birth prep

In this episode, we delve into the unspoken challenges of postpartum, discussing mental health, physical recovery, and the societal pressures faced by new mothers. This is one of those episodes that you can listen to again and again, and then tuck away for when you need it.

Links Mentioned:

• My Essential Birth Course
• My Essential Birth Instagram
• 3 Free Exercises
• FREE Postpartum Guide
• Our Postpartum Must Haves
• Our Postpartum Episodes
  • Episode 90: Vaccines: What You Need to Know
  • Episode 108: Bringing Baby Home: Mom & Dad Talk Postpartum
  • Episode 156: The First 24 Hours Postpartum: Mom & Baby
  • Episode 164: Postpartum Checklist for Mom
  • Episode 188: Motherhood or Postpartum Depression: Navigating the Rollercoaster of Life as a Mother & Knowing When To Seek Help
  • Episode 196: Postpartum Doula, Gigi Vincent, Answers Your Questions!

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We talk a lot about what to do during your pregnancy to achieve your desired birth experience. What about before you get pregnant? Stephanie talks about things you can do now to prepare your body for getting pregnant and how to have a low risk birth.

Links Mentioned:

• My Essential Birth Course
• My Essential Birth Instagram
• 3 Free Exercises

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You've heard us talk about being empowered with knowledge to stand up for yourself, but what does that actually look like? How can you prepare for your birth when it comes to trusting your instincts or standing up for yourself? Kyleigh Banks from The Autonomy Mommy answers all these questions!

You can find Kyleigh and her work here:

• Podcast
• Website
• Instagram

Links Mentioned:

• My Essential Birth Course
• My Essential Birth Instagram
• 3 Free Exercises

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Baby sleep is a huge concern for parents, but what will work for you and your baby? Lauren Weber from Isla-Grace Sleep talks about trusting your instincts as a parent, safe sleep, and how to lay the foundation for helping your baby regulate their emotions and what's biologically normal for sleep.

Links Mentioned:

• My Essential Birth Course
• My Essential Birth Instagram
• 3 Free Exercises
• Lauren Weber's Contact Napping PDF

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Having your birth partner as your support person is SO important but even more so when you're in another country! Mark and Laura share their birth story while in Japan and how they worked together to overcome language barriers, what kind of support was needed, and ways to look at birth differently!

Links Mentioned:

• My Essential Birth Course
• My Essential Birth Instagram
• 3 Free Exercises

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It's so important that you have positive places, spaces, and people around you as you prepare for your birth so that you can be excited, confident, and ready for this experience rather than fearing it. So what can you do if you don't have the support of your loved ones? 

Links Mentioned:

• My Essential Birth Course
• My Essential Birth Instagram
• 3 Free Exercises
• DONA International
• Questions to Ask Your Provider
• Questions to Ask Your Midwife
• Birthplace Tour Questions
• Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth
• Find It & Flip It Exercise

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When it comes to your births after that first one, you may be thinking, I've totally got this! And you do! However, it's important to continue learning all you can and seeing if there are any ways that you can improve your birth experience from the previous one!

Links Mentioned:

• My Essential Birth Course
• My Essential Birth Postpartum Course
• My Essential Birth Instagram
• Gentle Cesarean Birth Plan
• Episode 191: Let's Talk about Pelvic Floor Exercises, Diastasis Recti, and Holistic Approaches to Infertility with Dr. Lizzie Kieffer, DPT
• Episode 163: Pelvic Floor Therapy with Amanda Fisher & Marin Cole
• Cesarean Rates Information

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Following on from our episode about labour and birth prep, in today's BONUS episode we discuss all things packing your hospital bag from a midwife's perspective... and Kate has a big realisation that she is incredibly disorganised for this baby's arrival!

For those who are tuning in for the first time, a little about us…

• Luka McCabe - founder of Boob to Food, author of Milk to Meals, registered nurse and midwife, as well as mum of 3
• Kate Holm - naturopath, nutritionist,  clinical director of Boob to Food and mum of 2 (with a third very soon to arrive!)

