Get Support for a First Forty Days Postpartum Experience

If you haven’t heard about the First Forty Days, it’s an approach in which the birth parent spends the early days with a newborn focusing on resting, bonding with baby, and nourishing their body in order to heal.

For many of us in the West, who are rushing to return to work, taking care of older children, or far from family and friends, this can seem impossible. Here are tips to leverage the support that you have create a similar experience.

1. Ignore “snap back” culture

2. Let go of higher standards (like dirty dishes)

3. Change your registry to have fewer things and more support

4. Leverage the support you have by asking them for food delivery, sibling care, or home support

5. Don’t allow visitors who don’t help

This focuses on the support, but here are other ways you can create a first forty days experience.

• Show your partner / support person how to help you

• Create a meal train

• Have nourishing food ready to go

Want to feel confident and prepared for your baby’s arrival? Book a prenatal meeting or VIP day with me! You can also learn more by following me on Instagram, Facebook, or Pinterest.

Hi! I'm Gigi; I'm a postpartum doula, mother to three toddlers, including twins, and a wife to my high school sweetheart.

I help families get the tools they need to prepare, so once baby arrives, they can focus on resting and bonding instead of researching or stressing. I’m here to streamline the newborn learning curve and help birth parents, partners, and other family members. There isn’t ONE way to have and raise a little human. I’m here to guide parents to find THEIR way so that they can thrive in the fourth trimester and beyond.