The MamasteFit Podcast

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May 19, 2023Birth Story 2: Jordan's Birth Story: Breech, Successful ECV, and Labored C-Section Birth
Birth Story 2: Jordan's Birth Story: Breech, Successful ECV, and Labored C-Section Birth
In this episode, Jordan shares her birth story of her first baby! Jordan discovered her baby was breech during the third trimester, after planning an unmedicated hospital birth. She did ALL the things, but baby did not flip headdown, so opted to try for ECV! The ECV was successful and she went into spontaneous labor! After laboring for several hours, stalling at 8cm, she decided to meet her baby with a cesarean birth. Jordan reflects on her pregnancy and birth experience with us, and we are thankful for her taking the time to share her story with you all!
In this episode:
Jordan shares how she did ALL the things to flip her baby head down

ECV: Manually rotating baby head down

Spontaneous labor and navigating a labor stall at 8cm

Choosing a Cesarean 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.
29 min
May 17, 202311: Casey's Birth Stories: Unplanned C-Sections and Healing After Birth
Episode 11: Casey's Birth Stories: Unplanned C-Sections and Healing After Birth. Join us as Casey Backus, one of our founding members
shares her infertility story and journey to motherhood and the birth stories of her sons. Casey's first birth started with a 37-week induction due to preeclampsia, a prenatal complication, that ended in an unplanned cesarean birth. Casey prepared for her second pregnancy for a VBAC, a vaginal birth after a cesarean, but found herself in a similar situation at the end of this pregnancy with preeclampsia and induction. During this labor, Casey chooses another cesarean birth after over a day of labor. Casey shares how supporting other c-section moms in their postpartum recovery with scar mobilization has helped her heal from her own journeys.
In this episode:
Preeclampsia: What is it?

VBAC or Repeat C-Section: Choosing the Best Birth Path for You

VBAC: Top 4 Tips

C-Section Scar Mobilization

Recovering After a C-Section
How we can support your postpartum:
C-Section Scar Mobilization Course and Live Webinars

C-Section Recovery Fitness Program

VBAC Prep Course
Learn more with Casey here.
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.
29 min
May 12, 2023Birth Story 1: Danielle's Two Birth Stories: Unmedicated Hospital Birth and Home Birth to Scheduled Cesarean with Placenta Previa
Birth Story 1: Danielle's Two Birth Stories: Unmedicated Hospital Birth and Home Birth to Scheduled Cesarean with Placenta Previa
Danielle, one of the founding members of MamasteFit gym and doula client, shares her two birth stories that have inspired her to enter birth work after retiring from the US Air Force. Danielle shares how she advocated for her care and birth during her first pregnancy when she was considered a "geriatric pregnancy" and had an unmedicated hospital birth after being pressured to schedule a c-section due to her age. Danielle then shares how she had to navigate a placenta previa diagnosis after planning a home birth, and how she still had a positive experience with a scheduled c-section for her second birth.
In this episode:
How Danielle’s births inspired her to enter birth work as a doula after retiring from the US Air Force as a pilot

Advocating for her care with advanced maternal age

Preparing for an unmedicated hospital birth

Deciding to do a home birth for her second birth

How her diagnosis of placenta Previa changed her birth plans and how she accepted this change

How she adjusted her workouts due to placenta Previa

Shares her advice to find acceptance with changes in your birth plans
In this episode, Gina and Roxanne discuss more on:
Placenta Positions and the impacts on your birth

Possible workout modifications due to placenta Previa and low-lying placenta
Connect more with Danielle:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/newheightsbirth/

Website: New Heights Birth & Beyond
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.
Want to share your birth story on our podcast? Submit your birth story on our website!
39 min
May 10, 202310: Gina’s Third Birth: Home Birth of Sophie During Hurricane Ian
Episode 10: Gina’s Third Birth: Home Birth of Sophie During Hurricane Ian
Listen as Gina shares about her third birth, second home birth, during Hurricane Ian in October 2022! Gina shares about her pregnancy, and being “overdue,” finally going into labor at 41+2. Third births are commonly considered to be the “wild card” birth, where anything can happen! Gina also shares about the emotions in early postpartum, and navigating the possibility of Sophie being her final baby.
Read Sophie’s birth story and see Gina’s birth photos.
In this episode:
Preparing for a home birth for a second time

Establishing backup care at a hospital

Going past my due date and past 41 weeks

Home birth story of Sophie during a hurricane!

Navigating early postpartum with the possibility of this being our last baby
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.⁠
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.⁠
41 min
May 03, 20239: Pelvic Floor Prep for Birth with Hayley Kava, Pelvic Floor Physical Therapist
Episode 9: Pelvic Floor Prep for Birth with Hayley Kava, Pelvic Floor Physical Therapist
In this episode, we are chatting with Hayley Kava, pelvic floor physical therapist, about how we can prepare our pelvic floor for birth! Spoiler alert, doing kegels are not included in our recommended birth preparation exercises. We can learn how to RELAX and RELEASE the pelvic floor as we prepare for birth and ensure we can open each level of our pelvis.
In this episode we discuss:
Do kegels prepare the pelvic floor for birth? Or do kegels cause more issues?

