Postpartum Planning Guide
You can’t plan for your baby’s unique needs, but you can plan how you’ll approach the postpartum period as a family, and as a partnership.
There are specific strategies to help support family rest, recovery, and bonding, and some of these strategies take proactive planning, communication, prepping, and securing.
Too often, parents wait until the postpartum period and plan to figure things out as they go, but it is more challenging to do during a period of extreme exhaustion, sleep deprivation, and overwhelm.
No one is immune to struggles, but we can optimize our experience for the better, so parents can better thrive instead of just survive.
In this guide:
Learn what to expect during the postpartum period
Learn tips and strategies for optimizing the postpartum experience
Have important conversations before baby is born
Leverage tools and resources for a flexible, empowered approach to the postpartum period that focuses on the entire family and their transition as individuals, a couple, and as a family
”The weeks following birth lay the foundation for long-term health & well-being.”
“I believe the reason I got postpartum depression with my second child is because I didn’t take the postpartum period seriously enough, and I tried to do too much too soon. Once I dug myself in a hole in terms of fatigue, exhaustion, and trying to recover, it was tough to come out of it, until I took medication to manage PPD. Looking back, I wish I would have done things differently.” - Mom of two
“Even as a pediatrician, I underestimated that I should have done more planning for the postpartum period in advance. I thought I knew what to expect, but it meant I was trying to reach out for support in the middle of the night, exhausted and in tears.” - Mom of one
“Planning in advance for the postpartum period really helped set us up for a smoother transition to parenthood. We are so thankful we took the time to be proactive where we could be.” - Parents to two