The BIRTHFIT Podcast

The BIRTHFIT Podcast is a maternal health show with a strong point of view. It is about pregnancy, birth, postpartum recovery, fertility, and the bodies doing all of that work. Dr. Lindsay Matthews Cantu speaks with the pace of a coach who wants the information to be usable, not polished into abstraction. Some episodes are short and sharp. Others are looser conversations with guests about nourishment, community, training spaces, and the realities of supporting women through changing seasons. Recent episodes cover GBS, fertility while breastfeeding, prenatal fitness, station grading, Friedman's curve, DRA, first trimester miscarriage, and postpartum care. The show often starts from a concrete concern and then moves through biology, research, personal experience, and intuition. GBS is discussed through colonization, transmission, rare severe outcomes, and the importance of informed decision making. Breastfeeding is connected to cycle return, night nursing, ovulation, stress, minerals, and readiness for another pregnancy. Prenatal exercise is treated as beneficial and ordinary. DRA is framed as more than a single abdominal gap, with attention to the diaphragm, ribs, pelvis, pelvic floor, fascia, pressure management, and compensation patterns. The miscarriage episode is heavier, but it is handled as a necessary conversation about facts, options, exercise myths, compassion, and clinical care. Interviews expand the world of the show. Alysa Seeland talks about bone broth, birth patterns, nourishment, and self-appreciation. Nikki Adams Herrera brings in the practical side of building a community around mothers, childcare, strength classes, foundations work, and flexible support. The show is not neutral in tone. It is warm, direct, sometimes spiritual, and often skeptical of care routines that do not make sense to the person giving birth. Its best fit is a listener who wants prenatal and postpartum education with anatomy, conviction, and a strong emphasis on personal agency.