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

SHOW NOTES: Today's episode looks at our health choices...it is hard to make healthy choices, but it's also hard not to. Join me as we think through each side of the equation. This is the newly rebranded podcast, formerly known as "Your Birth, God's Way". If you are pregnant, please look back on your podcast app for over 140 episodes dealing exclusively with pregnancy topics! Helpful Links: — BIBL...

SHOW NOTES: Today's episode goes through a list of questions you can ask yourself to assess whether you are healthy or whether you have room for improvement based on how God designed your body to work. The episode opens with me discussing a negative review. If you would like to skip that, please do so. For audio only, you can skip to around the 7:30 mark. For video, you can skip to around the 6:30...

SHOW NOTES: I've talked before about so many medical interventions over the years and gone into detail about the pros and cons of them, and all of that info is relevant…but today I want to go a little deeper into the underlying reasons we as Christians should not be accepting so many medical interventions. Often we kind of separate faith from our health care, but everything we do as Christians is...

SHOW NOTES: In today's episode, we look at how insulin and blood sugar may very well be the things that are keeping you from losing weight despite all your best efforts.   This is the newly rebranded podcast, formerly known as "Your Birth, God's Way". If you are pregnant, please look back on your podcast app for over 140 episodes dealing exclusively with pregnancy topics! Helpful Links: — BIBLE ST...

Before we head into specific topics next week, I want to spend this week reminding you and encouraging you that it is NOT too late for you to make the real changes you need to make to get your body back to the health God intended you to have.   This is the newly rebranded podcast, formerly known as "Your Birth, God's Way". If you are pregnant, please look back on your podcast app for over 140 epis...

SHOW NOTES: If you have ever worried that your medical choices for your children might end up getting a CPS or DCS referral, today's episode is for you. I'm talking to Bradley Pierce from Heritage Defense about what you should do if CPS shows up on your doorstep.   Learn more about Heritage Defense at heritagedefense.org This is the newly rebranded podcast, formerly known as "Your Birth, God's Way...

SHOW NOTES: Saying "no" or pushing back against perceived medical authority can be intimidating or down right scary, but it doesn't have to be. They are just humans like you! Today's episode gives you 6 tips to help make it easier to disagree with doctors or other medical professionals when you decide their recommendation is not what's best for you.   This is the newly rebranded podcast, formerly...

SHOW NOTES: Nearly every aspect of today's world and today's culture work AGAINST God's design for how He wants His people to live in order to be healthy. Today's episode looks at some of these attacks on His ways and we look at ways to overcome the struggle these obstacles present.   This is the newly rebranded podcast, formerly known as "Your Birth, God's Way". If you are pregnant, please look b...

SHOW NOTES: Today's episode is a challenge to help you get ready for the changes I know you'll want to make with the new rebranded podcast!   Can't wait for each new episode??  Now view the new episode the night before it releases on your podcast app! Subscribe to my YouTube channel where the new episodes will now be posted on Monday nights at 5pm! -- https://www.youtube.com/@ifmamaainthealthy   H...

SHOW NOTES: This episode is a BIG ONE! I'm making a BIG ANNOUNCEMENT about the future of Your Birth, God's Way!   Helpful Links: — BIBLE STUDY - FREE Bible Study Course - How To Be Sure Of Your Salvation  - https://the-ruffled-mango-school.teachable.com/p/how-to-be-sure-of-your-salvation   -- COACHING - If you're tired of shallow, cheap, meaningless connections in pregnancy that leave you feeling...

Postpartum is hard and so is sleep deprivation….and you get a nice helping of both after you have a baby. Some well-meaning people might recommend you work on sleep training your baby early so that you can get back to getting normal amounts of sleep quicker. But is this a good idea? Does it even work? That's the topic of this episode. Specifically, I address co-sleeping and how that might be the s...

This episode is a follow up to episode 144 where I tell you the story of my recent miscarriage. In this episode, I detail my frustrations with my experience in the hospital system and I also explain how this has led to a change in what I offer with my practice, specifically regarding ultrasounds. If you haven't listened to episode 144 yet, you're going to want to listen to it first.    Helpful Lin...

