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Birthing Instincts

#400 The Sanctity of Postpartum with Birthfit's Lindsey Matthews Cantu

Birthing Instincts

Dr. Stuart Fischbein + Midwife Blyss Young

Parenting, Kids & Family, Alternative Health, Health & Fitness

4.5 • 631 Ratings

🗓️ 12 February 2025

⏱️ 65 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

In this episode of Birthing Instincts, Blyss and Dr. Stu welcome Lindsey Mathews Cantu, a strength and conditioning coach at Birthfit. Birthfit offers specialized strength and conditioning training tailored for mothers and their motherhood journey. Throughout the conversation, Lindsey shares her personal experience of giving birth and discusses how her philosophies influenced this meaningful moment. She also explains how her birthing experience inspired her to develop various programs and offerings at Birthfit.

Listeners will learn about the seven pillars of optimal birth and the benefits of adhering to them. According to Lindsey, several aspects are non-negotiable before, during, and after pregnancy: hydration, a well-balanced diet, quality sleep, and, of course, mild to moderate exercise. The transition into motherhood is one of the most physically and mentally demanding experiences a person can go through, and approaching it actively and thoughtfully is essential. Tune in to discover more!

About Lindsey Mathews Cantu

Doctor of Chiropractic, Strength and Conditioning Coach, NLP Practitioner, (Retired) Birth Doula, Yoga Instructor... Most important job - wife & mother.

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In this episode

  • What are the 7 pillars of optimal birth and how you can improve them;
  • How Lindsey's philosophies influenced her own birthing experience;
  • The importance of postpartum (avoiding malnourishment);
  • Lindsey's experiences impacted her programs on Birthfit;
  • Lindsey's recommendations for postpartum;
  • Why it is important to wait 6 weeks before starting exercising again.


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Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Burling Instincts Podcast.

0:05.2

I'm Dr. Stuart Fishbein, community-based practicing obstetrician and longtime advocate for birth choices.

0:10.6

And I'm Bliss Young, a licensed midwife.

0:13.0

Join us in our conversational style podcast where we talk about everything birth.

0:17.5

Sometimes we laugh, sometimes we cry, but we're happy that you're here.

0:20.7

So here we laugh. Sometimes we cry. But we're happy that you're here. So,

0:20.9

here we go. Hi, Bliss. Hi, Stu. I see that you're home again, home again, home again.

0:29.7

I just got home this morning, believe it or not. We're doing a podcast on a Tuesday, which has me

0:34.9

all discombobulated, but that's okay.

0:38.4

So good morning, good afternoon, good evening, and good middle of the night, everybody,

0:41.4

whether you're on the East Coast, West Coast in Finland, Norway.

0:46.2

We'll have some stories possibly from those places in our Patreon segment today.

0:51.9

But we don't want to waste a lot of time because we have a guest

0:55.1

that I've been a big fan of ever since I've known here from Los Angeles. And so why don't

1:01.8

you introduce our guest, Lindsay, from BirthFit? Today we're going to talk about

1:06.9

postpartum integration back into your fitness. And Lindsay Matthew Kuntu is a doctor

1:13.2

of chiropractic, strength and conditioning coach, NLP practitioner, retired birth

1:19.8

doula, she says, yoga instructor and most important job of wife and mother. I also remember

1:27.2

meeting Lindsay back in the day, 2010, right around the time that you and I met.

1:32.6

She was at the sanctuary.

1:34.2

She came to one of the events at the sanctuary, I remember.

1:37.1

Yeah, we had talked to her about coming in and doing chiropractic for a while.

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