In this episode, Stephanie and Aglaée answer two of your questions! 

Topics discussed:

• Maintaining your milk supply while pregnant
• Concerns with galactagogues and nursing
• Weaning 
• Postpartum body image
• Postpartum weight loss

Enjoy the listen!

Click here to listen or find the podcast on iTunes or Stitcher!

Shownotes:

• Galactagogue safety while nursing
• Changes in milk composition when pregnant
• FREE Baby-led weaning webinar
• Aglaée's podcast on Body Image
• Aglaée’s Facebook Community: Radicata Nutrition Community
• Steph’s Nutrition and Wellness Coaching services
• Steph’s Healthy Mama, Happy Baby Virtual Pregnancy Handbook
• Aglaée’s Radicata Nutrition Coaching Package

In this episode, we answer two of your questions! Tune in to hear our take on vitamin D supplements and bathing your baby.

Topics discussed:

1. Vitamin D supplements - what to look for, our favorite brands, how much to take, and blood testing.
2. Bathing your baby - how often, water quality, and our favorite brands of soap/shampoo

Enjoy the listen!

Click here to listen or find the podcast on iTunes or Stitcher!

Shownotes:

• Thorne Vitamin D drops
• Thorne Vitamin D/K2 drops
• Steph's supplement store for vitamin D supplements
• Beautycounter baby bath products
• Morrocco Method baby shampoo
• Wellness Mama's Foaming Hand Soap recipe
• Aglaée's Facebook Community: Radicata Nutrition Community
• Steph’s Healthy Mama, Happy Baby Virtual Pregnancy Handbook
• Aglaée’s Radicata Nutrition Coaching Package

In this episode, we answer two of your questions! Tune in to hear our take on finding your ideal birth provider/birth setting and how to optimize your hormones in the postpartum period.

Topics discussed:

1. How to find your ideal birth provider and setting
2. How to balance your hormones postpartum

Enjoy the listen!

Click here to listen or find the podcast on iTunes or Stitcher!

Shownotes:

• Healthy Mama Happy Baby Blog on Finding Your Ideal Birth Provider/Setting

• The Mama Natural Week-by-Week Guide to Pregnancy and Childbirth

• Steph's supplement store

• Steph’s Healthy Mama, Happy Baby Virtual Pregnancy Handbook
• Aglaée’s the Whole Batch Syndrome Free Online Training

In this episode, we answer your questions about homebirths.

Topics include:

1. Homebirths at “older” ages (35+)
2. Concerns we had about our own homebirths
3. Positive reinforcement for moms considering a homebirth
4. Additional things to consider when planning a homebirth
5. What to do about naysayers
6. How to manage pain without an epidural
7. How to find a provider that fits your birthing philosophy and wishes
8. Postpartum recovery tips while managing a toddler

Enjoy the listen!

Click here to listen or find the podcast on iTunes or Stitcher!

Shownotes:

• Podcast on unassisted childbirth (Healthy Births, Happy Babies Podcast)
• More podcasts on unassisted births (Taking Back Birth Podcast)
• DONA.org
• Doulamatch.net
• Midwife.org
• Steph’s Healthy Mama, Happy Baby Virtual Pregnancy Handbook
• Aglaée’s the Whole Batch Syndrome Free Online Training

Join Stephanie and Aglaée as they answer questions about formula options and milk alternatives. 

TIMESTAMPS:

[0:00] Intro

[1:55] Steph's updates

[8:24] Aglaée's updates

[13:02] Question:
What is the best formula option for my daughter who is weaning?

[25:23] Question:
What is the best milk replacement for kids?

[35:38] Outro

Click here to listen or find the podcast on iTunes or Stitcher!

Shownotes:

• Doula recommended training potty
• Dairy Free Milk Alteratives
• Episode 010: 7 superfoods for supermoms
• Steph's Healthy Mama, Happy Baby Virtual Pregnancy Handbook
• Aglaée's Free 7-day Bloat-Free Forever Online Course

Join us as we answer your questions! Aglaée and Stephanie reunite for this special Q&A episode. We may surprise you with some of our answers!

