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The episode discusses breastfeeding through personal experiences, clinical insights, and innovations in maternal health.

In this episode of the Patient Innovations Podcast, hosts Rashmi Kandwal and Colleen Rogers explore breastfeeding from three perspectives: lived experience, clinical medicine, and maternal health innovation. New mom and content creator Brittany Runck opens up about her fertility journey, a NICU stay with her son Briggs, and what she calls the "middle ground" that doesn't get talked about enough. Dr. Michelle Haggerty, DO, MPH, IBCLC — founder of Fourth Trimester Doc — brings clinical precision to the question of why postpartum care in America is failing mothers, and what it looks like to actually fix it. And Ashley Mooneyham, PhD, co-founder and CEO of Momease Solutions, shares the research behind a 97% dissatisfaction rate with breast pumps — and the startup she built to do something about it. Every feeding path is real. Every mother deserves support. Top Learnings From This Episode What the "fourth trimester" is and why it matters for maternal health Matrescence: the birth of a mother, and why it deserves the same attention as adolescence Why 60% of maternal deaths happen postpartum — and 85% are considered preventable The connection between lactation and maternal mental health…

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