Under the Hood

Dr. Carrie Jones is functional medicine women's health and hormone doctor who talks with us this week about basic vagina... Read more

How does becoming a mother change your identity? How can you deal with the guilt that can arise when making space for yo... Read more

Dr. Britta Bushnell holds a doctorate in mythological studies and studies the ways we wrap ourselves in stories and myth... Read more

Listen in as our very own host, Midwife Aleksandra Evanguelidi, talks about what you should be eating during pregnancy. ... Read more

Have you ever sneezed, laughed too hard, or jumped on a trampoline and had a bit of pee come out? Guess what: It’s all r... Read more

The process of giving birth, with its challenges and joys, can be compared to a microcosm of life itself. In this episod... Read more

We continue our conversation with Holly Grigg-Spall, author of Sweetening The Pill: Or How We Got Hooked on Hormonal Bir... Read more

Lymphedema Therapist Lisa Levitt Gainsley describes the body's Lymphatic System as the great recycling system, helping t... Read more

This is the story of Desiree. She is 34 weeks pregnant and every day she doesn't give birth is a risk. Desiree has place... Read more

Patti and Aleks sit down with CEO and Co-Founder of Dame Products, Alex Fine, to talk about the relationship between med... Read more

Postpartum health expert Kimberly Johnson has laid out a system of support to help new mothers take care of themselves f... Read more

Vedic meditation master Thom Knoles discusses stress, ways to combat it, and the effect that it can have during pregnanc... Read more

This week Patti and Aleks are getting reverently irreverent in a special LIVE recording with Angela Garbes, author of th... Read more

Patti and Chelsea sit down with Aleks to get a midwife's perspective on some of the topics we've been taking Under the H... Read more

Patti and Aleks are sitting down with our favorite advocate for choice, Ricki Lake. You may know Lake from her years as ... Read more

How can women have a self-empowering birth experience? Vedic Meditation master Thom Knoles discussed empowerment around ... Read more

Black mothers in the U.S. die at three to four times the rate of white mothers. Kim Durdin is fighting to change that. S... Read more

We're sitting down with the Dude-la himself, Dr. Elliot Berlin and talking about more than just cracking backs. Dr. Berl... Read more

This week, we are speaking to Katy Kozhimannil an expert in public health policy and its impact on pregnancy and childbi... Read more

How does Chinese medicine and acupuncture view and treat the pregnant body? We are back with part II of our conversation... Read more