OBGYN Mom Shares Favorites + How to Survive 1 Month Postpartum | VLOG

Hello, so we are one month postpartum little hankster is going to be Five weeks old tomorrow. So we have Officially survived the first four weeks um We've kind of been going through Updates for your one week old baby and kind of one week postpartum for mom So this is kind of four weeks postpartum for mom. How you doing? I would say Personally and i've found this to be true with the last couple Around the two week mark. I sort of started feeling like myself again. Um My pelvis was much more stable bleeding really starts to decrease then Sometimes baby's starting to understand night and day and then that all just continues to improve Out at the four week mark. I will Here's We'll kind of go through your boobs your bottom all of those things that we've talked about so far, so This episode is sponsored by mom cozy I'm now a mom of three and an ob-gyn who loves being able to provide breast milk for my babies while also keeping up with our busy schedule An important part of this is having a breast pump that can keep up with me and my milk supply on the go For this i've truly enjoyed how easy and effective the mom cozy m9 wearable breast pumps are What do I love? 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Um, we're just occasional leaks if he sleeps her too long um again breast Milk supply is really getting established here usually by about that six week mark. We feel like we've we're about Settled out in terms of it was not enough then it was too much We're kind of through the too much phase and now just about to just right. Um, little babes need you know max they're usually taking 20 to 24 ounces of breast milk is baby needs um And that remains the same until about six months when they start eating solids So some babies are more on the 20 ounce. Some babies are more on the 30 ounce end, but somewhere In between there, you know what they're doing. So we're just about to the just right phase i'm still Experimenting with some different breast feeding clothes to make it easier. This is a This one's a latched mama, um You can see this Upper this kind of outer layer pulls up and then you can sneak there's an under layer where you can get access to the boob um like this find this third go around I like I've never really been into the cover because I feel like baby just gets so hot and I get so hot Um, but I do like things where my belly is still covered and like my upper chest is covered So some of the like pull down shirts Um, I find i'm just like there's a whole lot of my chest there as i'm sitting here wherever um, and that's fine like If someone's bothered by it, I have to feed my baby. I don't care but I found that I like a little more coverage this go around and so um, yeah, just Keep those my nice little belly rolls covered and We're we're finding some good stuff My water bottle continues to live with me Drinking lots of water making sure to get lots of calories. Um pumping The pumping pumping I am back to work You can't beat the spectra for your base pump Love have been trying the mom cozy wearables get a pretty decent output with that And so i've been happy, um to have been trying that Another little pro tip. I have these silicone flanges That have been very nice for pumping They're just I just like them didn't love the super hard plastic for my boobs. These are lactec Bogin makes some cushions There's different inserts Um that can make pumping more comfortable if you are an exclusive pumper or still figuring that out Check out some of the different things I have a video all about using your spectra um, and we'll Definitely do an updated video about my pumping faves. Um, because now that I am Headed back to work. Yes early all about My me wanting to go back to see patients on a very limited basis, but I miss them. So i've been trying to find the balance of Be home with my sweet little babes And wanting to get back to my patients because I miss them and i'm a little bit of a control freak despite how wonderful my Partners are who've been um taking care of them. I miss that and so have been trying to find that balance of Let's try to do a little bit of everything and it's been going. Well, so back to the Back to the pump And the three pump bags and taking all that stuff to work in terms of healing for your bottom or your c-section That generally is pretty well healed. Usually your stitches are mostly dissolved by now and bleeding is minimal pretty light panty liner-esque I say we go from this And you know your hospital mesh panties to this Week two to oh, oh, where are we now? Oh, where are we now? It's stuck over here to week four Live in the dream, right? Um so Not officially cleared to swim yet in like pool Yucky water, but baths are great Bottom feeling if you feel like it isn't With my first I ended up with a nice little labial abscess and very um A very dry vagina. I needed I saw my ob because I needed some vaginal estrogen With that estrogen drop postpartum sometimes your vagina feels that too Um, and you can have a very fry dry, um A very dry vagina that can be very painful things don't heal as well So if you feel super itchy like things aren't healing Well talk to your ob because sometimes there's some tricks that will help things in that final healing um c-section Mamas, you know, we say at the six week mark you are cleared to kind of resume exercise at that point You can lift more than 10 pounds really complete tensile strength is not Fully there, you know until the six month mark, but you are 80 of the way by about six weeks. And so that is where in terms of wound healing That's why we say hey, it's okay to resume your normal activity then in terms of What have I been doing for activity? still very focused core breathing connecting that um Diaphragmatic breath that connected breath