The Pregnancy Pod Curriculum
& Sample Schedule
Nutrition for Pregnancy 101
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Essential nutrients for you and your growing babe
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Foods to eat daily and weekly
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Importance of hydration and hydration strategies
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What foods to limit and/or avoid
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Navigating prenatal supplements
Recorded video + resources provided at enrollment
Food Strategies, Herbal Remedies, and Lifestyle Medicine for Pregnancy Part 1
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Nutritive herbs and daily infusions
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Nausea and vomiting
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Food cravings
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Heartburn
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Constipation
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Fatigue
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Creating everyday nourishment rituals
Recorded video + resources provided at enrollment
Intro to Intuitive Eating and Body Talk
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Examining our food beliefs, customs, and traditions
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Understanding body changes during pregnancy
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Tuning the inner ear of intuition
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Embodiment practices for intuitive eating
14th week of pregnancy
Culinary Immersion Workshop – Part 1
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Strategies for stocking your pregnancy pantry
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Benefits of batch cooking
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Recipes for pregnancy and beyond
16th week of pregnancy
Food Strategies, Herbal Remedies, and Lifestyle Medicine for Pregnancy – Part 2
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Sleep and insomnia
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Iron deficiency anemia
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Back pain, headaches, and other physical discomforts
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Depression and anxiety
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Gestational diabetes
18th week of pregnancy
Culinary Immersion Workshop – Part 2
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Recipes for pregnancy and beyond
20th week of pregnancy
Childbirth Education 1
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Anatomy and physiology of pregnancy and childbirth
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Cervical dilation
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Effacement and station
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Optimal fetal positioning
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Optimal parent positioning
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Common discomforts in pregnancy
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Creating a birth “plan” and important questions to ask your provider
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Choosing your support team
22nd week of pregnancy
Food Strategies, Herbal Remedies, and Lifestyle Medicine for Labor
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Group B Strep
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What to eat and drink during labor
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Broths, teas, and electrolyte drinks
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Nutrition for the first 40 days postpartum
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Meal trains, meal prep, takeout? Planning for your postpartum meals.
24th week of pregnancy
Childbirth Education 2
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Physiological birth
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Pre-labor
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Rupture of membranes
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Stages and phases of labor (plus emotional/physical signs)
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When to head to place of birth
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How to measure contractions
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Comfort techniques and pain management
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Expansion, touch, positioning, movement, water, nourishment and so much more
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Epidural and nitrous oxide
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Partners role
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26th week of pregnancy
Food Strategies, Herbal Remedies, and Lifestyle Medicine for Postpartum
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Postpartum traditions from around the globe
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Postpartum healing
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Breastfeeding and common lactation concerns
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Mental health and postpartum depression
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Planning for postpartum nourishment
28th week of pregnancy
Childbirth Education 3
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How to positively navigate medically managed births
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Inductions
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Cesarean birth
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High risk pregnancy
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Advocating for yourself or your partner
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What to pack for the hospital/birthing center
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Infant feeding basics
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First latch
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Lactogenesis 1-3
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Common issue, tips, and getting help
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Formula, donated milk, combo feeding, et
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Postpartum healing
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Postpartum body immediately after birth and beyond
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Postpartum anxiety/depression
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Postpartum nourishment and care
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30th week of pregnancy
Culinary Immersion Workshop – Part 3/Partner Edition
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Recipes for partners to master for postpartum and beyond
32nd week of pregnancy
Postpartum Support Group 1
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Birth stories
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Q+A
2nd week postpartum
Postpartum Support Group 2
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Birth stories
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Q+A
6th week postpartum