Healthy Births, Happy Babies
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057: The Myths and the Facts about Tongue Tie and Lip Tie | Dr. Alison Hazelbaker
Healthy Births, Happy Babies
10/24/16 • 31 min
Guest: Dr. Alison Hazelbaker is an expert on infant sucking issues caused by various structural problems like torticollis, plagiocephaly, brachycephaly and tissue shock-trauma. She designed the Assessment Tool for Lingual Frenulum Function (ATLFF), which is the only research-based tongue-tie screening process in infants under 6 months.
In this episode, we will cover:
- When a tongue and/or lip tie revision is absolutely necessary and when it would be an unnecessary surgery for your baby (only 5% of babies have a true tongue tie)
- What problems are associated with tongue and/or lip tie for your baby (with breastfeeding and beyond)
- What questions you should ask your pediatrician, lactation consultant and/or pediatric dentist before you subject your baby to this surgery
Resources mentioned in the conversation:
- Dr. Hazelbaker's website: http://www.alisonhazelbaker.com
- link to her book: Tongue-tie: Morphogenesis, Impact, Assessment and Treatment
- www.tongue-tie.org
About Dr. Alison Hazelbaker:
Dr. Hazelbaker has been a therapist for over 30 years. She specializes in cross-disciplinary treatment and to that end has taken training in several modalities to best assist her clients. She is a certified Craniosacral Therapist, a Lymph Drainage Therapy practitioner, a Tummy TimeTM Trainer, a Haller Method practitioner and an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant.
She is recognized as an expert on infant sucking issues caused by various structural problems like torticollis, plagiocephaly, brachycephaly and tissue shock-trauma. She earned her Master’s Degree from Pacific Oaks College (Human Development specializing in Human Lactation) and her doctorate from The Union Institute and University (Psychology, specializing in Energetic and Transformational healing.)
Her original research on tongue-tie, done in 1993, has changed clinical practice both in the USA and abroad. (www.tongue-tie.org) She authored the Assessment Tool for Lingual Frenulum Function (ATLFF) during her Master’s Degree program. She recently revised her Master’s thesis on tongue-tie into a comprehensive book on the condition: Tongue-tie: Morphogenesis, Impact, Assessment and Treatment for Aidan and Eva Press. www.aidanandevapress.com
The ATLFF remains the only research-based tongue-tie screening process in infants under 6 months.
053: Adriana Lozada: the Birth Partner's Ultimate Labor Support Kit | Birthful Podcast
Healthy Births, Happy Babies
09/19/16 • 27 min
Guest: Adriana Lozada, a certified Advanced Birth Doula, a postpartum educator, a healthy sleep consultant and eco-maternity consultant. Adriana is also the host of the Birthful Podcast in iTunes.
In this episode, we will cover:
- What your partner really wants from you while in labor
- How to use your B.R.A.I.N. (a 5 step process) when you need to make decisions in the hospital during labor
- Which checklists you should have with you in the hospital so you don't forget anything while you're there
Resources mentioned in the conversation:
- Adriana's website: www.Birthful.com
- a link to the free Labor Positions Cheat Sheet on her site
- the link to The Birth Partner's Ultimate Labor Support Toolkit (listen to the episode for a special discount offer code)
About Adriana Lozada:
Adriana Lozada’s background is multi-layered and multi-cultural. A former print and online editor from Venezuela, the birth of her daughter sparked her passion for being a birth advocate, leading her to open Birthful: a company that helps new and expectant parents take on whatever maternity sends their way.
She is a certified Advanced Birth Doula (DONA International), a postpartum educator, a healthy sleep consultant and eco-maternity consultant. Adriana is also the host of the Birthful Podcast, where she talks to amazing, knowledgeable, and passionate birth professionals every week, to help new and expectant parents inform their intuition, so they can have more rewarding pregnancy, birth, and postpartum experiences.
Adriana is the author of the best-selling pregnancy guide (in Spanish), “Soy de Pura Madre”. More recently, she created the “Birth Partner’s Ultimate Labor Support Toolkit” to help expectant dads provide truly helpful support during the birth process, while finding their confidence to go from clueless to “I’ve got this”.
Adriana lives in Rochester, NY with her husband and 11 year old daughter.
032: Postpartum Recovery with Chiropractic Care | Dr. Jay Warren
Healthy Births, Happy Babies
04/04/16 • 23 min
Guest: Dr. Jay Warren, prenatal and pediatric chiropractor and wellness care coordinator at Cap Wellness Center.
