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®: Pregnancy, Birth & Postpartum Expert
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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 important for expecting and new mothers to understand what our bodies are deficient in, what vitamins we need to take, and what we can do to have the healthiest pregnancy and postpartum 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 difficult nutrition is 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 is The Baby Chick® & Editor-in-Chief of Baby Chick®. She received her baby planning certification in early 2011 and began attending births that same year. Since then, Nina has received her birth doula and postpartum doula certifications from DONA International, her childbirth educator certification from ICEA, her Hynobabies Hypno-Doula certification, and her infant massage instructor certification from Loving Touch, among other certifications. Nina has used her knowledge and expertise to teach and support families during their pregnancies, at their births, and throughout their postpartum journeys for over a decade.

Early in her career, Nina acquired her nickname from one of her birth doula clients, who lovingly referred to her as “The Baby Chick.” The “chick” who knows all about babies.…

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