Frequently Asked Questions
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The fourth trimester is the first 12 weeks after the birth of your baby when you are recovering and healing from birth, processing your birth story, learning to read your baby’s cues, and establishing a breastfeeding rhythm or feeding routine all while navigating sleep deprivation. It’s an intense time of significant upheaval, hormonal shifts and the trials and errors of learning your new role as a mother.
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The fourth trimester is the 12 weeks after birth. It is crucial because your baby’s brain and body are adjusting to the outside world, while your own body is healing from delivery. It is a foundation time for health, bonding, and emotional recovery. Support during this time is crucial to the health and wellbeing of you and your baby.
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Matrescence is the profound physical, psychological, emotional and social transition of becoming a mother. Coined by medical anthropologist Dana Raphael in the 1970s, it is the complex metamorphasis a mother undergoes, a period of identity shifts and hormonal changes, similar to adolescence. Mothers often experience a profound reevaluation of who they are, how they relate to the world, and what their personal and professional priorities look like. The journey is inherently bittersweet, simultaneously feel deep love, grief for one's past independence, joy, and sadness.
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Majority of us in Broome, Western Australia do not have family support or a village of people to call on for help. Mother Nurture is here to fill that gap and make sure you feel seen, heard, and held during these challenging times, however that might look for you.
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Broome, Western Australia including surroundng areas as far as 12 mile and Coconut Wells.
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No, this service is for in-home maternity support only, this is not a private midwifery service.
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Payments are taken either through the webite on the Bookings page or arranged separately by contacting me via phone/ email. All services are paid for in full at the time of booking. Unfortunately there are no medicare of private health rebates for this service.