Postpartum or the fourth trimester, is a critical time for you and your new baby. During this time, you may experience some physical, social, and psychological changes. Which may also include learning how to care for and feed your baby, hormone levels fluctuating, and your physical recovery from delivering your baby.
The arrival of your new baby are beautiful, happy, and exciting times for you and your family. During this time, you will require love, care, and support from loved ones. It is imperative that your postpartum care is just as important as your prenatal care, to ensure a productive and healthful recovery.

Why consider a Postpartum Doula?

As you may have experienced, so much emphasis is put on prenatal care while postnatal care is barely a topic for conversation, and it is just as important as prenatal care.  Having a trained professional to work with a new mother through the period after birth, that is caring, loving, and supportive can help ease the transition for first-time parents and for those growing to a family with other children.

Research has shown that parents that invests in a Postpartum Doula during postpartum period have benefited in several ways: 

• They feel more cared-for and secure in their new roles.
• They adapt more easily to shifting family dynamics.
• They have more success when it comes to breastfeeding.
• Self-confidence is higher.
• There’s a lower risk of postpartum depression.

By focusing on your specific needs in the postnatal stage, will help you to prioritize your health now and in the future.

Postnatal care is also the time for you to communicate with your health care provider. It would be advantageous to write down any questions or concerns that you may have regarding your physical, social, and emotional changes you are experiencing after your birth as not to miss anything.

What To Do Now?

• Rest

Rest is of the utmost importance that you need after childbirth. Resting allows you to soothe and calm nerves which makes her postpartum period relaxed and peaceful.

• Body massage

Pregnancy changes the body of a mother completely and after the childbirth, the body may start aching. To relax aching muscles and stretched nerves, a body massage is important for a mother's health.

• Support

It's okay to ask for support from your family and friends.

Did You Know?

World Health Organization studies affirm that a positive postnatal experience can result in joy, self-confidence, and enhanced capacity to thrive as both a person and a parent.

Helpful Links:

WHO urges quality care for women and newborns in critical first weeks after childbirth

 Postpartum depression | Office on Women's Health (womenshealth.gov)