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The Postpartum Revolution

Welcome to The Postpartum Revolution! This podcast was born because, as a pelvic health physical therapist, I’ve heard and seen the ways our system has failed postpartum people in America. Newly postpartum people have repeated the same questions to me, with fear in their eyes and fatigue written all over their bodies, and I’ve grown tired of soothing them with the reassurance that it’s “all a part of the process, it’s normal to feel like this”. I began to wonder - what the hell kind of “normal process” is this, that produces tired and scared mothers? While not everyone has a negative experience with childbirth and postpartum, many people do. A lot of factors influence our postpartum experience: understanding how your body recovers, how much community and financial support you have, and how well our society helps to support a new family. My goal is to provide education about the postpartum recovery process, so you can set yourself up for a successful return to the things that bring you joy. I also want to bring awareness to the larger, systemic challenges that pregnant and postpartum people face, so that collectively we can start to turn the tide of our culture, and our children won't be trapped in an unhealthy and unsupported birth and postpartum culture. We have lost our power in the birth and postpartum world, and our loss is directly linked to other people's gain. It's time to take back the power over our bodies, our births, and our postpartum health. We are the change we have been waiting for. Let's go.

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The Revolution Is Here: Join Mom Congress And Be Part Of The Change with Joy Burkhard

February 05, 2021 • Annie Hopkins, Joy Burkhard • Season 2 • Episode 35

Are you ready to make some changes and take action with this revolution?

Now is the time! And my friend, Joy Burkhard, is helping lead the way.

“Joy is the founder and executive director of 2020 Mom a non-profit social change organization aggressively working to close gaps in maternal mental health through education, awareness, and advocacy.”

We discuss some of Joy’s big projects happening in 2021, which include Mom Congress and TheBlueDot Project.

Mom Congress endorses federal policies that support mothers during birth and postpartum. A few changes in the works include paid family leave, affordable childcare, maternal mental health, maternal mortality, Black maternal health, and support for working moms.

TheBlueDot Project focuses on maternal mental health and creates a community that combats the stigma and shame of these disorders.

If you want to see this revolution soar, please take action to support the changes you want to see in the world. We know you're a busy parent, so Joy and her team made it easy to join.

The goal is to have as big of a voice as the AARP and NRA and we can do it if we stick together and speak up!

Need more inspiration to get involved? Check out the Maternal and Mental Health Forum March 24-26, 2021 and you get a discount for being a part of the Postpartum Revolution! Use Promo Code: PPREVO2021

Join Mom Congress:

https://www.mom-congress.com/get-involved-individuals

You can also read more about the TheBlueDot Project here: https://www.thebluedotproject.org

To learn more about 2020 Mom, check out the website for even more projects and ways you can help this movement.

https://www.2020mom.org/

To find the article mentioned in the podcast about maternal mortality rates:

https://www.vox.com/2020/1/30/21113782/pregnancy-deaths-us-maternal-mortality-rate

Join something worth sharing in 2021.

Questions? Comments? Suggestions? Want to be a guest on the show? Email me at thepostpartumrevolutionpodcast@gmail.com

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