Babes And Babies

In this episode, Liz is diving into the signs of labor and how to know when it is time to go to the hospital. Depending on the type of birth you want, this can affect the time you plan on laboring at home. The signs of labor can sometimes be confusing but there is truly one way to know that you are really in labor! Resources https://evidencebasedbirth.com/evidence-inducing-labor-water-breaks-term/ https://evidencebasedbirth.com/ebb-268-debunk-the-myths-of-premature-rupture-of-membranes-gbs-waterbirth-with-ebb-founder-dr-rebecca-dekker/ https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/nejm199604183341601 Connect with Liz https://www.instagram.com/esandoz/?hl=en https://www.Elizabethjoy.co Get the First Trimester Survival Guide https://elizabethjoy.co/freebie Join the Waitlist https://elizabethjoy.co/join-waitlist

There is a ton of information out there about weight gain in pregnancy and they are all saying the same thing. They are all based on the BMI and the BMI is a poor indicator of health. What they fail to achieve is the nuance and needs of every single baby and mama are different. So what is healthy pregnancy weight gain for you? Let's dive into it.  Resources https://www.sarawickham.com/research-updates/women-with-higher-bmi/ https://www.sarawickham.com/plus-size-pregnancy/ https://evidencebasedbirth.com/evidence-for-induction-or-c-section-for-big-baby/ Prenatal Nutrition https://www.instagram.com/ttc.nutritionist/?hl=en https://www.instagram.com/prenatal.dietitian/?hl=en https://www.instagram.com/the.food.doula/?hl=en https://www.instagram.com/naturally_nora/?hl=en   Connect with Liz https://www.instagram.com/esandoz/?hl=en https://www.Elizabethjoy.co Get the First Trimester Survival Guide https://elizabethjoy.co/freebie Join the Waitlist https://elizabethjoy.co/join-waitlist

We are back this year with the new rebrand of the podcast, The Pregnancy to Parenting Show. In this episode, Elizabeth is talking all about birth plans and why they don't work.   Connect with Liz https://www.instagram.com/esandoz/?hl=en https://www.Elizabethjoy.co Get the First Trimester Survival Guide https://elizabethjoy.co/freebie Join the Waitlist https://elizabethjoy.co/join-waitlist  

It's the final episode of the year and Liz is filling you in on her postpartum so far and some exciting changes coming to the podcast in the New year!  Be on the look out and make sure you are subscribed so you don't miss out on the great content coming your way in 2024!!  

Dr. Katie Zaremba, DC, DABCI is a functional medicine doctor specializing in women's health, focusing on fertility and prenatal care. Dr. Zaremba attended Palmer College of Chiropractic where she began to understand the importance of a root cause approach to health care. After school, she furthered her education to specialize as a board-certified chiropractic internist (DABCI) through the Council on Disease and Internal Disorders (CDID). She has been working for over 5 years with women to help them conceive, maintain pregnancies, and uncover the root cause of their fertility and hormonal issues.   She believes that education is important for not only practitioners but also for her patients to help them better understand their bodies. Her goal with her patients is to make them feel heard and empower them to regain control of their health. Helping her patients from preconception to holding their babies is one of the most fulfilling aspects of her job. When she's not working, Dr. Zaremba enjoys spending time wit

Dr. Robyn Thompson. She is a respected Midwife, Maternal Child & Family Health Nurse (MCaFHN), Breastfeeding Specialist, and founder of The Thompson Method (TTM) Breastfeeding Program. Dr. Robyn has 50 years of experience as a hospital and homebirth midwife, and she is no stranger to the hardships of motherhood she has seen the standard of care within the hospital system repeatedly fail both pre-and post-natal women. Recently, Dr. Robyn was awarded the Order of Australia Medal for her exceptional dedication and outstanding achievements in the medical field as a midwife and breastfeeding specialist. Dr. Robyn is passionate about giving women the confidence and knowledge to make informed decisions for themselves and their babies – even when faced with unexpected or difficult situations. She would be happy to discuss the very real struggles with breastfeeding. Dr. Robyn could also elaborate on how we can rethink hospital systems to reduce complications, the importance of asserting your rights in the hospital

