Podcast appearances and mentions of stephanie sibbio

Stephanie Sibbio is a Toronto based personal trainer and pelvic health & breastfeeding advocate. She is the co-founder of 100 Million Moms, A rights-based movement empowering Moms all over the world to stand up against injustice. Find her at www.glowingmama.com

We are chatting with the lovely Stephanie Sibbio of the popular insta account 100millionmoms. Stephanie has been labeled an "anti-masker" and "anti-vaxxer" due to her opinions and choices to not wear a mask or get the Covid vaccine and she shares her experiences due to these choices. We wanted to chat with Stephanie for this reason, but also because she is a health professional and has done a TON of research about this pandemic and has a lot of information as well as a different perspective that goes against the common narrative we are constantly hearing on every news channel. Stephanie reminds us of the importance to always ask questions, do your research and to be a critical thinker. It was a refreshing conversation and to learn from someone on the other side of the proverbial (covid) fence.  Follow Stephanie @100millionmoms and @glowingmamafit Follow us @herspective_podcast Thank you to our sponsor VitalityMD. Use promotional code HERSPECTIVE100 for $100 off the O-shot or Viveve treatments. Book a consultation at www.vitalitymd.com. Thank you to our sponsor House of Hayla for supporting HERspective. Use coupon code HERSPECTIVE20 for 20% off your first order of any Generation ll shoes from www.houseofhayla.com

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Stephanie Sibbio’s Glowing Mama To Be Course: https://glowing-mama-courses.thinkific.com/  (15% off with the code: happyhomebirth15 ) Instagram: stephsibbiofitness Hatched at Home-Midwife Carrie LaChapelle: www.hatchedathome.com https://www.facebook.com/MidwifeCarrieLachapelleLMCPM/ 864-907-6363   Body Works Physical Therapy http://bodyworks-physicaltherapy.com/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/MamaBodyWorks Email: bodyworkspt.llc@gmail.com Phone: (864) 757-2440   Show Notes: -Stephanie is a fitness and nutrition coach for new and expecting moms. -She’s been working in the industry for almost a decade now. - Stephanie began doing this work almost by “accident”… one of her clients became pregnant, so she realized she needed to learn more about pregnancy in relation to fitness.  She was a natural at it, and the mother, who had several pregnant friends, asked if she would do a group class. -Through this experience, her career was born. -When it came to preparing her own body for a successful labor and delivery, Stephanie said the things she considered were:             -Nurturing her body with proper fluids, eating an anti-inflammatory diet, and making sure she was getting all of the nutrients she needed             -She said it was important to make sure that she was not in any pain, because when you’re in  pain, the last thing you want to do is get up and do a workout. -“It’s important to work specifically for what you want to accomplish” -She mentions that for labor, our legs need lots of stamina, we need mobility in our hips, and we need overall strength and endurance. -“Labor is a big interval session, right?  You get a contraction, you get some time off.  And then repeat!” -“If you can work out in a way that almost simulates labor, then you’re in a good place when it’s actually time.” -Stephanie saw a pelvic floor physiologist, a chiropractor and an osteopath during her pregnancy. “I kept repeating through labor… I can’t believe THIS is how we get people into the world… I can’t believe this is how we populate the planet!”               -Stephanie mentions again how important whole, natural foods were in her prenatal preparation.  She made sure to eat all of the colors of the rainbow, and if she had a craving for something unhealthy, she would try to recreate it in a healthy way.             -She also mentions how important supplementation was during pregnancy: A link to her guide for prenatal supplements is mentioned below.   Stephanie’s Birth Story: -She feels it went pretty much as smoothly as it could be.  She wants to note that there was no ego about this- she did not want a homebirth at the risk of her health or her baby’s healthy.  -She was only 38 weeks and 3 days… “My husband said he knew I was in labor because the bathroom was cleaned!” -The next morning, around 6 am, she felt some contractions and intuitively knew she was in labor.  Stephanie had not had any Braxton Hicks, but she felt confident that these were early labor contractions. -She remembered her midwife saying try to get some sleep during labor, so she tried.  By about 7:30, she was ready to get out of bed.  She headed for the bath, but became overheated and got out. -At this point her step sons were awake, so she let them know that she was pretty sure she was in labor, so not to worry if she bent over and moaned or had to work through contractions a bit. -A while later, Stephanie called her doula to tell her that although the timing of the contractions was still all over the place, she was experiencing more and more pain.  Her doula suggested that she come over to work on some acupressure points to potentially get contractions more consistent. -Stephanie’s mother was also on the way over- Stephanie made a “game time decision” to let her mom come to the birth. -She discusses how beneficial her decision to hire a doula was for her birth experience.  Having someone there to help her determine what needed to be done at what time was invaluable. -Stephanie mentions how vague the timeline is when in labor.  