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If you're a postpartum provider, you know the juggle: supporting new moms while often navigating your own intense motherhood journey, battling burnout, and feeling stretched thin. This episode gets real with midwife Corina Fitch & Maranda who share their deeply personal struggles with postpartum mental health – from depression to bipolar disorder – and how those experiences completely shifted their approach to holistic postpartum care. If you're a doula, midwife, or any birth worker focused on maternal wellness and improving our current system, you'll want to hear this. They explore how understanding and embracing matrescence is crucial not just for your clients to thrive, but for you as well.

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Key time stamps: 

• 0:43 Postpartum recovery is a multi-year transformation, not just weeks
• 2:13 Corina's own postpartum depression fueled her passion for maternal wellness
• 4:00 Even birth professionals face their own postpartum struggles
• 10:48 Personal healing ignited innovative holistic maternal support programs
• 17:05 Postpartum University grew from provider demand for root-cause healing for moms
• 19:58 Many moms turn to alternative support after traditional healthcare fails them
• 22:43 Postpartum University addresses the gap in provider education
• 27:19 New laws push for extended, comprehensive postpartum care plans
• 31:33 Pregnancy causes immediate brain changes & motherhood's lifelong impact.

Connect with Corina: 

Corina Fitch is a Certified Professional Midwife and Neonatal Intensive Care nurse with over 27 years of experience in the field of maternal health.  She is also a Certified Feminine Power Transformational Facilitator and has been leading women’s circles and ceremonies for over 2 decades.  Corina has three daughters, each one bringing deeper meaning to her work. In 2017, after experiencing postpartum depression following the birth of her third daughter, Corina founded MotherFly, an organization dedicated to supporting maternal wellness and thriving.  

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