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It's A Circus - Unfiltered stories of motherhood, identity, and the art of self care

Renewed in Motherhood with Jessica

March 18, 2026 • Season 4 • Episode 20

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Host Elsa welcomes board-certified nurse practitioner and hormone specialist Jessica Silver, who shares her path from labor-and-delivery nursing to founding Renewed You, a virtual hormone practice for women often dismissed in conventional care. Jessica discusses her motherhood journey, severe postpartum anxiety, years of debilitating 104° fevers that extensive specialist testing couldn’t explain until she traced them to ovulation and menstruation. She describes ectopic pregnancy detection after insisting on an ultrasound. The conversation covers bioidentical hormones, limitations of lab “normal” ranges, testosterone for women, peptides: Jessica currently serves clients in Florida and New York.

02:05 Meet Jessica And Mom Life

05:12 Pregnancy Symptoms And Baby Names

08:11 Miscarriage And Trying Again

12:32 COVID Pregnancy As A Nurse

16:23 Delivering As An L&D Nurse

21:17 Postpartum Anxiety And Breastfeeding

24:36 Mystery Fevers And Endless Testing

31:01 Hormones Behind The Fevers

36:32 Building Renewed You Clinic

41:42 Postpartum Plan With Progesterone

49:16 Why Hormone Issues Get Missed

51:09 Vaginal Estrogen Update

52:09 Flawed Hormone Study Fallout

54:25 Doctor Education Gap

55:52 Lab Ranges Versus Optimal

59:56 When To Get Checked

01:02:14 Advocating For Better Care

01:07:15 Perimenopause Estrogen Swings

01:09:32 Testosterone For Women

01:13:20 Peptides Explained

01:17:49 Self Care And Career Shift

01:22:31 Postpartum Anxiety Reality

01:31:32 Ectopic Pregnancy Wake Up

01:42:52 Advocacy For Moms

01:47:54 Where To Find Jess

01:48:23 Podcast Closing Message

Jessica Silver is a board-certified Nurse Practitioner (FNP-C) and hormone specialist who built her practice after experiencing firsthand what so many of her patients describe — feeling dismissed, misdiagnosed, and told everything was "fine" when it clearly wasn't. That experience became the foundation for ReNu'd You | Functional & Hormonal Optimization and The Signature Hormone Optimization Method™, a 9-month clinical partnership program designed to help high-achieving women identify and address hormone dysfunction before it becomes a crisis. Certified in advanced bioidentical hormone replacement therapy (ABHRT), Jessica combines clinical precision with a deeply personal approach — helping women finally get answers that match their experience and a plan that actually works.

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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jess_silver_np/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/renud_you/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/renudyou

Website: www.renudyou.com

Free Hormone Clarity Assessment: https://hormoneclarityassessment.manus.space

The Hormone Reset Blueprint: https:

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