Podcast - Episode 20 - Better Postpartum With Natalie Telyatnikov
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Interview with Natalie Telyatnikov
As a Newborn Mother, you are being invited to reinvent yourself because when a baby is born so is a mother, and the birth of a mother can be more intense than childbirth. You'll learn how to find peace and joy in the first 40 days after birth and how your postpartum experience can change your life.
In this episode, we are joined by Natalie Telyatnikov, the creator and founder of Better Postpartum. Natalie’s calling is to create better postpartum education for all mothers using her professional background in childbirth education and journalism.
Natalie is a mother of two living in Connecticut who experienced the dramatic downfall in education and care that mothers face after giving birth to her first son in 2013. She suffered postpartum depression and anxiety for over a year without knowing she had it.
Today, Natalie talks about the most common signs of postpartum depression and anxiety, what causes it, and what mothers can do to minimise the impact. Tune in to learn more on this and other exciting topics!
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What You Will Learn
[01:00] About Natalie Telyantikov
Natalie became a mother five years ago when she gave birth to her first son.
Natalie experienced postpartum depression and anxiety, which are two topics she passionately educates mothers about.
Natalie started Better Postpartum to help women learn to recognize the signs and symptoms of postpartum depression and anxiety or other postpartum challenges might look like.
Natalie teaches women how to overcome these challenges so they can really enjoy a more successful start to their new lives with their babies.
[03:14] The most common signs of postpartum depression and anxiety
Baby blues refers to any signs of depression during the first two weeks after giving birth. It is caused by hormonal fluctuations. If it runs for 6 weeks or more, it is classified as postpartum depression.
1 in 5 women globally experience postpartum depression. It’s important to know that these are only the reported cases.
Women should look out for weepiness, feelings of guilt and lethargy. Feeling overtaxed and overtired.
The severe cases are postpartum psychosis. It’s extremely rare, but unfortunately, it’s what people mistake for postpartum depression. Women think they must be fine if they do not want to harm themselves or their baby or want to run away.
Postpartum anxiety includes women feeling hyper-vigilant and worrying.
Postpartum OCD includes when people feel overly obsessed with germs, feeling the need to clean constantly and check if their baby is breathing.
[07:50] Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorder
Natalie prefers to use the term PMAD, which stands for Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorder.
Perinatal refers to the fact that this can begin during pregnancy.
Depression is stigmatized, which prevents people from associating with it.
[11:51] What are some of the risk factors for postpartum depression
When someone is prone to hormonal changes, that alone could be the culprit.
Having a baby is such an intense period of change for women’s hormones, lifestyle and finances. There are a lot of stressors surrounding the events of having a child.
It can be overwhelming for mothers who are encouraged to learn about all the different options available to them and their babies.
[13:30] Things mothers can do to reduce the risk of postpartum depression
“We need to raise awareness. Knowledge is power. If you have the awareness, you can seek help.”
There are specialists available that many women don’t know about. For example, there are lactation consultants for those struggling with breastfeeding.
Mental health problems often stem from challenges in your environment, and community makes a big difference
It is physically and emotionally difficult to become a mother.
[24:10] Redefining success as women
Women will often say they should be able to do this alone as their grandmothers did. We shouldn’t compare ourselves with our grandmothers as they didn’t have the options in their era and could have been really struggling.
We need to redefine success as women.
Change starts with us.
[24:45] The Better Postpartum Course
The Better Postpartum course is Natalie’s interviews with 16 different experts that share their best care practices.
The course features spiritual coaches, psychotherapists, and pleasure coaches in the roster of experts.
“It is so important to let go of something that does not serve you.”
[26:35] The Fully Supported Mama Program
The Fully Supported Mama Program covers many of the topics in this podcast.
It’s an eight-week course designed to be digested with bite-sized daily chunks.
These videos are emailed out daily and run from about 5-10 minutes. These videos feature all the different professionals a woman may need to hear from the postpartum experience.”
It provides the tools women need to navigate through postpartum with ease.
Connect with Natelie
Natalie Telyatnikov is a mother of 2, living in Connecticut. She is the creator and founder of Better Postpartum.
Natalie’s calling to create better postpartum education for all mothers, came from her own personal experience, merged with her professional background in childbirth education and journalism. After personally experiencing the dramatic downfall in education and care that mothers face after giving birth (when she had her first son in 2013), she suffered chronic health complications, as a result of inadequate knowledge about how to best support her health, and recover after giving birth.
Like many new mothers, Natalie forged ahead into early motherhood feeling very well prepared for the nuances of labor and delivery, but sadly underprepared in terms of knowing anything about what optimal care for oneself in the immediate aftermath of giving birth should entail.
A maternal health advocate and educator, certified in Innate Postpartum Care traditions and trained in Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorder support, Natalie has worked with new and expectant parents, teaching Baby Care Basics workshops and co-leading live Life After Birth postpartum support groups at the HypnoBirthing of CT childbirth education studio in Westport, CT since 2014.
In addition to also doing private phone consultations and healing home visits for postpartum mothers, Natalie strives to change the way society at large treats mothers everywhere–which all starts with educating mothers, providers, and families, to understand what mothers and babies truly need in order to thrive.
Website: http://betterpostpartum.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/betterpostpartum/?hl=en
Newborn Mother’s Podcast
I chat with Natalie Telyatnikov, founder of Better Postpartum, about how to prepare for having a baby. She gives us a big picture view of some of the mental health challenges mothers might face and what to do about it.
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