In this podcast we discuss

• Why it is helpful to pack a hospital bag and when you might like to start thinking about it
• Packing a bag for labour, postpartum, baby and also your support person
• What to pack, the absolute musts and some nice to haves
• Why having a bag packed is still relevant, even if you’re planning a home birth
• and so much more…

Today’s episode was brought to you by MUMMA MILLA. MUMMA MILLA have created a range of leakproof, minimal, feminine and aesthetic nursing bralettes and camis that also tick the boxes of being functional, comfortable and giving the environment a helping hand. MUMMA MILLA bralettes have also been designed to be simple and modern so they can be worn with everything and ensure they have longevity in our wardrobes. Kate has been living in their bralette and cami throughout the end stages of this pregnancy, and knows they will remain a favourite through the breastfeeding journey to come! They are a considered product designed by a real mum, for all those other breastfeeding mothers out there, and we are huge fans.

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Follow us on instagram @boobtofood to stay up to date with all the podcast news, recipes and other content that we bring to help make meal times and family life easier.

Visit www.boobtofood.com for blogs and resources, to book an appointment with one of our amazing practitioners and more.

Presented by Luka McCabe and Kate Holm

To get in touch please email podcast@boobtofood.com

This week's birth story is about a mama who envisioned the birth she wanted, BUT she also put in the work to make her dream a reality. Things like the three daily exercises, drinking red raspberry tea, and listening to positive birth stories can make all the difference! 

Links Mentioned

• My Essential Birth Course
• My Essential Birth Postpartum Course
• My Essential Birth Instagram

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With the birth of Kate’s third baby getting very close, we have been getting inundated with questions about how to prepare for labour and birth, and how to support ourselves nutritionally.

For those who are tuning in for the first time, a little about us…

• Luka McCabe - founder of Boob to Food, author of Milk to Meals, registered nurse and midwife, as well as mum of 3
• Kate Holm - naturopath, nutritionist,  clinical director of Boob to Food and mum of 2 (with a third very soon to arrive!)

In this podcast we discuss

• Naturopathic recommendations for the final weeks of pregnancy, including a very delicious food you should be including
• All about the vaginal microbiome and ways that we can support it
• Perineal massage and other physical practices that you can implement
• Hydration during labour - what you should be drinking and how often
• Snacks during labour - what to prioritise and how regularly you should nibble
• Physical support for pain during labour
• and so much more…

Some of our favourite books we mention or you might enjoy...

• Anything by Ina May Gaskin
• Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering - Sarah Buckley (she has many other books about parenting as well)
• Birth with confidence and Beyond the birth plan - Rhea Dempsey
• Active Birth - Janet Balaskas
• The First Fourty Days - Heng Ou
• The Post Natal Depletion Cure - Oscar Serrallach
• The Nourishing Traditions Book of Baby & Child Care - Sally Fallon Morell

Today’s episode was brought to you by Mini + Me. Designed by parents and backed by science, Hydramama is the drink you’ll need to support you through conception to postpartum - and Kate will definitely be using it to stay hydrated during labour. A new age isotonic drink, Hydramama uses bioavailable water-soluble forms of vitamins to help ensure the best level of absorption. Think of it as a tasty drink that has the added benefits of Electrolytes, Folate, Vitamin B6 and Vitamin C. We cannot decide on a favourite flavour… but if we had to choose, we would probably go with Blackcurrant… but seriously, you should try them all!

You can use the code BOOBTOFOOD for 15% off excluding sample packs. Visit the Mini + Me website to place your order today.

Follow us on instagram @boobtofood to stay up to date with all the podcast news, recipes and other content that we bring to help make meal times and family life easier.

Visit www.boobtofood.com for blogs and resources, to book an appointment with one of our amazing practitioners and more.

Presented by Luka McCabe and Kate Holm

To get in touch please email podcast@boobtofood.com

We dive into the benefits of Booby Food, a service that will freeze dry your breast milk, which retains more nutrients than traditional freezer storage. It’s shelf stable, travel friendly and can be added to your babe’s foods when transitioning to solids!

Links Mentioned

• My Essential Birth Course
• My Essential Birth Postpartum Course
• My Essential Birth Instagram

Booby Food Social Media Links

• Website
• Instagram
• TikTok

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Any kind of bleeding in pregnancy can be worrisome. So what can you do when you experience bleeding? In this episode, we'll talk about causes, when to see your provider, and what to do to stay positive if it happens. This is all just information for you to work through anything that comes your way.

Links Mentioned

• My Essential Birth Course
• My Essential Birth Postpartum Course
• My Essential Birth Instagram
• The RhoGAM Shot during Pregnancy and at Birth: Why Is It Important? When Would You Need It?
• A Guided Pregnancy Meditation for Mamas
• Find It & Flip It Exercise

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We're diving into the ARRIVE Trial, which studied if elective inductions would result in a lower death and complication rate for babies compared to waiting till at least 40+5 weeks for elective induction. Join us as we look over the findings and discuss what they did not include in their findings.

