Love of My Life, Please Go to Sleep And Other Fourth Trimester Psychological Experiments

Take Me Back To The Trenches

Coming to you from the four-month sleep regression trenches, Maddie explores a slightly unhinged but very real thought: why am I missing the tough times? From newborn chaos to the mucky middle of recovery, this episode unpacks what’s really going on when the present feels unpredictable and overwhelming, and the past suddenly feels… simpler. Not easier, but simpler. Maddie reflects on how expectations shape our experience of hard seasons, why regressions (in babies and in life) hit so differently, and what it means to be constantly meeting new versions of your baby - and yourself. She also shares a personal moment of craving early recovery routines, and how that pull toward structure and familiarity can show up when everything feels a little out of control. If you’ve ever found yourself thinking “take me back” in the middle of a tough phase, this episode is a gentle reminder that you’re not actually meant to go backwards..you’re just in something new.

Love of My Life, Please Go to Sleep And Other Fourth Trimester Psychological Experiments

Early motherhood is not hard because it is only difficult. It is hard because it is contradictory. In this episode, Maddie shares the psychological experiment otherwise known as the fourth trimester. Where you are told to “sleep when the baby sleeps” by people who have apparently never met a baby. The phase where you crave help but also need complete operational control over every diaper tab and sleep transition. There is no sleep but plenty of time. Then there is sleep but no time. At three months, there is neither. This episode unpacks the paradoxes: overstimulated yet under-stimulated, fiercely capable yet completely unsure, wildly in love yet occasionally longing for 36 uninterrupted minutes alone. Ten contradictions. One tiny human. Zero linear logic. Love of my life, please go to sleep.

Not Everyone Is Coming With You

Not everyone can come with you. And that’s fine. Some people drift, some people surprise you, and some people you thought would be ride-or-die quietly… aren’t. Life chapters do that. Recovery did it. Pregnancy did it. Motherhood is doing it right now. Some friends pull back because watching you get better—or just survive—is harder than you think. Some are exhausted, or busy, or confused. And some, the ones who have been there already, appear out of nowhere like, “I got you, here’s what you need,” and it’s magic. Pregnancy and babyhood do the same thing. Plans get cancelled. Availability shrinks. Your world gets tiny. And the friends who get it get it instantly. The ones who don’t… well, they’re still nice people, just… elsewhere. This episode is about letting friendships shift without turning anyone into a villain. About realizing some relationships pause, some change shape, and some just stick. And maybe giving everyone—including yourself—a little grace while that happens. If your friend group looks different than it used to and you’re trying to figure out whether to mourn it, shrug, or send passive-aggressive texts… this one’s for you. -- Social Media Instagram / uncoverypod Twitter / X / uncoverypod Facebook / uncoverypod Find the podcast at Apple podcast https://apple.co/3reFgc5 Spotify https://spoti.fi/32JnbsF Soundcloud / uncoverypod Google Podcast https://shorturl.at/lnQX5 Website https://uncoverypod.com

We Make [Birth] Plans...

We make birth plans. Detailed ones. Researched ones. Slightly smug ones. And then... In this episode, Maddie reflects on her birth story, not as a dramatic retelling, but as a very real lesson in how quickly certainty dissolves once your body and baby are actually in charge. From 36 hours of labour, early contractions that skipped the warm-up, plans that quietly fell away, and an epidural she swore she’d never get (and is now deeply grateful for), this is a story about being wrong in the most humbling, human way. Along the way, she explores what birth reveals about control, preparation, self-consciousness, and the strange relief that comes with letting go of an “ideal.” There are parallels to eating disorder recovery, perfectionism, and learning to trust your body when things don’t go the way you imagined..plus a few moments that are funny now, even if they absolutely weren’t at the time. Plans, pivots, and the quiet power of adapting when reality takes over. Because we make plans. And babies laugh.

The Body That Grew My Baby

In this week’s episode of The Uncovery Podcast, Maddie returns with a very special new co-host: her baby, who is deeply committed to being physically attached to a parent at all times and therefore features prominently in the background soundtrack. Maddie shares what it was actually like to go through pregnancy and birth without her eating disorder thoughts coming back, even as her body changed rapidly and completely outside her control. She shares how she approached pregnancy through intuition, nutrition, routine, and connection and explores why pregnancy can be such a trigger zone for body image, how she stayed grounded in full recovery, and what it feels like to move from fighting her body to partnering with it. This is for anyone who’s pregnant, wants to be pregnant someday, has struggled with body image, or simply wants to hear an honest account of how recovery and pregnancy can coexist peacefully .. even positively. -- Social Media Instagram / uncoverypod Twitter / X / uncoverypod Facebook / uncoverypod Find the podcast at Apple podcast https://apple.co/3reFgc5 Spotify https://spoti.fi/32JnbsF Soundcloud / uncoverypod Google Podcast https://shorturl.at/lnQX5 Website https://uncoverypod.com