Mastodawn

Life after pregnancy brings emotional, mental, and physical challenges.

In this episode of our video series, sponsored by PregOmega® Platinum, counselling psychologist Melina de Kock joins Baby Yum Yum Managing Editor Rianette Leibowitz to discuss baby blues vs postnatal depression, hormonal changes, sleep loss, and the role of nutrition and support.

Watch now: https://zurl.co/Mmv1Z

#BabyYumYum #PregOmegaPlatinum #PostpartumJourney #FourthTrimester #MaternalMentalHealth

BabyYumYum Mar 16

✨ Dear new mama 🤍
Surviving the fourth trimester isn’t about doing everything right.
It’s about getting through long, emotional days while your body, heart and identity heal.
You’re allowed to take it one breath, one moment and one day at a time. 📖

Log into Facebook

Log into Facebook to start sharing and connecting with your friends, family, and people you know.

Facebook

Bryony Sep 1, 2025

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/19Pc7is5Eo/

#postpartumnutrition
#postpartumhealth
#newmumlife
#healingafterbirth
#postpartumjourney
#nourishedmama
#fourthtrimester
#postpartumcare
#healthyafterbaby
#postpartumhealing
#motherhoodnutrition
#balancedpostpartum
#postpartumwellness
#newmumhealth
#recoveryafterbirth
#wellfedmama
#postpartumpantry
#healingfoods
#nourishthenewmum
#postpartumfuel
#postpartumguide
#postpartumstrength
#eatingforhealing
#postpartumvitality
#realfoodpostpartum
#newmumrecovery

Log into Facebook

Log into Facebook to start sharing and connecting with your friends, family, and people you know.

Facebook

Bright Futures Families Aug 12, 2025

New on the BFF Blog!

“What to Expect Postpartum as a Surrogate” is now live on our website!

The surrogacy journey doesn’t end at delivery. From physical healing to emotional support, this post offers insight into what life looks like after birth — just for surrogates. Whether you’re considering becoming a gestational carrier or currently on a journey, check it out at https://zurl.co/XPb9X

#brightfuturesfamilies #surrogacy #postpartum #gestationalcarrier #surrogacyjourney #fourthtrimester

Bryony Jul 31, 2025

https://www.instagram.com/p/DMyJiQziPA8/

#postpartumjourney #newmom #momlife #motherhoodunplugged #fourthtrimester #postpartum #newborn #parenthood #postbirth #authenticmotherhood #postpartumfitness #mama #honestmotherhood #postpartumjourney #pregnancy #postpartumbody #momsofinstagram #tiredasamother
#postpartumrecovery #newmomlife #postpartumdepression #momblogger #babywearing #momcommunity #postpartumwellness #motherhoodjourney #keepingitrealmum #breastfeedingmama #pregnancyjourney #maternity

Lifestyle | Foodie | Family | Bryony on Instagram: "The post partum journey, the fourth trimester AKA welcome to the sh*t show. 2:48am, lying awake in a quiet room, white noise humming around me. The baby’s been waking all night and body aching from hours of feeding and rocking. My body feeling like a battlefield, stomach slack and unfamiliar, boobs aching, my 'lower parts' reminding me with every step that I had just given birth - and yet the world seems to expect mothers to bounce back - to smile, to "enjoy every moment", to somehow not unravel under the weight of it all. My mind won’t settle. It spins with exhaustion, frustration, and a strange mix of love and rage I've previously experienced with all my other 3 children - welcome to Post Natal Depression. On top of it all, I’m adjusting to life as a family of five - with a newborn and three other children who need me in different ways every day. The juggle is real, messy and exhausting. Some days it feels like I’m pulled in a million directions, and yet, I’m learning to find moments of calm in the chaos. But here’s the truth: I am grateful. Not in the tidy, Instagram-ready way everyone talks about - but grateful for the mums who have messaged me late at night saying, “me too” after viewing one of my Instagram stories. The ones who don’t sugarcoat it. The ones who’ve been right where I am - raw, exhausted and real. I'm grateful for my healthy babies. I'm grateful to have a roof over my head and food I can cook and enjoy (let's not discuss whether my kids enjoy it, they'd be happy with a McDonald's 😂) Our journeys might look different - different births, babies, battles - but the thread running through all of us is realness. The aching love. The silent frustration. The joy so fierce. The grief for who we were. And the strength we didn’t know we had. If you’re in the thick of it - the foggy, messy fourth trimester - know this: I see you. I'm going through it. I honour your experience, whatever it looks like. You don’t need to explain or pretend. This is your motherhood. And it’s enough. And if no one’s told you today: You’re doing amazing, sweetie. Even if you cried in the shower and you had cake for breakfast. Because honestly? Same! 🤟"

bryonyannie on July 31, 2025: "The post partum journey, the fourth trimester AKA welcome to the sh*t show. 2:48am, lying awake in a quiet room, white noise humming around me. The baby’s been waking all night and body aching from hours of feeding and rocking. My body feeling like a battlefield, stomach slack and unfamiliar, boobs aching, my 'lower parts' reminding me with every step that I had just given birth - and yet the world seems to expect mothers to bounce back - to smile, to "enjoy every moment", to somehow not unravel under the weight of it all. My mind won’t settle. It spins with exhaustion, frustration, and a strange mix of love and rage I've previously experienced with all my other 3 children - welcome to Post Natal Depression. On top of it all, I’m adjusting to life as a family of five - with a newborn and three other children who need me in different ways every day. The juggle is real, messy and exhausting. Some days it feels like I’m pulled in a million directions, and yet, I’m learning to find moments of calm in the chaos. But here’s the truth: I am grateful. Not in the tidy, Instagram-ready way everyone talks about - but grateful for the mums who have messaged me late at night saying, “me too” after viewing one of my Instagram stories. The ones who don’t sugarcoat it. The ones who’ve been right where I am - raw, exhausted and real. I'm grateful for my healthy babies. I'm grateful to have a roof over my head and food I can cook and enjoy (let's not discuss whether my kids enjoy it, they'd be happy with a McDonald's 😂) Our journeys might look different - different births, babies, battles - but the thread running through all of us is realness. The aching love. The silent frustration. The joy so fierce. The grief for who we were. And the strength we didn’t know we had. If you’re in the thick of it - the foggy, messy fourth trimester - know this: I see you. I'm going through it. I honour your experience, whatever it looks like. You don’t need to explain or pretend. This is your motherhood. And it’s enough. And if no one’s told you today: You’re doing amazing, sweetie. Even if you cried in the shower and you had cake for breakfast. Because honestly? Same! 🤟".

