As a GP, Dr Sarah Andrews used to regularly carry out six-week checks on new mums. But when she had her own child, she was completely shocked to discover how little she really knew about postnatal recovery.

In this episode, Dr Andrews – co-founder of postnatal health information service Mumie – speaks to Rosie Taylor about why even medically trained professionals aren’t taught about the reality of postnatal symptoms; how she coped with sleep deprivation and hair loss; and why she thinks health support for mums shouldn’t end at the six-week check. You can follow Mumie on Instagram: @mumie.health and on Facebook.

Rosie also hears from the author and campaigner Lyanne Nicholl with an update on the campaign for all mums to have a #9monthcheck. If you’d like to know more about the campaign and how you can help, please fill out this short survey.

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Please don’t suffer in silence! If you have any concerns about your physical or mental health, please contact your GP. You can also search for a private women’s health physio here.

Pandas and Make Birth Better are organisations which offer help and support with postnatal mental health issues.

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Journalist Rosie Taylor is on a mission to find out why we so often fail to give mothers the care and support they need after birth and in the months and years afterwards.

On the Mother Bodies podcast, she speaks to fascinating guests about how politics, prejudices and systemic problems are affecting the postnatal care we receive – and what we can do to improve parents’ lives for the better.

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Twitter: @motherbodies

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Clinical psychologist Dr Emma Svanberg (@mumologist) speaks to Rosie Taylor about why parents today are experiencing more anxiety, loneliness and isolation than ever before – and how we can find joy in parenting despite that.

She also discusses the links between physical and mental postnatal health problems and why society needs to start valuing parents for the incredible job they do.

You can buy Emma’s latest book, Parenting for Humans, here.

She also offers therapy and group support for parents through The Psychology Co-Operative, here.

You can also follow her on Facebook: Dr Emma Svanberg, Psychologist.

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Please don’t suffer in silence!

You can request an NHS referral to a women’s health physiotherapist via your GP, or search for a local private physio here.

Organisations that offer help and support with postnatal mental health issues include Pandas and Make Birth Better.

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Journalist Rosie Taylor is on a mission to find out why we so often fail to give mothers the care and support they need after birth and in the months and years afterwards.

On the Mother Bodies podcast, she speaks to fascinating guests about how politics, prejudices and systemic problems are affecting the postnatal care we receive – and what we can do to improve parents’ lives for the better.

Subscribe now to get new episodes every Monday.

(And please leave a review if you like what you hear!)

www.motherbodies.com

Insta: @motherbodies

Twitter: @motherbodies

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sarah Graham, author of the book Rebel Bodies and the blog Hysterical Women, speaks to Rosie Taylor about all the reasons science, medicine and governments fail to recognise the importance of postnatal health – and the revolution beginning to change things for the better.

Sarah chats about medicine’s patronising attitudes towards women and the fact mothers are expected to sacrifice their own health for their children, as well as how she was pleasantly surprised by her own positive experiences of birth and postnatal recovery.

You can buy Sarah’s book Rebel Bodies here and read her blog here. Follow her on Instagram: @sarahgraham7writer and Twitter: @sarahgraham7.

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Please don’t suffer in silence!

You can request an NHS referral to a women’s health physiotherapist via your GP, or search for a local private physio here.

Organisations that offer help and support with postnatal mental health issues include Pandas and Make Birth Better.

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Journalist Rosie Taylor is on a mission to find out why we so often fail to give mothers the care and support they need after birth and in the months and years afterwards.

On the Mother Bodies podcast, she speaks to fascinating guests about how politics, prejudices and systemic problems are affecting the postnatal care we receive – and what we can do to improve parents’ lives for the better.

Subscribe now to get new episodes every Monday.

(And please leave a review if you like what you hear!)

www.motherbodies.com

Insta: @motherbodies

Twitter: @motherbodies

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.