March marched by…

March (but really April) 2026

Hey hey,

So this post is late, but I’m going to keep on keepin’ on and will be getting an April post out soon too…!

I’ve been thinking a lot about postpartum lately. I have a few friends who are currently pregnant, and who have recently given birth. The postpartum stage is such a tender, emotional, exciting, seemingly endless, beautiful, challenging and sacred time. And my experiences between my first and second were so vastly different, but I attribute a lot of my experience the second time to focusing a little more on my own self-care and also to having some knowledge and confidence that I surely didn’t have the first time!

Some examples of ways I supported myself are as follows*:

• Continuing to take prenatal/postnatal vitamins and an omega supplement fairly consistently for the first year (and because I’m still breastfeeding I still want to be, I’ve just fallen off the wagon a bit!)
• Taking a postpartum mood supplement from Everydae (I actually think this helped me a lot)
• Co-sleeping as needed and keeping baby girl in our room for the first year
• Reading on my e-reader while nursing in the night (kept me from doomscrolling on my phone!)
• Preparing my bedside table at night for the impending wake-ups with a snack that I could look forward to (mostly banana chocolate chip walnut muffins! mmmm!), a full water bottle and my e-reader.
• Postpartum peri-steaming with support from Theresa Swan of Luminous Creatrix
• Charting my cycle beginning with lochia and using a TempDrop for BBT tracking
• Pelvic floor physio/pilates and registered massage therapy
• Registered Counselling from the Perinatal Collective… because parenting is freaking hard and mental health support is a priority to me!
• Baby wearing!!
• Accepting help and meals from family and friends (this felt so much easier and was even more appreciated with baby#2!) We even put a list of ideas on our fridge for family to look at to provide us with help… Lots of laundry! 😉
• I didn’t leave the house for the first week, until our one week appointment!
• I stayed in bed as much as possible for the first few days at home and this was largely possible due to my wonderful husband who wrangled our 3 year old!

*with the caveat that everyone has different experiences, birth stories, supports, baby temperaments, access, and so on and on!**

How did you support yourself postpartum, or what would you do differently next time? I’d love to hear!

I am also so excited to share that I will be speaking at a *FREE* Baby Talk at Trail’s Public Health Clinic on April 21 all about postpartum hormones, charting, getting pregnant breastfeeding, return to fertility, and lactational amenorrhea. If you’re in the area, bring your babe and come hang out!!

Until next time,