A Healing Fourth Trimester

This lesson is all about food and drink. It is vital to your recovery in the postnatal period that your body has all the nourishment it needs from food. It's also essential to stay hydrated. This is particularly important if you are also breastfeeding.

There are different ways to get the rest your body needs to help you recover from pregnancy, labour and birth. This lesson will help you plan around your personal circumstances so that you are able to continue nurturing your baby/babies while you are nurtured yourself.

This lesson will cover lots of ways in which your body may feel different and may change, not only since pre-pregnancy but in the fourth trimester. It will cover what you can do yourself to aid your physical recovery and what professional help may be available to support you.

Growing your village is something you can start to do through pregnancy. Your village is the people who you will rely on through the fourth trimester and beyond. They can be people you already know and trust or you might meet them for the first time once you've had your baby.