Dr. Elliot Berlin, DC

Husband┃Dad┃Pregnancy-focused Chiropractor┃Filmmaker┃Podcast Host┃
Creator of the Informed Pregnancy+

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Former nurse Lia Butler found herself fighting to be heard in her own journey to motherhood. She discusses learning a powerful lesson about trusting instincts and advocating for oneself during pregnancy. Listen here: https://t.co/1YOayGJ0LL

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Growing with HeHe, episode 28: HeHe navigates the emotional highs and lows of late pregnancy, from tears over Instagram posts and missing comfort foods to intense pelvic and urethral pressure that feels like something is pressing on her urethra. Braxton Hicks contractions are increasing day and night, with magnesium offering limited relief. Amid the intensity, practical progress continues: her full birth team completed a dry run, her birth tub has been ordered, and she’s begun push prep with her pelvic floor physical therapist. Thoughtful postpartum planning is also underway, including meal services and visitor boundaries, making the approaching arrival feel very real. Watch here: https://t.co/6quZthkOrF

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Growing with Garrett, episode 41: In the series finale of Growing with Garrett, Garrett reflects on life one month postpartum with her daughter Summer and how different this experience has been from her first. While her previous postpartum was physically and emotionally overwhelming, this time she describes feeling supported, grounded, and deeply grateful despite a complex birth and early challenges like intense feeding contractions and neurological-type pains. With strong support systems in place including family help, lactation consulting, and postpartum services, she moves through early motherhood with more ease, flexibility, and self-trust, letting go of rigid recovery expectations. Watch here: https://t.co/AiYihJosws

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What if the biggest threat to your health didn’t come with a warning? Mother of two Zuleyma Santos had a pregnancy and postpartum journey that suddenly turned life altering, testing her strength and instincts. Listen here: https://t.co/SHQGbfSZ2O

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Growing with HeHe, episode 27: HeHe moves firmly into the birth window, sharing the mix of excitement and physical discomfort that marks late pregnancy. With her belly dropped, she experiences heavy vaginal and rectal pressure, though overall feels well. As maternity leave continues, she focuses on gentle labor prep with red raspberry leaf tea, dates, and other rituals. Conversations with Dr. Berlin cover intimacy in late pregnancy, finishing the nursery, and early colostrum collection. She highlights how a belly band eases pelvic pressure and reflects on savoring quiet “just us” moments with her husband before the baby arrives. The episode captures a calm, grounded anticipation, the reflective pause before everything changes. Watch here: https://t.co/PzzxXmZss1

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Growing with Garrett, episode 40: Garrett shares the full birth story of her daughter, Summer, beginning with an unexpected admission at 41 weeks after a failed BPP and unclear communication. What follows is a long induction with misoprostol, intense contractions, and minimal progress, leading to exhaustion, emotional overwhelm, and ultimately an epidural. After hours of labor with little change, everything shifts suddenly: she reaches 10 centimeters late that night and delivers Summer shortly after 1:30 AM. In this raw account, Garrett reflects on a physically and emotionally intense birth that ultimately ended in deep gratitude and awe. Watch here: https://t.co/ty6BSFKTPf

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Growing with HeHe, episode 26: HeHe reflects on the transition into maternity leave while navigating the final weeks of pregnancy amid home construction chaos. She shares the mental challenge of “trust falling” from her business and adjusting to the unusual quiet of not working around the clock. Physically, she experiences her baby’s hiccups, increasing heartburn, and early Braxton Hicks contractions, with relief found through magnesium, her husband’s Italian “brisky” remedy, kinesio taping, and weekly acupuncture for balance and rest. She also discusses minimal prenatal care with her midwives, staying calm amid dust and disarray, and celebrating her baby shower with friends and family as she approaches 36 weeks, embracing both preparation and anticipation. Watch here: https://t.co/J1WiyiGPGV

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Growing with Garrett, episode 39: Garrett discusses pregnancy from 40 to 41 weeks, navigating daily monitoring and growing pressure to induce due to IVF despite reassuring tests. Exhausted but intent on avoiding intervention, she follows her intuition when something feels off at 41 weeks. After a final BPP leads to unexpected findings and a long, emotionally charged day in triage, she learns she won’t be going home. This episode reflects on the liminal space of waiting in late pregnancy, and the clarity that can come from trusting intuition even when clinical data appears normal. Watch here: https://t.co/BD8MJYWx1B

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Growing with HeHe, episode 25: HeHe shares meaningful milestones and major transitions. Baby experiences hiccups for the first time. After finally trying bright pink KT tape, she’s surprised by how much it eases her back pain and heartburn, making sleep far more comfortable. This week also marks her final full week of work before maternity leave, as she reflects on shifting from “caretaker HeHe” to “mama HeHe,” trusting her team, and carving out space for meditation, birth prep, and nesting. With others noticing her belly dropping lower and strangers warmly connecting over her pregnancy, she embraces the love and community around her. Watch here: https://t.co/5kZm0uIgeM

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Growing with Garrett, episode 38: At 39 weeks, Garrett feels strong but faces pressure to induce due to IVF despite reassuring testing and a closed cervix. She reflects on informed consent and advocating for her preferences. She focuses on gentle movement, bodywork, and wrapping up life and work while navigating late-pregnancy aches. Trusting her intuition, she’s hoping for spontaneous labor with a backup induction plan at 41 weeks. Watch here: https://t.co/jfIxvJsUzD

