A thoughtful, practical guide to preparing for birth, postpartum, your home, and baby.
You’ve prepared for birth. But have you prepared for what comes after?
The first days and weeks postpartum can feel completely different from what you imagined. Your body is recovering, your baby needs constant care, and suddenly the simplest things, like getting a drink of water, finding clean clothes, or making yourself something nourishing to eat, can feel like a much bigger task.
That’s why I created The Postpartum Essential Guide.
With 42 pages of thoughtful checklists, preparation prompts, notes pages, and curated shopping resources, this guide helps you prepare for the practical side of postpartum before you need it.
Rather than encouraging you to buy everything, this guide helps you slow down and ask:
What will I actually use?
What will make my days easier?
What do I want within reach?
How can I prepare my home to support my recovery?
WHAT’S INSIDE
♡ Birth Prep + Birth Bag
Prepare for birth with a thoughtfully organized checklist of comfort items, personal essentials, labor support tools, and the little things that can make your birth environment feel more comfortable and familiar.
You’ll find ideas for what to pack, when to start preparing, how to organize your bag, and what to consider whether you’re planning a hospital birth, birth center birth, or home birth.
♡ Postpartum Essentials
Move beyond the birth bag and start preparing for the days you’ll actually spend at home.
This section walks you through the practical essentials that can support your recovery, comfort, nourishment, and daily routines during those early postpartum weeks.
♡ Heal
Create a simple postpartum recovery station with essentials for personal care and comfort.
Think postpartum underwear, pads, peri care, sitz baths, heating pads, belly binding, nursing comfort, foot baths, hydration, and other items you may want close as your body recovers.
♡ Nourish
Your postpartum kitchen matters.
Prepare your home for easy nourishment with tools for freezer meals, soups, baking, hydration, food storage, and simple meal preparation.
Rather than filling this guide with recipes you already have elsewhere, this section focuses on setting up your kitchen so nourishing yourself becomes easier.
♡ Cocoon
Create a home environment where you can actually settle in and rest.
From cozy clothing and blankets to lighting, tea, water, baskets, storage, a rolling cart, and other small comforts, this section helps you think about how your home can support you during the fourth trimester.
♡ Bedside Cart
Build your own little postpartum command center.
Organize the things you’ll want within arm’s reach while resting, feeding baby, hydrating, recovering, and spending those long newborn days in one favorite spot.
You’ll have a practical checklist to help you stock your cart with momma care, hydration + nourishment, baby essentials, and everyday comforts.
♡ Baby Items
Prepare for baby without creating an overwhelming registry.
This section covers the essentials for your nursery and sleep space, baby equipment and getting around, clothing, feeding, diapering, bathing, and everyday baby care.
It helps you think through what you need now, what can wait, and how to create a simple setup that works for your family.
PREPARE WITH PURPOSE
One of my favorite parts of this guide is the space to actually make it yours.
Throughout the book, you’ll find room to:
♡ Make your own preparation notes
♡ Write down what you already have
♡ Keep track of what you still need
♡ Think through your postpartum setup
♡ Check items off as you prepare
♡ Make lists for your support person
♡ Personalize your spaces and routines
♡ Decide what is truly useful for you
Because postpartum preparation shouldn’t be about having the most stuff.
It should be about having the right things in the right places.
CURATED SHOPPING RESOURCES
I’ve also done the searching for you.
Throughout the guide, you’ll be connected to my curated shopping lists, where you can find the essentials and thoughtfully chosen items that correspond with each part of your preparation.
Instead of scrolling through endless options and wondering what you actually need, you can start with a list that has already been thoughtfully narrowed down.
You’ll find options for:
♡ Momma essentials
♡ Holistic postpartum care
♡ Postpartum recovery
♡ Nursing + feeding
♡ Baby basics
♡ Diapering
♡ Nursery + sleep
♡ Birth bag essentials
♡ Postpartum cocoon + comfort
CREATED BY A POSTPARTUM DOULA
Created by Megan Limon, DONA Certified Postpartum Doula, who has been caring for families since 2013.
After years of supporting mommas in their homes, I created this guide around the things I see families actually reach for, the preparation that makes a difference, and the little details that can make those first weeks feel more manageable.
