Postpartum Prep Class

Postpartum Preparation Class

Preparing for Life After Birth

Most birth education classes focus on labour, birth, and the arrival of your baby. But what happens after birth is just as important.

Joining forces, Lactation Consultant and Registered Nurse/Midwife Natalie from Milk and Mums Co. alongside Doula and founder of Mamamour, Ysaline, have put together the ultimate one stop shop class to help you think through and plan for your postpartum period.

Our Postpartum Prep Class is designed to help expectant parents navigate the often-overlooked fourth trimester—the weeks and months following birth when recovery, feeding, adjustment, and family life begin. This practical and evidence-based class provides the knowledge, skills, and confidence needed to support a smoother transition into parenthood.

What we will cover:

• Breastfeeding and newborn feeding – Understanding feeding cues, establishing breastfeeding, feeding positions, practical feeding tricks and what to expect in the first days and weeks after birth.

• Normal newborn behaviour and sleep – Learning what is biologically normal for babies, understanding sleep patterns, and managing expectations around sleep deprivation.

• Physical recovery after birth – Supporting your healing, understanding postpartum changes, and caring for your pelvic floor and body after birth.

• Emotional wellbeing and matrescence – Navigating the emotional transition to parenthood, recognising common challenges, and prioritising mental wellbeing.

• Postpartum nutrition and self-care – Simple strategies for nourishing yourself, meal preparation, and maintaining your wellbeing during the early weeks.

• Building your village – Creating a practical postpartum plan, developing a support network, and knowing when and how to ask for help.

• Supporting the whole family – Meaningful ways partners and support people can support feeding, recovery, and family adjustment.

Why is this class essential?

While birth preparation classes help you prepare for the day your baby arrives, postpartum preparation helps you prepare for everything that comes next. Many parents spend months planning for labour but receive little education about recovery, feeding challenges, sleep deprivation, relationship changes, and the emotional adjustment to becoming a parent. We hear as professionals in this area many parents repeating the expression, "No one told me postpartum would look like..." and saying how little they thought about their postpartum period as they were more concerned with planning their birth experience - your postpartum experience is just as important as your birth experience!

Taking a Postpartum Preparation Class alongside or after a Birth Preparation Class provides a complete picture of the parenting journey. Research consistently shows that parents who feel informed and supported during the postpartum period experience greater confidence, improved feeding outcomes, and a smoother transition to family life.

Birth is one day. The postpartum period is where your parenting journey truly begins. This class ensures you are just as prepared for life after birth as you are for birth itself.

Meet Your Hosts

🤍 Ysaline Godet – Postpartum Doula & Holistic Life Coach at Mamamour
Ysaline supports women and families through pregnancy, postpartum and the transition into parenthood. She will explore emotional wellbeing, matrescence, practical postpartum planning and ways to build a supportive village around you.

🤍 Natalie Spencer – Lactation Consultant (IBCLC), & Nurse/Midwife at Milk & Mums Co.
Natalie educates and supports families with breastfeeding, infant feeding and lactation. She will guide you through breastfeeding in the early weeks, newborn feeding behaviours, positioning, practical feeding tricks (the ones you don't learn in a normal breastfeeding class) and what to have ready before your baby arrives.

Guest Speakers

🤍 Anna Scammell – Women's Health Physiotherapist
Anna will discuss physical recovery after birth, pelvic floor health, returning to movement safely and practical ways to support your body's recovery during the postpartum period.

🤍 Jessica Smouha – Nutritionist & Founder of Made for Mothers
Jessica specialises in nourishing mothers during pregnancy and postpartum. She will share practical nutrition tips, meal preparation ideas and simple ways to support recovery and wellbeing through food.

A Hands-On & Interactive Experience

This is not just a sit-and-listen workshop.

Throughout the morning, you'll have the opportunity to participate in practical demonstrations, simple exercises and interactive activities, including breastfeeding positioning, feeding techniques, postpartum planning exercises, pelvic floor and breathing awareness, and practical postpartum preparation tips.

You'll leave with useful resources, contacts of professionals that can support you during the postpartum period, samples of meals and food, practical tools and a personalised postpartum planning worksheet to help you feel more prepared and supported for life with your newborn.

Who Is This Class For?

• Pregnant women at any stage of pregnancy

• Partners and support people wanting to feel more confident and involved

• First-time parents seeking practical guidance and reassurance

• Parents growing their family who would like to feel more prepared

Join us for a warm and welcoming morning where you can ask questions, connect with other expecting families and prepare for life beyond birth.

Places are limited to allow time for discussion, questions and personalised support.

Ticket Includes;

• Professional talks

• Resources

• Activities

• Morning Tea

• Take home gift bag