To Birth and Beyond

Intro

On today’s episode, Anita will be busting myths, decreasing fear, and increasing support and hope around the topic of pelvic organ prolapse (POP) with Haley Shevener and Annemarie Everett!

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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

Instagram: POP up 

Facebook: POP up 

www.popuplifting.com

POP up lift online course for individuals with POP

POP up pro online course for professionals 

TBAB Episode 19 with Haley Shevener

Time Stamps

1:53 - What we are talking about today, and who we are talking about it with!

2:20 - Introduction to Annemarie and Haley, and what got them interested in creating resources around POP

13:40 - Our guests share a bit about what pelvic organ prolapse is, and common symptoms.

29:40 - How common is POP?

43:45 - Making tweaks from a strength and conditioning perspective.

45:12 - Busting myths around “safe” and “unsafe” movements when you have POP!

1:03:35 - Who can benefit from pessaries!

1:19:04 - Our best advice for professionals who are working with POP and individuals living with POP

1:26:51 - Wrap up!

Intro

On today’s episode, Jessie and Anita talk about how societal and medical weight stigma affect the health and wellbeing of pregnant humans.

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Resources and References 

TBAB ep 50 on Plus Size Pregnancy: https://www.holistichealthphysio.com/single-post/2019/01/22/Podcast---Plus-Size-Pregnancy-with-Bebo-Mia

Time Stamps
2:58 - Today we are talking about thin privilege in pregnancy, and we are going to do our best to offer as much perspective as we possibly can in this conversation. We recognize we are limited!
3:50 - What IS “thin privilege”?
5:15 - It’s time to consider/review your thoughts/assumptions of people in fat bodies!
6:06 - Jessie and Anita discuss how they were treated/commented on in smaller bodies during pregnancy.
9:39 - Let’s talk about this idea of being congratulated in pregnancy for what your body looks like.
11:45 - For your consideration: If you see a smaller pregnant person vs. a larger pregnant person, would you give the same comment you are thinking to both? Which would you give it to?
14:05 - Pregnant peoples’ concern/stress around commentary on their pregnant bodies.
15:08 - Medical care providers carry these weight and size stigmas with them as well!
15:33 - What we really want to get across with this conversation (pssst - it’s about inner work!)
16:55 - Our challenge to you!

Intro

On today’s episode, Anita and Jessie discuss strategies to manage incontinence through cold and flu season!

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Time Stamps
2:58 - Today, we’re talking about incontinence with cold and flu season coming up!
5:00 - A brief overview of the pelvic floor! 
6:10 - Are there strategies Jessie and Anita’s clients find helpful?
13:28 - Sometimes this leaking is blamed on a “weak bladder”. Is that a real thing? And a focus on tension when sick!
16:45 - On gripping
18:00 - Some advice for if you are trying all of these strategies and you are continuing to leak.

Intro
On today’s episode, Anita and Jessie discuss important points to examine in determining whether you have a healthy relationship with exercise!

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Time Stamps
1:00 - Introduction to today’s topic: exercising intuitively!

1:40 - #1 thing to do in working towards this - and where Jessie and Anita sit with this.

4:02 - Do the efforts of your exercise match the phase of life you are in?

7:25 - Examining the reasons why we want to exercise, personally!

12:20 - Examining our anti-fat and other internalized biases.

16:12 - Examining our relationship with diet culture.

17:30 - Examining our relationship with tracking (step counters, etc).

20:15 - Start to bust your “all-or-nothing”ness.

23:15 - Take an extended break from intense/structure exercise if that is safe for you.

Intro
On today’s episode, Jessie and Anita break down what they do as professionals focused on prenatal/postpartum health, and how collaboration across the board can benefit clients and practitioners alike!

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Time Stamps
2:00 - What we are talking about today, and our hope to encourage more of it!

3:15 - What each of our roles is for folx who are pregnant!

9:20 - Why and when we see folx postpartum.

16:25 - What are the benefits that Jess and Anita’s clients see when they have already been to a professional who is educated across the board - in fitness AND physiotherapy.

21:45 - The differences in collaboration between working with clients in person vs. online.

Intro

On today’s episode, Anita explains how processing and debriefing around your birth experience will help your postpartum recovery!

