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
Ep 08: Internal Pelvic Pain
In this episode we discuss internal pelvic pain. Often, moms are told that it’s normal to have pain or discomfort with sex, arousal, tampon use, insertion, orgasms, etc post-pregnancy. It’s not and we want to ensure everyone has this information.
Ep 07: Cesarean Birth Recovery
In today’s show, we talk through the physical, mental, and emotional recovery from a Cesarean birth. Jessie gives insight into her own personal experience through this, with her first child’s birth.
Ep 06: What is Pelvic Health Physiotherapy?
Today, we’re answering the question, “What is pelvic health physiotherapy?” We want you to know about this extremely beneficial service that can be life changing for women and anyone with a pelvic floor.
Ep 05: Prenatal Exercise
We discuss the modes of physical activity we engaged in during pregnancy, the fears that can exist around pregnancy exercise, and how we coach our clients and patients to ensure the exercise they’re doing is truly beneficial on physical, mental, and emotional levels.
Ep 04: The First 6 Weeks Postpartum
In today’s episode we talk about the real deal with the first 6 weeks after giving birth. If you’re pregnant, early postpartum or know someone who is – you cannot miss this episode!
Ep 03: Diastasis Recti – The Myths and The Facts
Understand the myths and facts about diastasis recti, the common abdominal muscle separation that occurs during pregnancy.
Ep 02: Prepare Your Pelvic Floor For Birth
We dive into sharing key tips about preparing your body for birth, bust some birth prep myths surrounding ‘kegels’, share our own experience preparing for birth and how we help clients prepare for birth (both vaginal or caesarean).
Ep 01: Getting Your Body Back After Baby
Addressing the mindset around bodies after babies, the pressures to ‘bounce back’, how damaging and distracting this can be for moms, and strategies for moving away from this.
Ep 00: Meet Your Hosts
Get to know the To Birth and Beyond Podcast hosts, Anita Lambert and Jessie Mundell!
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.