In this episode, we will cover:
- the concept of an "18 Month Care Plan" helping you to fully heal and recover from the prenatal, birth and postpartum changes your body goes through
- the 3 factors that make recovering from your birth more difficult and how getting your brain-body connection free of stress will help it
- how you can now use the hormone Relaxin to your advantage, allowing you to be even healthier and more structurally balanced than you were before you got pregnant
Resources mentioned in the conversation:
- Dr. Jay’s website: www.DrJayWarren.com
- ICPA website to find a prenatal/postpartum care trained chiropractor near you: www.ICPA4Kids.org
- link to research articles about Chiropractic and Pregnancy & Postpartum: www.icpa4kids.org/Chiropractic-Research
Bio: About Dr. Jay Warren
Dr. Jay Warren has dedicated his career to helping people live happy and healthy lives.
Born and raised in Southern California, he got his undergraduate degree in Biology from UC San Diego before attending Life Chiropractic College West and graduating Summa Cum Laude in March 2000.
In his first year as a chiropractor, Dr. Jay helped run a busy, bilingual clinic in Costa Rica, which grounded him in his family wellness oriented style of practice.
He returned to San Diego, CA in 2001 and this year is celebrating his 15th year of practice. Dr. Jay has served as a health & wellness advisor and writer for numerous health-oriented websites. He has written and produced his own series of self-guided visualizations called “Healing from Within” and has also authored the “Being Well Lifestyle Program” which is a comprehensive, self-guided healthy lifestyle makeover program.
Dr. Jay continues to work with infants, children and parents on a daily basis. He is the family wellness chiropractor and Wellness Care Coordinator at the Cap Wellness Center in San Diego, CA. He is the host of the weekly podcast “Healthy Births, Happy Babies”, where he talks to experts in the natural birth and holistic parenting field.
He also likes to enjoy an active lifestyle as a surfer, a yogi and a volleyball player - although he’s becoming more of a runner now that his son, Niko, is almost 2 1/2!
015: How to Conceive Naturally & Have a Healthy Pregnancy After 30 | Willow Buckley
Healthy Births, Happy Babies
11/23/15 • 26 min
Guest: Willow Buckley, certified clinical homeopath, labor doula and prenatal yoga instructor
In this episode, we will cover:
- Willow’s “5 Trimester Approach” to conception, pregnancy and post-partum
- how the MTHFR genetic mutation can affect your fertility and what you can do about it
- what you can do throughout your pregnancy to enhance your baby’s epigenetic expression
Resources mentioned in the conversation:
- How to Conceive Naturally & Have a Healthy Pregnancy After 30 book website: www.howtoconceivenaturally.com
- Amazon link to buy the book (non-affiliate link)
- Willow Buckley’s website: www.balancingyourhealth.com
- Christa Orrechio’s nutrition website: www.thewholejourney.com
Bio: About Willow Buckley
Willow Buckley, is a certified classical homeopath, labor doula, and prenatal yoga teacher.
She first combined her holistic interests with her medical science studies while earning a Bachelor of Science in Neuropsychology from the University of California Santa Barbara.
Continuing her search and passion for a whole healing approach, Willow ventured into homeopathy, where she has helped families and individuals of all ages handle everything from anxiety and depression to morning sickness and sore throats.
She is a fervent proponent of the body’s power to heal itself and infuses nutrition with real food into her practice.
She is also the co-author of a new book: How to Conceive Naturally: And Have a Healthy Pregnancy after 30.
Willow lives in Encinitas, CA, with her husband, Marcus, a writer and Montessori educator, and their children, Grayson and Emerson.
You can learn more at www.balancingyourhealth.com
125: The "Hamilton Hold" and 7 Secrets of the Newborn with Dr. Robert Hamilton
Healthy Births, Happy Babies
01/07/19 • 36 min
Guest: Dr. Bob Hamilton is a pediatrician in the Los Angeles, CA area and also the creator of the "Hamilton Hold," a method for soothing crying babies seen by over 28 million people in his instructional video on YouTube. He is the author of "7 Secrets of the Newborn".
