To Birth and Beyond
de Anita Lambert & Jessie Mundell
Episode 467: Prepare for Postpartum (Before Your Baby Arrives)
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On this show, we provide information and education on fitness, the pelvic floor, fertility, pregnancy, birth, postpartum, and pelvic health. We offer a space to have candid and vulnerable conversations on the struggles and joys of parenthood, including all aspects of our physical, mental, and emotional health.
Hosted by Jessie Mundell - mom, Kinesiologist, and fitness coach to pregnant and current moms - and Anita Lambert - mom, pelvic health and orthopedic Physiotherapist with a focus on perinatal health.
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- Episode 467: Prepare for Postpartum (Before Your Baby Arrives) · 31 minEpisode 467: Prepare for Postpartum (Before Your Baby Arrives) In today’s episode, Jessie and Anita are talking all about postpartum recovery and why it’s worth preparing for…
- Episode 466: How To Plan For A Scheduled Cesarean · 32 minEpisode 466: How To Prepare For A Planned Cesarean In today’s episode, Jessie and Anita talk about planning for a cesarean birth and what recovery can look like. Drawing on…
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- Episode 464: Third Trimester Exercise. How to Adjust When You’re Tired, Uncomfortable & Not Sleeping · 17 minEpisode 464: Third Trimester Exercise. How to Adjust When You’re Tired, Uncomfortable & Not Sleeping Join Jessie and Anita as they record in person for the first time in nine…
- Episode 463: Preparing for Another Birth & What You Might Want to Do Differently This Time · 15 minEpisode 463: Preparing for Another Birth & What You Might Want to Do Differently This Time In today's episode, Anita is sharing what to think about as you prepare for another…
- Episode 462: Why Pelvic Floor PTs Aren't Referring to You (Yet) · 18 minEpisode 462: Why Pelvic Floor PTs Aren't Referring to You (Yet) In today's episode, Jessie is talking to coaches and clinicians (or anyone curious about pregnancy and postpartum…
- Episode 461: Birth Prep for Physios - What to Ask Your Prenatal Clients · 23 minEpisode 461: Birth Prep for Physios - What to Ask Your Prenatal Clients In today's episode, Anita is talking to physiotherapists who work with pregnant clients, or want to, and…
- Episode 460: 5 Things You've Been Told About Perimenopause Exercise (That Are Wrong) · 15 minEpisode 460: 5 Things You've Been Told About Perimenopause Exercise (That Are Wrong) In today's episode, Jessie and Anita break down five perimenopause exercise myths they're…
- Episode 459: Squat Better in Pregnancy & Postpartum. Position, Pain, Pelvic Floor · 28 minEpisode 459: Squat Better in Pregnancy & Postpartum. Position, Pain, Pelvic Floor In today’s episode, Jessie and Anita discuss squatting in pregnancy and postpartum. They…
- Episode 458: GLP-1s, Diet Culture, and Your Relationship with Food and Body · 25 minEpisode 458: GLP-1s, Diet Culture, and Your Relationship with Food and Body In today’s episode, Jessie closes out her GLP-1 series by discussing how using or considering a GLP-1…
- Episode 457: 3 Ways to Get Rid of Hip, Pelvic, Back & Neck Pain When You Sleep During Pregnancy · 13 minEpisode 457: 3 Ways to Get Rid of Hip, Pelvic, Back & Neck Pain When You Sleep During Pregnancy In today’s episode, Anita shares 3 simple strategies to help promote more…
- Episode 456: Strength Training on a GLP-1. Why Lifting Matters More Than Ever · 16 minEpisode 456: Strength Training on a GLP-1 - Why Lifting Matters More Than Ever In today’s episode, Jessie provides evidence based information on why strength training is so…
- Episode 455: Early Labour. What to Expect, What to Do & How to Know It's Started · 26 minEpisode 455: Early Labour: What to Expect, What to Do & How to Know It's Started In today’s episode, Anita is talking all about early labour. One of the most common questions…
- Episode 454: Your Pelvic Floor on a GLP-1. What You Need to Know. · 17 minYour pelvic floor on a GLP-1 does feel the changes in muscle mass and gut motility. In today’s episode, Jessie dives into 2 side effects she’s seeing in clients. She will provide…
- Episode 453: Just Found Out You're Pregnant_ Start With These 5 Things · 15 minEpisode 453: Just Found Out You're Pregnant? Start With These 5 Things Just found out you're pregnant? In today’s episode, Anita shares the first five things she wishes every…