She doesn’t know exactly when her doula came, when she got in the tub, etc.  She does know, however, that her entire labor was 16 hours, 6 of those being classified as “active labor”. - “By the time I was at the pushing phase, my legs felt like Bambi legs.”  Stephanie says she was unable to sit down or lie down throughout her labor, so her legs felt incredibly weak towards the end.  She mentions how grateful she was that she had trained for this exactly, because she can’t imagine how anyone could do this without muscular endurance in their legs! -Stephanie says that the great thing about deciding to have an unmedicated birth was that she could feel everything.  When her midwife told her to keep pushing, Stephanie responded “I’m done pushing for the moment” because she knew what her body was telling her to do. -She mentions how there were those moments of defeat-like feelings when she would push and feel baby’s head come closer, and then retreat.  But in retrospect, she thinks of how useful that system is- stretching mom and preparing her body for crowning. -Stephanie’s baby’s head finally emerged.  Baby’s body, however, did not immediately glide right out.  Her hands were up at her chin, and her arms stuck to the side of baby’s torso…. Making for a much wider circumference, more similar to pushing out the head still. -“At that point, I knew I had to push beyond where I could,” Stephanie remembers. -“If I don’t give an extra 10% now, it’s going to mean I have to do so much more work for -another push.” -Finally, Stephanie’s midwife said, “On this next push, I’m going to hand you your baby from between your legs.”  The next push came, and sure enough, Stephanie’s daughter was in her arms.  -She remembers her first words to her little one, “You did a good job, my baby!  You did a good job!” -Moments after, she began shaking and her teeth began to chatter because of all of the adrenaline. -The midwife got an oxytocin (Pitocin) shot ready for Stephanie to deliver the placenta.  Stephanie said, “Hang on a second, what’s that for?”  The midwife responded that it was to get the placenta out.  Stephanie used the BRAIN acronym and asked about the benefits and risks… she then asked if they could wait for the placenta to be birthed on its own.  The midwives said waiting an hour would be fine. -Within 20 minutes, the placenta was born on its own without the use of Pitocin. -Stephanie’s mom cut the cord, which was very special. -“And now we can snuggle and go to bed.  And the same place she was born was the same place we stayed for days.” -To Stephanie, having a homebirth didn’t feel like an act of bravery.  In her own head, she was avoiding the things she was scared of: the hospital, the cascade of interventions, etc. -“During the whole labor, I remember I kept saying, ‘I’m going to die.’  But I knew I wasn’t actually going to die, I just needed everyone around me to know how bad it hurt!” -Stephanie said she read the book The First 40 Days, which very much inspired her take on postpartum.  Personally, she didn’t want to stay in bed for 40 days, but 9 days in bed was perfect for her.  After that, she said she was beginning to feel sore from the inactivity, so she knew it was time to begin moving! -She took the first 6 weeks as a time to absolutely not work out.  Stephanie says that in the whole scheme of things, really, what’s 6 weeks? -Stephanie mentions how if you push yourself too hard at the beginning of postpartum, then you might not be able to do the things you typically do later.   -She says it’s important to remember that you aren’t truly starting over, your going back to the foundation and rebuilding up and out, starting with with the pelvic floor and core breathing. -Stephanie says, “And I’m six months postpartum and I’m still working up.  I’m not back exactly to where I was before, but why should that be the goal?” -She mentions that just as  you have to prepare for birth in a certain way, you also have to prepare for postpartum in a certain way. -Stephanie discusses the fact that if she were to tear her ACL, at her 6-week appointment, her doctor would clear her for physical therapy… NOT EXERCISE!  Why then, after birth (a physical trauma), are doctors immediately clearing moms for exercise at 6 weeks?  We need to shift our perspective when it comes to postpartum recovery.  “We need to shift the way we look at postpartum recovery.”  -“It took almost a year to build that baby… give your body that amount of time to recover from it.” -We have to be realistic with ourselves and our expectations of our bodies postpartum.   Connect with Stephanie! Complete Guide to Prenatal Supplements: https://stephaniesibbio.com/resources/guide-to-prenatal-supplements/    Chocolate Chip Oat Muffins (great to prep and freeze for postpartum recovery): https://stephaniesibbio.com/chocolate-chip-banana-oat-muffins/    Glowing Mama To Be Course: https://stephaniesibbio.clickfunnels.com/glowing-mama-to-be   Glowing Mama Facebook Community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/glowingmamas/   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stephsibbiofitness/ 

