The Cyclical Doula Podcast: Fertility Awareness, Charting Cycles, and Reproductive Health Education
Today’s episode is a conversation with Sarah Glenn, founder of Lactation Station & More and Mothering the Mother. Sarah is a mother of seven, grandmother of eleven, and has spent over three decades supporting families through pregnancy, birth, breastfeeding, and the often-overlooked realities of postpartum.
We talk about what many parents feel but don’t always have language for: how hormones shift postpartum, how breastfeeding can impact cycles and fertility, why supply changes throughout the day, and what mental health support can look like when you’re in the thick of it.
Sarah also shares what she’s seeing after 35 years in perinatal care — including why community matters more than ever, and how simple questions (like “Do you have an appetite?”) can be surprisingly important clues in early postpartum mental health.
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Sarah’s reminder: your body isn’t failing you — it’s communicating. And support doesn’t mean you’re doing it wrong.
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