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The Unmedicated Girlies | Empowered + Informed Birth Education with Fierce Lizzie

Welcome to The Unmedicated Girlies, the podcast for moms who want to be informed, empowered, and educated for birth and beyond. We know that an empowered birth leads to an empowered motherhood, and that it takes going against the status quo to get there.

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00:14:58

105 | Home births don’t need birth plans, hospital...

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2024/01/17

If you are listening to a podcast about birth plans, then I know your birth plan is important to you. You have preferences, desires and wants for your birth that you want to effectively communicate to your care team. The best way to be sure your birth plan is an effective tool, is to understand it’s purpose and how it can be the most useful. In this episode I discuss: -When the birth plan was born, and why women started using them -The difference between home birth and hospital birth that change how

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00:15:41

104 | A mindset shift to stay more accountable to...

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2024/01/15

How to turn “I should do more research before my due date to prepare for birth” to “I will be prepared for birth.” Here is how you can easily make that mindset shift and stay more accountable to your birth prep. Plus this strategy is going to make your birth prep easier and more fun too. In this episode I discuss: -What finally got me making bagels from scratch even though I had been thinking about making our families bread for years -My sourdough starter (her name is Wynonna) -How you can easily

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00:26:57

103 | Technology in birth, the worst advancements in...

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2024/01/12

Last year was the year of AI, especially in the entrepreneur world. It's all about things being faster, easier, and automated. And this has been happening with birth for years. We’ve gotten so far away from mother nature's birth that we’ve completely changed what birth looks like. And it’s not good for most mothers and babies. In this episode I discuss: - Automation fails from content creators. - The hospital is the most advanced option for birth and it's hurting moms and babies - The

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00:15:20

102 | 5 things my client did to go all in

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2024/01/10

Want to have a powerful and positive birth experience? It's time to go all in. I have noticed is that the moms who start sooner, who bring the questions, who extend their learning- they are typically the most mentally and physically prepared for birth. Listen in for how a recent client of mine made big time and money investments to have an empowered pregnancy, birth and postpartum. In this episode I discuss: - How to greatly influence your birth experience by choosing your birth place, provider

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00:11:04

101 | Does your Dr respect your time? Waiting room...

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2024/01/08

I recently I heard three stories of moms waiting quite a long time for their doctors. And it just rubbed me the wrong way. Here is what an empowered mom would do and how you can use this as an opportunity to learn advocacy skills. In this episode I discuss: -three times moms were left to wait -why it's important to use waiting room woes as a chance to practice advocacy skills -what the way you respond to time conflicts reveals about your birth -how to have more confidence in having

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00:26:21

100 | Becoming a self taught doula

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2024/01/05

Did you know you do not need to be certified to become a doula? All it takes is a desire to support women, learning about birth, pregnancy, postpartum, and getting connected with the women in your community. In this episode I discuss: - My transition from full time working teacher to self employed doula - How my social selling experience helped me become an entrepreneur - The doula certification program I started then ditched to become a self taught doula - Exactly what I did to become a self

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00:28:43

99 | Make EMPOWERED your word for 2024

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2024/01/03

Welcome to 2024! If you are pregnant, TTC, or you are in the THICK of motherhood this year, I have tips for every stage on how to live more EMPOWERED in 2024. In this episode I discuss: -If your goal is to get pregnant in 2024, three things to do now to take control of trying to conceive. -The importance of nutrition while trying to conceive and during pregnancy -Five ways to have an empowered birth and pregnancy -The best time to make a plan for leaving your job to become a stay at home or work

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00:26:22

98 | Conquer your fear of birth

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2023/12/29

What do most moms fear about birth? Usually fear is around the pain of birth, fear of adverse outcomes, fear of not knowing how things are going to unfold. We can conquer ALL of these fears with birth education. I know because I have experienced first hand the benefits of the knowledge is power approach to birth. In this episode I cover: - Falling victim to the fear of childbirth and how it can cause you more pain in birth - How birth support alone doesn't get to the root of the fears - The

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00:24:06

97 | Two tips for planning an unmedicated twin birth

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2023/12/27

"I’m pregnant with twins, I was planning an unmedicated birth. Is all hope of an unmedicated birth lost?" Absolutely not, unmedicated birth is possible with twins. Here are two tips, things you should do now, to help you reach your goal of having your twins unmedicated. In this episode I discuss: - The twin moms inside my birth program, there's been 6 twin moms in Unmedicated Academy - How positioning can effect your birth outcome with twins - Why it's important to find a

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00:39:16

96 | Asynclitic to unmedicated, Eden shares her Irish...

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2023/12/22

Eden is a mom of two, education counselor turned doula after the birth of her first. She shares her two very different birth experiences and how she went from prepared on what to expect to even more informed, and more physically and mentally ready for her second birth. "My second birth was everything they say about unmedicated birth... it was amazing." In this episode, we discuss: - Leaving your job and navigating maternity leave in education. - When she found out she was pregnant at 3

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00:31:32

95 | Your motherhood legacy, how birth education...

