309: Focus Friday - The Ultimate Baby (Our 1st Trimester)

We are so excited to share our news... The Ultimate Baby (TUB) will be joining us in February 2020!!!

You will hear about what we did to improve our chances of fertility and support a healthy pregnancy from diet to supplements, and other tools. We also get into the specifics of what the 1st trimester entailed from nausea, food aversions, cravings, and our creating our ideal birth plan.

Have a listen and join us on our baby journey!

In this episode, we discuss:

• 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:

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

Follow @marniwasserman and @ultimatehealthpodcast on Instagram for baby TUB updates

Seeking Health - Prenatal

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)

Related episodes:

335: Focus Friday – The Ultimate Baby (Our 3rd Trimester)

325: Focus Friday – The Ultimate Baby (Our 2nd Trimester)

260: Focus Friday – Bali Offerings

253: Focus Friday – Our Ultimate Wedding

183: Focus Friday – Our Engagement Story

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