Episode 3 - Postpartum Together with Chelsea Skaggs

January's Podcast

English - March 28, 2020 02:57 - 44 minutes - 39.1 MB
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Previous Episode: Episode 2 - Eye of the Storm

Next Episode: Episode 4 - Owning Our Stories with Briana Christine

In this episode, January Harshe interviews Chelsea Skaggs of https://www.postpartumtogether.com! Chelsea is a postpartum advocate and coach who is committed to helping women kick the pressure to be "Pinterest Perfect" and have real, raw conversations to acknowledge and empower the postpartum experience. She focuses on a small group format to bring postpartum women together to learn about, connect over and be not alone through postpartum.

00:47 - Chelsea & @PostpartumTogether @chels.keeps.it.real intro

04:23 - Why Take Back Postpartum was created

05:17 - Ideas of what postpartum should be

06:28 - The two times a woman’s body changes and she doesn’t have a say

09:10 - Postpartum during the COVID-19 pandemic

10:16 - Positive & negative reality of postpartum during this time period

13:05 - Chelsea’s experience with social distancing because of an immunocompromised child

16:15 - Friendships have seasons

17:03 - January’s sobriety journey

18:02 - We’re all on the same playing field now

20:24 - Support for postpartum parents during this time

21:38 - Forgetting early days of postpartum

22:26 - Having partners home during this time

24:10 - Avoiding misery matches

24:35 - Shifting expectations

26:15 - New project, new roles

27:30 - Regarding single parents

28:19 - Postpartum loneliness during social distancing

34:04 - Opening yourself up to receiving help

37:07 - Unloading emotional baggage between friends

38:30 - Support for people in the birth community

40:53 - You have permission for this to be a messy season

42:47 - Final thoughts on postpartum

44:01 - January’s Patreon

Find Chelsea Skaggs on Instagram: @postpartumtogether @chels.keeps.it.real

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