Links Mentioned:

• My Essential Birth Course
• My Essential Birth Postpartum Course
• My Essential Birth Instagram
• 3 Free Exercises
• Questions to Ask Your Provider

Sources Mentioned:

• ARRIVE Trial
• Integration of the ARRIVE Trial
• Interpretation of the ARRIVE Trial

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Show Notes
Join us as we interview Sarah Merrill, creator and host of the Podcast Big Kid Problems along with the Bottle Service Podcast. We talk about Sarah's pregnancy, working through her prenatal depression, and lessons learned for any future pregnancies!

Links Mentioned:

• My Essential Birth Course
• My Essential Birth Postpartum Course
• My Essential Birth Instagram
• 3 Free Exercises

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Reach out at any time to hello@myessentialbirth.com. We love hearing from you!

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Show Notes
Jamie knew she had the goal to go unmedicated, and did EVERYTHING she could to accomplish her goal. She put in the work to prepare her body and become as educated as she could about birth. With the support of her husband and doula, her labor lasted for three hours after a membrane sweep!

Links Mentioned:

• My Essential Birth Course
• My Essential Birth Postpartum Course
• My Essential Birth Instagram
• 3 Free Exercises

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Are you interested in having a water birth? You can utilize a water birth early to get in the zone, or you can utilize it later in labor to take that edge off to keep things moving, to get a break, or just to feel a little bit more comfort and ease for the laboring process. You get to choose!

Links Mentioned:

• My Essential Birth Course
• My Essential Birth Postpartum Course
• My Essential Birth Instagram
• 3 Free Exercises
• Questions to Ask Your Provider
• Questions to Ask Your Midwife

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Reach out at any time to hello@myessentialbirth.com. We love hearing from you!

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If you've experienced prodromal labor, you know the mental and physical exhaustion that come along with it. If you haven't experienced it, listen in on tips to manage your contractions, positively frame the experience, and know what to expect.

Links Mentioned:

• My Essential Birth Course
• My Essential Birth Postpartum Course
• My Essential Birth Instagram
• 3 Free Exercises

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Reach out at any time to hello@myessentialbirth.com. We love hearing from you!

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Every pregnancy and birth is different, but no one plans to have a less than ideal experience. So what happens when things don't go according to "plan"? Jake & Danielle share their experience and lessons learned from infertility, miscarriage, and complicated pregnancies.

Links Mentioned:

• My Essential Birth Course
• My Essential Birth Postpartum Course
• My Essential Birth Instagram
• 3 Free Exercises

GET IN TOUCH! 🤩

Reach out at any time to hello@myessentialbirth.com. We love hearing from you!

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We're celebrating our 200th Episode for My Essential Birth! 🎉 To celebrate, Stephanie King, the host of the Pregnancy & Birth Made Easy Podcast and creator of the My Essential Birth Course AND My Essential Postpartum Course, will be sharing her birth stories (one Cesarean, one VBAC, and one home birth!) and how it impacted her to become a doula! You won't want to miss this celebration episode! 

Links Mentioned:

• My Essential Birth Course
• My Essential Birth Postpartum Course
• My Essential Birth Instagram
• 3 Free Exercises
• Episode 1: "Why Your Hospital Birth Class Probably Sucks"

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Reach out at any time to hello@myessentialbirth.com. We love hearing from you!

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In today's episode, Meg shares her heartwarming journey through her twin pregnancy and twin birth.  From the moment she discovered two heart beats, to her relentless campaign for a home birth, with the support of the midwives. 

Twin births are often performed within the hospital setting. It is not uncommon for twin births to be performed under an elective caesarian section or induction, so Meg and her partner had a real fight on her hands to have the natural home birth they dreamed of.

Meg shares her deep and passionate birth preparation journey  to be as empowered and safe as she possible could. She also shares the relentless and often challenging experience of convincing her maternity service to let her birth her babies at home, naturally. 

There are a few links in todays episode, which you can find detailed below:

Megs Birth Plan at www.FitFannyAdams.com/MEGSBIRTHPLAN

Megs Reading List at www.FitFannyAdams.com/MEGSREADINGLIST

Get to know how to use your BRAIN acronym in Episode 30 of The Pelvic Floor Connection HERE

And if you would like to contact Meg to talk about her or your twin birth experience or plans, please contact me at sarahjane@FitFannyAdams.com