Postpartum Gear for the First Two Weeks, in Order
Postpartum shopping lists are written as one long inventory, which is not how the period is experienced. Things become useful …
Postpartum Recovery Gear
Peri bottles, sitz baths, recovery underwear and belly wraps for the weeks after birth.
Postpartum Kit: Build Your Own or Buy a Prebuilt One
At some point in the third trimester the postpartum shopping question narrows to one decision: order a boxed kit and …
C-Section or Vaginal Birth: Two Postpartum Gear Lists
Most postpartum shopping lists are written as if there is one kind of birth. There are at least two, and …
Frida Mom Postpartum Kit: What You Get and Who It Fits
Frida Mom is the brand most people meet by accident, usually because someone put a boxed kit in their baby …
Sitz Bath After Birth: Toilet Seat Basin or Bathtub
A sitz bath is a shallow soak of warm water, and the word turns up on discharge sheets far more …
Postpartum vs Pregnancy Belly Band: Not the Same Job
You already own a belly band. It got you through the last months of work, it lives in the bedside …
Postpartum Underwear: Mesh, Disposable or Reusable
The mesh underwear from the hospital has a strange reputation. Half the internet calls it the best thing about the …
Postpartum Recovery Kit: The Five Things That Matter
Almost everything sold for pregnancy is bought calmly, in advance, after reading. The postpartum kit is the exception. It is …
Postpartum Pads and Briefs: Sizes, Absorbency, How Many
Nobody has an opinion about maternity pads until the week they need them, at which point everybody has one. The …
Postpartum Faja: What It Does and What It Does Not
The word turns up in postpartum forums far more often than it used to, usually in a sentence that assumes …
Postpartum Essentials: What Gets Used and What Does Not
Postpartum lists have a length problem. They are written to be comprehensive, which means nothing gets left off, which means …
Postpartum Compression Leggings: Waistband and Fabric
There is a stretch of weeks when maternity clothes are too big, the clothes from before do not fasten, and …