02/05/2026
Postpartum healing is not a straight line.
There are days when your body feels strong, your heart feels open, and you think, “I’m finally turning a corner.”
And then there are days when the tears come out of nowhere, your body aches again, or the weight of it all feels heavier than it did yesterday.
That doesn’t mean you’re doing anything wrong.
It means your nervous system, hormones, tissues, and identity are integrating something enormous.
Birth doesn’t end when the baby arrives.
Your body continues to unwind, repair, remember, and reorganize long after the six-week checkup. Hormones fluctuate. Sleep deprivation accumulates. Old emotions surface. New ones arrive. Healing happens in layers, not steps.
Some days you’ll feel expansive.
Some days you’ll need more rest, more holding, more gentleness than you expected.
This ebb and flow is not regression - it’s intelligence.
Your body knows when to move forward and when to pause. Healing often circles back so it can deepen, not because it failed the first time.
Postpartum care is not about “bouncing back.”
It’s about being supported through the waves with touch, nourishment, rest, and attunement - so your system doesn’t have to carry it all alone.
If you’re in a season where healing feels messy, slow, or unpredictable: you’re still healing.
You’re not behind.
You’re becoming.
