Program Description

This digital, educational series is designed to help expecting parents prepare for the profound emotional, physical, and social transition into life after birth. Grounded in psychology and feminism, this program explores the postpartum experience as both a personal transformation and a social process, one that deserves knowledge, rest, and community care.

Together, we’ll challenge cultural myths about “bouncing back,” unpack the mental load of early parenthood, and build practical tools for sustainable well-being. Each session integrates evidence-based strategies for emotional resilience, body recovery, development, and relational health, along with reflective discussions inspired by key postpartum texts recommended by DONA International.

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8-Week Curriculum Overview

Week 1: The Fourth Trimester Framework

Understanding postpartum through a biopsychosocial lens.

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Week 2: Redefining Recovery

Body image, identity, and the feminist politics of “getting your body back.”

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Week 3: The Psychology of Adjustment

Maternal mental health, stress, and evidence-based coping from a health psychology perspective.

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Week 4: Emotional Labor and the Invisible Load

Feminist perspectives on caregiving, partnership, and the division of domestic work.

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Week 5: Feeding the Baby, Nurturing the Parent

The psychological and embodied experience of feeding — breast, bottle, or both.

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Week 6: Building Your Village

Social support, community structures, and reimagining postpartum care beyond the nuclear family.

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Week 7: Rest, Rhythm, and Regulation

Sleep, emotional co-regulation, and redefining productivity in the early months.

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Week 8: Reclaiming Identity and Power

Integrating parenthood into the self; postpartum as emergence, not loss.

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You’ll Leave With:

• A personalized postpartum care plan
• Tools for emotional regulation and communication
• A feminist-informed understanding of your evolving identity
• Community support and ongoing resource access