Doula Talk Blog & Podcast
Welcome. This is a space for thoughtful guidance, honest conversations, and practical insight for the postpartum period and first year.
Here you’ll find blog posts and podcast episodes that help you make sense of sleep, feeding, recovery, and the emotional load of early parenthood. My goal is not to give you more rules to follow, but to help you understand what’s happening beneath the surface so you can respond with clarity and confidence.
Whether you’re navigating sleep disruptions, feeding challenges, or simply trying to feel more steady in your role as a parent, these resources offer evidence-informed perspective, real-world context, and support you can return to whenever you need it.
You don’t have to figure it all out alone.
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Beyond the 6-Week Checkup: Why Postpartum Healthcare Needs a Massive Rethink
If you’ve ever walked out of your six-week postpartum appointment thinking, Wait… that’s it?, you are absolutely not alone.
For many families in the perinatal period, postpartum care feels shockingly incomplete. You grow an entire human, give birth, survive sleep deprivation, hormone shifts, recovery, feeding challenges, and a complete identity transformation… and then the healthcare system basically says, “Okay, good luck out there!”
Maybe they check your bleeding. Maybe they ask if you’re crying too much. Maybe they clear you for exercise and sex.
Meanwhile, you’re sitting there with brain fog, exhaustion, anxiety, inflammation, nutrient depletion, pelvic floor symptoms, mood swings, and a nervous system hanging on by a thread wondering if this is all just “normal motherhood.”
Here’s the thing: common does not automatically mean healthy.
And postpartum women deserve better healthcare than a rushed mood-and-wound check.
The Taboo Conversation: Cannabis, Women’s Health, and Making Informed Choices (Guest: Dr. Amanda Reiman, Founder Personal Plants)
If you’ve used cannabis before pregnancy, you’re not alone. This is especially common in states where it's legally available.
For many people, cannabis is already part of their life before pregnancy, whether that’s for sleep, anxiety, chronic pain, or simply as a way to unwind at the end of the day.
And then pregnancy happens.
Or postpartum hits.
And suddenly, something that once felt normal or supportive becomes confusing, stigmatized, or even scary to talk about.
The messaging tends to shift quickly into black-and-white: Just stop. Don’t use anything. Don’t ask questions.
But real life is rarely that simple.
So instead of shutting the conversation down, what if we approached it differently?
What if we looked at cannabis use during the perinatal period through a harm reduction lens, one that prioritizes safety, informed decision-making, and honest conversations?