The MamasteFit Podcast

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The MamasteFit Podcast episodes

June 23, 2023Birth Story 7: Raquel: Vaginal Breech Birth (HBAC)
Birth Story 7: Raquel: Vaginal Breech Birth (HBAC)
Join us as Raquel shares her birth story! In this episode, Raquel shares her home-birth after Cesarean (HBAC) with a planned vaginal breech birth, attended by Dr Stu of Birthing Instincts. Raquel shares her four birth stories. Her very first one was a scheduled C-section due to breech positioning when she was 19 years old. Her next baby was head down, but she also scheduled another C-section. Her third was another scheduled C-section due to breech positioning. Understanding that the likelihood of her having a breech baby was pretty high due to her uterine shape, she sought out a provider for her fourth pregnancy that would support having a vaginal birth. This leads her to a home-birth provider that enabled her experience a successful vaginal breech birth at home.

Want to share your birth story on our podcast? ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Submit your birth story on our website! ⁠⁠⁠⁠
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⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Childbirth Education Courses⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Prenatal Fitness Programs⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Pelvic Floor Prep for Birth⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
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The MamasteFit Podcast Birth Story Friday episodes are sponsored by Bao Bei, a perinatal clothing company that supports your pregnancy, birth, and beyond with their expertly curated support-wear garments. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Use code MAMASTEFIT for 15% off your order.
29 min
June 21, 202316: Breech Birth with Dr. Stu Fischbein of Birthing Instincts
Episode 16: Breech Birth with Dr. Stu Fischbein
In this episode, we will chat with Dr. Stuart Fischbein of Birthing Instincts and Vaginal Rebirth about his experience transitioning from an obstetrician in a hospital setting to a private practice supporting home births. We will discuss how breech positioning should be treated as a variation of normal vaginal birth, but finding skilled and like-minded providers has become less and less common in the United States.
In this episode, we discuss:
Dr. Stu shares his perspective as an OBGYN on why this decline has occurred

Risks and benefits associated with both a vaginal and cesarean breech birth

How certain medical studies can influence practices

Questions and criteria to discuss with your provider regarding breech positioning
Find Dr. Stu's Birthing Instincts website, blog, and podcast HERE!
Prepare for your birth with us:
⁠⁠⁠Childbirth Education Courses⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠Prenatal Fitness Programs⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠Pelvic Floor Prep for Birth⁠⁠⁠
Check out our ⁠⁠⁠⁠website here⁠⁠⁠⁠, our ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram here⁠⁠⁠⁠, and our ⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook here⁠⁠⁠⁠!
This podcast is sponsored by:
Needed is a nutrition company focused on optimal nourishment for your perinatal journey. ⁠⁠⁠⁠Use code MAMASTEPOD for 20% off your first order or three months of subscription.
1 hr 11 min
June 16, 2023Birth Story 6: Madeleine: Induction for Hypertension with a Unmedicated Hospital Birth
Birth Story 6: Madeleine: Induction for Hypertension with an Unmedicated Hospital Birth
Join us as Madeleine shares her birth story! In today's birth story, Madeleine will be sharing her story which involves an induction due to hypertension, leading to an unmedicated hospital birth. She developed gestational hypertension towards the end of her pregnancy, which required a medical induction. Roxanne explains gestational hypertension, how it is diagnosed, and why it can be a serious complication of pregnancy.

Want to share your birth story on our podcast? ⁠⁠⁠⁠Submit your birth story on our website! ⁠⁠⁠
Prepare for your birth with us:
⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Childbirth Education Courses⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Prenatal Fitness Programs⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Pelvic Floor Prep for Birth⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
Check out our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠website here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!
The MamasteFit Podcast Birth Story Friday episodes are sponsored by Bao Bei, a perinatal clothing company that supports your pregnancy, birth, and beyond with their expertly curated support-wear garments. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Use code MAMASTEFIT for 15% off your order.
24 min
June 14, 202315: Pushing: Understanding the Second Stage of Labor
Episode 15: Pushing: Understanding the Second Stage of Labor
In this episode, we discuss the second stage of labor: pushing! You may feel afraid or worried about how pushing will go; it's not something we do or witness very often, so there is a lot of unknown with it!
In this episode, we discuss:
Our personal fears with pushing before we had our first babies!

