Not many of you know this about me but I have had 5 years (going on 6) embedding my world around how the first nine months in the womb shape the rest of our lives. No matter how many times I come across older or newer information I am in awe every time. Seriously! I can read research papers, journal entries, and books over and over and get enlightened every single time.
It all started with being asked to present the benefits of exercise for a expectant moms at a presentation called Bundles for Babies. I looked at what I had to present and though it was all great information I felt compelled to ask the question that was not being answered. “What happens to the baby?”
So I sat down and started researching and to my amazement I found the world I was meant to live in, Developmental Origins of Health and Disease. I immediately changed the presentation to include all the lifelong benefits the baby gets just from the mother exercising. From there I had to keep going.
Within that same year I was on the Preconception Health Advisory Committee with the Colorado Department of Public Health. This committee worked together to find more effective ways to communicate and give information to high school and college aged men and women regarding the importance of health prior to having a baby and how it influences pregnancy outcomes.
As time went on I kept seeing a trend, I got fired up about it, and I realized that if no one else was going to make the needed changes then it is up to me.
The trend is that all too often women have either very few options or way to many that it gets disconnected. Depending on whom you see you are connected with a Nurse or Health Educator to see if you or your baby is at high risk. If you are not then they send you on your marry way. IF you are high risk then you get more fears presented to you and little to no empowerment or confidence when you leave.
Besides all this you may have a trainer, a nutritionist, you may see a massage therapist, acupuncture, chiropractor, and of course your doctor or midwife visits. Let’s see who else am I missing….
This is a lot to keep track of (if you even have these resources)! These are great resources but still there is something missing. NO ONE EVER DIVES IN TO HOW ALL OF THEIR INFORMATION AND ADVICE REALLY IMPACT YOUR BABY!!! I am not talking about what is safe or not safe.
For example, I have heard a doctor tell an expectant mom “You are my patient not your baby”. WHAT?! Everything the mom experiences the baby does too. This is when preventive health starts! Your baby is not a clean slate when they enter this world. They are primed for the world they are expecting to live in based on the cellular communication between you and them. Prenatal care usually just gives little tips or “Did you know” tidbits.
This at least plants the seeds of thought and yes it makes sense. But do you really? Do you have the guidance you need to the point where you really understand it, use it to your baby’s advantage, and regain confidence rather than fear of “Am I doing this right”?
Since no one else was willing to step up to the plate and give you all the help you deserve I decided it had to be me. If I felt this fired up to the point where I was getting so angry about it then why not?
This is why I changed the exercise presentation 5 years ago when it was already created, this is why I joined the Advisory committee with the Colorado Department of Public Health, this is why I am working on my Masters, this is why I joined the International Society of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease. This is why Imprinted Legacy was born.
None of this is for me. All of this is so I can serve you and in my best way to contribute to the world and the health of our future babies. After all, my children and grandchildren will live here too with yours and I want to give them all their best chance just like you do.
I work with the whole person. Your baby is very much a part of you and therefore I work with you and your baby. I work with the whole person because I don’t just help you with just exercise or just nutrition or just stress. NO! I help you with exercise, nutrition, stress, we talk about toxins, and staying connected with your spouse.
We dive deep and so you truly understand what is going on inside your belly. Not just your growing beautiful baby but understanding how their body is building a foundation of health and physiologically responding to the world they are going to be born into.
In light of this I have opened up my Mom’s Legacy 12 week one-on-one customized pregnancy lifestyle coaching program. It starts Monday March 23 but you only have till Sunday March 22 to have a spot. I am only taking 10 women and their growing baby’s in utero.
Click here to get the full details.
If you have any questions email me here.
I will be hosting a webinar this week before the program begins and I will be announcing the details on social media so keep an eye out there.