24. The Essential Second Trimester Checklist: 7 Faith-Filled Steps for a Strong, Peaceful Pregnancy

In this episode, I'm walking you through a practical, faith-filled checklist to help you prepare well during your second trimester—the sweet spot of pregnancy when energy returns and you can finally focus on nourishing your body, mind, and heart for the journey ahead.

Whether you're just starting to feel like yourself again or you want to make sure you're on the right track, this episode covers seven key areas to help you steward this season with intention and grace—without perfectionistic pressure or anxiety about outcomes.

From rebuilding your nutrient stores after first trimester survival mode to understanding how pelvic floor care and chiropractic adjustments can support your body's design, we're covering the practical and the spiritual side of preparing for birth.

In this episode, I share:

🍊 How to rebuild your body with nutrient-dense foods (including a fun fact about vitamin C and your amniotic sac!) 

💧 Why electrolytes (like LMNT) are a game-changer for hydration, Braxton Hicks, and swelling 

🏃‍♀️ Gentle movement ideas that support your body without exhausting it 

🤰 The importance of pelvic floor PT and Webster-certified chiropractic care 

👥 How to build a birth team that sees, hears, and respects you 

📚 Why childbirth education helps you surrender fear and trust God's design

✝️ A reminder that you're called to faithfulness—not perfection or control over outcomes

Scripture Shared: "Let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap if we don't give up." – Galatians 6:9 (ESV)

"Whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God." – 1 Corinthians 10:31 (NIV)

Mentioned in this episode:

✨ Christian Mama Birth Prep Library - Free birth prep tools, worship playlists & more

✝️ Online Christian Childbirth Education - Explore my complete birth preparation self-paced course

💛 Work with Me 1:1 - Personalized pregnancy and birth support that integrates faith and evidence-based care, including virtual coaching, doula support, and comprehensive childbirth education

📖 Recommended Books: "The Birth Partner" by Penny Simkin & "Ina May's Guide to Childbirth" by Ina May Gaskin 

🏋️‍♀️ Body Ready Method Programs: Pregnancy-specific workout programs you can use from home 

🧂 LMNT Electrolytes: My go-to for staying hydrated and reducing pregnancy discomforts

🫖 B6 and magnesium supplements for morning sickness - Take 50mg or less of B6 1-2 times a day, and suggests this magnesium supplement.

Coming Up Next Episode: I'll be chatting with Dr. Kate Smith, a pelvic floor physical therapist, about pelvic health during pregnancy—plus I'll share my own journey with pelvic pain and hypermobility. You won't want to miss it!

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Let's keep choosing faith over fear, one faithful step at a time. Go here for the full blog post, show notes, and all resources mentioned!

