Ep 31: My Essential Guide to Being Pregnant! The 5 things to focus on...

 

When you are pregnant you can very quickly become bombarded with lots of this you SHOULD or shouldn't do. So in this week episode and boil it down to the 5 areas that I have focused on in my own recent pregnancy:

• Planning the '5th Trimester' (find out what I mean by that in the show  and postpartum period 
• Nutrition - the 3 foods to focus on eating and being kind to yourself
• Calming the nervous system - learning how to 'flick the switch'
• Assembling your holistic healthcare team - the therapies I've used to keep me healthy/sane during pregnancy
• Essential supplements

I also talk about how I have found pregnancy a challenging experience and why I have been happy to be utterly SELFISH during this time!

 

Resources 

• Listen to Ep 27 about the importance of preconception care here
• This is the prenatal I have used at different points throughout my pregnancy 
• This is the probiotic I take BUT ideally, you want to focus on fermented foods like this
• Get the recipe on how to make your own ghee here
• Read the 5 myths around saturated fat here
• Meditation apps: Headspace, Calm, Live from Rest (a Christian based one)

 

The ONLY books I read during pregnancy...

• The Fourth Trimester - all about the postpartum recovery time
• Natural mama's guide to pregnancy - a week by week guide that it helpful and fun to have
• The Nourishing Traditions of Baby & Child Care - very helpful and VERY alternative but all back with research (just be aware it can sometimes be written in a slightly fear mongering way but I have still loved it and will continue to use it through my babies early years)
• Healing Your Body Naturally After Childbirth - this is me getting prepared for my postpartum period!!