008: The First Trimester

The Ultimate Baby Podcast

Get ready to hear all about our first trimester with my husband Jesse. In this episode, you will hear about what we did to improve our chances of fertility and what we did to support a healthy pregnancy from diet to supplements, to healing therapies. We also get into the specifics of what the 1st trimester entailed from nausea, food aversions, cravings, and how we created our ideal birth plan. Have a listen and join us on our baby journey!

Highlights from this episode:

• Sarelle's 30-week milestones
• Baby TUB (The Ultimate Baby) is arriving in February 2020
• Planning for pregnancy
• Trying to conceive (TTC) with Hashimoto’s disease
• Working with a functional medicine team
• CoQ10 for fertility
• MTHFR explained
• Supplements to consider during pregnancy
• What is a repro reflexologist?
• Tracking basal body temperature (BBT)
• Listen to your body
• Self-care is important
• Cutting down on caffeine
• Avoiding hot showers & saunas
• Thriving on paleo diet during pregnancy
• 1st trimester symptoms
• Marni's pregnancy cravings
• Staying hydrated
• Embrace slowing down
• We're super grateful for the "work" we get to do
• Our pregnancy team
• Our natural birth plan

Related links:

Follow Marni Wasserman on Instagram

The Ultimate Baby aka TUB - The First Trimester (Marni's blog post)

Seeking Health - Prenatal (use code ULTIMATEBABY to save 10%)

Sally Fallon - Nourishing Traditions (book)

Vital Proteins - Grass-Fed Beef Liver Capsules

Eastern Market (Detroit Farmer's Market)

Sea Bands

The Ginger People - Gin Gins

Simple Mills (grain-free products)

Siete (grain-free products)

unBun Foods - Keto Buns

Reflexology + Reiki (Sandra Bistany)

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