Postpartum planning & support
How to plan a calm, supported fourth trimester: gathering your village, organising meals and help, and what postpartum support can look like.
Setting Up Your Postpartum Meal Train
Postpartum is a season of surrender. Your body is recovering from growing and birthing a whole human, your hormones are recalibrating, and somewhere in the middle of all that, you’re learning to mother. This is not a time to be doing it all yourself, and yet so many of us try to.
Navigating a Postpartum Christmas
There is so much excitement around the festive season and around welcoming a new little love into the family. This time comes with so many different opinions, expectations and feelings to juggle and those early weeks and months of motherhood can be a really fragile and emotional time for new mums.
How Women’s Health Physiotherapy Supports Postpartum Mothers
Women’s Health Physiotherapy plays a crucial role in helping mothers heal, rebuild strength, and prevent long-term issues. Yet, many mums don’t realise just how essential it is for postpartum recovery or they put it off out of fear.
How to Find the Right Postpartum Doula for You: Questions to Ask Before Hiring
In the lead-up to birth, so much focus goes into choosing the right care provider, crafting a birth plan, and preparing for labour. But what about postpartum?
8 Ways to Support a New Mum
Sometimes, we desperately want to help a new mum, but we just don’t have the capacity.
Village for Postpartum: Find Trusted Postpartum Support Across Australia
Introducing Australia’s most comprehensive postpartum directory – Village for Postpartum
How Chiropractic Care Can Support Postpartum Mothers
This month I spoke to the wonderful Dr. Lucy Harvey, a Chiropractor and mother of two, about how chiropractic care can support postpartum women, common misconceptions, and when to seek care.
Holding The Mother
From the moment a baby is born, they are instinctively held—fed, rocked, soothed, wrapped in love. And the mother? She is holding it all. The emotions, the exhaustion, the weight of a love so big it almost hurts. But who is holding the mother?
How to Plan for Postpartum
You’ve thought about the birth. You’ve chosen your hospital or midwife. Maybe you’ve even started a list of baby names you love. But have you thought about postpartum?
Empowering Mothers: The Mental Health Benefits of Postpartum Support
The postpartum period is a transformative and sometimes challenging time for new mums. It’s a phase of deep love and profound change, marked by physical recovery, emotional adjustments, and a significant shift in daily life. Yet, despite the excitement of welcoming a new baby, it’s common to feel mo
What is a Postpartum Doula and How to Find the Right One for You
Introduction The weeks following the birth of a baby are filled with a mix of unfathomable love, exhaustion, and often a sense of being overwhelmed. For new mothers, postpartum recovery can be a challenging journey, both physically and emotionally. That’s where a postpartum doula comes in—a mother f
Honouring Pregnancy and Infant Loss: A Guide to Supporting Mothers Through Grief
Introduction Every year, thousands of families experience the devastating loss of a baby, whether through miscarriage, stillbirth, or infant loss. The grieving process is deeply personal and complex, often leaving mothers feeling isolated and unsure of how to navigate the overwhelming emotions while
How to use the ‘Fair Play Deck’ for Postpartum Planning
After writing a piece on the ‘Postpartum Two Week Itch’ I realised that before long, if things you hadn’t thought about in advance hadn’t been taken care of, they got you out of bed. The little tasks that interrupt your postpartum rest and recovery. This is when I realised how valuable the fair play
Podcast Chats with Village for Mama
Over the last 3 years I have had the opportunity to chat to some incredible women on their podcasts around postpartum, motherhood, the fourth trimester, business, birth stories and more. Here you will find a list of my conversations.
Organising Your Fourth Trimester Delivery With Meal Train
How to use meal train alongside your village for mama book. Village for mama has been designed to help you gather your village and organise specifically designed nourishing meals to be delivered to you during your fourth trimester. Here is how to organise your village for mama delivery.
Nesting For Mamahood
It’s time to prepare your nest. This can be in your room or your babies room, but this space is about you. We put so much thought and time into creating the perfect nursery for our baby, but we rarely stop and think about our own space ready for life as a mama.