The Fruitful Vine Embodied: Natalia’s Birth Stories, The Partner’s Role in Helping Nurture a Thriving Mother, and How Self Care Starts at Your Plate

Natalia is a Puerto Rican, Jewish mother of 3 little girls and wife to an outspoken truth seeker, who lives in suburban home that she lovingly considers her little farm where she works and homeschools her children. After birthing her second child and tandem nursing, Natalia lost two pregnancies in a state of total depletion, in which, her husband, then inspired Natalia to be intellectually honest and strict with her self care. Finding and fixing the physical and emotional root causes of her postpartum imbalances changed her complete worldview and left Natalia with a deep passion to help other women do the same.

LINKS & SHOW NOTES

Birth Warrior Podcast submissions link
“Born In Captivity: The Experiences of Puerto Rican Birth Workers and Their Clients in Quarentine” by Emaline Reyes via Frontiers in Sociology
Compilation of animals giving birth #1(you may want to turn down the volume on this as the music in the video is a bit all over the place)
Compilation of animals giving birth #2
“Taking Charge of Your Fertility” by Toni Weschler (basically the bible of fertility awareness method or FAM)
The Well – Body Literacy, Cycle Mapping, Fertility Support Services, and FAM Instructor training from Sarah Naomi Bly, DEM, FAE– Sarah is also one of the instructors at the Indie Birth Midwifery School for the Hormonal Balance and Fertility course. She is based in Ashland, Oregon.
“More on Pregnancy Loss” (via Taking Back Birth
“Miscarriage as a Rite of Passage” by Katie Silva
“Annie’s Home Miscarriage and Rainbow Baby Freebirth” (via Birth Warrior Podcast)
Dong Quai (quick write up from Herbal Medicine From The Heart of The Earth by Dr. Sharol Marie Tilgner)
Real Food For Pregnancy by Lily Nichols, RND, CDE
lilynicholsrdn.com (Lily Nichol’s webiste)
“Implantation Spotting Vs. Your Period” by Georgie Kovacs (blog post via proov.com)
13 Moons: Epic Eduation for the Birthing Year
Birth Warrior Project: 120 Day Doula Training and Transformation
Indie Birth Midwifery School