Today Anita and Jessie talk through tips for making pain and awkward feelings in postpartum workouts disappear!
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Resources and References:

PFSA Waitlist
LINK CORRECTION: https://jessiemundell.com/fall-2020/

Show Notes:
0:55 - Enrollment is opening soon for the Postnatal Fitness Specialist Academy!
2:57 - What we are talking about today!
3:15 - On the idea of “perfect posture”
6:00 - We are going to bust some myths around fearful messaging!
6:45 - Tip #1: Using your exhale as you lift
10:25 - Tip #2: Lift in a different way, try different things!
14:25 - Tip #3: Mobility exercises could help you feel better in awkward positions
16:10 - Tip #4: If you are doing strength training - including bodyweight - practice in a variety of ways and directions
18:40 - Wrap up!

Today Anita and Jessie are throwing it back to episode 31 where they discuss the top 5 pregnancy exercise tips every expecting mum needs to know!
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Resources and References:

Anita’s Bump to Birth Course to prepare you, your pelvic floor and core for birth www.bumptobirthcourse.com

Today, Anita answers YOUR questions about pregnancy, the pelvic floor, birth prep, and postpartum recovery!

Resources and References:

Anita’s Bump to Birth Course to prepare you, your pelvic floor and core for birth www.bumptobirthcourse.com

 Flower bloom breath video for birth

 Cesarean scar massage video

Spinning Babies: www.spinningbabies.com

Time Stamps:

3:34 - What Anita will be talking about today!

4:13 - Should I do kegels in pregnancy? (we address pelvic floor tension)

8:48 - What can I do to prepare my body for vaginal birth after Cesarean?

17:00 -I have a tight pelvic floor...how will that affect pushing?

20:22 - How can I mentally prepare my body for birth? I am excited to meet baby, but terrified for birth!

25:52 - Prepare for postpartum while pregnant!

26:13 - How do I reduce pain and swelling after a vaginal birth?

33:41 - I’m currently 2 weeks postpartum and I had an extensive episiotomy. Can I start perineal massage, or wait until the incision is completely closed over?

35:56 - Is walking an OK exercise to do before my 6 week check up?

38:57 - How do I prepare ahead of time for the potential numbness that could be happening around my Cesarean scar?

41:03 -  These are all common questions I get on a regular basis!

42:04 - Why I opened the Bump to Birth Course!

Today, Jessie breaks down her new 1:1 program: Reclaiming YOU!
https://jessiemundell.com/reclaiming-you/

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Time Stamps:
1:10 - Why we’re talking about “Reclaiming YOU!” - the evolution of Jessie’s online fitness coaching

5:50 - Reclaiming You 1:1 coaching with Jessie Mundell is open for the very first time RIGHT NOW!

6:25 - What Jessie wants “Reclaiming You” to feel like and be for participants

6:45 - On questioning your relationship to exercise, and other questions to ask yourself about how you show up in your body

8:20 - On ideas that moms get the margins

10:20 - Looking at fitness, movement, and exercise as a tool and restoring your relationship to your body

11:23 - What we will NOT be doing

12:16 - Personalization of the program

13:53 - Live conversations that will be taking place

15:36 - Wrap up and reminder that we are all worthy of care and support!

Today, Anita talks about the role of mindfulness in pregnancy, birth and postpartum with Mitsuzi Stone, a virtual doula, birth mindset coach, and labor and delivery nurse!
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Resources and References:

Mitsuzi Stone– Birthing Noire for more information about services, childbirth education and mindfulness program and virtual doula packages: https://www.birthingnoire.com/

Instagram: Birthing_Noire

Anita’s Bump to Birth Course to prepare you, your pelvic floor and core for birth: www.bumptobirthcourse.com

Time Stamps:
0:55 - Bump to Birth Course BONUS Announcement!

3:33 - Introduction to today’s guest: Mitsuzi Stone!

6:56 - On mindfulness and its role in pregnancy and birth

12:35 - How is mindfulness beneficial postpartum? - AND in your relationship with your partner!

15:09 - A new mindfulness meditation from Mitsuzi is being added to the Bump to Birth course!

15:52 - Mitsuzi dives into her virtual doula work

18:45 - What are the differences and similarities between a labor and delivery nurse and a doula?

21:44 - How has being a labor and delivery nurse changed since becoming a doula?

23:48 - As a Black mother and Black birth professional, Mitsuzi speaks to the elevated maternal and infant mortality rates among Black people in the US due to racism and chronic oppression.

28:05 - Mitsuzi shares a bit about her own birth experience and how it shapes how she works.

31:40 - What is the education she finds is provided to birthing folks of postpartum care?

32:45 - Having gone through Anita’s Bump to Birth course, what does she pass along to her clients now? - Including how helpful it is to learn about the pelvic floor!

36:25 - Top three tips on preparing for birth!

