Meghan Telpner is a Toronto-based author, speaker, nutritionist, and founder of the Academy of Culinary Nutrition who’s been ranked as one of the top 100 female entrepreneurs in Canada. She’s written two bestselling books: UnDiet: Eat Your Way to Vibrant Health and The UnDiet Cookbook.
In this episode, we discuss:
- The eternal pregnancy
- The importance of preconception planning
- Detoxing before getting pregnant (women & men)
- Nobody talks about miscarriages
- Eating 100% organic during preconception (and beyond)
- Recruiting an amazing pregnancy team
- Giving birth is the greatest physical feat of your lifetime
- The role of a doula and a midwife
- Every pregnant woman must go visit a pelvic floor therapist
- Pregnancy is unpredictable
- Birthing your child is simultaneously the most selfless and selfish act, of your life
- Traumatic births can cause PTSD
- Focusing on healing after giving birth
- Considering cosleeping?
- Balancing being a new Mom and an entrepreneur
- Saying no to good so you can say yes to great
- You can never plan for the unknown
- The unexpected feelings of being a new Mom
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Related links:
Meghan Telpner – UnDiet (book)
Meghan Telpner – The UnDiet Cookbook (book)
Meghan Telpner’s website
Follow Meghan Telpner on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube
Sign up for Meghan’s Culinary Nutrition Expert Program (CNE)
Listen to Meghan Telpner previously on TUHP (episode #25, #91, & #146)
Josh Gitalis’ website
Listen to Josh Gitalis previously on TUHP (episode #4, #80, & #146)
Our Birth Story: Where Nothing Goes As We’d Planned (Meghan’s blog)
Miscarriages Happen and It’s Okay. Here’s What No One Talks About. (Meghan’s blog)
40 Natural Solutions To Pregnancy Symptoms (Meghan’s blog)
My Prenatal Library: Best Books For A Natural Pregnancy and Birth (Meghan’s blog)
My Top 25 Essentials for New Moms and Babies (Meghan’s blog)
Why “Mom Guilt” Is Total Nonsense (Meghan’s blog)
Listen to Nadine Artemis previously on TUHP (episode #41, #88, #188)
Sally Fallon Morell – The Nourishing Traditions Book of Baby & Child Care (book)
The Weston A. Price Foundation
Roy Dittmann – Brighton Baby (book)
EPI-NO Delphine Plus
The Ab System
Heng Ou – The First Forty Days (book)
Evidence Based Birth (website)
Sarah Buckley – Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering (book)
Related episodes:
329: Dr. Shefali Tsabary – Conscious Parenting, Vipassana Meditation, Letting Go Of Perfection
315: Genevieve Howland aka Mama Natural – Preparing For A Healthy Pregnancy & Childbirth
251: Dr. Sarah Buckley – Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering • Preconception Planning • The Role Of Oxytocin
206: Josh Gitalis – Support During Pregnancy • Boost Your Immunity • Testing For Heavy Metals
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I truly hope you do not feel guilty for needing drugs, Meghan. I am a veterinarian and being in the medical field I LOVE holistic medicine. Combining modern medicine and a well rounded approach to wellness is key. I had a very high risk pregnancy (bed rest due to cervixal incompetence, getting steroid injections due to risk of preterm labour, a low lying placenta, my baby slowed growth at 34 weeks…etc). This was not my plan for a healthy active pregnancy! After my pregnancy I did not make a birth plan because I had to trust in my health care team…except for one thing…I opted for an epidural because I truly believe pain control is very important during traumatizing events. As a result my birth story was the most relaxing, quiet part of my whole pregnancy. Everyone’s story is different and every mother is amazing! You did everything for him even though it went against what you originally planned. You should be nothing but proud! Continue to tell your story with your head held high!
I just listened to this episode, and I just want to say that this was by far the hardest to listen to. NOT because it was bad, but because it was so raw and real. So much so, because this was my experience with my birth with my daughter too. At 19 I was induced, because of low fluid, and since then I was in miserable pain and fear for 27.5 hours. I wanted a very natural plan, but as soon as I got to the hospital it seemed like it was no longer in my control. I almost had to have an emergency C-section, but I ended up being able to push her out as naturally as I could at that point. I can not appreciate it enough her telling her story, because I, as well as many other women, probably needed to hear that not everything goes as plan but it can still be all okay in the end. Thank you again for such a great episode.
Thanks Rene for this message. So happy you enjoyed the episode. It is a very intense subject matter that needs to be addressed!