In this episode, we will cover:1) how the video of "The Hamilton Hold" went viral and what it does to calm newborn babies
2) what the main reason why Dr. Hamilton wrote this book for: to restore the DELIGHT that parents should have when having a baby and becoming parents
3) why Dr. Hamilton believes our culture needs more children
4) the importance of Dads in the family unit and how they can become more involved in the newborn phase
Resources mentioned in the conversation:• link to Dr. Bob's website: www.7secretsofthenewborn.com
• link to Dr. Bob's YouTube Video showing "The Hamilton Hold": https://youtu.be/j2C8MkY7Co8
About Dr. Bob Hamilton:Robert C. Hamilton, M.D., has over three decades of experience as a pediatrician and is the owner and founder of Pacific Ocean Pediatrics, established in 1996 in Santa Monica, California. Dr. Hamilton is also the creator of the "Hamilton Hold," a method for soothing crying babies seen by over 28 million people in his instructional video on YouTube.
In addition, Dr. Bob runs the LA Marathon annually to support his medical mission organization, which has been making annual trips to both Africa and Central America for over 20 years.
He's also the proud father of 6 children and is grandpa to 7 more little ones. He lives in Santa Monica with his highschool sweetheart, Leslie, to whom he has been married 45 years.
124: The Vaccine Conversation with Dr. Bob Sears
Healthy Births, Happy Babies
12/20/18 • 61 min
Guest: Dr. Bob Sears is a pediatrician in Orange County, CA, author of The Vaccine Book, and co-founder of Immunity Education Group, a non-profit organization dedicated to providing objective and complete information on vaccines.
In this episode, we will cover:
1) what "Informed Consent" really means from the patient perspective relative to making decisions about vaccination
2) the best way to approach your pediatrician to have an open discussion about the risks and benefits of vaccinating your child
3) what the common misconceptions about how vaccines work (did you know many are designed merely to lessen the severity of symptoms NOT prevent you from contracting the disease?)
4) the difference between Natural Herd Immunity and Chemically Induced Herd Immunity and what it means for our public health safety
5) why it can be argued that mandatory vaccination laws are unconstitutional and unethical
6) the truth about vaccine exemptions and how to go about determining whether or not your child should go on a delayed vaccine schedule or possibly not get any vaccinations at all
Resources mentioned in the conversation:
• link to Dr. Bob's podcast: The Vaccine Conversation
• link to the Immunity Education Group: www.immunityeducationgroup.org
• the article Dr. Bob mentioned: Vaccines & Infectious Diseases
• the article Dr. Bob mentioned: Vaccine Side Effects & Ingredients
About Dr. Bob Sears:
Dr. Bob Sears is a pediatrician in Orange County, CA, author of The Vaccine Book, and co-founder of Immunity Education Group, a non-profit organization dedicated to providing objective and complete information on vaccines. His new podcast, The Vaccine Conversation with Melissa and Dr. Bob, provides a new outlet for his life’s mission - to provide every person, worldwide, with objective, truthful, and un-doctored information on vaccines and infectious diseases.
128: Brain Highways-What Your Baby's Brain Needs in the First Year with Nancy Green
Healthy Births, Happy Babies
04/01/19 • 42 min
Guest: Nancy Green is the creator of the Brain Highways program, an in-person and online course that teaches parents, kids and babies how to organize their brain so that it functions as intended.
In this episode, we will cover:
- why "tummy time" is so much more than back strengthening exercises - it's about proper BRAIN DEVELOPMENT.
- how babies that skip crawling and other pre-walking activities may be more susceptible to problems later on with speech, reading, writing, focus, anxiety and other behavioral issues.
- what activities you can do with your infant right now that will ensure their brain develops as it should and what to look for if it's not.
Resources mentioned in the conversation:
- www.BrainHighways.com
- the Babies Program by Brain Highways: https://brainhighways.com/bhbabies/intro
About Nancy Green:
Nancy Green is the creator of the Brain Highways program, which began nearly two decades ago in the public schools. Today, Brain Highways is an onsite program for those in the San Diego area and an international online program for participants throughout the world. Nancy has also led volunteer Brain Highways outreach programs with organizations, such as Rady Children’s Hospital, and is currently collaborating with the American Academy of Pediatrics (Chapter 3) to reach underserved communities.
Nancy has two daughters and a grandson. Married for 37 years, she lives with her husband, Jim, and their golden retriever, Buddy.
147: Carrying the Grief of Losing a Child
Healthy Births, Happy Babies
04/19/21 • 41 min
Guest: Megan Hillukka is a bereaved mother, with 6 children, 5 who are still here. Through her experience of the death of her daughter Aria, she helps parents carry their grief instead of suffering with grief, and to truly learn how to walk side by side with both grief and joy.
