Bumpnbub ® Aliza Carr

Some items that I LOVED postpartum: 🩸Period underwear. It’s normal to bleed for up to 6 weeks, tampons are not recommended and nobody wants to wear a pad for that long! 💦 Water bottle and straw! Breastfeeding thirst is real. 🤱Leak proof tank top. Yep they exist, and they absorb milk so you’re not sticky and wet overnight ✔️ 🛏️ Waterproof mattress protector - night sweats, milk, baby vomit - it’s all real and it’s an essential. What’s something you’d recommend?

I LOVE this! @mamamatters.au Even being a midwife, I felt completely rattled with the newborn phase. Having a baby on me 24 hours a day threw me and my mental health - along with peoples constant commentary on how you “should” do things. Did you feel prepared for the newborn phase?

A brief intro here on threads 👋🏼 • Registered midwife with a postgrad in perinatal mental health 🤰🏼 - Mama to 1 year old Zadie Bella • Fiancé to Stuart (still haven’t got married, thanks Covid + being from 2 different contients, Aus & South Africa) • Lived in Hong Kong for the last few years • Business owner and podcaster 🎙️ • Sharing the raw side of parenthood Tell me about you! 👇

Anyone else up with their babe at least 2 hours before sunrise every single day? 😴

When your baby’s 14 months, but still thinks she’s a newborn and requests to go to sleep in the carrier, on the daily. At least these two are cute 🥺

Anyone else’s back aching from rocking their babe to sleep tonight? Deciding if I need wine or Panadol 🍷