68: A Healthy Pregnancy Journey with Lindsay Taylor, The Food Doula

<span style="font-weight: 400;">This week, Joy is joined by Lindsay Taylor, a</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">pre- and post-natal nutrition expert, health researcher and doula who supports women to get confidently nourished before, during, and after pregnancy. Lindsay is also the author of the best-selling book,</span> <a href= "https://www.thefooddoula.com/ordernow/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">The Food Doula Cookbook</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">, a cookbook that offers easy, delicious recipes for preconception, each of the 3 trimesters, and postpartum, as well as down-to-earth nutrition guidance that works for real life</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">She is a beaming ray of sunshine in the food world who believes that we still deserve to feel good and eat food we love at every step of our pregnancy journey. Nourishing good foods shouldn’t taste bland and boring otherwise, what’s the point? Her philosophy is founded on the belief that we can make healthy taste good to support your body from preconception to postpartum.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this episode Joy and Lindsay discuss:</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Lindsay’s journey to becoming a doula. </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">The hole she feels doulas fill in the modern health care approach to birthing. </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Why preconception nutrition should be part of pregnancy planning. </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Lindsay’s favourite prenatal vitamin brands. </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Breaking down top pregnancy and nutrition myths. </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Th