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The Fourth Trimester

A Postpartum Guide to Healing Your Body, Balancing Your Emotions, and Restoring Your Vitality

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 An audiobook guide to help support women through post-partum healing on the physical, emotional, relational, and spiritual levels.

This holistic audiobook guide offers practical advice to support women through postpartum healing on the physical, emotional, relational, and spiritual levels--and provides women with a roadmap to this very important transition that can last from a few months to a few years.

Kimberly Ann Johnson draws from her vast professional experience as a doula, postpartum consultant, yoga teacher, body worker, and women's health care advocate, and from the healing traditions of Ayurveda, traditional Chinese medicine, and herbalism--as well as her own personal experience--to cover:

• how you can prepare your body for birth;

• how you can organize yourself and your household for the best possible transition to motherhood;

• simple practices and home remedies to facilitate healing and restore energy;

• how to strengthen relationships and aid the return to sex;

• learning to exercise safely postpartum;

• carrying your baby with comfort;

• exploring the complex and often conflicting emotions that arise postpartum;

and much more.


Includes a bonus PDF with worksheets, illustrations, and recipes Motherhood Parenting & Families Relationships Sexual & Reproductive Health Emotions Alternative Medicine Physical Exercise Medicine Pregnancy Sexual Health China
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There are those books (or audiobooks) which have the power to change the course of your life. This is one of those books. Written and spoken with heart, with credible information and clear expertise, this is a must-have for any mum to be. Being pregnant myself, this book has aided me in thinking and feeling my way into a better pregnancy and (hopefully) postpartum period, with more confidence and strength to resource what I need at this time.

I have to say, listening to it at first, it was pretty hard-hitting. Kimberley is very clear about the sort of needs and support that a mum should try to have in place, in what is often spoken about in a mysterious, daunting and vague period of afterbirth. She sheds light on how important this time is and for me, she is a powerful voice in society for women, especially when this is not really spoken about until you get to the point of giving birth.

Life-changing

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Lots of great info and encouragement for new mothers. I was so prepared for I will attend in person of my child but not for me as a mother. This book would have helped ALOT. Rather late than never though.

I wish I'd read this before I gave birth

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This book has been recommended to me by a number of people I respect and follow and I am really grateful for it. Also slightly surprised and shocked to see negative reviews regarding the voiceover and content - so much judgment!

The book is an excellent source of HONEST and CANDID information on postpartum including all the changes that happen to our body. A lot of the topics aren't widely covered in friendly conversations and often arent addressed by our ob-gyn so I think it is a great tool to help women to prepare for what's happening during and after birth and make sure they have done all the work necessary to minimise their birth trauma and its consequences

It also comes with a number of additional resources to work on lone and with a partner which again, I found incredibly useful as I was just going into parenthood 'winging it'.

Very insightful and practical

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A very reflective book which helps you look inside at yourself, your family, support and the parent you want to be. I read this after my second baby and wish I had read it sooner- a fantastic way to reflect on yourself, your experiences and seek support where needed.

A must have for pregnancy and beyond

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Overall, I enjoyed the book and found it very informative, particularly due to the practical advice about how to organise life in the fourth trimester and about some healing and relaxation practises.
Yet I am not 'sold' on the advice based on traditions. As we know traditions are often past through generations due to blind following and belief and it doesn't mean necessarily that they are helpful or correct (think of female genitals mutilation as an example).
I have noted some useful points from the book, but I will definitely skip such non-scientific & dangerous advice as 'steaming the Yoni' or 'eating the placenta'. 😆
Cheers and positive vibes to all Mothers out there ❤️

Nice and informative but not always scientific

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