Home or Hospital Birth? Samantha Christine’s Unfiltered Journey

30:11I don't even really know what to expect. And like the first time around, I feel like that's so, so normal. You're just winging it. Yeah. Like when you have your second, if you guys have a second, if you're planning on that, you're going to be like, I feel so much more empowered and just kind of know what I would need. Yeah. He's been at every appointment with me, which helps. And I think him going through IVF too with me, we were so like a team yeah such a team i mean he gave me every shot he was with me every night see you guys going through that is a lot yeah a big emotional event and chapter so yeah i feel like he's gonna be great postpartum too are you guys doing any like birth classes together or anything like that wait he doesn't know it but we're going to surprise surprise we are i think my doula will do them with us she'll like come over hypno hypno birthing yeah is that the breathing yeah we did that great okay And that's great.

31:02The boy's dad, he did that too. And it's a really fun class to do. But it's wild. I definitely want to do that. I'm excited. When do I do that? Like at what point? Gosh, I think I started doing that in the like mid-20s. Okay. How many weeks are you now? About to be 19. Okay. Yeah. Girl is about to pick up. Get ready. I'm so excited. I feel like when I hit 20 weeks, then you kind of start counting backwards. You're like, you know what I mean? Yeah. Yeah. You're like, this is going by so fast. But I think we started doing it like mid 20s to 30s. And then like really were intentional throughout the whole 30 weeks because it goes by fast.

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35:24Okay, did you do, maybe I'm going to say this wrong, perinatal massages? prenatal prenatal yeah i was thinking peri peri bottle like the thing that you splash after your birth which you're gonna have to get one of those two i've seen those on the baby list they're great um prenatal you know what i think i did a couple i am so bad at sitting still like for a massage going on my vagina it's a oh do they do that yeah oh i didn't perennial okay perennial now that we know how to pronounce it yeah yeah yes i never had someone do it for me but my midwife was like you need to start doing this around like in your thirties.

36:02I can't remember the exact weeks, but it's basically where you quite literally stretch out your vagina in the sense. So like I would get some lubricant and just kind of get that going. That's all that. You just stretching it out. I mean, it just, it just, it really helps too. I think your first pregnancy too, just because the tissue is not obviously conditioned to be stretched to the point of like pushing a baby out. And so, um, it just really helps get the tissue ready. So I would recommend doing that, but you don't need someone else to do it. Absolutely not. Okay. You could get your husband, Greg, to do it.

36:37I was kind of thinking that that might be like some way, fun way to spice it up in the bedroom. Stretch me out like crazy. But yeah, no, that is very beneficial though. Like to do that. And then I think I was doing it like every day, just like a quick 15 seconds. Just the quick guy. Quick little stretch. Great. Okay. I guess I'll do that then. Yeah. Okay. But I was just freaked out by someone else doing it. Yeah. I would, you don't have to do that. Okay. Great. I would be freaked out too. Yeah. That's weird. A little much. Okay. Let's talk about like bounce back concept. Did you experience that pressure or were you just like patient with yourself?

37:11I guess as someone who's into fitness and used to seeing their body a certain way, what is that experience like? Of course I felt the pressure and I hate the term bounce back. I mean, I use it still because it's like, you know, we talk about bouncing back, but it's, there's too much pressure around that term. It takes almost 10 months for your body to build human life and create this baby. And your body is going through so many changes over the course of that time. For us to think that we can quote unquote bounce back after a couple months is so unrealistic because it's going to take time to recover and heal our bodies in a healthy way, just like it took for our bodies to create this human life.

37:54We've got to stop looking at it as bouncing back in a quick amount of time. Everybody's time is going to look different. I definitely felt that both pregnancies, I wasn't on social media yet, but I was on social media looking at other people and definitely found myself comparing. I think genetics go into play, Like, you know, people dealing with, um, you know, having gained more weight, it just takes more time to lose. Like we're all in different paths. And so that's something that I talked to my community a lot about whether, you know, it's in my DMS or in my app or my podcast. Like I just, I tried to let women know that it's okay to take time and go at your own pace.