Transcript

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Hey there, mama, and welcome back to Faith Over Fear, the Christian Pregnancy and Birth podcast. I'm so glad you're here with me today as we discuss ways that you can prepare yourself in this second trimester. You're finally feeling that second trimester energy, or you're just wanting to make sure you're on the right track. This episode is for you. So the second trimester is sometimes called the sweet spot. In pregnancy, it's when you're starting to feel a little bit better, less nausea, your energy is returning and you can just begin to really. Feel like you can prepare yourself, mind, body, and heart for what's ahead. We're gonna walk through a faith-filled practical checklist to help you make the most. In this season, we're gonna cover seven key areas, nourishing your body through real food, gentle movement, pelvic floor and chiropractic care, building your birth team, starting childbirth education, supporting your body's natural preparation for birth. And then finally, we're gonna end with managing any lingering nausea or fatigue. So let's dive in. So the first thing on this checklist is to start or restart some healthier eating habits. Now that you're probably feeling a little bit more like yourself, this is the perfect time to refocus on nourishment, and I want you to try and do this without guilt for what you couldn't manage in that first trimester. If you survived on crackers and ginger ale, there is so much grace for that, and you just needed to do whatever you needed to do to get through those early weeks, and that's okay. But now. If you're, you know, feeling better, I want you to start focusing on rebuilding your nutrient stores, and support your baby's incredible growth. So even for me personally in this pregnancy, I had to let go a lot of my usual standards in those first weeks and months. I normally love cooking. Home cooked nourishing meals, but I could not stomach the thought of cooking food, and I didn't have any energy whatsoever to make meals for myself or my family. So I gave myself permission to eat what I could, which was primarily getting food from restaurants. Granted, I always tried my hardest to make, you know, healthier choices, but now that I'm slowly adding more home cooked, nutrient dense meals back in my body feels. So much better. So practical tips. I want you to begin adding in protein rich foods. This can look like eating eggs, meat, beans and fish. Whatever you are able to tolerate. You can also add in iron and folate through your diet. Things like leafy greens, lentils, and. Really trying to, if you can afford it, grass fed meats if you can focus on the quality of the foods that you're eating, that's really important. And then also focusing on healthy fats for your hormone balance. Things like avocado olive oil, coconut oil, nuts and seeds. And then I love to share this really interesting, fun fact, but vitamin C is a. Especially important during your pregnancy because it not only supports your immune system, but it also can help strengthen the amniotic sac. And this can help prevent premature rupture of membranes sometimes. This is called prom, PROM, premature rupture of membranes, and some practical ways to introduce these types of foods. Vitamin C is found in citrus foods, bell peppers, strawberries, and. Broccoli. I actually have, it's so funny, in my pregnancies I crave like grapefruit and orange juice. And I don't normally crave those things to the degree that I do except for when I'm pregnant and then at both of my birth, my provider had to break my amniotic sac because it was so tough and my labor wasn't progressing until that happened. And both, with my first being, a hospital birth, the ob GYN, and then at my home birth with my last. Birth, both the midwife and the OB were like, wow, Natalie, your amniotic sac is super, super tough. And so I, I would like to think that it had to do with the copious amounts of citrus fruits I was eating. But yeah, so that's just a little fun fact, but. But yes, certainly recommend including vitamin C, natural sources of that to help prevent the premature rupture of membranes. And the reason why I say this is because I see this all the time and a lot of doulas and birth workers and everyone will also agree with me that having your water break ahead of labor beginning can usually. Lead to more interventions. And so if you're trying to have a low intervention birth you know, just doing the best that you can. But please don't become obsessive or anxious about your water breaking before you know contractions begin. I want you to still just trust in the Lord and know that he is sovereign over your story, but you can steward well to the best of your ability, the things that you know, and with the rest, you give it to the Lord. Another thing that I really like to highlight is staying hydrated. It is so much harder to stay hydrated when you're pregnant. And one way that I really like to encourage this is by introducing electrolytes. I really am of. Big fan of the Element brand, LMNT. I'll put a link in the show notes for their website. I find that it's easier to buy their element packets wholesale on their website, and it's just cheaper that way. I drink one packet of Element every day, and I definitely found it to not only reduce like the cramping in my legs and reducing the amount of. Braxton Hicks that I had,'cause I've always had a lot of Braxton Hicks during my pregnancies. All three of'em, even this one. And and so it helps with reducing the amount of Braxton Hicks that I get leg cramping, especially at night. It even helped with reducing my swelling, which you would think would be the opposite because it's so much salt. But it balanced my electrolytes so I had less swelling. And yeah. Definitely look into that. So many other brands out there, but just be careful of all the added things in it. That's why I really like Element,'cause it's really clean. But anyway I just again, want to reiterate. That nourishing your body is not about perfection, and I am extremely prone to the perfectionistic