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The formula currently available for those that are unable to, or choose not to breastfeed is not up to the standard that it should be. It has become something pushed more and more, instead of giving mothers the support they desperately need to have a successful nursing journey with their new baby. 

Fionnuala is sharing her story of how she got started in researching the differences in formula and breastmilk, and why she is so passionate about it. She believes that education is where things need to start. Education from the government, the health care workers, and the formula companies. 

The lack of support we are seeing for mothers is unfathomable. Come join this conversation to gain some insight into these different topics, and see what Fionnuala believes needs to change in order for mothers to have better options.

In this episode, we share:

• Introducing Fionnula Doherty
• Breast milk vs formula
• Fionnuala’s start into this work
• The milk that is closest to human milk
• Proteins within milk
• A baby’s gut isn’t fully developed until 6 months
• Human milk changes at each stage
• Lack of breastfeeding support
• Formula is much easier to get which is wreaking havoc on our children and their health
• Lack of information
• Long term effects of being formula-fed
• Pushing other processed things over breastfeeding
• Formula can’t mimic breast milk
• Start advocating for better care & more support
• Fortifying formula
• Breast is best
• What are the other options?
• Education
• Lack of support, and not being given evidence-based information

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You’ve likely heard me talk about how raw vegetables and salads are not an ideal food for you in postpartum, and if you’re a vegan or vegetarian you may be wondering how on earth you’re supposed to get what you need in postpartum if those foods aren’t suitable for your body during that time. I’m going to break all of this down for you in this episode. To continue a vegan or vegetarian diet, especially in postpartum, you will need extra support to fully heal. Through supplements, and possibly some modifications to your diet.

Disclaimer, I will not be pushing either diet on you or go into the differences between the two. I am here to explain the most up-to-date scientific data about these diets and my recommendations.

In this episode, I’m sharing:

• Vegan and Vegetarian in postpartum
• Nutrition is a foundational piece to health
• Gut health issues and nutrient depletion
• Eating to heal your body
• Animal meat helps weak bodies return to health and wellness faster
• Nutrient-dense bioavailable foods
• Enzymes and gastric acids
• Don't add enzyme supplements
• Most nutrients are difficult to get from these diets
• All of our vitamins and minerals and nutrients work together 
• If you're deficient in one, it's likely you're deficient in multiple
• About 40% of vegan women are found deficient in iron
• Whole Foods are what helps with digesting key nutrients
• Vegan and vegetarianism is not sustainable without supplementation
• Eggs, bone broth, and herbal tea can make a massive difference in how one feels and support their healing
• Get your nutrient levels tested at least every six months
• Slowly reintroduce animal products
• If you’ve got questions, come join my Facebook group The Postpartum Circle

For full show notes go to https://marandabower.com/vegan-and-vegetarian-postpartum-what-you-need-to-know-ep29/

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For full show notes go to https://marandabower.com/guilt-and-overwhelm-a-counselors-healing-journey-with-rose-elbert-ep28/

Overwhelm and mental health issues don’t have to be a part of your postpartum, but it can be so hard to find the help and information you need in postpartum to make that a reality. I am working daily to change this narrative. Here’s the story of how I helped Rose Elbert on her path to healing in postpartum.

Come listen to her inspiring story & see how working with me has changed her life.

In this episode, I’m sharing:

• Introduction of Rose Elbert
• Rose’s story and what led her to seek help
• Feeling overwhelmed every day
• Having no support system
• Moving to a more populated area
• After the first child Rose had anxiety
• Feeling as if she didn’t have a purpose
• Unable to find postpartum care
• Seeing a colleague’s post on working with me
• Finding and having space for herself
• Learning to set boundaries
• Lifestyle changes
• Claim space and time for yourself
• Improvement with marriage and relationship with kids
• No more guilt
• There is always going to be something happening in your life so don’t wait to take care of yourself

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Check out the episode on the blog:  https://marandabower.com/the-truth-about-postpartum-hair-loss-ep27/ 

Postpartum hair loss has been deemed as a “normal” thing to expect after having a baby. Typically chalked up to hormonal changes, but the question remains, is hair loss during postpartum normal? 

With so many women experiencing hair loss during postpartum, which leads to so many other questions. We need to know why this is happening, and if there is anything we can be doing to prevent it.

Listen in to learn how to simply heal, and stop the hair loss in postpartum.

