Posts tagged Traumatic birth

What to Say to Your Visitors if You're Not Ready

Depending on your birth experience, you may want to have visitors right away or not! And the visitors may want to come in droves. But what if you’re not ready?

POSTPARTUMRuth Martin-GordonJanuary 25, 2023postpartum visitors, postpartum village, postpartum body, visits after birth, tearing after birth, Traumatic birth, third trimester checklist, postpartum plan, postpartum heal, when to see the babyComment

The Four Phases your Body goes Through after Birth

Ah, the postpartum body. It’s your body, but different. Right? Pregnancy is an amazing thing. Your body makes room to grow a whole new human being. Your uterus stretches, your organs move and rearrange, and your baby is able to grow inside you for 9-ish months.

Ruth Martin-GordonFebruary 9, 2022postapartum, partumbody, postpartum traditions around the world, postpartum period, Birth Injuries, Traumatic birth, diastasis rectiComment