- Episode 452: Rapid-Fire Postpartum Pelvic Floor And Exercise Myth Busting · 14 minEpisode 452 Show Notes: Rapid-Fire Postpartum Pelvic Floor And Exercise Myth Busting In today’s episode, Jessie breaks down in quick, easy terms 9 common postpartum pelvic floor…
- Episode 451: Why Your Physiotherapy Clients Aren't Doing Their Home Exercises (And How to Change That) · 16 minEpisode 451: Why Your Physiotherapy Clients Aren't Doing Their Home Exercises (And How to Change That) In today’s episode, Anita shares some of the biggest shifts she’s made…
- Episode 450: The Importance Of Doing High-impact Workouts When You’re 35+.mp3 · 19 minIn today’s episode, Jessie and Anita sit down to discuss the importance and benefits for doing high-impact workouts when you’re over the age of 35. This not only benefits you now…
- Episode 449: Modify Exercise in Pregnancy. Answering All The How’s, Why’s and Whens · 19 minEpisode 449: Modify Exercise in Pregnancy. Answering All The How’s, Why’s and Whens. In today’s episode, Anita and Jessie talk about exercise modifications for pregnancy. Jess…
- Episode 448: What You Need To Know About Your C-Section Shelf · 11 minEpisode 448: What You Need To Know About Your C-Section Shelf In today’s episode, Anita and Jessie discuss C-Section Shelves. Jessie has been getting so many posts shared with…
- Episode 447: 4 Strategies on How to Practice for Your Birth · 26 minEpisode 447: 4 Strategies on How to Practice for Your Birth In today’s episode, Anita talks about something that she goes through with her prenatal physio clients as well as her…
- Episode 446: How Meghan Built a Hybrid Pre & Postnatal Fitness Business with PFSA · 25 minEpisode 446: How Meghan Built a Hybrid Pre & Postnatal Fitness Business with PFSA In today's episode, Jessie sits down with Megan Barrett of Barrett Fitness in Syracuse, NY to…
- Episode 445: Return To Jumping Postpartum: The Step-By-Step Process · 20 minEpisode 445: Return To Jumping Postpartum: The Step-By-Step Process In today’s episode, Anita and Jessie give step by step tips on how to get back to jumping postpartum. They…
- Episode 444: How To Coach Or Treat Highly Athletic Women In Pregnancy · 17 minIn today’s episode, Jessie Mundell and Anita Lambert discuss coaching highly athletic pregnant clients who often want to keep training. They stress individualized assessment…
- Episode 443: What Body-Neutral Fitness Actually Looks Like, with Anna Maltby · 36 minIn today’s episode, Jessi Mundell interviews health and fitness journalist, certified personal trainer, Pilates instructor, and Substack creator Anna Maltby. They talk about her…
- Episode 442: Birth Prep for Physiotherapists - The Missing Piece in Your Client Sessions · 16 minIn today’s episode of the To Birth and Beyond podcast, Anita is talking about birth prep handouts as the missing piece in physiotherapist client sessions. If you offer birth prep…
- Episode 441: The Missing Guide to Reproductive Health with Dr. Anietie Ukpe-Wallace · 47 minIn today’s episode of the To Birth and Beyond podcast, Jessie is joined by pelvic health physical therapist, Dr. Anietie Ukpe-Wallace (Dr. Tia). Together, they talk about Dr…
- Episode 440: Myth-Busters - Prenatal Exercise Edition! · 25 minIn today’s episode of the To Birth and Beyond podcast, Anita and Jessie are busting some myths around prenatal exercise - a hot topic amongst clients and colleagues, alike. The…
- Episode 439: Breaking Barriers In Fitness Coaching For Women In India, with Nandini Adhuja · 33 minIn today’s episode, Jessie welcomes fellow fitness professional, Nandini Adhuja onto the podcast to talk about her work with pregnant, postpartum and perimenopause patients, how…
- Episode 438: Is Pilates Enough to Build Muscle? · 22 minIn today’s episode, Jessie and Anita are talking about something that is having “such a moment” these days: PILATES! Tune in to hear them talk about their experience with…
- Episode 437: Will A.I. Replace Physios and Fitness Coaches? · 18 minIn today’s episode, Anita and Jessie are discussing a topic that they haven’t covered before on the podcast, but has been coming up more frequently: Will A.I. replace…
- Episode 436: Stop Waiting Until Your Body is “Fixed” to Exercise · 10 minIn this replay of TBAB Episode 214, Jessie is talking with us about options to move your body while continuing to heal - as opposed to waiting until you are feeling 100%!…
