Innate Wisdom Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

Join Loren Sofia, Functional Fertility Coach and founder of Innate Fertility, and her husband, Alex, for the story of her baby’s birth and how her postpartum experience so far. 

In this episode, you’ll hear about:

• An update on my pregnancy-related abdominal wall neuropathy (PRAWN)
• The last few weeks of pregnancy, my energy levels, how I was carrying, and more
• Surprising things I had to create boundaries for before delivery
• How I prepared for birth & possible pain
• My due date and whether I was early, late or on-time
• The events that led up to my labor starting
• At-home testing for amniotic fluid
• Who I wanted at my birth & why
• What my husband did to prepare & support me at my birth
• What I ate & drank during labor
• My plans A, B and C — and the important reasons I had 3!
• Why my birth was like a scene from a movie
• Whether I opted into any medication during my birth
• Techniques I used to cope with transition
• If I ever reached a point where I was freaking out or couldn’t do it
• Where I actually gave birth
• How long my labor really was
• If I knew I was having a boy or girl, and how I could tell which one I was having
• My laboring position and movement during birth
• Which newborn interventions (cord clamping, eye drops, Vitamin K, etc.) I opted into and out of
• Whether I had tearing, prolapse, diastasis recti
• What I decided to do with my placenta
• My decision on whether I would home birth again
• Things I did to support my body after birth, from nutrition to supplements
• Prepping for breastfeeding success
• The hardest thing for me postpartum
• Mental health considerations postpartum
• The truth about postpartum hair loss
• My postpartum must-haves
• And more!

Episode Links:

• My Fertility & Pregnancy Journey Episode: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/overcoming-amenorrhea-hypothyroidism-candida-autoimmune/id1653885700?i=1000641686717
• My Postpartum Must-Haves: 

More Resources 👇

• Follow Loren Sofía on IG: instagram.com/innate_fertility
• Follow the podcast on IG: instagram.com/theinnatewisdompodcast
• Get pregnant & grow your family with Conscious Conception, my pregnancy prep eCourse: innatefertility.org/get-pregnant
• FREEBIES: innatefertility.org/freebies
• Learn how to track your cycle with Fertility Awareness: innatefertility.org/join-fertility-awareness-masterclass
• Nourish your fertility from preconception through postpartum: innatefertility.org/innate-nourishment-recipe-guide
• Check out my favorite products & more: innatefertility.org/store

If you think our podcast is 5-stars, please leave us a review! It would mean the world to us. <3

Join Loren Sofia, Functional Fertility Coach and founder of Innate Fertility, and Dr. Carolyn Dean, the author of The Magnesium Miracle, as they discuss the importance of the miracle mineral, magnesium.

In this episode, you’ll learn about:

• How much nutrition training doctors (MDs) really get
• The truth about “bio-hacking” and what “bio-hackers” get wrong
• The key symptoms you probably have if you’re deficient in magnesium
• What you need to know about the types of magnesium — which forms are actually absorbable versus what is just marketing
• The top reasons you need magnesium for optimal wellness, fertility, pregnancy, postpartum, nursing and mental health if you’re a woman
• The essential reasons you need magnesium for optimal wellness, fertility and mental health if you’re a man
• If your diagnosis is really a magnesium deficiency in disguise
• Thinking about detox? You need to know this about magnesium first
• The relationship between magnesium, yeast and estrogen
• Which key nutrients you need to be getting for magnesium to work properly in your body
• How magnesium helps support the mitochondria in your cells, energy production (ATP-Mg) and muscle recovery
• Can you really take magnesium if you have “bad kidneys”?
• Simple things you can do to replenish your magnesium levels in your body
• How to test for inflammation at home (it’s super easy!)
• And more!