with your pelvic floor to work on healing the pelvic floor My pelvis again definitely feels more stable every once in a while when I go to get up off the floor I'll just feel that Pubic symphysis shift a little bit and say ah, we're still a little loosey-goosey, but so much better than it has been um When you know still walks going on lots of walks doing some diastasis recti focused exercises, so Everyone every pregnant person has some diastasis recti, which is a separation of those Ab muscles and that is because you just grew a little human in there and your belly has to stretch to accommodate that So some degree of separation is normal for everyone Um Sometimes it gets much worse. This is the time when we're really working on healing it and working on gentle core exercises to rehab Your core in that diastasis. I am doing the plus one program by meg squats. She's a power lifter who has um created this Pregnancy and postpartum program for weight lifting. I love to weight lift always have And right now the exercises are gentle stretching Doing like cat cow bends while breathing doing some leg extensions clams Very simple things really focusing on your core And walking I walked five miles around the track at the ymca last weekend while kurt was in the pool with the kids um Nothing really intense I do not really start anything too intense until 10 to 12 weeks because I really want to give everything time to heal in terms of like a running or anything that uses a Valsalva Not for a while. Um, because again the pelvic floor Needs some rehab at the four week mark Baby sleep is starting to get a little Better here. We're getting a couple longer stretches. Um if I haven't Mentioned it before that. I know I have who are we getting that taking care of babies newborn sleep class is awesome Um, we have a newborn sleep episode. That is also really great newborn sleep is just totally different than Adult sleep like their sleep cycles are different. It's totally different And so right now in these first A few weeks are when you can be laying down good habits good sleep habits for your baby in the future Um, and so check out our video if you want more than that 20 minute episode check out kara's whole course it is gold um and Also again, enjoy all of the contact naps all of the snuggles. Um Because you know They say it goes fast I have not found that particularly true with My last one but now with I will say that now we are on to baby number three here You do it goes a little bit quicker because you know what's coming, you know that you know, you're gonna have a crawler Soon and you know that you're gonna be starting solid soon and you know what your what a little two-year-old is like and how cute they are and With all their different things whereas with that first baby You just don't really know what to expect and I think of it as like if I go for a run And it's like a new route and I don't know where i'm going that trip out the like Before you turn around to come home. It just feels so so long to me so long and Once I turn around to come back Oh, I know where i'm going this is going to go so much faster because I know the landmarks and I know we're almost home and I think that's kind of what it has been like with the newborn phase and with the Subsequent kiddos is you just know the landmarks and you know, what's coming so it feels like it goes a little faster um, and that Has been nice. Um there There's a quote that says no season of motherhood lasts forever and that is both a relief And a heartbreak, um, and I feel that much more Um this time with the first two it was like largely a relief that the next season would come. Um, but Anyway, I hope your first month has gone. Okay other things to think about are your mood this, you know We'll check on it with at your ob appointment, which is at that six-week mark Um, I know partners are getting very excited about that six-week mark I think kurt told me 10 days to let appointment the other day and I had a good laugh at him. Um Your mood the first two weeks baby blues are pretty common random crying feeling really emotional Um, usually that starts to go away after those two weeks um Sleep deprivation needy babies that can exacerbate it and we want to you want to keep a close eye out for postpartum Depression or anxiety they're so so common um, and if you feel like those feelings of sadness or tearfulness or not bonding with your baby or feeling like you want to harm yourself Or don't want to be here are persisting It is so so important to talk to your ob a friend your pediatrician anyone call the hotline, which we will put here below Um, this is really hard. It's really really hard um It's really hard and so we I just want to wrap you in a warm hug. I want to come over and help you Um, you know and say hey, this is normal, but sometimes it goes beyond normal and there are things you can do to help so Congrats on the first month Stick with us. We have lots of great stuff coming in terms of newborn care sleeping eating Starting solids all that stuff coming your way as well as great pregnancy content content Mamas, if you have any tips for that four week mark and surviving and thriving, please leave them in the comments below We'll see you next week We're doctors, but not your doctors. Anything we've said in this video is for education or entertainment purposes It is not medical advice any specific medical questions you have should be directed to your provider It's okay. Hi Hi Maybe in a second, but we matched so I just thought it was so cute, you know Are you gonna be happy here? We're so funny in that We say oh our kids really don't like to be put down. Why don't they like to be put down? Well Because we hold them all the time Mom would hold you for every single nap, huh? And then I wonder why you don't want to sleep by yourself. Oh, yeah