Jodi Hillebrand

Postpartum depression can't be diagnosed until six weeks postpartum.

It doesn't necessarily mean sitting around crying.

It can manifest as anxiety, fear of being alone with the baby, or so fear of your person leaving the house and leaving you alone with the baby.

In offering support during this time, you need to try and make it as easy on the person as possible.

Jordi Salander is a trusted, experienced, and compassionate postpartum expert and maternal wellness advocate, best known as the founder of Postpartum Expert, where she helps mothers through postpartum recovery and healing.

Postpartum support matters.

We just don't do a good job.

We don't provide practical support.

Everyone who wants to come see the baby, come help.

Do something practical for her.

And we don't even separate puppies from their mothers for eight weeks.

Why are we separating women from their babies at six?

Yeah.

Postpartum Expert is the umbrella brand for a few different of my companies, but that is what we're doing.

I still feel a little bummed.

No, I feel good.

I shared a lot, and I'm not used to sharing my personal story, but it feels good to put it out there.

And my purpose in sharing is that if it resonates with somebody, then...

Great.

You know, it'll resonate with who it needs to and people who need to receive it will receive the message.