Shows
Dallas Birth Guide PodcastIntuitive Decisions For A Birth Center Birth with Madison LaveyMadison Lavey is a first time mom who has a passion for health, motherhood, green beauty, and fashion. She is a blogger and influencer who stood up for her choices in childbirth while letting her intuition guide her to her best birth.
Follow Madison:
Website: MadaLeigh.com
Facebook: MadaLeighBlog
Instagram: @madaleighblog
Birth Team:
Birth Center: Origins Birth Center2018-09-0735 min
Dallas Birth Guide PodcastHeanry and Thea - A Twin Birth StoryHenry and Thea were born to an incredible mama who knew her options and made informed decision in her care, but had the trust in her birth team to listen when the time came for it. Henry came in a hurry and Thea took her time - but they but made quite an entrance!
This birth story is so full of love and power from mama BreAnn, it's too good not to share.
Birth Center: Grapevine Birth Center with midwife Kim Daly
Doula: Kelly Martin of The Witty Womb
Photographer: Aly Renee Birth Photography2018-06-0539 min
MotherbirthHomebirth Story & Choosing the Right Birth Environment — 059During today’s episode, self-proclaimed birth junkie Yukie McGregor shares the inspiration behind her Dallas Birth Guide and the Birth Community that it created, her primal first birth experience at home and the relief she felt after talking with a therapist after bouts of postpartum depression started to creep in during the first few months after having her baby.
In this engaging conversation, Yukie details the comical aspects of her homebirth and how motherhood gave her the opportunity, skills, and the light to work on herself and heal herself. We decided that her birth should inspire a new genre of bi...2018-05-2800 min
Dallas Birth Guide PodcastPrenatal and Postpartum Anxiety, Depression, and Birth Work with Tiffany WicksPrenatal and postpartum anxiety and depression are much more common that many people think. One in five mothers can experience PPA/PPD. The awareness that maternal anxiety and depression can start as early as pregnancy and occur days, months, and years after birth is so important.
This week we talk with counselor Tiffany Wicks about what we can do as mothers, as friends of mothers, and how birth workers can experience second-hand trauma and what we can do about it.
About Tiffany
Tiffany is the founder of Push Prenatal and Postpartum Counseling, PLLC. She received a Bachelors in Education from T...2018-05-2627 min
Dallas Birth Guide PodcastSurrogacy and Midwifery with Susan TaylorIf you are a family who has struggled with getting pregnant or are in a same-sex relationship, the conversation of surrogacy may have come up. There are so many parts to the surrogacy journey that you may not know where to start. Susan Taylor of Taylor Made Midwifery has joined us to talk about her experience as a surrogate and walks us through the process of finding or becoming a surrogate.
About Susan
Susan Taylor is a Certified Professional Midwife and Licensed Midwife serving the DFW area. She specializes in VBACs, waterbirth, and surrogacy. She is also the Surrogate Outreach...2018-05-1922 min
Dallas Birth Guide PodcastBirthFit Mindset and Home Birth with Kelly and ArrowKelli prepared for her birth by strengthening her mindset with BirthFit and BirthFit Dallas. She knew her options and knew she wanted a water birth at home and found the resources that could help her do that!
Birth Team
Midwife: Cori Lively of Barefoot Midwifery
Doula: Becky from Dallas Doulas
Chiropractor: Dr. Jamie Wuistinger of ProMotion Chiropractic (listen to Episode 3 to hear her podcast!)
Shout out to BIRTHFIT for helping women and mothers with the most amazing mindset for pregnancy, birth, and postpartum!2018-05-1133 min
Dallas Birth Guide PodcastInfertility, IUI to Acupunture, and An Empowered Home Birth with Jennifer and MakoAfter a life-changing accident, Jennifer wasn't sure if she was able to have children. She researched as much as she could to find something that could help her conceive. Her journey through IUI and Chinese medicine gave her to start she needed for her empowered birth! Jennifer has been preparing mentally for her birth since the beginning of her pregnancy, finding podcasts and our own and Doing It At Home and other sources of birth information to choose what was going to work for her.