Ways to prepare your pelvic floor for birth

Opening the pelvis for birth

Cues to know your pelvic floor is relaxing

Does being an athlete mean you will have a tight pelvic floor and a c-section?
Connect more with Hayley Kava, MPT:
Website:⁠ ⁠https://www.hayleykavapt.com/

Instagram: ⁠@hayleykavapt

Join Hayley's newsletter to learn about her professional mentorship groups!
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.
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.
40 min
April 26, 20238: Roxanne's Second Birth Story: The Birth of Colin in a Freestanding Birth Center
Episode 8: Roxanne's Second Birth Story: The Birth of Colin in a Freestanding Birth Center. Roxanne shares her second birth story, where she gave birth in a freestanding birth center in Monterey California. Roxanne's second pregnancy started out eventful with bleeding towards the end of her first trimester, which resolved in the second trimester with no further complications! Roxanne and her family moved across the country in her third trimester, and she transferred care to a local freestanding birth center for the birth of her son!
In this episode (links to blogs with more explanations):
Subchorionic Hemorrhage (SCH): Bleeding During Pregnancy

Traveling While Pregnant

Different Birth Locations

Colin's Birth Story
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.
36 min
April 19, 20237: Processing Your Birth Story with Dr. Alyssa Berlin, Perinatal Psychologist
Episode 7: Processing Your Birth Story with Dr. Alyssa Berlin, Perinatal Psychologist.
In this episode, we chat with Dr. Berlin, a perinatal psychologist, on how we can begin to approach processing our birth story if it was not the positive experience we had been preparing for.
In this episode:
How we do begin to process our birth story

Dual emotions can coexist: you can absolutely love your baby and also grieve your birth experience

How each member of the team may have had a different experience and perspective

How healthcare providers and birth team members could improve communication and clarity during emergency situations

When to seek professional support

Preparing for a subsequent pregnancy and birth after birth trauma
Connect more with Dr. Alyssa Berlin:
Website: https://www.doctorberlin.com/dr-alyssa-berlin-psyd

Instagram: @dralyssaberlin
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.
46 min
April 12, 20236: Gina's Second Birth Story: The Home Birth of Eoghan during the COVID Pandemic
Episode 6: Gina's Second Birth Story: The Birth of Eoghan
In this episode, Gina shares her second birth story, a home birth story during the COVID pandemic! Gina was originally planning to give birth in a military hospital, but after the pandemic stopped all her in-person prenatal care (only virtual was offered until 36 weeks), she and her husband switched to home birth with a midwife.
Read Eoghan's Birth Story here.
In this episode:
Preparing for a second pregnancy

Two pregnancy losses in the first trimester

Navigating pregnancy after loss

Choosing Home Birth

Stages of Labor

Fetal Ejection Reflex

Preventing Tearing During Birth
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.
37 min
April 05, 20235: Pelvic Pain: Overcoming Pelvic Pain During Pregnancy
Episode 5: Pelvic Pain: Overcoming Pelvic Pain During Pregnancy. You do NOT need to be in pain during pregnancy! There is a common misconception that pelvic pain is something that needs to be suffered through during pregnancy, and the only solution is birth. This is NOT true!! There is a LOT we can do to overcome pelvic pain during pregnancy.
In this episode we will be discussing:
Common causes of pelvic pain: https://mamastefit.com/2-causes-of-pelvic-girdle-pain/

Exercises to try to resolve pelvic pain: https://mamastefit.com/4-pain-relief-tips-for-pelvic-girdle-pain/

Professionals to support pelvic pain throughout your pregnancy

Tips for managing labor if you have pelvic pain: https://mamastefit.com/approaching-pelvic-girdle-pain-during-labor/
Example Exercises:
Anterior Oblique Sling: https://youtu.be/BOVFavRMLIY

Posterior Oblique Sling: https://youtu.be/-bqIxFrHwFE
Explore Our Fitness Programs:
Prenatal Fitness Programs (including pelvic stability exercises)

Pelvic Stability Program

Postpartum Fitness Programs (including pelvic stability exercises)
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.
35 min
March 29, 20234: Roxanne's First Birth Story: The Unmedicated Hospital Birth of Lily
Episode 4: Roxanne's First Birth Story! Roxanne's first birth was an unmedicated birth in a military hospital. MamasteFit had supported her first pregnancy, and we had learned so much since Gina's birth that we were able to support a much more positive experience for Roxanne. Roxanne shares her positive birth story and what contributed to her positive experience.
Read Lily's Birth Story
In the episode:
Cervical Exams: What Does Dilation Even Mean?

Membrane Sweeps: Natural Induction Method

Stages of Labor

Fetal Ejection Reflex: Spontaneous Pushing
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.
53 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…