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The Mom Room Birth Story
Renee from The Mom Room talks about her birth story with her son. How she prepared for birth, induction of labour, and how she managed postpartum. She also discusses how her professional focus changed and how she...
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What is a Birth Doula?
Jay Duncan, Doula, joins Dr. Alicia to discuss what supports a doula can provide during pregnancy, during childbirth and postpartum. They discuss the importance of childbirth education and having a postpartum plan. ...
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Top 10 Tips to Prepare for Pregnancy
Did you know that almost 50% of pregnancies are unplanned? Today’s episode covers what you can do to prepare for pregnancy by offering you our top 10 tips for optimizing your pre-conception health. ...
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Perinatal Anxiety
Dr. Sarah chats about perinatal anxiety with Dr. Phillippa Houghton, a board certified family physician with specialized training in perinatal mental health. They review common anxiety disorders in pregnancy...
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Starting Solids in Baby ages 4-6 months
Dr. Alicia and Kristen Yarker, registered dietician, discuss starting solids in babies. They review when to introduce solids to your baby, at what age to start feeding your baby solids and what foods you can introduce...
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Kate and Grace's Birth Story
Kate talks with us about her daughter Grace's birth. Grace was diagnosed with Trisomy 13 and was born Stillborn. Kate talks about her birth story and how she and her husband dealt with it. She also discusses ways to...
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Toddler Sleep
Dr. Alicia and Pam Nease, Sleep Consultant, discuss common toddler sleep issues. They review how to help your toddler sleep through the night, how to decrease nighttime wakings and some basic sleep training tips. ...
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Marijuana in pregnancy and breastfeeding
Drs. Sarah and Alicia discuss cannabis use in pregnancy, and marijuana in breastfeeding. They discuss reasons for use and what we know about cannabis and it’s effects on pregnancy and our newborn babies. They discuss...
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Birth Stories: Dr. Sarah family doctor, forceps and postpartum anxiety
Dr. Sarah joins us to tell us her birth stories including vaginal deliveries, forceps delivery, postpartum anxiety struggles and breastfeeding struggles. We review the importance of having a postpartum plan and...
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Covid and Kids and newborns
Drs. Sarah and Michelle review what we know about Covid-19 and children. They discuss risk of being hospitalized, potential long term risks of Coronoavirus and children. They discuss how easily they can pass it on...
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5 Tips to prevent Postpartum Depression and Anxiety
Learn our Top 5 Tips to prevent postpartum depression and anxiety. We also use these to start with treatment for depression in pregnancy or anxiety. Mental Health and mental wellness is so important during this time...
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Lightning Crotch - and other normal pelvic pains of pregnancy
Pelvic Pain in pregnancy - Lightning Crotch, Braxton Hicks Contractions and more! Lightning Crotch??? WHAT??? Is that normal? Yup as are the other normal pelvic pains in pregnancy that Drs. Sarah and Alicia from...
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