38:34Yeah. Your body's smart. Like your body's going to come back. It just might take a little bit of time. And as long as you're creating those daily habits to heal yourself and fuel properly, you're going to get there. Yeah. And I even hear with breastfeeding, like obviously you need to be eating enough. Yes. That's a big one. So you can't just sort of like jump back into. I didn't lose all my weight and specifically like body fat percentage drop until I stopped breastfeeding after a year. Wow. And that's normal. Like your body is naturally going to retain more body fat for the baby. You need to.

39:10Because it looks at it almost like a stockpile of like, hey, if we run out, we'll go to this stored fat, right? So your body's naturally going to store more fat when you're breastfeeding. And for me, when I was done breastfeeding my second Quinn, that was around 13 months, that's when I really started picking up the gym more and like tracking my macros. And it all fell off pretty quickly. But until then, I just gave what I knew my body needed and the baby. But it's hard. It's easier said than done, for sure. how quickly did you get back into working out when you had babies and how did you manage it?

39:46Like on a very granular level, I'm trying to imagine my life after having a baby. I can only imagine. Yeah. Obviously it takes a minute to get back into your routine, but do you like bring the baby to the gym with you? Like, how does it actually work? Yeah. So what's crazy is both babies were kind of born in that COVID time. Like Grayson was just a few months old when COVID hit. And so once I got cleared, I, you know, around the six week mark, they say I started going on more walks and getting more steps and light stretches and yoga. And then I started doing like little dumbbell work, like strength training.

40:23And I have videos of like me doing like pushups with him on like on my back, like my mom setting him on my back and like doing like little things, incorporating him at home. Um, so I did a lot of at home work that with dumbbells you can do. But one thing I was big about with both babies is like listening to my body and specifically with my core. Yeah. I would never like push myself too hard to where it felt like I was going past the limits of what my body could provide at that time. And I think that's something that's very important. So you kind of have to look at it as like building back strength and like phases and just kind of listening to your body and checking in with yourself and going up and wait, for instance, with dumbbells when you feel like you can, but not pushing it past that point.

41:10Cause I feel like a lot of damage can come from that. Yeah. But I honestly was not into lifting the way I am now until after my second. Oh really? Wow. Yeah. So with my first, I did like a lot of dumbbell work, but I didn't work out and lift in a progressive overload until after my second a couple years ago. So when I was done breastfeeding at 13 months with him, I started incorporating more progressive overloads, dumbbell work, and that's when I really worked on like body composition. And I would say it took me a solid year with both boys before I felt like strong again though. It takes time.

41:50Yeah. You got to be patient. You do. And now you are into fitness competition can you explain the competitions you do what is high rocks oh it's so fun so it's a fitness race that combines both running and functional workouts okay it's the same concept every time so when you go into the race you know what you're getting yeah basically it's one kilometer run and then you do that eight times but in between each run you do a station so you do wall balls skier row So farmers carry lunges, a lot of functional stations. And basically, it's about how fast you can go. You have different divisions. Depending on the division, you do a certain amount of weight.

