This episode is all about cannabis use in pregnancy and motherhood. Maybe you have run out of options when it comes to coping with your morning sickness. Maybe you need to find a way to function better in motherhood in a highly stimulated environment. Could cannabis be right for you?  Sydney Parlier is diving into conscious cannabis use in this season of life. As a long-time consumer and researcher of cannabis, she has opened a taboo conversation and provided support for moms using...

In this episode, Elizabeth is talking all about what 1 hospital did to take their cesarean rate from 28.9% to 12.2% in 12 months. It is important to shed light on this since our cesarean rate is much higher than what the WHO calls for. Cesareans are necessary about 10-15% of the time in the United States, yet they are happening over 33% of the time. This means that about two-thirds of the cesareans taking place are preventable.  Connect with Liz https://www.instagram.com/esandoz/?hl=en ...

Doctor Staci Whitman is on a mission to create a cavity-free world. She founded NoPo Kids Dentistry in North Portland, OR, where she takes a whole-body, holistic, and functional approach with her patients. Her dentistry and practice philosophy are both grounded in science and powered by love.  Doctor Staci has always been passionate about children's nutrition and how to improve our food system, the oral microbiome and the oral-systemic connection, and sleep and airway health, focusing her...

Dr. Maggie Hill is on the podcast this week sharing her pregnancy and birth story. Maggie spent time being healthy and preparing her body for pregnancy months in advance. Once pregnant, she discovered she had hyperemesis gravidarum. Despite not having an ideal pregnancy, she was looking forward to her planned homebirth. She shares the emotions, the decisions, and the healing from going from a planned homebirth to an unplanned cesarean.  She shares her story in hopes of relating to other moms...

The doulas are birth-nerding out this episode! Suzzie Vehrs is sharing her experience as a doula supporting over 200 births. She shares her perspective on birth plans, advocacy and setting yourself up with a good birthing team. Connect with Suzzie: https://shebirthsbravely.com/ https://www.instagram.com/shebirthsbravely/ Connect with Liz: https://www.instagram.com/esandoz/?hl=en https://www.Elizabethjoy.co Get the First Trimester Survival Guide https://elizabethjoy.co/freebie Join...

Dr. Shivani Gupta is a busy wife and mother of two who understands the challenges modern women face when it comes to putting their health and well-being first. Unfortunately for many women self-care has become a dirty word and yet another unrealistic expectation on their never-ending to-do list. Dr. Shivani created her revolutionary Modern Ayurveda program and Fusionary Formulas to fuse East and West practices for self-care, digestion, stress reduction, and metabolism. Her goal is to ensure...

Most people don't think of having an IV during labor as an intervention, but any outside or foreign thing to our body is! This episode is going to dive into the risks and benefits of getting an IV (intravenous line) during labor.  Connect with Liz https://www.instagram.com/esandoz/?hl=en https://www.Elizabethjoy.co Get the First Trimester Survival Guide https://elizabethjoy.co/freebie Join the Waitlist https://elizabethjoy.co/join-waitlist Sponsors: Go to jennikayne.com and use the...

This week Dr. K is on this episode answering all of Liz's questions about what makes women high risk. Dr. K is a high-risk OBGYN in Maternal Fetal Medicine and is passionate about spreading awareness on education of risks and the treatment of pregnant women.  Connect with Dr. K https://www.instagram.com/drk_pregnancyspecialist/?hl=en https://www.apcares.ca/drk Connect with Liz https://www.instagram.com/esandoz/?hl=en https://www.Elizabethjoy.co Get the First Trimester Survival Guide ...

In this episode, Vito and Liz are sharing all the details of Carlo's birth.  They also talk about life as a family of five and how having 3, 3 and under has impacted their marriage.    Connect with Liz https://www.instagram.com/esandoz/?hl=en https://www.Elizabethjoy.co Get the First Trimester Survival Guide https://elizabethjoy.co/freebie Join the Waitlist https://elizabethjoy.co/join-waitlist Try my favorite Prenatal! 20% off Needed Prenatals and Electrolyte mix with code...

Audrey Ross is a Birth keeper and advocate diving into some topics challenging the status quo. Maternal health continues to decline in the United States while medical interventions increase. Audrey is tackling some common birth questions such as interventions, home birth, midwifery care and more.  Connect with Audrey: https://stan.store/ajoyfulbirth https://www.instagram.com/Ajoyfulbirth Connect with Liz https://www.instagram.com/esandoz/?hl=en https://www.Elizabethjoy.co Get the...

This episode is all about gestational diabetes. Leslie Flannery is a nutrition coach and dietician specializing in gestational diabetes. She is answering all of your GD questions as well as giving some tips and guidance for moms receiving this diagnosis.  Connect with Leslee: https://www.instagram.com/gestational.diabetes.nutrition/?hl=en https://gdmnutrition.com/link-in-bio Connect with Liz https://www.instagram.com/esandoz/?hl=en https://www.Elizabethjoy.co Get the First Trimester...

