EP20: Hormones In Pregnancy and Postpartum, with Dr. Danielle Watson
The Mom Room
Renee Reina & Podcast Nation
4.8 • 602 Ratings
🗓️ 11 September 2020
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
EP20. Renee and Danielle chat about all things hormones! How many times have you Googled a symptom you experienced in pregnancy or postpartum and Google told you it was a result of hormone changes? If you're like Renee, SO MANY TIMES.
Danielle explains what is happening to our hormones in pregnancy and postpartum and how hormone changes can cause things like low mood or "baby blues." Did you know that breastfeeding causes major changes in hormone levels?? It is all so fascinating! She also explains how a naturopathic doctor can help women in preconception, pregnancy, and postpartum.
Resources mentioned in this episode:
- Postpartum Support International
- Natural Health After Birth by Aviva Romm
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| 1:34.3 | you have always wanted. If you're like me, you Googled everything that was happening to you |
| 1:40.7 | in your pregnancy and in postpartum. and before you could even finish the sentence in the |
| 1:47.4 | Google search bar it showed up that it was hormones causing all your issues when I was |
| 1:53.2 | pregnant I remember thinking how in the hell do hormones cause all this shit like how is how is this possible? And why does nobody talk about hormones? |
| 2:05.3 | So when Dr. Watson and I were thinking about a topic that we could chat about on the podcast and |
| 2:10.8 | she mentioned that she does a lot of hormone stuff, I was like, okay, this is our topic. We need to know about hormones. Dr. Watson is a |
| 2:20.8 | naturopathic doctor in Ontario, Canada. And in this episode, we chat about what a naturopathic |
| 2:27.1 | doctor is and how they can help women in pregnancy and in postpartum. We get into hormones. I literally asked her what the hell is a hormone because I |
| 2:37.6 | wasn't even sure myself. I think, you know, we hear about it and we just kind of say it nonchalantly, |
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