42-page digital guide | Checklists | Preparation notes | Curated shopping resources
A thoughtful, practical guide to preparing for birth, postpartum, your home, and baby.
You’ve prepared for birth. But have you prepared for what comes after?
The first days and weeks postpartum can feel completely different from what you imagined. Your body is recovering, your baby needs constant care, and suddenly the simplest things, like getting a drink of water, finding clean clothes, or making yourself something nourishing to eat, can feel like a much bigger task.
That’s why I created The Postpartum Essential Guide.
With 42 pages of thoughtful checklists, preparation prompts, notes pages, and curated shopping resources, this guide helps you prepare for the practical side of postpartum before you need it.
Rather than encouraging you to buy everything, this guide helps you slow down and ask:
What will I actually use?
What will make my days easier?
What do I want within reach?
How can I prepare my home to support my recovery?
WHAT’S INSIDE
♡ Birth Prep + Birth Bag
Prepare for birth with a thoughtfully organized checklist of comfort items, personal essentials, labor support tools, and the little things that can make your birth environment feel more comfortable and familiar.
You’ll find ideas for what to pack, when to start preparing, how to organize your bag, and what to consider whether you’re planning a hospital birth, birth center birth, or home birth.
♡ Postpartum Essentials
Move beyond the birth bag and start preparing for the days you’ll actually spend at home.
This section walks you through the practical essentials that can support your recovery, comfort, nourishment, and daily routines during those early postpartum weeks.
♡ Heal
Create a simple postpartum recovery station with essentials for personal care and comfort.
Think postpartum underwear, pads, peri care, sitz baths, heating pads, belly binding, nursing comfort, foot baths, hydration, and other items you may want close as your body recovers.
♡ Nourish
Your postpartum kitchen matters.
Prepare your home for easy nourishment with tools for freezer meals, soups, baking, hydration, food storage, and simple meal preparation.
Rather than filling this guide with recipes you already have elsewhere, this section focuses on setting up your kitchen so nourishing yourself becomes easier.
♡ Cocoon
Create a home environment where you can actually settle in and rest.
From cozy clothing and blankets to lighting, tea, water, baskets, storage, a rolling cart, and other small comforts, this section helps you think about how your home can support you during the fourth trimester.
♡ Bedside Cart
Build your own little postpartum command center.
Organize the things you’ll want within arm’s reach while resting, feeding baby, hydrating, recovering, and spending those long newborn days in one favorite spot.
You’ll have a practical checklist to help you stock your cart with momma care, hydration + nourishment, baby essentials, and everyday comforts.
♡ Baby Items
Prepare for baby without creating an overwhelming registry.
This section covers the essentials for your nursery and sleep space, baby equipment and getting around, clothing, feeding, diapering, bathing, and everyday baby care.
It helps you think through what you need now, what can wait, and how to create a simple setup that works for your family.
PREPARE WITH PURPOSE
One of my favorite parts of this guide is the space to actually make it yours.
Throughout the book, you’ll find room to:
♡ Make your own preparation notes
♡ Write down what you already have
♡ Keep track of what you still need
♡ Think through your postpartum setup
♡ Check items off as you prepare
♡ Make lists for your support person
♡ Personalize your spaces and routines
♡ Decide what is truly useful for you
Because postpartum preparation shouldn’t be about having the most stuff.
It should be about having the right things in the right places.
CURATED SHOPPING RESOURCES
I’ve also done the searching for you.
Throughout the guide, you’ll be connected to my curated shopping lists, where you can find the essentials and thoughtfully chosen items that correspond with each part of your preparation.
Instead of scrolling through endless options and wondering what you actually need, you can start with a list that has already been thoughtfully narrowed down.
You’ll find options for:
♡ Momma essentials
♡ Holistic postpartum care
♡ Postpartum recovery
♡ Nursing + feeding
♡ Baby basics
♡ Diapering
♡ Nursery + sleep
♡ Birth bag essentials
♡ Postpartum cocoon + comfort
CREATED BY A POSTPARTUM DOULA
Created by Megan Limon, DONA Certified Postpartum Doula, who has been caring for families since 2013.
After years of supporting mommas in their homes, I created this guide around the things I see families actually reach for, the preparation that makes a difference, and the little details that can make those first weeks feel more manageable.
42-page digital guide | Checklists | Preparation notes | Curated shopping resources
