Who This Is For
Mothers | Doulas & Birth Workers | Midwives & Nurses | Health Practitioners | Lactation Consultants | Nutritionists | Therapists & Coaches | New & Aspiring Providers
Postpartum Care Has A Knowledge Gap.
Providers manage postpartum symptoms in isolation. Thyroid in one office. Anxiety in another. Fatigue attributed to new parenthood. Joint pain normalized. Each symptom in its own lane.
Meanwhile, mothers are left trying to make sense of symptoms nobody connected to what their bodies went through.
The complete physiological picture was never taught.
THE FOUNDATION BEHIND
Everything Postpartum University® Teaches.
Providers arrive here from every corner of perinatal care — midwifery, nursing, therapy, lactation, nutrition, functional medicine, chiropractic. Many have years of clinical experience. Almost none were given a complete physiological education in what the postpartum body actually goes through.
The Postpartum Body is that education.
Why This Course Exists
After my first child, I experienced severe postpartum depression and anxiety. After another pregnancy, I developed autoimmune disease. Later came bipolar symptoms.
I spent 15 years researching, piecing together the connections no one had taught me. This course is the answer I wish I had. It is also the foundation underneath everything Postpartum University has built.
- Maranda Bower, Founder, Reseacher, & Educator.
FOR PROVIDERS
See The Patterns
Finally understand the why behind your clients' symptoms and create care plans that actually work.
Before: You manage symptoms one at a time.
After: You understand the physiological story underneath them.
You can see how thyroid dysfunction, anxiety, digestive symptoms, fatigue, food sensitivities, inflammation, and mood changes often trace back to the same postpartum cascade.
That's the difference between managing symptoms and understanding recovery.
FOR MOTHERS
From Surviving to Thriving
Finally understand why your body changed after pregnancy and what it has been trying to tell you.
Before: You feel like you're chasing symptoms.
Fatigue. Anxiety. Hormone changes. Digestive issues. Food sensitivities. Nobody has shown you how they connect.
After: You understand the physiological story underneath them. The symptoms stop feeling random. Your body stops feeling broken.
And for the first time, you know what recovery is actually asking for.
WHAT YOU'LL LEARN
The Postpartum Education
Most Mothers and Providers NEVER Received.
Lifetime Access. Downloadable Resources. Start Anytime Upon Enrollment.
Learn At Your Own Pace.
You Can't Unlearn This.
Most people come for answers.
They leave with a completely different way of understanding postpartum.
Years later, students still tell us they catch themselves seeing new connections they missed the first time through.
NOW OPEN for Enrollment. Click Here to REGISTER.
This course is for you if:
• You're a provider who knows something is missing from the way postpartum is taught.
• You went through pregnancy and birth and never received a clear explanation for what happened afterward.
• You've been seeing the same patterns—fatigue, anxiety, thyroid changes, digestive issues, inflammation—and want to understand how they connect.
• You're considering the Postpartum Nutrition Certification or Perinatal Mental Health Training and want the foundation those programs are built on.
• You've been told everything is normal, but it doesn't feel normal.
This course is not for you if:
• You're looking for a certification, treatment protocol, or medical advice.
• You're seeking care for an urgent medical concern that requires direct clinical support.
Now Open for Enrollment! Click Below to Register.
Join The Postpartum Body Now.FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Questions Before You Enroll.
I had my children years ago. Is this still relevant?
I’m a provider. Is this a certification?
I already follow Postpartum University. Will this be new to me?
How long does it take to complete?
Does this count toward CE hours?
What if I have more questions?
This Is Where It Begins.
For providers: the foundational postpartum education your clinical training didn’t give you. The understanding that makes PNC possible. The picture that changes every postpartum patient you’ll ever see. This is where serious postpartum work begins.
For mothers: the explanation you were never given. The understanding that makes your body’s story finally make sense.
This isn’t a course about managing postpartum.
It’s the course that makes postpartum understandable.
That is a different thing entirely.
About Maranda Bower + Postpartum University®
Maranda Bower is a researcher, educator, and author who has spent more than 15 years studying the postpartum body and how to restore it. She built Postpartum University® after her own postpartum recoveries left her without answers, and more than 2,000 mothers and providers in more than 55 countries have since learned from its programs, including providers certified through its Postpartum Nutrition Certification.
She created the Postpartum Restoration Method™, a whole-body framework for postpartum recovery. Her peer-reviewed paper in the Journal of Prenatal & Perinatal Psychology & Health (2026) introduced the concept of postpartum digestive insufficiency. Her book, Everything You Know About Postpartum Is Wrong: The Science, the Sacred, and the Future of Maternal Care (Wiley/Jossey-Bass), releases November 24, 2026.
She lives in Alaska with her husband and four children.
