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Do You Need All These Prenatal Supplements?

2026-10-0619:13

Supplement aisles are overwhelming, and "just take a prenatal" only gets you so far. This episode breaks down what matters when building your prenatal supplement stack, from methylated folate and choline to iron, magnesium, and the difference between a quality label and marketing noise. In this episode, we cover: Why food comes first, and supplements are there to fill the gaps, not replace real foodWhat to actually look for in a prenatal multivitamin, including why Needed is the brand I trust...

Conscious Conception with Dr. Laura Brayton

2026-09-2951:44

Dr. Laura Brayton is a holistic chiropractor and functional medicine practitioner with more than 20 years of experience helping women optimize fertility, pregnancy, and maternal health through root-cause medicine and holistic lifestyle practices. She's the host of the Well-Adjusted Mama podcast and creator of the documentary Conscious Conception: An Empowered Pregnancy + Birthing Story. In this episode, we talk about what conscious conception actually means and why it starts well before a pos...

Third Trimester Checklist

2026-09-2220:11

Third trimester comes with a lot of decisions, all at once. This episode is a full, evidence-based rundown of everything worth doing before baby arrives — GBS testing, pelvic floor prep beyond kegels, finalizing your birth preferences, choosing a pediatrician, and lining up your support team, so nothing gets missed. In this episode: The 12 things to focus on this trimester, and the "why" behind each onePelvic floor prep that goes beyond kegelsThe questions to ask your pediatrician and birth p...

5-5-5 Rule for Postpartum

2026-09-1523:10

The 5-5-5 rule — 5 days in bed, 5 days on the bed, 5 days around the bed — is one of the better postpartum recovery frameworks out there. This episode walks through what's physiologically happening in your body and mind during each phase, what's normal, and what's not. In this episode: What the 5-5-5 rule is and where it comes fromWhat's physically happening in each phase — bleeding, healing, hormones, feedingNormal vs. concerning signs at each stageWhy protecting this time matters more than ...

The Evidence-Based Hospital Bag Checklist

2026-09-0825:04

Most hospital bag lists are overpacked with things you'll never open. This episode breaks down what's truly worth bringing and organized in helpful categories! In this episode, we cover: What you need for labor (and what hospitals already provide)Creating a physiologic birth environment: lighting, sound, scent, and comfortCoping tools that support labor, and why a doula is worth consideringWhat you need for postpartum recovery, baby, and your support person in the first day or two after birth...

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