Postpartum
Warm, unhurried care for your body and heart in the tender weeks after birth.
The weeks after birth are tender and strange. Your body is healing, your baby needs you constantly, and the world quietly expects you to be delighted and back on your feet. I come to you with unhurried, non-medical support - practical help, a listening ear, and no expectations at all. It might mean warm food, a kitchen put back in order, or a long conversation about a birth that didn't go the way you hoped. Whatever you're feeling in these weeks, including the parts that feel ungrateful to say out loud, it has a place here.
Who this is for
This is for you if you've just had a baby, or are about to, and would like real support in the fourth trimester. Perhaps your family is in another country and can't come. Perhaps this is your second or third baby, and the older ones still need you. Perhaps you feel flat, or weepy, or not much at all, and you'd like company that doesn't need you to explain. We can talk in English, French or Slovak.
What happens
We meet before the birth, if there's time
It helps to know each other already. We talk about what your first weeks might look like, and what kind of help would actually help you.
I come to your home
We agree the visits together. That can be one afternoon a week. It can also be more in the early days and less as things settle.
We do whatever the day needs
Rest, food, a shower, the washing, your baby held so you can close your eyes. Or simply sitting and talking, because that is often the thing most missing.
We look after you, not only the baby
How your body feels, how feeding is going, how you're sleeping, how you're doing. If something needs medical attention, I'll encourage you to speak to your midwife or your doctor.
Common questions
Are you a night nurse, or a cleaner?
Not quite either. I'm here for you as a mother, and practical help is part of that rather than the whole of it. We agree together what would be most useful in your home.
I feel low, and I wasn't expecting to. Can I say that to you?
Yes, and please do. Many mothers feel that way and say nothing. I can listen without judgement and sit with you in it. I'm not a therapist or a doctor, so if it's more than passing I'll gently encourage you to talk to your midwife or your GP, and support you while you do.
When is it too late to ask for postpartum support?
There isn't really a too late. You're welcome to write in the first week. You're just as welcome months later, when the visitors have stopped and the house is suddenly quiet. Both are completely normal.
How do we begin?
With a free discovery call. No cost, no obligation. You can tell me what your days look like, and together we'll see whether this is the right kind of help.
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- The first 40 days after birth, and what support actually helps
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