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The Postpartum Years

Mary Ellen Kramp DPT, CLT

Hosted by Dr. Mary Ellen Kramp, The Postpartum Years is a podcast exploring the physical and emotional realities that come after birth—those days, weeks, months and years when women’s bodies, hormones, and identities are transforming. As a doctor of physical therapy and pelvic health specialist, Mary Ellen sits down with fellow clinicians, physicians, lactation consultants, and other women’s health experts to have candid, evidence-based conversations about the challenges nobody talks about enough—from breastfeeding and pelvic recovery to hormones, pain, and postpartum mental health.

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45 episodes

  1. From Naples to the DC Suburbs: Nechumah on Two Births, a Military Life, and Discovering Pelvic PT at 50 28:58
  2. From Unheard to Unstoppable: Molly on Two Very Different Births and Finally Getting Pelvic PT 29:06
  3. From Breech to Home Birth to Pandemic Baby: Marnina Walks Through All Three 31:30
  4. Six Weeks Is the Beginning, Not the End: Maya on Birth, Depression, and What Recovery Actually Takes 23:10
  5. A Surprise Pregnancy at 44, COVID in the Hospital, and the Perfect Storm That Followed: Kelli's Story 18:18
  6. Postpartum Without a Baby: Dr. Julie Bindeman on Pregnancy Loss 40:49
  7. Learning to Be a Mother Alone at 20, and What She Would Tell Every New Mom Now 23:37
  8. Intense, Guilty, and Not in Your Head: Jennifer Steiger on Postpartum Rage 20:43
  9. The Trauma Doesn't Disappear When the Baby Arrives: Jennifer Steiger on Fertility and Postpartum 23:30
  10. A Miscarriage, a Popeyes Parking Lot, and Six Units of Blood: Bev (Part 2) 30:29
  11. From Hemorrhage to Quarantine: Bev's First Two Birth Stories (Part 1) 22:02
  12. Six Years of Trying, Two Very Different Births, and Knowing Your Own Body: Mary Lisan's Story 19:47
  13. Breastfeeding Shouldn't Hurt: Dr. Kellie Soltis on the Thompson Method and Getting Real Support 19:59
  14. Two Births, Two Completely Different Outcomes: Amanda's Story 31:51
  15. Getting Back to Intimacy After Baby: A Pelvic PT's Honest Guide 21:43
  16. The Goddess of Hemorrhoids: Liz Jones on the Postpartum Symptom Nobody Wants to Talk About 17:23
  17. What Every Postpartum Woman Should Know About Hernias, with Dr. Shirin Towfigh 45:47
  18. Pregnancy Loss, Birth Injury, and the Long Road Back: One Pelvic PT's Personal Journey 37:48
  19. The Issues Are in the Tissues: A Pelvic PT's Own Postpartum Story 32:54
  20. Postpartum Through a Therapist's Eyes 31:57
  21. 50 Hours of Labor, a C-Section, and the Breastfeeding Dream That Didn't Happen 40:03
  22. The Postpartum Recovery Nobody Warned Me About: Dr. Kramp's Story (Part 2) 41:34
  23. When Birth Goes Sideways: Dr. Mary Ellen Kramp's Own Birth Story (Part 1) 36:58
  24. Trust Your Body: Rachel Kaufman on Premature Birth, Instinct, and the Long Road of C-Section Recovery 43:13
  25. Postpartum Anxiety, OCD, and Living with Endometriosis 26:02
  26. When the System Fails You: A Pediatrician's Postpartum Reality 31:00
  27. Why Exercise Alone Won't Heal Your Core: Diastasis Recti, Posture, and the Case for Manual Therapy with Lynn Schulte, PT 27:09
  28. Healing Diastasis Recti After Birth: What the Research Gets Wrong with Lynn Schulte, PT 26:19
  29. Weaning: Choice, Timing, and Letting Go 30:21
  30. Diastasis Recti, Part 3: What the Research Really Says 20:18
  31. Diastasis Recti, Part 2: Strength, Load, and Real Recovery 26:38
  32. Diastasis Recti, Part 1: What It Is and Why It Matters 27:02
  33. Raynaud’s and Breastfeeding Pain 16:42
  34. One Body, Three Births 28:25
  35. Tongue Ties: Healing, and the Bigger Picture 26:22
  36. Tongue Ties: Assessment, Release, and Controversy 27:25
  37. Tongue Ties: Why it is a Postpartum Problem! 44:32
  38. Yeast: When Breastfeeding Hurts 40:43
  39. Antibiotics: The Good and The Bad 35:32
  40. Mastitis, Part 2 45:56
  41. Mastitis, Part 1 50:58
  42. Trauma, Pregnancy, & Postpartum with Lauren Mansell 41:10
  43. Oversupply 21:44
  44. Undersupply 53:24
  45. Welcome to The Postpartum Years 2:29