The Wheel of Postpartum Need is a deeply practical, emotionally honest postpartum planning workbook designed to help families prepare for the real experience of life after birth.
Created by postpartum-centered full-spectrum doula and educator Erica of Birdsong Doulas, this 70+ page guide walks you through the physical, emotional, relational, logistical, and community-based layers of postpartum support.
Inside you’ll find guidance, reflection prompts, planning pages, and supportive frameworks for:
• rest and recovery
• feeding support
• boundaries and gatekeeping
• postpartum mental health
• intimacy and identity shifts
• community care
• older sibling transitions
• practical household planning
• receiving help
• available joy
• building your support web before baby arrives
Centered around Birdsong’s signature Wheel of Postpartum Need framework, this workbook helps families move beyond vague ideas of “support” and into tangible, realistic, compassionate planning for the fourth trimester and beyond.
It is a real-life roadmap for softer landings, shared care, and feeling more held in one of the biggest transitions a human being can move through.
Designed for all types of births, all kinds of families, and the beautifully imperfect reality of postpartum life.
The Wheel of Postpartum Need is a deeply practical, emotionally honest postpartum planning workbook designed to help families prepare for the real experience of life after birth.
Created by postpartum-centered full-spectrum doula and educator Erica of Birdsong Doulas, this 70+ page guide walks you through the physical, emotional, relational, logistical, and community-based layers of postpartum support.
Inside you’ll find guidance, reflection prompts, planning pages, and supportive frameworks for:
• rest and recovery
• feeding support
• boundaries and gatekeeping
• postpartum mental health
• intimacy and identity shifts
• community care
• older sibling transitions
• practical household planning
• receiving help
• available joy
• building your support web before baby arrives
Centered around Birdsong’s signature Wheel of Postpartum Need framework, this workbook helps families move beyond vague ideas of “support” and into tangible, realistic, compassionate planning for the fourth trimester and beyond.
It is a real-life roadmap for softer landings, shared care, and feeling more held in one of the biggest transitions a human being can move through.
Designed for all types of births, all kinds of families, and the beautifully imperfect reality of postpartum life.