Here are 5 recommendations for some really informative, easy-to-read and honestly mouth-watering books that would create an excellent basis of knowledge and expectations when preparing for the fourth trimester. They cover everything from the physical and emotional space, to a whole lot of delicious recipes that are perfect for postpartum nourishment.
Afterwards
This is a great, light hearted peep into the fourth trimester written by Tori Bowman Johnson – it illuminates some of the questions I didn’t think to ask and answers to things I had no idea about when I read it the first time. Find it here.
Life After Birth
Jessica Prescott and Vaughne Geary are the co-founders of Mama Goodness, which started off as postpartum meal delivery service in Melbourne and now have a range of lactation snacks and teas, along with this really insightful book to help guide you into postpartum with lots of practical tips on all things after birth (literally recovery/breastfeeding/work/partners/emotions etc) and some lovely whole food recipes. Take a look here.
The First Forty Days: The Essential Art of Nourishing the New Mother
This book by Heng Ou is basically a bible on the beautiful art of caring for new mothers traditionally. She shares her experience of zuo yuezi aka the Chinese tradition which translates to “sitting the month” – which is steeped in thousands of years of wisdom about allowing the mother to heal and bond with her baby. Grab it here.
Nourished Postpartum
Created by 2 Aussie mamas the founders of Mothers Mylk, for Aussie mamas – this is such a great guidebook that will easily help to introduce those essential nutrients in your pregnancy and preparation for postpartum. One of the founders Alana is a Nutritionist and Naturopath, whereas the other founder Shannon has trained as a postpartum doula. Check it out here.
Food to Fuel Postpartum (ebook)
This e-book was created by Naomi Chrisoulakis, the postpartum doula/cook/mentor from Cocoon by Naomi and the podcast host of The Tales from the Fourth Trimester (one of my favs). I have a really similar cooking style which I love and her ebook really is a great guide for postpartum nourishment, you can purchase and download it here.