As always, thank you SO MUCH to our sponsors! Stephanie Sibbio’s Glowing Mama To Be Course: https://glowing-mama-courses.thinkific.com/  (15% off with the code: happyhomebirth15 ) Instagram: stephsibbiofitness Hatched at Home-Midwife Carrie LaChapelle: www.hatchedathome.com https://www.facebook.com/MidwifeCarrieLachapelleLMCPM/ 864-907-6363   Show Notes: -Kerry is the founder and creator of Hypnobabies, which was created in 2001. -She created the program after having her own two births.  At that time, she was a Bradley Instructor. -Both of her babies were posterior (“sunny side up”) which caused for labors that she describes as extremely painful.  She felt that the Bradley Method was wonderful for teaching about labor, but did not help her cope well enough with the pain. -After 26 hours of pain, she had an epidural, which she says helped her become a more understanding childbirth educator- she could certainly understand the need/desire for a mother to have an epidural. - During her second birth, her sister saw her in agony and said, “It should never have to be this hard.” -Kerry set forth to find a way to make childbirth easier for women. -She soon saw a tv program about a doctor who was using hypnosis for his patients, and how their birthings were going much better. -Kerry went to a training for this.  She then attended births using this method, and the women were all still clearly in pain. -She decided there was something else that she needed to find.  She became a Certified Hypnotherapist, and took several specialty courses.  One of which was Gerald Kein’s “Painless Childbirth” program. -She transformed Kein’s information with his excited permission, into a childbirth education program.  -“The goal of Hypnobabies is to have the easiest, most comfortable birthing possible” by using deep, somnambulistic hypnosis.  -Hypnobabies is considered “medical grade” hypnosis.  This type of hypnosis is used for patients who are allergic to anesthesia.  They use this type of hypnosis when having surgery.   What Makes Hypnobabies Different?! - Kerry’s philosophy is that if you are learning childbirth hypnosis, you need to learn your childbirth education at the same place.  This ensures that the hypnosis and education support a mother’s mindset and belief that she can in fact have an easy, joyful birth experience. The Hypnobabies program covers all aspects of childbirth education: nutrition, how a mother can help keep herself low-risk, the stages of labor, how to use hypnosis throughout those stages, hypnosis for pregnancy, selecting a compatible care provider and birthing place, questions to ask care providers, information about doulas and midwives, natural comfort measures for pregnancy, risk/benefit analysis for interventions, creating a birth plan, informed consent, optimal fetal positioning, anatomy and physiology of late pregnancy & birthing, avoiding induction and cesarean, benefits of delayed cord clamping, birth partner preparation, and even a birthing rehearsal.  -Hypnobabies even provides information about new mothers and babies: how to take care of the new mother and baby, etc.  -Hypnobabies provides a “change of plans” script: This allows mom to stay in hypnosis, even though something might be changing from the original birth plan. -Eyes Open Childbirth Hypnosis- this is unique to Hypnobabies.  Moms learn to walk and talk an change positions all without losing focus in hypnosis. -Hypnobabies Birth Visualization Track:  Mom goes through a mental birth rehearsal (the way they want it to be) as she listens to this track.  Practicing whatever they want to do or accomplish helps on the actual day of labor… the repetition programs your subconscious mind to produce the birth you want.  It’s practically a blueprint for the birthing. -Joyful Pregnancy Affirmations Track: They really do change the state of mind of the mother during her pregnancy.  -Kerry mentions that birth often times progresses more quickly than expected with the Hypnobabies mother.  This is why the program comes with a Quick Reference Booklet.  More than other times, a mother might seem completely calm and relaxed when she is actually very close to having her baby. -Many women have told Kerry that they chose to have a homebirth after taking Hypnobabies because they had the confidence of knowing they could give birth peacefully without the use of medication. -She discusses the fact that Hypnobabies acknowledges how every mother knows what she needs.  The program is there to give information, and to allow the mother to feel confident in whatever choices she decides are best for her and her family. -Kerry mentions that sometimes, for whatever reason, a mom might do all of the practicing, but then not follow through during her birth.  She reminds moms that to get the full effect, it’s important to use the cues, listen to the tracks, or have their birth partner read the scripts during the actual birthing time. -“Peace” is the most powerful hypnoanesthesia cue.   Moms Wanting to Learn More About Hypnobabies/Find Local Instructors: hypnobabies.com You can select from an online homestudy course, the “classic homestudy”, or find a local instructor Make sure you also check out: -Becoming a Hypnobabies Childbirth Instructor: the training is coming up in late April of 2019 -Becoming a Hypnodoula   You can also find more on facebook, twitter, Instagram and Hypnobabies even has a youtube channel!   www.facebook.com/hypnobabies www.youtube.com/hypnobabies www.twitter.com/hypnobabies https://www.instagram.com/hypnobabiesofficial_/     Episode Roundup: Labor does NOT have to be scary and painful- prepare yourself for this life-altering event by taking the time to educate yourself about childbirth. I 100% recommend finding a private course, not just the one your hospital dishes out at their tour. If you decide to use Hypnobabies, commit! Use the advice and resources given here by the actual creator of the course to give yourself the most joyful, peaceful labor you can have. Be sure to involve your birthing team in your childbirth preferences. If you choose to use Hypnobabies, make sure your midwife/doula/OB and birth partner are on board and know what that means for their role.

