Envision two timelines of the fourth trimester. The arrival and intertwining of a newborn is life’s most underestimated miraculous challenge! Simultaneously, it is the most joyous, neurologically and physically demanding season a parent will ever experience. While many parents prepare for birth, which can last anywhere from a few hours to 48 hours, the weeks that follow are a marathon in which the presence or absence of a single factor can create two entirely differen