“Trust the Body You Already Have”
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Title: Common Sense Pregnancy
Author: Jeanne Faulkner
Category: Health, Food & Nutrition
What if pregnancy isn't a medical crisis to be managed, but a normal, powerful process your body already knows how to run? Sam and Sophie open with that dare from labor and delivery nurse Jeanne Faulkner.
They walk through the book's arc: pre-conception health and the mother's hormonal environment, first-trimester nausea and fatigue as signs of a robust shift rather than sickness, and Faulkner's pragmatic test filter — ask what a test will actually change. The heart of the episode is birth as an athletic event, with a toolkit of movement, warm water, massage, and counter-pressure, plus a balanced look at epidurals and the one question that anchors everything: is this medically necessary, or is it routine?
If you're pregnant, planning to be, or supporting someone who is, this episode hands you language for appointments and permission to stop being superwoman. The takeaway: trust the body you already have, and partner with your care team instead of surrendering to routine.
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Chapters
00:00Pregnancy Is Not A Disease00:50Pre-Conception Health And Stress01:32First Trimester: Surrender, Not Control02:15Testing: What Will It Change?02:39Birth As An Athletic Event04:49The Fourth Trimester And Trust