In this episode, we will cover:
- Megan's own story of losing her child, Aria, was like for her and how she learned to cope with the sadness, depression, anger, PTSD and fear that she experienced because of it
- What the common experiences are of grieving process, for mothers, for fathers, for siblings
- What the most important thing a friend or family member can do for a grieving parent that makes the biggest difference
Resources mentioned in the episode:
- link to her website: www.meganhillukka.com
- FB group for support for bereaved mothers: www.facebook.com/groups/cultivatedfamily
- Megan's Mini-Program to help parents who have experienced child loss: www.stoptalkingstartfeeling.com
About Megan Hillukka:
Megan Hillukka is a bereaved mother, with 6 children, 5 who are still here. Megan encourages and supports grieving mothers that though the worst thing has happened to them, their life is not over. She also experienced PTSD from finding her daughter Aria when she died, and has done the work to find healing in her brain and her life. From this, Megan wants everyone to know that PTSD is not a life sentence, and that healing is possible.
Through her experience of the death of her daughter Aria, Megan has learned tools and ways of shifting grief so that it can become just a little bit lighter, and easier to live with. Because Megan has done the deep work of grief, made space for her grief and time for her grief, she now has room for joy, laughter, hope, and so much fun in her life. She will never forget her daughter Aria and they talk about her often as a family. She helps her clients carry their grief instead of suffering with grief, and to truly learn how to walk side by side with both grief and joy.
140: A Powerful Birth Story That Didn't Go As Planned
Healthy Births, Happy Babies
03/10/20 • 54 min
My guests today are Emily and Chip, a married couple from Toledo, Ohio who are on the podcast today to share their birth story of their second-born, Ingrid. As you will hear, the birth they planned did not go as planned. But strangely, it went more like they had wished it would be. That might not make much sense, but when you hear them explain it, it will.
About Chip and Emily Simon-Straub
Emily and her husband Chip are a married couple from Toledo, Ohio. Chip is an industrial electrician and Emily owns her own residential cleaning business. This is her first year home educating their two daughters; Imogene, 4 and Ingrid, 2. After giving birth to her first daughter naturally in 2015, and free-birthing her second, Emily became passionate about the natural birth world. She loves sharing birth stories and encouraging women to birth without fear.
061: Prenatal Massage for a Healthy and Comfortable Pregnancy | Carole Osborne
Healthy Births, Happy Babies
11/19/16 • 42 min
Guest: Carole Osborne is a San Diego-based massage therapist, author, course developer and instructor of somatic arts and sciences. Expecting a baby is usually joyful, but it is also stressful and can be uncomfortable. Prenatal massage therapy uses techniques designed specifically to address pregnancy’s challenges.
In this episode, we will cover:
- the long list of benefits that massage therapy can offer a woman during pregnancy-relaxation, better sleep, easier birth are a few).
- how a prenatal massage is different from a regular massage and what to expect (a side lying massage can be very comfortable and can teach you how to sleep better at night too).
- what contraindications for massage you should be aware of in pregnancy and how a trained prenatal massage therapist can work with them (varicose veins is only one of them).
Resources mentioned in the conversation:
- Carole Osborne's website: http://bodytherapyeducation.com/
- how to find a trained prenatal massage therapist in your area: Nationwide certification listing
About Carole Osborne:
Carole Osborne is a San Diego-based massage therapist, author, course developer and instructor of somatic arts and sciences.
In addition to private practice since 1974, she has worked in osteopathic, psychological, and women’s medical settings. In 1980 she began researching and developing infant and maternity massage therapy protocols and instructional programs. She pioneered the reintroduction of therapeutic massage and bodywork to healthcare for the childbearing year. Over the years she has trained parents, hospital association staffs, and over 5,000 maternity massage therapists and other professionals. She was recognized nationally as the 2008 Massage Therapy Teacher of the Year. Carole has authored three textbooks,including Pre- and Perinatal Massage Therapy. Her articles have appeared in many professional and mainstream publications.Show more best episodes
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Healthy Births, Happy Babies currently has 153 episodes available.
What topics does Healthy Births, Happy Babies cover?
The podcast is about Doctor, Health & Fitness, Chiropractic, Kids & Family, Alternative Health, Pediatrics, Pregnancy, Doula, Podcasts, Health, Birth and Natural.
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The episode title '139: Nurturing the Family with Jackie Kelleher' is the most popular.
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The average episode length on Healthy Births, Happy Babies is 34 minutes.
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Episodes of Healthy Births, Happy Babies are typically released every 7 days.
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The first episode of Healthy Births, Happy Babies was released on Aug 25, 2015.
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