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The Pregnancy to Parenting Show with Elizabeth Joy

EP 299: The Truth Behind Weight Gain in Pregnancy

The Pregnancy to Parenting Show with Elizabeth Joy

Elizabeth Presta

Tanner, Woman, Kids & Family, Self-improvement, Mommy, Jade, Parenting, Roper, Moms, Doula, Education, Female, Elizabeth, Babies, Kaitlynbristowe, Sandoz, Bachelor, Women, Pregnant, Evan, Ladies, Issues, Waddell, Teen, Girls

4.23.9K Ratings

🗓️ 9 January 2024

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

There is a ton of information out there about weight gain in pregnancy and they are all saying the same thing. They are all based on the BMI and the BMI is a poor indicator of health. What they fail to achieve is the nuance and needs of every single baby and mama are different. So what is healthy pregnancy weight gain for you? Let's dive into it.

Resources

https://www.sarawickham.com/research-updates/women-with-higher-bmi/

https://www.sarawickham.com/plus-size-pregnancy/

https://evidencebasedbirth.com/evidence-for-induction-or-c-section-for-big-baby/

Prenatal Nutrition

https://www.instagram.com/ttc.nutritionist/?hl=en

https://www.instagram.com/prenatal.dietitian/?hl=en

https://www.instagram.com/the.food.doula/?hl=en

https://www.instagram.com/naturally_nora/?hl=en

Connect with Liz

https://www.instagram.com/esandoz/?hl=en

https://www.Elizabethjoy.co

Get the First Trimester Survival Guide

https://elizabethjoy.co/freebie

Join the Waitlist

https://elizabethjoy.co/join-waitlist

Transcript

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0:00.0

I'm Elizabeth Joy, a birth dula, a prenatal coach and birth advocate passionate about all things from pregnancy to parenting.

0:14.0

In this podcast we will be hearing from amazing experts and moms just like you

0:19.4

as we continue to grow in this fun, chaotic, and beautiful season of life.

0:24.2

Welcome to the pregnancy to parenting show.

0:27.8

Welcome back to the pregnancy to parenting show.

0:31.2

I'm so excited that you were here. I hope that you enjoyed last

0:34.3

week's episode. I talked about how to or why your birth plan has failed you and at the

0:40.6

end of the week I'm going to give some tips for creating a bulletproof birth

0:43.9

plan and that episode is going to have a really awesome giveaway at the end so make sure

0:48.0

that you are stay tuned to that. If you are watching this you can see I'm wearing baby Carlo here if you're listening you might hear him

0:57.7

Breathing making some coups and

1:01.6

And and hopefully not fussing.

1:03.7

He has been fussy lately.

1:05.1

He's only really taking good naps unless he's on me

1:10.0

or if he's on the couch in the living room,

1:12.9

which is a struggle because I have two toddlers

1:16.1

and a dog running around.

1:17.5

So if he's napping on the couch in the living room,

1:21.4

it only works out if I'm like sitting next to him and doing some work there and I'm not like constantly having to protect him from a jumping child or a licking dog. So I'm wearing him today. If you follow me on

1:35.9

Instagram you'll see that we're dealing with some latch issues, some fussiness. I

1:41.8

don't want to say the word colic. I do think that yes colic exists but I also

1:46.9

think it's kind of a giant umbrella for underlying issues that oftentimes go unaddressed

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