5:41 My Postpartum Hormones Were Wrecked: Parasites, Heavy Periods & Why My Doctors Kept Ignoring Me
About this episode
Jessie shares her struggles with postpartum hormone issues and the medical challenges she faced.
After having kids, Jessie started experiencing extreme postpartum hormone issues that nobody could explain. Heavy periods lasting weeks, exhaustion, brain fog, anemia, hormone imbalances, parasites, detoxing, functional medicine, and feeling completely dismissed by doctors. In this solo episode of Baby Then What, Jessie opens up about the postpartum health journey she’s been quietly dealing with behind the scenes, including the terrifying symptoms she ignored for too long, the parasite cleanse that changed everything, and why she stopped accepting “this is normal postpartum” as an answer. This episode covers: Postpartum hormone imbalance symptoms Heavy postpartum periods & anemia Parasite cleanse experience (yes… actual parasites) Functional medicine vs traditional doctors Brain fog, exhaustion & low iron Endocrine disruptors & toxins Plastic, BPA & hormone health Gut health & postpartum recovery Why moms feel dismissed medically The truth about postpartum health after kids If you’ve been feeling exhausted, off, hormonal, anxious, depleted, or like your body hasn’t felt the same since having kids, this episode will make you feel a lot less alone. 👶 New here…
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