The Postpartum Difference with Regan

Charli welcomes returning guest (and Hearth and Home client) Regan to explore one of the most meaningful aspects of her birth experiences: postpartum care in the midwifery model. Together they compare hospital and home postpartum experiences, discussing everything from individualized home visits and preventative care to emotional support, informed consent, and protecting the early bonding period between mother and baby. Regan candidly shares both difficult postpartum complications and the compassionate care that helped her recover, illustrating how continuity, trust, and personalized support shaped her experience across three births.

Key Takeaways

• Charli and returning guest Regan compare her hospital and home postpartum experiences.
• They discuss individualized home visits, preventative care, emotional support, and informed consent in the midwifery model.
• Regan shares candidly about difficult postpartum complications and the compassionate care that helped her recover.
• Her story across three births shows how continuity, trust, and protecting early bonding shaped her postpartum experience.

If you like what you get here, you'll like our online childbirth education course even more. It's a more detailed look at the stages of labor, how to cope, and what to do along the way to set yourself up for success. It also shows partners what to expect from their point of view and what they can do to support you in labor.