The Truth About Postpartum Care with JaLisa White

In this episode, I sit down with JaLisa White, a working doula from Newcastle, Delaware, for an honest, unfiltered conversation about pregnancy, loss, and postpartum survival.

JaLisa shares her journey through three pregnancies — starting with a stillbirth at 16 that she went through largely alone, a second pregnancy navigated inside a toxic relationship, and finally her “COVID baby,” where she became her own advocate against a hospital system that didn’t always have her best interests in mind.

We talk about the breastfeeding struggles nobody prepares you for, the isolation of postpartum during lockdown, and the moment she checked herself into a mental health facility just to get a break — and what she learned from that experience. JaLisa also opens up about how becoming a doula gave her a way to turn her own hardest moments into support for other mothers.

This conversation covers what’s missing in postpartum education for young Black women, why awareness of support programs is so scarce after birth (not just during pregnancy), and why having a real support network — not just a service — changes everything.

If you’re a mother, a doula, or someone who loves one, this episode is for you.

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