Your Placenta: Best Friend or Frenemy? Brooke

What You Didn't Expect in Fertility, Pregnancy & Birth: Real Stories & Expert Insights

English - April 10, 2021 07:00 - 38 minutes - 26.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 15 ratings
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Today’s guest is no stranger to hard labor. As a strength and training coach she’s seen how disciplined effort produces results. But long runs and weight lifting sets didn’t prepare her for some of the consequences that the complicated chemistry of pregnancy can produce. Through the course of her different pregnancies she tangled with HELLP syndrome--a pregnancy complication that requires emergency attention, and a visit by gestational diabetes. Now, with three kids under 5, she can add a new exercise to her regimen: child wrangling. I also include the insights of a fantastic Maternal Fetal Medicine doctor, Dr. Patricia Robertson from UCSF.

Find out more about Brooke's training business here: https://www.wreckingroutine.com/
For extended show notes: see https://warstoriesfromthewomb.com/