Postpartum Doula Melbourne.
The initial postpartum period is considered to be the first 42 days after giving birth.
During this time you’ll be recovering from birth whilst feeling ALL the emotions AND also learning how to care for and feed your baby.
It’s a lot. Your heart will melt into a puddle of love even as your body aches, and you wonder if you’ll ever sleep again.
It’s hard to imagine just how much support you’ll need during this early period of motherhood. But receive support you must. No mother was ever meant to mother alone.
BTW. Postpartum is forever. Not just the first six weeks.
Newborn babies sleep all the time don’t they??
Um. Not really. Not unless they sleep ON you. So between holding your baby whilst they sleep AND whilst they eat. How will you EVER get anything done? How will you feed yourself, take a shower, stretch your tight shoulders? Mothering is intense and likely to be waaaay harder than you’d thought. And recovering from birth takes time.
What if your family can’t support you? Or your partner doesn’t know how to care for you? Or maybe this isn’t your first baby and you already KNOW what’s involved. You’ve done postpartum before and there’s NO WAY you’re struggling like that again. You know you NEED support to thrive in early motherhood. To be the best mama you can be.
In Home Support Packages
Postpartum Doula Melbourne, Inner North.
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What might it be like to feel deeply cared for in early motherhood?
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What if life with your new baby was full of snoozes and snuggles because everything else was taken care of?
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What if you were able to honour your Motherbody and support healing after giving birth?
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How would it feel for your baby to be born into a family where the mother baby dyad is respected?
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How would it impact your relationship if you felt valued and like you matter?
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What would it be like to feel confident in your ability to care for your baby and raise a healthy child?
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What if having a baby could bring more wonder and magic and meaning into your whole life?
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What would it be like to have the unconditional support of an experienced postpartum doula to support, nurture and nourish you during your early days of Motherhood?
“Thank you Sophie for your amazing care, you really made my weeks brighter and lighter! From the food to the bodywork, I felt so much better after each visit… re energised! I DEFINITELY would recommend to other mothers! First thing I told my partner after the first visit was that every new mother should have a postpartum doula! I can’t believe it’s not more common! This has been by far the best money spent. I wish I had thought of it with my first baby!”
Mama Olga.
As a postpartum doula I’ll provide practical and emotional support as you transition from maiden to mother. Whether it’s your first baby or you’re a seasoned mama. Every single mother needs support!
Each postpartum package includes one online prenatal planning appointment and postpartum visits depending on the package you choose as well as; black sesame oil for self oil massage, belly binding materials and guidance, menu and ingredient list, and my postpartum planner Nurture Her in ebook format.
At each individual visit you can choose from: meal preparation, bodywork, pelvic floor and abdominal safe functional movement education and training.
As a Postpartum Doula based in Melbourne, I mostly service Mothers in the Inner North.
‘The First 21 Days’
Postpartum Doula Melbourne.
I’m sure you’ve heard the saying ‘it takes a village to raise a child’? I believe ‘it takes a village to support a mother,’ it’s OK to ask for help. In fact it’s smart to ask for help. After giving birth you need to prioritise rest, recuperation and healing and you need support to ensure you recover well. You were never meant to do this alone.
Includes one online prenatal planning appointment and three lovely 3 hr, nurturing and nourishing postpartum home visits as well as oil, belly binding, and recipes to support you during postpartum.
Your Investment: 2 x payments of $599
‘The First 42 Days’
Postpartum Doula Melbourne.
You deserve to be supported in your physical recovery, your mental health, your relationship’s with your partner and your baby, your breastfeeding journey, and your long term health. Prioritising your postpartum health is a brave and radical act in a culture that completely overlooks the unique healing requirements of newborn mothers.
Includes one online prenatal planning appointment and six lovely 3 hour, nurturing and nourishing postpartum home visits as well as oil, belly binding, and recipes to support you during postpartum.
Your investment: 3 x payments $733.
