Fourth Trimester What to Expect

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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🗓️ 28 January 2024

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

During pregnancy, you focus on your health, baby, and planning for birth. Many expecting moms often overlook what happens after birth and what they may experience postpartum. Your body needs time to recover after nine months of pregnancy, giving birth, and establishing breastfeeding. Many things happen after you have your baby that no one talks to you about beforehand. Let’s normalize talking about the regular changes you go through after birth. Rather than wondering if what you are experiencing is normal, I want you to know what to expect. Plus, know the warning signs you can keep an eye out for to make sure you are recovering well after birth.

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0:00.0	You are listening to the pregnancy podcast with Vanessa Merton.
0:10.0	Hello, thank you for tuning into the pregnancy podcast. In this episode today
0:16.1	we're going to talk about what to expect during your postpartum recovery and
0:20.3	some warning signs of complications.
0:23.0	There are so many things that happen to your body
0:26.0	after you have a baby that nobody tells you about ahead of time.
0:30.0	So let's normalize talking about these typical changes that you'll go through after birth
0:35.4	so that you're not wondering if what you're going through is normal or not. So you're going to get a
0:41.2	heads up on what to expect postpartum.
0:44.0	You can find the full article and all of the resources that accompany this episode
0:49.5	at pregnancy podcast.com slash expect postpartum.
0:56.0	You are currently listening to the public feed of the pregnancy podcast.
1:00.0	You can become a pregnancy podcast premium member and get access to the private
1:06.2	podcast feed that has an additional more than 200 episodes exclusively
1:12.3	available to premium members.
1:14.7	Right now you can check out pregnancy podcast premium for free for seven days.
1:20.1	Plus when you sign up you're going to get a free copy of the Your
1:23.4	Birth Plan book that walks you step by step on how to create your
1:27.3	birth plan. There are samples and a template. It's everything you need to
1:31.6	make creating your birth plan so easy.
1:34.8	Try pregnancy podcast premium for free for seven days at pregnancy podcast.com
1:41.8	slash trial. If you give birth in a hospital you're likely going to be
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