The Fourth Trimester

A guide that supports women in postpartum healing on physical, emotional, relational, and spiritual levels.

This holistic guide offers practical advice to accompany women through postpartum healing and provides a roadmap for this very important transition, which can last from several months to several years.

Kimberly Ann Johnson draws from her extensive professional experience as a doula, postpartum consultant, yoga instructor, body therapist, and advocate for women's health, as well as from the healing traditions of Ayurveda, traditional Chinese medicine, and herbalism – along with her own personal experiences – to cover the following topics:

• How to prepare your body for childbirth.
• How to organize yourself and your household for the best possible transition to motherhood.
• Simple practices and home remedies to promote healing and restore energy.
• How to strengthen relationships and support the return to sexuality.
• Learn safe postpartum exercise.
• Carry your baby comfortably.
• Explore the complex and often contradictory emotions that arise after childbirth.
• And much more.