Kristin Brown is a Registered Dietitian offering virtual nutrition services across Canada. She has been in the nutrition world for the past decade and loves every minute of this ever-changing science. She is passionate about helping people balance their meals and prepare foods they enjoy all while working on improving their relationship with food and their bodies.  After having her twins, she became passionate about helping pregnant women with nutrition. Kristin believes that optimizing nutrition during pregnancy is one of the most overlooked areas in conventional prenatal care..... and arguably the most important.  In this episode, she is giving tips to get through the first trimester and how to optimize nutrition during this life-changing time.  Connect with Kristin: https://www.instagram.com/prenatal.dietitian/ https://view.flodesk.com/pages/5e2ee422830fff00262ceb87 https://kristinbrownnutrition.com/prenatal-2/ Connect W/ Doula Liz: https://www.instagram.com/esandoz/?hl=en https://www.Elizabethjoy.co Get

Liz is joined by her husband, Vito, in this episode as they reflect on their past birthing experiences while anticipating the next one. Liz asks Vito about his views throughout pregnancy to postpartum and what is missing for fathers during this time.  Connect with Liz https://www.instagram.com/esandoz/?hl=en https://www.Elizabethjoy.co Get the First Trimester Survival Guide https://elizabethjoy.co/freebie Sponsors: Paired https://www.paired.com/chava to get a 7-day free trial and 25% off if you sign up for a subscription. Lume new customers get $5 off Lume’s Starter Pack with code CHAVA at LumeDeodorant.com Get better sleep now with Blissy and use code CHAVA to get an additional 30% off at blissy.com/CHAVA   Why Chava? Episode 248: https://podcasts.apple.com/jm/podcast/ep-248-welcome-to-morning-chava/id1343507855?i=1000593089125 Chava Meaning https://www.chabad.org/multimedia/video_cdo/aid/3506698/jewish/Inside-the-Name-Chava.htm

Founded by two-time mom and self-care author Carley Schweet, Hello Postpartum aims to help fill the knowledge gaps in traditional postpartum care. From her own postpartum experience, she realized the gaps that were missing in the postpartum experience.  At Hello Postpartum, they strive to create an accessible community where everyone can access postpartum education, research-backed articles, and support tools. You’ll find helpful interviews, infographics, articles, and more created by midwives, OB-GYNs, certified doulas, registered nurses, licensed mental health therapists, Naturopathic Doctors, and more. In this episode, we dive into all things postpartum plus sharing our stories.  Connect with Carley Carley Schweet https://www.instagram.com/hellopostpartum/   postpartum care around the world https://hellopostpartum.com/product/postpartum-care-bundle/ free cesarean birth plan template https://hellopostpartum.com/ https://hellopostpartum.com/postpartum-recovery-guide/ https://hellopostpartum.com/   Connect

Stefanie’s passion for women’s health started at an early age, in the form of studying pregnancy and childbirth. This passion is what led her to specialize in urogynecology after receiving a Doctor of Physical Therapy degree. After graduation, she immersed herself in all things women’s health. After countless hours of continuing education courses and extensive training through the Barral Institute, she began utilizing visceral manipulation to help restore health and functionality within the female pelvis and abdominal viscera. She feels strongly that the aches and pains, both emotionally and physically, that come before, during, and after pregnancy can be eased and prevented with gentle manual therapy, education, and guidance. In this episode, we dive into the physiology of birth, the importance of education throughout birth an labor, and where visceral manipulation and physical therapy come into play.  Connect with Dr. Stefanie https://www.fullcirclept.net https://www.instagram.com/doctor_stefanie Connect wi

Becky Fife, Katie Parker, and Allie Callister are the founders of I Believe in Me! Concerned about the world’s influence on a girl’s self-esteem, Becky, Katie, and Allie knew they could make a difference. I Believe in Me aims to provide real tools and habits that strengthen confidence in tween girls. When girls understand who they are and what they have to offer - they not only become stronger - they strengthen everyone around them. They believe this is the foundation of a happy middle school life. Strong Minds. Strong hearts. Strong Girls. In this episode, they are sharing some of the tools they use to help combat the mental health crisis in tween girls and how they are strengthening relationships and young women along the way.  Connect with I Believe in Me! http://www.bloomfully.com/ibelieveinme  https://www.instagram.com/ibelieveinmegirls/ Connect W/ Doula Liz https://www.instagram.com/esandoz/?hl=en https://www.Elizabethjoy.co Get the First Trimester Survival Guide https://elizabethjoy.co/freebie Join the