kind of mindset. It really is about partnering with the Lord. You are stewarding to the best of your ability, the body that he's given you to bring life into the world. In one Corinthians 10 31, it reminds us. Whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God. And so that's what I want you to really focus on as you're, you know, adding in the nutrient rich foods and hydrating yourself and all these things is that it's not a thing that you need to be obsessive over or anxious about a certain outcome if you do or don't do these things, it's. It's just giving glory to God by just faithfully stewarding the body he's given you. I. And then next we're gonna talk about starting or ramping up gentle movement. So this second trimester is such a beautiful time to reconnect with your body through movement. Maybe you did have to take it really easy, that first trimester, but your energy is coming back a little bit more and your body is like, I need to be strengthened. I need to move. So some tips here for movement walking is actually an incredible. Exercise I, that sounds, you know, super low impact, but that's okay if you do one to three miles a day or very regularly, that's gonna be so helpful for your body. Gentle stretching. And even like workouts, like Pilates, like I did a ton of Pilates with Ellie's my first birth and. I loved the low impact workout, but it was very strength training. And then if you're looking for something there are tons of like pregnancy specific workout programs and things like that. If you are looking for one, I always recommend the Body Ready Method. They have different programs and they're all available online, so you can do these workouts from the comfort of your own home. And do you own them for life, which is also really cool. So say you plan to have more pregnancies beyond the one you're currently in. You get to just reuse this program, put in your due date and work through that program another time, another pregnancy. So check that out. I'll have the link in the show notes for that program and then. You know, just realize too, that movement doesn't need to be intense. I want you to really listen to your body and move in ways that feel supportive and not stressful to your body. For example, before I got pregnant, I was doing a body pump class at the YMCA twice a week, sometimes three times a week. And it's an hour long strength training class. Like it is pretty intense and. I was starting to already modify the class to where I wasn't like doing as much weight, I was just focusing on form and reps, and then I even had to downshift a little bit more and I end up dipping out of the class at the 30 minute mark. So I'm not doing a full hour, I'm doing 30 minutes. And I have just found that for me, doing low weight. High reps with good form for a shortened period of time for my body is the best. Because then I feel like I, I feel a little sore from the workout. Like I pushed myself, but I don't feel so tired that I can't function the rest of the day, which was the point that I was getting to before I, I modified so. Modify your existing workout,, regimen or program if you're already doing something. Just so that it accommodates your changing body and your limits that are changing constantly. Some of the benefits of movement, and this is again, just some of the benefits, but moving regularly in your pregnancy will help support your blood sugar and blood circulation. It will help reduce aches and pains, which. For me is huge.'cause I always really struggle in this area. It helps improve your posture, which can also help fetal positioning so that baby can find a more optimal position. It can boost your mood and sleep. You know, obviously just the mental physical benefits in that way. And then there are so many studies that show that, you know, moms who are exercising throughout their pregnancy, they often experience better pregnancy and labor outcomes. So like shorter labors, fewer complications, smoother recoveries. And who doesn't want that? I mean, we all want to be able to feel our best and do our best so that our babies can grow and be as healthy as possible. I wanted to point out Romans 12, one, and it's a, and it just like basically encourages us to present our bodies as a living sacrifice, wholly and pleasing to God. And really when we move our bodies especially with, again, that mindset that this is just a way that I can present myself as a living sacrifice. Even movement, it becomes an act of worship. It becomes a way to just glorify the Lord. And you know, just seeing it as a way to even just nourish your yourself spiritually as well. Number three on our checklist is scheduling pelvic floor and chiropractic care. This is one area in which I wish I had known more about with my previous pregnancies, but the importance of pelvic floor therapy, especially if you were noticing you were having pelvic floor issues heaviness on your pelvic floor. Pain with sex you're leaking those are signs of dysfunction. And so if you are noticing these issues, it is so much better to address these during your pregnancy, not only for your pregnancy to be more healthy, but also for the labor and delivery process to be smoother. And then the postpartum recovery afterwards. And then, same with chiropractic care. I did not understand the importance of this really. My first pregnancy, I was seeing a chiropractor very sporadically. But I took it much more serious. With my second pregnancy and I'm, you know, doing more of that with this pregnancy as well. But it is ideal to start even early. So even before there's discomforts, that's bringing you in for care. It just helps strengthen your pelvic muscles, which again, helps sustain you during your pregnancy and then prepare for the birth and just ask your provider as well if you are looking for pelvic floor physical therapy in your area, another. Great resources asking other moms whether that be like personal, you know, people in your area or like on, on mom groups. There's so many great recommendations out there. And then when it comes to chiropractic care, I touch on this