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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

Past To Birth & Beyond Podcast birth story episodes:

Episode 69: Moving forward after stillbirth with Dorie

Episode 58: Birth Stories with Terrell Baldock

Episode 54: Anita’s Second Baby’s Birth Story

Episode 43: Birth, Black Girl Pilates and Maternal Healthcare with Sonja Herbert

Episode 25: Jessie’s Debrief following her planned caesarean birth

Cesarean scar massage video

Time Stamps

1:59 - Introduction to what we are talking about today

3:04 - What gets missed when we say: Healthy baby, healthy mom, that’s all that matters!

4:45 - Assumptions and feelings around birth.

5:10 - To professionals: how to help your postpartum clients process their birth experience.

6:52 - If you are postpartum and want to process your birth story with someone else…

8:15 - Why it’s helpful to debrief around your previous birth(s) if you are pregnant again!

9:12 - How the physical, mental and emotional experiences from birth can impact the physical side of postpartum healing.

12:15 - Common physical symptom related to mental or emotional stress from birth: poor pelvic floor function.

13:57 - Common physical symptom #2 related to mental or emotional stress from birth: cesarean scarring.

17:00 - If you are pregnant for the first time, this next part is for you!

18:45 - Who you can debrief with and what to keep in mind regarding others’ views!

19:50 - If you or someone you love has experienced a still birth…

20:35 - Episode wrap up: YOUR EXPERIENCE MATTERS!

Intro

Today, Jessie talks with Rikki Cortese, Postnatal Fitness Specialist and friend, about how she runs her group fitness classes for moms! She breaks it down so you can easily start your own!

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Time Stamps

3:30 - An introduction to our special guest: Rikki Cortese

6:15 - Rikki introduces herself!

11:30 - What did Rikki feel like she needed to do, look like, etc following giving birth as an athlete and gym-owner’s spouse?

14:05 - Rikki tells us about the class that she started: how it began and how she grew it!

16:18 - Rikki tells us the details of the class!

19:07 - Using templates for plug-and-play exercises and flexibility for classes, training variety of bodies in one class, etc!

24:27 - What time of day does she run her group classes?

25:18 - What does Rikki like the most about running this group and working with this population?

Intro

Today, we talk about the 4 most important considerations for fitness professionals and their clients during post-pregnancy training!

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Time Stamps

3:35 - Introduction to today’s topic: the pillars of postpartum exercise!

4:35 - Pillar #1: Progressive

8:05 - Pillar #2: Cueing

12:00 - Do you need to cue the pelvic floor on every rep?

15:05 - Pillar #3: The four Ps for the postpartum person to consider if each exercise is good for them - Peeing, Pain, Pressure, and Peaking

18:37 - Pillar #4: The WAIT acronym - Whole body, Alignment, Inhales and exhales, Tension

23:12 - Wrap up

Intro

On today’s podcast, we talk about considerations for coaches, healthcare practitioners, and postpartum people in their journey as postpartum people! 

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Time Stamps

2:50 - Anita and Jessie just met in person for the first time EVER!

3:55 - Who today’s show is for.

4:50 - #1 (directed at fitness and health professionals): What do we need to consider when coaching, treating, or working with postpartum people?

9:00 - Race and the birth experience (listen to our deep dive on Episode 79: Black Maternal Healthcare and Reproductive Rights, with Tekara Gainey)

10:49 - #2: What are people coming to Anita as a practitioner for? Why do they want to hire her? Why do they want to come into her practice? And then the same questions directed to Jessie!

14:30 - #3: The WHY behind the goal(s) a client might have. Why is this important to them? Why is this goal something they want to do? How do they think it will change their life in some way?

18:17 - #4: What privileges does this person have afforded to them? What layers of marginalization or oppression is this person affected by?

23:42 - #5: Helping womxn in our businesses and considering the whiteness of our feminism.

27:55 - Recap!

Intro

Today we are talking about postpartum abdominal training – why we might care, if core exercises are good or necessary, and how we can use them in an effective way.

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Resources and References 

www.jessiemundell.com/consult

https://www.instagram.com/jessiemundell/

https://www.facebook.com/jessie.mundell.5

Time Stamps

2:40 – Today we are talking about postpartum abdominal training.

3:30 – What are the conversations about abdominal exercises like in Jessie’s and Anita’s separate practices?

4:57 – What’s generally missing in the conversation that happens with fitness and health professionals.

6:24 – Do we even need abdominal exercises for postpartum healing – are they good and necessary?

9:25 – What does a “weak core” mean?

14:28 – Discussing the two sides to the conversation around abdominal exercises.

19:23 – How can we use abdominal exercises postpartum in an effective way?

21:18 – NOTE: What we mean when we say “strategy”.

22:15 – Wrap up!