42:31But it's not about how heavy. It's really about how fast. So I've done solo before. I do it with Ian, my boyfriend, a lot. We love doing it. And yeah, it's super fun, though. I think it's one of those sports that no matter what season you're in, you can do it. there's people that are 80 years old competing people in wheelchairs that's so cool like moms that want to get their girlfriends together to do a relay so it's a really fun sport that started over in europe and it's creating so much hype over here in the states european yes yes yes yes so it's gotten so popular but it's a really fun sport but then i'm really a runner though like half marathons marathons about to train for the nyc marathon so amazing yeah but it's fun Greg and I have a hyper fixation of watching ultra marathon runners they're built different Courtney Dewey or something do you follow her no but I know who you're talking about yeah she does like Leadville and all the it's insane it's insane but it's so cool it is so cool I don't think I could ever get to that point like that is just you might I mean I guess never say never but they are built different like it's truly amazing to see them do that like running through the night my thing is like i love sleep i'm like i would have to sleep right you know i'm like where do you go to the bathroom where do you poop have you done any kind of like races or no but i'm i think i will one day i high rock sounds fun well i think you should do a high rocks and that could be like a postpartum goal like yeah at the end of this year i want to do a high rocks or something you know what i mean yes can you sponsor people doing it bloom should sponsor absolutely we'll sponsor you oh we should do that that would be so fun a cute little bloom outfit yes okay let's do it i'll get ian if we do mixed doubles he'll wear a little bloom outfit yeah he can wear a little bloom outfit i love that you guys do it together though yeah that's like so awesome greg and i love working out together and i think it's like a big part of our relationship i love seeing your videos like your workout videos of you guys doing that together it's just it's really sweet and speaking of like motherhood like your son's gonna be able to see that i know which is so special and gonna make such an impact on him i think greg already thinks he's like a little bodybuilder you know stop that's so cute he can baby weights baby weights yes oh my god i've seen baby weights i think it's a thing you know dr gabrielle lyon yes have you met her i haven't i want to you would really like her she literally her kids work out with her i love that like this little girl does push-ups and so reagan is like that ian's daughter we're a blended family blended household she is eight years old and she'll do like swings with him burpees like love it i know like devil's press like all this stuff with him it's truly amazing this episode of pursuit of wellness is brought to you by wild grain wild grain is the first bake from frozen subscription box for artisanal breads pastries and pastas i am personally such a big fan of the sourdough and the croissants.

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49:12So let's talk about the blended family concept because I think that's really amazing. And I don't know why the Kardashians pop in my head, but I've heard them talk about that a lot. And I actually love the way they approach it. And I feel like you have just built like a really beautiful household. So how do you go about creating that dynamic? I'm going to preface it by saying this is something that I never thought I would have. I think that when I got married and built a family, like no one goes into marriage being like, I'm going to get divorced or I'm going to break apart our family, you know, right?

49:43Like we had those traditional values set within us and I never thought I would be here, but I truly think that my life was orchestrated in a way that was meant to get me where I'm at. And I'm so thankful for it. After my divorce a few years back, I had, you know, babies, like my youngest was, had just turned a year old. And I told myself, I'm never going to date again. Like I'm going to focus on them. And then what do you know? Like a few months later, Ian walks in my life and it truly though made sense. We took things very slow because we are both like we don't want to date we just want to be friends obviously feelings came in and the months and months later it just it just made sense so we took things slow but we also knew like okay we have kids we want to do this the right way this relationship so luckily they had met at gymnastics which is where we met um so they had already met each other so they were already integrated in each other's lives, which is really nice.

50:47Oh, as parents. As parents, yeah. So I had met him 20 years prior. It's a long story, but – or long story short, we met 20 years prior at a party, didn't see him for 20 years, and then met again. We met at gymnastics. So it was really cool, like invisible string theory type of a thing. But yeah, the kids had already met each other. So they looked at us like oh dad's friend mom's friend right and then we just started slowly taking those next steps and we knew it was time to move in with each other when the kids were so sad and asking where the other you know sibling were yeah so reagan would say you know why aren't we seeing grace and her quinn or the boys would be like where's reagan like when am i gonna see her next it just we kind of both had that gut feeling like it was time and it was the best decision because I feel like when we really did move in together and make that commitment and just brought both households together just like everything bloomed from there it was a really beautiful thing and so it has its challenges you know we still obviously have another parent on both sides that we have to communicate with which has had its ups and downs but we try to do it in a very healthy way and communicate on both sides but it's been a really beautiful thing just to see the relationships especially with the kids grow and then you know the other parent like Ian with my boys and me with Reagan just yes they're not blood related but it feels that way yeah so beautiful yeah that's amazing I feel like that initial decision to leave your first marriage when you have babies must have been really challenging and I feel like a lot of people also can relate when do you like how did you know when it was the right time to choose yourself and when it was the right decision I think when the bad days outweighed the good and I saw it affecting my children that's when I knew it was time yeah I honestly stayed in it longer because of the children um I knew with my second I was breastfeeding and I remember having these thoughts like months prior before I actually filed of okay well if I file and get divorced now how do I continue to breastfeed my child when it's his time to parent?

