Holistic Pregnancy

Gina Mundy has spent over 23 years as a birth injury attorney, analyzing labor and delivery cases to understand why things go wrong, and how families can prepare before they ever step into a delivery room. She's the author of A Parent's Guide to a Safer Childbirth and host of The Childbirth Attorney Podcast.
In this episode, we talk about the patterns Gina sees over and over in birth injury cases, starting with Pitocin and artificial rupture of membranes. Gina walks through what "slow and steady" actually means with an induction, what the drug manufacturer's own guidelines say about dosing, and why breaking the water is rarely the risk-free intervention it's presented as. She also shares what a Cochrane review of 15,000 deliveries found about doulas and outcomes, and why she recommends one to every family she talks to.
In this episode, we cover:
The pattern behind most birth injury cases, and why spontaneous vaginal births are rarely involved
What "slow and steady" means with a Pitocin induction, and what the manufacturer's own guidelines recommend
Why breaking the water is treated as routine, and what it's actually correlated with in her cases
How to tell when you're being pressured into an intervention versus given a real medical indication
What the research says about doulas and C-section, operative delivery, and intervention rates
Connect with Gina at https://GinaMundy.com or on Instagram at @ginamundy.
Get the book: A Parent's Guide to a Safer Childbirth
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Supplement aisles are overwhelming, and "just take a prenatal" only gets you so far. This episode breaks down what matters when building your prenatal supplement stack, from methylated folate and choline to iron, magnesium, and the difference between a quality label and marketing noise.
In this episode, we cover:
Why food comes first, and supplements are there to fill the gaps, not replace real food
What to actually look for in a prenatal multivitamin, including why Needed is the brand I trust and use myself
Choline, the most under-discussed prenatal nutrient
Vitamin D, omega-3, iron, magnesium, and probiotics, and how to know what you actually need
Electrolytes and hydration, including the Just Ingredients electrolytes mentioned in the episode
How to read a label and spot red flags like proprietary blends and fillers
Brands mentioned:
Needed (20% off with code HOLISTICPREGNANCY)
Just Ingredients (10% off with code TAYLORSHAFFER)
And don't forget to grab the free nutrition guide!
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Dr. Laura Brayton is a holistic chiropractor and functional medicine practitioner with more than 20 years of experience helping women optimize fertility, pregnancy, and maternal health through root-cause medicine and holistic lifestyle practices. She's the host of the Well-Adjusted Mama podcast and creator of the documentary Conscious Conception: An Empowered Pregnancy + Birthing Story.
In this episode, we talk about what conscious conception actually means and why it starts well before a positive pregnancy test. Dr. Brayton breaks down how the nervous system affects fertility, why stress can signal the body that it isn't safe to conceive, and how epigenetics means both partners' health, not just the mother's, shapes the pregnancy to come. She also gets into the toxin load hiding in everyday products, the gut-fertility connection, and why she has couples do a preconception cleanse together.
In this episode, we cover:
What conscious conception means, and why it's relevant even if you're years away from trying
How a stressed, sympathetic nervous system can work against fertility and conception
Why 50 percent of baby's genetics and toxin exposure come from the partner, and what that means for preconception prep
The environmental toxins worth addressing first, and where to find better product alternatives
How gut health and food sensitivities tie into hormone balance and fertility
Practical ways to get a reluctant partner on board with preconception changes
Connect with Dr. Brayton at https://www.drlaurabrayton.com or on Instagram at @drlaurabrayton. You can also listen to Well-Adjusted Mama!
Ready to prep for pregnancy? Check out Real Food Prenatal!
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Third trimester comes with a lot of decisions, all at once. This episode is a full, evidence-based rundown of everything worth doing before baby arrives — GBS testing, pelvic floor prep beyond kegels, finalizing your birth preferences, choosing a pediatrician, and lining up your support team, so nothing gets missed.
In this episode:
The 12 things to focus on this trimester, and the "why" behind each one
Pelvic floor prep that goes beyond kegels
The questions to ask your pediatrician and birth provider
Building your birth preferences as a decision framework
Setting up your support team and preparing emotionally, not just physically
Resources mentioned:
GBS testing handout: https://evidencebasedbirth.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/GBS-Handout.pdf
The Miles Circuit: https://www.milescircuit.com/
Download the third trimester checklist!
Want more holistic postpartum prep resources? Check out Blood Bone + Broth! 
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The 5-5-5 rule — 5 days in bed, 5 days on the bed, 5 days around the bed — is one of the better postpartum recovery frameworks out there. This episode walks through what's physiologically happening in your body and mind during each phase, what's normal, and what's not.
In this episode:
What the 5-5-5 rule is and where it comes from
What's physically happening in each phase — bleeding, healing, hormones, feeding
Normal vs. concerning signs at each stage
Why protecting this time matters more than anything else
💡 Want more holistic postpartum prep resources? Check out our postpartum prep course!
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