Episode 84: Emotionally Preparing for the Fourth Trimester with Lauren Hays & Megan Dalton

No One Told Us

Rachael Shepard-Ohta

Society & Culture, Kids & Family, Parenting

4.9 • 590 Ratings

🗓️ 10 April 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Episode 84: Emotionally Preparing for the Fourth Trimester with Lauren Hays & Megan Dalton This week Rachael and guests Lauren Hays & Megan Dalton, founders of The Matrescence, talk all about the concept of “Matrescence” and why new mothers need better support. They highlight how the lack of understanding for the monumental transformation of becoming a mother is harmful and contributes to the maternal mental health crisis in this country. Inside this episode: What is Matrescence? The importance of NOT waiting to prioritize your own well-being as a mom Practical self-care strategies for postpartum How Dysphoric milk ejection reflex (D-MER) affects breastfeeding Sleep, or lack thereof, and the toll it takes on new parents And so much more! Mentioned in this episode: Megan & Lauren on Instagram: @thematrescence Fourth Trimester Course: https://www.thematrescence.com/product-postpartum-class/ Matrescence App Membership: https://www.thematrescence.com/motherhood-community/ If you enjoyed this episode, please rate 5⭐️ and write us a review! ⬇️ ✨For sleep support and resources, visit heysleepybaby.com and follow @heysleepybaby on Instagram! 😴☁️🤎✨ Rachael is a mom of 3, founder of Hey, Sleepy Baby, and the host of this podcast. Instagram | Tiktok | Website Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to No One Told Us, the podcast that tells the truth about parenting and talks about all the stuff you wish you knew before having kids.
0:11.1	I'm your host, Rachel, and today I'm so excited to speak with Lauren and Megan, founders of the matressants.
0:17.2	Inspired by professional and personal recognition of the gaps in maternal care, Lauren Hayes,
0:23.2	a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner and former NICU RN, and Megan Dalton, a business
0:29.6	professional, combined their extensive expertise and experiences as seasoned mothers of three
0:35.0	to pioneer and new landscape in maternal mental health.
0:38.8	Lauren and Megan, thank you so much for joining. This is such a pertinent topic right now, so I'm
0:42.7	really excited to dive in. Yeah, thank you for having us. We're so excited to be here.
0:47.6	First, before we even go any further, I think a lot of maybe new moms have never even heard
0:52.4	the term matressants. Can you just explain a little bit
0:55.7	about what that term actually means and why you decided to name your business, the metrescence?
1:02.7	Yes. We love this question. And we know a lot of people have the same question. When we named
1:08.5	this company, people were like, what is that? Did you make up that word?
1:12.6	We went back and forth on whether it would be a marketing detriment. But it encompassed so much of what we wanted to teach women about and just it is literally the process of becoming a mother. it's just this monumental transformation hormonally
1:29.1	physically emotionally and so it's kind of meant to be the maternal form of adolescence and all
1:36.4	those huge changes that you're going through and we get all of this support in education and people
1:42.1	know it's happening when you're going through
1:44.3	adolescence in those teenage years. But it just wasn't the same. As we became moms, we realized
1:50.4	there wasn't that understanding and support and so much of it that was common felt so lonely.
1:58.3	So we just loved the word and wanted to get it out into the world to help people better
2:02.6	understand this huge transformation that is becoming a mom. It's so important. And actually,
2:08.8	when we're recording this, this isn't going to come out for a little bit, but the surgeon general
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