Episode Links:

• Dr. Dean's Website: drcarolyndean.com/
• Dr. Dean's New Book: amzn.to/4aOISpj
• Dr. Dean's Instagram: @drcarolyndean/
• Dr. Dean's Facebook: drcarolyndeanmdnd
• Dr. Dean's Twitter: @DrCarolynDean

Dr. Dean's YouTube: youtube.com/@drcarolyndeanmdnd4601

More Resources 👇

• Follow Loren Sofía on IG: instagram.com/innate_fertility
• Follow the podcast on IG: instagram.com/theinnatewisdompodcast
• Get pregnant & grow your family with Conscious Conception, my pregnancy prep eCourse: innatefertility.org/get-pregnant
• FREEBIES: innatefertility.org/freebies
• Learn how to track your cycle with Fertility Awareness: innatefertility.org/join-fertility-awareness-masterclass
• Nourish your fertility from preconception through postpartum: innatefertility.org/innate-nourishment-recipe-guide
• Check out my favorite products & more: innatefertility.org/store

If you think our podcast is 5-stars, please leave us a review! It would mean the world to us. <3

Join Loren Sofia, Functional Fertility Coach and owner of Innate Fertility, and Noelle Kovary, mother and owner of Forever Healthy Hair, as they discuss the benefits of combining principles of Ayurvedic Medicine with a pro-metabolic lifestyle.

In this episode, you’ll learn about:

• What Ayurvedic Medicine is
• The different components of Ayurveda
• The three elemental doshas
• How to tell which dosha you are
• Building the life you want tomorrow via action today
• The importance of aligning your body with the seasons
• Noelle’s favorite Ayurvedic herbs & their benefits
• How Ayurveda can enhance your pro-metabolic lifestyle
• Ayurvedic practices you can incorporate into your daily routine

Episode Links:

• Noelle’s IG: @noellekovary
• Noelle’s Website: foreverhealthyhair.com/
• Book | The Yoga of Herbs: https://amzn.to/3GmPs8G
• Ayurvedic Herbs
  • Chyawanprash: https://amzn.to/3GmPs8G
  • KSM 66 Ashwagandha: https://amzn.to/3GmPs8G
  • Gotu Kola: http://aspireiq.go2cloud.org/aff_c?offer_id=24&aff_id=3614

More Resources 👇

• Follow Loren Sofía on IG: instagram.com/innate_fertility
• Follow the podcast on IG: instagram.com/theinnatewisdompodcast
• Get pregnant & grow your family with Conscious Conception, my pregnancy prep eCourse: innatefertility.org/get-pregnant
• FREEBIES: innatefertility.org/freebies
• Learn how to track your cycle with Fertility Awareness: innatefertility.org/join-fertility-awareness-masterclass
• Nourish your fertility from preconception through postpartum: innatefertility.org/innate-nourishment-recipe-guide
• Check out my favorite products & more: innatefertility.org/store

If you think our podcast is 5-stars, please leave us a review! It would mean the world to us. <3

Join Loren Sofia, Functional Fertility Coach and owner of Innate Fertility, and Josh & Jeanne Rubin, best known as realfoodgangstas on Instagram, owners of East West Healing, as they discuss thyroid health.

In this episode, you’ll learn about:

• Creating real change versus chasing your tail
• Social media’s effect on healing & the nervous system
• Thyroid health beyond aesthetics & fat loss
• The hypothyroid epidemic in America
• What causes hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism, Hashimoto’s, Graves disease
• Underrated things impacting the thyroid
• The truth about thyroid medication
• Chasing the effect of something versus shaping your life to achieve it
• Josh’s experience with pituitary adenomas
• Ways you can support your thyroid naturally

Episode Links:

• Josh & Jeane’s IG: @realfoodgangstas
• Josh & Jeanne’s Website: eastwesthealing.com

More Resources 👇

• Follow Loren Sofía on IG: instagram.com/innate_fertility
• Follow the podcast on IG: instagram.com/theinnatewisdompodcast
• Get pregnant & grow your family with Conscious Conception, my pregnancy prep eCourse: innatefertility.org/get-pregnant
• FREEBIES: innatefertility.org/freebies
• Learn how to track your cycle with Fertility Awareness: innatefertility.org/join-fertility-awareness-masterclass
• Nourish your fertility from preconception through postpartum: innatefertility.org/innate-nourishment-recipe-guide
• Check out my favorite products & more: innatefertility.org/store

If you think our podcast is 5-stars, please leave us a review! It would mean the world to us. <3

Join Loren Sofia, Functional Fertility Coach and owner of Innate Fertility, and Annie Kerchief, best known as mom.mindfully on Instagram, mother of two and an incredibly informed and outspoken advocate for mothers, as they discuss various pregnancy interventions.

