Beyond the Fourth Trimester: Why I Became a Mother’s Helper
As a postpartum doula, my work has always been about meeting mothers where they are—tired, healing, stretched, becoming. But the truth is, the need doesn’t stop after the newborn phase. It evolves, like we do.
Mothers’ needs are babies’ needs are children’s needs are mother’s needs.
Amidst these major shifts, there were countless whispers, “I need a break from being a mum for a minute.” Yet, I also vividly recall the opposite feelings from the early days - watching people hold my newborns while feeling a visceral ache for them to be returned to me.