Ep 009 Building Your Birth Team

Welcome to the Beyond the Birth Podcast. Join us each week as we take the conversation of motherhood … beyond birth. Co-hosted each week by Liz Winters ( Nutritional Therapy Practitioner, certified pre and post-natal coach, Birthfit Regional Director, and mama) and Jenny Anderson (doula, Birthfit Regional Director, and mama). Our hope is to inspire, educate, and empower women as they navigate pregnancy, postpartum, and parenthood with evidence based guidance, informative interviews, and entertaining anecdotes from our perspectives as moms, entrepreneurs, and birth professionals. Get this Episode's FREEBIE! FREE Build Your Birth Team Checklist IN THIS EPISODE 4:00 … What should you ask yourself about everyone in your room: How do they make me feel? 8:58 … What is a “birth team”? 11:07 … Jenny’s birth team experiences 16:15 … Liz’s birth team experiences 21:00 … Be comfortable asking for help. 29:00 … Spouse/partner 33:30 … Primary provider: OB/Midwife/Family Physician (Midwife: Certified Nurse or Direct Entry or Traditional) 38:00 … Doula 41:45 … Coach / Fitness Instructor 42:25 … Nutritionist / Dietician 43:00 … Bodywork: Chiropractor, Massage Therapist, Cranial-Sacral, Pelvic Floor Physical Therapist, Acupuncturist 45:45 … Primary Care Physician, Naturopathic Doctor, etc. 46:57 … Mental Health Support 47:45 … Childbirth Educator 52:12 … Lactation Consultant 55:00 … You are allowed to change your mind at any time. Mentioned in this episode: Our besties: @essentialomnivore, @jackdnginger Portland Doula Love Alma Midwifery Doulamatch.net FOR MORE FROM LIZ & JENNY Hosted by: Liz Winters & Jenny Anderson Find us: Instagram @sproutwellness @birdie.in.bend www.sproutwellnesspdx.com bend.birthfit.com TAGS Birth team, labor, support system, pregnancy, childbirth, doula, lactation, fitness, nutrition