Once upon a time, when I was 17, I got into a life threatening jet ski ac...2018-05-0645 min
Dallas Birth Guide PodcastSelf-Care, Setting Boundaries, and Trusting Yourself with Nova CoxDo you ever feel run down and tired from trying to get pregnant, BEING pregnant, or running around after kids? When was the last time that you filled your own cup up and took care of yourself? Honey & Sage Co. reminds us that self-care is crucial in our success in motherhood and womanhood. In today’s episode with founder Nova Cox, she walks us through the importance of setting boundaries and trusting yourself in decisions about your pregnancy, birth, and sacred postpartum period.
About Honey & Sage Co.
Honey & Sage Co. is a subscription care package and apothecary company based in Da...2018-04-2828 min
Dallas Birth Guide PodcastEmpowered Epidurals and TENS Units for Labor with Doula Rebekah LewisWhen talking about doulas, many families think that they are reserved for home and birth center births. Doulas can actually be used to all types of births, especially hospital births! In this week's episode we talk with Doula Rebekah Lewis about what an empowered epidural could look like, her use of a TENS unit during labor, and her journey of service that led her to birth work.
About Rebekah
Rebekah Lewis is a wife, mother to two girls and a birth doula. In addition to serving families as a Birth doula, Rebekah cares for birthing and postpartum women as a...2018-04-2023 min
Dallas Birth Guide PodcastBirth Documentary and Connection with Kourtnie ScholzDo you ever look back on a memory - a birth, a holiday, a memorial, the every day mundane - and while some details are crystal clear, other can be hazy from the hustle and bustle. Documentary photographer, Kourtnie Scholz, is passionate about capturing those moments for families to cherish forever.
About Kourtnie
Kourtnie is a Documentary Photographer who loves connecting generations together by real, raw, 100% unscripted moments through quality photographs, film, and albums. Her approach to photography stems from her truths as a wife and a mother awakened by an unimaginable diagnosis. In that moment she knew it was...2018-04-1529 min
Dallas Birth Guide PodcastChiropractic Care and Teamwork with Brianne KatzAches and pains can be so common in pregnancy that we assume that it is just a normal experience to have. Dr. Brianne Katz of Uprise Chiropractic is working to make sure that every mother is taken care of and has the best experience possible, not just in pregnancy but during birth and postpartum as well! Brianne is known for adjusting her moms while they are in labor to help make laboring more efficient and as comfortable as possible.
About Brianne
My name is Brianne “Bree” Katz! I am a family chiropractor in Dallas that has additional training pregnancy and kids...2018-04-1331 min
Dallas Birth Guide PodcastAcupuncture for Fertility and Pregnancy with Pearl RussellAcupuncture has been used for many years for improving health and wellness. Pearl Russell has brought that practice to women who are trying to conceive and to help them relieve pregnancy symptoms such as morning sickness, aches and pains, insomnia, and digestions issues along with helping the body prepare for birth!
About Pearl
Pearl Chang Russell graduated top of her class with a Master of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine degree from Texas Health and Science University (formerly Texas College of Traditional Chinese medicine) and is a diplomate of the NCCAOM (National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine).
Pearl’s st...2018-03-3018 min
Dallas Birth Guide PodcastHormones, Menstrual Cycles, and Chiropractic Care with Courtney KahlaAbout Courtney
Courtney Kahla is a follower of Jesus, wife, Great Dane mama, founder of Pure + Radiant holistic skincare and the newest chiropractor to join Free to Be Chiropractic within The Nest in Addison. She specializes in pediatric and prenatal chiropractic with additional training and certifications from the ICPA, but serve people of all ages and from all walks of life with gentle and specific chiropractic care. Supporting women from preconception to postpartum and beyond is her jam and you can guarantee she’ll chat about all things menstrual cycles, hormones, fertility, and more! She’s also an advocate for natu...2018-03-2328 min
Dallas Birth Guide PodcastAdolescent Healthcare and CNM Gynecological Care with Traci SantangeloWhen did you first learn about puberty? Maybe a 7th grade classroom, or most likely your BFF. Did you ever feel not normal? Like everyone else was further along or looked differently than you?
