315: Genevieve Howland aka Mama Natural - Preparing For A Healthy Pregnancy & Childbirth
The Ultimate Health Podcast
Jesse Chappus
4.5 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 1 October 2019
⏱️ 91 minutes
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Summary
Genevieve Howland (IG: @mamanatural) is a childbirth educator, breastfeeding advocate, and the woman behind Mama Natural, the web’s #1 natural parenting site.
She is the bestselling author of The Mama Natural Week-by-Week Guide to Pregnancy and Childbirth.
Genevieve is a prominent YouTuber whose videos have been viewed over 85 million times.
In this episode, we discuss:
- Genevieve's transition from junk food junkie to Mama Natural
- Preparing for pregnancy
- EMF exposure and fertility
- Monitor your thyroid during pregnancy
- What is lunaception?
- How much caffeine is allowed during pregnancy?
- Green & black tea can inhibit folate absorption
- Find out your MTHFR status
- The debate between folate vs. folic acid
- How long should you take prenatal vitamins for?
- The importance of preconception nutrition
- Trust your cravings, listen to your body
- The benefits of cod liver oil
- Food & supplement recommendations
- Consume foods high in calcium
- Get in tune with your body
- What is the Brewer Pregnancy Diet?
- Pregnancy differences in your 30’s & 40’s
- The beauty of home births
- Interventions and hospital births
- How to have a gentle C-Section
- The benefits of red raspberry leaf tea
- Eat 6 dates/day after 36 weeks
- You can opt-out of any test
- Monitoring blood sugar with a glucose meter
- Ultrasounds and dopplers
- Protecting yourself from EMF exposure
- Delayed cord clamping
- Stem cells can be accessed through teeth
- Should you encapsulate your placenta?
- Parents need community & support
- Be at peace in your own skin
- Genevieve's new baby care course... coming soon
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Genevieve Howland - The Mama Natural Week-by-Week Guide to Pregnancy and Childbirth (book)
Genevieve Howland's website (Mama Natural)
Follow Genevieve Howland (Mama Natural) on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube
Sally Fallon - Nourishing Traditions (book)
The Business of Being Born (documentary)
Increase Fertility Naturally: Tips For Conception (article)
What Are the Best Prenatal Vitamins for You? (article)
Seeking Health - Prenatal Vitamins (supplement)
Standard Process - cod liver oil capsules (supplement)
The Crazy Benefits of Camu Camu (article)
Lily Nichols - Real Food Pregnancy (book)
Mama Natural - My Surprising Home Birth (video)
Traditional Medicinals - Red Raspberry Leaf Tea
Red Raspberry Leaf Tea - Labor Day Brew Recipe
The Truth About Baby Ultrasound (article)
Defender Shielf - EMF-free headphones
Defender Shield - DefenderPad laptop EMF radiation protection & heat shield
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Why Delayed Cord Clamping Is a Must (article)
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| 0:00.0 | Some people are so driven to eat a certain way versus other people. |
| 0:04.0 | And that's what's so awesome about pregnancy. |
| 0:05.6 | It almost forces you to kind of get out of the dogma mindset |
| 0:08.8 | and just get in tune with your body and with what it craves and what it needs and it's so instinctual that's almost like a survival thing. |
| 0:16.5 | Hello and welcome to the Ultimate Health Podcast episode 315. |
| 0:26.0 | Jesse Chapp is here with Marnie Wasserman and we are here to take your health to the next level. |
| 0:31.0 | Each week we will bring you inspiring and |
| 0:33.5 | informative conversations about health and wellness, covering topics of |
| 0:36.9 | nutrition, lifestyle, fitness, mindset, and so much more. This week we are speaking |
| 0:41.8 | with Genevieve Howland. She's a childbirth |
| 0:44.2 | educator, breastfeeding advocate, and woman behind Mama Natural, which is the |
| 0:48.9 | world's number one natural parenting site. She's the best-selling author of the Mama Natural Week-by-week |
| 0:54.5 | Guide to pregnancy and childbirth and Genevieve is also a prominent |
| 0:58.5 | Youtuber whose videos have been viewed over 85 million times. |
| 1:03.0 | We're really excited because we're recording the opening ending and adds to this episode in our brand new office. |
| 1:10.0 | And it's actually really timely, the reason behind us being in a new office |
| 1:14.8 | and that is because the ultimate baby our baby tub is coming in February |
| 1:20.2 | 2020 and we decided to convert the old office into a nursery. |
| 1:25.0 | So now we've moved across the hall. |
| 1:27.0 | We're in a new office and we have all our sound paneling set up and everything nice and tidy in here and it just feels great. |
| 1:34.5 | Yeah, it's a super cozy room, it feels good, it's always nice to kind of have a new space, |
| 1:40.0 | it kind of brings new energy into everything that we're doing and for sure into the podcast. |
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