The Fourth Trimester is a book designed to fill the gap of limited information about the postpartum period after the multitude of books around pregnancy and birth. More than the cursory chapter at the end of these said books, The Fourth Trimester is a deep dive into the best practices to aid a holistic recovery […]
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Ayurveda Postpartum Care For a while now I have been very interested in a holistic approach to health. A real drive to dive deeper in to understanding the why an ailment is presenting as oppose to just fixing the issue seen. What are the underlying issues causing that reaction. I wanted to focus on a
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Choosing a Doula – An Interview with Louise For this month’s blog post I interviewed my first client, Louise. Louise was expecting her second child, Jasper, when she asked me to be her postpartum doula support. I was interested to know why Louise had initiated having a doula second time round and I wanted to
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Your Matrescence Journey Matrescence. According to the Cambridge dictionary, Matrescence is the “process of becoming a mother”. But what does this term actually mean? Matrescence was a term coined by American anthropologist Dana Raphael PhD whilst she explored the transition into motherhood from an anthropological standpoint. Dana Raphael stated that “childbirth brings about a
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So, what actually is a doula and why do I need one? The term doula was coined by American Anthropologist, Dana Raphael back in the 1970’s. Taking inspiration from the Greek word, doule, meaning to serve, Dana used the term doula to refer to a supportive companion to pregnant women during childbirth and postpartum and