Susan stands firm in the conviction that passion is ageless. However, few things bring lovemaking to a screeching halt faster than the inability to…show up, shall we say.  This can be impacted by birth, motherhood, and so much more. Susan's superpower is her courage. She takes a lionhearted stand for our human right to pleasurable connection. She has the willingness to get nerdy about science/anatomy and is very detailed about lovemaking skills so moms can learn to achieve the pleasure they deserve.  In this episode, I ask Susan about the season of birthing, postpartum, and motherhood and how we can continue to be sexual beings throughout it all.  Connect with Susan: orgasmiccrosstraining.com https://www.instagram.com/susanbratton/?hl=en https://betterlover.com/ https://susanbratton.com/speaking/   Connect with Liz https://www.instagram.com/esandoz/?hl=en https://www.Elizabethjoy.co Get the First Trimester Survival Guide https://elizabethjoy.co/freebie   Sponsors: JenniKayne Our listeners get 15% off your fi

David Steinman is an award-winning journalist who has written best-selling and critically acclaimed books on the environment and health. David is the director of the Chemical Toxin Working Group and one of America’s premier environmental activists.  In his powerful new book, Raising Healthy Children, David shows how today’s most popular items—from bubble bath to cereal to cleaning products to snack foods—are contaminated with unacceptable levels of chemical toxins and pesticides, and he proposes alternatives and substitutes to keep your family safe. David is answering all of my questions in this week's episode and helping moms find safer alternatives for their children.  Connect with David: https://davidwilliamsteinman.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davidsteinman_author/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DavidSteinman2012 Pre-Order David's New Book: Raising Healthy Kids: https://amzn.to/3PVmZLz Get the First Trimester Survival Guide https://elizabethjoy.co/freebie Join the Waitlist https://eliz

The ladies from Your Hormone Balance are on the podcast today, Candace Burch and Jess Suchan. Candace is a Hormone Health Educator with a Masters in Health Education and over 30 years of experience in the field. In 2017, she founded ‘Your Hormone Balance’ as a consulting practice.  Jess Suchan is a board-certified Holistic Health Coach via the Institute for Integrative Nutrition and takes a 360 approach to wellness, supporting clients in sustainable weight loss strategies, mindset tools, and symptom relief via cycle syncing, lifestyle strategies, and smart supplementation. While Candace specializes in the root drivers behind hormonal imbalances and how to support natural rebalance from a holistic perspective, Jess is well-versed in balanced nutrition, cycle syncing, and tangible tips for building hormone-supportive habits! Together, they bring a unique dynamic and dive into the hormone conversation for women of ALL ages!   Connect: Website: www.yourhormonebalance.com Use code CHAVA50 for $50 off any of our b

Kelly Smith is the founder of Yoga For You, and the host of the Mindful in Minutes podcast. Kelly loves to lift people up through their tough times and help them find their true north by focusing on the less physical yoga practices like meditation, yoga nidra, restorative yoga, and mindful flows. Kelly doesn't believe there isn't a one-size-fits-all approach and the secret to success is finding what works for you. In this episode, Kelly and Liz dive into how meditation and mindfulness can help mamas with the things that come up for them in motherhood such as rage, resentment and reparenting self. Connect with Kelly: https://www.instagram.com/yogaforyouonline/ https://www.yogaforyouonline.com/ https://www.yogaforyouonline.com/meditation-mama Buy Her Book: https://amzn.to/3ZG0tuT Connect with Liz https://www.instagram.com/esandoz/?hl=en https://www.Elizabethjoy.co Get the First Trimester Survival Guide https://elizabethjoy.co/freebie Join the Waitlist https://elizabethjoy.co/join-waitlist   Episode on Loss

