The Postpartum Project

Today I'm talking to Makenzie. She's a mom of one little boy, and after she had her son, she experienced postpartum cardiomyopathy, also known as postpartum heart failure. It's such a rare disease that her doctors didn't even know she was experiencing heart failure.

Her story is about fighting for the care she needed, and trusting her gut.

Today, Megan shares about her 3 different postpartum experiences, and how each one led her closer to figuring out the support she really needed.

Her journey is full of ups and downs, heart aches, and hard choices. But it's full and beautiful, and each one of her postpartum experiences brought her closer to the person she is today, who is a mama that truly felt that her 3rd postpartum period was supported and she was cared for in the way that she needed.

Abby talks about the difference between being a single mom in her early 20's with her first daughter, and then a married mom with her second daughter, while in her 30's. Neither story is better or worse, but they were two very different postpartum experiences.

Today we hear from Allie. She's a mom of two, a photographer, and during her postpartum experiences she found that her creativity could help her through postpartum depression, and grief.

Megan didn't really know what to expect of postpartum. But she knew, no matter what, that she wanted to put some boundaries in place. She didn't want to have a big rush of people come over in the first few days and then have an empty house when she really needed help.

Listen to her story of two completely different birth experiences, and how she set boundaries that felt right for her and her family.

Shaneka, a mom of one and pregnant with her second, tells her story of having her son at 31 weeks after a sickle cell crisis.

Her son was an easy, wonderful baby, but her health made her postpartum experience a bit tougher than she expected.

Joanna, a nurse practitioner and former NICU nurse, shares her story of being hospitalized at the end of her pregnancy, and what it was like to be a mom to 2 babies in the NICU.

Lisa didn’t know what to expect of postpartum. She was told all the usual stuff about sleepless nights, lots of diapers, and the intense love she would immediately feel for her baby.

But her postpartum experience ended up surprising her in more ways than one.

In today's episode, Cassidy talks about her experience with pregnancy loss at 18 weeks, postpartum depression, anxiety and OCD, and shares her wisdom on finding support, and knowing how and when to ask for help.

On today's episode, I'm talking to Amber, a mother of two and a 2-time surrogate carrier. She shares all about her births, and how postpartum as a surrogate is still so important to prepare for.