Instagram

GBS Media Pro Jul 31, 2025

The 4th Trimester – When Support Disappears
Prenatal care is thorough—but after birth? One checkup is standard. In the U.S., 23% of moms return to work within 10 days, even after C-sections. We lead the developed world in maternal deaths.
https://bluewaterhealthyliving.com/news/lifestyle/the-4th-trimester/
#FourthTrimester #MaternalHealth #PostpartumCare #WomensHealth

The 4th Trimester

Lifestyle - By Katie Kuhn Katie Kuhn Our society is extremely concerned about the health of women throughout pregnancy- constant doctor’s visits, ultrasounds, tests.

Blue Water Healthy Living

Bryony Jun 29, 2025

https://www.instagram.com/p/DLfMExYIEMs/
#postpartumjourney #postpartum #walledgarden #TIA #TransientIschemicAttack #strokesurvivor #ministroke #strokeawareness #strokerecovery #wellness #healthiswealth🌟 #postpartumbody #newbornbaby #newbornphotography #mummyandme #transientischemicattacks #ministrokesurvivor #ministrokes #postpartumhealth #postpartumhealthjourney #motherhood #honestmotherhood #motherlife #fourthtrimester #fourthtrimestercare #fourthtrimestermama #fourthtrimesterbodies #newbornposing #profile

Lifestyle | Foodie | Family | Bryony on Instagram: "Motherhood. A form of sacrifice that you don't appreciate - sacrificing sleep, your body, your time, your health. I'd do it again in any lifetime but it's really hit home the pressures we put on our bodies just for being human, for being a woman, regardless of having babies or not and so much affects our health that we don't realise - stress, food, environment, genetics, mental state and so on. The reason for this 𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘤 monologue is yesterday I was told I had a mini stroke also known as Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA) and I'm being referred to a Stroke Unit in Scunthorpe for further investigation & to talk prevention of a bigger stroke. They think the reason being is I'm post partum, as I didn't give birth that long ago I have higher risk factors of things like Venous Thromboembolism (blood clots), hypertension, pre-eclampsia, anemia in the first few weeks post birth - there's of course lots of other issues women can experience like incontinence, depression, wound complications, pain, fatigue, infection and so on. I suppose the reason for sharing this is I'm processing the whole thing, I'm still processing the fact I even have a baby! The last 2 weeks I had 3 incidents with my vision - the first couple of times I thought it was my glasses so I just ignored it happened but the third time my vision was affected I was at my nephews assembly and I was with my mum and sister who I turned to and just commented on my eyes feeling weird & I was told that the left eye was turning inwards and prior to that I had a sporadic painful headache that started and stopped in about ten minutes. I'd booked at Specsavers and explained what happened and they said I need to go to a&e in the next 12 to 24 hours & I said was there any need for all that as it was probably the weather but I rang 111 and then spoke to a clinician who booked me at Louth hospital for 10.50pm but they then refused to see me as it wasn't an injury or infection, so I rang 111 again and they just said to go to the emergency department & again I said "shall I just leave it as it seems alot of time to waste for nothing" 🙈 moral to the story is - listen to advice because I could've missed this massive warning"

bryonyannie on June 29, 2025: "Motherhood. A form of sacrifice that you don't appreciate - sacrificing sleep, your body, your time, your health. I'd do it again in any lifetime but it's really hit home the pressures we put on our bodies just for being human, for being a woman, regardless of having babies or not and so much affects our health that we don't realise - stress, food, environment, genetics, mental state and so on. The reason for this 𝘦𝘱𝘪𝘤 monologue is yesterday I was told I had a mini stroke also known as Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA) and I'm being referred to a Stroke Unit in Scunthorpe for further investigation & to talk prevention of a bigger stroke. They think the reason being is I'm post partum, as I didn't give birth that long ago I have higher risk factors of things like Venous Thromboembolism (blood clots), hypertension, pre-eclampsia, anemia in the first few weeks post birth - there's of course lots of other issues women can experience like incontinence, depression, wound complications, pain, fatigue, infection and so on. I suppose the reason for sharing this is I'm processing the whole thing, I'm still processing the fact I even have a baby! The last 2 weeks I had 3 incidents with my vision - the first couple of times I thought it was my glasses so I just ignored it happened but the third time my vision was affected I was at my nephews assembly and I was with my mum and sister who I turned to and just commented on my eyes feeling weird & I was told that the left eye was turning inwards and prior to that I had a sporadic painful headache that started and stopped in about ten minutes. I'd booked at Specsavers and explained what happened and they said I need to go to a&e in the next 12 to 24 hours & I said was there any need for all that as it was probably the weather but I rang 111 and then spoke to a clinician who booked me at Louth hospital for 10.50pm but they then refused to see me as it wasn't an injury or infection, so I rang 111 again and they just said to go to the emergency department & again I said "shall I just leave it as it seems alot of time to waste for nothing" 🙈 moral to the story is - listen to advice because I could've missed this massive warning".

Instagram