Stella Lizotte Talkie is an Experienced Functional Medicine Consultant and Certified Pregnancy Health Coach who supports women and families through trying to conceive, pregnancy, and the postpartum period. She has a Bachelor's degree in Food & Nutrition Science from Florida State University and works to help women optimize their nutrition, find solutions to health problems, prepare for birth, build their dream birth team, and achieve overall wellness in body, mind, and spirit. Together Stella and I discuss pregnancy complication prevention strategies including metabolomics and acid testing, addressing gaps in traditional OB care, and how functional medicine practitioners can step in to provide better support. We also discuss prenatal and other supplements to support women at each stage of pregnancy, as well as Stella’s unique experience of growing up with parents who started Designs for Health.

I’m your host, Evelyne Lambrecht, thank you for designing a well world with us.

Episode Resources:

Stella Lizotte Talkie - https://www.stellarosewellness.com/

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Chapters:

00:00 Intro.

01:44 Stella is feeling full of love and family as the new year begins.

2:22 Stella’s personal and professional path was shaped from childhood by parents who started Designs for Health.

05:15 The decision to work at Designs for Health wasn’t an obvious one for Stella.

06:26 As a certified pregnancy health coach, Stella once was terrified of pregnancy and birth.

09:40 Stella’s services as a pregnancy health coach aim to optimize women’s health.

11:43 Patterns of the findings from the Designs for Health metabolomics spotlight test.

15:40 Prenatal vitamins that Stella uses and recommends.

21:52 Probiotics timing and strains and considerations for preeclampsia and gestational diabetes.

26:04 Examples of supplements that have successfully addressed pregnancy insomnia and other sleep problems.

31:30 The optimal timeline for preparing for pregnancy for both men and women.

34:27 Addressing the gaps in traditional OB care and assembling a dream birth team.

38:02 Tools that aid in implementing the advice of a pregnancy health coach.

40:27 Postpartum care and support from a health coach.

46:07 Stella’s personal favorite supplements, favorite health practices, and the changing fad diets that she has changed her mind about in her childbearing years.