth when, despite aiming for a VBAC (vaginal birth after cesarean), her baby wouldn't stop doing somersaults. Connect with the guest: @isabellekm and isabellek.design Ohm Mama : Dr. B's birth meditation as mentioned by Isabelle Want more pregnancy + parenting? Informed Pregnancy Plus is a new streaming platform by pregnancy focused chiropractor Dr. Elliot Berlin. Dedicated to pregnancy, parenting, and ...
Feb 27, 2025•54 min•Ep. 448
Dr. Arielle Mitton is an internal medicine physician and board member of The HER Foundation (Hyperemesis Education and Research). She discusses the unexpected hurdles in her own pregnancy, including secondary infertility, which led her to a deep desire help others navigate hyperemesis gravidarum. Connect with the guest: @rainbowsurrobaby The HER Foundation Documentary: Sick: The Battle Against HG on IP+ The untold story of women experiencing Hyperemesis Gravidarum (HG), a terrible pregnancy sick...
Feb 20, 2025•38 min•Ep. 447
Registered kinesiologist, clinical exercise physiologist, and mother of two Sarah Zahab joins the podcast to talk exercise, motherhood, and her postnatal strength workouts, now streaming on Informed Pregnancy Plus. Connect with the guest: @continuumfit Facebook ContinuumFitness.ca Sarah's workouts available on IP+ Want more pregnancy + parenting? Informed Pregnancy Plus is a new streaming platform by pregnancy focused chiropractor Dr. Elliot Berlin. Dedicated to pregnancy, parenting, and everyth...
Feb 14, 2025•45 min•Ep. 446
Sarah O'Leary is a mother of two and the CEO of the wearable breast pump company Willow Innovations. She joins Dr. B in conversation about life in motherhood and business, two worlds that can sometimes be a challenging mix. Connect with the guest: Sarah O'Leary @willowpump Willow Pump on Facebook onewillow.com Want more pregnancy + parenting? Informed Pregnancy Plus is a new streaming platform by pregnancy focused chiropractor Dr. Elliot Berlin. Dedicated to pregnancy, parenting, and everything ...
Feb 06, 2025•39 min•Ep. 445
Natalie Parlett is a functional nutritional therapy practitioner, personal trainer, gym owner, mother, and grandmother. She joins the podcast to discuss her motherhood journey which began when she had twins after becoming pregnant at age 15. Connect with Natalie: @natalieparlett and natalieparlett.com Want more pregnancy + parenting? Informed Pregnancy Plus is a new streaming platform by pregnancy focused chiropractor Dr. Elliot Berlin. Dedicated to pregnancy, parenting, and everything in betwee...
Jan 30, 2025•49 min•Ep. 444
Functional prenatal and postpartum nutritionist Jessica Zadeh returns to share the birth story of her first child. Jessica's nutrition masterclass is now streaming on Informed Pregnancy Plus. Connect with the guest: @holistic.mama.nutrition and wholisticmethodnutrition.com Jessica's nutrition master class on IP+ Want more pregnancy + parenting? Informed Pregnancy Plus is a new streaming platform by pregnancy focused chiropractor Dr. Elliot Berlin. Dedicated to pregnancy, parenting, and everythin...
Jan 23, 2025•39 min•Ep. 443
Functional prenatal and postpartum nutritionist Jessica Zadeh joins the podcast to discuss the third trimester of her first pregnancy in this before birth story. Jessica's nutrition masterclass is now streaming on Informed Pregnancy Plus. Connect with the guest: @holistic.mama.nutrition and wholisticmethodnutrition.com Jessica's nutrition master class on IP+ Want more pregnancy + parenting? Informed Pregnancy Plus is a new streaming platform by pregnancy focused chiropractor Dr. Elliot Berlin. D...
Jan 16, 2025•39 min•Ep. 442
Marianna Burelli is a Mexico City based actress, producer, and entrepreneur. She first joined us in episode 143 to discuss her first birth and how her baby moved out of the breech position. She returns to the podcast to share about the path of ups and downs leading up to her most recent pregnancy and birth. Connect with the guest: @mariannaburelli @amainatural amainatural.shop amainatural.mx Want more pregnancy + parenting? Informed Pregnancy Plus is a new streaming platform by pregnancy focused...
Jan 09, 2025•56 min•Ep. 441
In Part II of our holiday countdown, Dr. Berlin discusses numbers 5 through 1 of the top 10 most popular episodes of the Informed Pregnancy Podcast in 2024. Links to the Informed Pregnancy Podcast and other media mentioned in today's episode: #5 Ep. 418: Exploring Freebirth with Catalina Clark #4 Ep. 390: Dr. Nathan Riley and Low Intervention Birth #3 Ep. 413: Aly Michalka: Before Birth and Ep. 414: Aly Michalka: After Birth #2 Ep. 400: Ina May Gaskin on Midwifery #1 Ep. 416: Hilary Duff: A Birt...
Jan 02, 2025•54 min•Ep. 440
