40. Dr. Emilie Wilson - Naturopathic Doctor and Business Owner, Becoming a Mom at 42, Home Birth with Hospital Transfer, Postpartum Depression Despite Family Support, and the Maternal Health Crisis

In today’s episode we have Dr. Emilie Wilson on to share her story of becoming a mom. Emilie is a naturopathic doctor who helps women change their bodies and get the life they truly desire, and have a transformational, empowering postpartum experience.

In her story she shares openly about her birth and postpartum experience at 42 years old and how it was really nothing like what she had imaged or hoped it would be. And it had nothing to do with her age!

Some of the topics Emilie touches on:

• Switching from OB care to midwifery care 
• Having an unmedicated homebirth but feeling “not present”
• PP hemorrhage and hospital transfer 
• Being severely anemic and entering PP feeling utterly shocked and exhausted 
• PP chills and intense temperature fluctuations 
• Healing for 6 weeks before she could go for a walk
• Surprised by the length of the PP healing process
• As a business owner, how she would do PP leave differently if she could have a do-over
• How PP care falls so short in the US
• Neuroplasticity in PP and how it is similar to adolescence 
• Struggles with PP depression despite adequate family support  
• The need to rebrand our worth and value our hard work as mamas
• How she is helping to address the maternal health crisis 

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Website: sanoswellness.com

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IG: @sanoswellness

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