The Postpartum Revolution
Annie Hopkins, PT, RYT
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Preventing Injuries As A New Parent: Advice From The Founder Of The Powerful Parent Club with Jason Levine, DPT
The Postpartum Revolution
11/20/20 • 62 min
Alright, my Revolutionaries, grab your partner and give this episode a listen together. After you birth a child, you realize that your body needs to heal and get stronger to keep up with your kiddo, but what we don’t mention is that the non-birthing parent needs to get strong too!
The typical “prepare for baby” talk involves car seats and changing diapers. But, were you ever asked, “Are you physically strong enough to carry a 20 lb kettlebell around all the dang time?”
Probably not… the physical demands of children are hard. And nobody warns soon-to-be parents of what their body is about to endure.
The lifting, the pulling and tugging, the jumping, and more, our body is in the frontline of injury.
You wouldn’t put your body through a marathon without training, so why is parenting treated any differently?
Today, I chatted with Jason Levine, an orthopedic physical therapist and a father of two girls. PT to PT, we discussed the physical demands of children, how you can prevent these child-induced injuries by getting creative with your daily movement and finding the right care based on your individual needs.
Here are the links to Jason’s amazing resources. (Seriously, join his FB Group for inspiring ways to bring exercise into you and your child’s life!)
The Powerful Parent Club Facebook Group
Website (Where you can find The Newish Parent Guide to Avoiding Unnecessary Pain): https://www.focused-physio.com
Instagram:
@thepowerfulparentclub
@focusedphysio
Questions? Comments? Suggestions? Want to be on the show? Email me at [email protected]
Support the show (https://ko-fi.com/thepostpartumrevolution)
Ready To Change Your Life? How Little Shifts Can Spark Big Changes For Your Pelivc Health with Lauren O'Hayon
The Postpartum Revolution
01/01/21 • 42 min
Preventing Injuries As A New Parent: Advice From The Founder Of The Powerful Parent Club with Jason Levine, DPT
The Postpartum Revolution
11/20/20 • 62 min
Alright, my Revolutionaries, grab your partner and give this episode a listen together. After you birth a child, you realize that your body needs to heal and get stronger to keep up with your kiddo, but what we don’t mention is that the non-birthing parent needs to get strong too!
The typical “prepare for baby” talk involves car seats and changing diapers. But, were you ever asked, “Are you physically strong enough to carry a 20 lb kettlebell around all the dang time?”
Probably not... the physical demands of children are hard. And nobody warns soon-to-be parents of what their body is about to endure.
The lifting, the pulling and tugging, the jumping, and more, our body is in the frontline of injury.
You wouldn’t put your body through a marathon without training, so why is parenting treated any differently?
Today, I chatted with Jason Levine, an orthopedic physical therapist and a father of two girls. PT to PT, we discussed the physical demands of children, how you can prevent these child-induced injuries by getting creative with your daily movement and finding the right care based on your individual needs.
Here are the links to Jason’s amazing resources. (Seriously, join his FB Group for inspiring ways to bring exercise into you and your child’s life!)
The Powerful Parent Club Facebook Group
Website (Where you can find The Newish Parent Guide to Avoiding Unnecessary Pain): https://www.focused-physio.comInstagram:
@thepowerfulparentclub
@focusedphysio
Questions? Comments? Suggestions? Want to be on the show? Email me at [email protected]
The Sex Talk: How Teaching Your Kids to Respect and Understand Their Bodies Can Change the Future with Caiti Courtier
The Postpartum Revolution
09/25/20 • 59 min
Wait, I thought this wasn't a parenting podcast?? (It's not.) Think back to the sex education you received as a kid... chances are, it wasn't all that informative or empowering. And we all muddled through our lives, probably ashamed of our bodies in some way, scared of sex (but also intrigued), figuring out our boundaries as we went. Hopefully we made it to adulthood unscathed (sadly, this is unlikely - 1 out of every 6 American women has been the victim of an attempted or completed rape in her lifetime, according to RAINN).
