IF MAMA AIN’T HEALTHY (AIN’T NOBODY HEALTHY) - Christian Wellness, Metabolic Health, Functional Health, Christian Women’s Functional Health Coaching - formerly YOUR BIRTH, GOD’S WAY

If you are getting your prenatal care from a traditional practice, it is almost a guarantee that you will be offered an induction, or worse, scared into thinking you need an induction when it's not really true.  This episode will look at 3 of the most common "reasons" (read: lies) that obstetricians or medwives use to scare you into thinking you need an induction so that you can be prepared to sta...

SHOW NOTES: Today's BONUS EPISODE is an article from Children's Health Defense looking at the evidence behind the RSV shot and whether it is safe and effective for pregnant mothers and babies.   Helpful Links:   HOW TO WORK WITH LORI:   --> Sign up HERE for the Your Birth, God's Way Online Christian Childbirth Course ! This is a COMPLETE childbirth education course with a God-led foundation tau...

SHOW NOTES: There are a lot of lessons we can learn from scripture that are seemingly not about birth, and yet the lessons learned can be applied.  In our evening worship this past Sunday, we talked about something that is not new here.  I’ve told you and warned you before, but I want to show it to you from a different angle so maybe you’ll realize how real it is.   Helpful Links:   HOW TO WORK WI...

Limiting beliefs about birth can completely change your ability to have a successful natural birth God's way, so in this episode we dig into a couple examples of limiting beliefs.  We look at God's perfect design and then we look at how we can undermine that design with our choices when we choose not to work with and support God's way.   Episode 43 & Episode 44   - Interview with Rachel Clark,...

Our culture, aided by Satan, has done a great job of robbing moms of the joy of the early days of motherhood.  It's now an expectation that it will be a chaotic unhappy time but this is NOT right and it is NOT of God.  Today's episode looks at some practical ways and some real-life choices you can make that will reduce the likelihood that you will struggle with postpartum depression or postpartum...

SHOW NOTES It is so easy to become frozen in the paralysis of analysis of all the birth choices in our medicalized maternity system.  But staying stuck isn't an option.  We've got to get moving so in today's episode I give you 3 tips to help get yourself moving and to keep moving as you make your way through pregnancy and birth.  I also share some tools available to you to make sure you are fully...

SHOW NOTES  Home birth is safe for most moms, no matter what the naysayers try to scare you into believing.  However, for a small percentage of women, the hospital may be a safer environment because of the type of care they need or their baby needs.  This episode looks at conditions that may indicate it is safer for mom to give birth at the hospital.  Of course, as with all situations, this is sim...

SHOW NOTES Everything has a cost…even if it's sold to you as being free….somebody is paying.  It's not always a financial cost though.  Sometimes it's things that are much more impactful than finances.  After a few weeks looking at insurance from different angles and thinking about what it means to have our care dictated by these corporations, we need to now pivot and think about the actual cost t...

SHOW NOTES   Last week, Dr. Stu mentioned a need to pull away from choosing your doctor for your pregnancy care based on who your insurance will cover.  A reel of him talking about this stirred up a lot of comments, so to follow up, today we're going to talk about how to pay for the care you deserve.   Samaritan Ministries -- samaritanministries.org - please mention my name and my husband's name i...

In today's conclusion of my interview with Dr. Stuart Fischbein (from the Birthing Instincts podcast with Blyss Young), we talk about the intricacies of God's design, the new postpartum depression pill, "jabs", exposure to heavy metals, and Dr. Stu's recommendations for how to have the best chance to have a natural birth.     Helpful Links:   2 WAYS TO WORK WITH LORI:   --> Sign up HERE for the...

Today, in the second part of my interview with Dr. Stuart Fischbein, we talk about SO MUCH including the following topics: maternal intuition in pregnancy, epidurals, Michel Odent's theory of the potential impact on baby girls of pre-labor c-sections, the role of maternal oxytocin, the symphony of hormones present in pregnancy & labor, the new postpartum depression pill, what a study of colds...

This episode is the first part of an interview with Dr. Stu Fischbein of Birthing Instincts.  In this episode we cover unnecessary cesareans, birth in nature, diabetes, and how Dr. Stu got from where he started to where he is today.  Be sure to set a reminder to come back for part 2 tomorrow.   Helpful Links:   2 WAYS TO WORK WITH LORI:   --> Sign up HERE for the Your Birth, God's Way Online Ch...

