Pregnancy was hard. Now you’ve had a baby! You’re broken inside, outside, and probably in places you can’t name (or shouldn’t on a podcast). Early postpartum is a blur of bleary eyes, breakdowns, AND bliss. Here's how we approached it, what we did different, and what you can do to set yourself—or someone you love—up for a nurtured early postpartum period.
In this episode, we talk about:
Preparing for postpartum: mentally, emotionally, physically, in relationships, setting up your physical space, communicating boundaries, essentials like food and self-care supplies, and the resources we’d use to learn about them
How Western society treats the postpartum period, what we can learn from other cultures, and what we did
The 5/5/5 postpartum approach, plus the first 40 days
Conversations we had with our partners, families, and friends to best prepare for the time
The first few hours, days, and weeks postpartum—what they felt like, and how things changed over time
How the postpartum period is a bit like covid
How we felt supported in early postpartum—and how we didn’t
What we’d do to help out new moms, knowing what we know nowIn this episode, we mention:
*Alexander Fleming (not Louis Pasteur) discovered the first antibiotic—penicillin. (Louis Pasteur discovered—among other things—pasteurization!)
“The fog movie” was Bird Box with Sandra Bullock
The Motherly Podcast: Amanda Seyfried on mothering with OCD and life on the farm
Books: The Fourth Trimester Workbook, Good Moms Have Scary Thoughts, The First 40 Day
Maybe we’ll tell the story of Jenna’s wedding on another episode. Maybe.
*Primary bedroom—we’re moving away from “master bedroom” due to its racist and sexist implications.
Side lying breastfeeding
Kasandra’s baby prep list 
