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Family Planning / Contraception

Managing relationships after childbirth can be difficult. For postpartum partners, the 4th trimester can be filled with joy, fulfillment, and excitement as well as sadness, loneliness, and resentment. Adjusting to a new family life, managing sleep deprivation, and supporting your partner through recovery and emotional fluctuations can strain any relationship. It takes extra patience, communication, and grace to not only get through those early days but strengthen your bond and navigate this new chapter together. Remember, it’s okay to ask for help and take things one day at a time. Your relationship is the foundation that will help you both thrive as partners and as parents.

This section offers information about managing relationships, parenting and co-parenting, intimacy and sex (or lack thereof), family planning, and ways to ensure you are both feeling cared for.

Topics in Family Planning / Contraception

Postpartum Mental Health & Wellness

Apr 26, 2024
Postpartum Mental Health, Mood & Anxiety Disorders (PMAD)

Postpartum Mental Health & Wellness

Postpartum Mental Health, Mood & Anxiety Disorders (PMAD)

Your Hormones

Apr 20, 2024
During pregnancy, your placenta cranks out the hormones estrogen and progesterone. Some of that progesterone changes into a hormone called allopregnanolone, which binds to a receptor in the brain called GABA. The GABA receptor relaxes you – it’s the same receptor that alcohol and medications like valium bind to. During pregnancy, moms are essentially swimming […]

Your Hormones

During pregnancy, your placenta cranks out the hormones estrogen and progesterone. Some of that progesterone changes into a hormone called allopregnanolone, which binds to a receptor in the brain called GABA. The GABA receptor relaxes you – it’s the same receptor that alcohol and medications like valium bind to. During pregnancy, moms are essentially swimming […]

Postpartum Support Plan for New Parents

Mar 27, 2024
Like a labor and delivery plan, this is a fillable, custom plan for mom and families to share how they want to be supported after childbirth

Postpartum Support Plan for New Parents

Like a labor and delivery plan, this is a fillable, custom plan for mom and families to share how they want to be supported after childbirth

Postpartum Mother Health Information

Mar 26, 2024
Postpartum recovery red flags and important health information after childbirth page

Postpartum Mother Health Information

Postpartum recovery red flags and important health information after childbirth page

Postpartum Health & Recovery Video Reel Series

Mar 22, 2024
Short videos on postpartum health & recovery FAQ

Postpartum Health & Recovery Video Reel Series

Short videos on postpartum health & recovery FAQ

Taking Care of You

Sep 24, 2023
Postpartum Recovery Booklet on a variety of health and self-care topics

Taking Care of You

Postpartum Recovery Booklet on a variety of health and self-care topics

Your Postpartum Healthcare Plan

Sep 20, 2023
Fillable, custom medical care plan for mom to understand recovery and health information from their provider

Your Postpartum Healthcare Plan

Fillable, custom medical care plan for mom to understand recovery and health information from their provider

Birth Control After Baby

Sep 19, 2023
Information about contraception and birth control options

Birth Control After Baby

Information about contraception and birth control options

Postpartum and Intimacy Checklist

Sep 8, 2023
Tips for health care teams to use while speaking with new moms about sex and intimacy

Postpartum and Intimacy Checklist

Tips for health care teams to use while speaking with new moms about sex and intimacy

Birth Spacing

Apr 20, 2023
Some women have very clear ideas about the number of children they hope to have and the amount of time they would like to have between their children. Others are unsure about birth spacing, and others prefer to go with whatever happens. And there are many shades of grey in between! Clinical recommendations for birth […]

Birth Spacing

Some women have very clear ideas about the number of children they hope to have and the amount of time they would like to have between their children. Others are unsure about birth spacing, and others prefer to go with whatever happens. And there are many shades of grey in between! Clinical recommendations for birth […]

Contraception

Apr 20, 2023
Birth control may be the last thing on many new parents’ minds.  Whether women feel that their family is complete or there are more babies ahead, if sex with a man is in the near future, then contraception is something to consider. For women who are breastfeeding, exploring options for contraception in relation to milk […]

Contraception

Birth control may be the last thing on many new parents’ minds.  Whether women feel that their family is complete or there are more babies ahead, if sex with a man is in the near future, then contraception is something to consider. For women who are breastfeeding, exploring options for contraception in relation to milk […]

Physical Pain with Sex

Apr 20, 2023
A lower sex drive after childbirth is common. More than 50% of women at 3 months postpartum and 30% at 6 months postpartum experience less interest in sex than they did before. Being tired, stress, lack of time, infant care needs, feelings around body image, plus physical discomforts often doesn’t result in feeling sexy! Pain […]

Physical Pain with Sex

A lower sex drive after childbirth is common. More than 50% of women at 3 months postpartum and 30% at 6 months postpartum experience less interest in sex than they did before. Being tired, stress, lack of time, infant care needs, feelings around body image, plus physical discomforts often doesn’t result in feeling sexy! Pain […]

Childbirth Trauma and Maternal Near-Miss

Apr 19, 2023
Childbirth Trauma  Giving birth is a powerful experience and the journey often unfolds in ways we might not expect and cannot control.  Sometimes women feel that their transition to motherhood is traumatic. This may result from unexpected or unwanted medical interventions during labor and birth and/or postpartum, the speed at which they labored, the way […]

Childbirth Trauma and Maternal Near-Miss

Childbirth Trauma  Giving birth is a powerful experience and the journey often unfolds in ways we might not expect and cannot control.  Sometimes women feel that their transition to motherhood is traumatic. This may result from unexpected or unwanted medical interventions during labor and birth and/or postpartum, the speed at which they labored, the way […]

Ready for Sex

Apr 19, 2023
You may or may not feel ready to have sex again shortly after delivery. However, it is recommended that couples wait for the postpartum visit and exam with a health care provider before they have sex. Time for postpartum healing reduces the risk of infection. Of course being cleared to have sex and WANTING to […]

Ready for Sex

You may or may not feel ready to have sex again shortly after delivery. However, it is recommended that couples wait for the postpartum visit and exam with a health care provider before they have sex. Time for postpartum healing reduces the risk of infection. Of course being cleared to have sex and WANTING to […]

Partner

Apr 19, 2023
WELCOME TO PARENTHOOD! Welcoming a new baby into the world changes almost everything – including your partner. For postpartum partners, the 4th trimester can be filled with joy, fulfillment, and excitement as well as sadness, loneliness, and resentment. Adjusting to a new family life, managing sleep deprivation, and supporting your partner through recovery and emotional […]

Partner

WELCOME TO PARENTHOOD! Welcoming a new baby into the world changes almost everything – including your partner. For postpartum partners, the 4th trimester can be filled with joy, fulfillment, and excitement as well as sadness, loneliness, and resentment. Adjusting to a new family life, managing sleep deprivation, and supporting your partner through recovery and emotional […]

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