Latest Birth professionals Podcast Episodes
Ep 89: Ultramarathons and Birth
Aligned Birth - February 08, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsCan birth be compared to an ultramarthon - sure! Just ask me, Dr. Shannon. In today’s episode, doula Rachael and I sit down to discuss the unique way I celebrated a recent milestone birthday……running 40 miles for 40 years. Now I am an avid runner, and I’ve used big races to celebrate big life...
S2, Ep16: Partner Ready: Birth partners need to prep, too! with Lindsay and Matt McCoy
Pros Talk Pregnancy Podcast - February 03, 2023 13:00 - 47 minutesIn this episode we talk all about birth partner support with my husband, Matt McCoy! We often forget about how overwhelming the journey to baby can be for the partners. Pregnancy, birth and recovery are huge physiological events and it’s really easy for birth partners to feel like a deer caught ...
Ep 88: 2022 Year In Review
Aligned Birth - February 01, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsLet’s celebrate a fantastic year of podcasting for the Aligned Birth Podcast!! Doula Rachael and Dr. Shannon chat about their 2022 stats including: 5,716 total downloads……..12 guest interviews……..and the top episodes of all time. They also mention their top 3 favorite episodes of 2022 and give...
Ep 87: Maternal Stress and Posture - what's the connection?
Aligned Birth - January 25, 2023 10:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsRebroadcast of episode 31: As a chiropractor and doula, we spend a lot of time with expecting and newly postpartum mothers. There is a ton of information you need and want to know about preparing for nursing. In this episode, we are going to talk about nursing posture. Nursing posture is just o...
Ep 86: Important Things to Consider When Choosing Your Care Provider
Aligned Birth - January 18, 2023 10:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsHow you feel about your birthing experience is important, and a big part of how you feel about your birth relates to how you feel about your care provider. In this episode, we’re discussing some ways to reverse engineer the thought process by beginning with the desired end result and working ba...
S2, Ep15: Our second birth: How we achieved a profoundly different experience with Lindsay and Matt McCoy
Pros Talk Pregnancy Podcast - January 13, 2023 15:00 - 54 minutesOn this episode Matt and I chat about our second birth and what a different birth experience it was. Have you ever had an experience that altered the course of your life so deeply and profoundly that you knew your life would not be the same without it? Our first birth wasn’t the experience we’d ...
S2, Ep15: Our second birth: How we achieved a profoundly different experience
Pros Talk Pregnancy Podcast - January 13, 2023 15:00 - 54 minutesOn this episode Matt and I chat about our second birth and what a different birth experience it was. Have you ever had an experience that altered the course of your life so deeply and profoundly that you knew your life would not be the same without it? Our first birth wasn’t the experience we’d ...
Ep 85: Visualization Techniques for Birth and Life
Aligned Birth - January 11, 2023 10:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsRebroadcast of Episode 29: Creating a vision board is fun, creative, and beneficial in helping you create your goals for your life, your work, and even your birth. In this episode, we discuss: Dr. Shannon’s vision board events (past and present) What is a vision board? Why do people create...
Ep 84: A Tale of 2 Home Births with Prenatal Chiropractor Dr. Baley White
Aligned Birth - January 04, 2023 10:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsWhy choose a home birth? This is one of the first questions Dr. Shannon asks Dr. Baley in today’s podcast interview. These two friends and colleagues dive deep into Dr. Baley’s birth stories, which happen to be two very different home births. She shares her birth stories with grace and hones...
Ep 83: Chiropractic Prenatal Exam Questions
Aligned Birth - December 28, 2022 10:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsJust as your OB or midwife, doula, pelvic floor PT or other birth support team members will ask questions in their exams, the questions they ask serve a specific purpose and role. In today’s episode, Dr. Shannon outlines some of the questions she asks during her prenatal chiropractic exam. Now...
Ep 82: Hot Take: Birth Doulas are only for Unmedicated Birth
Aligned Birth - December 21, 2022 10:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsThere are many different kinds of doulas who provide a wide range of support and services. A common misconception is that birth doulas are only for those who desire an unmedicated birth. In this episode, Doula Rachael breaks down the many reasons birth doulas can support all types of birthing pe...
Ep 81: Immunity Boosters + Cold Remedies During Pregnancy
Aligned Birth - December 14, 2022 10:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsDid you know cold symptoms can be exacerbated or last longer during pregnancy? This is because your immune system is working at a slightly lower function and your changing body may not be able to deal with cold symptoms as effectively (like chest congestion). In this episode, Doula Rachael shar...
S2, Ep14: Origin Story: Our first birth experience with Lindsay and Matt McCoy
Pros Talk Pregnancy Podcast - December 09, 2022 16:00 - 42 minutesJoin me and my amazing husband, Matt McCoy, as we recount the story of our first pregnancy and birth, from 2006/2007. Picture two young adults who thought they had it all figured out. Who figured “people have been having babies forever, I’m sure we’ll figure it out.” Who wanted a natural first b...
Ep 80: Flipping the Script on Baby Gift Registries with Owner and Founder of BeHerVillage Kaitlin McGreyes
Aligned Birth - December 07, 2022 10:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsKaitlin McGreyes is the founder of BeHerVillage. She started working as a birth doula in 2014 and quickly became passionate about creating access to maternal care for all. She has supported hundreds of families through their parenthood journeys, founded a doula team, ran a doula mentorship progr...
Ep 79: Embracing the Imperfections of Motherhood - turning anxiety into awakening with Dr. Meghan Toups, LPC
Aligned Birth - November 30, 2022 10:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsMotherhood is a journey, not only of learning and discovering our new baby, but also learning and discovering what it means to be a mother. And how society and culture views motherhood can impact how we experience it. It’s easy to “should” on yourself as a new mom. To feel anxious, guilty, pr...
