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3 quantum body workers you need to know for pregnancy & postpartum

Today’s post will introduce you to 3 amazing bodyworkers—all savvy with quantum health as well as the unique body-needs of the birthing year.

I worked with each of them through my 5th pregnancy, and want to share them with you in case they can be helpful to you or someone you care about.

First, the story that led me to connect with these powerful practitioners:

I was an athlete from middle school and through college… until injuries eventually forced me to slow down.

Back then, I thought being a whole foods vegetarian, waking up early, and doing “my best” at all times was the path to health & wellness.

Unfortunately, it actually was a path to circadian disruption & an annual burnout cycle.

I’ve healed a lot since then and have found lovely homeostasis with my feminine flows as a wife, mother and creative.

(for my tips on getting out of or avoiding the entrepreneurial burnout cycle, catch my recent bonus workshop replay on circadian workflows here, which was part of a new business coaching program I am creating with Meredith Oke from the Quantum Biology Collective).

Heading into my 5th pregnancy, I knew I wasn’t going to be able to ignore or out-smart my pregnancy pain in any of the ways I had tried before.

Can relaxin trigger old injuries to re-emerge?

One pregnancy pain I haven’t yet been able to resolve is a recurring injury from my sporting days.

This injury never bothers me until I get pregnant, but once the relaxin kicks in, I feel it in my right hip nearly 24-7 until I fully recover postpartum.

Each pregnancy, this pain has gotten worse and worse and hit earlier and earlier, and each pregnancy, I’ve tried different things to manage it.

With my first pregnancy, I just ignored it. That time, the pain didn’t start until the 3rd trimester, and I thought it was from something I had done recently—I didn’t realize then it would be a recurring problem

With my second pregnancy, I did Spinning Babies + walking. This time, I thought the pain was from my stairs and vowed never to have a pregnancy where my bedroom was upstairs and my bathroom downstairs. I still think that is a good rule for pregnancy, but following it didn’t stop the pain the next time.

With my third pregnancy, I did Spinning Babies + walking + hundreds of squats. This was when I realized maybe it wasn’t all the things I had been thinking the previous two times, and I remembered I had actually first felt this injury before I had had any pregnancies at all! Memory can be slippery like that.

With my fourth pregnancy, I did Spinning Babies + wore a belly band + miles of walking (not just my normal morning walks). I really was convinced I could just walk it off, or stretch it out, or get even stronger and have it stop hurting. This didn’t turn out to be true.

And alas, in my 5th pregnancy, the pain came on stronger (and earlier) than ever.

This time, I knew I wasn’t going to be able to ignore or out-smart the pain in any of the ways I had tried before.

If any of those things were going to work, they would have worked.

It was time for help. It was, honestly, probably long past time for help!

Keep reading for who I went to, how they helped, and why I recommend them to you.

In chronological order of who I consulted with, how they helped me, and why I recommend them to you…

1. Amy Jaramillo (pelvic floor therapist and health coach) of Body Motion and Love Mechanics

2. Lindsey Cantu (chiropractor and doula) of BirthFit

3. Amanda Conta (rhythmic movement trainer and health coach) of Horaios Wellness

And additionally, I consulted with my local midwife, my local naturopath, and my local pelvic floor therapist.

Click any of the links above to connect with these practitioners, or keep reading for my story below.