Should You Hire a Doula? Real Talk On Pregnancy, Postpartum Recovery & Empowered Birth With Gina Conley Of Mamaste Fit EP 131

Healthy By Heather Brown

Heather Brown

Education, How To, Mental Health, Christianity, Health & Fitness, Religion & Spirituality

5 • 814 Ratings

🗓️ 2 December 2025

⏱️ 64 minutes

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In this episode of the Healthy by Heather Brown podcast, Heather discusses postpartum challenges with Gina from Mamaste Fit, a perinatal fitness trainer and birth doula. They explore the misconceptions surrounding labor, the importance of doulas, and the differences between home and hospital births. The conversation emphasizes the need for informed choices in the American birth system and the benefits of movement during pregnancy. In this conversation, Heather Brown discusses the importance of movement during pregnancy, the need for trusting professionals over online information, and the complexities of postpartum recovery. She emphasizes the significance of being patient with the healing process and trusting one's intuition throughout pregnancy and motherhood. Heather also shares resources available through Mamaste Fit to support expecting mothers in their journey.

00:00 Introduction to Healthy by Heather Brown Podcast
00:14 Understanding Postpartum Challenges
03:56 Debunking Labor Myths
07:05 The Role of Doulas in Birth
18:49 Exploring Birth Options: Home vs. Hospital
22:26 Navigating the American Birth System
25:11 The Importance of Movement During Pregnancy
30:47 Navigating Information: Trusting Professionals Over Google
31:42 Understanding Postpartum Recovery: The Journey After Birth
36:15 The Pressure to Bounce Back: Managing Expectations Postpartum
38:32 Empowerment in Pregnancy: Trusting Your Body's Intuition
40:52 Resources for Expecting Mothers: Connecting with Mama Stay Fit
42:41 Closing Thoughts: Embracing the Journey of Motherhood

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1:05.1	Hey y'all and welcome to the Healthy by Heather Brown podcast, where I encourage you in healthy, mind, body, and spirit through my Sunday reset.
1:09.2	Let's get into it.
1:14.5	Okay. body and spirit through my Sunday reset. Let's get into it. Okay, Mamas, buckle up because this episode is going to blow your leggings off.
1:18.5	We're talking about what no one warned you about when it comes to birth, recovery,
1:22.5	and reclaiming your strength, physically, mentally, and spiritually.
1:25.7	My guest today is Gina from Mama Stay Fit, a perinatal fitness trainer and birth dula who's got the receipts for why modern moms are doing postpartum all wrong. She's here to help us fix it all. So with all that said, Gina, come on in. Tell us about how many kids you have and what really drew you into the Mama Stay Fit, I guess, community and podcast. So we, I have four kids, or we, me and my husband have four children, ranging from
1:47.8	eight months all the way to almost eight years old. So I've been working in or personally
1:52.3	living in the perinatal space for about eight to nine years now. And I've been working
1:56.6	in the space as a professional for about the past eight years. So I started my business,
2:00.7	Mama Stay Fit in 2017. After the birth of my first daughter. So I was transitioning off of
2:06.8	active duty military and was transitioning to be a stay-at-home mom and was trying to figure out
2:11.4	what I can do with all this new free time that I had because babies are not time-consuming
2:16.3	at all. And so I decided to start
2:18.5	my business mama safe because one, I felt very confused about what movement I can do during
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