Tiefkühltruhe mit Gemüse

Pre-cook frozen meals for the postpartum period

One of the big topics in the postpartum period is: food! Because it is important, because many women are incredibly hungry after giving birth and while breastfeeding - and because...
Sophie's Safe Space

Fat and Pregnant – an interview with yoga teacher Sophie from Sophie's Safe Space

Tagged: Schwangerschaft
Sophie is a yoga teacher and founder of Sophie's Safe Space. She offers online yoga courses specifically for fat, curvy, plus-size people with large (and of course all other) bodies...
Mutter im Geburtspool, Vater nimmt Baby entgegen

7 birth positions at a glance

Tagged: Geburt
Most of us rarely witness live births and so are mostly familiar with them from films and television. In these films, women lie on their backs in hospital gowns and...
Frau im Abendkleid sitzt in einer Badewanne

What should I wear in the delivery room?

Tagged: Geburt
"A delivery room is not a catwalk," my midwife's voice still rings in my ears today, even though my last birth was a while ago. And I wouldn't be the...
Stapel Unterlagen

7 tips for administrative and administrative matters surrounding the birth

Pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period can be quite turbulent times, during which you're preoccupied with yourself and your emotions, trying to organize a million things, and desperately needing breaks....
Wochenbett-Szene mit Mutter, Schwester, kleinem Bruder und Baby, Leah Kunz

How long does the postpartum period last?

Tagged: Wochenbett
The postpartum period - for us at the weeks, this term is now part of everyday life and what we do all day. But if we're completely honest, we didn't...
Paar im Geburtspool

5 tips to combat labor pains during childbirth

Tagged: Geburt
Most women who are expecting their first child often only know pain during childbirth from films and series: there is usually a lot of screaming and strange breathing, the woman...
Frau hält Wochenbettbinden von the weeks, Natalie Stanczak

6 Myths About the Estimated Due Date (EDD)

The due date. Estimated date - or should we say: guessed date? Because it is actually more of a vague date that can give a clue, but never certainty. And...
Baby wird gestillt, Natalie Stanczak

Soft body, hard time - 5 thoughts on the post-baby body

Tagged: Wochenbett
Postpartum belly, after-baby body, the big aftermath. We get so many questions about your bodies every day, and it's not just about pregnancy problems and tips for giving birth, but...
Baby wird gestillt

14 things happening to your body after birth

Tagged: Wochenbett
Giving birth is crazy - is the postpartum period even worse? Well, not always, of course. But in the first few days, weeks and months after your pregnancy, your body...
Hebamme legt Brusternährungsset an, Natalie Stanczak

The 13 craziest breastfeeding myths

Breastfeeding sometimes seems to be one of the most mysterious topics surrounding pregnancy, birth and the postpartum period - because few things are surrounded by as many old wives' tales...
Frau fasst sich in den Slip

Sexuality after birth and pregnancy: Do I have to rediscover my body after birth?

by Anna Dillinger “My body is changing – my feeling about my body is changing” Pregnancy and birth are life-changing events. This is so clear that there is no need...