“I’m 25 weeks pregnant with my second 😊 My first baby I took prenatals with iron both during pregnancy and postpartum. My pregnancy was fairly smooth but during postpartum my baby had a misdiagnosed (missed altogether) tongue tie that resulted in chronic mastitis in me for the first month and my baby falling off her growth curve and needing donor milk and at one point formula was advised. I literally thought I was going to die because my mastitis infections were so bad and I had to pump since my baby couldn’t transfer milk well. I triple fed for 10 weeks while I got my baby’s ties addressed and worked with a chiro to help her tension release.

I was so stressed and discouraged that I couldn’t naturally feed my baby with ease as I saw my friends doing. And my daughter developed anaphylactic food allergies to top it off. When I started RCP, I started feeling so much better and im hopeful for this next baby and especially postpartum. I’ve already felt much more energy during this entire pregnancy and I’ve had less back pain. I was a little concerned if I would be getting enough folate but my first ultrasound at 20 weeks indicated a beautiful spine! This baby also feels more “calm” even in utero, I’m hopeful for one of those “RCP babies” that Morley talked about in a pregnancy podcast I listened to.

Update: I had a calm, mellow RCP baby at the end of October. He was born naturally at almost 41 weeks at a local birth center with our midwife and a nurse. I am so so thankful!! He nurses well and is gaining weight. He is happy, alert and interactive. “

– Juliana