The Unmedicated Girlies | Empowered + Informed Birth Education with Fierce Lizzie

How to turn “I should do more research before my due date to prepare for birth” to “I will be prepared for birth.” Here is how you can easily make that mindset shift and stay more accountable to your birth prep. Plus this strategy is going to make your birth prep easier and more fun too.

In this episode I discuss:

-What finally got me making bagels from scratch even though I had been thinking about making our families bread for years

-My sourdough starter (her name is Wynonna)

-How you can easily make a commitment to yourself and get your birth prep off your "need to list"

-The best way to make birth prep easily and fun

xo, Lizzie

More episodes you'll love:

95 | Your motherhood legacy, how birth education benefits your babies

How to have the birth you want

What to expect if you're expecting to fail at birth

Have questions?

Birth Options Workshop: Get clarity on your next step, whether that is choosing a provider, deciding on a birth place or where to start with birth education. RSVP now.

Ready to start your birth prep?

Birth Prep Class: This 30 minute class will teach you what you can do now to help prepare your mind and body for an unmedicated birth. It's FREE 

️Want to work with me?

Unmedicated Academy: The signature program for moms who want to be the boss of their unmedicated birth and be educated, informed and empowered. We will chat each week and you'll be blown away by how much support is inside. Join the empowered mom club

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Last year was the year of AI, especially in the entrepreneur world. It's all about things being faster, easier, and automated. And this has been happening with birth for years. We’ve gotten so far away from mother nature's birth that we’ve completely changed what birth looks like. And it’s not good for most mothers and babies.

In this episode I discuss:

- Automation fails from content creators.

- The hospital is the most advanced option for birth and it's hurting moms and babies

- The American College of Nurse Midwives statement on technology use in birth

- How evidence shows that more isn't better in birth, and still automation is prioritized

- The worst applications of technology in birth that we have today

Listen to the podcast interviews mentioned in the intro:

Under the Sun Podcast - How to have an informed hospital birth with Lizzie

Down to Birth Show - The Birth of Fierce Lizzie: From Rule Follower to Autonomy Advocate

Moms off the Record -

Other episodes you may love:

Avoiding Induction is not Enough

86: Why the hospital has routines

Blame Henry Ford for your birth trauma

xo, Lizzie

Have questions?

Birth Options Workshop: Get clarity on your next step, whether that is choosing a provider, deciding on a birth place or where to start with birth education. RSVP now.

Ready to start your birth prep?

Birth Prep Class: This 30 minute class will teach you what you can do now to help prepare your mind and body for an unmedicated birth. It's FREE ️

Want to work with me?

Unmedicated Academy: The signature program for moms who want to be the boss of their unmedicated birth and be educated, informed and empowered. We will chat each week and you'll be blown away by how much support is inside. Join the empowered mom club

Submit a question or testimonial for the show: Leave me a voice message

Want to have a powerful and positive birth experience? It's time to go all in. I have noticed is that the moms who start sooner, who bring the questions, who extend their learning- they are typically the most mentally and physically prepared for birth. Listen in for how a recent client of mine made big time and money investments to have an empowered pregnancy, birth and postpartum.

In this episode I discuss:

- How to greatly influence your birth experience by choosing your birth place, provider and setting up the right support team

- The time investment it takes to get informed and educated on all your options

- How the mother who goes above and beyond to take care of her body is better able to withstand the intensity of late pregnancy and birth.

- Taking postpartum healing seriously with the 5-5-5 rule

There is a way for you to have an empowered birth and pregnancy, starting now: Join the EMPOWERED MOM CHALLENGE, 5 days of episodes and resources for you to take control of your birth now.

xo, Lizzie

Next Steps...

Have questions?

Birth Options Workshop: Get clarity on your next step, whether that is choosing a provider, deciding on a birth place or where to start with birth education. RSVP now.

Ready to start your birth prep?

Birth Prep Class: This 30 minute class will teach you what you can do now to help prepare your mind and body for an unmedicated birth. It's FREE ️

Want to work with me?

Unmedicated Academy: The signature program for moms who want to be the boss of their unmedicated birth and be educated, informed and empowered. We will chat each week and you'll be blown away by how much support is inside. Join the empowered mom club

Submit a question or testimonial for the show: Leave me a voice message

I recently I heard three stories of moms waiting quite a long time for their doctors. And it just rubbed me the wrong way. Here is what an empowered mom would do and how you can use this as an opportunity to learn advocacy skills.

