Yoga Birth Babies

Take ownership of your pregnancy, birth, and parenthood! Join Deb Flashenberg as she dives into conversations with some of the world’s leading pregnancy, birth, yoga and parenting experts. Deb and her guests are voices of calm and reason, sharing practical, relevant, insightful and evidence based information that is helpful for people at all stages of parenting. These lively conversations will inform and entertain you as you embark on this new phase in your life. 

Deb is the founder and director of the Prenatal Yoga Center in NYC, a labor support doula, Lamaze childbirth educator, Spinning Babies Parent Educator, prenatal yoga teacher and mother of 2. Please visit Prenatalyogacenter.com

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The Science of Covid & Its Effect on Pregnancy ...
What we know about the science of COVID, it’s effect on pregnancy and fetal and neonatal risks.
49 min
252
Creating A Respectful and Collaborative Relatio...
Chloe talks about how to create a respectful, collaborative and balanced relationship with your care provider and hospital staff.
55 min
253
“Parenting As An Exhausted Parent” & How To No...
Parenting Specialist Rachel Bailey gives solid and practical strategies for helping parents reconcile arguments, deescalate when they feel triggered, and truly take care of their own needs.
40 min
254
Lowering the Cesarean Rate with Dr. Neel Shah
Dr. Neel Shah and The Team Birth Project.
49 min
255
Navigating Toddler Tantrums & Meltdowns with Bi...
Toddler Meltdowns and Tantrums- what to do? Deb talks to Deena Margolin and Kristin Gallant co-founders of Big Little Feelings about your little one's Big feelings.
50 min
256
Community Birth Story: Power, Surrender and Ope...
PYC community member Lina shares her beautiful and compelling birth story and what influenced her birth choices.
62 min
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Navigating Constant Togetherness As Parents & P...
Deb speaks with Michelle Canarick about navigating constant togetherness as a parent and partner therapist Michelle Canarick who offers valuable insight into the struggles people are feeling with constant companionship and how to “parent” well under these circumstances.
49 min
258
Development, Emotional, and Social Milestones w...
Does your little one hate tummy time? Are you worried about your little one hitting their 3, 6, 9, and 12 month milestones? Nekole is here to help!
53 min
259
Baby-Led Weaning: When & How To Start Solids wi...
Deb talks to Jenny Best founder of Solid Starts about baby-led weaning, first foods, choking versus gagging and more!
57 min
260
Making Work Life Balance Easier with Lauren Smi...
Today, in a time of a pandemic where childcare may have adjusted, finding flexible, creative ways to meet the demands of your job may require some creativity and negotiations.
40 min
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Babies After 35 with Shannon Clark
What's it like to have a baby after 35? How likely can you get pregnant? and What is it like to have "geriatric pregnancy"?
49 min
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Community Birth Story: How to Talk About Birth ...
Eliana bravely talks about two very different and traumatic births and how she processed and resolved them.
39 min
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Ups and Downs in Motherhood with Dayna Kurtz
In this episode of Yoga|Birth|Babies, I speak with author, speaker and licensed social worker Dayna Kurtz about her new book, Mother Matters: A Holistic Guide to Being a Happy, Healthy Mom.
54 min
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Improving the Birth and Health Outcome for Blac...
Deb speaks with founder of Spirited By Truth Alexandra Samuel-Sturgess about the maternal health racial disparities and unconscious biases in the medical world.
57 min
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The Ultimate Guide to Sex After Baby with Debra...
Debra talks about her new book The Ultimate Guide to Sex After Baby: Secrets to Love and Intimacy offering tips to reclaim your sexy wild woman.
46 min
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Loss, Grief, Anxiety and Isolation During Pregn...
Pregnancy, birth and early parenthood, are often a time of family gatherings and celebrations. But now during this unprecedented time, these milestones are being experienced in isolation. This massive departure from how one may have originally envisioned the transition into parenthood can lead to feelings of loss and grief. In this episode of Yoga|Birth|Babies, I speak with Licensed Social Worker and facilitator of our New Mother’s Support Group here at PYC, Jessica Shapley.
56 min
267
Understanding Telehealth with Eugenia Montesenos
What to expect in prenatal and postnatal visits that are now being offered through telehealth and what parts of medical care are essential to be done in person.
52 min
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Breastfeeding and Epidurals with Dianne Cassidy
“If mothers realize the swelling and difficulty latching is just from the epidural, not forever, they just have to get through this and then they will have better breastfeeding”, explains my guest, Dianne Cassidy, author and International Board Certified Lactation Consultant.
55 min
269
Community Birth Story: Birthing During a Pandemic
Can you imagine giving birth and entering postpartum in the middle of a pandemic? Candice Baehr faced this exact scenario.
41 min
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Hypnobirthing with Kristy Rodriguez
Kristy explains the philosophy and approach to HypnoBirthing® and how relaxation and stress reduction techniques can help support a functional labor. She also talks about the vital role the partner plays in birth preparation.
55 min
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Processing Your Birth Story with Nikki Shaheed
Birthing from Within's Nikki Shaheed talks to Deb about processing birth stories, and even helps Deb unpack one of her own.
44 min
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Preparing for Postpartum During COVID-19 with G...
Grace offers solid and supportive ideas for how to navigate new parenthood with limited external help and provides wonderful questions new parents should ask their care providers and pediatricians before their birth.
54 min
273
Birth Flow and Balance with Gail Tully of Spinn...
Gail explains the Spinning Babies Methodology and shares how the baby’s position and the pregnant body impacts the birth flow.
68 min
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Pregnancy and Birth During the Coronavirus Pand...
Deb speaks with NYC veteran doula and childbirth educator, Terry Richmond. Terry candidly talks about how she has been supporting her clients during this intense pandemic. She gives usable tactics and tools for how to best keep birth as normal as possible and lays out plans for how the birth partner can best support the laboring person.
57 min
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Community Birth Stories: Strength, Endurance, a...
Prenatal Yoga Teacher, Childbirth Educator, and Labor Support Doula Hess Kim shares her birth story
82 min