Inside this episode I am sharing with you my very personal story of my miscarriage that happened in March of this year. I take you through the timeline of what happened and also give my perspective on what it was like to deal with the medical system when I thought I might be having an ectopic pregnancy. Helpful Links: — BIBLE STUDY - FREE Bible Study Course - How To Be Sure Of Your Salvation  - ht...

SHOW NOTES: Many women who want to labor naturally want to know if waterbirth is a safe option for them. I thought I had dealt with this topic in the past, but apparently I hadn't so today I'm doing that while covering this systemic review from the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. In this episode you will learn: Is water birth safe? What is water birth? Who is a good candidate to hav...

SHOW NOTES: When you learn new things about what is good for your body, you sometimes learn things you wish you had done different. If you connect what you've learned as being a potential cause of something negative that has happened in your past, then it is easy for guilt to set in. In this episode, we talk about how this can happen and how to deal with it so you don't get paralyzed with guilt. h...

SHOW NOTES: A lot of midwives and doctors will tell you on the front end that they are supportive of natural birth, but how can you tell for sure? It is not a good feeling to get to the end of the third trimester only to find out they've pulled a "bait and switch" on you and they're really not all that supportive of your birth plan or birth preferences. The best way to know for sure is to take the...

SHOW NOTES: Today we're learning about how to calculate your estimated due date and your estimated gestational age so that you can know for yourself when your "guess date" is of when your baby will be joining your family!   Resource - Perinatology.com   Helpful Links: — BIBLE STUDY - FREE Bible Study Course - How To Be Sure Of Your Salvation  - https://the-ruffled-mango-school.teachable.com/p/how-...

SHOW NOTES: There is nothing more important to our physical health than what we eat, but it's easy to forget that and compromise. When you are pregnant, breastfeeding, or trying to conceive, it's even more important, so today I want to spend some time thinking about this with you so that we can all be more focused on nourishing our bodies well and giving our bodies the good energy they need to fun...

Today in states like Tennessee, there is a new push to require doulas to be certified in order to be able to serve moms. But why? What's the story behind these bills. That's what we're discussing today.  If you would like to look up the bills in Tennessee, they are SB0044 / HB0295. To learn more or get involved, contact: - Rebekah Porter Rebekah@tndoula.org - Amanda Garrison destinationdoula@gmail...

Show Notes: The medical system is quick to label women as having "high risk pregnancies", but just because you've been labeled high risk doesn't mean you have to give up everything in your birth plan and go along with every intervention in the book. There is a lot of room for you to still be able to get most of the things you want in your birth, even if you end up "high risk" and at a hospital. To...

It's hard to remember your worth as a woman of God in today's world which places so much emphasis on the paycheck you bring home rather than where God places it -- in the work we do that only we can do! So today we're going to spend sometime encouraging ourselves as we remember where God places our value.   Helpful Links: — BIBLE STUDY - FREE Bible Study Course - How To Be Sure Of Your Salvation  ...

Sometimes even if you want to have a baby and you are prepared for it, the news can still cause you to feel ups and downs in a way that you don't expect. Those feelings can lead to guilt and I believe this is an issue many deal with but very few talk about, so today we're going to talk about it so you know you are not alone! This situation actually has a name. It's called the "ambivalence of pregn...

Show Notes: In this episode, we look at a part of breastfeeding that can be very troubling and frustrating for moms if they aren't ready for it.  It's called clusterfeeding and it is a completely normal part of the nursing journey, though it can be quite tiring. Books mentioned: Ina May's Guide to Breastfeeding by Ina May Gaskin Breastfeeding Made Simple by Nancy Mohrbacher     Helpful Links: — BI...

Show Notes: Today's show is not fun, but it is something moms need to know, preferably before they might need it. Today we're talking about what to do if you suffer from a miscarriage. While it is an impossible time and an impossible thought, it is a time you'll have to make a lot of decisions, so I want to help you be able to walk through it. I mention a book about the safety of ultrasounds again...

Show Notes Today's episode is the story of one of my clients whose birth did not go at all as planned.  But it is not traumatic and she has no regrets.  This is the story of making choices as they come to us from a position of faith in God and empowerment.  This story will help you should your birth go different than you hope.   Helpful Links: — BIBLE STUDY - FREE Bible Study Course - How To Be Su...