In this episode I discuss:

-three times moms were left to wait

-why it's important to use waiting room woes as a chance to practice advocacy skills

-what the way you respond to time conflicts reveals about your birth

-how to have more confidence in having conversations that may be confrontational

Other episodes you may like:

No bras in L&D, outfit advocacy and what to wear for birth

Choosing your birth date then losing your power

80: The bait & switch birth

Start the EMPOWERED MOM CHALLENGE, 5 days of episodes and resources for you to take control of your birth now.

xo, Lizzie

Next Steps...

Have questions?

Birth Options Workshop: Get clarity on your next step, whether that is choosing a provider, deciding on a birth place or where to start with birth education. RSVP now.

Ready to start your birth prep?

Birth Prep Class: This 30 minute class will teach you what you can do now to help prepare your mind and body for an unmedicated birth. It's FREE ️

Want to work with me?

Unmedicated Academy: The signature program for moms who want to be the boss of their unmedicated birth and be educated, informed and empowered. We will chat each week and you'll be blown away by how much support is inside. Join the empowered mom club

Submit a question or testimonial for the show: Leave me a voice message

Did you know you do not need to be certified to become a doula? All it takes is a desire to support women, learning about birth, pregnancy, postpartum, and getting connected with the women in your community.

In this episode I discuss:

- My transition from full time working teacher to self employed doula

- How my social selling experience helped me become an entrepreneur

- The doula certification program I started then ditched to become a self taught doula

- Exactly what I did to become a self taught doula, it's easier than you think to be an uncertified birth worker

- Permission to be a doula who isn't booked out or burned out.

- How you can utilize online offers to supplement your birth worker business

Next steps...

Get the guide on becoming a self taught doula.

DM me to get a preview of Ambitious Birth Worker. (or send me an email)

Other episodes you'll love:

92 | Inclusive language is excluding your main audience

The best I can do is Zoloft

70: Doula certifications suck, with Kallie Caton

When doulas are born

I don’t want a 6 figure business

If you don’t have kids, I don’t want your business advice

The mostly free tools I use in my business

Welcome to 2024! If you are pregnant, TTC, or you are in the THICK of motherhood this year, I have tips for every stage on how to live more EMPOWERED in 2024.

In this episode I discuss:

-If your goal is to get pregnant in 2024, three things to do now to take control of trying to conceive.

-The importance of nutrition while trying to conceive and during pregnancy

-Five ways to have an empowered birth and pregnancy

-The best time to make a plan for leaving your job to become a stay at home or work at home mom

-The two most empowering things I have done as a mom

If you are a mom due in 2024, I have THE empowerment tool for you. A program that allows you to go all in, take control of your birth, and be the boss so birth isn’t just happening to you but you are the active decision maker from day 1, which is now through.. well.. through forever because an empowered birth does lead to an empowered motherhood. If you haven't yet, come enroll in Unmedicated Academy today. We have our community call this Thursday and I would love to see you there!

xo, Lizzie

Mentioned on the show:

Get the Empowerment Challenge in the Freebie Library 

Check out Ambitious Birth Worker 

Join the Empowered Moms inside Unmedicated Academy

Other episodes you’ll love:

95 | Your motherhood legacy, how birth education benefits your babies

How to have the birth you want

Choosing your birth date then losing your powerThe 5 Day Empowerment Challenge

Have questions?

Birth Options Workshop: Get clarity on your next step, whether that is choosing a provider, deciding on a birth place or where to start with birth education. RSVP now.

Ready to start your birth prep?

Birth Prep Class: This 30 minute class will teach you what you can do now to help prepare your mind and body for an unmedicated birth. It's FREE ️

Want to work with me?

Unmedicated Academy: The signature program for moms who want to be the boss of their unmedicated birth and be educated, informed and empowered. We will chat each week and you'll be blown away by how much support is inside. Join the empowered mom club

Submit a question or testimonial for the show: Leave me a voice message

What do most moms fear about birth? Usually fear is around the pain of birth, fear of adverse outcomes, fear of not knowing how things are going to unfold. We can conquer ALL of these fears with birth education. I know because I have experienced first hand the benefits of the knowledge is power approach to birth.

In this episode I cover:

- Falling victim to the fear of childbirth and how it can cause you more pain in birth

- How birth support alone doesn't get to the root of the fears

- The difference on fear with first and second time moms

- How our society makes birth fears worse

- What to do to lessen birth fear and feel more confident in your birth plan

Have questions?

Birth Options Workshop: Get clarity on your next step, whether that is choosing a provider, deciding on a birth place or where to start with birth education. RSVP now.

Ready to start your birth prep?

Birth Prep Class: This 30 minute class will teach you what you can do now to help prepare your mind and body for an unmedicated birth. It's FREE ️

Want to work with me?

