Uncertainty breeds panic. This has been especially true as we have navigated the world of Covid. For Stephaine the uncertainty played into her existing anxiety and made the last few months of pregnancy unbearable. Listen as she shares her story and why postpartum has been so much easier than pregnancy and delivery. Stephaine was already working fro…

What would you do if you found out in two weeks you would become a parent? Not nine or ten months. Two WEEKS. That’s exactly what happened to Steven and he took up the mantle in such a loving way. Listen in to hear his story and learn how NayaCare has supported him in parenthood. Two weeks before his sister went into labor with her fourth child, sh…

Can you imagine being told you may have to birth your baby at home, telephonically? Colleen didn’t have to experience that but some of the expecting moms in her circle did. Thank goodness she knew her rights, but her birth was anything but easy. Colleen works in the restaurant industry and her husband is a firefighter. They are both considered esse…

I think at this point we can all agree that no two people have had a similar experience with Covid. This pandemic has rocked the bedrock of some of the most foundational beliefs we have. Listen as Amanda shares her story of having to deal with not one, but two hospitalizations during Covid. Amanda and her husband were completing fertility treatment…

Emmy’s pregnancy wasn’t the easiest in the world, but this time it wasn’t due to the pandemic. This was Emmy’s second child and her second high risk pregnancy. In fact, she had her sweet little girl just before the world shut down. Unfortunately, she still had to deal with Covid. Just after delivery Emmy’s little girl was diagnosed with a congenita…

There was nothing else. Everyone needs to know about in-home postpartum care. At least that’s what Caitlin believes. When she was pregnant with her second child she knew that she wanted a different experience. Listen in to hear her story. With her first child, Caitlin thought being a former fitness instructor who’d worked out all through her pregna…

To go from not being sure you wanted to have a baby, to finally thinking now was the time, to being plopped into the middle of a pandemic would be a lot for anyone. Meagan had been struggling with anxiety and depression and surprisingly, despite the hardships, had an amazing pregnancy. Meagan never really pictured herself as a mom. However when her…

It didn’t seem like it was going to be all that bad! Lauren had her beautiful baby boy right as our area began to shut down. But she wasn’t at all prepared for how Covid impacted her postpartum journey. Listen as she shares her story and why she’s so happy she invested in NayaCare for her postpartum care. Lauren and her husband were told that it ma…

For Olivia, pregnancy was a bit of a surprise. Though she and her husband were trying, she’d only recently stopped taking her birth control after several years and honestly thought it would take longer to get pregnant. Surprise! One month later she had a positive pregnancy test. Her pregnancy was fairly typical, no huge complications, but just befo…

Our first story comes from Chelsea. She and her fiance were very excited to be welcoming their first little one, but she realized quickly that pregnancy, birth, and postpartum were truly going to be a whole new experience. She shares everything from craving fried chicken even though she had been a pescatarian for over 3 years to developing carpal t…

Hi! I’m Sonal Patel. I am a Board-Certified Pediatrician and Neonatologist and after my own postpartum experiences, I knew there had to be a better way. I started NayaCare, an in-home maternal-infant health practice for families and babies navigating the 4th Trimester. The more I’ve learned about the 4th Trimester and the way our country handles th…