Meal planning and preparation
Meal planning and preparation
After giving birth your nutrient stores are very depleted and you actually require more calories not less to facilitate healing whilst also supporting breastfeeding.
But it can be extremely difficult to feed yourself whilst also caring for a tiny baby.
I love cooking delicious and nutritious food for new mothers and am especially keen on ensuring you have plenty of tasty snacks on hand to support you during this time of healing and recovery.
Postpartum Doula Melbourne, servicing the Inner North, please get in touch!
Shiatsu Treatment
Bodywork - Shiatsu Treatment
Bodywork after birth can sometimes feel like a luxury, but actually it’s a really useful therapeutic modality that helps restore your body to health and wellness.
It flushes toxins and excess fluid and helps to boost circulation whilst you’re recuperating.
Think of massage at this time as a super lazy exercise routine that keeps your body moving in the early postpartum period, whilst you’re busy resting. In some cultures new mothers receive a massage every day after giving birth. Every day!
Shiatsu is a Japanese form of bodywork received with all clothes on and is given on a mat on the floor. It can be gentle and calming or strong and relieving. You can snuggle up next to your baby and breastfeed if you like.
Closing The Bones
Bodywork - Closing The Bones
This is a lovely and rather soothing restorative postpartum bodywork practice involving rocking and wrapping your body with shawls so you feel held, contained, safe.
I also use a collection of techniques including hara massage, abdominal oil massage, and warming moxa for your belly.
After your baby is born it’s not unusual to feel a sense of emptiness or disconnection to your abdomen and womb area.
‘Closing the Bones’ helps you feel more centred, more connected and more grounded inside your body.
“My friend absolutely loved it! She said it was her favourite gift. Thank you so much for offering Closing the Bones!” – Carrie Rigoni
Postpartum Corrective Exercise
Postpartum Corrective Exercise
Rehabilitative, pilates based exercise that’ll help your body recover after birth. It’s movement training that’ll help your body to feel better and work better. We can check your belly for any abdominal separation, get your abdominals working again, support your pelvic floor recovery.
You may need to be referred on to a women’s health physiotherapist
(I actually think every woman should see one after giving birth).
Healing from pregnancy and birth take time. There’s no long term benefit to your body by ‘bouncing back’ quickly, there’s no rush!
Whilst my favourite thing ever is to help you care for and nurture your body as you recover from birth and discover your Mama instincts, sometimes taking care of you means we just need to get some practicalities sorted out! Which is why postpartum doula visits may include some of the following:
- Making you tea and holding your baby just in case you’d like to drink it warm.
- Village building, identifying and gathering your people. Your support circle wants to support you but may just not know how.
- Baby support eg; I’ll cuddle your baby so you can eat with two hands or even take a shower or bath.
- Help and resources for normal breastfeeding.
- Listening to your birth story if you need and want to share it.
- A lesson in belly binding.
- A lesson in self oil massage.
- Navigating visitors and all the overwhelming advice.
- Your mothering vision, hopes and dreams for you and your family.
- Oxytocin boosting and self care planning. Peace, love and Joy.
- Intention setting for each appointment and your whole week.
- Pelvic floor and abdominal recovery support.
- Simple stretches to relieve sore tight shoulders.
- Self massage practices to soothe you body.
- Time for you – if you want to nap or read or eat cake, I’ll help you do it!
It's never to late to take care of yourself.
Many mothers find that for them motherhood actually gets more difficult and lonely a few months in when the excitement has worn off, friends and family think you’ve got it all under control, the visitors stop coming, sleep deprivation’s taking hold and you suddenly realise your baby is here to stay – there is no holiday!
So, if you’re past the first six weeks postpartum and perhaps you missed the whole first 42 days, postpartum doula nurture thing and you’re a mother who needs some mothering now, then please get in touch. It’s not too late to take care of you now.
It’s never too late!
You can have a belated, extended and blissful nurture period right now.
I’d love to support you in caring for your heart and rehabilitating your body inside of the motherlife.
Postpartum Doula Melbourne, Australia.
