Motherhood: Aligned and Assigned
Motherhood: Aligned and Assigned
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Join pediatric and family specialists Dr. Veronica Schiltz and Dr. Serena Coffman in "Motherhood: Aligned and Assigned" where traditional views meet modern approaches to family wellness. These nervous system experts transform complex health science into digestible content that empowers mothers as the true experts of their children's health while providing evidence-based solutions through a God-centered healing perspective.
Discover how the nervous system is the missing link for challenges like anxiety, ADHD, infertility, and pregnancy complications. Through patient stories and practical applications, learn how your body is capable of so much more than you've been led to believe when given proper nervous system support that address root causes rather than just managing symptoms.
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The podcast focuses on maternal health, nervous system wellness, and chiropractic care with specific episodes addressing the connections between behavior and the nervous system, the differences between treatment modalities, and how chiropractic adjustments can improve overall familial wellbeing. Topics like anxiety, ADHD, and stress responses are explored through practical applications and evidence-based solutions.
Join pediatric and family specialists Dr. Veronica Schiltz and Dr. Serena Coffman in “Motherhood: Aligned and Assigned” where traditional views meet modern approaches to family wellness. These nervous system experts transform complex health science into digestible content that empowers mothers as the true experts of their children’s health while providing evidence-based solutions through a God-centered healing perspective.
Discover how the nervous system is the missing link for challenges like anxiety, ADHD, infertility, and pregnancy complications. Through patient stories and practical applications, learn how your body is capable of so much more than you’ve been led to believe when given proper nervous system support that address root causes rather than just managing symptoms.
If you’re scrolling at 2 AM with a crying baby or pregnant and feeling anxious, this episode changes everything. What most parents never hear: the modern pregnancy experience—constant monitoring, testing, fear-based messaging, disempowerment—creates chronic stress that doesn’t just affect you. It directly programs your baby’s developing nervous system.
In this episode of Motherhood Aligned and Assigned, Dr. Serena Coffman and Dr. Veronica Schiltz compare great-grandmothers (4-5 prenatal visits) to today (12-15 visits, multiple ultrasounds, high-risk labels). A 2017 study found babies born to high prenatal stress mothers had nervous systems 22% more reactive at 6 months. The umbilical cord isn’t just a feeding tube—it’s a communication cable carrying stress hormones like cortisol directly to baby. Discover how prenatal stress impacts specific brain regions (amygdala overactive, hippocampus labels everything dangerous, prefrontal cortex underworking, vagus nerve low tone), why colic can resolve with baby care but creep back if mom’s still dysregulated, and how chiropractic during pregnancy isn’t “rack ’em and crack ’em”—it’s gentle, specific, and can regulate your nervous system before baby arrives. This isn’t about guilt—it’s about understanding.
Timestamps:
03:00 Great-grandmother’s prenatal experience vs. today
05:00 2017 study: 22% more reactive nervous systems
10:00 Umbilical cord as communication cable
15:00 Brain regions affected by prenatal stress
19:00 What to do about it
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