If you are an expectant mother, you probably want to feel valued, loved, and nurtured after giving birth. At the same time, you don’t want to give up your independence or adopt cultural practices that aren’t a good fit with your modern lifestyle. The drawbacks of traditional postnatal practices Recently, there’s been a surge of […]
Supportive spaces for newborn mums: where’s yours?
Sometimes the outside world feels chaotic and overwhelming, to a newborn mother. At Peaceful Postnatal, I encourage my clients to spend the first six weeks at home, drawing on ancient traditions of confinement. But it’s not always practical to spend several weeks at home. Maybe you need to do the school runs, or even just […]
