Ep50: 10 Things to Help You Have Your Best Pregnancy, Birth, and Life
Birth With Power
Dr. Nicole C. Rankins
4.9 • 637 Ratings
🗓️ 7 January 2020
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
Happy New Year everyone, and thank you so much for sticking with me through 50 episodes! It's been such a rewarding journey, and I love being of service to you all.
I thought I would kick off this year with ten pieces of advice that I hope will help you in pregnancy, birth, and life beyond. I want to share ten of the things I think are most important for not only having a healthy and happy pregnancy & birth, but for building a fulfilling life, too.
We'll start off with some practical advice like how to make sure you're getting the best care possible from your doctor or midwife, and what to do if you have concerns about your care. We will also talk about why I think all moms should rethink their baby registry & shower, and how to prepare for the postpartum transitions you'll experience.
We'll finish up with some advice about life in general and talk about why it's so important to take great care of yourself. The first step in raising a healthy child is being a healthy mom - and that means physically, emotionally, and spiritually. I'm wishing all of you a wonderful 2020!
In this Episode, You’ll Learn About:
- Why you really need to get to know your doctor, midwife, and/or the practice where you'll be giving birth
- How to approach a discussion with your doctor if you're not happy with your care
- Why you shouldn't be afraid to advocate for yourself and your birth plan
- How to rethink your baby shower and get more than just cute baby clothes
- Why it's so critically important to get some quality childbirth education
- Why you should prepare for the postpartum transition & period while you are still pregnant
- How and why you can accept and ask for help during and after your pregnancy
- The importance of learning to trust yourself and taking good, holistic care of yourself
Links Mentioned In The Episode
- How To Make A Birth Plan That Works- Free Online Class!
- The Birth Preparation Course
- Ep #3: How to Be Sure You Have the Right Doctor
- Questions to Ask Your Doctor (Downloadable PDF)
- Ep #4: Choosing the Right Hospital to Give Birth
- Ep #27: In Home Newborn Care and Breastfeeding Support with Dr. Sonal Patel
- Babylist
- Ep #44: How Prenatal Chiropractic Can Ease Common Pregnancy Pain with Dr. Elliot Berlin
- Sterling: Postpartum Prep| Instagram
- Meditation Guide (Downloadable PDF)
- Join my email list here!
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Happy New Year, everyone. I am kicking off the year with an episode of 10 things to help you have your best pregnancy, birth, and life. |
| 0:18.3 | Welcome to the All About Pregnancy and Birth Podcast. |
| 0:21.6 | I'm your host, Dr. Nicole Callaway Rankins, a board certified ABGYN and physician, certified |
| 0:27.6 | Integrative Health Coach, and creator of the birth preparation course, an online childbirth |
| 0:33.4 | education class that will leave you feeling knowledgeable, prepared, confident, and empowered going |
| 0:39.6 | into your birth. Quick note, this podcast is for educational purposes only and it's not a substitute |
| 0:44.8 | for medical advice. See the full disclaimer at ncr coaching.com for its slash disclaimer. |
| 0:50.9 | Pregnancy can be overwhelming, but your inbox doesn't have to be. The Birth with Power Brief is my free weekly newsletter with expert tips, real talk, and support you can actually use. No pressure, no preachy advice, just a breath of fresh air in your inbox every Thursday. |
| 1:13.2 | Come join me at Dr. Nicole Rankins.com forward slash email. |
| 1:18.5 | Hello, hello, hello. |
| 1:20.3 | Welcome to another episode of the podcast. |
| 1:23.8 | This is episode number 50. |
| 1:26.4 | And I want to start off this episode, the first episode of 2020, by saying a big thank you. |
| 1:36.0 | This episode marks a year for the podcast. |
| 1:39.9 | And this little podcast that I started a year ago has now been downloaded over 55,000 times. |
| 1:46.0 | It's at about 9,500 downloads a month and growing every single day. |
| 1:51.0 | I want to thank everyone for your support for all of the kind words via email, comments on |
| 1:58.6 | social media post or direct messages or reviews. All of it truly |
| 2:04.3 | warms my heart and confirms for me that I am doing good work, y'all, and I am fulfilling my |
| 2:10.1 | purpose, which is to be of service to women during pregnancy and birth. So thank you, thank you, thank you. Now, I will give a specific |
| 2:21.0 | listener shout out to Naughty 624. She left me this review in Apple podcast and the title of the review |
| 2:28.1 | says, incredibly informative. And the review says, I'm a newly pregnant and wanted to find a podcast that will walk me through |
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