An Unfiltered Conversation about Postpartum

This week on Always Here, we’re getting honest about postpartum. We talk about the emotional highs and lows after birth, recovering physically and mentally, the unexpected hormone crash after weaning, birth stories, and the small wins that remind you you’re finally starting to feel like yourself again. Whether you’re in the thick of postpartum or supporting someone who is, we hope this conversation helps you feel a little less alone.

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Chapters:
08:53 - The Hope & the Hard

23:30 - Wow, That's Crazy!

29:14 - Postpartum Talk

35:29 - Emergency C-Section

38:20 - How birth experience affects postpartum

39:48 - Placenta encapsulation

45:25 - Stages of postpartum

51:15 - Anxiety and Rage

52:32 - Cravings

54:04 - Sundown scaries

01:03:36 - Boundaries with family

01:12:58 - Mealtrain

01:14:56 - How to support your friends/fam postpartum

01:19:38 - Postpartum sweats

01:22:24 - Postpartum c-section vs vaginal

01:28:52 - Ask Abbys

01:40:21 - Always Hungry

01:42:27 - Big announcement!

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