This is Making Babies, a podcast all about pregnancy. Pregnancy can be such a confusing and anxious time when parents are completely focused on the health of the mother and baby. There are so many questions and so much to learn about all the recommendations and current trends in pregnancy and childbirth. We hope this podcast can offer some answers in a scientific and medically accurate way, and along the way provide some really interesting conversations. Host Blythe Bernhard is in her second ...
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Making Babies - The ins and outs of car seats - Episode 11
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Choices abound for what car seat to buy and installing them can be tricky. Libby Anvender, a community education instructor at St. Louis Children’s Hospital and certified child passenger safety technician, shares some useful tips. And we hear from first-time dad Greg Jonsson, the Post-Dispatch breaking news editor, about searching for a seat and ma…
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Making Babies - Episode 10: Pros and cons using nitrous oxide during delivery
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Making Babies - Episode 10: The pros and cons using nitrous oxide when delivering your baby. Dr. Patricia Bolster with Mercy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Par St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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Making Babies - Episode 1: Innovations and limitations of fertility treatments
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A discussion on the high cost of fertility treatments, success rates, and the controversial practice of creating embryos with genetic material from two mothers and one father.Guest: Dr. Sherman Silber, director of the Infertility Center of St. LouisEditor's note: Since the recording of this episode, the world's first baby has reportedly been born f…
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Making Babies - Episode 2: Alcohol and Pregnancy - how much is too much?
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Public health campaigns say not one drop is safe. College-educated mothers are the most likely to imbibe. What's the right answer?Guest: Dr. Shanya Conner, assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Washington University See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Par St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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Making Babies - Episode 3: Vaccines for the Pregnant Woman
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Why is it important to get vaccinated before baby arrives?Guest: Dr. Christina Meddows-Jackson, obstetrician/gynecologist with Mercy Clinic See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Par St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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Making Babies - Episode 4: Prenatal care: Do we really need so many medical appointments?
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A new experiment gives moms their own blood pressure and fetal heart rate monitors to keep at home.Guest: Elizabeth Cook, director of the Mercy Birthing Center See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Par St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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Making Babies - Episode 5: Pregnancy and Obesity: How a national epidemic is affecting the next generation
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What are the complications for mom and baby when she is overweight? How one doctor actually helps pregnant women safely lose weight.Guest: Dr. Raul Artal, former director of the SLUCare Bariatric Pregnancy Center See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Par St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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Making Babies - Episode 6: Pregnancy after 35: A trend toward later parenthood
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Pregnancy after 35: A trend toward later parenthood and what it means for our fertility and health.Guest: Washington University ob/gyn Dr. Alison Cahill See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Par St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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Making Babies - Episode 7: Cutting the cord: How long should baby keep their umbilical cord for maximum benefit?
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Doctors are starting to wait a few minutes and let the baby soak up the iron-rich cord blood.Guest: Elizabeth Cook, director of the Mercy Birthing Center See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Par St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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Making Babies - Episode 8: Pregnancy and the opioid epidemic: How hospitals are dealing with babies born addicted to painkillers and heroin
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At least one hospital has a new clinic dedicated to the problem.Guest: Michele Munz, health reporter, St. Louis Post-Dispatch See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Par St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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