Fourth Trimester Planning Ahead

Pregnancy Podcast

Vanessa Merten

Newborn, Parent, Homebirth, Vbac, Kids & Family, Doula, Firsttimemom, Midwife, Pregnancy, Doctor, Parenting, Pregnant, Vanessamerten, Physician, Csection, Prenatalcare, Breastfeeding, Naturalbirth, Nursing, Birthcenter, Family, Baby, Hospitalbirth, Health, Obgyn, Research, Trimester, Expecting, Labor, Mom, Diet, Dad, Birth

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🗓️ 4 February 2024

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

The most significant adjustment period is the first three months after your baby is born. In reality, recovering from birth takes longer for many new parents. You are healing and navigating how to care for yourself and a tiny human. This is a big transition from pregnancy and an even more significant transition from pre-pregnancy. Your baby is transitioning from being inside your belly to being out in the world, which is a huge adjustment. Planning will be key in setting you up for an ideal postpartum period. Learn how to plan for your postpartum period to be as comfortable as possible and tips to promote healing and make life easier as you navigate caring for a new baby.

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0:00.0	You are listening to the pregnancy podcast with Vanessa Merton.
0:07.0	Hello, thank you for tuning into the pregnancy podcast. You can find the full article
0:16.2	and all of the resources and links that accompany this episode at pregnancy
0:21.2	podcast.com slash postpartum planning.
0:26.0	As soon as you find out you're pregnant you're gonna have a ton of questions.
0:31.0	The good news is that there's an episode of the pregnancy
0:34.0	podcast with the answers you're looking for. You're currently listening to the
0:38.2	public feed of the podcast. That means you're going to hear advertisements and
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0:52.3	That gives you all of the back catalog, over 200 episodes
0:56.8	exclusively available to premium members. There's no advertisements. If you have a question about whether something is safe during pregnancy, there's
1:06.1	an episode in the back catalog with that information. If you want the evidence on an intervention
1:11.9	for labor and birth, there's going to be an episode that examines the research
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1:32.4	slash premium.
1:35.0	There is an episode on what to expect postpartum and that covers typical aspects of birth recovery and warning signs of complications after your birth.
1:45.6	Once you know what to expect, then you can plan ahead.
1:49.6	This episode is going to build on how to plan for your postpartum period to be as comfortable as possible
1:56.0	and tips to promote healing and to make life easier on you as you're navigating caring for a new baby. A lot of people refer to the post-partum
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