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Part of my affliction this week, but I've been cursed with every podcaster's nightmare,

so I'm not sure if you'll like it.

Most of the time, unless you opt in to thinking about wellness, you can pretty much avoid it.

But there are a few moments in life where, try as you might to avoid it, you're inundated

by the messaging of the cult of wellness.

And one of those is during pregnancy and birth.

It's well known that once a woman becomes pregnant, her body is no longer her own.

And I'm not just talking about the body being taken over by the new more important, more

precious being inside of it, but the whole world suddenly feels ownership.

This comes at us with unwanted questions and unwanted touching, unsolicited advice about

the right way and the righteous way to be pregnant, to give birth and to mother.

And a lot of that has to do with wellness.

Eating well, exercising well, sleeping well, taking the right pills and tinctures, and

choosing the correct caregivers for this special time.

Often on this show, we're talking about the people and businesses that take advantage

of these vulnerable moments, to profit from our uncertainty, or our attempts to be healthier.

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