The Limitless Pregnancy

If you're looking for the ultimate maternity gift look no further! Today we're talking with Maria Berglund, founder of the not for profit gift box company In-Kind Boxes. She shares her experiences giving birth in two different countries and how that led her on a mission to provide better support for the postpartum experience. She has expertly curated her gift boxes with everything you need in the first days, weeks and months of postpartum with really thoughtful, quality, eco-friendly products for both parents and babies. And the best part- for every box purchased one is donated!

Grab a box (or two) with a 10% discount courtesy of TLP: LP10

If you would like to purchase a gift box:

https://inkindboxes.org/shop/baby-shower-gift/

Or make a donation to their charity:

https://inkindboxes.org/donations/donate/

For postpartum support and encouragement please follow along on Instagram!

https://www.instagram.com/inkindboxes/

Kicking off our holiday gift guide series we revisit the clean skincare conversation with Allie Eagan, Founder & CEO of Veracity Skincare. In our first episode she shared about the importance of knowing what you put on and in your body and the direct correlation to overall health. This time, I tried out Veracity's skincare test and we discuss the results and what they mean not just for my skincare but for my hormones and overall health. We also go a little deeper into why clean skincare is exceptionally important in pregnancy and how your skincare needs shift throughout pregnancy and postpartum and Allie shares a ton more information in general about toxic ingredients in our every day products, how to spot them, and what you can do to clean up your care routine. 

Get your own customized skincare test with a 20% discount courtesy of TLP: Limitless20 (this code is good for all products as well)

https://veracityselfcare.com/en

https://www.instagram.com/veracityselfcare/?hl=en

In the final episode of our grief series we speak with Joanne Zerdy, educator and co-founder of Inviting Abundance. We discuss the many paths to healing after loss, not just pertaining to loss of a child but the losses we experience both alone and collectively as we move through life. Joanne and her husband began Inviting Abundance after the loss of their son Finlay, and focus on the spectrum of loss from loss of a loved one to chronic illness, heartbreak and countless other painful life experiences. They work with individuals as well as medical providers and birth workers through education as well as various other tools and methods. 

Connect with Joanne here:

www.invitingabundance.net

https://www.etsy.com/shop/finlaysgarden

https://www.facebook.com/invitingabundance/

https://www.instagram.com/invitingabundance/

Thank you so much for holding space with us through this important series. If you have found value in these episodes please do share with friends and loved ones. The only way we can erase the stigmas around grief is to normalize the conversation. Because no one should have to suffer through loss alone.

In our third episode on Pregnancy & Infant Loss we hear from Michelle Valiukenas, Founder of The Colette Louise Tisdahl Foundation. In this two part episode we spend the first half hearing Michelle's story of her journey to parenting, from her struggles with pregnancy loss and infertility to finally becoming pregnant with Colette, being admitted to the hospital half way through her pregnancy, Colette's early arrival and her stay in the NICU for her nine days of life. In the second half of the episode we get into the very real operational challenges for parents who experience high risk pregnancies, births and babies. From issues like how to keep your job when you've been admitted to the hospital indefinitely to managing compounding hospital bills to daily hospital commutes when your baby is in the NICU but you have been sent home, Michelle experienced first hand the many unfair challenges parents face every day and set out to create a support system with her foundation. (TW: miscarriage, infertility, pregnancy trauma, infant loss)

Resources from Michelle:

www.colettelouise.com

https://www.facebook.com/colettetisdahl

https://www.instagram.com/colettelouisetisdahl/

https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-colette-louise-tisdahl-foundation

https://twitter.com/TheTisdahl

Newsletter Signup: https://www.getrevue.co/profile/colettelouisetisdahl

Donation Link: https://colettelouise.com/donate

Following the episode we are joined by Melo Garcia, grief specialist and founder of After Chloe, to help us process the episode and provide tools for coping with grief and loss. Melo has provided the following resources:

[email protected]

HTTP://afterchloe.com

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1604294739807881/

https://www.intsagram.com/AfterChloe

https://www.facebook.com/AfterChloe

Reslience of Grieving Podcast with Melo Garcia

I Had a Miscarriage: A Memoir, a Movement https://www.amazon.com/dp/1558612882/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_NWXRTWD0Z9976YJW3W9Q

Unexpecting: Real Talk on Pregnancy Loss https://www.amazon.com/dp/0764237713/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_4RHADXG8YTHNEK309ND8

For the next two weeks of our series on pregnancy and infant loss we hear real stories of loss and grief from parents in the community. Today's episode is shared with us by Lindsey, a mom of two who experienced loss at 36 weeks gestation. Her story is raw and difficult and she shares with us in a beautifully authentic way. In sharing this story today we are able to honor Louella Mae's life, Lindsey's grief and widen the doorway to allow for more stories to be shared. Loss should never be dealt with alone and if we can reach even one person with the sharing of this story it will be worth it. (TW: pregnancy loss, infant loss)

Resources from Lindsey:

