To Birth And Beyond

Today, on part 3 of our Postpartum Miniseries, we talk about 5 misconceptions about postnatal fitness coaching. Really, what we are talking about, is where Jessie went wrong for many years coaching postpartum exercise and how we have changed our ideas and thoughts about how we work with these populations to best serve them in an effective manner.

Today, on part 2 of our Postpartum Miniseries, we talk about our top 5 perineal healing tools, how to use them, and why we think they are necessary!

Today, Jessie is talking with us about how her planned caesarean birth went! She talks about being prepared in advance, how things were different this time around, and how much better the whole birthing process was in being active in the decision-making process.

Today, we are talking with Bianca and Natasha, co-founders of bebo mia which offers training, mentorship, and community for your pregnancy, birth, and parenting biz! Together, we discuss everything related to doulas: from social justice work around reproductive health, to what a doula brings with them for during a birth, and why you may want to have a fertility doula and even a postpartum doula!

Today, we are talking with Trista Zinn, founder of Coreset Fitness, and a personal trainer who specializes in pelvic health and core re-programming.  She is Canada’s highest qualified and most experienced Trainer in HYPOPRESSIVE® – Low Pressure Fitness, as well as Canada’s only International course instructor and Master Trainer and biggest advocate.   She discusses everything hypopressives: what it means, benefits, who it is and isn’t appropriate for, and even how to get trained in it!

On today’s episode, we talk pelvic girdle pain, both in pregnancy and postpartum. We go over what it is, how it affects mental and emotional health as well as quality of life, improvement and more!

On today’s episode, we talk all things birth trauma with Amy Dawes - a mother, qualified personal trainer, and co-founder of the Australian Birth Trauma Association. After her own experience through birth trauma following the arrival of her first child, Amy has been on a mission to educate and inform others on this topic locally and globally. We speak about the physical and psychological aspects of birth trauma and why it’s essential for medical professionals, birthing people, and partners to have this information.

On today’s episode, we talk all things regarding C-Sections, specifically planned elective C-Sections. We talk preparing your home, body, mind, and LIFE for baby, as well as decisions made along the way...and after!

On today’s episode, we welcome our friend, Haley Shevener, and she is here to talk all things pelvic organ prolapse with us! We cover guidelines in those first days following diagnosis, exercising with prolapse, and common misconceptions around prolapse and recovery!

On today’s episode, we are back to answer all of your burning questions in our Q&A Round 2! We cover everything from the possibility of rehabbing prolapse without surgery to practicing inversions in pregnancy and even how to stay relaxed during labor - in ADDITION to breathing techniques!

In today’s episode we interview - for the second time - Dr. Maryska Taylor, a naturopathic doctor out of Turks and Caicos. We talk all things hormones - before, during, and after pregnancy - including lab tests, balancing hormones naturally, and high/low libido!

In today’s episode we interview Dr. Gillian Sawyer, pre- and postnatal chiropractor out of Calgary, Alberta. We cover her experience following the births of both of her babies (and how they were different), as well as ALL aspects of figuring out your body after baby and how to advocate for yourself during and after pregnancy!

In today’s episode we interview Brianna Battles, owner of Everyday Battles Strength and Conditioning, and trainer to pregnant and postpartum athletes and coaches everywhere. She shares what her work looks like, her thoughts on knowing what’s best for the individual, and when athletes maybe shouldn’t listen to their intuition…(and MUCH more!)

In today’s episode we discuss marriage, pregnancy and postpartum experiences. Please welcome our guest, Jessie’s husband Randy for a transparent discussion about their experience with pregnancy and birth #1, and their hopes for birth #2!

In today’s episode we discuss birth plans and preferences. Did we have personal preferences going into our first birth experiences? Did they match up with how those births unfolded? Is there anything we would do differently the next time around? Plus, we discuss when birth plans and preferences can be helpful and might they ever become detrimental?

Check out our first ever Q&A where we answer listener questions! This episode, we cover things like: preparing for second birth after prolapse, pain during arousal, approaching postnatal fitness if you are scared of injury, and so much more!

Today we welcome our first guest: Dr. Maryska Taylor!  We discuss nourishment, adrenals, and naturopathic medicine, as well as why it's important to put ourselves first as women and mothers! http://www.drmaryskataylor.com/

Today, we are going over one of Jessie’s FAVORITE topics, which is postpartum fitness. We are going to talk about what our bodies might require during this time, what we might want to look out for that might be signs or symptoms that something is up, and we are going to dive into the mindset piece of this topic as well: why are we doing what we are doing in terms of exercise and WHY we want to return to exercise?

In this episode, we cover how we manage work/mom life, how to continue to connect with yourself as a new mom, and if there is really any such thing as "balance" when it comes to the work and mom life!

This week, we are talking all things internal pelvic pain: from painful sex, to why the heck someone would have pelvic pain after a C-Section, and how we can give postpartum clients their power back!