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Making Babies St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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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 pregnancy shares your curiosity and excitement about this incredible journey that is making babies.
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Making Babies - The ins and outs of car seats - Episode 11
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-
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Making Babies - Episode 10: Pros and cons using nitrous oxide during delivery
Making Babies - Episode 10: The pros and cons using nitrous oxide when delivering your baby. Dr. Patricia Bolster with Mercy.
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Making Babies - Episode 1: Innovations and limitations of fertility treatments
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. Louis Edit
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Making Babies - Episode 2: Alcohol and Pregnancy - how much is too much?
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
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Making Babies - Episode 3: Vaccines for the Pregnant Woman
Why is it important to get vaccinated before baby arrives? Guest: Dr. Christina Meddows-Jackson, obstetrician/gynecologist with Mercy Clinic
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Making Babies - Episode 4: Prenatal care: Do we really need so many medical appointments?
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