Mama Glow A Hip Guide to Your Fabulous Abundant Pregnancy

Mama Glow: A Hip Lifestyle Guide to Your Fabulous Abundant Pregnancy Foreword by Dr. Christiane Northrup In Mama Glow,Latham Thomas shares her holistic approach to pregnancy, which she has used to educate, empower, and inspire her clients to look and feel their most radiant.As the Mama Glowmaven,Latham hastouched the lives of hundreds of women including celebrities who want to experience a healthy, balanced, and fabulous pregnancy. Mama Glowis a comprehensive wellness plan containing dietary and lifestyle advice that helps optimize your glow. Using plant-based nutrition (or "Glow Foods"), journaling, yoga, affirmations, visualizations, and other tools, Mama Glowoffers a unique system to help you develop an authentic relationship with your changing body, boost energy levels and lift moods, combat common ailments like morning sickness, prepare for an easier delivery, and achieve radiant skin, nails, hair, and a vibrant overall aura. In other words, the "Mama Glow." In this book, Latham Thomas takes you through every stage of pregnancy as your certified "glow-pilot," giving you practical advice and action steps to make your journey a joyful and vibrant experience. Beginning with Wellness B.C. ("Before Child"), Latham shows you how to make room for your pregnancy, assess your current diet, banish toxic habits, and incorporate yoga and contemplative practices into your life. Next you'll focus on the first trimester, when your body starts to change-along with all the common discomforts she'll show you how to alleviate. Section three looks at the second trimester, with tips for finding a health-care provider for your baby, reducing stress, creating healthy meals for you and your "bun," and Glow Potion beauty essentials. You'll also learn to flow, practice mindfulness affirmations, and explore sex and birth. In section four, she focuses on the final trimester: preparing for birth, labor coaches, birth plans, comfortable yoga postures, and an explanation of the anatomy of labor and birth. Ending with the postpartum section, Latham guides you back to your pre-baby body and gives tips for breastfeeding, optimal nutrition as a new mom, and stepping into the new you-navigating motherhood. Mama Glowis a must-have guide for a balanced lifestyle that will have you feeling and looking your most radiant for the next nine months-and beyond.

A graduate of Columbia University and the Institute for Integrative Nutrition, Latham Thomas is the founder of Mama Glow—a holistic lifestyle hub for women to explore their creative edge through well-being. She is co-founder of the Mama Glow Film Festival—a platform for maternal advocacy through film and philanthropy. A sought-after nutrition and lifestyle expert, her television appearances include The Dr. Oz Show, Fox News LIVE, CBS News, NBC-LXTV, and Inside Edition. She has been featured in the New York Daily News, New York Post, Time Out New York, New York Family, Vogue.com, Fit Pregnancy, and Whole Living, and on the cover of Experience Life. She lives in New York City with her son, Fulano, and their turtle, Climby.Website: www.mamaglow.com