SHOW NOTES Today's episode is part one of a two-part interview with Anna Espinoza.  Anna recently gave birth vaginally to twins at term in an out-of-hospital setting after being advised to have a c-section at 32 weeks.  This interview tells the story of her pregnancy and birth.  It is an empowering story of what can happen when you do your own research and make your own empowered decisions instead...

SHOW NOTES Today's episode is part one of a two-part interview with Anna Espinoza.  Anna recently gave birth vaginally to twins at term in an out-of-hospital setting after being advised to have a c-section at 32 weeks.  This interview tells the story of her pregnancy and birth.  It is an empowering story of what can happen when you do your own research and make your own empowered decisions instead...

SHOW NOTES This episode concludes the series on circumcision. We're talking about how to care for intact babies and circumcised babies as well.  We also talk about how to educate your baby's doctor about how to care for intact babies.     Helpful Links:   2 WAYS TO WORK WITH LORI:   --> Sign up HERE for the Your Birth, God's Way Online Christian Childbirth Course ! This is a COMPLETE childbirth...

SHOW NOTES Today's episode dives into the ethical considerations around infant circumcision.  We look at issues like supposed health benefits, sexual impact, informed consent, psychological impact, and so much more.  This is the third episode in a series on circumcision.  It's not fun, but it's essential and I hope you are blessed by this content.     Helpful Links:   2 WAYS TO WORK WITH LORI:   -...

SHOW NOTES  Today's episode goes into what a circumcision is and how it is done. This is part 2 of a series on circumcision.   Must watch video (entire video is worth your time, but essential part starts at 10:30)      Helpful Links:   2 WAYS TO WORK WITH LORI:   --> Sign up HERE for the Your Birth, God's Way Online Christian Childbirth Course ! This is a COMPLETE childbirth education course wi...

SHOW NOTES It's frustrating to feel social pressure to do something that just doesn't make any sense.  You know something has no logic, but "everybody's doing it" and so you have to justify doing what is normal and what makes sense.  Normally our conversations are around pregnancy and birth and how what the world does just doesn't make much sense, but today we're going into the newborn phase to ta...

SHOW NOTES Today's episode is part Bible study, part birth lesson.  There are a lot of parallels to be found in the story of the lukewarm church in Revelation with the mindset necessary to succeed in having a natural birth in this medicalized world.  This episode will challenge you to commit and not be lukewarm in your outlook about birth so that you can truly succeed and rise above the odds stack...

SHOW NOTES Today's show is a recap of all the wonderful things that happened in 2023 and a preview into our journey in 2024.      Helpful Links:   2 WAYS TO WORK WITH LORI:   --> Sign up HERE for the Your Birth, God's Way Online Christian Childbirth Course ! This is a COMPLETE childbirth education course with a God-led foundation taught by a certified nurse-midwife with over 20 years of experie...

SHOW NOTES Are you a hearer of this podcast or are you a doer?  If you want to have different results with your pregnancy than the norm, it's time to commit to making some real change in the new year.     Helpful Links: Now YOU can have access to the entire Christian childbirth course conducted LIVE this summer!  Sign up HERE for the Your Birth, God's Way Online Christian Childbirth Course - Repla...

SHOW NOTES A majority of OBs and medwives across the country will be loading up labor & delivery units this week with inductions to try to get their patients delivered before Christmas.  But is this truly an indication for induction? Today's episode is all about this topic.      Helpful Links: Now YOU can have access to the entire Christian childbirth course conducted LIVE this summer!  Sign u...

SHOW NOTES Shoving a stack of papers in your face and asking you to sign on the dotted line is NOT informed consent, but that is what takes place on nearly every labor and delivery floor in every hospital in America.  Informed consent is about so much more than just signing a form.  This episode digs into what informed consent is and how to get it when it's not being offered to you up front.     H...

SHOW NOTES   If your birth attendant wants to do what's called an "artificial rupture of membranes" also called "AROM" or they may just say they want to break your water...should you let them? Today's episode is going to help you understand what it means and whether you should consent to it.     Helpful Links: ** USE COUPON CODE "BDAY" AT CHECKOUT NOW THROUGH NEXT WEDNESDAY 12/12/23 TO GET 10% OFF...

It's Christmas time (again?!?!) and with that comes time around family and people you might not normally see.  Something about you being pregnant means people love to tell you all about their horror stories from their pregnancies.  They'll tell you they didn't dilate or that they tried to give birth naturally but couldn't or how they would've died if they weren't at the hospital or how they wanted...