Have you ever asked, “why did no one tell me?” when it comes to changes with your body, core and pelvic floor?
You’re Not Alone!
This is why the To Birth and Beyond Podcast was created. Discover why hundreds of people around the world have turned to Jessie and Anita for information that no one talks about surrounding these changes during pre-conception, pregnancy and postpartum stages of life.
RECENT PODCAST EPISODES
Episode 359: REPLAY – The Importance of Including a Doula in Your Birthing/Postpartum Team, with Samantha Garcia Gagnon
In today’s replay of episode 314, Anita welcomes special guest, Samantha Garcia Gagnon, who will be chatting all about the role of a birth doula and postpartum doula. Since having her own kids, Anita uses and shares doula information in combination with physiotherapy expertise in her physical practice and Bump to Birth Method, while encouraging folks to have the support of a doula as part of their birth prep (and recovery) team.
Episode 358: Anti-Diet Culture Eating For People With Small & Bigger Bodies In Pregnancy, with Megan Wallace Registered Dietician
In today’s episode, Jessie sits down with Registered Dietician Megan Wallace to talk anti-diet culture nutrition and eating in pregnancy. Eating for pregnancy can be difficult enough with all of the changes to our bodies and lives that come with pregnancy – add on top of it the pervasive layers of body image issues, poor relationship to eating, disordered eating behaviors, and more. How can we eat in pregnancy to take care of ourselves and the fetus we are growing? How can we not get caught up in so many nutritional rules or go down a dangerous path back to disordered eating habits during pregnancy? Listen in – because today’s episode has all of that AND more (including tips for advocating for yourself in any sized body)!
Episode 357: REPLAY – Prenatal and Postpartum Nutrition 101 with Kristin Brown, Registered Dietician
In today’s replay of episode 243, Anita talks with Kristin Brown about everything from prenatal vitamins, to protein, vitamin D, and meal trains – all in support of YOU in pregnancy and postpartum!
Episode 356: How To Take Care of Your C-Section Scar Through the First 6 Weeks
In today’s episode, Anita and Jessie get into the nitty gritty of initial healing for a cesarean scar, post-birth. This can be helpful if you are planning a cesarean, as well as if you aren’t (some considerations can be made for the unplanned). They cover Anita’s experience as a physiotherapist, as well as Jessie’s experience with both planned and unplanned cesareans.
Episode 355: 5 Things To Do Right Now To Reduce Your Prolapse Symptoms
In today’s episode, Jessie and Anita are answering a very specific question from a client of Jessie’s that came in recently, regarding how to reduce prolapse symptoms when you don’t have much downtime. Anita and Jessie will share their top 5 suggestions that can be implemented immediately, can take you 5 minutes or less, and will hopefully have a big impact on the reduction of those prolapse symptoms.
Episode 354: How to Rediscover Your Personal Style When Your Body Has Changed, with Elsa Isaac
In today’s episode, Jessie talks with Elsa Isaac, personal wardrobe stylist for ambitious women, all about styling our changing bodies! We discuss everything from Elsa’s journey into wardrobe styling, her methodology to take the guesswork out of styling, and how to style for an ever-changing body (immediate postpartum and beyond). Elsa even shares what has changed in her personal style as a postpartum person in her 40s! So, strap in for today’s episode – you are in for a treat!
Episode 353: How Jenna Rebuilt Her Foundation of Strength & Fitness After Giving Birth
In today’s episode, Jessie talks with Jenna – dance teacher, personal trainer, and previous participant of To Pregnancy and Beyond – about her experience rebuilding her strength, postpartum.
Episode 352: REPLAY – Informed Decision-Making During Birth with Mandy Irby
In today’s replay of Episode 281, Anita invites special guest Mandy Irby on to talk all about informed consent when it comes to birth.
Episode 351: How Not To Freak Out When You Look At Your Vulva After Birth
In today’s episode, Jessie and Anita talk about what to expect post-vaginal birth when it comes to your vulva. As people with vulvas, we have been conditioned to understand what a “good” vulva or vagina looks like, and things may seem a different – visually and in how it feels – post-vaginal birth. Today’s topic is brought to you by a recent conversation Jessie had with a friend and fellow fitness professional, and is a topic that comes up in Anita’s work daily.
Meet Jessie
Jessie Mundell (she/her) is CEO at JessieMundell.com, where she’s helped thousands of moms and parents feel strong, confident, and EMPOWERED with fitness programs tailored to THEIR specific needs.
With degrees in prenatal and postnatal exercise, Jessie supports parents in their self-care so they can heal faster, reconnect with their bodies, and develop a sense of confidence & capability that translates to their lives.
Her programs, To Pregnancy and Beyond and Core + Floor Restore , focus on effective exercise during pregnancy, rehab of the core and pelvic floor for moms, postpartum and C-section recovery, and give thriving folks permission to enjoy their bodies.
Meet Anita
Anita Lambert (she/her) is a perinatal pelvic health physiotherapist, owner of Holistic Health Physiotherapy, the creator of the Bump to Birth Method, mentor and coach to pelvic health physiotherapists around the world and mom of 2.
She’s passionate about helping you connect more with your body including pelvic floor plus keep you active and comfortable during pregnancy while you prepare for birth which will give you a head start on your postpartum recovery.
Having gone through two pregnancies, births and postpartum recoveries herself, she knows how confusing information can be online about prenatal and postpartum exercise, birth prep and pelvic floor health.
No one can guarantee how your birth will go. However having worked with thousands of prenatal clients in her physiotherapy practice and students in her Bump to Birth Method plus going through my own experiences, she’s seen how working together with your body (rather than ignoring it) benefits not only you in pregnancy but also during birth and your postpartum recovery.