In Today's Issue:
🍲 Upcoming Masterclass for Providers!
📣 New ACOG Prenatal Guidelines Are Here… But Are They Enough?
🚨 Postpartum, Birth Control & Depression: The Study You Need to Know
🎟️ Birth Summit 2025 Tickets for You!
🍲 Upcoming Masterclass for Providers!
I’m thrilled to invite you to our masterclass, 4 Stages of Postpartum Depletion.
This isn’t just another event—it’s the must-attend experience for providers who are ready to revolutionize their practice.
The highest-level providers already know something needs to change—and they’re doing something about it.
They are moving beyond the half-truths of traditional training and stepping into one that isn’t just information. It’s a perspective shift that will change the way you see postpartum health forever.
This is your chance to let your guard down, tap into that deep intuitive wisdom, and gain tools that medical school never taught us.
Remember the doctor who trusted her gut with one discerning look? That’s the kind of insight that transformed my life. Join us and transform the way YOU practice postpartum care, so together we can truly change the future for every mother we serve.
Trust your gut—this is your next big step.
Seats are already half full so grab one before it's gone: www.PostpartumU.com/Masterclass
📣 New ACOG Prenatal Guidelines Are Here… But Are They Enough?
There’s been a long-awaited update in the world of prenatal care—and it’s making headlines. A new set of guidelines, “Tailored Prenatal Care Delivery for Pregnant Individuals,” just landed, calling for more personalized, flexible, and evidence-based approaches to prenatal visits. 🎉
Yes, it’s a win. 🏆
But let’s be honest—this is barely scratching the surface.
Here’s what’s new:
- More flexibility in visit frequency based on risk factors and need.
- Recognition of virtual care as a legitimate visit (about time!).
- Emphasis on shared decision-making to reduce unnecessary interventions.
- Some conversation about health equity and how care should be individualized, especially for marginalized communities.
It’s a step forward—no question.
But here’s the problem: it's still built on the same old foundation.
👉 No mention of nutritional needs or depletion.
👉 No inclusion of trauma-informed or nervous system-supportive models.
👉 Still zero integration of functional health markers like inflammation, sleep, or postpartum planning.
👉 And, let’s be real—it could take years (even decades) before this becomes standard practice in most OB offices.
This update is like giving a crumbling house a new coat of paint—it might look better on paper, but the cracks remain underneath.
Mamas and providers alike deserve more than visit schedules and telehealth options. We need full-body, root-cause, culturally-aware care that sees the whole woman—not just her uterus.
✨ That’s why at Postpartum University®, we’re not waiting for the system to catch up.
Our trainings, tools, and certifications (like the Perinatal Mental Health Training) are built to go beyond the guidelines—because mothers need better, right now.
Let’s celebrate progress—but let’s also demand more. 💪
You can read the new ACOG Guidelines here.
🚨 Postpartum, Birth Control & Depression: The Study You Need to Know
This conversation struck a nerve—and for good reason.
When I first shared the now-viral study linking postpartum hormonal birth control to a 49% increased risk of depression, my inbox exploded. Emails poured in from mothers saying, "This explains everything." "Why didn't anyone tell me?" "I thought I was losing my mind."
The truth is, postpartum birth control has long been treated as standard, default care. But what if it’s actually contributing to the very symptoms it’s supposed to help prevent?
In this week’s podcast episode, I take a deep dive into the JAMA Network Open study of over 610,000 first-time mothers—and the massive implications it has for mental health, physiology, and how we define care in the postpartum season.
And I go beyond the research. We talk:
The Postpartum Brain: How it's literally rewiring for connection and survival—and how hormonal birth control can disrupt that.
The Biology of Breakdown: From inflammation to nutrient depletion to serotonin interference, we map exactly what happens in the body when synthetic hormones are layered on top of postpartum recovery.
Systemic Failures: Why most providers don’t know this (and why it’s not their fault)—but it is their responsibility to learn more.
What to Do Instead: Real, nourishing alternatives to help you support women in body and mind without suppressing their natural healing.
👉 This is one of the most important conversations I’ve ever had. If you’re a provider, parent, or advocate, you need to hear this.
🎧 Listen to the full podcast episode here »
Let’s stop confusing default care with actual healing. Let’s lead with truth, not convenience. And let’s finally give mothers the whole picture.
🎟️ Birth Summit 2025 Tickets for You!
I've been asked to speak not once, but two times in the upcoming 2025 Birth Summit!
This even is all the latest science of pregnancy, birth and breastfeeding.
Covering neuroscience, the infant microbiome, the science of breast milk, nutrition and more.
I have🆓 tickets for you. You can grab your seat here!
Stay fierce, stay rooted,
Maranda Bower
CEO & Founder of Postpartum University®
www.PostpartumU.com
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