Dr. Morgan MacDermott supports women and families all over the world through virtual one-on-one motherhood mentorship, community programs, resources, and more. She is committed to creating accessible, honest health resources for families to utilize in becoming empowered, confident parents before and throughout their family-building journey. Dr. Morgan desires to set families up for health success and proper expectations so they don’t find themselves in a state of burnout. In this episode, we dive into how to prepare for pregnancy, birth, and postpartum from a Naturopathic doctor's perspective. Dr. Morgan shares 3 birth tips and 3 postpartum tips that you are not going to want to miss.  Pregnancy call information for future waitlist:  https://milkmedicine.com/pregnancycall/   Healthy as a Mother Podcast:    https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/healthy-as-a-mother/id1663942916    Immediate Postpartum Series course:     https://milkmedicine.com/postpartumcourse/    Redmond’s Relyte use code DRMORGAN to save

Known as “The Life Coach for Moms,” Ciara Burton's work solves anxiety, uncertainty, disconnect, Type-A tendencies and perfectionism for the soulfully ambitious Mother by helping her reconnect to her "Self" and her intuition in order to find happiness within. Her course, Becoming Her is helping Moms everywhere build, create and design lives characterized by their values, which they identify in her course. Her clients go from list checking and feeling like they need to DO MORE to learning how to BE MORE in their lives for the people they love most. This approach is revolutionizing "family" dynamics as everyone is having fun again without needing to schedule a vacation to do so! In this episode, Ciara dives into overwhelm, anxiety, partnership and healing the mother wound.  Connect with Ciara: https://www.instagram.com/ciaramburton/?hl=en https://ciaraburton.com/ Connect with Liz: https://www.instagram.com/esandoz/?hl=en https://www.Elizabethjoy.co Get the First Trimester Survival Guide https:/

Dr. Tracy Dalgeish is a relationship expert and psychologist who helps you break old patterns and find joy in your relationship.  We dive into improving intimacy, identity shifts, role shifts, communication, and more. Have you felt your relationship shift since having kids? This episode is for you! Connect with Dr. Tracy D https://www.instagram.com/drtracyd/?hl=en https://www.drtracyd.com/hello Buy her book! https://amzn.to/466iOTR   Connect with Liz https://www.instagram.com/esandoz/?hl=en https://www.Elizabethjoy.co   Get the First Trimester Survival Guide https://elizabethjoy.co/freebie Join the Waitlist https://elizabethjoy.co/join-waitlist Sponsors jennikayne.com. Our listeners get 15% off their first order when they use code CHAVA   Why Chava? Episode 248: https://podcasts.apple.com/jm/podcast/ep-248-welcome-to-morning-chava/id1343507855?i=1000593089125 Chava Meaning https://www.chabad.org/multimedia/video_cdo/aid/3506698/jewish/Inside-the-Name-Chava.htm

Labor and Delivery nurse, Heather Knezic, is on this episode sharing about labor and birth options in the hospital setting. Are you planning a hospital birth and want to know some of your options? This is the podcast for you! Connect with Heather https://www.instagram.com/alifeinlabor/ https://alifeinlabor.com/ Connect with Liz https://www.instagram.com/esandoz/?hl=en https://www.Elizabethjoy.co   Get the First Trimester Survival Guide https://elizabethjoy.co/freebie Sponsors: Lume new customers get $5 off Lume’s Starter Pack with code CHAVA at LumeDeodorant.com Why Chava? Episode 248: https://podcasts.apple.com/jm/podcast/ep-248-welcome-to-morning-chava/id1343507855?i=1000593089125 Chava Meaning https://www.chabad.org/multimedia/video_cdo/aid/3506698/jewish/Inside-the-Name-Chava.htm

LINDSAY TAYLOR believes in the power of food to help us live our best life, and she believes no one is more deserving of feeling good than mothers and mothers-to-be. With a Master’s degree in Public Health, certification as a Postpartum and Infant Care Doula, and an Honours certification as a Culinary Nutrition Expert, Lindsay transforms an academic background in nutritional science into real-food, real-world, and practical solutions to help modern moms feel supported, nourished, and energized as they embrace the challenges and joys of new motherhood.  In this episode, she answers all of the questions surrounding what to eat in pregnancy and postpartum.  Connect with Lindsay https://www.thefooddoula.com/ https://www.instagram.com/the.food.doula/ Links to Lindsay's Freebies: https://linktr.ee/thefooddoula Connect with Liz https://www.instagram.com/esandoz/?hl=en https://www.Elizabethjoy.co Get the First Trimester Survival Guide https://elizabethjoy.co/freebie   Sponsors jennikayne.com. Our listeners get 15%