BOAM is a birth and postpartum, honest motherhood platform. Here, we come together to reveal the spectrum of truths about what it can feel and mean to become a mother through personal storytelling and expert interviews. All stories of pregnancy, birth and postpartum have at least one thing in common: matrescence. The massive life change that is becoming a mother. It's rarely discussed or acknowledged for what it is and the level of support it requires. And I'm here to change that. One raw story and wisdom-shedding conversation at a time.
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BOAM is a birth and postpartum, honest motherhood platform. Here, we come together to reveal the spectrum of truths about what it can feel and mean to become a mother through personal storytelling and expert interviews. All stories of pregnancy, birth and postpartum have at least one thing in common: matrescence. The massive life change that is becoming a mother. It's rarely discussed or acknowledged for what it is and the level of support it requires. And I'm here to change that. One raw story and wisdom-shedding conversation at a time.
40. Dr. Emilie Wilson - Naturopathic Doctor and Business Owner, Becoming a Mom at 42, Home Birth with Hospital Transfer, Postpartum Depression Despite Family Support, and the Maternal Health Crisis
Birth of a Mama: a Birth and Postpartum Podcast
1 hour 3 minutes 54 seconds
11 months ago
40. Dr. Emilie Wilson - Naturopathic Doctor and Business Owner, Becoming a Mom at 42, Home Birth with Hospital Transfer, Postpartum Depression Despite Family Support, and the Maternal Health Crisis
In today’s episode we have Dr. Emilie Wilson on to share her story of becoming a mom. Emilie is a naturopathic doctor who helps women change their bodies and get the life they truly desire, and have a transformational, empowering postpartum experience.
In her story she shares openly about her birth and postpartum experience at 42 years old and how it was really nothing like what she had imaged or hoped it would be. And it had nothing to do with her age!
Some of the topics Emilie touches on:
Switching from OB care to midwifery care
Having an unmedicated homebirth but feeling “not present”
PP hemorrhage and hospital transfer
Being severely anemic and entering PP feeling utterly shocked and exhausted
PP chills and intense temperature fluctuations
Healing for 6 weeks before she could go for a walk
Surprised by the length of the PP healing process
As a business owner, how she would do PP leave differently if she could have a do-over
How PP care falls so short in the US
Neuroplasticity in PP and how it is similar to adolescence
Struggles with PP depression despite adequate family support
The need to rebrand our worth and value our hard work as mamas
How she is helping to address the maternal health crisis
BOAM is a birth and postpartum, honest motherhood platform. Here, we come together to reveal the spectrum of truths about what it can feel and mean to become a mother through personal storytelling and expert interviews. All stories of pregnancy, birth and postpartum have at least one thing in common: matrescence. The massive life change that is becoming a mother. It's rarely discussed or acknowledged for what it is and the level of support it requires. And I'm here to change that. One raw story and wisdom-shedding conversation at a time.
