The Movement Mentality Podcastwith Missy BunchEp. 18 - Exciting News! In this raw and heartfelt solo episode, Missy Bunch shares her personal journey of pregnancy, loss, healing, and hope as she announces her third pregnancy. She opens up about the physical and emotional rollercoaster of her past pregnancies, including two miscarriages and a C-section birth and reflects on how these deeply human experiences have shaped her understanding of the body, grief, and resilience. From passing a placenta in her shower to advocating for ceremony and healing after loss, Missy reminds us that being strong doesn’t mean being untouched by pain it means moving through it with presence and power.Whether you’re a parent, a movement professional, or simply someone walking through a season of change, this episode will resonate. In this episode01:55 - Pregnancy announcement: Baby #3 is on the way03:39 - First trimester comparison: exhaustion vs. nonstop vomiting05:00 - What it means to be a “geriatric pregnancy” in the medical world06:56 - The first miscarriage: shock, grief, and learning what health doesn’t protect08:01 - Unplanned C-section and the identity unraveling that followed09:49 - The second miscarriage: labor at home, fainting, and raw humanity13:50 - Ceremony and connection: honoring the lost babies with love and reverence16:00 - This pregnancy: why Missy waited to announce, and what’s different this time17:20 - Preparing for birth, motherhood, and a new chapter Quotes·       “I didn’t think someone like me could miscarry. I thought if you were healthy, that just couldn’t happen.”·       “I basically did the full spectrum of labor. No drugs… all the way to surgery. And I’m still healing from that.”·       “The body is miraculous and beautiful… and painful. But it will carry you through.” Connect with Missy & Sydney·       missybunch.com.·       Instagram: @missybunch15.·       Instagram: @themovementmentality·       Watch this episode on YouTube: @TheMovementMentality About MissyMissy is a multi-certified movement therapist who has been educating and coaching for over 14 years.As a young professional dancer, she battled many injuries over her career and one day she found someone who studied neurology (the study of the brain and nervous system). After one session with this person, her 4-year knee pain was completely gone. She knew she wanted to teach this approach to the world.The importance of brain function and using the nervous system to rapidly “debug” movement patterns, decrease pain, and increase performance, has led her to teach and create lightning-fast improvements with people from all walks of life. Her specialties include injury prevention, injury rehabilitation, joint mobility, and decreasing pain, holistically.

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