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In this deeply personal episode, Amy Hellmers shares her journey from labor and delivery nurse to functional medicine advocate. After 20+ years witnessing births, Amy experienced devastating loss when her 15-year-old son Jake died suddenly from bacterial meningitis. This tragedy, combined with her own postpartum health struggles and perimenopause symptoms, led her to discover functional medicine and develop the RESTORE Method.

What You'll Learn:

• How pregnancy and childbirth create lasting metabolic changes that can affect mothers for decades
• Why traditional medicine often misses the connection between postpartum recovery and long-term health issues
• The shocking maternal health crisis Amy witnessed when returning to labor and delivery in 2022
• How functional medicine testing revealed the root causes of Amy's chronic fatigue, brain fog, and hormonal imbalances
• Why current postpartum care fails to address the generational impact of processed foods on maternal health
• The science behind microchimerism - how your baby's cells stay in your body for life

Keywords: postpartum recovery, maternal health crisis, functional medicine for moms, chronic fatigue after pregnancy, perimenopause symptoms, postpartum thyroid dysfunction, iron deficiency postpartum, labor and delivery nurse, grief and healing, microchimerism, RESTORE method, beyond exhausted moms, postpartum metabolic matrix, functional health coaching

Perfect for: Exhausted moms, women struggling with unexplained fatigue years after childbirth, mothers dealing with "normal" lab results but persistent symptoms, anyone interested in functional medicine approaches to women's health, and healthcare providers seeking deeper understanding of long-term postpartum recovery.

Connect with Amy: Join the Friends of Beyond Exhausted community on Skool and follow along as we uncover why your body is still telling the story of pregnancy - and how to finally heal.

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Join the Beyond Exhausted community of moms who refuse to accept dysfunction as their destiny. Connect with Amy at kingwoodfunctionalhealth.com and follow me on Instagram @kingwoodfunctionalhealth