In this episode, I’m sharing:

• Postpartum hair loss- Is it normal or not? How to stop it
• Postpartum hair loss is called postpartum alopecia
• Hair loss it's your body way of  letting you know that something is happening within that needs to be addressed
• Why does postpartum hair loss happen? 
• Estrogen changes and the effects on your body
• Hair loss outside of postpartum is considered a big deal
• Automatic adjustment period
• Childbirth creates an intense change within the body
• Lack of nutrients in your postpartum body & gut 
• Listening to your body and its needs
• How to stop your hair loss
• Addressing your nutrition
• Herbal teas & benefits of drinking them
• Addressing your stress levels, asking for help, practicing self care
• Importance of sleep
• You have so much control over your experience to heal
• Root cause care

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For full shownotes go to: https://marandabower.com/motherhood-myths-and-mom-guilt-with-sarah-bilger-ep26/
Sarah Bilger shares with us about her journey to healing postpartum and why she became so passionate about it. Sarah spent much of her postpartum googling how to heal herself and feel better. She had been on a nutritional journey, starting before getting pregnant and having her first child but just felt like something was lacking in the postpartum space. 

Come listen to her inspiring story & see how doing this work changed her life and will also help change the lives of so many others too.

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In this episode, we share:

• Introduction of Sarah
• Nutrition Journey
• Healing before and during pregnancy
• A huge lack of AND conflicting information on postpartum
• No focus on the healing and improving health 
• Learning to eat warm and nutritious foods
• Becoming certified through Maranda’s program as a Postpartum Nutrition Coach 
• Sarah’s podcast
• Sarah’s top myths 
• No one talks about how to heal mom
• All attention on the baby in postpartum
• Postpartum - The silent endeavor
• Use food to nourish your mind, body, and soul
• Mom Guilt
• Being a martyr, why it serves no-one
• Making yourself a priority in postpartum

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For full show notes go to https://marandabower.com/gallbladder-dysfunction-in-postpartum-ep25/

Did you know the gallbladder is a top reason for hospitalization in the first years after having a baby?

With so many women experiencing gallbladder issues, which then leads to many other issues during the postpartum years, we want AND need to know why this is happening. 

I’m going to share some of the top reasons that you can be seeing gallbladder issues and offer some different things you can do to help heal it. If you have had your gallbladder removed, I also offer some tips in this episode on how you can continue to have good function of your liver and other organs that take on the load to ensure proper function once the gallbladder is gone.

If you are a Mama experiencing gallbladder issues, please listen to this episode and take this information to heart. 

In this episode, I’m sharing:

• Gallbladder complications and dysfunction
• The gallbladder is a top reason for hospitalization in the first years after giving birth
• The function of the gallbladder
• Why is bile essential?
• The Gallbladder, A storage unit
• Cholestasis
• Gallstones 
• The lack of understanding & research on the root of gallbladder disfunction
• Your gut microbiome & the effects it has on proper gut function
• Inflammation
• Gluten & Dairy
• Stress 
• Liver issues
• The Liver & Gallbladder: How they work together
• Pregnancy, oral contraceptives, and antibiotics
• The root cause of gallbladder dysfunction
• While removing the gallbladder sometimes has to happen due to the extent of disease. It is NOT the only option and can usually be healed!
• Ways to make the gallbladder function better 
• Castor oil packs
• Bitters
• If you have MTHFR gene mutation, your liver function is absolutely critical
• Phosphatidylcholine
• Importance of bowel movements in cleansing your body and organs
• How to balance your gut microbiota
• How to help dissolve gallstones
• Ox bile

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For full show notes go here: https://marandabower.com/healing-myself-to-heal-others-with-lauren-tucker-ep24/
 
Join me as I talk with Lauren Tucker about her journey to healing in postpartum. Lauren spent much of her postpartum feeling very tired and unable to do daily tasks and dealing with symptoms that took quite some time to recognize as anxiety. She knew she couldn’t continue functioning at this bare minimum and began the search to find someone that supported women in postpartum and found Maranda.

Her life has taken a complete 180 and she is going to share her progress with us in this episode. Through working one on one with Lauren, healing herself, and caring for her newborn son, she has also become certified as a postpartum nutrition coach through my course after finding the passion to help other women heal in postpartum as she has. 

Come listen to her inspiring story & see how working with me has changed her life.

You can find Lauren here: https://www.instagram.com/peaceinpostpartum/

In this episode, I’m sharing with you:

• Introduction of Lauren Tucker
• Lauren’s story and what led her to seek help
• Over independence and lacking a support system
• Symptoms of dizziness & being brushed off as normal postpartum
• Discovering the symptoms were anxiety & depression
• Finding ease, peace, and calm with Maranda
• Being held and guided through a non-judgemental space
• Importance of sacred space being held for healing
• The benefits that have been reaped since working with Maranda
• Enjoying life again
• Energy to do the things that had once become impossible 
• Being a present Mother and Wife
• A newly lit passion for supporting women in postpartum
• Becoming certified through Maranda’s program as a Postpartum Nutrition Coach 

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For full show notes go to https://marandabower.com/postpartum-and-homebirth-with-sarah-and-matthew-bivens-ep23/

Sarah and Matthew are taking us through their journey of the birth of their daughter and the preparations they made ahead of time for her arrival. 

