Description:

What do birth trauma, bone broth, lactation cookies, and career pivots have in common? For Samantha Byington, they all played a part in her journey to becoming a postpartum doula and certified lactation counselor.

In this episode, we talk with Samantha about the miscarriage that changed how she viewed maternal care, the home birth that followed, and how postpartum rocked her in ways she didn’t expect. She opens up about what it really felt like to transition into motherhood—and how feeding others, both as a chef and as a mom, became her way of healing and supporting women through that same transition.

In This Episode:

⏳ 00:00 – Rethinking “safety” in birth and parenting: What does it really mean to be safe?
⏳ 03:00 – Sam’s path from ceramics to cooking to postpartum care
⏳ 05:00 – The miscarriage that changed everything
⏳ 09:00 – Home birth after loss: what shifted her mindset
⏳ 14:00 – “I just did that for 27 hours... and now I have to feed a baby?”
⏳ 18:00 – Why postpartum hit harder than expected
⏳ 22:00 – How food became a love language
⏳ 24:00 – The “I get why people stop” moment of nursing
⏳ 32:00 – Food as care: what she loves to cook for new moms and why it matters
⏳ 35:00 – Her favorite things to deliver, what she’s learned about lactation, and how she wants to support other mothers

Find Samantha:

🌐 Postpartum Nurture – Samantha’s site for food, doula care, and lactation support
📸 Follow Samantha on Instagram – Her evolving journey and postpartum offerings

Links & Resources:

📸 Follow Sage Mother Co. on Instagram

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