I’ve heard quite a few parents use “postpartum” interchangeably with “postpartum depression” (i.e.: I suffered from postpartum…”), but the two terms aren’t interchangeable at all. What’s the difference? Postpartum is simply the time following birth. You may hear this time called “the fourth trimester” or referred to as “postnatal”, but these terms all are referencing […]
When you work in the birth world–or I guess, any industry– it’s easy to forget that what is common knowledge to you, may not be common knowledge for someone outside of the industry. So, while I am excitedly telling you, “Hire a postpartum doula!”, it’s very possible that you’re still wondering what a postpartum doula […]
If I had to rate my four postpartum periods from 1 to 10–“1” meaning “horrible” and “10” meaning “amazing”–it would look like this: 4, 7, 2, and 9. Looking at periods three and four, you’re probably wondering, “So what changed?” What changed was the support and resources that I had. You know what? Let me […]
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