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Show Notes
0:55 – Enrolment is open for Jessie’s Prenatal & Postnatal Fitness Specialist Academy!
2:27 – Jessie introduces what we are chatting about today and welcomes Megan Donovan to the podcast
3:21 – Megan describes what she does and how she got into this work
10:58 – Megan shares her top goal to create a safe community for military women to come to and be in
12:51 – Megan identifies what women in the military are struggling with when it comes to body, work, life, etc
14:48 – Megan details what the robust CFMWS pre and postnatal programming looks like
16:51 – Megan describes how her work with pregnant military members is specific to them in her coaching and training
20:15 – Jessie gets curious and asks: Are there fitness requirements that pregnant military members need to sustain throughout a pregnancy?
24:06 – Jessie takes a pause to recognize what Megan and her team have built!
25:16 – Megan and Jessie talk maternity leave and postpartum clearance in the military
27:40 – Jessie and Megan discuss the conversation around body image and the pressures these folks are feeling postpartum to “bounce back”
34:42 – Megan shares what the state of the conversation around pelvic health is in the military among men and nonbinary folks
36:49 – Megan shares what she wishes fitness/health professionals working with military members knew about working with pregnant and postpartum populations
39:08 – Jessie brings the episode to a close