all the time, but you know. The body comes out of alignment a lot of the day, the way we move our bodies and you know, different injuries and things that happen. And so when you're getting an adjustment, it's helping align the pelvis and the spine. It helps create just a better opportunity for baby to find a more optimal position. Which can significantly play a role in how smooth or rough the labor goes. And again, don't become obsessive about it, but just do the best you can in this regard. And I always recommend looking for a Webster certified chiropractor. This is somebody who specializes in pregnancy and sometimes it might take you a few chiropractors to figure out what the best fit is. The cost varies widely. Some take insurance. Some don't. As well as the amount of adjustments they recommend. Some chiropractors here will say we're gonna do four adjustments a week for four weeks, and then they kind of taper down. But again, there's a cost both to your, you know, your wallet and also to your time for those types of models of care, which for some, that is absolutely the correct. Like path, you need to go down that path. But for others it that might not be feasible or needed. And shop around essentially for a good chiropractor, a good pelvic floor therapist, and find the right fit for you. And sometimes that does mean looking for a little while. I want you to see this as a way to partner with God's design of your body and just supporting the work that he's already doing because he is doing all this work in your body. It's not like you're directing yourself, okay, today we're gonna. We're gonna form the heart or no, like God is in charge and he's sovereign over all of this. But this is just you supporting the growth that he is making inside of you. And then number four, I want you to continue building and refining your birth team. So this is a great time to check in about your provider and just ask yourself, do I feel seen, heard, and respected by this provider? If something doesn't feel right, you can always choose a different provider, even if it is that the very, very tail end of your pregnancy, you always have. Choices and options. And so I have a free guide if you sign up for access to the Christian Mama birth prep library. I have a handout called Top 10 Questions to Ask a Prospective Provider. So that is a great way to gauge whether or not you are with a provider that you're aligned with. You don't have to ask them all of the questions, but it's just a great way to guide the conversation so that you can feel supported. Another thing to consider is adding a doula or a virtual birth coach for extra emotional, spiritual, informational support. And I am a in-person doula here in Jacksonville, Florida. But I also do virtual birth coaching for mamas here in town and then also, you know, all over the world. So if you are interested in the idea of virtual birth coaching or you're like. I wonder what that would entail. I would love it if you would fill out my free 15 minute discovery call to see if I'm a good fit for you and if you're a good fit for me and my services. But I would love for you to check out my other services as well. If you go to my website, faithoverfearbirth.com or you can also go into the show notes and you can find links for this information as well. But yeah, so check out that free guide. Top 10 questions to ask a prospective provider. And that will also be in the episode show notes. I love this verse in proverbs. It's Proverbs 1114 and it says, where there is no guidance, a people falls. But in an abundance of counselors, there is safety, and I love that. It just points to the fact that God uses people in our lives to help, guide us through this journey with peace and also with truth. I think it's really important that the people that you're choosing to speak into you they're telling you the truth and they're telling you they're telling you true and wise and good things. And again, I think you know, not everyone. Needs to hire a doula. It's not what I'm saying, or everyone needs to choose a provider that is also a believer. That's also not what I'm saying, but I think it is important that we are utilizing the wisdom and the guidance of others to be able. To navigate this journey and there is so much more just joy in that. And I say it to my clients all the time, we were not meant to do this alone. Like we absolutely were not. And so if you do feel, there's just a little bit of a support gap there. Emotionally, spiritually, informationally. I would love to be able to walk alongside you. If that looks like virtual birth coaching, childbirth education I would love to just support you in this beautiful season. So next this kind of ties into this as well, but the second trimester is also a really great time to educate yourself about birth. You obviously, you know, are starting to have more energy, maybe more focus, and just more time to prepare your mind. And childbirth education is one of the best ways to set a foundation so that you're not so fearful of the process. I also highly recommend you have your partner, your husband, or maybe you have, you know, your mom or your sister, some, whoever your birth partner is. Invite them into this birth journey and have them learn alongside of you. I actually offer an online Christ-centered childbirth education class. It's called Faith Over Fear Childbirth Education Online Course. And I talk, you know, very practically about the physiology of birth and labor and we go over, you know, interventions and things like that. But also I tie in a lot of just like the spiritual aspects of. Birth and what the Bible says about birth postpartum, breastfeeding, and again, just reframing this season so that it's about the Lord and it's not about ourselves and us controlling outcomes and all the things. I also highly recommend a couple of books. I have a whole list of recommended books on my website and in the resource library, but I, these are like two of my favorite, but the first is the birth partner. By Penny Simkin, and this is especially great if the partner, like your husband or