Today I speak with Kalista Anderson, a Registered Nurse, Certified Lactation Counselor, and mom of three. Kallista helps pregnant mamas get ready for their baby by preparing their self, space, and significant other. She does so through her podcast, The New Mom Boss Podcast, as well as coaching, and online course New Mom Prep School. Her dedication to helping first-time moms was born when she had her first 2 kids 13 months apart -- experiencing the new mom phase back to back. It is her mission to make preparing to be a new mom simple and thorough so that women can enter motherhood with confidence and joy so that they can build a strong bond with their baby.  We talk about: -having a section Tim experience the first time around -experiencing postpartum depression -sleep training -sleep for mental health -getting your body back postpartum -seasonal affect disorder -helping moms through podcast and coaching -collect and select -embracing the virtual community Time Stamps 1:00 introduction 4:45 expectations versus reality 7:20 having babies back to back 8:55 changes with the third pregnancy  13:30 importance of sleep  15:18 urgency to return to normal 20:30 podcast and programming 25:08 5th trimester 28:15 rapid fire questions CONNECT WITH CARRIE IG: https://www.instagram.com/carriepagliano/ Website: https://carriepagliano.com CONNECT WITH KALISTA IG: https://www.instagram.com/newmomboss/ Website: www.newmomboss.com The Active Mom Postpartum Podcast is A Real Moms' Guide to Postpartum for active moms & the postpartum professionals who help them in their journey. This show has been a long time in the making! You can expect conversation with moms and postpartum professionals from all aspects of the industry. If you're like me, you don't have a lot of free time (heck, you're probably listening at 1.5x speed), so theses interviews will be quick hits to get your the pertinent information FAST! If you love what you hear, share the podcast with a friend and leave us a 5 start rating and review. It helps us become more visible in the search algorithm! (Helps us get seen by more moms that need to hear these stories!!!!)