Postpartum Care Failings & Foundations #031

Ray Rachlin of Refuge Midwifery joined Pansay of Sacred Butterfly Births & Maggie to lay out some of the ways we are failing to provide adequate care to postpartum families.

The postpartum time frame spans anywhere from 6 weeks, to the full year after birth depending on what dictionary you check, and for those who've lived it, the "postpartum period" may never truly close. Despite this, many people feel inadequately supported through this transition from pregnant to parent. We see this in how postpartum is treated through the medical lens following a hospital birth, we see it in the way attention focuses so squarely on the new baby that the person who *just* gave birth is left in the dust, we see it in how so many of us have been conditioned to treat ourselves after birth as we "snap back."

Join Ray, Pansay, & Maggie this week as we explore:

~how to prepare clients for the realities of postpartum during pregnancy

~navigating the shift between pregnant & parent to rediscover one's self

~home-based & community-based models of postpartum support

~the missing links in creating comprehensive postpartum care for physical, mental, emotional, & spiritual health

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