INNATE's Preparing for the Fourth Trimester Course is for pregnant Mothers and families - to prepare for a nourishing, regenerative postpartum period.

INNATE Postpartum Care works from the foundational understanding that: maternal health is foundational to society’s health. When Mothers are healthy and well, families are healthy and well. When families are healthy and well, communities are healthy and well – and this concentric ring of wellness continues to move outward to encompass the whole of the Earth. In optimally taking care of the Mothers, we are taking care of the future generations.

This course focuses on the 5 Essentials of Postpartum Care - which are found throughout the world's postpartum traditions AND are deeply rooted in women's physiologic and psychologic design

Essential 1: An Extended Resting Period

An extended resting period in the postpartum time, safeguards women’s long-term pelvic health and hormonal health.

Essential 2: Warm in Temperature, Warm in Nature, Easy to Digest, Nutrient-Dense Food

Our digestive system is profoundly altered through pregnancy and birth. There are specific foods that should be eaten - and that should not to be eaten in the postpartum time to support long-term digestive health.

Essential 3: Bodywork

Bodywork elicits our relaxation response, allows our nervous system to down-regulate and boosts our immunity. Nature’s Law is based on reciprocity. Bodywork gives to Mothers so that Mothers can give freely to their babies

Essential 4: Warmth

Warmth in the postpartum time facilitates the production of Oxytocin. Oxytocin facilitates healing. Warmth causes our tissues to expand, which facilitates the moving of blood and lymph, which facilitates healing.

Essential 5: Community

This foundation in the postpartum time is COMMUNITY. COMMUNITY means: people that Mother feels good and safe with, that will be with her on a daily basis in the postpartum period. When Mothers feel good and safe, they are able to give up their hyper-vigilance. This allows the nervous system to down-regulate, which allows the body‘s energy in the postpartum time to go into HEALING, bonding, and attachment.

What to Expect:

The first 2-classes of INNATE’s Preparing for the Fourth Trimester Course happen PRENATALLY. Information/education about postpartum physiology and psychology is shared, and each family is supported to develop a postpartum plan that meets their unique needs.

The 3rd and final class of INNATE’s Preparing for the Fourth Trimester Course happens in the postpartum period. The families that participated together in the first two classes meet again, once everyone is at-least 6-weeks postpartum. The purpose of this final class is for MOTHERS and Partners to be WITNESSED and CELEBRATED by this community.

In this way, we bring honor and a layer of completion to our rites of passage into Motherhood and Parenthood.

Offers essential postpartum education to women and their families with time-tested postpartum wisdom interwoven with modern science – ***supporting women’s long-term health and vitality.***
Nourishes with truthful information, helping to lead families in the right direction for an optimal postpartum period- in the name of **creating a solid foundation for thriving family systems.**
Helps families **create postpartum care plans** tailored to the unique to the needs of each family.
Supports the **creation of or fortification of COMMUNITY.**

Natalie Small LMFT & Teri Lee H LCSW both offer individual and couples therapy to support your postpartum and beyond journey. If you are interested in adding on 1:1 sessions to our Preparing for the 4th Trimester course, please reach out to set up a 20 minute intake call and learn more about the personalized services we provide.

*both clinicians accept some insurance and sliding scale

Natalie Small LMFT : hello@thegroundswellinstitute.com

Teri Lee H LCSW: LINK

Workshop Details

**Dates:**

**Postpartum Preparation Workshops**
Aug 30, 9-1pm PST
Sept 20, 9-1pm PST
**Postpartum Support Workshop**
TBD: we will schedule this to land 6 weeks after mamas have birthed.
*all sessions will be held virtually to welcome moms, partners, and mom’s communities of support. Please have all participants register. Sessions are experiencial and community based. They will not be recorded. If a support person has to miss a session the mom or partner can share what was learned.

Register Here

About Innate Traditions

INNATE Postpartum Care, was created by Certified Professional Midwife (CPM), Rachelle Garcia Seliga, to fulfill the needs of women and families during the postpartum period. Very little has been available by means of holistic postpartum care, and INNATE Postpartum Care – Certified Practitioners are filling this gap. Natalie SMALL LMFT is a certified INNATE Postpartum Care practitioner and looks forward to supporting you grow your communities of care, healing, and honoring the breadth and seasons of postpartum-hood. You can read more about Innate Traditions HERE

Planning for the 4th Trimester