Postpartum Preparation
Have you thought about your fourth trimester?
The first few weeks with your baby. The time when your body heals and recovers from pregnancy and birth whilst you adjust to life with a newborn.
If not, you are not alone.
I talk to many parents whose focus was to prepare for birth and who didn’t plan much for their postpartum only realise afterward how overwhelmed and unprepared they were for the physical, emotional and practical changes they experienced.
Preparing for postpartum is more than setting up the nursery and deciding on which pram to get.
It is also about setting realistic expectations, planning on how to recover well, how to avoid postpartum depression and how to be supported in the transition into parenthood.
Preparing for your postpartum is to plan on how you are going to
heal and recover from pregnancy and birth,
get enough sleep and rest,
learn how to breastfeed,
spend time skin-to-skin with your baby to bond,
feed yourself (and your family) with nourishing foods,
receive bodywork,
keep your relationship with your partner healthy,
receive practical, emotional and mental support,
set healthy boundaries,
keep your stress levels low and your oxytocin levels high,
get time for self-care and so much more.
Let’s prepare for a postpartum that supports healing, breastfeeding and bonding.
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1:1 Postpartum Preparation Session
$250
2-hour session includes
Postpartum workbook sent prior to our catch-up.
The session itself is split into three parts: Education, Planning, Q&A
Postpartum Education such as physical changes, baby brain, matrescence, newborn behaviour, physiology of postpartum and breastfeeding.
Postpartum Planning by creating your individualised postpartum plan.
Q&A - time to ask all your questions and receive practical tips.
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Postpartum Planning Workbook
$49
50-page workbook to create your individualised postpartum plan in your own time.
It helps you to set realistic expectations, plan for rest, create couples moments, organise meals that will support recovery, mobilise your support network, set healthy boundaries, create moments for self-care and much more.