Postpartum prep is more than just thinking about healing and the baby. It is about making sure that you feel held and supported as well. Using products that will help you feel more organised and make those newborn days just a little bit easier, while...
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Peri healing
Breastfeeding
Comforts
Food & Drink
Baby
Peri healing
Use to spray on your pads after birth. Supports healing after birth. Use this with aloe vera gel, lavender oil and calendula on pads. Place pads in freezer for an extra cooling effect.
Witch Hazel
Calendula is an effective and gentle all-natural salve which can be used for cracked nipples, dry lips and even for postpartum yoni healing.
Four Cow Farm Calendula Remedy 50g
Period undies are the absolute best thing in those first six weeks after birth, especially once bleeding has slowed down but you have that annoying on and off again light bleeding! I tend to use disposable undies/nappies and pads for the first week s...
Modibodi Period Undies
This herbal blend is lovingly mixed from organically grown and home grown herbs that are beneficial in the postpartum period. Suitable for use as a peri spray (by making a tea from the herbs) sitz baths or vaginal steaming. This blend contains herbs ...
Yoni Steam Herbs
Not essential but damn does it make it easier and more comfortable
Yoni steaming stool
NEED for the first three days. Super important to monitor blood loss. Then move onto pads for a few days and then period undies to save on landfill (many women experience on/off bleeding for six weeks).
Bubba Bump Disposable Postpartum Underwear
Yoni healing bath
Postpartum Sitz Soak Bath
Perfect for a postpartum sitz soak with healing properties
Herbal Sitz Soak
This peri spray bottle is convenient and much more comfortable than wiping down there after birth. You can also add healing herbs to the bottle (like calendula for example).
Peri bottle
You can also make these yourself but if you can't be bothered, these are great.
Peri Ice Padiscles
Be sure to get the maternity ones, not the large ones.
Tom Organic Maternity Pads
Breastfeeding
Super helpful in catching the let down from the other breast while feeding.
Haakaa Ladybug Breast Milk Collector
Amazing breast and nipple relief from breastfeeding pain
Hydrogel Pads
Nature's Child Nursing Breast Pads - Light & Discreet. Made from certified organic cotton. For light leakage. Be gentle on yourself and the planet. Choose to reuse. Pack of 6.
Organic Cotton Reusable Breast Pads
These pads can be used either warm or cold to reduce symptoms of mastitis and engorged breasts. Sweet, sweet relief.
Breast Compress - Hot/Cold Therapy
You could also just grab syringes from your local chemist.
Colostrum collector
Save the planet people
Reusable Milk Storage Bags
I love using these warm to help release blocked milk ducts, but they are also great cold for sore boobies.
Breast Ice/Heat Gel Pack
Loved this! I pop it on the other boob while feeding and catch the letdown so that I could ‘top up’ bub with extra milk before bed.
Haakaa Silicone Breast Pump
I have absolutely got my money's worth out of this pump. It is so convenient with a USB charge. You can also buy the bra that goes with it for hands free pumping. Super handy!
Medela Freestyle Hands-Free Breast Pump
If you're wanting to create a stash in your freezer and need more bags, these are great.
Medela Breast Milk Storage Bags
Fenugreek and milk thistle support breastmilk production.
Lactation gummies
Helps to ease blocked ducts
Breastfeeding ball
Amazing little tools to heal cracked/sore nipples. Simply place them on between feeds. These come so highly recommended by every single woman I have spoken to about them.
Silverettes
Pure lanolin is the best type of cream for cracked/sore nipples. You really don't need anything fancy. Breast milk on your nips is also great!
Lanolin Cream
Comforts
Donut pillows are ideal for those first few weeks when sitting can be painful after birth, particularly if you have had stitches.
Donut pillow
These versatile pyjamas are perfect for those first hazy weeks of motherhood because are comfy as heck but also look good enough for when guests pop by for a visit.
I Love Linen Pyjamas
Perfect to ease aches and pains associated with muscle tightness from breastfeeding, as well as your uterus for those dreaded afterpains!
Wheatbags Love
Lightweight cozy warm cashmere wool socks
Cashmere Wool Socks
Super comfy and the added bonus is that it dries quickly compared to other robes (hello breast milk stains and frequent washes!)
Linen Maternity Bathrobe
Just trust me.
Eyemask
With its 1L capacity and straw set up, it is the best water bottle on the market for breastfeeding mamas.
Reusable 1L bottle with straw
A kindle is great to pass time during feeding. It gets you off a screen during feeding times (don't go on your phone during night feeds, you are only going to a) spend a shit tonne of money on baby clothes that they will never actually wear and b) no...
Kindle
You are going to be ‘stuck’ to a couch for many many hours with a newborn.
Extra Long Phone Charger
Especially great for c section mamas or those who have had an epidural.
Compression socks
Food & Drink
Super handy site with a tonne of postpartum products all in one shop.
Postpartum Pantry Items
Gather a range of herbal teas to keep you warm and nourished throughout your postpartum.
Herbal Teas
Bone broths and collagen products to help support postpartum healing
Nutra Organics Broth
THE BEST!! If you take this during your postpartum, bub also reaps the benefits of the probiotic through your breastmilk. Great if you have a windy or collicky baby. Also supports symptoms and reoccurance of mastitis.
Qiara Pregnancy & Breastfeeding Probiotics
Delicious breastmilk boosting cookies.
Franjo's Lactation Cookies
Baby
Look, babies really don't need much. These are my essentials.
Set of 4 burp cloths. Measurement : approximately 40cm long x 20cm wide Materials : front - 100% cotton fabric back - 100% cotton terry towel
Burp cloths
Handmade baby bibs with double gauze or honeycomb cotton
Bibs
LOVED this. Great to pop bub down absolutely anywhere. Toilet? Shower? Outside in the garden? Beside the bed? Especially handy if you have babies who to spew a lot as you can keep them upright after feeds.
Bouncer
Skip the swaddle blankets and go straight to these. So so handy.
Newborn swaddle
Whether breast or bottle feeding this glass bottle is highly recommended.
Glass bottle
Double zipper onesies are all my children lived in for the first 3 months. Skip the cute outfits and just stock up on these babies, maybe add a few cute jumpers/cardigans and grab some good quality singlets for underneath or for the hotter months.
Zip Wondersuit
Invest in good quality singlets and double zipper onesies, and skip the rest. You can reuse these for your next children.
Newborn singlets
I have had both the Cruz and Vista prams, and can say that I much preferred the Cruz (even with two babies under 18 months).
UPPAbaby Cruz Pram
I love this so much I have two in my home. It's the perfect diffuser/white noise/night light all in one.
