We’re Having A…(Gender Reveal!!!)

Pursuit of Wellness

Mari Llewellyn

Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Fitness, Nutrition

4.8 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 22 June 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Ep. 190: This week, I’m sharing something really special: the gender of our baby. After keeping it quiet (and editing out so many slips!), I’m finally letting you in on how Greg and I found out—and how it felt in that moment. I also open up about some of the emotional challenges I’ve been facing, especially around body image and identity as my pregnancy progresses. There’s also a bit of travel talk, reflections on IVF, and updates on how I’m caring for my mental and physical wellness right now. If you’re pregnant, trying, or just curious, I hope this episode makes you feel seen. Leave Me a Message - click here! For Mari’s Instagram click here! For Pursuit of Wellness Podcast’s Instagram click here! For Mari’s Newsletter click here! Sponsored By: Shop non-toxic, modern cookware at Carawayhome.com/MARI10 and get 10% off your next purchase—exclusively for our listeners. Take 20% off your first purchase of CLEARSTEM’s pore-safe, anti-acne, anti-aging skincare at clearstem.com/POW. Find natural relief with Foria’s organic period care. Get 20% off your first order at foriawellness.com/POW or use code POW. Save 15% on BON CHARGE’s Red Light Face Mask at boncharge.com with code PURSUIT—your at-home skincare upgrade starts here. Start your brand or scale your side hustle with Shopify, the platform trusted by millions. Launch yours today at shopify.com/mari. Try David Protein Bars with 28g of protein, 0g sugar, and only 150 calories. Buy 4 cartons, get the 5th free at davidprotein.com/POW. Show Links: Bloom Pop is coming soon—prebiotic soda in crave-worthy flavors like Shirley Temple and strawberry cream. Bloom Greens is your daily scoop of gut health support—packed with 38 superfoods to help reduce bloat, boost energy, and aid digestion. Topics Discussed 00:08: Introduction 00:43: Recent trip to New York & dogs 8:09: 15 weeks pregnant now 8:40: Struggles with body image changes 9:58: Triggering by gym experience 12:43: Pregnancy reflections & self compassion 17:05: Preparing for trip to Europe 18:10: Getting back into weight lifting 18:40: Gender reveal! 24:05: Q&A 29:10: Baby name (Welsh) 30:13: Nursery plans & decor 32:55: Still drinking Bloom Greens during pregnancy 33:12: First trimester symptoms 36:42: Launching Bloom Pop soda on July 4

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0:00.0	This is the Pursuit of Wellness Podcast and I'm your host, Marie Llewellyn.
0:08.4	Hi, guys, welcome back to the Pursuit of Wellness Podcast. It's Mari. Today we are doing a very
0:15.4	fun solo episode. I am going to reveal the gender of my baby in this episode, which is crazy. I have known for
0:26.3	probably like a month at this point, but haven't shared it. And you may have seen it already on
0:31.2	Instagram, but I'm here to talk about it. So make sure you wait for later in the episode
0:36.8	because I have a few updates and then I'll share
0:39.7	how Greg and I found out the gender of our babies. So I just got back from New York. I was there,
0:46.0	oh gosh, I think I was there for like 10 days. It was a while. We went to the North Fork of Long
0:52.1	Island with both the dogs to see Greg's parents. It was so fun. We got a cute
0:57.4	little Airbnb on the beach. We had Lulu. We had Arnold. They went swimming. They went on the beach.
1:02.6	Austin is really, really hot this time of year, like 100 degrees plus. So the dogs, it's like better
1:09.1	weather for them on the East Coast and they just had the best time.
1:12.3	Lulu did this last summer. She stays with her grandparents because she's almost 11 now.
1:17.9	She's getting older and she doesn't love travel. So in the summer in Austin, it's too hot for her and we feel bad making her travel around too much because she's just such a home body.
1:28.2	So we actually leave her with Greg's parents and she also grew up going to their house.
1:33.2	So it's kind of the perfect setup for her. She didn't love the travel there, but she was so happy
1:39.3	once we got to Long Island and she's there now with their Black Lab Tessa having the best time.
1:45.5	So we were on the North Fork for a couple days. It was good. I definitely would say the travel took it out of me a little
1:51.0	bit more. Like I think the biggest thing for me is like eating, which sounds weird. But if I don't
1:57.2	have some kind of snack or something to nibble on at least every couple hours, I start
2:03.1	really not feeling good. So when we landed, I was like, I immediately needed a snack. And Greg got
2:08.8	me like a string cheese from Starbucks or something. And I just noticed I was like really, really,
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