Health & Wellness

Helpful Tips from your Postpartum Experts

The Health & Wellness category is where you’ll find reflections, insights, and guidance on caring for your body and mind as you grow your family. You’ll read about things like pelvic floor health, stress and anxiety, sleep deprivation, vaccines, and how to choose care providers wisely. The tone is honest — it admits when life feels overwhelming, when recovery is slow, when worry is constant. Your well-being as new parents is front and center here. The point isn’t to be perfect, but to offer support, tools, and a sense that you’re not alone as you try to stay well in the midst of change.

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Buckle Up For Safety

Buckle Up for Safety Written by Laurel Segal, The Seagull Nest, CPST Child Passenger Safety Month With September being National Child Passenger Safety Month, I am given the opportunity to address the importance of vehicle related safety. Naturally everyone wants to keep their children safe in vehicles and I hope...
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Postpartum Depression Affects Fathers, Too

Depression is a serious mental illness that affects how a person feels, thinks, and acts. People with depression can experience feelings of persistent sadness, numbness, irritability, or hopelessness.  Some people are more prone to depressive episodes than others, based on genetic factors. But this disease does not discriminate: anyone can...
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Dressing a Newborn for Spring Weather

At Well Supported Family home base, we live in New England. And New England has fun things called seasons. Spring officially starts in March but let’s face it, it doesn’t feel like spring until May! The weather in spring on any given day could be in the 30s or in...
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Making your Work from Home Sanctuary

When you’re working from home with kids, chaos can seem like it’s par for the course. Frequent interruptions, folding laundry on work calls, and distracting background noise can make any kind of productivity feel impossible. Read on for tips on how to make your work from home space a sanctuary,...
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Make a Mom Friend

Did you know that Feb 11th is Make a Friend Day? Let's learn together how to make a mom friend! I work with a lot of parents, mostly with moms. I also have been a mom for 6 years and thus, have six years of first hand experience with other...
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Working Out During Pregnancy

Hey girl, I get it. You’re tired, you’re hungry, you’re uncomfortable, possibly nauseous and you’re inevitably going to be gaining weight for the foreseeable future. Why bother working out during pregnancy? Why not just start back up after the baby comes? Many women feel this way; however, staying sedentary during...
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A-Z Guide for Postpartum Wellness

It takes nine months to grow a baby and prepare for birth. You’ve researched pediatricians, strollers and asked your provider dozens of questions about your pregnancy. Soon your baby will be here and planning for your "fourth trimester" is essential to postpartum recovery. This A-Z Guide for postpartum recovery includes...
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What are the benefits of prenatal yoga?

Quite a few, actually. Your body is generally more supported As noted in this article: "Our bodies are always changing," says Jane Austin, a pre- and postnatal yoga teacher based in San Francisco and the founder of prenatal yoga school Mama Tree. But in pregnancy the body experiences "an accelerated pace of...
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How much sex should you be having after having a baby? (A honest discussion.)

People don't bring up this topic enough -- and it's actually really important to couples and relationships. Not discussing it just causes problems. So, let's discuss it! First up: best practice is to wait six weeks after having a baby, although many doctors say "set your own timeline." OK, so let's say...
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Helpful tips from your team at Well Supported Family.

Expert postpartum and newborn advice you can trust.

Since 2016, Well Supported Family has provided newborn care to thousands of families. Our team of certified Postpartum Doulas and Newborn Care Specialists offer daytime, overnight, and 24/7 in-home support across 12 U.S. states. Whether you're recovering from birth, establishing feeding routines, or just trying to get more sleep, we're here to help—one family at a time.

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