Ok, now here we are, entering our own parenting journey... will we let the cycle continue? The shame, inadequate knowledge, fear... I guess we made it through ok, so let's just hope for the best? I wouldn't judge you if you did... how can we teach what we don't know, or model behaviors we've never seen, all while possibly facing some major demons from our own past? It's overwhelming. But I have great news...
Caiti Courtier saw these struggles and created a solution. She saw how the kids in her Health classes were asking the same basic questions about sex, about their bodies, about love, about relationships... how they were hungry for knowledge and just begging for someone to give them the honest truth, no frills, no judgement. And she did the best she could in the classroom, but public education systems are so diverse, it's not possible to "get it right" when talking about anything other than human anatomy and function. So, who is left to teach these kids? PARENTS. And so The Parent Sex Ed Blueprint was born.
This episode is a goldmine of information: practical methods, pro tips, fun facts, and why changing the way we understand our bodies can change the world. Seriously.
Connect with Caiti:
[email protected]
Instagram
Facebook
Join Caiti's Intentional Confident Parents group to connect with other parents
Go to www.theparentsexedblueprint.com to get Caiti's top 5 tips that parents need to know about sex ed
Other Resources:
Clip from Conan O'Brien when his guest talks about throwing his daughter a period party
Come As You Are by Emily Nagoski
The Flower Model of Sexuality - Jo Adams & Carole Painter
7 Levels Deep - Dean Graziosi
Questions? Comments? Suggestions? Want to be a guest on the show? Email me at [email protected]
Six Things I Want You To Know About Your Pelvic Floor... with Annie Hopkins, Pelvic Health Physical Therapist
The Postpartum Revolution
10/02/20 • 68 min
As a pelvic PT, I get asked the same questions a lot, so I thought I'd record an episode talking about the most common things postpartum people ask me.
So, here's what I want you to know about your pelvic floor:
- It needs time and rest to heal during the first 6 weeks postpartum
- A happy pelvic floor lives in a calm and rested body, so why are we so resistant to rest?
- Leaking pee is not normal (and while I'm at it, a word about the word "normal)
- Painful sex is not normal
- Constipation is not normal
- Prolapse happens, and it doesn't have to be scary
We don't know our pelvis very well, due to lack of information and proper education... and unfortunately we humans tend to fear what we don't know. The purpose of my career, and this podcast, is to educate people. Because education is the antidote to fear and anxiety. Sure, we can be in a crappy place, but if we understand why and how to get ourselves out of it, we're ok. I want you to feel confident and empowered to take your postpartum healing into your own hands, ask for what you need, and find the team to support you, so you can ride off into the sunset like the badass mother that you are.
Additional resources:
EWG Healthy Living app
Come As You Are - Emily Nagoski
Reviving Your Sex Life After Childbirth - Kathe Wallace
Constipation, Gut Health and Melatonin episode 76 of The Funk'tional Nutrition Podcast
Get in touch with me!
www.fullbloomwellness603.com
Instagram and Facebook @fullbloomwellness603
Questions? Comments? Suggestions? Want to be a guest on the show? Email me at [email protected]
Rest or Recovery? Choosing the Right Postpartum Exercise Routine with Lindsay McCoy of One Strong Mama
The Postpartum Revolution
01/15/21 • 72 min
The first 3 months after childbirth are a tricky time (understatement of the year, I know). You want to feel fit and strong again, but are also immensely tired. Your body is sore, squishy, stinky, sweaty... you feel anything but sexy. You hear conflicting advice - should I rest? Exercise more? What's the best, fastest, safest way to feel at home in my body again? Who can I trust to guide me?
Enter Lindsay McCoy.
Lindsay is a busy mom of 4, dog owner, wife, birth doula, personal trainer, and co-founder of One Strong Mama, an online pre and post-natal exercise program.
Lindsay has a classic story of having her first child only to realize there is so much wrong with the way women are prepared and set up for the birth of a child.
She knew that the system was broken and she knew that she needed to change that.
By her second child, she was able to prepare herself better for a much better experience.
