Last week I had a conversation that completely blew my mind.
I was talking with a group of recent graduates from our Postpartum Nutrition Certification: nutritionists, IBCLCs, midwives, doulas, chiropractors, therapists. These are providers doing the hard work, making real change, supporting women in ways we desperately need.
And then I asked the question: "Would you do your degree again?"
The silence was deafening.
Then the answers started flowing:
"My bachelors AND master's program combined had maybe 2 hours on postpartum anything. TWO HOURS."
"Honestly? No. I learned more about actually helping postpartum women in your nutrition program than I did in 6 years of school."
"I only keep my degree for insurance purposes and social media credibility. It has nothing to do with my actual education."
The Truth About Traditional Education
Here's what's missing across EVERY discipline:
Mental Health Professionals: Trained to treat depression and anxiety but never taught about the perinatal period or the physiological foundations underlying postpartum mood disorders.
Nutritionists/RDs: Still teaching outdated "300 extra calories" advice with no understanding of postpartum depletion patterns.
IBCLCs: Focused on milk transfer but missing the connection between nutrition, hormones, and milk production — or why a mom with "perfect technique" still struggles.
The pattern? There is ZERO comprehensive postpartum education. Period.
And here's the kicker: These aren't separate issues. They're all connected through the same physiological pathways.
That "hormonal" mood disorder?
That "stubborn" weight?
That thyroid disorder?
All connected to nutrition, depletion, and nourishment.
But if you were never taught how pregnancy depletes specific nutrients, or how those deficiencies create cascading symptoms across multiple body systems, how would you know where to start?
But if you were never taught how pregnancy depletes specific nutrients, or how those deficiencies create cascading symptoms across multiple body systems, how would you know where to start?
This is exactly why brilliant providers like you are feeling stuck. You know something's missing when you see struggling mothers, but you don't have the tools to address the root causes.
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What Providers Are Actually Missing
This education gap is exactly why I developed the Postpartum Restoration Method.
We could sit here allllllllll day and talk about what's wrong with the system or or women are cared for in the years after birth.
But what if there was a framework that connected all those dots? What if you could understand why the mom in your practice has fatigue, mood changes, AND digestive issues... and know exactly how to address the root cause?
The Postpartum Restoration Method does exactly that.
It's a 5-component framework that recognizes what traditional education never taught you: postpartum recovery is a profound physiological transition that affects every system in the body.
The five components:
- Physiological Restoration — How organs, blood volume, and cardiovascular systems rebuild (not just "bounce back")
- Nutritional Foundation — The specific depletion patterns that create predictable symptoms
- Neurological Regulation — How birth itself impacts brain function and nervous system regulation
- Rhythmic Recovery — How disrupted patterns affect hormone cycles, digestion, and immune function
- Identity Integration — Why the psychological transition impacts physiology (and vice versa)
Here's what's mind-blowing: We're seeing massive success rates with cases that showed no improvement with conventional approaches.
A family medicine physician in Colorado told me she identified three moms in her first month using this method — moms who scored fine on the Edinburgh scale but were struggling with severe symptoms that conventional screening completely missed.
This week's podcast episode breaks down the entire method, how it came to be (including the drama of someone literally stealing my work!), and exactly how it's transforming postpartum care.
🎧 Listen: "The Postpartum Restoration Method Explained" →
Because this isn't just another assessment tool. It's the comprehensive postpartum education you never got, packaged into a framework that actually works.
Stay fierce, stay rooted,
Maranda Bower
CEO & Founder of Postpartum University®
www.PostpartumU.com
P.S. Quick note: I'm loving this new shorter format and I'm so glad you're loving it too! Keep the feedback coming.
