Some of my favorite quotes from her recent interview with Fit Pregnancy include:
I’m feeling really great, I’m enjoying pregnancy much more than I thought I would. It is a privilege and I feel lucky that I get to do it.
It IS truly a privilege isn't it?? And what a lucky little one her baby already is, feeling all that that positive energy and I'm sure already enjoying original lullabies from her mother's angelic voice.
I’ve been using Nature’s Sunshine products. The company has great lines—its LIV-J is designed to support liver function and that helps cuts down on the nausea. I worked with Ellen Tart-Jensen, she’s the daughter-in-law of a famous doctor, Bernard Jensen, and Kimberly Balasa—both are doctors of naturopathy. If you can, it’s really worthwhile to do it—you have to make sure your care provider is very qualified in supplements and herbs and nutrition. Kimberly goes off blood work, and my levels are all doing great. Naturopathic doctors are the wave of the future, I believe they helped me get and stay pregnant.
Way to explore options for health care! I've had such great experiences with 5W from Nature's Sunshine, I hope Jewel's doctors recommend it to her in those last 5 weeks of pregnancy to support her uterus for a strong and productive labor.
Well, I’ve gotten big now, but you know what surprised me is how much I have enjoyed dressing while pregnant, I’ve found really cute clothes and I dress up more now than I did before. It’s really fun.
Bump style's a blast right? Love her cover look for the magazine.
I’ve always been a workhorse, and I’ve been supporting myself since I was 15. I enjoy hard work, I love setting goals and achieving them. So I’ve had to learn to slow it down and get some rest, which I haven’t minded.
Listening to your body, taking time off to tune in and giving yourself the rest you need to direct energy inward and grow your baby is SO important!
I enjoyed (exercise) before and kept it up—at first I was doing rigorous cardio, then slowed down to the elliptical and now I’m doing Julie Tupler’s program, it’s nice to be able to keep up with your abs. I also kept riding up until a couple weeks ago.
Keeping active with exercise you enjoy is just as important as finding time for rest, modifying the activity to fit your current energy level and abilities will keep your body strong and your baby safe. SO excited that Jewel has discovered Julie Tupler's brilliant technique to keep strengthen abdominal muscles and protect her pelvic floor through it all. It will pay off, I promise!
Knowledge really is power. The more you can educate yourself, the better. Your body and your health are your responsibility. I love doctors, but I have to live with the decisions I make. Make sure you get your questions answered, and never feel that you are doubting your doctor by asking a question—a good doctor won’t feel that way, either.
Every woman, no matter her education level has the ability and should take the responsibility of learning about her own body, her growing baby, and be respected as the ultimate decision maker and authority on protecting her child's life. Jewel's right, at the end of the day it is YOU who has to live the outcome of decisions made. Don't let them be made without your consent or full understanding and don't let fear, irrational worry, or anyone else's bottom line be more important than you and your baby.
Congratulations to Jewel on her baby and her beautiful life!
