Fourth Trimester: The First Months and Beyond | Parenting | Newborn Baby | Postpartum | Doula
Sep 19, 2026 · 31 min · 9 segments
This conversation is about building a well-resourced postpartum support system - learn 'what I wish I knew and what I'd do differently if I could have a do-over' about birth and the fourth trimester…
Casey KeenGuestSarah TrottHostI'm a new mama, and this podcast is all about postpartum care for the first few months following birth, the time period also known as the fourth trimester.
She's a mother, grandmother, perinatal educator, birth and postpartum care provider.
Fourth trimester care, our topic, is about the practical, emotional, and social support parents and baby require.
And today we're going to be talking about what you need to know from an education standpoint so that you can create as much of a well-resourced fourth trimester or postpartum period.
And Casey Keen is the author of The Alchemy of Motherhood, and she is the founder of a company by the same name, where she provides education for professionals and individuals.
She writes and speaks about the realities of pregnancy, birth, and postpartum life.
And she talks about her own experience with birth trauma, postpartum preeclampsia, postpartum depression, postpartum anxiety.
So again, this conversation is about building a well-resourced postpartum support system.
And through her experience and advocacy, we're looking at people, information, follow-up care, practical resources that can help mothers feel supported and strong, including when the routine health care system does not cover every need.
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I'm a new mama, and this podcast is all about postpartum care for the first few months following birth, the time period also known as the fourth trimester.
She's a mother, grandmother, perinatal educator, birth and postpartum care provider.
Fourth trimester care, our topic, is about the practical, emotional, and social support parents and baby require.
And today we're going to be talking about what you need to know from an education standpoint so that you can create as much of a well-resourced fourth trimester or postpartum period.
And Casey Keen is the author of The Alchemy of Motherhood, and she is the founder of a company by the same name, where she provides education for professionals and individuals.
She writes and speaks about the realities of pregnancy, birth, and postpartum life.
And she talks about her own experience with birth trauma, postpartum preeclampsia, postpartum depression, postpartum anxiety.
So again, this conversation is about building a well-resourced postpartum support system.
And through her experience and advocacy, we're looking at people, information, follow-up care, practical resources that can help mothers feel supported and strong, including when the routine health care system does not cover every need.
