Preparing your home for the first week postpartum can protect your energy, reduce overwhelm, and support real recovery when you need it most.

Sleep deprivation is the hardest part of motherhood. This is how I rebuilt rest and recovery in a way that worked for me — one small, gentle step at a time.

The season I lost myself in motherhood — and the small daily choices that helped me find calm, confidence, and me again.

Postpartum recovery isn’t just about sleepless nights — it’s about navigating brain fog, emotional ups and downs, and a body that feels completely different. No one prepared me for how overwhelming the 4th trimester would be, and it honestly hit me like a train. In this post, I’m sharing what I wish someone had told me, plus the simple tool that helped me feel calmer, more organised, and less alone.

Motherhood can feel incredibly lonely when you don’t have a ready-made village. After my husband returned to work just days after I gave birth, I found myself healing, exhausted, and figuring everything out on my own. Over time, I discovered that a “village” doesn’t have to be big — sometimes it’s built from small steps, one connection at a time, and even one friend who truly gets it. Here’s how I went from feeling isolated to supported, and how you can start building your own village too.

I planned for the birth, but no one told me how hard the recovery would be. Here are 5 simple tools that helped me feel more like myself again — and how they can support your fourth trimester trimester, too.