Ep 78: Due Dates and the Holidays
Aligned Birth - November 23, 2022 10:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsIf you are pregnant and due around the holidays, this episode is for you. When it comes to navigating the end of pregnancy, there are several mixed feelings and emotions and likely some degree of discomfort and eagerness to meet your baby and for the pregnancy to be over. Every path is unique f...
Ep 77: Informed and Shared Decision Making
Aligned Birth - November 16, 2022 10:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsInformed and shared decision making is an evidence based practice that is proven to increase client satisfaction, increase positive relations among the care team, and increase levels of trust. In this episode with Doula Rachael, you will learn the benefits of informed and shared decision making ...
Ep. 76 Five Benefits of Labor Doula Support
Aligned Birth - November 09, 2022 10:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsThere are many benefits to having a birth doula as part of your birth support team. Some of these benefits are well-known and some may be new to you. The goal is for doula care to become the norm and to achieve teamwork between all care providers. Doula Rachael and Dr. Shannon discusses the man...
S2, Ep13: Labor Flow State: A birth-ready mindset with Lindsay McCoy
Pros Talk Pregnancy Podcast - November 04, 2022 14:00 - 35 minutesHave you ever heard of the flow state? Have you ever felt “in the zone?” That zone where you seem to have effortless momentum, where time seems to melt away and you are just flowing? Maybe you were running a race, writing, or doing artwork. Maybe you’ve also felt what it feels like to be out o...
S2, Ep13: Labor Flow State: A birth-ready mindset
Pros Talk Pregnancy Podcast - November 04, 2022 14:00 - 35 minutesHave you ever heard of the flow state? Have you ever felt “in the zone?” That zone where you seem to have effortless momentum, where time seems to melt away and you are just flowing? Maybe you were running a race, writing, or doing artwork. Maybe you’ve also felt what it feels like to be out o...
Ep 75: The importance of tummy time with TUMMYTIME! Method creator and founder Michelle Emanuel
Aligned Birth - November 02, 2022 09:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsIf you have a new baby chances are you’ve been asked by your health care providers about how your baby is doing during tummy time. So what’s the big deal? In this episode, Dr. Shannon interviews Michelle Emanuel, a pediatric occupational therapist, who specializes in posture, feeding, neurodev...
Ep 74: 10 Ways to Increase Vaginal Birth Rates
Aligned Birth - October 26, 2022 04:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsMany new mothers do not plan to give birth via cesarean birth, yet around 1-in-3 women in the United States give birth this way. When medically necessary, c-sections can save lives. However, when conducted as an elective procedure or when performed unnecessarily, the risks outweigh the benefits....
Ep 73: Five Benefits of Prenatal Chiropractic Care
Aligned Birth - October 19, 2022 09:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsPrenatal chiropractic care has some well”ish”-known benefits (of course Dr. Shannon thinks more people could know about the benefits) but she has been documenting some of those lesser-known ones for a bit too and has compiled a list of commonalities. You might be familiar with pregnant women se...
Ep 72: Releasing Tension During Labor
Aligned Birth - October 12, 2022 09:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsTensing up your body's muscles is a natural response to stress and pain. But did you know that doing so actually causes more pain and stress? In this episode with Doula Rachael, you will learn how to prepare your mind and body for labor and birth in a beneficial and effective way…a way that will...
S2, Ep12: Being too flexible during birth: How much is too much with Monika Patel
Pros Talk Pregnancy Podcast - October 06, 2022 21:00 - 45 minutesHave you ever thought or heard that the best way to have an easier birth is to stretch a lot? Or that flexibility = better birth? Sometimes being too flexible can actually create some problems. While yes, it is important to be mobile, there is a difference between mobility and flexibility. This ...
Ep 71: All About Prenatal Massage Therapy with Tara Thompson
Aligned Birth - October 05, 2022 09:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsIn this week’s episode, Dr. Shannon sits down with Tara Thompson, a metro-Atlanta prenatal, postpartum, and infant massage therapist to discuss all things massage! We cover: Some of the top reasons moms are seeking prenatal massage When to get a prenatal massage How are the massages perfor...
Ep: 71 All About Prenatal Massage Therapy with Tara Thompson
Aligned Birth - October 05, 2022 09:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsIn this week’s episode, Dr. Shannon sits down with Tara Thompson, a metro-Atlanta prenatal, postpartum, and infant massage therapist to discuss all things massage! We cover: Some of the top reasons moms are seeking prenatal massage When to get a prenatal massage How are the massages perfor...
Ep 70: Tips for Exercising During Pregnancy
Aligned Birth - September 28, 2022 09:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsThere are many important physical, mental, and emotional benefits of exercising during pregnancy. In this episode, Dr. Shannon and Doula Rachael discuss: The recommendations for exercise during pregnancy for beginners and for those who are working out at advanced levels prior to pregnancy Bene...
Ep 69: Benefits of Pediatric Chiropractic Care
Aligned Birth - September 21, 2022 09:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsNo matter the type of birth you have, your newborn can benefit from seeing a trained chiropractor. In this episode, Dr. Shannon and Doula Rachael help walk you through how the pregnancy and birth process (vaginal or cesarean) can cause subluxations in the baby’s spine which can impact how their ...
Ep 68: Dr. Shannon's 5 Favorite Pregnancy Tips
Aligned Birth - September 14, 2022 09:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsIn my years of working with prenatal patients in the office, I have found that there are 5 main items or principles that I end up discussing with them throughout their care, no matter their complaint or reason for coming to the office. In the age of information overload, I try to keep it simpli...
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