These are some resources I found enjoyable, distracting and supportive in those first few months.
🎧 Two New Mums podcast
Relatable podcast from two British mums. They’re slightly different ages with different birth experiences, so quite a balanced listen. Worth going back to when their children were born, and listening in ‘real time’ with yours. Find Amy and Jenny on Instagram.
🎧 Parenting Hell podcast
Another podcast duo, but from dads’ perspective. They get stellar guests on sharing their own experiences, and its interspersed with hilarious anecdotes from Rob and Josh, but also their listeners. Kept me chuckling on many long pram walks while on maternity leave! Listen on Spotify.
📕 Beautiful Chaos by Jessica Urlichs
Lovely, bite-sized poems on new motherhood. Buy online.
📱 Social media accounts
Physical support and rehab
No one really talks about healing and rehabilitating your body after 9 months of growing a new human and the marathon that is labour and birth. These Instagram accounts had lots of tips on how to look after yourself physically postpartum:
- @getmomstrong – I really like her app/programme too!
- @clarebournephysio
- @lizbrownphysio
- @dr.maehughes
- @bumpsandburpees
Mental health