Conscious Conception

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In this episode:
-- Internalizing fear projected by doctors
-- Kissing a lot of frogs to find her prince
-- A year-long endometriosis flare
--Fear-based conscious conception
-- Confronting and repatterning anger with family of origin
-- A gnarly, but ultimately *super* positive experience with laparoscopic endometriosis excision surgery
-- Her first PMS-free cycle
-- Writing an apology letter to her body 

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You can find more about Stevie's work at Weaver+Rose.

What's in the conversation:
- Stevie’s rapid shift from adamantly not wanting kids, to making space for their spirit babies
- Feeling the lower half of your body for the first time through pregnancy
- The power of deep listening 
- the ceremony of Birth and Postpartum
- Incubation and privacy around conscious conception
- Exploring your own ancestral patterns to undo what won't serve you
- Acknowledging that conscious conception can take a LONG TIME
- Preparation for parenthood is more challenging when you want to break ancestral patterns 

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What's in the conversation:
-- Lifelong health changes sparked by endometriosis
-- Obsession around tracking, supplementation, and trying to "de-stress"
-- Saying yes to "Counting your chickens before they hatch" despite fears of letdown
-- Becoming a better parent because of fertility challenges
-- Unlearning gender expectations for our future kids
-- The edge between fertility information-seeking and control-seeking 

Connect with Kristen: www.kristencordero.com

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In this episode:
- Resisting grind culture through forging community
- Reclaiming (simple) skills through mutual support
- What is the "Practical Hang" and why its important in preconception
- Breaking down the Fun Zone Barrier with your friends
- Expanding your friendships' capacities to include practical support

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In this episode, we answer your questions about WHEN to do fertility massage...

- For natural cycles (follicular phase? during ovulation? during menstruation?)
- For IVF cycles
- Differences in the two week wait between natural and medicated cycles
- Risks of ovarian torsion
- Special considerations for egg quality

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- The real, (but also fabricated) form of infertility
- Economy, Economy Plus, Business Class, and First Class visions and versions of the childhood you want to create for your future kids
- How capitalism is preventing natural, mammalian functions
- Resisting elitism to cope with financial infertility
- Disentangling financial anxiety from other hesitations around parenting
- If we were all a bit more broke, maybe we would actualize the communal ties we all crave

Kids These Days, Malcolm Harris

How to stop fumbling around your period tracking app and start understanding what the heck you're looking AT and what you're looking FOR.

For the rest of the module on how to chart your cycles, get the FREE Pillars of Preconception Video Course

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-The basics on your fertile window
-What BBT actually is and why you should care about it if you're trying to get pregnant
- The mechanics of temping
- Clarity on fertility TECH 

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- The two phases of Conscious Conception
- Yin/Yang of Preparation and Celebration
- Applying the two phases to the Fertility Awareness Method
- How Conscious Conception is like a picnic

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- How to do a pelvic castor oil pack
- Coopting the term 'Rewilding' from ecology to our bodies
- Fear of bringing children into this harsh world (What am I leaving my kids?)
- Rediscovering respect for nature that will translate to our children
- Supporting a bonded motherbaby dyad starts in preconception
- Which parts of the overculture can you resist?

Kerry Hinds's Virtual Yoga Studio

Spirit Baby Connection & Fertility Yoga Workshop October 19, 2024

WILD CONCEPTION WORKBOOK

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A short case study of one of my favorite (and super common) scenarios. 

TLDR:
- She's on the pill for decades, 
- She goes off the pill to get pregnant
- She has awful periods and isn't getting pregnant
- She does (MANY) rounds of IVF
- They don't work
- A doctor thinks she might have endo
- She gets surgery
- She seeks out manual therapy to help her heal after surgery and before more IVF
-.....Surprise pregnancy!