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The fourth trimester, a postpartum guide to healing your body, balancing your emotions, and restoring your vitality, Kimberly Ann Johnson

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The fourth trimester, a postpartum guide to healing your body, balancing your emotions, and restoring your vitality, Kimberly Ann Johnson

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The fourth trimester

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

973049609

Responsibility statement

Kimberly Ann Johnson

Sub title

a postpartum guide to healing your body, balancing your emotions, and restoring your vitality

Summary

A holistic, practical guide to help support women through post-partum healing on the physical, emotional, relational, and spiritual levels. Pregnancy, childbirth, and post-partum offer women some of the most emotionally enriching and satisfying experiences of their life. But many women entering motherhood are shocked at their lack of preparation or awareness about what that actually means for their bodies, minds, spirits, and relationships. Kimberly Johnson, a doula, post-partum recovery expert, and yoga instructor has created a wise and supportive illustrated guide that offers women a roadmap to this very important transition that can last a few months--or even a few years. She draws from her vast professional experience, as well as her own personal experience, and also a number of disciplines including Western medicine, traditional Chinese medicine, Ayurveda, yoga, herbal medicine, energetics, and traditional (folk) remedies, among others, to create a truly rich and holistic guide. The book offers advice for pregnant women on how to prepare their body for birth; how to organize themselves and their households for the best possible transition to motherhood; simple practices to facilitate healing and restore energy; and how to strengthen relationships and aid the return to sex. Johnson also explores the complex and often conflicting emotions that arise post-partum, and explores the profound nature of childbirth and new motherhood. She helps women contextualize their experience and tap into the spiritual opportunities it can provide

Table Of Contents

Preparing for the fourth trimester -- Savoring the fourth trimester -- Beyond the fourth trimester -- Conclusion: continuing the revolution

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