Maximize your postpartum recovery with this brilliant bed setup!

Have you heard the midwife guidance for after baby that goes:

5 days in the bed 5 days on the bed 5 days near the bed

I 10000000% agree and stand behind this. AND also, I'm worried about your bed.

Postpartum hormones mean your bed is hit with:

• indescribable night (and day) sweats

• blood

Postpartum life/life with children means:

• snacks and spills in bed

• baby poop

• baby spit up

• diaper leaks

• etc

So! Around 37 weeks, I recommend setting up your bed to be ready for the occasion so that you can wash your bedding without having to leave your bed too long.

Order of layers

This way, when things get funky, or when there are inevitable stains or spills, someone (hopefully NOT you) just strips the top layer of sheets and mattress protector and you hop right back in bed. Get the top layers washed as soon as possible and either put right back on the top layer or strip and replace if that needs a was too.

Unfortunately, there's still laundry involved, but at least you can stay in bed without risking the mattress.

If you're planning a home birth, there are a few more elements to add once labor begins:

Homebirth Bed Layers

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