In this episode, you’ll learn about:

• Annie’s personal experience going past her due date, past 42 weeks
• Annie’s planned freebirth contingency
• Making decisions out of fear versus taking responsibility
• What it means to truly surrender
• Following your intuition and exercising it as a muscle
• What you should know regarding pregnancy inteversions, including:
  • Ultrasounds
  • NIPS
  • Amniocentesis
  • Rhogam
  • Iron testing
  • Glucose tolerance testing
  • Group B strep
• Navigating the decision-making process during pregnancy

Episode Links:

• Annie’s IG: @mom.mindfully
• NY Times Article on NIPS: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/20/upshot/prenatal-genetic-tests-warning.html
• Loren’s Fertility & Pregnancy Journey: <https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/overcoming-amenorrhea-hypothyroidism-candida-autoimmune/id1653885700?i=1000641686717>

More Resources 👇

• Follow Loren Sofía on IG: instagram.com/innate_fertility
• Follow the podcast on IG: instagram.com/theinnatewisdompodcast
• Get pregnant & grow your family with Conscious Conception, my pregnancy prep eCourse: innatefertility.org/get-pregnant
• FREEBIES: innatefertility.org/freebies
• Learn how to track your cycle with Fertility Awareness: innatefertility.org/join-fertility-awareness-masterclass
• Nourish your fertility from preconception through postpartum: innatefertility.org/innate-nourishment-recipe-guide
• Check out my favorite products & more: innatefertility.org/store

If you think our podcast is 5-stars, please leave us a review! It would mean the world to us. <3

Join Loren Sofia, Functional Fertility Coach and owner of Innate Fertility, for a solo episode about her own personal fertility and pregnancy journey.

In this episode, you’ll hear about my:

• Period story
• Journey with binge eating
• Stint with veganism
• Binge exercise disorder
• Experience with amenorrhea
• Adult acne diagnosis
• 8 years of hormonal birth control
• Developing subclinical hypothyroidism, autoimmune disease, candida, prediabetes, melasma & more
• Post-birth control syndrome
• 2-week-long periods, anovulation, luteal phase defects, low sex hormones
• Healing from birth control & curing lifelong asthma
• Dealing with parasites & inflammation
• Pregnancy loss learnings
• Overcoming food allergies & intolerances
• Specific pregnancy prep strategy
• Pregnancy testing
• Early pregnancy spotting
• Morning sickness & food aversions
• Ultrasounds, anatomy scans & NIPs, glucose tolerance & iron testing
• Swelling, heartburn, insomnia, nausea, headaches, stretch marks, varicose veins, pelvic girdle pain, round ligament pain, feet growing, pregnancy nose
• PRAWN: Pregnancy-Related Abdominal Neuropathy
• Pregnancy & birth team
• Labor & delivery prep

Episode Links:

• Happy Home Birth Course: https://www.happyhomebirthacademy.com/a/27299/NWezmosh (save 10% with code INNATE10)
• Happy Mama Healthy Baby Breastfeeding Course & Cookbooks: https://happymamahealthybaby.freshlearn.com/nourished-beginnings?_ref=422505&pid=149702 (save 15% with code INNATE)
• Safe Infant Sleep Book: https://amzn.to/3QsmKbf
• Homebirth episode w/ Katelyn Fusco: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/everything-you-need-to-know-about-home-birth-with/id1653885700?i=1000593124666
• Gonstead Chiropractic Care episode w/ Dr. Brady: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/p

