Your Postnatal Body: A top to toe guide to caring for yourself after pregnancy and birth

You matter. Your body matters.

Pregnancy and birth may be everyday occurrences, but they are not easy, and the after-affects can be wide-ranging and sometimes difficult to live with.

Taking care of your physical and mental health is paramount, not only because a healthy, happy you will be more able to cope with the demands of parenthood, but because you are still the whole human being you were before you conceived, and you deserve to recover and thrive.

With proper care postnatally, we can str...