Pregnancy: Fourth Trimester | This Podcast Will Kill You #171

Content Warning: This episode includes mentions of miscarriage, pregnancy loss, pregnancy complications, traumatic birth experiences, and other potentially disturbing topics related to childbirth, pregnancy, and the postpartum period. We close out our pregnancy series with a big picture view of how the childbirth experience has changed over the past century - both for the better and for the worse. From home to hospital, what have we lost and what have we gained? We also delve into the period known as the fourth trimester, examining the physiological changes that can occur after childbirth as well as one of the most common (but not commonly discussed) conditions that people develop during this time: postpartum depression. Tune into this info-packed episode, and don’t forget to send us your recommendations for future topics! Support this podcast by shopping our latest sponsor deals and promotions at this link: https://bit.ly/3WwtIAu IMAGE/VIDEO SOURCES Illustrations from Historical Home Birth (Welcome Images / CC BY 4.0) Illustrations from Historical Home Birth (Everett Collection Historical / Alamy) US Childbirth Trends (Judith Walzer Leavitt. "Brought to Bed". 1986. Oxford University Press.) Illustrations from Historical Home Birth (Welcome Images / CC BY 4.0) Forceps of Varying Sizes (World History Archive / Alamy) US Maternal Mortality (Judith Walzer Leavitt. "Brought to Bed". 1986. Oxford University Press.) Edinburgh Depression Scale (cope.org) Erin Welsh, Ph.D. is a co-host of the This Podcast Will Kill You. She is a disease ecologist and epidemiologist and works full-time as a science communicator through her work on the podcast. Erin Allmann Updyke, MD, Ph.D. is a co-host of This Podcast Will Kill You. She’s an epidemiologist and disease ecologist currently in the final stretch of her family medicine residency program. The Exactly Right podcast network provides a platform for bold, creative voices to bring to life provocative, entertaining and relatable stories for fans of true crime, comedy and popular culture. Created by Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark, hosts of the hit podcast My Favorite Murder, the ever-growing Exactly Right roster of podcasts covers a variety of topics and points of view, serving highly engaged audiences everywhere. Subscribe to the Exactly Right Channel!    / exactlyrightmedia   Follow This Podcast Will Kill You on Instagram:   / thispodcastwillkillyou   Follow Exactly Right on Instagram:   / exactlyright   Follow Exactly Right on Twitter:   / exactlyright   Follow Exactly Right on Facebook:   / exactlyrightmedia   Follow all Exactly Right podcasts: https://www.exactlyrightmedia.com