From Our Village to Yours: Trusted Resources for New Parents

Postpartum
Written By Taylor Sweetnam

Before I became a parent I wondered what was going to be so expensive about having a new baby (they need nappies and milk right?!). What became expensive quickly was trying lots of different brands and items, before ever landing on one that actually worked.

This list has been lovingly curated by fellow mums, members of an online communities, and people I work with professionally (shared with permission).

Between us all, we’ve tried a lot. These are the resources and products that survived the times when we became overwhelmed and starting throwing out everything in sight.

Take what’s useful, leave the rest.

Local Referrals

  • Tamika Newman (International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) & Private Midwife with a focus on continuity of care model.) 

  • Mana Maia Health (Private Midwife with a focus on continuity of care model)

  • Milk Joy Lactation (Personalised breastfeeding and midwifery care at home)

  • Postnatal Joy In-Home Care (Tailored in-home care service offering practical support to new mums with understanding, compassion and sensitivity)

  • Emma Corcoran - Innate Massage (pregnancy massage and remedial massage to support postpartum, located at Cabarita Beach)

  • Wyldflower Doula (Perinatal and Postpartum support at home from Logan to Tweed)

  • Kara Rosker (Kingscliff based Osteopathy dedicated to the care of women, babies and children)

  • Coastal Babysitters (Babysitter connection service that truly understands how nerve-wracking it is to leave your tiny person with someone you don’t know. Servicing the Gold Coast, Brisbane, and Tweed Coast)

  • Sett & Maxe (For the pregnant mums! Sett & Maxx creates beautiful sculptures of your pregnant figure to keep a piece of that time forever). *Brisbane based

  • Female Physio Co (A collection of physiotherapists located in Robina on the Gold Coast focused on pelvic floor support for pregnant and postpartum parents)

  • Coastal Osteo Tugun (Osteo for babies and children)

Sleep Support

  • It Takes a Village Baby Sleep (A sleep consultant available for worldwide consultation, with a strong focus on responsive attachment based sleep improvement, analysing and managing sleep pressure. Absolutely no cry-it-out methods).

  • Cosleepy (A co-sleeping resource for mums who wish to learn how to bed-share safely).

Products

Podcasts & Education

  • Psychology Mamas Podcast (hosted by the Psychology Sisters with a focus on maternal mental health & identity)

  • Mama Natural (holistic pregnancy, birth & parenting)

  • Boob to Food (starting solids)

  • We Are Mothers (a podcast where host Sarah interviews mums for their birth stories. A place for processing, healing, and educating). *Coming Soon

Apps & Digital Tools

  • The Great Birth Rebellion (A podcast that dismantles birth myths, challenges medicalised norms, and centres women’s innate wisdom, autonomy, and power)

  • Sara Wickham (A midwife, academic, and author specialising in evidence-based maternity care and physiological birth)

  • Birthing Instincts (A podcast exploring the innate physiology of birth and the conditions that allow women’s bodies to labour instinctively)

  • Feed Safe – ABA (alcohol & breastfeeding guidance)

  • Peanut App (connect with other mums)

  • Wonder Weeks (developmental leaps)

  • Solid Starts (app describing age appropriate foods and how to prepare them for safe introduction)

Helplines (Australia)

Social Support

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