Episode 2: Postpartum Care

Ashley and Anna offer a crash course in postpartum care for expecting and new mothers. 0:00 Intro 1:04 What Ashley and Anna knew about postpartum life before studying Chinese medicine 2:33 What is postpartum like in American culture? 3:10 What you should be doing during the postpartum time 3:50 25% of women in the U.S. go back to work within 10 days of giving birth 4:39 What happens to your body during and after pregnancy 7:18 Ashley’s postpartum recovery miscalculation 9:17 Postpartum planning in the Netherlands and Belgium 10:46 The First Forty Days exploration 15:40 Anna’s birth injury circumstances 16:49 In a perfect world… 17:49 Things you can do to prepare for the postpartum period 18:52 Eating bone broth to rebuild blood and repair the body’s connective tissues 20:15 Why you should purchase waist and hip binders 21:10 Why you should stock up on cooling pads 22:34 Why you should use a Sitz Bath 23:39 Why you need a support system 26:18 Anna’s home birth plan and why you should be prepared 29:32 Ashley’s labor, penicillin experience, and getting C dif 30:52 The donor milk possibility 33:39 The key to making more breast milk 35:40 What really happens after you have a baby 38:00 All about the placenta 41:39 Wrap up