More Resources 👇

• Follow Loren Sofía on IG: instagram.com/innate_fertility
• Follow the podcast on IG: instagram.com/theinnatewisdompodcast
• Get pregnant & grow your family with Conscious Conception, my pregnancy prep eCourse: innatefertility.org/get-pregnant
• FREEBIES: innatefertility.org/freebies
• Learn how to track your cycle with Fertility Awareness: innatefertility.org/join-fertility-awareness-masterclass
• Nourish your fertility from preconception through postpartum: innatefertility.org/innate-nourishment-recipe-guide
• Check out my favorite products & more: innatefertility.org/store

If you think our podcast is 5-stars, please leave us a review! It would mean the world to us. <3

Join Loren Sofia, Functional Fertility Coach and owner of Innate Fertility, and Megan Ziegenfus, creator of the course, Body Talk Basics, as they demystify puberty and how mothers can navigate conversations with their daughters about this important stage of life.

In this episode, you’ll learn about: 

• What girls are being taught about puberty in school
• Why discussions around puberty are so “taboo”
• The benefits of having conversations about puberty with your daughter
• How girls experiencing puberty can get more connected with their cycle (& the benefits)
• Some of the changes that girls should expect when going through puberty
• How can young girls support themselves during their transition through puberty
• Important things that can be uncovered as girls track their cycles
• Why girls are getting their cycles super early or delayed
• The shifting perspectives on taking birth control at a young age
• Tips for discussing puberty with your daughter

Episode Links:

• Megan’s Website: bodytalkbasics.com
• Megnan’s Instagram: @bodytalkbasics
• Let's Talk About Puberty Freebie:  https://view.flodesk.com/pages/61b151256fd16bd0a4ddbfd6

More Resources 👇

• Follow Loren Sofía on IG: instagram.com/innate_fertility
• Follow the podcast on IG: instagram.com/theinnatewisdompodcast
• Get pregnant & grow your family with Conscious Conception, my pregnancy prep eCourse: innatefertility.org/get-pregnant
• FREEBIES: innatefertility.org/freebies
• Learn how to track your cycle with Fertility Awareness: innatefertility.org/join-fertility-awareness-masterclass
• Nourish your fertility from preconception through postpartum: innatefertility.org/innate-nourishment-recipe-guide
• Check out my favorite products & more: innatefertility.org/store

If you think our podcast is 5-stars, please leave us a review! It would mean the world to us. <3

Join Loren Sofia, Functional Fertility Coach and owner of Innate Fertility, and Therese Dansby, a mom of three, nurse, and International Board Certified Lactation Consultant, as they debunk breastfeeding myths and share what you should really know about breastmilk and breastfeeding.

In this episode, you’ll learn about:

• The benefits of breastfeeding
• The amazing ways your breastmilk can change to support your baby
• What influences how much breast milk you produce
• How your partner can support your breastfeeding journey
• How to navigate for breastfeeding success, even if you’re working full-time
• Common challenges for breastfeeding mothers
• How you can support YOUR body while breastfeeding
• How breastfeeding changes as your baby gets older
• What to expect with the return of your cycle while breastfeeding
• The truth about using breastfeeding as birth control
• The new standard breastfeeding recommendations
• If breast is really best (and how much!)
• Tongue ties & narrow jaws: The chicken or the egg?
• How breastfeeding & latching are vital signs for you & your baby
• Alternatives to breastfeeding, including donor milk, formula, homemade formula, ranked from best to worst 

Episode Links:

• Therese’s Breastfeeding Course & Cookbooks: https://happymamahealthybaby.freshlearn.com/nourished-beginnings?_ref=422505&pid=149702 (save 15% with code INNATE)
• Therese’s Instagram: @happy.mama.healthy.baby
• Therese’s Website: happymamahealthybaby.co
• Milk + Motherhood Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/0bZdEwtkT96shfLpeKKzGN?si=a6ebbf0248934222
• Milk + Motherhood Podcast Episode #7: Nutrition for Postpartum Recovery with Loren Sofia of Innate Fertility: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/07-nutrition-for-postpartum-recovery-with-loren-sofia/id1653446438?i=1000591440799

