Today, Anita talks with special guest Chana Ross about vulvar varicosities, how to minimize symptoms and relieve discomfort in pregnancy!
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RESOURCES:
Anita's free guide: 3 Tips to Help Pelvic Floor Connection in Pregnancy to Prepare for Birth Without Doing 100s of Kegels a Day

Chana Ross:

Email: [email protected]

Facebook: Vitalphysiotherapytoronto

Twitter @ChanaHRoss

Instagram @vitalphysiotherapyandwellness

SHOW NOTES:
0:55 - Promo for Anita’s free resource: 3 Common Misconceptions When Preparing Your Pelvic Floor for Birth

1:55 - What we will be talking about today!

2:25 - Who is Chana Ross?

4:39 - What are vulvar varicosities and why do they happen?

10:08 - What do vulvar varicosities look like? What symptoms am I looking for?

15:00 - Chana shares about her own vulvar varicosity

17:14 - Help your symptoms: Ice

18:35 - Help your symptoms: Be off your feet and more aligned

20:48 - Help your symptoms: Have a ball at home

24:00 - If someone needs to be on their feet all day, what does Chana recommend for helping symptoms?

25:20 - What do Pelvic Health Physiotherapists do to help people?

29:50 - Will vulvar varicosities limit me in my movement and exercise in pregnancy?

31:11 - What would Chana say to someone who has vulvar varicosities or might have them?

31:44 - Where can people find Chana?

Today Jessie talks with Mosope Idowu about honouring your personhood and body’s needs, especially as a parent!

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Resources and References:

PFSA Academy Waitlist: www.jessiemundell.com/fall-2020
www.bethelfitmum.com
https://www.instagram.com/bethelfitmum/
https://www.facebook.com/bethelfitmum

Show Notes:
0:55 - Postnatal Fitness Specialist Academy Promo!

3:20 - What’s the first stuff that comes up for Mosope when she hears “honouring your body’s needs”?

5:45 - Three dimensions that make up the whole person

6:30 - What is Soul Care?

11:45 - The idea of needing “permission” to move, especially as a mom - and personal/parent care as a family value

19:14 - Separating controlling your body composition from honouring your body’s needs

26:15 - What is a “good workout”?

33:35 - Last guiding thoughts from Mosope around honouring your body’s needs

38:20 - Where we can find Mosope online!

Today Anita and Jessie talk through tips for managing pain in pregnancy exercise!

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Resources and References:

• Anita's Bump to Birth online course: bumptobirthmethod.com
• TBAB Episode 22: Pelvic Girdle Pain in Pregnancy and Postpartum
• Jessie's Online Exercise Program: To Pregnancy and Beyond 

Show Notes:

0:55 - Bump to Birth Course - with BRAND NEW Postpartum Recovery Resources!

3:20 - What we are talking about today!

5:04 - Tip #1: Reduce the load

6:30 - Tip #2: Lower the actual volume of exercise that you are doing

10:56 - Tip #3: Add relaxation and mobility exercises into the workout you are already doing!

17:28 - Tip #4: Move in different positions

20:14 - Tip #5: Use different weight modalities

21:50 - Tip #6: Play with the W.A.I.T. principle

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: bumptobirthmethod.com

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

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Resources and References:

• Anita’s Bump to Birth Course: bumptobirthmethod.com
• Flower bloom breath video for birth
• Cesarean scar massage video
• Spinning Babies: www.spinningbabies.com

Time Stamps:

0:55 - Anita’s Bump to Birth promo (with bonuses)

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: bumptobirthmethod.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?