Postpartum
Helpful Tips from your Postpartum Experts
Postpartum recovery involves more than rest. It’s a complex mix of physical healing, emotional adjustment, and rebuilding daily routines. This section shares evidence-based information on postpartum care, including pelvic floor recovery, nutrition, mental health, sleep, and partner support. Each article is designed to help you understand what’s normal, when to seek help, and how to support your long-term wellbeing during this stage.
How Night Nurses Help Parents Get More Sleep (and Why That Matters)
When you're caring for a newborn, sleep can feel like a distant memory. Those nighttime feedings, diaper changes, and soothing sessions can stretch on for hours. Just when you get back to sleep, it’s time to start the cycle all over again. By morning, many parents feel like they’re running...
What Does a Postpartum Doula Do?
Bringing home a new baby is life-changing in every way. It’s joyful and tender, but it can also feel overwhelming. In those early weeks, between the late-night feedings and figuring out new routines, it’s easy to wonder how anyone does this without help. The truth is, you’re not meant to...
What is the difference between a Birth Doula and a Postpartum Doula?
Are lots of people telling you to hire a doula? They might have the right idea. Doulas have a strong track record of helping parents have better birth and postpartum experiences. But when you start to dig into the question 'what is a doula?', you quickly find that there’s not...
Postpartum Anxiety: Symptoms, Treatment, and Caring for Yourself & Your Baby
Not all postpartum distress is depression. Discover how Postpartum Anxiety shows up differently, and how to find relief and reassurance. It is absolutely normal to be nervous when transitioning to being the parent of a newborn. This tiny, helpless creature is totally dependent on you, and everywhere you turn there...
Can Sleep Deprivation Cause Postpartum Depression? What Newborn Parents Should Know
New parents expect sleepless nights, but chronic sleep deprivation is more than exhaustion - it’s a known risk factor for postpartum mood disorders like Postpartum Depression. Postpartum Depression (sometimes called Perinatal Depression or PPD) is a mental health condition that can cause deep, ongoing sadness and loss of interest, affecting...
Postpartum Depression vs. Baby Blues: What’s the Difference?
If you’ve recently given birth, but you aren’t sure if what you’re feeling is depression or just ‘baby blues,’ learn the key differences, common symptoms, and treatment options so you can ask for the right help. To describe the multitude of postpartum feelings would take up so much internet space,...
Bringing Your Newborn Home from Hospital: Tips from a Postpartum Doula
Are you worried about bringing your newborn home from the hospital? We get it! You may have spent your entire pregnancy dreaming of the moment when you get to put your little baby in the beautiful nursery you crafted for them, but as the date draws closer a fear can...
Sleep Deprivation After Having a Baby: Survival Tips
After nine long months of pregnancy, your baby is finally here! For the first few days, adrenaline and pure excitement are your fuel. At the hospital you’re learning how to breastfeed, healing from birth, and getting to know your little one. Nursing staff is available 24/7 to help you. But...
How’s Your Pelvis? Pregnancy & Postpartum Pelvic Floor Therapy
How’s Your Pelvis? Maya Lespinasse, PT, DPT is dying to know. Dr. Lespinasse is a Pelvic Floor Therapist and the founder of How’s Your Pelvis?, based in Foxboro, MA who services the greater Boston and Rhode Island areas. You might be wondering what a Pelvic Floor Therapist does and why...
Baby After VBAC: How a Newborn Night Nanny Can Help You With Your Infant
Welcoming a baby after a VBAC (Vaginal Birth After Cesarean) is a powerful experience, one that often brings both joy and relief, along with the physical demands of recovery and the round-the-clock needs of a newborn. While every birth is unique, recovering from a VBAC can come with its own...
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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