Baby Then What

Amanda is seven weeks postpartum and officially off her blood pressure medication, and today we're getting into everything breastfeeding, pumping and formula.
From the first time they shove the baby on your boob in the hospital, to latching, supply issues, engorgement, mastitis, the boob vibrator that saved Amanda's life, and the combo trifecta that nobody warns you is completely exhausting.
We also get into what actually tanks your supply, why you're not losing the baby weight while breastfeeding, the pumping hack most people don't know about, and the one question every mom asks, when is it okay to stop? No judgment here. Just the real stuff.

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Amanda is officially five weeks postpartum and we are getting into all of it.
This week: what happens when postpartum doesn't go to plan, four days in, Amanda's blood pressure spiked, she ended up in the ER sobbing, and the next two weeks were a revolving door of hospitals downtown Toronto.
We break down the medication spiral (shoutout to everyone on labetalol, we see you), what OB Med is and why you might need it, and the postpartum stuff nobody puts in the baby books.
We cover breast engorgement and milk coming in (the good and the painful), the real reason for your six week checkup (hint: it is not about sex), bleeding, uterine contracting, hemorrhoids, sitz baths, peri bottles, tucks pads, all of it.
Plus: postpartum anxiety and depression, the mom guilt that hits hard with older kids at home, and why postpartum is not four weeks, it's two years.
If you're pregnant, postpartum, or you've ever grown a human this ones for you!

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Amanda's back, and she's no longer pregnant. This week we're getting into everything labour and delivery: Amanda's third birth at 36 weeks and 6 days, two weeks of daily triage, the moment she refused to leave the hospital, a NICU detour, skin-to-skin, and why advocating for yourself in that room is everything. Plus Jessie revisits her natural birth story, including the part where she pooped on her midwife. We break down our best tips for labour no matter how you're planning to do it: music, gut instincts, when to trust your doctors and when to push back. If you're pregnant, postpartum, or just love a raw birth story, this one's for you.

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Part 2 is here and this is where it gets real.
After a year of heavy periods, depleted iron, and being told everything was normal, Jessie finally has answers. She walks through the exact protocol her functional medicine doctor put her on, what it actually did, and what happened after one month. Spoiler: her first normal period in years.
She also breaks down the new protocol based on her Gut Zoomer results - parasites, mold in her gut, leaky gut, low butyrate and why functional medicine keeps changing the plan (and why that's actually the point).
Plus the non-toxic swaps she's made at home: laundry, cookware, water, skincare, sun protection, coffee makers; not sponsored, not affiliated, just what she actually uses and what her own testing confirmed is working.
This one's for the mom who's been told she's fine and knows she's not.

This episode covers:
Functional medicine protocol for postpartum hormones
Gut Zoomer testing & what it actually found
Parasites, mold & leaky gut, what bloodwork missed
The supplements that finally moved the needle
Her first normal period in years (and what it took to get there)
Non-toxic swaps for laundry, cookware, water & skincare
Why "normal range" doesn't mean optimal for you
The Mira device & tracking your own hormone data
Endocrine disruptors, plastics & hormone health
What functional medicine actually looks like in practice
Products Mentioned
Testing & Devices
Mira Device — at-home hormone tracking
Gut Zoomer — comprehensive stool/urine testing

Supplements — April Protocol
Citrus Pectin Binder - Brand: Pectasol 
Biotoxin Binder - Brand: Cellcore
Hemevite (ferrous fumarate iron) - recommended but did not take 
Beef Liver/Spleen — food-based iron alternative - Brand: Codeage 
FemGuard + Balance - Brand: Designs for Health 
LV-GB (liver & gallbladder support) - Brand: Designs for Health 
Castor oil pack
Magnesium Glycinate - Brand: CanPrev
Supplements — May/June Protocol
HMET Binder - Brand: Cellcore
Para 1 - Brand: Cellcore
Para 3 - Brand: Cellcore 
Tributyrin-X - post biotic for gut healing 
Advanced Probiotic (strain-specific per Gut Zoomer results)
Non-Toxic Swaps
Laundry detergent & cleaning products: Truly Free 
Beef Tallow: F-Balm 
Castor oil: anything glass bottle, hexane free 
Mouth Tape: TapeHer
Reverse osmosis water filter: Sorso (what I use in Toronto) 
Minerals: Quinton Isotonic 
Kids' cups, plates, bottles: Elk and Friends 
Stovetop coffee maker: Bialetti 
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After having kids, Jessie started experiencing extreme postpartum hormone issues that nobody could explain. Heavy periods lasting weeks, exhaustion, brain fog, anemia, hormone imbalances, parasites, detoxing, functional medicine, and feeling completely dismissed by doctors.
In this solo episode of Baby Then What, Jessie opens up about the postpartum health journey she’s been quietly dealing with behind the scenes, including the terrifying symptoms she ignored for too long, the parasite cleanse that changed everything, and why she stopped accepting “this is normal postpartum” as an answer.
This episode covers:
Postpartum hormone imbalance symptoms

Heavy postpartum periods & anemia

Parasite cleanse experience (yes… actual parasites)

Functional medicine vs traditional doctors

Brain fog, exhaustion & low iron

Endocrine disruptors & toxins

Plastic, BPA & hormone health

Gut health & postpartum recovery

Why moms feel dismissed medically

The truth about postpartum health after kids

If you’ve been feeling exhausted, off, hormonal, anxious, depleted, or like your body hasn’t felt the same since having kids, this episode will make you feel a lot less alone.

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