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Mar 2025
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422: Pregnancy Q&A: Spirit Babies, Nutri...

Monica Yates
About this episode

You asked, Monica answered: ALL THINGS PREGNANCY EDITION!!! 


If you've been dying for answers to your burning questions, this is the episode you’ve been waiting for. It’s raw, it’s honest, and she doesn’t hold anything back.


QUESTIONS SHE ANSWERS:

[Please note: Timestamps are for the YouTube video, so they may need to be adjusted slightly for the audio podcast]


01:24 What does it really mean to energetically prepare for pregnancy & motherhood? 

12:34 What will your parenting style be?

22:16 Have you done anything to prepare the dogs?

25:53 You’ve achieved so much in your young life so quickly, what’s next for you after book & baby?

31:30 Resources that you’re loving about birth/your intention for birth?

42:08 Will you put your baby in daycare or have a babysitter at home to help with your bub?

53:36 Did you communicate with your spirit baby before you conceived him?

56:20 Nutrition & food before pregnancy/folic acid supplement?

57:20 How many more kids would you & Hal like to have?

01:00:06 Advice for discerning if having kids is a 100% aligned desire.


PLUS, SHE DISCUSSES:

🌸 Shifting the narrative around motherhood

🌸 Why gentle parenting might be doing more harm than good

🌸 The role of discipline in raising kids

🌸 Benefits of a diverse support system

🌸 How to create your own version of motherhood


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As Mentioned In The Episode — 


⇢ Pre-order the BOOK!!!!! Becoming HER: https://www.becomingherbook.com/ 


⇢ Blog | Pregnancy Must Haves: https://monicayateshealth.com/blogs/womens-health/pregnancy-must-haves 


⇢ JOIN THE WAITLIST for the exclusive masterclass on the BTS of Monica setting her business up for motherhood: https://monicayates.myflodesk.com/qu84mdln7t 


⇢ Podcast Episode 409: Our Conception Story | Everything We Did to Prepare and Boost Fertility: https://monicayateshealth.com/blogs/podcast/409-our-conception-story-everything-we-did-to-prepare-and-boost-fertility?_pos=1&_psq=conception&_ss=e&_v=1.0 


⇢ Podcast Episode 348: Energetic Reasons for Infertility and Other Period Issues:

https://monicayateshealth.com/blogs/podcast/348-energetic-reasons-for-infertility-and-other-period-issues-painful-periods-pms-endometriosis-etc?_pos=1&_psq=infertility&_ss=e&_v=1.0 


⇢ Podcast Episode 267: How you can prevent trauma in your children & break ancestral patterns/trauma:

https://monicayateshealth.com/blogs/podcast/267-how-you-can-prevent-trauma-in-your-children-break-ancestral-patterns-trauma?_pos=1&_psq=trauma+to+children&_ss=e&_v=1.0


⇢ Queen Alchemy: https://monicayateshealth.com/pages/queen-alchemy?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=qa-16


⇢ 3-Day Immersion: https://monicayateshealth.com/pages/immersion?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=atlanta-2025


⇢ Be a Lover, Not a Mother: https://monicayateshealth.com/pages/be-a-lover-not-a-mother?utm_source=podcast&utm_campaign=BLNM&utm_content=podcast


⇢ HER Year: https://monicayateshealth.com/pages/her-year-mastermind?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=waitlist-2025


⇢ Work with Monica: https://monicayateshealth.com/pages/work-with-me


⇢ Monica’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/monicayateshealth 

 

⇢ Full, SEARCHABLE Podcast Directory: https://monicayateshealth.com/blogs/feminine-as-f-ck-podcast/podcast-directory   


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