How do I prepare for postpartum?Updated 3 days ago

This is not a time for keeping the house clean, “bouncing back”, or entertaining visitors who’ve come to “see the baby”. This time is about you. Your rest. Your recovery. Your time with your baby. Pregnancy pushes women to limits of human endurance. It is the most energetically expensive activity the human body can maintain for nine months, and it’s topped off with child birth. Which, no matter how you do it, is hugely taxing on your mind and body. You deserve respite. Time to heal, to slow down and find your feet as a new parent in a protected space. 

Read our guide on how to recover from birth and ease into your fourth trimester.