Certified Nurse Midwife, Traci Santangelo talk with us about the importance of having these conversations with our mothers and daughters from an early age. Education is the catalyst to empowerment so we as women can feel confident and secure through all stages of life!
About Traci
Originally from Fort Worth, Texas, I received my Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Texas Womans’ University and started my ca...2018-03-1627 min
Dallas Birth Guide PodcastSymphysis Pubis Dysfunction and A Home Birth Story with SydneySydney is a mom who researched and knew her options during pregnancy. She was so empowered in her choice to have a home birth with her midwives Midwives Tess and April from Family Birth Services along with birth photographer Lynsey Stone. Sydney also suffered from Symphysis Pubis Dysfunction. During pregnancy, swelling and pain can make the symphysis pubis joint less stable, causing SPD. Even through the pain Sydney was able to dig deep into her own strength and bring her baby girl earthside!2018-03-0930 min
Dallas Birth Guide PodcastEpisode 05 - Primal Birth Story with Hilarie BaumgartnerThis is a super special episode because this is the first time that we are sharing a birth story from a mom here in Dallas! Hilarie Baumgartner is the mother of Lennon and a food blogger at BaumaAssFood.
She chose Gentle Beginnings Birth Center as her birth center with Michele Massey as her midwife. Laura Fortner of North Dallas Doulas Associates was her doula.2018-03-0223 min
Dallas Birth Guide PodcastEpisode 4 - Jamie Wuistinger on Birthfit Dallas, VBACs, and Lots of LoveJamie Wuistinger, DC
Jamie is the owner of ProMotion Chiropractic and the Regional Director of Birthfit Dallas. She believes that the secret to a great life is great movement and that we are capable of doing whatever it is that we set our minds to. She believes that we are all rockstars – and growing a human, giving that tiny human life, and birthing that human is the greatest feat there is! Jamie is mama to Skylar Grace, the best widget girl there is, and Tristan James, who is a tiny superhero.
You can find Jamie at:
Website: promotionchiro.com
Facebook: fa...2018-02-2341 min
Dallas Birth Guide PodcastEpisode 3 - T'Arah Craig on Fetal Positioning and Her Own PregnancyMy guest this week is T’arah Julieta who is a birth doula and first time mom who was pregnant at the time of recording but has since had a precious baby boy! T’arah grew up in a home that normalized birth - she was even her own mother’s doula for some of her siblings births! She is an advocate for evidence-based research for her clients and her prenatal and labor work is specialized in optimal fetal positioning for birth and postpartum. I hope you enjoy prenatal and labor work is specialized on optimal fetal positioning for birth and pos...2018-02-2350 min
Dallas Birth Guide PodcastEpisode 02 - Jessica Ladd Lefterova on Prenatal Fitness and Fertility YogaYou may have heard that yoga can be great for your body during pregnancy, but what about for your mind and spirit while trying to conceive?
Jessica Ladd Lefterova is the owner of Oh Baby! Fitness DFW and she guides women through all stages of motherhood. From fertility yoga, prenatal fitness classes, and postpartum work she is reminding mothers a huge lesson in self care and reducing stress during a special period in their lives. Today Jessica talks with us about how reducing stress can help with fertility and the importance of meditation and movement in pregnancy - and life!
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Doing It At Home - The Home Birth Podcast121: Education, Empowerment, Support and a Home Birth Story with Yukie McGregor, Founder of Dallas Birth GuideWhat do you do when you become so passionate about birth that you are essentially compelled to dive into the work and make it part of who you are? Yukie McGregor answers that question for us in today’s episode. And for her - that looked like starting Dallas Birth Guide, an online and local resource tool for mothers in maternity, labor, birth and beyond. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2018-02-0752 min
Dallas Birth Guide PodcastEpisode 1: North Dallas Doula Associates on Doula-ing in DallasWelcome to the first episode of the Dallas Birth Guide Podcast! My guests this week are the two amazing doulas, Melissa Espey-Mueller and Laura Fortner of North Dallas Doula Associates! They talk to us about how the birth scene in Dallas has changed over the last 20 years and how sisterhood plays a big role in birth.
http://www.northdallasdoulas.com/2018-02-0542 min