In this episode of Mothering With Grace, host Kaitlyn Grace explores the one thing most women forget to include in their birth plan — a postpartum plan — and why preparing for life after birth may matter even more than planning the birth itself.

Many expectant mothers spend months researching labor positions, birth preferences, and hospital bags, yet enter postpartum without a roadmap for recovery, support, or rest. In this episode, Kaitlyn reframes postpartum as a season of transformation rather than survival, and explains how intentional postpartum planning can support physical healing, emotional wellbeing, identity shifts, and the early bonding experience with your baby.

Kaitlyn breaks down what a postpartum plan really is — not a rigid checklist, but a mindset and support system designed to help mothers feel grounded, nourished, and empowered during the early weeks and months after birth. She also addresses the cultural pressures to “bounce back,” the cost of entering postpartum unprepared, and how planning ahead can change not only a mother’s experience, but the way families and communities care for women after birth.

This episode is for pregnant women and anyone preparing for postpartum who wants to feel supported rather than overwhelmed. Topics include postpartum planning, postpartum recovery, maternal mental health, rest and nourishment after birth, identity shifts in motherhood, and redefining what thriving in postpartum can look like.

New episodes coming soon.

3 Ways I Can Help You Feel More Prepared for Postpartum

1. Subscribe to the podcast for ongoing education, reflection, and real conversations about matrescence and lifelong postpartum.
2. Download my free Postpartum Guide to begin planning beyond the basics:
   https://www.motheringwithgrace.org/pages/free-postpartum-guide
3. Explore pregnancy, birth, and postpartum support — in-person or online — including doula care and education:
   https://www.motheringwithgrace.org/pages/doula-care
   
   
   

Connect & Collaborate

Email: motheringwithgracellc@gmail.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mothering.with.grace/
Website: https://www.motheringwithgrace.org/

Get in touch! I love hearing from listeners and exploring collaborations.

Birth is the beginning. Postpartum lasts a lifetime. And grace is how we meet it.

In this episode of Mothering With Grace, host Kaitlyn Grace shares a deeply personal postpartum story about moving abroad with a newborn — and the journey from isolation to community that followed.

Just six weeks postpartum, Kaitlyn relocated from Europe to the United States with two young children, no village, and no sense of what life would look like on the other side. In this reflective episode, she opens up about the emotional weight of postpartum transition, culture shock, identity shifts, and the loneliness many mothers experience when navigating new motherhood without built-in support.

Through the lens of faith, grace, and lived experience, this episode explores what it means to rebuild a sense of belonging in postpartum — especially after a move, a major life transition, or the loss of familiar systems of care. Kaitlyn reflects on the quiet resilience of early motherhood, the slow formation of community, and the unseen roots that begin to grow even in the most uncertain seasons.

This episode is for postpartum mothers, expat and internationally mobile families, and anyone navigating matrescence during a season of change. Topics include postpartum isolation, rebuilding community after birth, motherhood identity shifts, nervous system overwhelm, faith in motherhood, and finding connection after relocation.

New episodes coming soon.

3 Ways I Can Help You Feel More Prepared for Postpartum

1. Subscribe to the podcast for ongoing education, reflection, and real conversations about matrescence and lifelong postpartum.
2. Download my free Postpartum Guide to begin planning beyond the basics:
   https://www.motheringwithgrace.org/pages/free-postpartum-guide
3. Explore pregnancy, birth, and postpartum support — in-person or online — including doula care and education:
   https://www.motheringwithgrace.org/pages/doula-care

Connect & Collaborate

Email: motheringwithgracellc@gmail.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mothering.with.grace/
Website: https://www.motheringwithgrace.org/

Get in touch! I love hearing from listeners and exploring collaborations.

Birth is the beginning. Postpartum lasts a lifetime. And grace is how we meet it.

In this first full episode of Mothering With Grace, host Kaitlyn Grace shares why she became deeply committed to postpartum care — and why every mother deserves more support after birth.

Drawing from her lived experience of mothering in Germany and the United States, Kaitlyn explores how postpartum care systems shape not only recovery, but identity, mental health, and the way women experience motherhood. From guaranteed midwife home visits and community-based support to the isolation many mothers face in the U.S., this episode reveals the stark contrast between postpartum care models — and why the absence of care is not a personal failure, but a systemic one.

Kaitlyn opens up about her own postpartum journeys, including breastfeeding challenges, postpartum healing, nervous system overwhelm, and the emotional weight of rebuilding support from scratch. Through these stories, she introduces a core truth of this podcast: postpartum is not a moment or a six-week checkup — it is a lifelong season that deserves planning, reverence, and care.

This episode is for pregnant women, postpartum mothers, and anyone navigating matrescence who has ever felt alone, unprepared, or unsupported after birth. Topics include postpartum planning, maternal mental health, breastfeeding support, physical recovery, identity shifts, cross-cultural motherhood, and redefining what care for mothers can — and should — look like.

New episodes coming soon.

3 Ways I Can Help You Feel More Prepared for Postpartum

1. Subscribe to the podcast for ongoing education, reflection, and real conversations about matrescence and lifelong postpartum.
2. Download my free Postpartum Guide to begin planning beyond the basics:
   https://www.motheringwithgrace.org/pages/free-postpartum-guide
3. Explore pregnancy, birth, and postpartum support — in-person or online — including doula care and education:
   https://www.motheringwithgrace.org/pages/doula-care
   
   
   

Connect & Collaborate

Email: motheringwithgracellc@gmail.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mothering.with.grace/
Website: https://www.motheringwithgrace.org/

Get in touch! I love hearing from listeners and exploring collaborations.

Birth is the beginning. Postpartum lasts a lifetime. And grace is how we meet it.