53:03Like, do I have to drop off breast milk? Like it made me sick thinking about that. And so strategically, unfortunately, like I did plan it to where I would be done breastfeeding. Um, it just got to a point where I had told myself, and I know a lot of women can relate because I get questions in my DMs about this a lot. I wanted to get to a place where when I did file and decided to walk away, I could look back and know that I exhausted all efforts and took all the steps I could to make it work and when that bad days outweighed the good and I look back and know that I could put a check mark next to all those things so it's unfortunate it's sad but I know I made the right decision it sounds like you made the perfect decision and everything's better for it which is and it's amazing to hear you talk about it openly because I'm sure so many people are experiencing it but they just don't even know how to like talk about it it's hard and it's still hard i mean just the other week with all the kids we still get this so why can we all live together they're still kids they still don't get it right um and so ina and i have to learn how to navigate those conversations and it's not easy it's hard and it's heartbreaking but we just try to take a very like honest approach with them and build it on love and happiness when we try to reply to them you know Yeah, 100%.

54:19So it's not easy though. But it's amazing that you speak about it. And I'm sure so many people are grateful that you are open. In terms of your schedule, I'm very interested to know, like literally how you do it. It's all over the place. How do you do time block? Like how do you manage a calendar where you are working out, making time for yourself, taking care of your kids, feeding your kids, having a career, doing a podcast, doing social media? Like how? Well, I don't do it perfectly. But I try to do the best that I can. And I am such a believer in time blocking. I time block every day of my life.

54:55Yeah. And the moment I wake up, like simple things, 5 to 5, 15 a.m. Makeup, hair. Like I have to though. I have ADHD. So it is easy for me to say I'm going to do something and then three hours later, it's still not done. So for me, time blocking has been a huge help. I plan the night before. So it's like I wake up and know what I'm doing versus having to look at it. some days I don't get to work out but I try to prioritize some type of movement whether it's like a quick 10 minute walk or whatever that may be and I try to time out my events of the week around busier days around the days that I don't have the kids if that makes sense so like all my filming all my editing that I think will take up a lot of time I try to do that on days when I don't have the kids because you never know when you're going to get a call from school that's like hey he's sick you got to pick him up like life happens so I try to plan that way but also communication with my team like so Ian my boyfriend works with me now oh amazing he's a Navy SEAL and so he's all about structure and discipline so when he came on board he really helped me too of like making sure that we have a plan and are structured I'm such a believer in prioritizing yourself so you can perform better in all aspects of your life thousand percent I feel like you're you preach on that too oh my god yes because like you are the same like you do all these your brands your business and making time to prioritize your health like you're experiencing it as well it just benefits every part of your life like relationships are better when you're healthier works better marriage is better like I really think making time for yourself I'm a big morning person yes like I have to do all my things in the morning because by five I'm like useless done done energy yes a thousand especially now oh yeah pregnant I know I'm interested to see because I haven't been pregnant and dealt with the life that I do the career I currently have so I can only imagine in your shoes like I don't know how you do it I've taken a big step back that's my life is not what it used to be like when I lived in LA my calendar was full from 5am till the end of the day meeting meeting meeting meeting meeting now I try to come in here and do all my recording in one day my block yeah I really time block it like my bloom meeting is on a certain day I really like spread it out now to where I have more free time um which is really nice that I can do that we have a big team and etc etc I think I don't think I could have been pregnant when I lived in LA honestly yeah well and that's my thing too is I think that life happens in a way that makes most sense where you're at yeah and like you look back and you're like I'm glad it happened yes the way it did and the timing no actually yeah because it's a lot it's a lot you're obviously very into nutrition and health how do you this is something i'm starting to think about with kids when they're at school or when they're at someone else's house like how do you handle their knowledge of nutrition and like what's going in their bodies we try to lead by example at our house so we never cook them anything different than what we're eating and that's something that we both communicated to each other from the get-go when we first moved in i've always been that way with the boys.