Lindsay understood that it wasn’t realistic for a postpartum mom to go back to running 5+ miles a day, or back to CrossFit training just 6 weeks after birth.
Between not knowing whether to rest or to exercise, our system sets us up for failure. Thus, Lindsay and her co-founder Lauren Ohayon created One Strong Mama.
OSM is a very educational-based program that helps pre and postnatal women start small movements that will gradually lead them to their fitness goals, all in due time.
She focuses on avoiding fear-based language and setting up the foundation of knowledge, so every woman can make the choice that fits their body and lifestyle needs.
Follow Lindsay to get her best tips and advice at:
FB Group: One Strong Mama Community
To find her online pre & postnatal program go to her website at www.onestrongmama.com
Lindsay and Lauren also hav a podcast: One Strong Mama Podcast
And, don’t forget to join the Revolution and follow me, Annie, your host on:
FB Group: The Postpartum Revolution
Questions? Comments? Suggestions? Want to be a guest on the show? Email me at [email protected]
Food First, Supplements Second: How to Holistically Nourish Yourself During Pregnancy + Postpartum with Shelby Guptill, RD
The Postpartum Revolution
10/23/20 • 64 min
First trimester: nausea
Second trimester: eat all the things! (but don’t gain “too much” weight)
Third trimester: heartburn, still eating all the things and watching the scale
Fourth trimester: time to go on a diet to lose the baby weight!
This old familiar pattern is so engrained in our lives.. it’s in movies, diet culture, blogs, memes... so this all must be normal right? Nothing we can do about it, it’s all just part of the sacrifice birthing people sign up for when they decide to become parents.
Right?
Wrong.
I talked with registered dietitian and perinatal nutrition specialist Shelby Guptill about how we can nourish ourselves throughout our pregnancy and postpartum journeys. And guess what? Nausea, cravings, heartburn, bloating... they’re common, but not normal! AND there’s a way to combat these ailments through food.
No fad diets. No miracle products. Just a food first, supplements second approach to nourishing the birthing person along their journey. And the best part? Shelby is here to teach you how to do it! (aka no more google rabbit holes, judgey mom blogs, and wasted money on supplements your neighbor “heard were helpful”). Our postpartum bodies need to be nourished with whole foods, not deprived of calories. In fact, Shelby argues that we need MORE nutrients, food variety, and calories so that we can heal our bodies and feed our infants.
We also talk about weight gain and weight loss, the BS that is BMI, and how to start listening for that deep inner wisdom that we all possess (it's still there, despite all the doubts that we have been taught to fear!). Nourishing ourselves is a lifelong pursuit, and pregnancy is the perfect time to start.
Connect with Shelby:
[email protected]
603-609-7502
IG @shelbyguptillRD
FB @ShelbyGuptillNutritionCounseling
Are you a member of The Postpartum Revolution's facebook group? You can find Shelby's free Prenatal Nutrition Handout there!
Questions? Comments? Suggestions? Want to be a guest on the show? Email me at [email protected]
Healing Your Hormones with Erin Holt, Functional Medicine Nutritionist
The Postpartum Revolution
10/16/20 • 72 min
Female hormones are finally getting their time in the sun - and everyone wants to talk about "how to balance our hormones"... but is anyone asking WHY our hormones are out of balance?
During early postpartum, a period of hormonal imbalance is just a part of the deal - childbirth changes our bodies and our hormones are no exception. Our systems are designed to find balance again, but the conditions must be right... this is why ancient wisdom teaches that rest and restoration during the 4th trimester is so vital. But here in modern day America, motherhood is anything but rest... we are overworked, underfed, and overtraining all in the name of "health".
Enter Erin Holt.
Erin is a functional medicine nutritionist who takes the term "nutrition" to a whole new level... it's not just what we eat, it also includes how we are (or aren't) nourishing ourselves holistically, and her "unique" approach to hormone health addresses the whole picture.
We talk about how...
- Hormones are not the chief problem - hormones are RESPONDING to the chief problem
- No one has cured anybody by correcting a lab value: lived experience first, labs second.
