The Fourth Trimester: Postpartum Bleeding, When to Have Sex After Birth & What Recovery Actually Looks Like

The baby is out. Now what?Nobody talks enough about what actually happens to your body in the weeks and months after birth — and Taylor and Natasha are fixing that. In this episode they do a full deep dive on postpartum recovery: the physical, the emotional, the stuff that surprises you, and the stuff that definitely would've helped to know beforehand.They cover what the fourth trimester actually means (hint: it's not just a cute buzzword), how long postpartum bleeding really lasts and what to do about it, what immediate postpartum looks like in a hospital vs. a birth center, and the very real gap in American postpartum care — where you go from constant OB visits during pregnancy to a single six-week appointment and a pamphlet. They compare that to what midwifery-led care and other countries actually offer, and it's a pretty stark difference.Also in this episode: when your body might be ready for sex again (and why it's totally normal if it's nowhere near six weeks), how breastfeeding affects your libido and dryness, why your postpartum body is not going to snap back the way Instagram suggests, what diastasis recti is and why it might explain your "pouch," and why returning to exercise too fast is one of the biggest postpartum mistakes women make.Plus the FMK final round: pregnancy, birth, or postpartum — which would you marry, which would you kill?Spoiler: they both kill pregnancy immediately and without hesitation.If you're pregnant, recently postpartum, or just want someone to be real with you about what recovery looks like — this one's for you.Topics covered: fourth trimester, postpartum bleeding, lochia, postpartum recovery timeline, baby friendly hospitals, postpartum sex drive, sex after birth, postpartum libido, postpartum body image, diastasis recti, returning to exercise postpartum, postpartum sleep, breastfeeding and hormones, postpartum care in America, spacing between pregnancies, postpartum depressionXX, Natasha & Taylor