12. Stephanie Geffrard - Positive IVF Journey in Same Sex Marriage, Emergency C-section, Healing Through Connection, and Tackling Diabetes in Postpartum

Today on the podcast I chat with Stephanie about her birth and early postpartum experience with her wife and new son Maison. She shares everything from having a fairly positive emergency C-section experience to having to emotionally grieve over her past self after becoming a mom. She even shares about tackling her diabetes with simple nutrition interventions. It was lovely to talk to Stephanie about her transition into motherhood and hear of her optimism and gratitude. I hope you enjoy her uplifting story as much as I did!

TOPICS WE COVER:

• Getting pregnant in a same sex marriage
• Loving being pregnant
• Seeing postpartum being portrayed as "negative" but choosing to ignore it and staying optimistic
• Lots of monitoring due to being high risk (IVF) but enjoying it
• Having gestational diabetes
• What you really don't need on your registry
• Induction turned emergency C-section
• Having the baby blues
• Rough sleep the first 2-3 weeks postpartum
• Living on the 6th floor with a broken elevator!
• Talking with friends and wife helped with grieving past life
• Grandma helping with baby care
• Losing weight with healthy eating postpartum
• Managing diabetes with simple nutrition tactics
• Wanting another baby
• There should be more support for new moms!

STEPHANIE'S INSTAGRAM RESOURCES:

Connect with Stephanie @stephgeffrard

Postpartum Mental Health @4th.trimester.wellness

Baby + Toddler Sleep @heysleepybaby

Speech + Feeding @eatplaysay

Breastfeeding Help @lactationhub

Podcast written and produced by Natalie Welch

Audio Engineering by Kevin Welch