Amazing News! A study has come out linking a hormone and genetic component to morning sickness and hyperemesis gravidarum. In this episode, Liz talks about morning sickness, ways to combat it, and what the research says.  She also talks about how the crunchy world can be detrimental to your mental health when you are struggling with morning sickness and hg.    Connect with Liz https://www.instagram.com/esandoz/?hl=en https://www.Elizabethjoy.co Get the First Trimester Survival Guide ...

The World Health Organization recommends a country's cesarean rate to be 10-15%.  In the United States, ours is 32-33%.  A huge contributor to our high rate is the percentage of women who have repeats cesareans verses trying for a vaginal birth.  Why is this happening? What does the research say? Hannah is on this episode answering those questions and giving great information on how to have a successful VBAC.  Connect with Hannah: https://www.instagram.com/ebbandflowbirthco/?hl=en ...

In this episode, Midwife Sarah Stetina shares the difference of risks in pregnancy with a midwifery model of care. Most "high risk" pregnancies have much better outcomes when they choose midwifery care. We dive into risk and birthing outside the hospital system.  Connect with Liz https://www.instagram.com/esandoz/?hl=en https://www.Elizabethjoy.co Get the First Trimester Survival Guide https://elizabethjoy.co/freebie Join the Waitlist https://elizabethjoy.co/join-waitlist YouTube...

At Think Happy, they believe that YOU are in the driver’s seat of your own life - yep, YOU! They also believe that happiness is something we each create for ourselves.  Kaitlin Cueves, founder of Think Happy, is on the podcast helping us to learn some steps to keeping our cups full and overwhelm at bay. She is on a mission to help busy women create sustainable habits and routines that: Reduce daily stress by creating systems and control, Decrease wasted/unproductive time throughout the...

Earlier this week, Liz talked about why birth plans don't work.... so what does? This episode is all about making your birth plan work for you! Liz covers 3 tips to get your birth to work and more importantly, to get you informed and prepared for labor and birth.  Connect with Liz https://www.instagram.com/esandoz/?hl=en https://www.Elizabethjoy.co Get the First Trimester Survival Guide https://elizabethjoy.co/freebie Join the Waitlist https://elizabethjoy.co/join-waitlist YouTube...

Giving birth in a pretty big deal and lots of people have ideas about what you should do. This episode is all about setting boundaries with family and friends and protecting your mental wellbeing during this sacred time in life.  Connect with Liz https://www.instagram.com/esandoz/?hl=en https://www.Elizabethjoy.co Get the First Trimester Survival Guide https://elizabethjoy.co/freebie Join the Waitlist https://elizabethjoy.co/join-waitlist YouTube Link: ...

In this episode, Liz is diving into the signs of labor and how to know when it is time to go to the hospital. Depending on the type of birth you want, this can affect the time you plan on laboring at home. The signs of labor can sometimes be confusing but there is truly one way to know that you are really in labor! Resources https://evidencebasedbirth.com/evidence-inducing-labor-water-breaks-term/ ...

There is a ton of information out there about weight gain in pregnancy and they are all saying the same thing. They are all based on the BMI and the BMI is a poor indicator of health. What they fail to achieve is the nuance and needs of every single baby and mama are different. So what is healthy pregnancy weight gain for you? Let's dive into it.  Resources https://www.sarawickham.com/research-updates/women-with-higher-bmi/ https://www.sarawickham.com/plus-size-pregnancy/ ...

We are back this year with the new rebrand of the podcast, The Pregnancy to Parenting Show. In this episode, Elizabeth is talking all about birth plans and why they don't work.   Connect with Liz https://www.instagram.com/esandoz/?hl=en https://www.Elizabethjoy.co Get the First Trimester Survival Guide https://elizabethjoy.co/freebie Join the Waitlist https://elizabethjoy.co/join-waitlist  

It's the final episode of the year and Liz is filling you in on her postpartum so far and some exciting changes coming to the podcast in the New year!  Be on the look out and make sure you are subscribed so you don't miss out on the great content coming your way in 2024!!  

Dr. Katie Zaremba, DC, DABCI is a functional medicine doctor specializing in women's health, focusing on fertility and prenatal care. Dr. Zaremba attended Palmer College of Chiropractic where she began to understand the importance of a root cause approach to health care. After school, she furthered her education to specialize as a board-certified chiropractic internist (DABCI) through the Council on Disease and Internal Disorders (CDID). She has been working for over 5 years with women to...

Dr. Robyn Thompson. She is a respected Midwife, Maternal Child & Family Health Nurse (MCaFHN), Breastfeeding Specialist, and founder of The Thompson Method (TTM) Breastfeeding Program. Dr. Robyn has 50 years of experience as a hospital and homebirth midwife, and she is no stranger to the hardships of motherhood she has seen the standard of care within the hospital system repeatedly fail both pre-and post-natal women. Recently, Dr. Robyn was awarded the Order of Australia Medal for her...

Kristin Brown is a Registered Dietitian offering virtual nutrition services across Canada. She has been in the nutrition world for the past decade and loves every minute of this ever-changing science. She is passionate about helping people balance their meals and prepare foods they enjoy all while working on improving their relationship with food and their bodies.  After having her twins, she became passionate about helping pregnant women with nutrition. Kristin believes that optimizing...