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Ep 91 Postpartum When Your Baby Experiences a Miraculous Healing

Hey Lady! I'm fortunate to know today's guest host personally, and I'm truly grateful she agreed to share her story of her son's inexplicable healing from a serious heart condition, even amidst her own struggles with postpartum medical complications. If you or someone you love are facing the unknown of a serious medical diagnosis for their baby, even one the medical team doesn't fully understand, this episode is especially for you. And if you want evidence that God still move

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If You're Pumping, You Need to Read This: Realistic Breastmilk Storage Guidelines

"Particularly for moms who work outside the home and pump, or pump exclusively for other reasons, following the CDC’s guidelines for breast milk storage can lead to many tears over spilled (wasted) milk. In fact, a 2026 preprint study (not yet peer-reviewed) found that 46% of surveyed parents pitched leftover pumped milk daily. In a deep dive for her popular ParentData website (behind a paywall but accessible with a 7-day free trial), Harvard-trained economist and bestselling

May 81 min read

Ep 90 Losing Yourself in Motherhood

Hi lady! This episode has lived a long time in my heart, but I waited to speak until I had something coherent to say. :) Here, I talk (at length!) about the idea of losing yourself in motherhood or not feeling like yourself after baby. On a practical level, I share how many hours of consecutive sleep I've found I need bare minimum in order to not feel like a zombie. But then I ask you to go deeper, to consider the question: what does it mean to you to 'lose yourself' or 'not

May 61 min read

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What if new moms need more like *1100* extra calories right out of the gate after birth, to "replenish nutrient losses due to labor and birth, heal the dinner-plate-sized wound left behind by the placenta’s detachment, rebuild nutrient stores after nine-ish months of pregnancy, and overcome increased caloric needs due to the sleep deprivation that is part and parcel of postpartum?"

More at https://naturalwomanhood.org/postpartum-calories/

Prefer to listen rather than read? Check out Ep 79 of the podcast, postpartumonpurpose.com/podcast.

When Amber's team reached out to me about her joining the podcast, my initial reaction was that I had enough lactation content already. But then I learned about her backstory, and realized it was my privilege to share her story of being postpartum as a teen mom with the PoP audience.

After you listen, I'd love to hear how you're motivated to take action to support teen moms in your area, especially in those early weeks and months of new motherhood that are challenging no matter our age.
#newmom #teenmom #gritgrowthgrace #postpartumonpurpose #postpartumonpurposepodcast

My latest for Natural Womanhood. If you're pregnant and over 40, the point here isn't to scare you.

The point is to highlight the reality that maternal mortality risk (risk of dying) is NOT highest *during pregnancy*.

It is highest *during the first 6 weeks postpartum* (and this is across all age groups).

This is why women should be seen within 3 weeks, not 6, after giving birth.
#postpartummom #postpartumonpurpose #postpartumonpurposepodcast #maternalmortalityprevention

A couple weeks back, I got an email from the editor at Live Action asking me to write up ParentData founder Emily Oster's new deep dive into breast milk storage and why she says the CDC's guidelines are way too strict.

Oster's article is behind a paywall (viewable with a 7-day free trial of the ParentData site), but in the latest episode, I explained why the current guidelines are so cautious and summed up Oster's recommendations for:
-how long freshly pumped milk is safe out on the counter and in the fridge
-Whether you can mix cold and warm milk
-how long you have after starting a bottle before you should throw it away

There's so much good news in this episode, lady. Listen today and stop throwing away milk that's still good and safe for your baby.
#postpartumonpurpose #postpartumonpurposepodcast #gritgrowthgrace #breastfeeding #pumpingmom

Stop.washing.laundry.that.isn't.dirty.

That's right. If there are not visible stains on it and/or you didn't sweat profusely on it, don't put it through the whole cycle of wash, dry, fold, put away.

In the latest episode of the Postpartum on Purpose podcast, I talked about what to do w/ clothes that aren't actually dirty but are no longer fresh either. Would you believe that the answer involves vodka (no, not to drink ;))?

Last year, I read the book Laundry Love, and it truly changed both my mindset and my actual laundry routine. I pulled out specific suggestions that'll have the biggest impact for postpartum. Listen at postpartumonpurpose.com.
#postpartum #laundryhacks #laundrylove #postpartumonpurpose #postpartumonpurposepodcast

In the latest episode of the Postpartum on Purpose podcast, I shared what my 5th Lent-while-postpartum is looking like, and why the theme for each resolution is Starting from Love/Leading with Love.

#postpartumonpurpose #postpartumonpurpose #gritgrowthgrace #newbaby #lent

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Ep 91 Postpartum When Your Baby Experiences a Miraculous Healing

If You're Pumping, You Need to Read This: Realistic Breastmilk Storage Guidelines

Ep 90 Losing Yourself in Motherhood

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