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Healthy As A Mother
Healthy as a Mother, the podcast for becoming and being a mother, with your cohosts Dr. Leah Gordon and Dr. Morgan MacDermott, two naturopathic doctors who get it. Each week we teach you how to be the healthiest mother you can be - from fertility and preconception, to pregnancy and birth prep, through postpartum and throughout motherhood - empowering you with the natural health guidance and education you’re not getting elsewhere, so you can confidently navigate the broken system at large. The real, the raw, the un-talked about.
Episodes
109 episodes
#109: Vaccine Dilemmas: Hesitancy, Studies, & Alternative Schedules with Dr. Joel Gator Warsh
Vaccines are a trending topic for many valid reasons at this moment, so we wanted to invite Dr. Joel Gator Warsh to talk to us today about his perspectives and experiences as an integrative medicine pediatrician in LA and author of his new book...
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Season 7
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Episode 109
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#108: Surviving a Ruptured Ectopic Pregnancy with Sophia Pavia
In this episode, Dr Leah interviews Sophia Pavia, the TTC Nutritionist, about her own recent personal experience with a ruptured ectopic pregnancy. This condition is life-threatening and although many don't know about it, it's more common than ...
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Season 7
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Episode 108
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#107: Raising a Big Family: Logistics, Judgment & Joy with Arianna Alloway
Today on the podcast, Arianna Alloway talks about having a big family and the various dynamics around structuring their life to make it all work. Arianna is "Oh that hippie mom is lots of kids" on Instagram, and she's been a favorite motherhood...
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Season 7
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Episode 107
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#106: The Motherhood Shift: Embracing the Pain, Growth & Power
This is an important one for all soon-to-be and already established mothers. On today's show, we get really gritty about the process of becoming a mother - and the opportunity of amazing transformation that CAN take place from it - but sometime...
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Season 7
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Episode 106
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#105: Blending Ancient Wisdom & Modern Motherhood with Carson Meyer
Today we welcome Carson Meyer, doula, certified nutritional consultant, founder of the skincare line C & the Moon, and now new Author to the book Growing Together: Doula Wisdom & Holistic Practices for Pregnancy, Birth & Early M...
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#104: Boosting Egg Quality for IVF, Egg Freezing & Natural Conception
In today’s episode, we’re diving into how to boost egg quality during IVF or egg freezing. Supporting your eggs is a crucial part of the process, yet it's often overlooked in conventional fertility treatments. We’re sharing practical, science-b...
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Season 7
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Episode 104
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#103: Bleeding in the First Trimester of Pregnancy
Although it's not the happiest topic, as women and mothers - we need to know what can happen in our bodies - so today's episode is all about the possible causes of first trimester bleeding. We break down 10 potential causes, ranging from spotti...
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#102: Father Led Sleep Training with Wes MacDermott
This is for those looking for an alternative, partner-led sleep training method. Dr. Morgan and her husband Wes discuss the way that they have gotten all of their babies night weaned and sleeping through the night. Now, it's not a super involve...
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Season 7
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Episode 102
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#101: Manifestation and Fertility with Brooke Carver
In today's special episode, we talk about manifesting husbands and babies, mediums, spirit guides, and all the woo-woo stuff that Dr. Leah loves and has helped her so much along her infertility journey and life. Brooke Carver and Dr. Leah dive ...
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Season 7
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Episode 101
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#100: Ok You're Pregnant - Now What?!
You just found out you're pregnant- congrats! And now you're wondering - what next? what now? Or maybe you hope to be pregnant soon and the questions remain. In this episode, we break down a few things to consider when you FIRST find out you ar...
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Season 7
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Episode 100
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#99: Holistic Approaches to Fertility with Sonia Ribas
Today Dr. Leah interviews Sonia Ribas, an amazing fertility coach, all about holistic fertility. They talk about what holistic fertility even means, what some of the keys to the success she has with clients are, how she supports not only women ...
