What Your Body Really Needs During Pregnancy & Postpartum: Tips from a Registered Dietician – Podcast Ep 37
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What Your Body Really Needs During Pregnancy & Postpartum: Tips from a Registered Dietician – Podcast Ep 37

On this episode, I'm chatting with a registered dietician about what our bodies really need during pregnancy and postpartum.

Published July 21, 2020

by Nina Spears

The Baby Chick® | Birth & Postpartum Doula, Childbirth Educator, Baby Planner
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Once you become pregnant, women become more aware of what they are putting in their bodies. The fuel we eat is also helping us grow our babies. It’s essential for expecting and new mothers to understand what our bodies are deficient in, the vitamins we need to take, and what we can do to have the healthiest pregnancy and postpartum period possible. So what does our body need during pregnancy and postpartum? I’m chatting with Lisa Mastela, a registered dietitian with a master’s in nutrition and public health, and the founder of Bumpin’ Blends. They make and deliver dietitian-designed smoothie cubes to support the many symptoms of motherhood.

Lisa has done research at the University of Washington on special needs children and Type 2 diabetes, and intermittent fasting at the University of Southern California. She then worked in personalized nutrition. As a mother, Lisa knows how challenging nutrition can be for expecting and new mothers. After years of research, Lisa is giving us the real scoop. She’s walking us through what our bodies need during pregnancy and postpartum and is answering our questions.

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Nina Spears is The Baby Chick® and the Founder and CEO of Baby Chick®. She began her career supporting families in 2011 after earning her baby planning certification and attending her first births that same year. Since then, she has earned her birth and postpartum doula certifications from DONA International, her childbirth educator certification from ICEA, her perinatal nutrition expert certification through The Professional Perinatal Nutrition Program, and her infant massage instructor certification from Loving Touch, among others.

Early in her career, one of Nina’s birth doula clients affectionately referred to her as “the baby chick — the ‘chick’ who works with moms and babies.” The nickname stuck and later inspired the creation of Baby Chick, which has grown…

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