Grieving Moms of All Stages and Ages

Placental Abruption Awareness and Support

PALS - Pregnancy After Third Trimester Loss

Following the episode we are joined by Dr. Jane Shomof, founder of Bloome Wellness & Recovery, to help us decompress and process the episode. If you or anyone you know has experienced loss, Dr. Jane has provided the following resources:

www.momsinbloome.com

www.instagram.com/momsinbloome/

[email protected]

www.miscarriagehurts.com

www.rachelsgift.org

www.postpartum.net

October is Pregnancy & Infant Loss Awareness month and we are starting off our grief series with Michaelene Fredenberg, Founder and CEO of Life Perspectives. Michaelene and I discuss pregnancy loss, how to cope and how to support. She shares many practical tools for parents, family members and support people, health care providers and more on how to navigate the complicated layers of the loss of a pregnancy. It's commonly known that 1 in 4 pregnancies end in miscarriage, we're just here to normalize talking about it. (TW: miscarriage, pregnancy loss, infant loss)

You can connect with Michaelene here:

www.lifeperspectives.com

https://www.instagram.com/lifeperspectivesofficial/

https://www.facebook.com/LifePerspectives/

A note from Michaelene:

Want to help anyone impacted by pregnancy and reproductive loss? See Life Perspectives' Top 10 Terrific Things To Say And Do for great ways to help, along with their Top 10 Terrible Things That Caring People Say to learn what to avoid. Life Perspectives also offers a Helpful Toolkit for Everyone, which includes a special toolkit for women who have miscarried, as well as toolkits for men, family & friends, and ways to memorialize a loss . Share your story on social media with #ForgetMeNot2021. Visit LifePerspectives.com for sympathy cards and memorial items, along with more tips and tools on how to help anyone impacted by any kind of pregnancy or reproductive loss.

Have you ever had a skincare regiment that didn't live up to it's standards? Or worse, have you ever had skincare products that have negatively impacted your health? In this episode we chat with Allie Egan, CEO & Founder of Veracity Custom Skincare, on the importance of clean, transparent skincare ingredients and how they contribute to overall health. So many sneaky ingredients in brands we know and love can affect your health from fertility through pregnancy, postpartum and beyond. Allie share with us her motivation for founding Veracity and her overall mission to provide a better, more individualized, healthier skincare experience for all of us!

You can connect with Allie here:

https://veracityselfcare.com/en

https://www.instagram.com/veracityselfcare/

Allie's recommended reading:

https://veracityselfcare.com/en/knowledge/body/endocrine-disrupting-chemicals-hormone-health

Hello and welcome back to The Limitless Pregnancy! We are kicking off our new season with Meredyth Willits, life coach and host of the podcast Meredyth With a Why. We had a great conversation around keeping fear out of parenting and what that means (and how it differs) for each person. If you are already a parent this episode will ring true in many ways, and if you're not a parent yet it will give you some great food for thought! Either way I'm sure you're going to learn something and enjoy Meredyth's nuggets of wisdom.

Connect with Meredyth here:

https://www.instagram.com/meredyth_willits/

https://www.tiktok.com/@meredyth_with_a_why?lang=en

https://www.meredythwillits.com

This week we're hearing from Dr. Christina Burns, L.Ac, FABORM on the intersection of integrative wellness and fertility. Dr. Christina shares with us about her journey through reproductive health issues, finding naturopathic healing and eventually having three successful pregnancies. Her motivation to start her own practice spawned from her deep understanding of the intricacies of reproductive health and fertility and her desire to improve outcomes for her patients. Dr. Christina's approach to individualized care helps not only to support positive outcomes for her patients but strategic lifestyle care in order to sustain and prolong health over time. She also shares about healthy fertility and some of the commonly missed in-between steps that work naturally with a birthing person's body to increase positive outcomes. Whether you're planning/trying to conceive, pregnant or postpartum this is a powerful and incredibly informative episode!

Connect with Christina here:

naturnalife.com

instagram.com/naturna_life/

instagram.com/naturallycb/

facebook.com/NaturnaInstitute/

facebook.com/DrChristinaBurns/

youtube.com/Naturna_Institute

Fertility In Focus podcast:

Apple

Google

Spotify

Mommy wine culture is one of the more common representations of parenting we see in modern media and society. Stressed after a long day of arguing with a toddler? Have a glass of wine (and believe me I do). But what happens when it goes too far? Kiola Raines, wellness, nutrition and lifestyle coach is flipping the script on how we cope with the stresses of modern day parenting. She shares her story of alcoholism and realizing she was in over her head, and how easily that can manifest in the lives of parents in a culture where we are taught to reward a hard day's work with alcohol. Kiola uses her background in Kinesiology and Exercise Psychology to facilitate a well rounded, science-backed approach to educate and empower parents everywhere on the effects of alcohol on an emotional as well as cellular level. While she acknowledges that many people can drink responsibly, we also must have clearer and smarter conversations around what "drinking responsibly" means and how to spot the difference. 

Connect with Kiola here:

www.kiolaraines.com

www.instagram.com/kiolaraines/

Kiola's recommended resources:

www.instagram.com/1000hoursdry

www.instagram.com/thenaturalwineschool

www.instagram.com/somegoodcleanfun

https://www.quitlikeawoman.com/

https://www.theluckiestclub.com/

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/the-sober-lush/