Ep 248: How To Get Through Those First Six Weeks Postpartum

Birth With Power

Dr. Nicole C. Rankins

Parenting, Kids & Family

4.9 • 637 Ratings

🗓️ 5 March 2024

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

This episode is all about helping you during those first six weeks postpartum! The reality is that once you get discharged from the hospital, your doctor likely won't see you for six weeks. Experts recommend some degree of contact within the first three weeks postpartum. However, the reality is that it isn’t common. So in this episode, you're going to get some great information to help you during that time.

This episode is taken from The Birth Preparation Course, my online childbirth education class that gets you calm, confident, and empowered to have the beautiful birth you deserve. Of course this podcast is fantastic. It’s great for helping you get information and I put my heart and soul into it, but inside of The Birth Preparation Course you get important visual information and a structured format to help you really be READY for birth. Even if you don't choose my Birth Preparation Course for childbirth education, please choose something. It is so, so important and you should not skip it.

In this Episode, You’ll Learn About:

What physical transformations happen after birth
How your body will be changed forever (and why that’s not a bad thing)
How long it can take for your hair and weight to go back to normal
Which items you need for baby to get started - it’s not as much as you think!
What your baby needs more than anything else
Why you don’t need to be too picky about where your baby sleeps
Why you shouldn’t buy a lot of things in advance
What my top 10 tips are to help with the first six weeks

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0:00.0	It's quite likely that your doctor won't see you for six weeks after you have your baby. In this
0:06.4	episode, you're going to get some great information to help you in those first six weeks.
0:18.2	Welcome to the All About Pregnancy and Birth Podcast.
0:21.9	If you're having a baby in the hospital, you are giving birth in a system that too often takes away power from women over what happens in their own bodies.
0:30.6	I'm Dr. Nicole Calloway-Rankens, a practicing board certified OBGYN, who's had the privilege of helping well over a thousand babies into this world.
0:38.7	I've been a doctor for over 20 years and I'm here to help you take back your power,
0:43.6	advocate for yourself, and have the beautiful pregnancy and birth that you deserve.
0:48.0	This podcast is for educational purposes only and it's not a substitute for medical advice.
0:52.7	Check out the full disclaimer at Dr. Nicole Rankin's.com forward slash disclaimer.
0:57.1	Now let's get to it.
0:59.4	Pregnancy can be overwhelming, but your inbox doesn't have to be.
1:04.1	The Birth with Power Brief is my free weekly newsletter with expert tips, real talk, and support you can actually use. No pressure,
1:15.5	no preachy advice, just a breath of fresh air in your inbox every Thursday. Come join me at
1:23.0	Dr. Nicole Rankins.com forward slash email. Hello there. Welcome to another episode of the podcast. This is episode number 248, whether
1:34.8	this is your first time listening or you have been here before. Thank you, thank you,
1:39.5	thank you for spending some time with me today. This episode is all about helping you during those first
1:47.4	six weeks postpartum. The reality is that once you get discharged from the hospital, your doctor
1:54.7	likely won't see you for six weeks. Now, ACOG, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, they are the
2:03.5	organization that set standards for care for OBGYN in the U.S. They say that all women should
2:09.4	ideally have contact, and I say contact in air quotes, with the maternal care provider within
2:15.7	the first three weeks postpartum.
2:18.5	And the reason I say contact is because it doesn't necessarily mean that it has to be an
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