Planning Postpartum
Practical preparation
for recovery, baby care, and life after birth.
Parenting Together
You’re preparing for life with a baby. This course is there to help you plan the logistics as a team. Cooking, shopping, making decisions and keeping the household running may all be familiar. Doing them while recovering from birth, sleeping in fragments and learning to care for a newborn is new.
The 4th Trimester Course helps you build a realistic foundation for those early months. You’ll explore what recovery and life with a newborn actually demand, look at the resources and support available to your family, and work out together how the essentials will happen when your capacity is stretched.
Good preparation isn't about knowing exactly what's going to happen. It's about understanding what you're likely to face, having the skills and resources to manage it, and knowing what to do when plans change.
Through practical guidance, checklists and planning worksheets, you’ll make room for meals, rest, recovery, baby care and each other, with clear responsibilities and ways to adjust when things change. The best experiences need solid foundations.
Start with a plan that makes everyday life workable.
Hi, I'm Anice
Hi, I’m Anice. I’m a postnatal doula, the owner of Massage Mama, and a mother of two.
I care deeply about helping parents feel informed without feeling frightened, and providing advice that does not make assumptions and respects individual circumstances and choices. My approach is practical, evidence-based, and rooted in the belief that postpartum works better when the load is understood and shared.
Before working in maternal care, I spent years in corporate training, developing procedures and training materials, teaching people how to navigate complex systems, anticipate problems and communicate effectively when things didn't go according to plan.
That's the approach I've brought to The 4th Trimester Course. Combining my experience in postpartum care with my background in practical training and systems development, I've created a course that helps expecting parents understand what's ahead and make realistic plans for their own family.
Course curriculum
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1First Section
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2Life After Birth
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3Nutrition as Support
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4Life with a Baby
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5Teamwork
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6Final Notes