Overcoming the fear of pooping and tearing

Ways to minimize tearing

Pushing strategies to make your pushes more effective

What to expect in your birth location with pushing

How to advocate for your pushing preferences
Prepare for your birth with us:
⁠⁠Childbirth Education Courses⁠⁠

⁠⁠Prenatal Fitness Programs⁠⁠

⁠⁠Pelvic Floor Prep for Birth⁠⁠
Check out our ⁠⁠⁠website here⁠⁠⁠, our ⁠⁠⁠Instagram here⁠⁠⁠, and our ⁠⁠⁠Facebook here⁠⁠⁠!
This podcast is sponsored by Needed, a nutrition company focused on optimal nourishment for your perinatal journey. ⁠⁠⁠Use code MAMASTEPOD for 20% off your first order or three months of subscription.⁠
57 min
June 09, 2023Birth Story 5: Annie's Birth Story: Breech, Successful ECV, and a Positive C-Section
Birth Story 5: Annie's Birth Story: Breech Positioning, Successful ECV, and Complications Leading to A Positive C-Section
Join us as Annie shares her birth story! In today's birth story, Annie will be sharing her story of how she planned for an unmedicated, vaginal birth at a midwife-run birth center, but ended up being transferred to a hospital and ultimately needing a C-section. In her third trimester, Annie found out her baby was breech, had a successful ECV, developed some complications towards the end of her pregnancy that required her to change her birthing location and plan, but thanks to a supportive and communicative team, she had a positive Cesarean birth experience!
Want to share your birth story on our podcast? ⁠⁠⁠Submit your birth story on our website! ⁠⁠
Prepare for your birth with us:
⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Childbirth Education Courses⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Prenatal Fitness Programs⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Pelvic Floor Prep for Birth⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
Check out our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠website here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!
The MamasteFit Podcast Birth Story Friday episodes are sponsored by Bao Bei, a perinatal clothing company that supports your pregnancy, birth, and beyond with their expertly curated support-wear garments. ⁠⁠⁠⁠Use code MAMASTEFIT for 15% off your order.
28 min
June 07, 202314: Tongue Ties: Fad or Fact with Dr. Jordan Hubbard, Functional Dentist
Episode 14: Tongue Ties: Fad or Fact with Dr. Jordan Hubbard, Functional Dentist
In this episode, we interview Dr. Jordan Hubbard, a dentist in Southern Pines, North Carolina, on tongue ties and their impact on not only breastfeeding but long-term airway health and the implications for our overall health! Casey Backus, physical therapist and yoga teacher, shares her expertise on myofascial connections and lines and the relationship our tongue has to our overall mobility and movement mechanics!
In this episode, we discuss:
What is a tongue tie?

How can a tongue tie affect breastfeeding and long-term health?

How can a tongue tie affect our movement mechanics?

What are the signs and symptoms of a tongue tie that may need revision?

Does everyone have a tongue tie? How did we survive as a species with all these supposed tongue ties?

Best ways to revise a tongue tie in babies

How to find a provider that is experienced in tongue-tie assessments and revisions
Learn more from Dr. Jordan Hubbard:
Instagram

If you are local, check out her dental practice in Southern Pines NC.
Prepare for your birth with us:
⁠⁠Childbirth Education Courses⁠⁠

⁠⁠Prenatal Fitness Programs⁠⁠

⁠⁠Pelvic Floor Prep for Birth⁠⁠
Check out our ⁠⁠⁠website here⁠⁠⁠, our ⁠⁠⁠Instagram here⁠⁠⁠, and our ⁠⁠⁠Facebook here⁠⁠⁠!
This podcast is sponsored by Needed, a nutrition company focused on optimal nourishment for your perinatal journey. ⁠⁠⁠Use code MAMASTEPOD for 20% off your first order or three months of subscription.⁠
47 min
June 02, 2023Birth Story 4: Mackenzie's Birth Story: Breech, ECV, then Unmedicated Hospital Birth
Birth Story 4: Mackenzie's Birth Story: Breech, ECV, and Prenatal Transfer of Care from a Freestanding Birth Center to Hospital Birth
Join us as Mackenzie shares her birth story! Mackenzie was planning a birth at a freestanding birth center, but found out that her baby was breech! The birth center could not support a breech vaginal birth, so Mackenzie transferred care to a local hospital in hopes that an ECV would flip baby head down. And it worked! Mackenzie transferred back to her birth center, but after her water broke without labor progressing, she found herself back at the hospital to have her unmedicated vaginal birth!
Want to share your birth story on our podcast? ⁠⁠Submit your birth story on our website! ⁠
Prepare for your birth with us:
⁠⁠⁠⁠Childbirth Education Courses⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠Prenatal Fitness Programs⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠Pelvic Floor Prep for Birth⁠⁠⁠⁠
Check out our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠website here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!
The MamasteFit Podcast Birth Story Friday episodes are sponsored by Bao Bei, a perinatal clothing company that supports your pregnancy, birth, and beyond with their expertly curated support-wear garments. ⁠⁠⁠Use code MAMASTEFIT for 15% off your order.
37 min
May 31, 202313: Breastfeeding Journeys: Exclusive Breastfeeding, Pumping, and Struggles with Nursing
Episode 13: Breastfeeding Journeys: Exclusive Breastfeeding, Pumping, and Struggles with Nursing with Gina, Roxanne, and guests Casey and Jordan!
In this episode, we share our personal breastfeeding journeys, both the joy and struggles as we learned how to nurse our babies. All four of us exclusively breastfed for at least the first year of life (and for three of us over 2+ years), but each had our own struggles and approaches.
Gina, Roxanne, and Casey breastfeed beyond the first year, and all struggled with initial latches, clogged ducts, and even mastitis! Jordan pumped with an oversupply for the first year for each of her babies and dealt with lots of latch issues related to tongue ties. As a functional airway dentist, Jordan's breastfeeding journey and struggles sparked her passion to support other moms in their breastfeeding journey as a tongue-tie expert in our area.
In this episode, we discuss:
Our personal stories of breastfeeding our babies to toddlers

