Developing skills of Self Advocacy to create a better Pregnancy, Birth & Postpartum : Megan's story, Part II

<h1>Entering the Postpartum period is like being pushed from a cliff...it's a shocking change of circumstance, and its hard to be ready for it that first time--but with more accurate expectations??</h1>

<p>In today's episode, you'll hear the second half of my conversation with Megan. She shares: </p>
<p>* how she was able to identify what turned out to be PostPartum Depression in herself given that her symptoms didn't match her sense of the condition</p>
<p>*a useful perspective on managing the difficult transition from one to two children and </p>
<p>*insights about what she wished she'd known about her relationship with her OB before the birth of her first child. </p>

<h2> <b> Crohn's Disease & Pregnancy </b> </h2>
https://www.webmd.com/ibd-crohns-disease/crohns-disease/managing-the-effects-of-crohns-disease-during-pregnancy#:~:text=Active%20Crohn's%20disease%20raises%20the,as%20compared%20with%20pregnant%20women.

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/crohns-disease/symptoms-causes/syc-20353304

https://www.karger.com/Article/Fulltext/504701

For audio transcript and more, see the War Stories from the Womb website