We discuss whether or not sushi is safe to eat while pregnant, things you can do to prepare (both mentally and physically) for a VBAC, and what babies supplies you actually need versus what society tells you that you need.

TIMESTAMPS:

[0:00] Intro

[2:12] Steph's Updates

[6:12] Aglaée's Updates

[14:20] Question #1: Is sushi okay to eat while you're pregnant?

[20:40] Question #2: What are the best ways to prepare (mentally and physically) for a VBAC (vaginal birth after cesarean)?

[29:15] Question #3: What baby supplies do you actually need versus what society tells you that you need?

Click here to listen or find the podcast on iTunes or Stitcher!

Shownotes:

• https://paleomag.wufoo.com/forms/z1gfa3te0l6q8tl/
• http://www.mamanatural.com/vbac/
• http://www.ican-online.org/
• https://mamas.whole30.com/products-we-love/
• http://rockyourhormones.com/products/
• http://realfoodmamaspodcast.com/2016/01/19/026-body-image-for-moms/
• http://www.Kellymom.com
• http://www.acog.org/Resources-And-Publications/Practice-Bulletins/Committee-on-Practice-Bulletins-Obstetrics/Vaginal-Birth-After-Previous-Cesarean-Delivery
• http://www.motherisk.org/prof/updatesDetail.jsp?content_id=925

Join the Real Food Mamas on our second Q&A episode where we answer your questions about thyroid health in the postpartum period, food sensitivities in kids, and real food snack ideas.

[0:52] Steph’s Updates

[2:58] Aglaée’s Updates

[5:38] Question #1: Can you discuss hormonal imbalances and Hashimoto’s that manifests postpartum and what to do about it? 

[20:02] Question #2: What do you do when your child becomes allergic to foods she used to enjoy? What can cause extreme highs/lows in my child’s behavior?

 [32:48] Question #3: What are healthy snack ideas that pack a lot of calories for nursing mamas following a real food diet?

SHOWNOTES:

• Postpartum thyroiditis information:
• 2011 Guidelines of the American Thyroid Association for the Diagnosis and Management of Thyroid Disease During Pregnancy and Postpartum

• Grass-fed gelatin
  • Great Lakes Gelatin
    • green one = to dissolve in hot or cold liquids (smoothies)
    • orange one = to make gummies
  • Vital Protein Gelatin

• Homemade bone broth recipe
• Soil-based probiotics: Prescript-Assist
• Aglaée's favorite muffins
  • try the chocolate, coconut & raspberry version!
• Primal Pacs
• Protein powder
• Fat bomb recipe
  • you can also try the blueberry version!

Join Stephanie and Aglaée as they answer your questions this week with their first Q&A episode! 

We are happy to answer you questions about:

1. Favorite brands of tea, sardines, and ways to prepare liver

2. Tips for managing processed food cravings and the first trimester and macronutrient ranges in pregnancy

3. Group B-strep and natural prevention strategies

Stay tuned for lots more question/answer sessions in the episodes to come!

 [1:21] Steph’s Updates

[7:44] Aglaée’s Updates

[9:05] First Question: What are some ways to prepare liver? What are good types/brands of tea? What are your favorite brands of sardines?

[19:03] Second Question: How do you avoid processed foods during pregnancy? Any tips for managing the first trimester? How should your balance of carbs, fat, and protein look like during pregnancy especially if you follow the paleo diet?

[28:39] Third Question What are your thoughts/recommendations on Group B Strep? Besides a probiotic, is there anything else we can do diet-wise to treat and/or prevent it? Is there a specific strain of probiotic that might be more effective than others?

• Mother's Milk Tea
• Aglaée's favorite sardines!
  
• Online Fearless Fermentation Classes 
  (make your own sauerkraut, kombucha, etc)
• Book:  Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering by Dr. Sarah Buckley
• Sarah Buckley's Gentle Natural Birth Online Program
• Temperament worksheet
• Rock Your Plate meal planning template