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2023/12/20

Every decision you make now, offers generational wealth for your children. Whether that is learning sourdough, having a home birth, or practicing self-advocacy. When we take the time to get informed and educated, and when we model that for our children, we make it that much easier for them as they enter into parenthood. In this episode I discuss: - 3 examples of generational wealth my mother passed on to me - The reason I want to figure out how to make sourdough - How my advocacy skills have grown

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00:22:52

94 | Backwards planning your birth, birth planning...

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2023/12/18

This is for the planner, type A, goal setting woman. I know you are in goal setting mode for 2024 but have you ever thought of using your goal setting method for planning your birth? How to take your larger goal of "I want an unmedicated birth" and make it more specific, then backwards plan to figure out what you can do today to help you reach your birth goal. Mentioned on the show: ⁠Ambitious Birth Worker⁠ Get the questions for your provider & intervention research checklist in the

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00:20:21

93 | Gain more confidence in your advocacy skills,...

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2023/12/15

Advocating means to get what you want and need and deserve. What does it take to advocate for yourself? It takes more than knowing what sentence to say. It takes practice and confidence. For most women, advocacy is not a natural skill. Listen in for 3 steps to be a better advocate for yourself. More episodes you may love: No bras in L&D, outfit advocacy and what to wear for birth Feeling empowered vs being empowered Using BRAIN with Dr Sarah Start the EMPOWERED MOM Challenge, 5 episodes and

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01:02:30

92 | Inclusive language is excluding your main...

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2023/12/13

DONAs inclusive language policy isn't new, but how they responded to the women speaking against the policy is new and it's contributing to the erasure of women and the mother. In this episode, we discuss: DONA and LLL erasing comments and blocking women who want to be called women. How society tries to make women equal to men, completely ignoring our biological differences Inclusive language has been normalized for many years, starting in public school and health education. We

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00:10:03

Yay 90k! 🥂 A listener giveaway and how the podcast...

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2023/12/12

Thank you for 90K! Were on our way to 100K downloads already- but first a giveaway. You'll win a bag of NORA tea, the perfect addition to your birth prep. To win: leave a review on Apple Podcasts and finish step 2 over on instagram. In this episode I share: - how I got started with podcasting - entering the 90k giveaway - what listening to podcasts tells me about you - why NORA is better than red raspberry leaf tea Next steps: Save your spot in the Podcast Workshop Enter the 90k

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00:19:54

91 | Husband hates home birth, get your partner to...

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2023/12/12

It's all too common to hear moms say they wanted a home birth but their husbands weren't on board, or their husbands felt safer in the hospital. So how do you get your partner to support your birth plan? Usually the thing they need is to get informed and educated. In this episode I discuss: - resources to help your partner understand you birth goals - my controversial take on what to do when you and your partner don't see eye to eye on an issue surrounding birth or your baby - what to

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00:19:24

90 | Labor pain has purpose, how feeling the pain of...

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2023/12/08

My argument has always been against striving for a pain free birth and this fascinating theory supports that argument even more. Could pain have a purpose in labor? Can the physiology behind feeling pain actually be protective to our babies? In this episode I cover: -an on-air mindset change on the word pain -a recap from Dr. Stu on the purpose pain serves in birth -why a pain free birth is not a good goal -the physiology of pain in a labor and birth -why low risk moms should not have third

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00:16:36

89 | 5 reasons to avoid pitocin in your birth, the...

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2023/12/07

You hear all the birthy moms say to avoid pitocin, but do you know why? Having a strong why behind declining pitocin will help you to be a better advocate for yourself. In this episode I discuss: -why pitocin is not like oxytocin -how pitocin can ruin your birth plan -the way our bodies run birth -why pitocin is bad for your baby -how pitocin can change your postpartum Mentioned on the show: Write a low-tox birth plan Pitocin study Next Steps: Get the advocacy skills inside Unmedicated

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00:25:08

88 | Write a low-tox birth plan

The Unmedicated Girlies | Empowered + Informed Birth... ·

2023/12/04

No matter what level of low-tox or "crunchy" you are currently at, you can write a birth plan that avoids toxins. Is an epidural toxic? Is pitocin toxic? And what about those unmedicated interventions, are they safe? In this episode I discuss: -my introduction into being a crunchy mom -what to use when you can't use bleach in pregnancy -unmedicated birth IS low-tox and that's one reason we love it -3 toxic interventions to decline Mentioned on the show: Avoiding induction is not

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00:16:34

The instacart version of your birth, what to look for...

The Unmedicated Girlies | Empowered + Informed Birth... ·

2023/12/01

I had the worst instacart experience the other day and it reminded me of exactly how when you birth in the hospital, you never know what you are going to get. In this episode I discuss: -two very different instacart experiences -how every provider is different -practice vs personality when interviewing providers -what to do if you can't interview your provoder Mentioned on the show: Blame Henry Ford for your Birth Trauma Finding the Unicorn OB Next Steps: Grab your FREE provider question

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