They have such great information on the preparations they made and tips on how you can prepare for your baby as well. Matthew is a big believer in having a support system, regardless of how you find it, so you have people to reach out to when you need it the most. 

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In this episode, we share with you:

• Introduction of Sarah and Matthew
• Quick summary of Sarah’s birth
• Time you spent preparing for a home birth experience
• Time spent on postpartum
• Far more time was spent preparing for birth and very little on postpartum
• How both being life coaches prepared and affected this journey
• Matthew felt very confident that he would know how to do everything after baby was born and that he would do things instinctively
• Using google in postpartum instead of having a support group
• Sarah’s experience in postpartum 
• The physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual healing
• How healing shaped Sarah into the mother she is now
• The blur of the first few weeks
• The Baby Blues
• Overjoyed to overwhelmed
• The importance of an amazing support system
• How a spouse can be a major part of the support system
• Surrounding yourself with a supportive tribe
• Why you don’t have to know all the answers when you have a good support system
• Why creating a community is such a beautiful thing and such a necessary thing
• Different ways to have a support system set up
• The importance of finding a support system, even when it's not convenient
• Sarah’s New Book & other resources they have created and shared.
• Even if you are not at the point of considering a home birth experience, t

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For full show notes go to https://marandabower.com/part-3-balancing-hormones-podcast-ep22/

This is  Part 3 of a 3 part series in the podcast on Balancing Hormones, Part 4 is shared in my facebook group The Postpartum Circle, so be sure to go join!

These episodes have been released through the month of July and August so if you missed the previous two parts of the series be sure to go back and listen! After that, be sure to go join my Facebook group, The Postpartum Circle.

Why are so many women experiencing imbalances during postpartum? Your hormones are responsible for everything. When you get an adequate amount of sleep and the right nutrition for your postpartum period you will be able to heal and recover so much faster. These are two things that will help in balancing your hormones.

Today I am talking about the remaining two of the four key components that I mentioned in part 2 of balancing hormones. Sleep and nutrition. Without the right nutrition you can’t produce the correct hormones that your body needs. Sleep needs to be the number one priority. Come listen to part 3 of balancing your hormones where I share how to get out of the hormone imbalance.

In this episode, I’m sharing with you:

• How to get out of hormone imbalance
• Sleep
• Sleep is necessary for the development of those feel good hormones
• You have to make sleep your number one priority
• 8 to 10 hours of sleep in a 24 hour period
• How many hours of sleep are you actually getting a night?
• Sleep regulates your hormones
• Nutrition
• Your body can't regulate and produce the hormones you need while you sleep if you're not able to create the hormones with the food and the nutrients that you give it
• There is a particular way to eat in postpartum. 
• If that's not supported, then deficiencies creep in really fast, especially after the birth of a baby and with breastfeeding, when most women are already depleted.
• Lacking enzymes in the first few weeks postpartum is a normal biological event during this time, and you have to eat a diet that supports that.
• Depression and anxiety are an inflammation issue
• Postpartum weaning depression
• My 1:1 program

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For full show notes go to https://marandabower.com/breastfeeding-trauma-and-planning-for-postpartum-with-jessi-sletten-podcast-ep21/

Jessi Sletten is joining us today on the podcast. She is a trauma-informed Postpartum Empowerment Coach, a Certified Lactation Counselor, and a Certified Postpartum Nutrition Coach. She helps moms exchange surviving for thriving through creating holistic postpartum recovery plans focused on healing, nourishing, and bonding.

The story that Jessi is sharing today is eye-opening to the trauma you can have during postpartum breastfeeding. She has so much to share about her journey on healing in postpartum after her first baby, all the way to her journey of having baby number two. Come listen in and make sure you don’t miss the free resource that she has for moms-to-be. Be sure to share any thoughts you have on this episode in a review and follow so you don’t miss the weekly release of episodes!

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In this episode, I’m sharing with you:

• Introducing Jessi
• Sharing her story 
• Focusing so much on the birth plan and nothing after that
• Struggling with breastfeeding
• Helping moms feel empowered before they feel like they’re drowning
• Too much focus is on the birth & not enough on the healing after
• Wanting to breastfeed & how it goes sets the stage for postpartum
• Not being able to breastfeed made her feel like a failure
• Breastfeeding trauma
• Trauma is in the eye of the beholder
• When what you had envisioned falls apart
• I cannot let my past dictate my future
• Work with a lactation professional 
• You can't move on until you've healed yourself
• Nutrition healed me from the inside out
• The shame attached to postpartum trauma
• Prepare the tools and the support systems beforehand
• Check out Jessi’s class called Surviving to Thriving: Cr

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