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Growing with HeHe, episode 24: HeHe opens up about the latest physical shifts as her body continues adapting to late pregnancy. Mid-back aches make nighttime comfort a challenge, though chiropractic care, stretching, and cupping offer relief. Baby’s movements feel stronger and more dramatic than ever. With humor and honesty, she shares the realities of increased discharge, nighttime heartburn, and the posture adjustments she’s making to stay comfortable and support optimal positioning for birth. Now 32 weeks on paper, she marks the milestone where intentional labor prep begins, a powerful reminder that the final stretch is here. Watch here: https://t.co/DSvq87TpB4

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Growing with Garrett, episode 37: After failed ECV attempts and a confusing search for hospital support for vaginal breech birth, Garrett spends the week in limbo until an ultrasound confirms the baby has turned head down. The surprise shift brings relief and a new conversation about possible induction due to IVF. While pausing inversions to let the baby settle, Garrett juggles exhaustion, nonstop nesting, and a stressful asthma flare with her toddler. Dr. Berlin closes with a reminder that even after a failed ECV, babies can still turn on their own, and this week proves it. Watch here: https://t.co/pRuLs8AjO9

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Growing with HeHe, episode 23: HeHe shares the newest physical shifts of late pregnancy. She celebrates reassuring news from her glucose monitoring and reflects on how empowering that confirmation feels. A three-hour home visit with her midwives brings detailed birth planning into focus, covering everything from birth tub placement to rapid labor scenarios, hospital transfer logistics, newborn procedures, and the GBS test. She also previews the next phase of pelvic floor physical therapy: push prep. Watch here: https://t.co/fmlLJBid00

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Growing with Garrett, episode 36: At 37 weeks, Garrett shares the story of attempting to turn her breech baby with an external cephalic version (ECV) after days of bodywork, Spinning Babies techniques, and other efforts to encourage baby to flip. Though the baby briefly shifted during the procedure, they ultimately flipped back, leaving Garrett navigating the uncertainty of the final weeks. She reflects on feeling supported by her care team while preparing mentally for all possible birth outcomes: head-down vaginal birth, vaginal breech delivery, or cesarean. Watch here: https://t.co/dER1I00zpi

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Growing with HeHe, episode 22: HeHe shares her nightly 10:30 p.m. ritual of counting kicks, a practice she’s taught to thousands and now experiences firsthand. She finds comfort in her baby’s predictable movement patterns, while Dr. B highlights powerful stories of Count the Kicks saving lives, reinforcing its importance. She adds prenatal massage to her care routine and notices deeper sleep and meaningful relief. As she intentionally slows down, she also prepares for her baby shower, the first grand baby on both sides. The episode closes with a four-hour deep dive at a baby store, testing strollers, car seats, and nursery furniture while weighing long-term investment decisions. Watch here: https://t.co/I6n2DLe4AN

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Growing with Garrett, episode 35: At 36 weeks, Garrett gets a surprise: baby is breech. An early ultrasound shows good fluid, a mobile baby, and promising odds for a flip or ECV. She quickly lines up bodywork to optimize alignment while navigating a packed week: an emotional NST visit, a surprise baby sprinkle, nursery progress, and a final Oh Baby Expo with Jeff. With expert guidance from Dr. Berlin, she explores breech basics, ECV options, and grounded next steps as the clock ticks. Watch here: https://t.co/74DcEHA7dn

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Growing with HeHe, episode 21: HeHe steps into new late-pregnancy routines to support her body and birth preparation. She begins drinking NoRa tea to help tone her uterus, and shares an inside look at pelvic floor therapy, including internal manual release, relaxation training, and future perineal massage aimed at shorter pushing and reduced tearing. She candidly reflects on the initial awkwardness of the work and how reframing it as intentional and empowering changes everything. As back stiffness, nighttime leg cramps, pelvic pressure, and early contractions emerge, she experiments with magnesium and potassium while learning to slow down. Watch here: https://t.co/CtW2y3yJBw

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Growing with Garrett, episode 34: Garrett reflects on the evolution of intimacy in her relationship with Jeff, from moving in together and bodybuilding days to pregnancy, postpartum, fertility struggles, and now late in her second pregnancy. She shares how shifting schedules, physical changes, and the pressures of trying to conceive affected their connection, sometimes turning intimacy into something mechanical. Garrett discusses the role of therapy, nervous system work, and relationship tools in helping them rebuild closeness. Now, through sex therapy and intentional rituals, Garrett and Jeff are finding new ways to nurture emotional and physical intimacy while navigating parenthood and pregnancy. Watch here: https://t.co/cZn8lxJmjJ

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Growing with HeHe, episode 20: HeHe thoughtfully prepares her birth plan with layered contingencies: an ideal scenario, backup plans for transfer or C-section, and even a “catastrophic plan” to ensure her wishes are honored if she can’t speak for herself. She reflects on how having these hard conversations ultimately brings relief and clarity. Beyond medical prep, she shifts into celebration and nesting, planning a “Ciao Baby” Italian-themed baby shower and designing a neutral travel-inspired nursery. Even with her professional experience, the endless stroller and gear options feel overwhelming, prompting her to consider expert guidance. She closes with an update on her continuous glucose monitor, sharing reassuring news that her blood sugar levels remain strong and steady. Watch here: https://t.co/JKf6GDGC5k

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Growing with Garrett, episode 33: In this crossover episode, Garrett is joined by her doula and friend HeHe who is following closely behind in her own pregnancy. HeHe’s journey is being documented in Growing with HeHe, also available on IP+. After being recommended to HeHe’s The Birth Lounge, Garrett completed the course, they did a podcast together, and the rest is history. They discuss their work together as Garrett’s delivery is fast approaching. Watch here: https://t.co/z4n7EMyJsv