To Birth and Beyond

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.

Episode 389: Using a Birth Ball for Relief from Pregnancy Pain
Apr 22, 2025 – 00:20:19
Episode 388: Navigating Rage in Perimenopause with Micheline Foss
Apr 15, 2025 – 00:44:21
Episode 387: How To Create Your Personalized Pelvic Floor Flare-Up Protocol
Apr 8, 2025 – 00:20:02
Episode 386: Understanding Menopause and Sexual Health with Physiotherapist Susannah Stewart
Apr 2, 2025 – 00:41:40
Episode 385: Creating a Cozy and Calm Birthing Environment
Mar 25, 2025 – 00:42:31
Episode 384: 4 Major C-section Myths Exposed
Mar 18, 2025 – 00:17:33
Episode 383: Birth Prep for Your Physiotherapy Practice
Mar 11, 2025 – 00:23:26
Episode 382: Core Mechanics - Understanding Abdominal Doming During Exercise
Mar 4, 2025 – 00:15:41
Episode 381: Preparing for an Empowered Birth as a Dancer
Feb 25, 2025 – 00:26:27
Episode 380: Perimenopause 101 - Your Body's Hormonal Changes And How To Get The Support You Need, with Dr. Briana Botsford
Feb 18, 2025 – 00:42:43
Episode 379: Navigating the Transition Phase of Labour
Feb 11, 2025 – 00:22:42
Episode 378: Breaking Free From Pelvic Floor Fear
Feb 4, 2025 – 00:31:53
Episode 377: Why Muscle Mass Matters - Strength Training Through Perimenopause and Beyond
Jan 28, 2025 – 00:30:21
Episode 376: Getting Prepared with Bump to Birth - Brooke’s Birth Story
Jan 21, 2025 – 00:46:54
Episode 375: What No One Tells You About Core Recovery After Birth
Jan 14, 2025 – 00:22:23
Episode 374: Movement with Multiples - How to Exercise in a Twin+ Pregnancy
Jan 7, 2025 – 00:24:00
Episode 373: You Don’t Have to Overhaul Your Whole Life Because It’s a New Year
Dec 31, 2024 – 00:23:42
Episode 372: Make 2025 Your Most Aligned (and Profitable) Business Year Yet
Dec 23, 2024 – 00:21:07
Episode 371: REPLAY - 7 Steps to Mentally and Physically Prepare for Birth - Including Pelvic Floor Prep
Dec 17, 2024 – 00:30:50
Episode 370: Birth Injuries, Body Image, and Your First Baby with Aimée Suen
Dec 10, 2024 – 00:57:27
Episode 369: 5 Things to Include in Your Perimenopause Exercise Routine
Dec 3, 2024 – 00:18:36
Episode 368: How To Safely & Effectively Strength Train in Pregnancy
Nov 26, 2024 – 00:14:58
Episode 367: Pep Talk for Pregnancy, Postpartum, and Your Pelvic Floor
Nov 19, 2024 – 00:17:32
Episode 366: Applications Are Open For Coach Collective 2025!
Nov 12, 2024 – 00:15:32
Episode 365: REPLAY - Postpartum Recovery Tips for Daily Movements
Nov 5, 2024 – 00:33:48
Episode 364: How Amisha Grew Her Business And Quit Her Job In Less Than A Year
Oct 29, 2024 – 00:31:09
Ep 363.mp3 Episode 363: Busting Common Myths About Postpartum Fitness
Oct 22, 2024 – 00:20:37
Episode 362: What is a C-Section Shelf?
Oct 15, 2024 – 00:10:23
Episode 361: How Lauren Smiley Coaches Pre & Postnatal Fitness AND Homeschools Her 3 Kids
Oct 8, 2024 – 00:31:55
Episode 360: BONUS - Complete Intro to Core & Pelvic Floor Coaching for Pregnancy & Postpartum
Oct 7, 2024 – 00:56:50
Episode 359: REPLAY - The Importance of Including a Doula in Your Birthing/Postpartum Team, with Samantha Garcia Gagnon
Oct 1, 2024 – 00:51:38
Episode 358: Anti-Diet Culture Eating For People With Small & Bigger Bodies In Pregnancy, with Megan Wallace Registered Dietician
Sep 24, 2024 – 00:41:39
Episode 357: REPLAY - Prenatal and Postpartum Nutrition 101 with Kristin Brown, Registered Dietician
Sep 17, 2024 – 00:59:16
Episode 356: How To Take Care of Your C-Section Scar Through the First 6 Weeks
Sep 10, 2024 – 00:26:07
Episode 355: 5 Things To Do Right Now To Reduce Your Prolapse Symptoms
Sep 3, 2024 – 00:16:39
Episode 354: How to Rediscover Your Personal Style When Your Body Has Changed, with Elsa Isaac
Aug 27, 2024 – 00:35:53
Episode 353: How Jenna Rebuilt Her Foundation of Strength & Fitness After Giving Birth
Aug 20, 2024 – 00:26:59
Episode 352: REPLAY - Informed Decision-Making During Birth with Mandy Irby
Aug 13, 2024 – 00:59:21
Episode 351: How Not To Freak Out When You Look At Your Vulva After Birth
Aug 6, 2024 – 00:23:33
Episode 350: How to Structure a Partner Birth Prep Session in Clinical Practice
Jul 30, 2024 – 00:27:07
Episode 349: How Mentorship Can Speed Business Growth as a Coach or Clinician
Jul 23, 2024 – 00:20:24
Episode 348: Jessie Reflects on 4 Years of Alcohol Sobriety
Jul 16, 2024 – 00:17:59
Episode 347: Advocating for Home Birth Education with ‘Born at Home’ Documentary Filmmakers
Jul 9, 2024 – 00:38:27
Episode 346: Finding Body Neutrality in Exercise with Carrie Moxley
Jul 2, 2024 – 00:39:09
Episode 345: REPLAY - From Bump to Birth Method to Recovery - Rachel’s Birth Story
Jun 25, 2024 – 00:57:25
Episode 344: How to Have a More Comfortable PAP Exam
Jun 18, 2024 – 00:20:19
Episode 343: Can You Prevent Diastasis Recti During Pregnancy?
Jun 11, 2024 – 00:14:41
Episode 342: Why Speaking Up Matters with Naush Ansari
Jun 4, 2024 – 00:45:32
Episode 341: Postpartum Sexual Health with Rachel Ollivier
May 28, 2024 – 00:40:10
Episode 340: REPLAY - Leaking With Running - Is It My Pelvic Floor?
May 21, 2024 – 00:27:57

