Mother Bodies
S1 Ep14 Lyanne Nicholl: Feeling furious about (a lack of) postnatal care, why gaps in research matter and surviving lockdown parenting
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Episode notes
Lyanne Nicholl speaks to journalist Rosie Taylor about the inspiration for her book Your Postnatal Body: A top-to-toe guide to caring for yourself after pregnancy and birth. Lyanne shares why she felt abandoned after the birth of her first child; the challenges she faced caring for her second baby during lockdown; and how big gaps in women's health research have a real effect on our postnatal wellbeing. She also discusses the encouraging new schemes which could improve life for new mums in the UK - and why making a postpartum plan could be the best thing you ever do.
You can order Lyanne's book here and follow her on Instagram: @thatLyanne and Twitter: @ThatLyanne.
There is some information here on the maternal mental health hubs and some here on the plans for pelvic health hubs, including lists of pilot areas, which Lyanne describes in the episode. If your region is on the lists you should be able to search for details of your local service.
If you're interested in booking an appointment with a women's health physio, you can request an NHS referral via your GP or search for a local private physio here.
Organisations that offer help and support with postnatal mental health issues include Pandas and Make Birth Better (for birth trauma).
On the Mother Bodies podcast, Rosie is on a mission to find out why postnatal health is still so overlooked and to uncover the biases and inequalities which mean women so often don’t get the care, support or treatment they need after having a baby. She speaks to fascinating guests about their personal stories of recovery after birth, how the politics of postnatal health affects us all - and the big ideas which could change mothers' lives for the better.
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