This course focuses on the 5 Essentials of Postpartum Care, which are found in cross-cultural Postpartum Care traditions from around the world, and are rooted in the physiological design of women.
Introductions and Laying the Foundation for the 5 Essentials of Postpartum Care (Sunday, October 20 - 3:00 - 5:00pm)
Deep Dive into the HOW & WHY of Rest, Warmth, & Nourishment (Sunday, October 27 - 3:00 - 5:00pm)
Deep Dive into the HOW & WHY of Body Care & Community Support (Sunday, November 3 - 3:00 - 5:00pm)
Creating a Postpartum Plan That Meets Your Unique Needs (Sunday, November 10 - 3:00 - 5:00pm)
My vision is that one day this wisdom is re-woven into the community and ALL mothers can have a nurtured and fulfilling postpartum experience.
I found Rachelle Garcia Seliga of INNATE Traditions through a divine sequence of events.
I had studied to become a birth and postpartum doula to support my sister through her journey into motherhood, but I left those doula trainings with more questions than answers, no teacher, and no community.
I saw a massive fracture and lack of education in what is actually required and helpful to support someone postpartum, with most energy spent on preparing for birth, leaving new mothers out in the cold in their most vulnerable and tender times.
One night, I sat in front of my alter crying. I prayed for a teacher and a community to show me the way. The next day, an ad popped up on my Instagram for the INNATE Postpartum Care Practitioner course and I immediately knew my prayers had been answered.
I began integrating the 5 Essentials of Postpartum Care into my own life while in the 9 month long training. Within 3 months, I had healed and released the identity of chronic pain after 7.5 years.
I have supported countless women and mothers in a variety of ways in integrating many components of what you will learn in the Planning for the Fourth Trimester Course. It is an honor to carry the wisdom of my teacher and the INNATE Postpartum Care framework into my community.
The basis of the INNATE Postpartum System of Care is rooted in the understanding that maternal health is not only relative to mothers, but to children and familial health, as a child’s health, and ultimately a family’s health, is contingent on the WELLNESS of mothers.
Most mothers and families are blissfully unaware of the resourcing required to support and tend to new mothers, especially with their first baby, but also with a new baby while still tending to your other children. Just because you CAN do something on your own (because that’s all you’ve seen others do), doesn’t mean you should or have to.
However, even though these are common symptoms and experiences that have become normalized, they are preventable and repairable with the proper tending to in the Fourth Trimester and beyond. If you can lay the foundation for healing and thriving life in your Fourth Trimester, not only will you emerge more whole and intact, but so can your relationships with your partner, your baby/children, and your community.
This creates a ripple effect of intergenerational and community healing, both forwards to future generations, and backwards for the mothers in your family/community who didn’t have this education and care available to them.
