Decoding My Postpartum Labs: How Pregnancy, Birth, and Breastfeeding Showed Up in My Body
EPISODE #92 — MAY 15, 2026
My postpartum lab results were surprising. In this episode, I’m walking you through what I tested and how pregnancy, birth, breastfeeding, stress, sleep deprivation, and overall life left very real patterns in my body months later. We talk about the difference between conventional vs. functional lab interpretation and why context matters just as much as the lab values themselves. To that point, I also share more about my specific pregnancy/birth/postpartum experience and how those experiences influenced my results. I get into how I used my particular test results to connect the dots and create a streamlined recovery plan moving forward. More than anything, this episode is about understanding that your body is not random – it’s responding in its own unique way to everything it’s been through.
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In this episode:
01:05 — I finally got my postpartum lab results back
03:03 — Functional vs conventional lab testing
05:38 — Context matters just as much as the numbers
08:25 — My preconception lab testing + results
12:24 — The impact of my pregnancy/birth experience
17:01 — The foundations: women’s health blood panel
22:04 — Micronutrient testing: vitamins, minerals, amino acids
26:22 — The GI-MAP: gut microbiome diversity and more
30:45 — Looking at the big picture
34:25 — Answers, validation, and a personalized plan
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