Unmedicated Academy: The signature program for moms who want to be the boss of their unmedicated birth and be educated, informed and empowered. We will chat each week and you'll be blown away by how much support is inside. Join the empowered mom club

Submit a question or testimonial for the show: Leave me a voice message

"I’m pregnant with twins, I was planning an unmedicated birth. Is all hope of an unmedicated birth lost?" Absolutely not, unmedicated birth is possible with twins. Here are two tips, things you should do now, to help you reach your goal of having your twins unmedicated.

In this episode I discuss:

- The twin moms inside my birth program, there's been 6 twin moms in Unmedicated Academy

- How positioning can effect your birth outcome with twins

- Why it's important to find a provider who will deliver breech babies

- What to research for cesarean birth if your goal was originally an unmedicated birth

- The importance of nutrition for all moms, but especially important for twin moms to be consistent

- Four things to include in your daily meals to fuel pregnancy

Mentioned on the show: 

Get your beef liver and cod liver oil from Perfect Supplements and use code LIZZIE10 

This is liver tincture I use daily

Grab some NORA tea

More episodes you may like

78 | A feral & fierce twin birth, with Reyna Mustard

64 | Liver Love, with Sarah Geissinger

05 | Unmedicated Vaginal Twin Birth

Have questions?

Birth Options Workshop: Get clarity on your next step, whether that is choosing a provider, deciding on a birth place or where to start with birth education. RSVP now.

Ready to start your birth prep?

Birth Prep Class: This 30 minute class will teach you what you can do now to help prepare your mind and body for an unmedicated birth. It's FREE ️

Want to work with me?

Unmedicated Academy: The signature program for moms who want to be the boss of their unmedicated birth and be educated, informed and empowered. We will chat each week and you'll be blown away by how much support is inside. Join the empowered mom club

Submit a question or testimonial for the show: Leave me a voice message

Eden is a mom of two, education counselor turned doula after the birth of her first. She shares her two very different birth experiences and how she went from prepared on what to expect to even more informed, and more physically and mentally ready for her second birth. "My second birth was everything they say about unmedicated birth... it was amazing."

In this episode, we discuss:

- Leaving your job and navigating maternity leave in education.

- When she found out she was pregnant at 3 months postpartum.- Signs of an asynclitic baby and how to resolve asynclitism.

- Eden's 27 hour labor versus her 6 hours labor.

- Using intuition to listen to what your baby needs in birth.

- What to look for when choosing a hospital midwifery group.

Mentioned on the show:

The episode on when I left my teaching job - ⁠The best I can do is a prescription for zoloft⁠

The ⁠birth education program⁠ that got Eden informed and empowered for birth. (plus complimentary NORA)

Get the FREE Birth Prep Class

Next Steps:

Have questions?

Birth Options Workshop: Get clarity on your next step, whether that is choosing a provider, deciding on a birth place or where to start with birth education. ⁠RSVP now.⁠

Ready to start your birth prep?

Birth Prep Class: This 30 minute class will teach you what you can do now to help prepare your mind and body for an unmedicated birth. ⁠It's FREE⁠ ️

Want to work with me?

Unmedicated Academy: The signature program for moms who want to be the boss of their unmedicated birth and be educated, informed and empowered. We will chat each week and you'll be blown away by how much support is inside.⁠ Join the empowered mom club⁠

Every decision you make now, offers generational wealth for your children. Whether that is learning sourdough, having a home birth, or practicing self-advocacy. When we take the time to get informed and educated, and when we model that for our children, we make it that much easier for them as they enter into parenthood.

In this episode I discuss:

- 3 examples of generational wealth my mother passed on to me

- The reason I want to figure out how to make sourdough

- How my advocacy skills have grown in 10 years of motherhood

- How your birth plan will be remembered once you are gone.

Mentioned on the show:

The Boom Clap Podcast Episode

Birth as told by Grandma Jo

More episode you may like:

93 | Gain more confidence in your advocacy skills, practice advocating today
BONUS Episode: Feeling empowered vs Being empowered

48 | My first birth and what I know now

Have questions?

Birth Options Workshop: Get clarity on your next step, whether that is choosing a provider, deciding on a birth place or where to start with birth education. RSVP now.

Ready to start your birth prep?

Birth Prep Class: This 30 minute class will teach you what you can do now to help prepare your mind and body for an unmedicated birth. It's FREE ️

Want to work with me?

Unmedicated Academy: The signature program for moms who want to be the boss of their unmedicated birth and be educated, informed and empowered. We will chat each week and you'll be blown away by how much support is inside. Join the empowered mom club

Submit a question or testimonial for the show: Leave me a voice message