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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Transformed by Birth with Britta Bushnell
Deb and Britta talk the 8 cultural ideals we've created around birth and the place of fear and pain in birth.
67 min
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Understanding Postpartum Hormones with Aviva Ro...
Night Sweats, Hair Falling Out, what's going on with postpartum hormones, a discussion on what to expect and when to get some help with Dr. Aviva Romm
56 min
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Comfort for Birth with Yiska Obadia
Massage, relaxation, and counter pressure techniques for physical comfort during labor.
46 min
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Who's Responsible: Student or Teacher? with Bec...
Who's responsible for the safety of a pregnant person or their baby in a yoga class? Deb and Bec discuss giving the student autonomy while still providing appropriate support and modifications.
60 min
280
Epidurals with Dr. Claire Sandberg
Claire breaks down common myths and misconceptions about epidural anesthesia and clearly presents the facts about epidurals so listeners can make an educated, informed choice.
58 min
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Surrogacy: Helping To Create A Family with Anas...
In our conversation, Anastasia explains the very in depth process of becoming a surrogate, the relationship between the intended family and the surrogate carrier and what is it like carrying and birthing someone else’s child.
68 min
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All About Adoption with Rebecca Mendel
In this episode of Yoga|Birth|Babies, I speak with adoptive and assisted reproduction lawyer and adoptive mother Rebecca Mendel.
54 min
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Preparing for Cesarean: A Necessary Conversatio...
Mary Esther explains how a cesarean birth unfolds and offers tools to use for a mindful cesarean. We also talk about how to integrate protocols more associated with a vaginal birth.
50 min
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Community Birth Stories: The Importance of Self...
Can you imagine the need to be the main advocate for yourself in the middle of labor ? That is exactly what happened to Jessie Katz.
49 min
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Understanding "Big Babies" with Rebecca Dekker
Rebecca and I had a chance to speak about a problem many pregnant people face towards the end of their pregnancy, macrosomia, also know as “big babies.”
34 min
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Breastfeeding 101 with Tamara Hawkins
Deb speaks with director of Stork and Cradle, Tamara Hawkins, FNP, RN, IBCLE, LCCE, CHHC, about everything an expectant and new mother needs to know about breastfeeding.
55 min
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Parenting a Child with Special Needs with Bridg...
Deb speaks with Bridget Tichar, Mom of Teddy, a 2 and a half year old with Type 1 Diabetes.
53 min
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The Pregnancy Project with Alex Berke
Deb speaks with employment litigator and founder of Berke-Weiss Law’s Pregnancy Project, Alex Berke about maternity leave, hospital bills, and employing a care giver.
45 min
289
The 4th Trimester with Kimberly Johnson
Kimberly Ann Johson discusses her challenging postpartum experience and how she resolved massive pelvic floor and abdominal diastisis. She also shares valuable postpartum rituals and philosophies from other cultures and how we can adopt some of those ideas to better serve our postpartum people.
54 min
290
Tongue Tie with Robin Kaplan
Robin Kaplan IBCLC explains what tongue tie is, how to identify it, and ways to resolve it.
44 min
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#IHadAMiscarriage with Dr. Jessica Zucker
Deb speaks with the creator of the #IHadAMiscarriage campaign, psychologist Dr. Jessica Zucker. She opens up about her own pregnancy loss at 16 weeks and what inspired her to break down the shame and stigma of miscarriage.
44 min
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Life With Twins with Natalie Diaz
Twiniversity founder Natalie Diaz skillfully and humorously breaks down life with two.
57 min
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Yoga for Pelvic Health with Shannon Crow
One of the most commonly used phrases in exercise and yoga is “engage your core”. But what does that even mean? What muscles are being asked to work and is it really helpful or healthy to have an engaged core?
56 min
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Postpartum Psychosis with Lisa Abramsom
Deb talks to Lisa Abramson about her story and paths to recovery with postpartum psychosis.
47 min
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Birth Plans with Terry Richmond
Terry talks about how to approach a birth plan, what you may want to include and topics to leave off and how to get a practice with multiple doctors to honor the individual’s birth preferences.
63 min
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What Midwives REALLY Do with Tanya Wills
Certified nurse midwife Tanya Wills debunks the misconceptions of what midwives offer and thoroughly explains the different credentials midwives can earn.
62 min
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Yoga, Bands, and Baby with Laurel Beversdorf
Laurel talks about how healing her own personal injuries lead her to explore beyond traditional asana.
71 min
298
Prenatal Weight Shaming with Jen McLellan
Plus Mommy Podcast host Jen McLellan shares facts not shame about weight and pregnancy.
45 min
299
All Things Cervix with the Birth Kweens
Cervical exams, the Freedman's Curve, and more!
63 min
300
Pelvic Liberation with Leslie Howard
Understanding the different states the pelvic floor and how one blanket remedy for pelvic floor issues is not appropriate
36 min