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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Understanding Core Strength In Pregnancy & Post...
Reconnecting to your core muscles in Pregnancy and Postpartum
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The Fifth Vital Sign: Master Your Cycles and Op...
Lisa Hendrickson-Jack author of The Fifth Vital Sign: Master Your Cycles and Optimize Your Fertility talks about menstruation, fertility, and ovulation.
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Meditation & Facing Birth Fear with Anna Gannon
Anna Gannon of The Expectful Podcast & Deb talk meditation and unpacking fear of birth
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Community Birth Story: Embracing Your Birth Cho...
In this episode of Yoga |Birth |Babies, please enjoy this community birth story from Hedy as she explains what she faced when trying to have the birth she envisioned and some surprises of postpartum. For full show notes click HERE
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Pushing Power: Understanding the 2nd Stage of L...
The pushing stage of labor rarely looks as it does in the movies! Did you know there are so many other options to birth a baby then flat on your back with you legs thrown up to the ceiling and pushing like your face is...
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Healing After Birth: Recovering from Birth Trauma
Jennifer and Deb dive deep into the impact of birth trauma on the postpartum experience.
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Car Seat Safety
In this episode of Yoga | Birth | Babies, I speak with Child Passenger Safety Technician and founder of NY Metro CPR, Jason Mundy. He breaks down some of the most common mistakes parents make when installing a car seat, when to transition to a.
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TheMilkinMama: Hand Expression with Francie Webb
For those who have been caught with out their breast pump or expectantly separated from your baby, you may have turned to hand expression as a last resort. But did you know, that hand expression of breast milk can boost milk supply and often reduce...
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Practical Advice on Caring for Your Newborn wit...
Deb talks to IBCLC and Labor Support Doula Ayelet Kaznelson about how to care for a newborn and some breastfeeding tips!
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Understanding the ARRIVE Study with Bonu deCaires
The headline “The ARRIVE Trial: Induction at 39 weeks leads to lower cesarean rate” may have caught your eye in the last few months. It may have also left you confused, wondering what to do with these new findings and what does all this mean...
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Your Inner Baby Carriage with Jill Miller
Have you ever felt like you don't understand your changing pregnant body? Perhaps you no longer feel like you can find good, supportive posture, or take a satisfyingly deep breath? If so, then this episode of Yoga | Birth | Babies will he
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Rainbow Babies with Jessica Mougis
Approximately 10-25% of pregnancies end in miscarriage. With such a high percentage of pregnancies naturally terminating, why is this subject often talked about in whispers behind closed doors? When any personal loss is experienced, support is often desi
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Pain, Suffering, & Trauma In Labor with Penny S...
In this episode of Yoga | Birth | Babies, I had the pleasure of speaking with world renowned author and birth authority, Penny Simkin. We spoke of the important topic of pain versus suffering, how women’s satisfaction and memory of their birth
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Pregnancy, Parenthood, and Eating Disorders
One of the three pillars of Prenatal Yoga Center methodology is community, also knows as sangha. Feeling part of community, especially in such a transitional time like pregnancy and parenthood, can help assuage fears, feel supported and find a general ca
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Spinning Babies Founder Gail Tully and the Impo...
Gail and I discus the principals of Spinning Babies and the how the position of the baby and the balance in the birthing person’s body plays a vital role in the ease and functionality of birth.
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Plan to Support Yourself: The Necessity of a Po...
With the myriad of nursery decor, strollers and baby gadgets, it is not surprising the amount of time and effort new parents spend on preparing for the arrival of their new family member. Unfortunately, the check list of preparation rarely makes it to se
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When You Suspect a Friend or Loved One is Suffe...
Have you ever had a friend or family member you suspected was suffering from a Perinatal Mood and Anxiety disorder and just didn’t know if or how to approach them? With more then 20% of new parents suffering from Perinatal Mood and Anxiety disorder it...
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Gestational Diabetes with Lily Nichols
According to the Center of Disease Control. gestational diabetes affects up to 10% of pregnancies each year. For those diagnosed with this endocrine disorder, their pregnancy will be much monitored and take a different path then their counter parts. In t
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Planning for Postpartum: How to Handle Family a...
You had a baby! Great! Now what?? There are so many things to consider when planning for postpartum. What kind of support do you need? Who is giving you that support? Are you breastfeeding, bottle feeding or both? Where is your baby sleeping? How do...
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Where to take Childbirth Education a minisode w...
When taking a Childbirth Education class, you may assume that all the information you are receiving is given in hopes of best supporting you, the birthing person. Unfortunately, that is not always the case. Depending on where you take your class, the inf
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Understanding Preeclampsia with Rebecca Britt
Ever wonder why at all of your prenatal visits with your care provider you have your blood pressure checked and often leave urine sample? It’s because your care provider is checking for a serious condition called preeclampsia. Never heard of it? No
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Community Birth Story with Lauren Seidman
An article from Midwifery Today sited a study concluding “Participants who read positive, empowering birth stories reported an average of 33% less fear about their upcoming birth.” That great increase in personal confidence was the reason I decided to co
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Reducing Unnecessary Cesarean Birth With Dr. Ne...
In this podcast, we explore why in the past 40 years, cesareans have increased 500% without seeing better results for moms and babies!
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Labor Induction with Dr. Rachel Reed
Dr Reed explains why and how a medical induction is performed and the precautions of pitocin. For any pregnant mother, birth worker or support person, this episode will give you a lot to ponder.
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Birthing With Confidence with Rhea Dempsey
“All birthing people will face a crisis of confidence at some point during a physiological labor.” This one powerful discussion point still sticks out in my mind from my juicy conversation with childbirth educator, doula and counsellor, Rhea Dempsey. In
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