Recent Reviews

Hellooo16264

Good info, awful speaking

There’s good information but it’s SO hard to listen to the valley girl voice. Ending every sentence with a question mark. I wish I could continue listening but it’s so hard
EricaBushwell

Awesome podcast!

Jessie & Anita, host of the To Birth and Beyond podcast, highlights all aspects of health and more in this can’t miss podcast! The host and expert guests offer insightful advice and information that is helpful to anyone that listens!
at426669

Informative

The contents of this podcast are really informative, but I do have to acknowledge one of the hosts does uptalk quite a bit. I don’t like policing the way women talk (we’re already criticized for enough things) and I certainly uptalk as well, but I did find it distracting at times.
EricaF14

Such a great resource

I’ve been listening to Jessie & Anita for a while now, and this has become my favorite podcast. As a pre-& postnatal fitness coach I am constantly looking to learn and up level my coaching skills. The episodes are Informative, positive, and real. Postpartum is no joke. These ladies tell it like it is. I’m also new in starting my business and I appreciate the insight they provide here too. Highly recommend!
THarvey8390

Good info but...

I CAN’T handle the way the speaker talks. I had a professor in college bring to my class’s attention (I had noticed it before, but appreciated her calling it out in class) that there is a common idiosyncrasy of speaking of many people today, often females, where they end every sentence, regardless of punctuation, as if it were a question. This speaker’s voice goes up at the end of practically every sentence and it was so abrasive to listen to I had to grit my teeth and suffer through it. The information is totally valid and they discuss great topics and have great things to say, but this manner of speaking-as if every sentence ends with a question mark-is so distracting and makes them sound as if they are unsure of what they’re saying, or just plain uneducated...which they are clearly NOT. Something to consider as podcasters that your manner of speaking has a lot to do with the listener’s receipt of material and overall enjoyment of the program.
ald1104

Keeping it real

I sincerely appreciate this podcast. I started listening midway though my 2nd pregnancy and I’m now 3 weeks postpartum. The tips and advice they offer for during pregnancy, getting through birth, and postpartum have been very useful. And more than that is sharing their candid experiences physically, mentally and emotionally about each of these phases in their bodies, about their babies and in their marriages and careers. It’s helpful to realize the things I struggle with are not uncommon and to hear how others have managed.
AndraHibbs

Helpful conversations

This helpful conversational podcast is a wealth of information about pre and pay natal health and fitness all delivered in a way that emphasizes empowerment.
Ash11know

Real life and education

I look forward to my commute to work on Tuesdays because of this podcast! I love the applicable education as well as the keeping it real life stories. This podcast is refreshing and can give women a new look at what it means to exercise in pregnancy and postpartum.
lgaaaaaa

You need this if you have kids, are pregnant or plan on having kids

Jessie and Anita are phenomenal at presenting information that mamas and mamas-to-be need to hear. They are straight forward, speak from experience, and are able to present multiple views gracefully and without bias. They are moms, working for and with moms to make the prenatal and postpartum experience better. Love these two and what they are bringing to motherhood.
barbiekong

Thank you!

I love this podcast! As a mom of two I am grateful for a podcast that talks about the joys and difficulties in the journey of birth and beyond. Thank you.
EleanorL88

Informative and easy to connect with

I am loving this podcast so far. Currently training to be a pre/post natal fitness specialist but I have not yet had a baby myself. I feel that this podcast is already giving me so much insight into the lives of future clients. Very informative and easy to connect with these ladies.
Batiface

Yes!

So excited for this podcast! I am a huge fan of Jessie’s and a big podcast person so I have been so looking forward to this! Just binge listened to the first three episodes and I can’t wait for more! A must listen!!
Mara Jane

A must-listen

These women are educational, uplifting, and practical when it comes to talking about prenatal and postpartum topics. I have followed Jessie for years and it’s so great to have her on one more platform, discussing important and relevant topics for women.