← Expert Panel Series · Recording 02

When the Village Leaves

After the fourth trimester: a conversation on postpartum isolation, masking, and the support gap after six weeks.

Recorded May 2025 · January Health

Featured Expert

Dr. Hila Sachs

Dr. Hila Sachs

Clinical Psychologist · Bloom Parenthood

Dr. Sachs works with women navigating the postpartum identity shift — including the high-achieving women most likely to mask what they're experiencing. In this conversation she unpacks the six-week clearance, the limits of standard screening, and what genuinely effective support requires.

In This Conversation

01

The six-week cliff

Why clinical support ends before the psychological foundation is dry — and what arrives in its place.

02

Why "I'm fine" is so easy to say

High-achieving women, masking, and how standard screening tools like the EPDS are misrepresented in a ten-minute appointment.

03

What effective support requires

Accessible, consistent, personalized — and planned before birth, so the door to help is already open.

04

The redefined village

The infrastructure of community hasn't vanished — it has to be rebuilt for how postpartum actually unfolds.

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The biggest lie we're led to believe is that once the newborn phase is over, we'll be back to our normal selves.
Dr. Hila Sachs · Clinical Psychologist, Bloom Parenthood

The Modern Village

You shouldn't have to perform
being okay to receive care.

January is virtual, personalized postpartum support that already knows your story — and shows up well past the six-week mark.