Free Postpartum Planning Resource
Ideal Audience:
Pregnant moms in any trimester, especially the third trimester
This FREE document will help you:
Understand realistic postpartum experiences
Create a simple postpartum support plan
Learn early mental health warning signs
Identify practical and emotional needs
Feel less anxious and more prepared
“Is this Normal?”
Please reach out to your health care provider if you notice that sadness, anxiety, anger, hopelessness, or overwhelm is persistent or interfering with your daily life. Other signs may include losing interest in things you usually enjoy, feeling disconnected from your baby, struggling to function, experiencing intense or constant worry, or feeling as though you cannot cope.
Your Postpartum Plan
A simple place to start thinking about life after having a baby
Postpartum planning is more than preparing the nursery.
It's thinking about how you will eat, sleep, recover, feed your baby, manage visitors, divide responsibilities, and take care of yourself when you're running on very little sleep.
There is no perfect postpartum plan.
There is your plan.
Use these questions to start a conversation with your partner, support people, and yourself. You can change your answers as you learn what your family actually needs.
1. How Do We Want to Feel?
2. Feeding
3. Sleep and Rest
4. Visitors
5. The Practical Stuff
6. Taking Care of Me
7. When Plans Change
Your Postpartum Support Team
Who can you call when you need practical help, emotional support, or simply someone to remind you that you're not alone?
Partner: _______________________________________
Family: ________________________________________
Friend: ________________________________________
Healthcare provider: _____________________________
Other support: __________________________________
One Question to Keep Asking
Instead of:
"What am I supposed to do?"
Try asking:
"What does my family need right now?"
That question can help you move through the noise, opinions, and endless parenting advice and come back to what matters most.
Need Help Creating Your Plan?
You don't have to figure everything out before your baby arrives.
A Rooted Postpartum Planning Session gives you dedicated time to think through the practical and emotional pieces of postpartum with compassionate, nonjudgmental support.
We'll talk about your questions, your concerns, your options, and what will realistically work for your family.
No perfect plan. No judgment. No one-size-fits-all advice.
Just a place to get grounded and prepare for what comes next.
Rooted Postpartum
Helping you feel supported, informed, and confident as you find your way into parenthood.