Postpartum recovery

Once baby arrives, you might find it harder to care for yourself, but your postpartum recovery is important. Here's some recovery guidance.

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What is the pelvic floor?

The nitty gritty: Emotional stress after giving birth

How to recognize postpartum depression 

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Vaginal delivery and that first bathroom trip

One week postpartum

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When your birth doesn’t go as planned

The nitty gritty: Emotional stress after giving birth

Two weeks postpartum

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What is the pelvic floor?

Three weeks postpartum

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Your guide to postpartum healing

Four weeks postpartum

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What to expect from your postpartum healing timeline

How to recognize postpartum depression 

Five weeks postpartum

Six weeks postpartum 

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Body image as a new parent

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Why it’s important to track your mood postpartum

Seven weeks postpartum 

Eight weeks postpartum 

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Why it’s important to track your physical symptoms postpartum

Nine weeks postpartum 

Ten weeks postpartum 

Eleven weeks postpartum

Twelve weeks postpartum

Thirteen weeks postpartum

Fourteen weeks postpartum

Fifteen weeks postpartum

Sixteen weeks postpartum

Seventeen weeks postpartum 

Eighteen weeks postpartum 

How to advocate for yourself as a patient to get the care you deserve

Nineteen weeks postpartum 

Don’t settle: Find a healthcare provider who really cares

Twenty weeks postpartum 

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Twenty-four weeks postpartum

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Twenty-six weeks postpartum

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Self-care for the introverted: Needing peace and quiet, space and time (alone) as a parent 

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Find a healthcare provider that really gets you

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What you need to know about Zurzuvae, the new postpartum depression treatment

Person speaking with Pharmacist

What you need to know about Zurzuvae, the new postpartum depression treatment

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Dear Ovia, I’m just not in the mood

Breaking down BMI

Body image and bouncing forward with Taylor Bjorgum

Woman holds baby in a diaper

What to expect from your postpartum healing timeline

A woman and man lean over their baby and smile

Why it’s important to track your physical symptoms postpartum

woman leans over her baby and smiles

Why it’s important to track your mood postpartum

Woman holds her baby and looks away from the camera

Your guide to postpartum healing

view from over a woman's shoulder as her baby nurses

When your birth doesn’t go as planned

A woman lies on her back on a pillow with her hands to the side and her feet pressed together

Postpartum urinary incontinence

woman kneels on hands and knees on a yoga mat with eyes closed

What is the pelvic floor?

The nitty gritty: Emotional stress after giving birth

Women’s history through her healthcare

Women’s history through her healthcare

Ovia’s co-founder Gina Nebesar on her unplanned C-section: “It wasn’t what I wanted, but it was still amazingly special.”

Don’t settle: Find a healthcare provider who really cares

A woman with newborn.

7 things to expect after a vaginal delivery

Mom playing with daughter

Self-care for the introverted: Needing peace and quiet, space and time (alone) as a parent 

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Your body and period after giving birth

Mother with baby in her arms faces towards a smiling provider

Find a healthcare provider that really gets you

How to advocate for yourself as a patient to get the care you deserve

Tips for how to cope with postpartum depression in your day to day

How to recognize postpartum depression 

Woman embracing herself

Body image as a new parent

Anal incontinence postpartum

Postpartum constipation

What’s normal for the vagina postpartum?

A toilet to represent using bathroom after a vaginal delivery

Vaginal delivery and that first bathroom trip

8 things to expect after a C-section

Things you know now that you wish you did 4 months ago