- Thyroid meds without a life that supports your thyroid doesn't cut it.
- Our culture has no idea how to handle postpartum depression and grief (the grief associated with loss of self), so we easily fill the hole with trying to "fix" - dieting, etc.
- We’ve been taught that our bodies are something to fear, to not trust, and we’ve divorced ourselves from our bodies.
So, lab values and supplements aside, how do we heal hormones? (hint: it's not exercise and calorie restriction like we've been told). In order to reclaim our female bodies, to understand that we are not broken, flawed, crazy, etc. we need to:
- Set boundaries - we cannot continually give to others
- Feed ourselves completely with adequate calories and nourishing foods
- Manage our stress response
- Learn how to quiet down to listen to our body's natural rhythms - tracking how our energies cycle with our menstrual cycle/the moon.
- Let our intuition guide us out of the chaos that is modern day America
Connect with Erin:
https://www.erinholthealth.com/
Instagram
The Funk'tional Nutrition podcast - available wherever you listen!
Other Resources:
6 Tips for Moms Who Don't Have Time To Eat
Body Full of Stars - Molly Caro May
Questions? Comments? Suggestions? Want to be a guest on the show? Email me at [email protected]
Rest or Recovery? Choosing the Right Postpartum Exercise Routine with Lindsay McCoy of One Strong Mama
The Postpartum Revolution
01/15/21 • 72 min
The first 3 months after childbirth are a tricky time (understatement of the year, I know). You want to feel fit and strong again, but are also immensely tired. Your body is sore, squishy, stinky, sweaty... you feel anything but sexy. You hear conflicting advice - should I rest? Exercise more? What's the best, fastest, safest way to feel at home in my body again? Who can I trust to guide me?
Enter Lindsay McCoy.
Lindsay is a busy mom of 4, dog owner, wife, birth doula, personal trainer, and co-founder of One Strong Mama, an online pre and post-natal exercise program.
Lindsay has a classic story of having her first child only to realize there is so much wrong with the way women are prepared and set up for the birth of a child.
She knew that the system was broken and she knew that she needed to change that.
By her second child, she was able to prepare herself better for a much better experience.
Lindsay understood that it wasn’t realistic for a postpartum mom to go back to running 5+ miles a day, or back to CrossFit training just 6 weeks after birth.
Between not knowing whether to rest or to exercise, our system sets us up for failure. Thus, Lindsay and her co-founder Lauren Ohayon created One Strong Mama.
OSM is a very educational-based program that helps pre and postnatal women start small movements that will gradually lead them to their fitness goals, all in due time.
She focuses on avoiding fear-based language and setting up the foundation of knowledge, so every woman can make the choice that fits their body and lifestyle needs.
Follow Lindsay to get her best tips and advice at:
FB Group: One Strong Mama Community
To find her online pre & postnatal program go to her website at www.onestrongmama.com
Lindsay and Lauren also hav a podcast: One Strong Mama Podcast
And, don’t forget to join the Revolution and follow me, Annie, your host on:
FB Group: The Postpartum Revolution
Questions? Comments? Suggestions? Want to be a guest on the show? Email me at [email protected]
Support the show (https://ko-fi.com/thepostpartumrevolution)
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FAQ
How many episodes does The Postpartum Revolution have?
The Postpartum Revolution currently has 44 episodes available.
What topics does The Postpartum Revolution cover?
The podcast is about Health & Fitness, Baby, Motherhood, Pregnancy and Podcasts.
What is the most popular episode on The Postpartum Revolution?
The episode title 'No More Trauma: An Anesthesiologist's Perspective on Creating a Positive Birth Experience with Dr. Tracey Vogel' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on The Postpartum Revolution?
The average episode length on The Postpartum Revolution is 62 minutes.
How often are episodes of The Postpartum Revolution released?
Episodes of The Postpartum Revolution are typically released every 7 days.
When was the first episode of The Postpartum Revolution?
The first episode of The Postpartum Revolution was released on May 23, 2020.
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