by Alyssa Broadwater | Jul 30, 2024 | Homepage, Nutrition
My birth plan was to have a homebirth with as little intervention as possible. We were working with a single midwife through the entire pregnancy and that’s exactly what I wanted. I wanted to know and trust everyone who was going to be at my baby’s birth. The plan was...
by Alyssa Broadwater | Nov 27, 2023 | Homepage, Nutrition
When my husband and I made the decision that we wanted a family, the following are things we adjusted to our lifestyle with the goal of improving our health in order to increase chances of conception, improve the health of the pregnancy, and the long term health of...
by Alyssa Broadwater | Mar 27, 2023 | Homepage, Nutrition, Recipes
I love looking back to traditional cultures to see what was consistent about fertility/pregnancy/postpartum nutrition among these cultures all across the world. One of those consistencies is women eating collagen rich cuts of meat and utilizing the bones to make...
by Alyssa Broadwater | Nov 14, 2022 | Homepage, Nutrition, Recipes
I love this simple, yummy Chocolate Chia Seed Pudding recipe because it covers many nutrition needs all in one! Chia seeds are a fantastic source of fiber which is needed to keep the gut healthy and inflammation down. Fiber is especially important to keep your bowel...
by Alyssa Broadwater | Nov 4, 2022 | Homepage, Nutrition
We think about the nursery and getting all of the supplies for the baby but what about getting ready for postpartum yourself as mom? Pregnancy, labor, and delivery are a huge stress which means you’ll have a lot of recovering and healing to do postpartum! Postpartum...
by Alyssa Broadwater | Apr 20, 2022 | Nutrition
Why is a prospective mother or father’s health so important when preparing to get pregnant? The Child We have some control over the future health of our offspring. While we cannot change the genetics given to our children, we can impact their future health through...