EPISODE · Jun 9, 2023 · 41 MIN
The Real Cost of the Fourth Trimester: Care, Gaps & What Families Deserve — with DR. SONAL PATEL
from Active Mom Podcast: Pregnancy, Postpartum, Perimenopause, Menopause & Beyond
Send us Fan MailToday I speak with Sonal Patel, MD. She is a pediatrician, neonatologist, & breastfeeding specialist who founded NayaCare in 2018. NayaCare is a home health clinic focused on improving postpartum care. She wrote her first book, The Doctor and Her Black Bag that examines maternal mortality in historical and personal context and solutions to reduce maternal mortality. She is also a co-founder and co-executive director of Center for 4th Trimester Care, a national physician-led non-profit with the mission of improving postpartum care. Having four kids, her message is for people to understand why the 4th trimester is so important and why we are losing more moms in this trimester than the first three combined.We talk about:-personal experience with birth and the 4th Trimester-things that change, but stay the same-expanding accessibility-moms getting lost in the 4th Trimester-correlations with mother’s mental health-over tracking everything-cultural differences in the 4th Trimester-the value of home services-being okay asking for help-the dangers of birth in the USTime Stamps1:00 introduction3:12 4th Trimester expectations versus realities5:45 how postpartum has evolved9:30 expanding pelvic health care10:34 common challenges for moms14:30 impacts of mother’s mental health18:35 breastfeeding apps21:42 the comparison trap29:26 making an impact on change 33:20 Center for 4th Trimester Care35:55 moms not knowing what they needCONNECT WITH CARRIEIG: https://www.instagram.com/carriepagliano/Website: https://carriepagliano.comCONNECT WITH SONALIG: https://www.instagram.com/nayacare/Website: www.nayacare.org The Active Mom Podcast — a real mom's guide to pregnancy, postpartum, perimenopause & beyond, for active moms and the professionals who help them get there.Quick-hit conversations with moms, providers, and researchers... because you don't have a lot of free time (you're probably listening at 1.5x right now).Follow so you don't miss an episode. Rate & review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ — it's how the next mom searching for these answers actually finds them. Share it with the friend who needs it.Questions or topic requests? DM me 💌
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Send us Fan Mail Today I speak with Sonal Patel, MD. She is a pediatrician, neonatologist, & breastfeeding specialist who founded NayaCare in 2018. NayaCare is a home health clinic focused on improving postpartum care. She wrote her first book, The Doctor and Her Black Bag that examines maternal mortality in historical and personal context and solutions to reduce maternal mortality. She is also a co-founder and co-executive director of Center for 4th Trimester Care, a national physician-l...
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