40:02 - How can people find and work with Mitsuzi?
40:49 - Mitsuzi fills us in a little bit about her mindfulness program!

Today, Jessie talks with Raena Boston about difficult times, and a spiritual awakening that led her to shake the table in her marriage.
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Resources and References:

instagram.com/theworkingmomtras

Time Stamps:
1:01 - Who we are talking with - and what about - today!

5:22 - Raena overviews her spiritual awakening and how it brought her to where she is now.

13:12 - What was postpartum like with baby #2?

15:47 - Breastfeeding as an act of resistance

18:40 - Let’s talk about mom guilt!

26:25 - How does Raena notice martyring showing up for her in motherhood and marriage?

33:43 - So, Raena has shaken the table...in what ways does she feel different?

39:01 - What we want to model for our children in our relationships

50:52 - What does Raena feel like is her personal focus right now?

54:36 - Any other Momtras she may have for others who may be scared to shake the table?

Today, Jessie and Anita talk about how mobility exercise benefits different types of birth, as well as postpartum recovery!
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Time Stamps:
1:57 - What we are talking about today!

3:50 - What is mobility?

5:35 - Demands on our bodies in pregnancy

8:23 - Myths of movement and mobility in pregnancy

9:41 - Is twisting harmful in pregnancy?

11:00 - Is mobility and flexibility work the same, and is stretching bad in pregnancy?

13:45 - Some of our favorite mobility exercises!

26:13 - It’s the little things that add up throughout the day!

26:37 - Benefits of mobility in pregnancy for vaginal birth

28:45 - Benefits of mobility for a cesarean birth

30:37 - Benefits of mobility for postpartum and wrap up!

Today, Anita gives us a rundown of 3 ways that birth stories can benefit your birth prep!
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Resources and References:
Anita's free guide: 3 Tips to Help Pelvic Floor Connection in Pregnancy to Prepare for Birth Without Doing 100s of Kegels a Day

To Birth & Beyond Podcast Birth Story Episodes:

Episode 119: Discussing Different Pregnancy, Birth and Postpartum Recoveries with Martine Chiasson

Episode 104: Birth Stories and Preparing for Birth with Jen Kuenzel

Episode 97: Indigenous Birth Support with Alicia Two Bears

Episode 96: Re-airing of Anita’s Second Baby’s Birth Story

Episode 58: Birth Stories with Terrell Baldock

Episode 25: Jessie’s Debrief Following her Planned Cesarean Birth

Time Stamps:
0:55 - FREE Prenatal Pelvic Floor Resource

1:56 - What we are talking about today
2:45 - Tip #1: Hear a variety of birth stories

10:04 - Tip #2: Setting boundaries around birth stories

12:25 - Tip #3: Putting yourself in a (bit of a) bubble

16:31 - Wrap up

Today, we asked top exercise professionals to share their favorite pelvic health tips with us!
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Resources and References:

jessiemundell.com/body-talk

Mosope Idowu - 

IG: @bethelfitmum

FB: facebook.com/bethelfitmum

website: https://bethelfitmum.com

Alycia Two Bears - 

IG: @alycia_two_bears 

FB: facebook.com/alycia.dowsett

Dr. Britt - 

IG: @docbrittfit

FB: facebook.com/britt.renee.7758

Website: www.docbrittfit.com

Neeraja Suryawanshi - 
Neeraja Suryawanshi PT, DPT

Maria Schuba - 
IG: @maria_schuba_fitness

FB: facebook.com/MariaSchubaFitness

Website: www.mariaschubafitness.com

Grace Eke - 

IG: @perfectlyflawedfit 

FB: facebook.com/Perfectlyflawedfit

Laura Ghiacy - 

IG: @laura_ghiacy

FB: facebook.com/laura.ghiacy

Website: www.lauraghiacy.com

Madison Cleckler - 

IG: @madison.cleckler

FB: facebook.com/madison.thibodaux

Website: www.madisoncleckler.com

Tara Abel - 

IG: @taraabelfitness 

FB: facebook.com/taraabelfitness

website: www.taraabel.com

Cara Turnquist & Jill McLean

IG: @push.fitness.salem

FB: facebook.com/push.fitness.salem

Website: www.thepushfitness.com

Reena Parekh - 

IG: @itsreenaparekh

FB: facebook.com/reena.parekh

Website: www.reenaparekh.com

Time Stamps:
1:00 - “Body Talk” workshop recording available now!

3:07 - Intro to the episode
3:53 - Mosope Idowu

5:18 - Alycia TwoBears

6:13 - Brittany Mastellar

7:53 - Neeraja Suryawanshi

8:55 - Maria Schuba

10:34 - Grace Eke

11:58 - Laura Ghiacy

12:52 - Madison Cleckler

14:14 - Tara Abel

16:27 - PUSH Fitness

18:34 - Reena Parekh