you know, mom, sister, whoever is gonna be your birth partner wants to know how best to support you. That's one that I recommend, but also it's really helpful for mom to hear it too. And then one for mom that I love to suggest is Ina May's Guide to Childbirth by Ina May Gaskin. Both of these I will have listed in the episode show notes for you to find them. These ways of., Just preparing yourself whether it be the books or childbirth education, this isn't about arming yourself with knowledge so that you can have ultimate control over the outcome. That's not what it's about. It is really about building a knowledge base so that you are confident and how the Lord designed your body and this process, and then having the wisdom to navigate. And surrender the outcome to the Lord. And so it's really just preparing practically and spiritually trusting that the Lord will meet you in this process because he will, he has already written this baby's birth story and and he loves you and he loves your baby so much. And so just being able to take away fear through knowledge and just trust in the Lord is so, so important and then the next one, this is number six on the checklist, is supporting your body's natural preparation for birth. And so this isn't about, you know, trying to do things to start labor early or anything like that, but it's really about preparing your body naturally over this time. So that. When your body is, like, when it is time to go into labor, your body has already done a lot of preparation. I actually have an entire episode about this. It's episode three. So go back and listen to that one if you haven't already, or it's good to re-listen to to remember all the things. I even have a handout that, that goes over them in detail. You know, drinking red raspberry leaf tea, you can start that at 20 weeks. And then even at the end of the pregnancy eating dates. Those are just some simple ways to prepare the body for labor. I mentioned it once before, but I'll say it again. Staying hydrated with electrolytes. Element is by far my favorite right now. You know, maintaining a consistent you know, like regimen with pelvic pt, chiropractic adjustments. And then you can even do things like prenatal massage, which to me feels super indulgent'cause I love massages, but it is also very practical and helping my body relax and help with stress reduction. So those are all really important things you can continue to do to prepare your body. And then if you're noticing yourself feeling really anxious in this season I want to challenge you to not just ignore this and just be like, oh, it's just gonna go away. I shared this in the last bonus episode where I like talked about just like feeling like I've, I'm feeling as a mom and just the struggles that I've had mentally, emotionally, spiritually in this first. Trimester. And you know, the thing that the Lord keeps bringing me to is how he again does not want us to do this alone. He has given us people he can utilize prayers and pills, people prayers and pills to navigate the struggle in our mind. And so again, you're not alone. I want you to know that I am. Fighting this battle every single day. And I just want to encourage you to really give that the attention it needs, not that it needs to take over your whole life, but ignoring it and just oh, it's just gonna go away on its own. A good chance it won't.'Cause, you know, if we continue to keep things in the dark, like gross things grow in the dark, so bring it to the light. Bring it to people that you love and trust and that are going to point you to Jesus. When it comes to anxious thoughts, fearful thoughts depressive thoughts, like all of those things and seek counsel. So that's a big part of the people aspect is going to counseling as well if that's where you feel like the Lord is leading you. And that seems like an appropriate next step. But I just want you to remember that, you know, the Lord he perfectly created your body. And yet we are also so subject to sin and brokenness that happened as a result of the fall. And so I. I have to fight myself all the time feeling blame for myself, for the ways that I fall short in my body and my mind. But that is from the enemy. And I'm going to choose to believe that the Lord does want abundance. He wants real fruitful life for me. And so that sometimes comes with a lot of struggle and that's okay. He is so faithful to us, even when we're struggling. And then, finally we're gonna talk about managing nausea and fatigue. So this is the last thing on our checklist. Speaking of, you know, battling things. But even in the second trimester, some moms, myself included, are still battling fatigue or even, nausea. And I've actually had more nausea and fatigue with this pregnancy than I did with my first two. And that has. Kind of thrown me for a loop. I like really figured that I would just be past it at 12 weeks and I'm 18 weeks and like still somewhat feeling like waves of nausea and like really tired. But I'm learning to accept my limits instead of getting down on myself for not feeling better yet. Like I mentioned, I modify my workouts. Sometimes I, you know, still need to choose rest over practical things like doing dishes or laundry, and that's okay. Remind yourself that this is a season and you will not always feel this way. Some practical tips here is continue to eat regularly, like every two to three hours and always pair a protein with a carb. Sometimes our blood sugar can get really out of whack when we're eating a lot of carbs which can then make the nausea worse. So make sure you're pairing carbs with a protein. That's really important. And then if you need to continue doing the vitamin B six and magnesium combo magnesium glycinate is a really gentle and effective form of the magnesium. That's helpful. I will have a link to that the type that I'm referring to here in the show notes and then keep electrolytes. Balanced and hydrate steadily throughout the day. The amount of water you used to drink pre-pregnancy, you're like, I'm drinking that much, but you might need to increase that a little bit