- Episode 435: How To Navigate Pelvic Organ Prolapse During Pregnancy Exercise · 17 minIn today’s episode, Jessie and Anita talk about exercising in pregnancy if you are experiencing pelvic organ prolapse. They dive into what pelvic organ prolapse is, how best to…
- Episode 434: How Your Birth Partner Can Support You During Labour · 29 minIn today’s episode, Anita is talking all about partner labour prep support: how the birther and partner can prepare in a way that is practical AND realistic through both parties…
- Episode 433: How To Actually Do Your Workouts (& Stop Waiting For The Right Time) · 20 minIn today’s episode, Jessie is talking about how to do workouts in your chaotic, really real life, and try to make it happen with as much consistency as possible. Even as a…
- Episode 432: Using Gravity in Labour - What It Means and How To Practice Before Birth · 37 minIn today’s episode, Anita is talking with us specifically about using gravity in labour. What does that mean? How do you practice? Through her pelvic health physiotherapy…
- Episode 431: Why Exercise Feels Harder After 35+ · 27 minDoes your body feel like it stopped cooperating when you reached age 35? Are you frustrated that what used to work for you in terms of working out IS NOT anymore? Are you…
- Episode 430: How To Adjust Your Workouts As Your Pregnant Body Changes · 23 minIn today’s episode, Jessie and Anita discuss their tips to adjust your workouts during pregnancy - so you can keep working out, sustainably! - - - - - - - - - If you liked this…
- Episode 429: How To Approach Birth Prep with Clients as a Physiotherapist or Physical Therapist · 23 minIn today’s episode, Anita will zoom in on the birth prep conversation in a prenatal assessment. This will give you huge insight from day one about how you’ll approach birth prep…
- Episode 428: Building a Fitness Training Franchise Specifically For Moms, with Jessica Sennett · 37 minIn today’s episode, Jessie sits down with friend and colleague, Jessica Sennett, founder of Might Mom. We are talking about growing a perinatal fitness company and brand - we…
- Episode 427: Should You Use A Pessary In Pregnancy Or Postpartum? · 18 minIn today’s episode, Jessie and Anita are talking pessary usage in pregnancy or postpartum. We are covering everything from what a pessary is, to getting fitted and using one for…
- Episode 426: End Your Bladder Leaks During Cold and Flu Season · 17 minEvery winter we hear and experience it - and it’s been 6 years since we last talked about it, so we figured it’s time for an update! In today’s episode, Anita and Jessie talk all…
- Episode 425: How To Create Habits and Goals You’ll Stick to in 2026 · 21 minIn today’s episode, Anita and Jessie talk all about creating habits and goals instead of new years resolutions. Resolutions are heavily time-based, unrealistic, and unsustainable…
- Episode 424: How To Have a Better Relationship with Exercise in 2026 with Martha Munroe · 38 minIn today’s episode, Jessie sits down with researcher, personal trainer, and author, Martha Munroe. Together, we discuss Martha’s journey into fitness, body image in the…
- Episode 423: Early Labour · 25 minIn today’s episode, Anita is tackling the subject of early labour. One of the most common questions she gets from first time expecting moms, during partner prep sessions in…
- Episode 422: Create Your 2026 Chill Workout Plan · 15 minIn today’s episode, Jessie is talking about how to create a chill workout plan for 2026 that you will ACTUALLY stick to. We are not talking about how we are going to CRUSH our…
- Episode 421: Anita’s Birth Story · 46 minIn today’s episode, Anita shares the birth story of her second born, Jack! Over the years, many listeners have shared that hearing his birth story helped them feel more informed…
- Episode 420: The Latest In Pregnancy And Postpartum Exercise Research Updates, with Dr. Margie Davenport · 27 minIn today’s episode of the To Birth and Beyond podcast, Jessie sits down with special guest, Dr. Margie Davenport, to discuss updates and new information regarding perinatal…
- Episode 419: Birth Ball Training For Pregnancy · 21 minDid you know that using a birth ball is one of the easiest ways to help relieve common pregnancy pains? In today’s episode of the To Birth and Beyond podcast, Anita is going to…
- Episode 418: How Catherine (Mom of 3) Surpassed Her Revenue Goal for 2025 with CoCo · 30 minOn today’s episode of To Birth and Beyond, Jessie interviews colleague and friend, Catherine. She gives us an update on her business, and talks about her time in Jessie’s 6…







