🚺 Mama’s recovery

• 🫶 Physical health

  • Perineum care

    • Sitz bath

    • Perineum spray bottle - if you give birth vaginally at a hospital, your care team will likely provide you with one of these.

    • Kindred Bravely Soothing Fourth Trimester Underwear with Gel Pack

    • Earth Mama Perineal Spray

  • Pelvic floor therapy

    • Postpartum pelvic floor healing

    • The Vagina Whisperer - online, on-demand pelvic floor fitness programs

    • Local specialists

      • Thrive Maternal Care (Campbell)

      • Blossom Physical Therapy & Wellness (San Rafael, Noe Valley)

      • Healthy Pelvis Physical Therapy (Los Altos, Belmont)

      • Stanford Pelvic Health Center (Redwood City)

  • Diastasis recti / abdominal separation

    • What is it and how is it treated?

    • Local specialists

      • Thrive Maternal Care (Campbell)

      • Blossom Physical Therapy & Wellness (San Rafael, Noe Valley)

      • Healthy Pelvis Physical Therapy (Los Altos, Belmont)

  • Belly wraps & bands

    • What are these for, and what are the benefits/risks?

  • Postpartum contractions / afterpains

    • “Postpartum cramping: What's normal (and what's not)”

    • Afterease — a soothing, all-natural herbal supplement

• 💆‍♀️ Mental health

  • Postpartum anxiety

    • Symptoms

    • “Postpartum anxiety is invisible, but common and treatable”

  • Postpartum depression

    • Symptoms

    • “What it feels like to have postpartum depression”

  • Resources

    • Your PCP / doctor, OB/GYN, midwife, therapist, psychiatrist, etc.

    • Your local hospital

    • Postpartum Support International