Breastfeeding issues: painful latch, clogged ducts, mastitis, tongue ties

What to expect with breastfeeding: stages of milk

Professionals to support breastfeeding: bodyworkers, lactation consultants, dentists

Pumping and returning to work

Oversupplies

Tandem feeding

Breastfeeding during pregnancy

Weaning

Our favorite memories of breastfeeding
Prepare for your birth with us:
⁠⁠Childbirth Education Courses⁠⁠

⁠⁠Prenatal Fitness Programs⁠⁠

⁠⁠Pelvic Floor Prep for Birth⁠⁠
Recover after your birth:
⁠⁠Free Early Postpartum Recovery Course⁠⁠

⁠⁠Postpartum Fitness Programs⁠
Check out our ⁠⁠⁠website here⁠⁠⁠, our ⁠⁠⁠Instagram here⁠⁠⁠, and our ⁠⁠⁠Facebook here⁠⁠⁠!
This podcast is sponsored by Needed, a nutrition company focused on optimal nourishment for your perinatal journey. ⁠⁠⁠Use code MAMASTEPOD for 20% off your first order or three months of subscription.⁠
44 min
May 26, 2023Birth Story 3: Laura's Birth Stories: Unmedicated Hospital Births with PROM and an OP Baby
Birth Story 3: Laura's Birth Stories: Unmedicated Hospital Births with PROM and an OP Baby
Join us as Laura shares her two birth stories, that Gina luckily was able to support as a doula! Laura and Gina met through mutual friends after Laura started doing the MamasteFit Prenatal Programming. Laura hired Gina as her birth doula for both of her births, and discusses how MamasteFit has positively shaped her perinatal journey. Laura's first birth was a fast unmedicated hospital birth, and we anticipated that her second would be just as fast. But spoiler alert, it was a much different experience! Laura's water broke before labor (PROM) and her baby was OP. But once baby rotated, labor progressed very quickly!
In this episode:
Laura shares how she discovered MamasteFit and meeting Gina

Prenatal fitness to prepare not only for birth but for postpartum recovery
Want to share your birth story on our podcast? ⁠⁠Submit your birth story on our website! ⁠
Prepare for your birth with us:
⁠⁠⁠⁠Childbirth Education Courses⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠Prenatal Fitness Programs⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠Pelvic Floor Prep for Birth⁠⁠⁠⁠
Check out our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠website here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, and our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!
The MamasteFit Podcast Birth Story Friday episodes are sponsored by Bao Bei, a perinatal clothing company that supports your pregnancy, birth, and beyond with their expertly curated support-wear garments. ⁠⁠⁠Use code MAMASTEFIT for 15% off your order.
53 min
May 24, 202312: Postpartum Return to Fitness: Birth to Return to Lifting Progression
Episode 12: Postpartum Return to Fitness: Birth to Return to Lifting Progression
In this episode, we will be discussing how to approach your postpartum recovery from day 1 after birth to getting back to lifting weights. We share how to approach your early postpartum recovery, and how important it is to take it slow and honor the process. When we do TOO much too soon, we could prolong our healing process. We break down how to begin to return to lifting weights and progressions to consider as you return to the gym after birth.
In this episode, we discuss:
Our early postpartum healing journeys after each baby

Early postpartum rehab strategies: https://mamastefit.com/4-early-postpartum-rehab-tips-1st-week-postpartum/

Ways to approach returning to lifting weights after birth: https://mamastefit.com/postpartum-how-to-return-to-lifting-after-birth/

Postpartum Return to Fitness: Birth to 2 Months: https://mamastefit.com/my-postpartum-return-to-fitness-2/
Learn more from us:
Sign up for our free early postpartum recovery course: https://mamastefit.com/early-postpartum-recovery-course/

Grab our free postpartum return to fitness guide here.

Explore our postpartum fitness programs: https://mamastefit.com/postpartum-support/
Check out our ⁠⁠website here⁠⁠, our ⁠⁠Instagram here⁠⁠, and our ⁠⁠Facebook here⁠⁠!
This podcast is sponsored by Needed, a nutrition company focused on optimal nourishment for your perinatal journey. ⁠⁠Use code MAMASTEPOD for 20% off your first order or three months of subscription.
And we are sponsored by Crossover Symmetry, World-class training, and equipment for pain, fitness & performance. ⁠Use code MAMASTEFIT for 20% off your equipment package.
55 min

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MamasteFit is a prenatal & postpartum fitness and birth education company that offers a unique and comprehensive amount of education and experience surrounding the journey into parenthood, and…