As a women's health coach one thing I talk to women about is getting back in shape after having a baby, but this is not the kind of shape you are thinking about. I am not talking about losing weight or getting your pre-baby body back. I've done a whole interview about this topic with Stephanie Sibbio who's a holistic health coach, specializing in fitness and nutrition for new and expecting moms, so if you're interested in this topic, listen to episode #6.  Today we are going to talk about getting your pelvic floor back in shape. This is important especially if you've gone through vaginal birth, but could be necessary even if you've had a c-section. Almost all women need to see a pelvic floor physiotherapist after birth. If you are struggling with incontinence, pain during intercourse, prolapse, tearing this episode is for you. This topic is important because way too many women are afraid to talk about this feel shame and embarrassment and if they have these symptoms they are somehow damaged goods or broken. I want you to know that nothing can be further from the truth. You are a child of God and you deserve to be happy, to lead a joyful and full life. You have everything you need to thrive all you need to do is stay curious, open and be willing to do the work. Personally, I am done with keeping quiet, not talking about embarrassing and vulnerable issues. I hope this episode is helpful for you, feel free to reach out to me or Karin in our closed Facebook group 'Busy Moms Get Healthy', where we continue the conversation and you can ask questions related to your health or the health of your family. We are here to support you and your family.  By the way, If you are interested to work with me privately please feel free to reach out to me via email, dorit@healthbeginswithmom.com. I help women and teenage girls to love themselves, honor their body and thrive in it. I teach a system called The Feminine Current which is all about aligning how you live, love, work, play, mother, and parent with your body's innate wisdom. I will teach you how to organize your life in a way that will feel like you are flowing and living with ease and lots of energy as opposed to being overwhelmed, stuck, and irritated. You deserve to live this way as so do your children. If this sounds interesting or at least something you are curious about let's chat. I want to hear from you and would love to get on the phone with you. Send me an email and let's see if we are a good fit.  Today on the show I am chatting with Karin Salzman, a wife and mom of 4, and a physiotherapist who helps women heal from symptoms of pelvic floor dysfunction so they can thrive and achieve their potential.  Here's what we cover on the show:  What is pelvic floor physiotherapy what are the symptoms of someone who needs pelvic floor physiotherapy  The five functions of the pelvic floor  What could disrupt the natural function of the pelvic floor An exercise to locate the pelvic floor area How would you know if you have a problem with your pelvic floor Why are Kegel exercises not good enough to strengthen the pelvic floor? Why didn't I know about this kind of therapy? when is a good time to visit a pelvic floor physiotherapist? Before or after birth? What can I expect at a visit with a pelvic floor PT? Show Notes:  Karin Salzman PTPelvic Health Physiotherapist416-629-2324

Stephanie Sibbio is a holistic health coach, specializing in fitness and nutrition for new and expecting moms. She is the creator of Glowing Mama 101, an online program that assists new moms in the post-birth recovery process.  Today's topic is very near and dear to my heart as I have been personally experiencing it for the past eight years and that is the post-baby pooch. Now, before we jump into today's call I want to make it very clear that the intention behind bringing Stephanie on today is not to add to the feeling of overwhelm and Today's topic is very near and dear to my heart as I have been personally experiencing it for the past eight years and that is the post-baby pooch. Now, before we jump into today's call I want to make it very clear that the intention behind bringing Stephanie on today is not to add to the feeling of overwhelm and self-sabotage we often experience as mothers. And personally I am tired of seeing personal trainers and other experts calling moms out to fix themselves or get back to their previous bodies as though we can ignore the fact that our skin has stretched back and forth (for me it was three times), our spines are messed up because we were carrying a heavy baby for nine months, and we can't seem to lose that 5-10lbs of excess weight. I believe that nothing is lost. The body you and I have now is our vessel to carry out our purpose in this life, whatever it is for you, but I do not want us to hate our post baby bodies. Rather I want to invite you to own your stretch marks, or that post-baby pooch, or that cellulite and decide that you are seeking help not because you want to look different but because you want to feel better. I am all about being intentional and deliberate with all aspects of our lives, especially our health. And you know what, even if you decide not to do anything about your post-baby body, I totally understand where you are coming from. It all boils down to priorities and timing. If now is not the right time, then be it. I love you and I want you to love yourself even if your belly is spilling out of your jeans. So today I am inviting you to listen in and learn how you can decrease or eliminate (if that's even possible) that post-baby pooch while understanding how your hormones work, what's the ideal diet and what you can do in terms of exercise.