Postpartum & newborns
Postpartum Health
Symptoms, Testing and How We Can Help
57 – Sex and intimacy after kids with sexologist Juliet Allen
If you’re like the hundreds of women who asked questions about this topic, then chances are you too are wondering where on earth your libido has gone, if it will ever come back and what sex really looks like after having babies. So we took it straight to expert, because let’s be honest… Luka and … Continued
09 – Post-natal depletion and supporting yourself postpartum with Dr Oscar Serrallach
Feeling flat, anxious, tired, run down or just generally not like yourself since having a baby? Is it just BECAUSE you’ve had a baby? Or could there be something else going on? In today’s episode we speak to the incredible Dr Oscar Serralach about all things postnatal depletion - what’s normal, what’s not and what you can do about it!
A guide to visiting the new mother, that they wish they could tell you themselves.
Dr Oscar Serrallach has a great piece of advice about visiting a new mother which is ‘no visitors, only staff’ - meaning that the only people who should be coming to visit a new mother are those with job to do.
Postnatal Depletion
Hitting sleep deprivation when your baby turns 6 months is HARD, as now that amazing hormone rush of oxytocin and prolactin that gets you through those first few months has really decreased, and dealing with sleep deprivation is now so much harder. Also as a result of her now sleeping shockingly, she was cranky and overtired all day, whingey and not content.
Pumpkin Soup — the perfect postpartum nourishment or baby food
This pumpkin soup is the ultimate postpartum nourishment, and also doubles as a delicious baby food ‘puree’. It is loaded with bone broth which is nutrient dense and a rich source of collagen (great for healing post birth).