more. And then even introduce small intentional naps. Even a little power nap, like a 20 minute nap can just really help reset your energy. So if you have the ability to do that. By all means do that. I remember whenever I was working a corporate job when I was pregnant with Ellie, I would go to my car and I would just like rest in my car for 20 minutes with the air conditioning on. But just being intentional in any ways that you can just, you know, praying regularly, bringing everything to the Lord your victories, your defeats your concerns, all of that. Like he wants to hear that. You can even, bring in some breathing techniques and just practice those for the labor as a way to just help your nervous system down regulate. And then even starting the day with an attitude of gratitude. I've been trying to do this a little bit more. I used to find myself as soon as I would turn my alarm off, you know, from my phone, I would like immediately go to looking at emails or whatever, and. I was like, this is such a, like an addictive way to start the day and to start my brain. And so I, after I turn off my alarm, I. Just try to thank the Lord for a few things. I don't have a specific number, but I just try to start like rattling off things that in my heart I am just so thankful for. And I'm just hoping and praying that will just help shift my heart and my mind as I start the day. Instead of it being about like emails and logistics and like whatever, like it, it needs to be about focusing on what the Lord. Is doing who he is, all those things to start my day. So just a little tip there, maybe you would like to start to do that as well. And then now I would like to just take a moment to meditate on Galatians six, nine. And this verse says, let us not grow weary of doing good for in due season. We will reap if we don't give up. And I love this verse because it reminds me that pregnancy is both a physical and spiritual act of sowing. So when you're eating a meal, when you are moving when you're praying over your precious baby, all of those things, they're a seed. And you may not see the harvest of that for a while, but God promises it will come and do season. So if we continue to, you know, sow, but not grow weary. In due season when the Lord sees fit, we will reap that harvest. And then here's what I want to remind you of today as well. That you are not responsible for the outcome or the fruit of your labor, like literally your labor, but also the preparation. So you are respons. Only for your faithfulness to the Lord. And so I want to encourage you and also challenge you to listen and obey what the Lord has given you to steward. In the parable of the faithful servant the one that Jesus tells, it does not say, well done, good and fruitful servant. Instead, it says, well done, good and faithful servant. So to be faithful is. Being faithful with nourishment and rest and preparation and surrender and trust in the Lord that he is sovereign over the outcome and he is sovereign over the fruit and that's not your responsibility. I feel the Lord, you know, continually challenging me in this because everything in our world wants to tell us you are responsible for the outcomes of your life, of your work, of your children, of your labor, of everything. And. To an extent, yes, we can steward well or we can completely mismanage the things that the Lord has given us. But I want you to not be stressed about the perfection of that, but that, Lord, in whatever ways you are giving me knowledge, information, wisdom, to do what is best in your sight, I want to just faithfully do that. And then you're responsible Lord for the outcome. And it's not a reflection on me. So I hope that's an encouragement and also a little bit of a challenge to you. I'm gonna close today's episode with a prayer of encouragement for you. So let's go to the Lord in prayer. Dear Lord Jesus, I just thank you so much for the mama listening right now. I thank you that you are so miraculous and that you are forming a miracle within her. Lord, I just pray that in this second trimester you would renew her strength in her mind and her body and in her spirit, and that when she does feel weary, I pray that you would remind her that you are the one that is sustaining her. I pray, Lord Jesus, that you would help her to see every act of care, whether that's eating a nourishing meal or moving or praying to you, Lord, that is a seed that she is planting in faith. And then, when the fatigue and doubt creeps in and the enemies whispering to her I pray that you would just speak truth into her and that in due season she will reap a harvest of joy. I, I ask Lord Jesus, that you would teach her. To release the outcomes of her pregnancy and of her labor and birth to you and that she would rest in your faithfulness. I ask, Lord Jesus, that you would help her to trust in you that you are working in all things for our good and your glory, Lord Jesus, and that you are shaping both her and her baby to be whatever you have designed it to be. And Lord, I just thank you so much that you are faithful to complete the good work that you begin in us. And it's in your precious name we pray. Amen. Mama I hope that you know that you're doing such a beautiful job. One step, one day, one faithful act at a time. And if you haven't already I would love for you to go to grab all the free resources and things that I mentioned in this episode inside the Christian Mama Birth. Prep Library. If you go to faithoverfearbirth.com or go to the link in the show notes, you can find all that as well. And then next week I have a very special guest, Dr. Kate Smith. She's a pelvic floor physical therapist. And we're gonna be diving into some practical wisdom about pelvic health during pregnancy. And then I'll also share about, you know, my own journey with. Pelvic pain and hypermobility, and I just know that this is gonna be such a helpful conversation for you. So please don't miss it. But until next time, remember, you were made for this. I'm believing that the Lord will prepare you for all that's ahead. So until next time, goodbye for now.