<a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/745532/open_sms">Send us a text</a>Wondering how to best manage the fourth trimester?  This week on the show we are speaking with <a href='https://www.instagram.com/kimberly.ann.johnson/'>Kimberly Ann Johnson</a>, author of  <a href='https://kimberlyannjohnson.com/the-fourth-trimester/'>"The Fourth Trimester" </a>and <a href='https://kimberlyannjohnson.com/call-of-the-wild/'>"Call of the Wild."</a> After experiencing her own “black hole” through her postpartum experience, she studied indigenous cultures around the world to learn how we can do a better job with the postpartum period.   From her experience, she determined there are five universal needs that all women across the globe require postpartum.   Today, she walks us through these five essential needs and helps us understand the best way to set ourselves up to get these needs met for a better, easier and truly restorative postpartum recovery.  If you enjoyed this episode of the Down To Birth Show, please subscribe and share with your pregnant and postpartum friends. **********Connect with us on <a href='https://www.patreon.com/downtobirthshow'>Patreon</a> for our exclusive content. Email Contact@DownToBirthShow.com <a href='https://www.instagram.com/'>Instagram @downtobirthshow</a> Call us at 802-GET-DOWN Watch the full videos of all our episodes on <a href='https://www.youtube.com/@downtobirthshow'>YouTube</a>! Work with Cynthia: 203-952-7299 <a href='http://hypnobirthingct.com/'>HypnoBirthingCT.com</a> Work with Trisha: 734-649-6294 Please remember we don’t provide medical advice. Speak to your licensed medical provider for all your healthcare matters.

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#106 | The Fourth Trimester: Interview with Author Kimberly Ann Johnson

Join Cynthia Overgard and Trisha Ludwig once per week for evidence-based straight talk on having a safe and informed birth, which starts with determining if you've hired the right provider. If we had to boil it down to a single premise, it's this: A healthy mom and baby isn't all that matters. We have more than 30 years' experience between us in midwifery, informed rights advocacy, publishing, childbirth education, postpartum support and breastfeeding, and we've personally served thousands of women and couples. Listen to the birth stories of our clients, listeners and celebrities, catch our expert-interviews, and submit your questions for...