Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchYour Placenta's Origin Story
The star of this episode is the trophoblast cell. It goes for broke during implantation, fully embeding into the uterine lining and laying down the e…
1 year, 6 months ago
Predicting Perinatal Depression: The Future of Maternal Mental Health, a conversation with Dr. Sheila Shanmugan
Perinatal mood disorders represent one of the most common complications of pregnancy--1 in 5 women will experience this during or after their pregnan…
1 year, 6 months ago
Embryo & Endometrium Hacks to Make Implantation Happen: Amazing things your Pregnant Body Can Do
Season 1 Episode 14
Pregnant women live two lives simultaneously. They're going about their days, driving to work, or sitting down for coffee with a friend, essentially…
1 year, 6 months ago
The Connection Between the Womb and Lifelong Health: Conversation with Dr. Alison Paquette
What happens in the womb doesn't stay in the womb--so said David Barker in the 1990s, a British epidemiologist, Barker found associations between bi…
1 year, 7 months ago
How your Placenta and Baby "Talk" to Decide when Labor Starts: Conversation with Dr. Todd Rosen
Every popular depiction of a woman in labor that you've ever seen on TV or in movies or experienced yourself contains one real truth: the start of la…
1 year, 7 months ago
Unlocking the Secrets of the Placenta with AI: Conversation with Dr. Jeffrey Goldstein
Each baby is born with a pregnancy diary they've kept while they've lived in their mother's body, otherwise known as the placenta. In the US, only ab…
1 year, 7 months ago
Understanding How Uterine Contractions Work: A Key to preterm labor, period cramps and endometriosis? Conversation with Dr. Wang
Monitoring contractions in labor hasn't changed in 50 years--the most often used tool, the tocodynamometer, uses an indirect, one dimensional view o…
1 year, 7 months ago
How the Endometrium's Interview Process Affects your Fertility: Conversation with Dr. Nick Macklon
Season 1 Episode 11
You may not have given much thought to the lining of your uterus, aka your endometrium; but it is a super important workhorse when it comes to pregna…
1 year, 8 months ago
The Hidden Conversation Between the Immune System and Pregnancy: What It Means for Birth: Dr. Nardhy Gomez-Lopez
On average in the US 1 in 10 babies is born prematurely and, in many cases, the cause is unknown; although there could be many contributing factors, …
1 year, 8 months ago
The Surprising Role of Aspirin in Fighting Preterm Birth Risks: Conversation with Dr. Matthew Hoffman
Preterm birth is a significant problem in the world and affects one in 10 pregnancies in the US.
Any early birth anytime before 37 weeks. Could lead …
1 year, 8 months ago