Sacred Postpartum
Websites and blogs
Attaching Your Baby at the Breast
Nursing tips (informative video)
Breastfeeding in Combat Boots
A great resource for military parents returning to work and breastfeeding.
Vaginal Steaming Do-It-Yourself Tutorial
Steamy Chick offers this free tutorial for anyone interested in Vaginal Steaming. Yoni steaming is a traditional postpartum care method, also used for self-treatment of PCOS, regulating your moon cycle and overall wellness.
Books
Healing Your Body Naturally After Childbirth: the New Mom’s Guide to Navigating the Fourth Trimester by Dr. Jolene Brighten, MD
A functional medicine approach to returning to and achieving balance after childbirth. This book provides the beginning foundations for balance in and well-being of the caregiver(s), which inherently extends out.
Nourishing Wisdom for Life: A Chinese Guide to Health for Families & New Mothers by Sylvia L. Quan
Information about the postpartum period from a Chinese perspective, written with personal narrative.
The First Forty Days: The Essential Art of Nourishing the New Mother by Heng Ou, with Amely Greeven and Marisa Belger
Based on the Chinese postpartum period, zuo yue zi, this postpartum guide emphasizes the importance of nurturing the mother for a set period of time after birth. It is full of essential advice for postpartum recovery, and recipes for healing broths and lactation-boosting teas to nourish new mothers. The ancient art of caring for mothers after birth has largely been lost in our Western culture, and this book is bringing it back to the forefront.
The Fourth Trimester by Kimberly Ann Johnson
A holistic postpartum planning and support guide to help you heal physically, emotionally, and spiritually after birth and into the transition to motherhood.
The Postpartum Recovery Program by Dr. Lia G. Andrews, DAOM, L.Ac.
A comprehensive look at the ancient Chinese practice of zuo yue zi, or ‘sitting the moon’ which is essential for newly postpartum mothers to fully restore their health for years to come. Includes pelvic floor exercises, herbal remedies, recipes, and more.
Podcasts
Birth Kweens - A Wildly Honest and Fun Dive Into All Things Women’s Health Related
Placenta Consumption
Maria Pokluda of BEST Placenta talks about placenta encapsulation.