For pregnant Mothers and families (designed for pregnant mothers, their partners, and anyone else who will be supporting the mother after birth) - to prepare for a nourishing, regenerative postpartum period.
INNATE Postpartum Care works from the foundational understanding that: maternal health is foundational to society’s health. When Mothers are healthy and well, families are healthy and well. When families are healthy and well, communities are healthy and well – and this concentric ring of wellness continues to move outward to encompass the whole of the Earth. In optimally taking care of the Mothers, we are taking care of the future generations.
The first 4-classes of INNATE’s Preparing for the Fourth Trimester Course happen prenatally. Ideally this class is taken by mothers & families between 20-28 weeks gestation.
During our time together, information & education about postpartum physiology and psychology will be shared, and each family will be supported to develop a postpartum plan that meets their unique needs.
The 5th and final class of INNATE’s Preparing for the Fourth Trimester Course happens in the postpartum period. The families that participated together in the first four classes meet again, once everyone is at-least 6-weeks postpartum. The purpose of this final class is for Mothers and Fathers to be witnessd and celebrated by this community. In this way, we bring honor and a layer of completion to our rites of passage into Motherhood and Fatherhood.
This course focuses on the 5 Essentials of Postpartum Care - which are found throughout the world's postpartum traditions AND are deeply rooted in women's physiologic and psychologic design.
Essential 1: An Extended Resting Period
An extended resting period in the postpartum time, safeguards women’s long-term pelvic health and hormonal health.
Essential 2: Warm in Temperature, Warm in Nature, Easy to Digest, Nutrient-Dense Food
Our digestive system is profoundly altered through pregnancy and birth. There are specific foods that should be eaten - and that should not to be eaten in the postpartum time to support long-term digestive health.
Essential 3: Bodywork
Bodywork elicits our relaxation response, allows our nervous system to down-regulate and boosts our immunity. Nature’s Law is based on reciprocity. Bodywork gives to Mothers so that Mothers can give freely to their babies.
Essential 4: Warmth
Warmth in the postpartum time facilitates the production of Oxytocin. Oxytocin facilitates healing. Warmth causes our tissues to expand, which facilitates the moving of blood and lymph, which facilitates healing.
Essential 5: Community
The above 4 essentials of postpartum care are PILLARS, and these pillars require a strong foundation – to stand up straight and strong. This foundation in the postpartum time is COMMUNITY. COMMUNITY means: people that Mother feels good and safe with, that will be with her on a daily basis in the postpartum period. When Mothers feel good and safe, they are able to give up their hyper-vigilance. This allows the nervous system to down-regulate, which allows the body‘s energy in the postpartum time to go into HEALING, bonding, and attachment.
INNATE POSTPARTUM CARE – PLANNING FOR THE FOURTH TRIMESTER COURSE:
+ Offers essential postpartum education to women and their families with time-tested postpartum wisdom interwoven with modern science – supporting women’s long-term health and vitality.
+ Nourishes with truthful information, helping to lead families in the right direction for an optimal postpartum period- in the name of creating a solid foundation for thriving family systems.
+ Helps families create postpartum care plans tailored to the unique to the needs of each family.
+ Supports the creation of or fortification of COMMUNITY.
+ Offers CONTINUITY OF CARE. The INNATE Postpartum Care – Certified Providers teaching this class series, come from a variety of birth and health care providing backgrounds, and are able to provide you and your family with support in the postpartum time. Continuity of care within the medical world is understood to ‘improve clinical outcomes.’ Meaning that: continuity of care helps to facilitate healing.
+ Offers discounts when friends/family/community who will be supporting Mother through and after birth, attend this class series with Mother. It is ESSENTIAL that NOT just pregnant Mothers are receiving this postpartum care education.
CLASS DATES:
Class I: Wednesday, September 24th, 5-8pm
Class 2: Wednesday, October 1st, 5-8pm
Class 3: Wednesday, October 8th, 5-8pm
Class 4: Wednesday, October 22nd, 5-8pm
Class 5: TBD as we will schedule this to be 6 weeks after all the mamas have birthed.
INVESTMENT & EXCHANGE: $297 per mother/partner couple and an additional $111 for family/community who will be supporting Mother through and after birth are to attend this class series with Mother. It is essential that it is not only Mothers are receiving this postpartum care education, but their support team as well.
For lifelong wisdom on caring for your postpartum body, nurturing your well-being, and building a foundation of support that will benefit generations to come—because when mothers are healthy and well, families are healthy and well. And when families are healthy and well, society is healthy and well!
Meet Laura
Laura is a village herbalist and nurse, who is passionate about food as medicine, herbs as allies and connection as guidance. She is the creatrix of Backyard Harvest, creating herbal medicines, based on the inspiration of the seasons and the abundance of the harvests! She is dedicated to offering mama’s and their families support and inspiration through holistic healing that nourishes mind, body, soul, and the Earth and honors intuition. Her offerings and knowledge weave the traditions of Holistic Herbalism, Bioregional Ayurveda, Earth Based Teachings, Innate Postpartum Care and the Wisdom of the Plants. Her Why is to spark that remembering from deep within of who we are.
Learn more and connect with Laura @backyardharvestherbal
and explore her other offerings such as her herbal CSA at www.backyardharvesherbal.com