This is a pre-baby preparation session focusing on building your support network and some light touch birth wisdom. We'll establish your ‘meal tree’ and postnatal support village, review health indicators for both mother and baby, and discuss a few key tips and tricks for a brilliant birth. I'll also provide insights into physiological postpartum changes like the first poo and introduce some helpful parenting hacks like the 5 S's of soothing. You’ll be feeling confident, not clueless that first night at home with baby.

We’ll have a soft and gentle talk around how you’re feeling emotionally and physically and chat through the difference between normal "baby blues" and conditions like postpartum depression, anxiety, and birth trauma. We can discuss warning signs, coping strategies, and when to seek help. It’s my job to make sure you feel heard and looked after. Big changes are happening, wobbles are normal. Care is the cure.

We’ll talk infant feeding and getting some sleep. We can see where you’re at and talk through any feeding challenges (from baby weight gain to your exhaustion) and find solutions (or applaud your sheer fabulousness). The focus can shift solely to baby in postpartum and I’m here to remind you that your needs matter too. I’ll bring some pointers on reflux management and colic just in case, and practical sleep strategies for both baby and parents.

We’ll focus on maternal nutrition and natural wellness. I’ll bring the recipe books and we can plan or prep some nourishing postpartum meals to support your recovery and milk production if you’re breastfeeding. We’ll chat natural remedies too like the wonderful magic of homeopathy, which can support bruising, mastitis, sore nipples and more.

Hopefully you’ll be off to a flying start by now. Baby is nearly a month! This week we’ll delve a little into the world of postnatal depletion using Dr. Oscar Serrallach's framework to see how your body can best be supported after giving birth.

We'll evaluate your energy levels, mood, and any symptoms to identify potential nutritional gaps (there’s a lil questionnaire). Common gaps are things like iron and magnesium and together we can talk through whether you think you might benefit from some supplements to restore your innate awesomeness.

This week we’ll do some cathartic pregnancy, new baby and Matrescence processing through guided journaling. Maternal Journal is a global movement created by a midwife and a doula - and a brilliant and creative way to process your experience of parenthood (whether it’s your first or fifth baby). I also run a 6-week Maternal Journal course in Worthing and Hove for those wanting to do more documenting and meet other mums too.

This week I’ll put my yoga teacher hat on and we’ll do some gentle postpartum movement, if you feel up to it. We’ll learn some safe postnatal yoga sequences, breathing techniques, and exercises that will respect and nurture your recovering body. We can also chat through anything else that’s cropping up this week and any questions you might want to ask at your 6-week NHS check-up.

Hopefully by week 7/8 of baby’s life you’ll be feeling a bit more ‘normal’ - hurrah. Now’s the time to grab your wings and fly - and by fly I mean hit up coffee shops on your own with calm and confidence. Our final session in the Navigating Newbornland package will actively involve both parents in a healing birth debrief session. Birth and caring for a newborn baby is an incredibly raw time for both parents and it’s absolutely normal to have mixed emotions. We’ll be guided by The Birth Debrief book by Illiyin Morrison and I can signpost any further debrief support if I feel this could be helpful. We’ll chat through anything else you want support with from grandparents to milestones and book recommendations - and we can talk through if you might want me to stay on longer too. Finally, I’ll give you your ‘navigated newbornland’ photo journal as a momento of your precious and once in a lifetime newborn journey.