58:07So if we're eating grilled chicken, green beans, and potatoes, they're going to eat that too. Do they finish their plates? Not always, but we try to lead by example and show them that these are the foods that foods that help fuel us. Now, do we put fruit on their plates too? And like add some things, maybe put a little sauce to make it more fun for them. Yes. So we try to educate them at home first. And the one rule, they don't have to finish their plates but the one rule we have is they have to pick a protein that they enjoy eating and they have to finish that i like that right like we can't not eat our chicken and then expect some ice cream after like we got to make sure that we're hitting our protein goals um with whatever meat that is and they understand that now i think in the beginning they had a little bit of pushback but they get that because they know that like that's like the most important but when it comes to outside of the house.

59:00Cause I feel like inside of the house, it's easier to control, right? It's outside of the house, at school, at the birthday parties, those things where a few years back I had more anxiety around it. I feel like I've loosened up a little bit, but like to the point where I would, you know, bring my own cupcake to the kids' birthday parties and that didn't have ties. I'm dead. I would do that too. I mean, yeah, it was like a little, a little, a little much, but so now I'm kind of like have at a point where I'm like okay it's gonna be okay if they have a cupcake from the grocery at this birthday party because like they're not doing that every single day yeah so I've tried to loosen up a little bit now I do see behavioral things especially from the dyes and like the cane sugar yeah so like a lot of times after the birthday parties or any events or whether it's Halloween or whatever I do see like some meltdowns and some tantrums that I know is a direct cause from so interesting the ingredients yeah but at the end of the day just like we go get ice cream yeah out on date night or whatever like they can have those moments too and it's going to be okay i think it's the 90 of the time what are you doing at home yes where we can make the biggest impact and on halloween we actually have a fun because this halloween's i feel like we'll just pop up in just a few months so we do this thing called the switch switch which okay where we let them go halloween like candy trick-or-treating in the neighborhood they get all the things snickers twix you name it skittles um and we let them pick about five to ten pieces to eat if they want to that night go ham that's fine and then we set out all of the candy by their bedside door and the switch which comes and replaces it with a fun little toy so that way it's like they have fun for a night but then it doesn't lead into the days after and they don't feel like they're missing out on anything.

1:00:52No, no, that's amazing. They forget about it too. You know? Yeah. That's a good tool. I like that. That's really smart. So little things like that, that you can do. Yeah. I love the emphasis on protein. Yes. I mean, it's, it's been a game changer and it's funny. This is so funny. Oh my gosh. I just thought of this. So my son's school, they'll send like little videos. Yeah. So they sent a video from the cafeteria, like one of the teachers and the app, and they had like a Q &A with the, um, the chef there. And all these kids are like, what cookies do you have? You know, what's for lunch? My son is like, how much protein does that have in this lunch?

1:01:32Like he was asking like nutritional type questions that an adult, and I was like, Hey, we raised him right. So you must've been so proud. I was really proud. I have at least 25 grams of protein. Right. Yeah. so we aim for each meal um so i was like hey we're doing something right that's adorable it was really cute oh my gosh well sam thank you so much this was amazing i feel like there's so many good nuggets in here i'm taking notes i learned so much thank you for coming on can you share with everyone where they can follow you listen to the podcast all the things so you can find me on social on instagram my personal page is samcfit underscore and then my podcast the empower podcast E-M-P-W-R.

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