The questions you're asking—answered.
These are the things nobody tells you about pregnancy, birth, and postpartum...
Treat your pregnancy, birth, and postpartum like grad school—because you deserve to be completely prepared.
On The Be Well Baby Podcast, we ask all the hard questions of your providers so you don't have to figure this out alone. Hosted by Dr. Emily Spaeth: a Doctor of Physical Therapy, Board Certified Lactation Consultant, and certified trauma-informed professional who trains other providers, this isn't your typical pregnancy podcast.
From posture in pregnancy to feeding your baby to baby development to postpartum recovery, pelvic floor health, sex after birth, and navigating your career and identity; we dive deep into the topics nobody talks about openly—until now.
You'll discover what high-achieving women actually need to know about pregnancy, birth, and the fourth trimester. No fluff. No surprises. Just the evidence-based information, honest conversations, and real preparation that helps you feel confident, capable, and genuinely ready for this pivotal season of your life.
Whether you just found out you're pregnant, you're planning to return to work, navigating matrescence, or managing the incredible changes ahead, this is your space to get prepared, feel supported, and maybe even know more than your doctor does.
Ready to approach this season with intention?
The questions you're asking—answered.
These are the things nobody tells you about pregnancy, birth, and postpartum...
Treat your pregnancy, birth, and postpartum like grad school—because you deserve to be completely prepared.
On The Be Well Baby Podcast, we ask all the hard questions of your providers so you don't have to figure this out alone. Hosted by Dr. Emily Spaeth: a Doctor of Physical Therapy, Board Certified Lactation Consultant, and certified trauma-informed professional who trains other providers, this isn't your typical pregnancy podcast.
From posture in pregnancy to feeding your baby to baby development to postpartum recovery, pelvic floor health, sex after birth, and navigating your career and identity; we dive deep into the topics nobody talks about openly—until now.
You'll discover what high-achieving women actually need to know about pregnancy, birth, and the fourth trimester. No fluff. No surprises. Just the evidence-based information, honest conversations, and real preparation that helps you feel confident, capable, and genuinely ready for this pivotal season of your life.
Whether you just found out you're pregnant, you're planning to return to work, navigating matrescence, or managing the incredible changes ahead, this is your space to get prepared, feel supported, and maybe even know more than your doctor does.
Ready to approach this season with intention?
Welcome to the very first episode of the Be Well Baby Podcast.
If you're here, you're probably either pregnant, preparing to become pregnant, or supporting someone through that journey. And I want to start by being really honest with you: most of what we're taught about birth and postpartum isn't preparing us for what actually comes.
We talk a lot about contractions and hospital bags and breathing techniques. Important stuff, yes. But we barely whisper about the five-year identity-shifting season that follows.
We don't prepare you for the way your brain literally rewires itself, the way your body needs way more healing than six weeks allows, or the way partnerships totally recalibrate in the early months.
In this inaugural episode, I'm diving straight into the thing I'm most afraid to talk about—and the thing I believe you most need to hear. Because you deserve more than just surviving the postpartum years. You deserve to understand what's coming so you can actually thrive.
postpartum, birth preparation, Emily Spaeth, Be Well Baby, transformation, mental health, physical recovery, birth misconceptions, birth education, prenatal education, pregnancy prep, early support, continuous learning, birth education, postpartum identity shift, pelvic floor, newborn support
Birth Prep Is Actually Postpartum Prep
Start learning about what postpartum looks like before you're even pregnant. Understand your body's healing timeline, how your brain rewires, how partnerships shift. The earlier you begin, the less blindsided you'll be.
Postpartum Is 5 Years, Not 6 Weeks
Your six-week checkup isn't the finish line. Your body, brain, relationships, and sense of self are still shifting years later. You're not broken—you're becoming a different person.
Knowledge & A Guide Is Your Strongest Protective Factor
Knowledge reduces fear. The more you understand about your body, the medical system that currently exists, your options, your baby’s development, breastfeeding, brain rewiring, partnership shifts, and identity changes, the less alone you'll feel when you go through this.
RESOURCES
MORE ABOUT YOUR HOSTESS
As a NICU physical therapist and lactation consultant, Dr. Emily Spaeth was deeply moved by the lack of education surrounding birth, postpartum care, and infant needs. With years of experience as a prenatal yoga teacher and massage therapist, she saw firsthand how essential the right movement during pregnancy is for an optimal birth and smooth recovery. Birth impacts both mother and baby, and she is fortunate to work with both.
She founded Be Well Baby™ to bridge this gap. What started as a home visit practice in Portland, OR quickly grew into something much larger, as the demand for her approach became clear. Today, her online Beyond Birth Blueprint offers a transformative journey toward an empowered birth and a connected postpartum. The program integrates the Body Ready Method® and provides everything you need to know about childbirth, breastfeeding, postpartum recovery, and babies—along with ongoing coaching and accountability to help you achieve all your goals.