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Is it supposed to be this hard? It's a question all new mothers ask.
The moment after birthing your baby, you enter postpartum. It's the blurriest of transitions - there's joy and awe but also intense physical recovery, fluctuating hormones, a brain that can't find the right words, and so much to learn. It's beautiful and it's hard.
The Complete Guide to Postpartum is your comforting and enlightening companion to navigating this entirely new life, from the earliest moments post-birth to many years later.
This illustrated guide includes:
• Your postpartum preparation checklist
• The fourth trimester
• Mental health
• Hormones
• The pelvic floor
• Postpartum with your partner
• Feeding
• Sleep
• Taking care of yourself and boosting your confidence
• Trusted postpartum resources
Full of expert advice, mothers' stories and evidence-based information, this invaluable guide, with handy ribbon marker so you can easily dip in and dip out when you have time and headspace to read, will support you into motherhood with confidence and reassurance.
Contents
About the Podcast
Introduction
Daily Habits for Pregnancy and Postpartum
Chapter 1: Planning for Postpartum
Planning a Positive Postpartum
Traditional Cultural Postpartum Care
Your Postpartum Needs
Postpartum for Teens
Your Postpartum Checklist
Planning for Postpartum with a Rainbow Baby
Chapter 2: Birth Recovery
Normal Symptoms in the First Few Days and Weeks
Recovery Pain
Blood Loss
Vaginal Birth Recovery
Caesarean Birth Recovery
Pelvic Floor Recovery
Postnatal Depletion
Body Neutrality
Chapter 3: The First Six Weeks
Frequently Asked Questions
Maternal Warning Signs
Newborn Warning Signs
The Golden Hour
The Baby Blues
The Baby Pinks
Birth Debrief
Birth Trauma
Postpartum for Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) Parents
Postpartum After Hyperemesis Gravidarum (HG)
Postpartum After Baby Loss
The Six-Week Check
When Will My Period Return?
Sex After Birth
How Singing Can Help You and Your Baby
Chapter 4: The Fourth Trimester
Why Are Newborns So Vulnerable?
The Maternal Brain
The Neurodivergent Brain
A Mindset of Surrender
What is Matrescence?
Normal Postpartum Emotions
Maternal Ambivalence - The Push and Pull of Motherhood
Maternal Loneliness
Guilt vs Shame
Intrusive Thoughts
The Maternal Heart
Essential Care in the Fourth Trimester
The Mental Load of Motherhood and Managing Overwhelm
Chapter 5: Postpartum Mental Health
The Importance of Support in Postpartum Mental Health
The Spectrum of Postpartum Emotions
Perinatal Anxiety and Depression (PAD)
What to Expect at a Mother and Baby Unit
Chapter 6: Milk
Breastfeeding
Alternative Feeding
Formula Feeding
Chapter 7: Sleep
All Sleep is Beneficial
The Continuum of Sleep
Sleep Safety
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)
Normal Infant Biological Sleep
How Much Do Babies Sleep?
Sleep Vocabulary
Sleep Training
My Baby Isn't Sleeping!
Returning to Paid Work
Glossary
Acknowledgements
Resources
Notes
Index