More Resources 👇

• Follow Loren Sofía on IG: instagram.com/innate_fertility
• Follow the podcast on IG: instagram.com/theinnatewisdompodcast
• Get pregnant & grow your family with Conscious Conception, my pregnancy prep eCourse: innatefertility.org/get-pregnant
• FREEBIES: innatefertility.org/freebies
• Learn how to track your cycle with Fertility Awareness: innatefertility.org/join-fertility-awareness-masterclass
• Nourish your fertility from preconception through postpartum: innatefertility.org/innate-nourishment-recipe-guide
• Check out my favorite products & more: innatefertility.org/store

If you think our podcast is 5-stars, please leave us a review! It would mean the world to us. <3

Join Loren Sofia, Functional Fertility Coach and owner of Innate Fertility, and Elizabeth Parsons, best known as Purely Parsons on Instagram, former pediatric registered nurse, a follower of Christ, wife, and mother to five (and to be six), as they discuss infant interventions.

In this episode, you’ll learn about:

• The meaning of “intervention”
• What exactly “infant interventions” are
• Maternal & infant death rates in the United States
• What immediate cord clamping is
• Alternatives & to immediate cord clamping & their benefits
• When antibiotic eye drops are necessary
• Why you might want to skip wiping off the vernix
• Pros, cons & alternatives to the Vitamin K and Hep B
• Things you might not know about the heel prick test
• Balanced perspectives on circumcision
• How to advocate for yourself & your infant

Episode Links:

• Elizabeth’s Instagram: @purelyparsons
• Elizabeth’s Website: www.purelyparsons.com
• Circumcision Resource: www.yourwholebaby.org/

More Resources 👇

• Follow Loren Sofía on IG: instagram.com/innate_fertility
• Follow the podcast on IG: instagram.com/theinnatewisdompodcast
• Get pregnant & grow your family with Conscious Conception, my pregnancy prep eCourse: innatefertility.org/get-pregnant
• FREEBIES: innatefertility.org/freebies
• Learn how to track your cycle with Fertility Awareness: innatefertility.org/join-fertility-awareness-masterclass
• Nourish your fertility from preconception through postpartum: innatefertility.org/innate-nourishment-recipe-guide
• Check out my favorite products & more: innatefertility.org/store

If you think our podcast is 5-stars, please leave us a review! It would mean the world to us. <3

Join Loren Sofia, Functional Fertility Coach and owner of Innate Fertility, and Ericka Auckland, an entrepreneur, mother and host of the Trust Issues Podcast, as they chat about healing hypothyroidism, trying to conceive, pregnancy, and maintaining sanity as an entrepreneur in the transition to motherhood.

Hear Loren & Erika discuss:

• Erika’s “rags to riches” story
• The formula for becoming an entrepreneur
• What it’s like working with your husband
• How Erika healed her hypothyroidism
• Overcoming crippling fear around eating food
• Erika’s trying to conceive & pregnancy journey
• Things that might be holding you back from becoming a mom
• How to balance owning your own business while being a mother
• The real cost of saying “yes”
• Going through the motions of what you think you’re “supposed” to be doing
• Tips for mothers wanting to start their own business & for maintaining balance if you already have one

Episode Links:

• Erika’s Website: erikaauckland.com
• Jess’s IG: @erickaauckland
• Trust Issues Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/trust-issues/id1620186412

More Resources 👇

• Follow Loren Sofía on IG: instagram.com/innate_fertility
• Follow the podcast on IG: instagram.com/theinnatewisdompodcast
• Get pregnant & grow your family with Conscious Conception, my pregnancy prep eCourse: innatefertility.org/get-pregnant
• FREEBIES: innatefertility.org/freebies
• Learn how to track your cycle with Fertility Awareness: innatefertility.org/join-fertility-awareness-masterclass
• Nourish your fertility from preconception through postpartum: innatefertility.org/innate-nourishment-recipe-guide
• Check out my favorite products & more: innatefertility.org/store

If you think our podcast is 5-stars, please leave us a review! It would mean the world to us. <3