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Season 7
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Episode 99
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#98: Pivoting The Plan and Managing Expectations in Parenting
Today's episode is angled to be about parenting and motherhood but really can be applied to all facets of life. We discuss the seemingly ominous concept of pivoting from our original plan - whether that be how or where your child sleeps, using ...
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Season 7
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Episode 98
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#97: Mold and Fertility with Dr. Leslie Black
In this episode, Dr. Leah interviews her brilliant colleague and dear friend, Dr. Leslie Black. They chat all about mold and how it impacts fertility in both women and men. Dr. Leslie breaks down what toxic mold is, where it's found, how to tes...
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Season 7
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Episode 97
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#96: How Stress Impacts Hormones for Fertility and Sexuality with Lucy Libido
Today Dr Leah interviews Lucy Libido all about our main stress hormone cortisol and how it impacts key hormones for fertility and our sexuality, such as progesterone, DHEA, estrogen, and testosterone. She explains how chronic stress can steal r...
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Season 7
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Episode 96
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#95: Prenatal Exercises for Birth with Gina Conley
Exercising during pregnancy has a slew of benefits for both you and your baby, as well as your birth and postpartum recovery - but which exercises should be prioritized? Are there things we should avoid wholly? What if you are an athlete or con...
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Season 7
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Episode 95
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#94: Preparing Older Children For Attending Your Homebirth
Are you planning on having your older children attend the birth of your new baby at home? Have you wondered if there are things you can do to prepare and educate them so that their experience, and yours, is as smooth as possible? Well, you've f...
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Season 7
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Episode 94
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#93: Dr. Leah's Postpartum & Dr. Morgan's Preconception Care
Welcome to Season 7 in this life update episode where Dr. Leah shares all about how her second postpartum has been, now that her son is 1 month. She shares how, despite the birth and cesarean recovery and problems with his latch, she is thrivin...
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Season 7
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Episode 93
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#92: Homebirth & Postpartum For Partners with Wes MacDermott
We are excited to welcome Dr. Morgan's husband Wes back to the podcast to continue their conversations on his perspective on all things fatherhood - this time specifically discussing home birth, his role during the birth itself, and his role po...
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Season 6
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Episode 92
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#91: The Magic of Acupuncture When TTC with Aphrodite Fertility Acupuncture
Have you ever wondered if sticking needles all over your body can help you get pregnant? Today Dr. Leah interviewed Emily and Ghoncheh from Aphrodite Fertility Acupuncture all about how acupuncture can be an incredibly valuable tool along the f...
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Season 6
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Episode 91
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#90: All About Postpartum Rage with Dr. Alice Pickering PsyD
Everyone has heard of postpartum depression, and maybe even postpartum anxiety - but postpartum RAGE is a symptom that can be a component of either of those, or a stand-alone experience - that doesn't get enough attention. In this episode, Dr. ...
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Season 6
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Episode 90
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#89: Leah's Second Birth Story
Dr. Leah has had her son and we are SO excited to welcome baby Kade to the world in this episode, detailing his birth story. Leah takes us on all of the twists and turns of the long unexpected path of getting him earthside - starting with the h...
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Season 6
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Episode 89
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#88: Gestational Diabetes Part 2 with Lily Nichols
This is the second part of our two-part series all about Gestational Diabetes with Lily Nichols RDN. In this episode, we do an overview of testing options and discuss some of the lesser-known nuances of normal pregnancy metabolism - getting int...
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Season 6
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Episode 88
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#87: Gestational Diabetes Part 1 with Lily Nichols
This episode is part 1 of an interview all about gestational diabetes with registered dietitian and well-known author, Lily Nichols. We discuss the ins and outs of how pregnancy metabolism changes insulin function and levels, and what happens w...
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Season 6
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Episode 87
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#86: Top 10 Male Fertility Testing Tips
A man's fertility plays 50% of the role in conception and staying pregnant (yes, sperm issues can affect miscarriage too) yet there is so little support out there on how to evaluate male fertility. This is why we recorded today's episode, which...
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Season 6
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Episode 86
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